Brief History And Overview of CNA
1904 - 28 nurses met to form the Colorado State Trained Nurses Association
- Focus on improving training of nurses and establish standards for trained nurses
- 1904 - Louie Croft Boyd - draft bill for RNs - "An Act Relating to Professional Nursing" - articulated requirements for licensure
- Early focus was nursing education - continues to be a focus
1930 - First publication Colorado Nurse
1955 - Name changed to Colorado Nurses Association
- Focus on improving nursing profession through advocacy
What's happening now in the Colorado Nurses Association?
- Collaborates with Colorado Nurses Foundation volunteers in the writing and edits of The Colorado Nurse-which is provided quarterly to all RNs and LPNs in the state. No other group communicates with all nurses in the state on nursing issues of relevance to Colorado.
- Coordinates Multiview contractor for weekly email to all members and prospects (approximately 10,000) as well as royalty fees from advertisers on this platform.
- CNA Board contracts with Civica for Executive Director services that oversee operational-related work on behalf of CNA, including annual membership assembly.
- CNA Board contracts with Ngage Association Management Company
- CNA contracts with Director of Practice & Government Affairs who assures membership advocacy work, and with Capitol Success, CNA's lobbying group.
- Coordinates with CNA Board Regional Directors to maintain membership communications in all CNA Districts & Special Interest Groups for APRN's and for Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses.
- Maintains ANCC Accredited Approver status for nursing continuing professional development and works with contracted Program Director.
- Maintains regular updates to website about CNA and membership. A 2016 MemberClicks contract supports a 'members only' communication forum.
- Advocates for safe care of patients through the safe practice by nurses at Colorado and National related policy and regulatory efforts. Committees and methods to accomplish this include:
- Government Affairs & Public Policy Committee
- Staff Support to Annual Legislative Dinner and Nurses Day at the Capitol
- Maintaining relationships with State and Federal Legislators
- Partnering with ANA Government Affairs & Policy Division, Annual Lobbyists meeting; RN Action Center
- Friends of Health Legislative Stakeholder Group participation
- DORA and NPATCH Legislative and rule writing work
- Immunize Colorado Coalition Group
- Governors Medical Advisory Group to Governors Expert
- Emergency Epidemic Medical Committee (Statewide Disaster preparedness and response)
- Work to build strong nursing networks to validate the call to be the "voice" of nursing through strategic and tactical coalition building
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