Nevada Nursing News & Events
Please refer to the calendar below for upcoming events, meetings, and presentations. Other information is also available at:
- View current or archived issues of RNformation.
- Nevada Nurses Foundation News Briefs
If you know of an upcoming meeting, presentation, scholarship opportunity, or other event relevant to Nevada nurses or Nevada healthcare, please drop us a note for possible inclusion in this page.
Nevada State Board of Nursing Anniversary
Congratulations to the Nevada State Board of Nursing
for 100 years protecting the public!"
Read more about the history of the Board and planned festivities.
NNA Wildfire Smoke Information Dashboard Now Available!
NNA and its Environmental Health Committee are pleased to announce a new resource for nurses and the general public titled The NNA Wildlife Smoke Information Dashboard. This new area is full of information and resource links related to health impacts from wildfire smoke, along with protection measures, related literature citations, and professional training available on this important topic.
Please take time to visit these Web pages and familiarize yourself with the information as we move into prime fire season throughout Nevada. We encourage you to share this link with fellow nurses and patients.
https://nvnurses.org/Committees/EnvHealth/WildfireSmoke/
For current information regarding the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), visit the sites below:
Centers for Disease Control:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/
American Nurses Association:
https://www.nursingworld.org/coronavirus
https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/work-environment/health-safety/disaster-preparedness/coronavirus/
Nevada Health Response Site:
https://nvhealthresponse.nv.gov/
Quad County (Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, & Storey Counties),
managed by Carson City Health and Human Services:
https://gethealthycarsoncity.org/
Washoe County Health District:
https://www.washoecounty.us/health/
Southern Nevada Health District:
https://www.southernnevadahealthdistrict.org/
The Nevada Independent:
https://thenevadaindependent.com/
Nevada "Warmline" for Healthcare Workers
The State of Nevada, in partnership with UNLV School of Medicine, created Nevada HealthCARES Warmline. This is designed to help Nevada healthcare professionals deal with stress and anxiety related to the COVID-19. If you need help, please call:
1-833-434-0385
For more information about this service, click here.
Help Us Stay in Contact!
The NNA utilizes members email addresses to send information, such as upcoming trainings, conferences, NNA elections, etc. Please take a minute to verify and update your contact information with both the Nevada State Board of Nursing (NSBN) and the American Nurses Association (ANA).
If you are an ANA/NNA member, you can update your contact information using the above link or send Linda Bowman an email at lbowman@nvnurses.org and she can update the information for you on ANA's membership list.
If you are an RN with state-only membership or an LPN member, please log in using the Membership menu option above and click on the Account Information link to update your contact information.
Events, Meetings, Presentations, & Other Important Dates
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