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The primary purpose of KSNA is to provide direction and a voice for the profession of nursing and nurses as leaders in health care. The overall purpose of KSNA is to:
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Appointment to the Kansas State Board of Nursing
If you have a minimum of five years of experience in nursing and would like to be considered for candidacy to appointment to the Kansas State Board of Nursing click (here) for more information.
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Upcoming KSNA District Events
District officers - feel free to contact KSNA Office to have their local events posted here!
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The KSNA Board of Directors and President Sandy Watchous encourage you to find out more about the proposed changes and how the excitement that Karen Daley, ANA President mentions could affect KSNA and nursing in Kansas.
Click here to find out more: Online Forum Discussion
Join your peers and colleagues in ongoing discussion related to the ANA Race for Relevance and the proposed changes to structure of the ANA. Provide input and feedback to your Kansas Delegates to the ANA House of Delegates. Follow this link to Your KSNA Online Community Site!
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ANA Race for Relevance
"In recent months ANA’s leadership has been engaged in many conversations across the association as part of its strategic planning The conversations have been influenced by a book published in 2011 entitled, Race for Relevance, by Harrison Coerver and Mary Byers, CAE. In the book, the authors challenge conventional association practices and provide a framework for taking bold action for driving future association success. ANA and state association leaders have embraced the concepts in the book as the framework to developing our preferred future.
In November, the Constituent Assembly passed a motion —which the ANA Board subsequently supported — requesting that the staff put a plan together based on three issues: cooperation and synergy, member growth, and further discussions of business arrangements. It was exciting to see the state association leaders take the lead in our race and embrace the need for bold, quick, and radical change." - Karen Daley, ANA President KSNA Executive Director Attends ANA Midwest SNA Meeting
Terry Leatherman, KSNA Executive Director attended the Midwest States SNA meeting held April 14 & 15, 2012 in Chicago. A major topic of the meeting was the ANA Race for Relevance initiative. He shares is notes from that meeting concerning this topic in a letter to KSNA membership here.
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Happy 100th Birthday KSNA!!!
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KSNA Mourns the Loss of Celebrated Nurse Educator
DR. ROBERTA D. THIRY Roberta “Bobbie” Thiry died Tues. April 24, 2012 in Salina, KS. She was born December 12, 1926, in Washington County, Kansas, the daughter of Charles “Ed” and Otilla VanKirk.
After graduating from Barnes (KS) Rural High School, Roberta was briefly employed at Boeing prior to entering the Cadet Nursing Program at Wesley School of Nursing in Wichita, KS. She was employed for several years at Wesley Hospital in the Operating Room while attending Wichita State University (WSU) part time. She began teaching part time, then full time in the diploma program at Wesley School of Nursing while completing her BA degree and additional courses in the Education Specialist program. Upon completion of her master’s degree in Medical Surgical Nursing from the University of Colorado, she became Assistant Director of the program until she was sought to establish the new BSN program at WSU in 1970. The program was developed and accredited in one year before a doctorally prepared nurse became the chair. Ms. Thiry then entered the Nurse Scientist (PhD) Program at the University of Kansas (KU) specializing in Communications and Human Relations. She continued working part time for Hesston College and on research projects and teaching off-campus courses for KU while enrolled. Upon completion of her PhD degree, she joined the graduate nursing faculty at KU. Dr. Thiry later spent a year as Associate Dean of Nursing at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, and eight years as Chair of the Nursing Department at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, KS before establishing the Associate Degree Nursing Program at Kansas Wesleyan University (KWU) in Salina in cooperation with Asbury Hospital. After retiring from the KWU nursing program in 1996 she assisted the KWU Business Department with coursework and support for the first group of Taiwanese MBA students who were admitted into the program.
