31st
Annual National Nursing Assistants' Week 2008-
June 12-19, 2008
31st
Annual Career Nursing Assistants Day -
June 12, 2008
“Nursing Assistants:
Specialists in the Art of Caring” ©
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for 08 on our web site at <www.cna-network.org>
TEN STEPS FOR PLANNING
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It is not too early to begin planning for the
31st Annual National Nursing Assistants Week June 12-19, 2008. Our
focus for 2008 is on “The Art of Caring” and
each day of NAW addresses a different aspect of soft competencies of caring.
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www.cna-network.org>
1. Get excited about the wonderful possibilities
for honoring our important health care workers - Start talking and brainstorming
about creative projects and programs that can be developed in your facility or
in your area.
2. Bring people together for planning – The 31st
Annual. Nationwide observance of National Nursing Assistants Week provides many
opportunities that are fun and also rewarding during NA Week but also throughout
the year. It is not too early to appoint a Planning Committee to pull this all
together.
3.
Ask your Mayor to proclaim the week
- Community awareness of the unique contributions of the nursing assistant can
be enhanced when your Mayor proclaims Nursing Assistants’ Week to the citizens
of your community. A Proclamation suitable for signing by your mayor or public
official can be ordered at minimal cost at the address below or downloaded at
no cost at our web site at <
www.cna-network.org> Start your NAW Scrapbook now.
4. Brainstorm ways to recognize and honor nursing
assistants - Nursing
assistants can be a wonderful source of creative ideas when they know they are
not being tested. Often the most “far-out” ideas are the most relevant and
successful. The goal is to generate as many good ideas as possible and involve
as many people as possible. Teams can be an effective way to generate ideas and
also build positive communications.
5. Select and organize your projects and programs
– Plan to do some “Cartooning for caregiver;” work on an “I Am a Specialist,” “I
Choose Respect” or “Taking Care of Self “project; and have fun while you are
sending an important messages to others.
Each day of NA Week provides a
unique opportunity to focus on a different aspect of s the “Art of Caring.”
Projects initiated during NA Week 08 can be continued throughout the year for
value added. Work on a committee, use your own great ideas, download materials
from our web site, or purchase the NAW Planning and PR Guide (see below) The
Planning Guide includes activities for each day of NAW and suggestions of ways
you can continue these programs throughout the year. It also includes discussion
guides, sample press release, Proclamation forms, certificate master, and info
for planning.
6. Involve public officials and community leaders
- In addition to signing a Proclamation, your Mayor
may want to attend your celebration activities and may even have some ideas of
his/her own. A Deputy Mayor in one state invited local Nursing Assistants Week
Committee Members to her home for a home cooked gourmet meal.
8. Promote your projects in the facility
– Internal networking can get people involved and build anticipation for the
good we can do when we work together. Posters or invitations can be made by the
NA Committee, a craft class, the Resident’s Council, family members or the local
high school or college. Include in your scrapbook.
9. Keep it moving – It is June 12 - the first day of the 31st Annual National
Nursing Assistants Week. Your staff will cover resident care. You invited the
newspaper to photograph your “Most Service Years Recipient.” Residents are busy
coaching nursing assistants about hair styles and how to smile at the camera.
The pins and t-shirts are ready for awards and the names are spelled correctly
on the certificates. Your check off list is complete. You just brought it all
together. Enjoy.
10. Plan to plan for next year
- What was the best thing you did for Nursing Assistants Week? What would you
like to do differently next year? Answering these important questions now will
help your plans go even better next year. A final summary of your activities and
outcomes – expected and unexpected can be a part of your scrapbook.
Find more info on our web site -
www.cna-network.org.
The National
Network of Career Nursing Assistants
3577 Easton Road,
Norton, Ohio 44203-5661
(330) 825
9342. (330) 825 9378 – fax. Email -
cnajeni@aol.com.
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Find more info
on our web site -
www.cna-network.org.
The National Network of Career Nursing
Assistants
3577 Easton Road, Norton, Ohio 44203-5661
(330) 825 9342. (330) 825 9378 – fax.
Email -
cnajeni@aol.com.
~Founder
and sponsor of the annual nationwide observance of Nursing Assistants Week
1977-2008~ | 
