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WVNA Tuesday, April 28th Announcements - meetings this week.

Posted almost 4 years ago by Julie Huron

Dear WV Nurses, 

We have a few meetings this week and a deadline of April 30 for nurses interested in running for office with WVNA or in submitting their application for the WV Board Examiners for  Registered Professional Nurses.  

We welcome all Nurses to the WVNA Open Forum call tonight Tuesday, April 28 at 7pm.

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Connecting WV Nurses statewide to share information during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/884217696

Meeting ID: 884 217 696

Or the call in option is

1 646 558-8656 - meeting code 884217696#

 


Click here - wvna first quarter board of directors link.

 


Call for Nominations - WVNA 

The West Virginia Nurses Association will be electing new officers to its board of directors in the early fall of 2020.  The positions that will be open are; President- Elect, Treasurer, Voting Delegate to the ANA Membership Assembly, Early Career Nurse and committee positions on the WVNA Nominations and Awards Committee.  Those interested in running for these positions should submit a letter of intent, a current CV, a biography, and a photo.  Applicants must be a full member in good standing of both WVNA and ANA.  Information is due to WVNA by April 30, 2020 and nominee information will be published in the West Virginia Nurse.

Functions of Officers 

  • President Elect:  The president-elect shall assume all the duties of the president in the president’s absence and shall serve as a board liaison for committee chairs, shall be a member of both the Health Policy and Legislation Committee and WVN-PAC.
  • Treasurer:  The treasurer shall be the chair of the Finance Committee, shall be accountable for the fiscal affairs of WVNA and shall provide reports and interpretation of WVNA’s financial condition and will present at the annual meeting of the Membership Assembly, and the quarterly Board of Directors meetings.
  • Voting Delegate:  The Voting Delegate to the ANA Membership Assembly, shall represent WVNA at the ANA Membership Assembly meeting.
  • Early Career Nurse: The Early Career Nurse, who has earned initial licensure as a registered nurse no longer than four years prior to his or her election, to serve a term of two years as a voting Director member of the Board.
  • Nominations and Awards Committee:  Two Committee members shall be elected to implement and oversee that the policies and procedures set forth by the WVNA Board of Directors and adopted by the Membership Assembly for conducting valid elections are followed and to implement the policies and procedures set forth by the WVNA Board of Directors for bestowing awards.

Additional information can be found at www.wvnurses.org.  Please send your letter of intent, CV, biography and photo to centraloffice@wvnurses.org.   Please use MS Word for text submission and send photos as a separate jpg file.

Call for Applicants to Serve on the WV Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses 

West Virginia Code §30-7-3 outlines the method by which appointments to the WV Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses are made. The West Virginia Nurses Association is responsible for providing a list of names to the governor from which he or she makes selections for appointments.

The WVNA is currently soliciting applicants from qualified registered nurses who are interested in Board service. The qualifications defined by statute to serve on the Board are that each member must be a U.S. citizen and WV state resident; be a graduate of an accredited educational program, college, or university with a nursing major; be licensed as an RN in WV or eligible for licensure as such; have at least five years of teaching experience in a registered professional nursing program or in a combination of such teaching and nursing administration or nursing education administration; and have been engaged in registered professional nursing for at least three of the past five years preceding appointment or reappointment.

If you are interested and meet the above qualifications, please email a letter of interest and a résumé or CV by April 30, 2020, to the WVNA Central Office at WVNA Email (centraloffice@wvnurses.org). Interviews will be scheduled with qualified applicants.


 

We welcome all WV Nurses to join WVNA, build your resume, connect with nurses across the state and become a Legislative Leader with us!  We plan to offer a Legislative Leader training program in July 2020.  Learn the about nursing policy with WVNA and learn about nursing leadership by your involvement with WVNA.  Run for WVNA office, ANA National office, and get involved in nursing leadership through your state professional nursing association. 

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