Throughout her career and retirement Dr. Thiry was actively involved in professional organizations and community service. Examples include service to the American Heart Association on local and state boards, and as a member of the national Cardiovascular Nursing Council; board member and instructor for the Wichita Area Red Cross; member of the Salina-Saline County Public Health Advisory Board; active in the Kansas League for Nursing, served 8 years on the Kansas State Board of Nursing; as President, Secretary, and on numerous committees and councils for the Kansas State Nurses Association (KSNA); member of the American Nurses Association’s Congress for Nursing Practice representing them on the National Joint Practice Commission; and trustee and officer of the Kansas Nurses Foundation for many years. She also provided consulting services to educational and practice settings, presented numerous continuing education programs for colleagues, and taught classes for individuals and families with diabetes. She contributed chapters to several books, articles to nursing journals, and served as an editor and on two editorial boards. She received many honors for her service, the latest being the Women of Achievement Award locally.
Dr. Thiry considered her greatest contribution to be as a mentor and supporter of nurses in advancing their education and career development, thus there are three endowed scholarship funds honoring her at Pittsburg State University, Kansas Wesleyan University, and the Kansas Nurses Foundation. Memorials are requested to be directed to one of the endowed funds. Cremation rites have been accorded, and private services will be held at the United Methodist Church in Barnes, KS May 11th. A celebration of life service will be in the fall at Kansas Wesleyan University in conjunction with KSNA. Ryan Mortuary, Salina, is in charge of arrangements. For information/condolences, visit www.ryanmoruary.com.
After graduating from Barnes (KS) Rural High School, Roberta was briefly employed at Boeing prior to entering the Cadet Nursing Program at Wesley School of Nursing in Wichita, KS. She was employed for several years at Wesley Hospital in the Operating Room while attending Wichita State University (WSU) part time. She began teaching part time, then full time in the diploma program at Wesley School of Nursing while completing her BA degree and additional courses in the Education Specialist program. Upon completion of her master’s degree in Medical Surgical Nursing from the University of Colorado, she became Assistant Director of the program until she was sought to establish the new BSN program at WSU in 1970. The program was developed and accredited in one year before a doctorally prepared nurse became the chair. Ms. Thiry then entered the Nurse Scientist (PhD) Program at the University of Kansas (KU) specializing in Communications and Human Relations. She continued working part time for Hesston College and on research projects and teaching off-campus courses for KU while enrolled. Upon completion of her PhD degree, she joined the graduate nursing faculty at KU. Dr. Thiry later spent a year as Associate Dean of Nursing at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, and eight years as Chair of the Nursing Department at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, KS before establishing the Associate Degree Nursing Program at Kansas Wesleyan University (KWU) in Salina in cooperation with Asbury Hospital. After retiring from the KWU nursing program in 1996 she assisted the KWU Business Department with coursework and support for the first group of Taiwanese MBA students who were admitted into the program.
Throughout her career and retirement Dr. Thiry was actively involved in professional organizations and community service. Examples include service to the American Heart Association on local and state boards, and as a member of the national Cardiovascular Nursing Council; board member and instructor for the Wichita Area Red Cross; member of the Salina-Saline County Public Health Advisory Board; active in the Kansas League for Nursing, served 8 years on the Kansas State Board of Nursing; as President, Secretary, and on numerous committees and councils for the Kansas State Nurses Association (KSNA); member of the American Nurses Association’s Congress for Nursing Practice representing them on the National Joint Practice Commission; and trustee and officer of the Kansas Nurses Foundation for many years. She also provided consulting services to educational and practice settings, presented numerous continuing education programs for colleagues, and taught classes for individuals and families with diabetes. She contributed chapters to several books, articles to nursing journals, and served as an editor and on two editorial boards. She received many honors for her service, the latest being the Women of Achievement Award locally.
Dr. Thiry considered her greatest contribution to be as a mentor and supporter of nurses in advancing their education and career development, thus there are three endowed scholarship funds honoring her at Pittsburg State University, Kansas Wesleyan University, and the Kansas Nurses Foundation. Memorials are requested to be directed to one of the endowed funds. Cremation rites have been accorded, and private services will be held at the United Methodist Church in Barnes, KS May 11th. A celebration of life service will be in the fall at Kansas Wesleyan University in conjunction with KSNA. Ryan Mortuary, Salina, is in charge of arrangements. For information/condolences, visit www.ryanmoruary.com.
Kansas State Nurses Association
1109 SW Topeka Blvd.
Topeka, KS 66612 - 1602 Phone: (785) 233-8638 FAX: (785) 233-5222 E-mail: ksna@ksna.net Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
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