Legislative Leader Training and 2025 Legislative Agenda
Webinar/Online
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 7:00pm ET - 8:30pm ET
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Topic
Training for WVNA district legislative leaders as well as updates to our 2025 legislative agenda for nurses.
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Topic: WVNA Legislative Leader Training and Preview
Time: Jan 14, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 946 546 8987
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WVNA holds a Legislative Leader training every year for nurses' interested in getting more involved in healthcare advocacy. This training is directed at enhancing the nurses’ confidence and their competence in influencing healthcare policy and legislation as informed nursing leaders. Legislative Leaders should be WVNA members in good standing. You can join WVNA by clicking HERE. We are excited you are ready to get active with us!
Don't miss out on the latest news and updates, become a WVNA Member today and consider becoming a Legislative Leader! Click the link for press release by Speaker Hanshaw regarding the leadership roles for the upcoming 87th Legislature. Speaker Hanshaw Announces Plans for Upcoming 87th Legislature.
If you are interested in becoming a WVNA Legislative Leader, you can submit your information to WVNA HERE.
Speakers
WVNA President, Dr.
Donte Newsom, DNP, FNP-BC, is a family nurse practitioner working in interventional radiology at Allegany Imaging, PC, and UPMC Western Maryland. He is also an adjunct instructor for the family nurse practitioner program at Simmons University. Dr. Newsom earned a BSN, MSN, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice all from West Virginia University. A leader in human and civil rights in West Virginia, Dr. Newsom pursued his Doctor of Nursing Practice with the goal of opening pathways to improve nursing and health care practice. Newsom aspires to influence practice change and shape how care is delivered in the future. Donte currently serves as a board member with Fairness West Virginia, the statewide human/civil rights organization devoted to equal rights for all LGBTQ+ West Virginians. He also serves as a medical officer for Mountaineer Boys State, a board member for The Connecting Link, and on the WVNA Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee (DEI). Donte is a Fairmont, West Virginia, native and spent most of his life in north central WV. He currently lives in Mineral County.
Family Nurse Practitioner at Belington clinic
Wilson is a lifelong resident of Barbour County who graduated from Philip-Barbour High School. She earned an Associate of Science in Nursing from Davis and Elkins College and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Alderson Broaddus College. She went on to earn her Master’s of Science in Nursing from the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. During the school year, Wilson works at the Brandon Wellness Center at Philip-Barbour High School. She also does house calls to see home-bound patients and makes home visits at Talbott Personal Care Home. She has clinic hours at the Belington Clinic on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.