South Dakota Nurses Association

The SDNA is at the annual ANA Lobbyist meetings in Washington DC thru this Thursday. Good stuff. The best.

The August 2024 South Dakota Nurse is here! https://www.nursingnetwork.com/newsletters/55

Get on the bus and register for the 2024 SDNA convention in beautiful Yankton SD on Oct 6-7. It's going to be terrific. See you there!

2024 South Dakota Nurses Association Annual Convention 2024 South Dakota Nurses Association Annual Convention Illustration by Gerd Altmann (Pixabay) NURSING: HONORING THE PAST AND EMPOWERING FOR THE FUTURE “For the sick it is important to have the...

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SDNA delegates to 2024 ANA Membership Assembly Deb Fischer-Clemens (r) and Sylvia Pickard, and SDNA Executive Director Eric Ollila

From the bedside to the board room, from the districts to the state capitol to Washington DC, the SDNA is always on task. Education, workplace, policy, governance, it’s all our domain and our and your futures.

2024 American Nurses Association Membership Assembly

SDNA delegates President Deb Fischer Clemens and Vice President Sylvia Pickard are in Washington DC at American Nurses Association Membership Assembly 2024 on your behalf. Thank you Deb and Sylvia!

Primary day in South Dakota: A guide to the election • South Dakota Searchlight It’s Primary Election Day in South Dakota. Here’s what to know about casting your vote and what’s on the ballot.

Republican factions fighting for control of the party in Tuesday’s primary election There are 44 Republican legislative primary races across the state, and only one Democratic legislative primary.

If you have a primary to vote in, vote! Nurses that we know of who are on the ballot and have primaries are Taylor Rehfeldt (Rep, District 14), Sydney Davis (Sen, District 17), Jean Hunhoff (Sen, District 18), and Erin Tobin (Sen, District 21).

June 4 primary election: What to know SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – The South Dakota Primary Election is on Tuesday, June 4. Here’s a few things you should know before heading to the polls.

Pics from the Center for Nursing Workforce Symposium in Sioux Falls yesterday. The SDNA co-hosted the event with the Center for Nursing Workforce and the Nursing Education Deans and Directors organization. It was a terrific event, and our first co-hosted event.

The SDNA was co-host of this meeting, along with the Center for Nursing Workforce and the Nursing Education Deans and Directors organization. It was a great event with terrific networking and knowledge- and fact sharing. Thank you to all who attended and made it great!

USD nursing faculty attended the 2024 SD Center for Nursing Workforce Symposium in Sioux Falls.

The South Dakota primary election voter registration deadline today. Get registered.

Today is the voter registration deadline! Make sure you are registered to vote by visiting the Voter Information Portal (VIP). https://vip.sdsos.gov/viplogin.aspx

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Excerpt: The Biden administration finalized nursing home staffing rules Monday that will require thousands of them to hire more nurses and aides — while giving them years to do so.

The new rules from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are the most substantial changes to federal oversight of the nation’s roughly 15,000 nursing homes in more than three decades. But they are less stringent than what patient advocates said was needed to provide high-quality care.

Spurred by disproportionate deaths from covid-19 in long-term care facilities, the rules aim to address perennially sparse staffing that can be a root cause of missed diagnoses, severe bedsores, and frequent falls.

“For residents, this will mean more staff, which means fewer ER visits potentially, more independence,” Vice President Kamala Harris said while meeting with nursing home workers in La Crosse, Wisconsin. “For families, it’s going to mean peace of mind in terms of your loved one being taken care of.”

When the regulations are fully enacted, 4 in 5 homes will need to augment their payrolls, CMS estimated. But the new standards are likely to require slight if any improvements for many of the 1.2 million residents in facilities that are already quite close to or meet the minimum levels.

Biden Administration Sets Higher Staffing Mandates. Most Nursing Homes Don’t Meet Them. - KFF Health News The staffing regulation was disparaged by the industry as unattainable. Patient advocates say it doesn’t go far enough. Labor unions welcomed the requirement.

More Spring Workshop. A great event!

SDNA District 1, 2, 3 (Sioux Falls) and its Spring Workshop is going great! www.sdnurses.org

As does her effect on the SDNA. Roberta is an amazing educator and nurse and member and leader.

Olson’s impact on SDSU College of Nursing continues Roberta Olson is a 1964 South Dakota State University nursing graduate, and it would be 30 years following her undergraduate graduation before she returned to campus to serve as dean of the College of Nursing. The college saw significant changes and growth during Olson’s 20-year tenure as dean, an...

Thank you for being a huge part of 2024 SDNA NDL, USD Nursing!

Nurses have the power In her more than 40 years of nursing, Cynthia Bienemy, PhD, RN, has focused on addressing health disparities and inequities related to CVD

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The SDNA got a great shout out from Governor Noem. Thank you, Governor Noem!

2024 SDNA NDL in pictures

2024 SDNA Nurses Day at the Legislature is off to a great start!

Check out this SDPB story. It features Lynn White, PhD, associate professor and program director of nursing at the School of Health Professions at Augustana.

Addressing the nursing shortage in South Dakota We get two perspectives on the nursing shortage in South Dakota. Nursing professor Lynn White, Ph.D., and nursing student Anna Sudbeck join us.