Hello Everyone,
I am pleased to welcome you all to 2023, a year that I believe is a year to refresh. Whether it be to refresh career goals, refresh connections in life, family, relationships, colleagues or refresh connections with the ENA community; this year is for renewal of the mind, body, emotions and the spirit. Together, let us Refresh in 2023.
Please allow me to introduce your officers for 2023 who will serve and represent Washington State Emergency Nurses.
Your Elected officers
| President | Marie Yabut, Clinical Education Specialist-ED Bellevue |
| President-Elect | Leslie Kees, Clinical Nurse Manager ED & Walk-In Clinic, Wenatchee |
| Past-President | Cody Staub, Special Programs Coordinator, Ellensburg |
| Secretary | Theresa Crowell, Professor |
| Treasurer (Appointed) | Karin Kloppel, Clinical Educator, Spokane |
| Treasurer-Elect | Karin Kloppel, Clinical Educator, Spokane |
Your President-Appointed Officers
| Education Co-Chairs | Debra Rossie, Nurse Supervisor, Bellevue; Sara Crauer, Staff Nurse, Bellevue |
| Emergency Leadership | Kelly Allen, Chief Nursing Officer, Wenatchee |
| Event Planning | Carla Brim, Clinical Operations Specialist, Spokane |
| Gov’t Affairs Co-Chair | Karen Kettner, Trauma Program Manager, Bellevue |
| Gov’t Affairs Co-Chair | Jon Olson, Charge Nurse, Longview |
| Membership & Communication Co-Chairs | Annie Lin, Staff Nurse, Seattle; Jamie Keener, Clinical Nurse Educator, Longview |
| Pediatric/ENPC Chair | Brian Burns, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Seattle |
| Trauma/TNCC Chair | Beki Hammons, Trauma Program Manager, Tri-Cities |
| Quality, Safety & Injury Prevention (QSIP) Co-Chairs | Craig Dayton (Mentor); Emily Pinkham, System Emergency Services CNS, Tacoma; Janna Finley, Trauma Program Manager, Wenatchee; Jennifer Yang, Clinical Educator, Emergency Services, Seattle |
| Senior Advisor | Diana Meyer, Nurse Consultant, Blaine |
I also want to recognize and congratulate some of our officers who were accepted or appointed to National
Committees for 2023:
- Carla Brim, ENA Liaison to ACEP Public Health and Injury Prevention
- Cody Staub, Chair, Resolutions Committee
- Karin Kloppel, Member, Trauma Review Committee
- Leslie Kees, Member, Conference Education Planning Committee
I am looking forward to our year with the following goals:
- Continue to provide a space for learning new or refresh knowledge, at our quarterly meetings; perform skills via our “Learning Space” event, Inspired by EN23’s Skills Around the World, Washington ENA’s Learning Space will feature hands-on skills demonstration in collaboration with industry partners.
- Continue to increase membership by offering the “WA-ENA President’s Membership Grant”. This will be offered as an opportunity to win one annual membership fee (new or renewal) to first-time meeting attendance at the quarterly State Council/Members Meeting that will occur in the January, April, August and October meetings.
- Continue to engage membership by timely and frequent communication and visibility through email and social media communications.
- Start and sustain nursing leaders’ engagement via our newly formed Emergency Leaders Council.
- Continue to support career advancement by offering four $1000 education assistance to two deserving student nurse and two registered nurses advancing their nursing degrees.
- Continue the fundraising project on the commissioned artwork “Catch us when we fall” benefiting our education assistance award.
- Recognize and celebrate emergency nurses in Washington State through the Anna Mae Ericksen Award and Special Recognition Awards.
- Provide grants toward injury prevention initiatives.
The year already started with a successful and meaningful leadership orientation (LO), January 27-29 in Scottsdale, AZ, where we sent 10 officers and committee chairs to learn about our new roles and responsibilities. We did lots of networking and connected with leaders of other states and international leaders.
Key events coming up
CEN and CPEN Prep courses, Education Assistance Application is now open.
April 14, State Council/Members Meeting. Non-ENA members are welcome to attend. Virtual and In-Person (Wenatchee). Must register to RSVP. This April meeting is your last chance to attend and qualify as a delegate to the 2023 ENA General Assembly in San Diego. Want to learn more about being delegate, visit the Delegate page in our website.
April 14, Learning Space during the state council/members meeting. A hands-on skill session for emergency nurses in collaboration with industry partners. Registration is free, but must RSVP to secure your spot, and bring a friend.
There are more events to list in here, please visit our webpage frequently for education, networking and advocacy (call for action or public comments) to engage emergency nurses (member or non-members alike).
Marie Yabut, MN, RN, CEN president@ena-wa.org
2023 President | Pronouns: she/her/hers