Convention 2024

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WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE

BUILDING NURSE POWER FOR OUR PATIENTS, PROFESSION, AND FUTURE

OCTOBER 29 - 30, 2024 | SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY

2023 was NYSNA’s most successful year to-date. This year, our members kept up the momentum, proving that when we lead from the frontlines, we are unstoppable. We built upon prior contract and policy victories and won in every part of the state. Uniting with our union siblings around the country, we are confronting some of the healthcare industry’s largest issues and building nurse power for our patients, profession and future.

Join us for two days of education, solidarity, advocacy, and fun that will set the direction and priorities of our union.

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TRANSPORTATION

Bus transportation to and from several regions (listed below) is being provided free of charge to NYSNA members (if minimum attendance number is met). Facility buses will be privided if a minimum attendance number is met. Use the registraton form to indicate your bus needs. 

Transportation will be available on Oct. 28 (2pm) and Oct. 29 (5pm and 7pm) from or near a NYSNA facility. Buses will return to all locations on October 30 at the end of the Convention. 

Please refer to the Delegate Travel Guidelines or the Travel Guidelines for Members Not Serving as Convention Delegates and contact a member of the Meeting and Convention Planning Department if you have any questions.

Bus Transportation Regions:

  • Bronx
  • Brooklyn
  • Manhattan
  • Queens
  • Staten Island
  • Long Island
  • Westchester
  • Upstate NY
  • Central NY
  • Western NY

  

HOTEL INFORMATION

NYSNA has a block of rooms at a negotiated rate for the Convention. Click here to reserve a room at the Saratoga Hilton (534 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866), using the code ARWP. Book no later than September 28 to get the reduced rate of $189 for a single/double occupancy room or $219 for a junior suite.

If the Saratoga Hilton is sold out, please use the convention overflow hotel where shuttle service will be provided to and from the Convention venue. The convention overflow hotel is the Courtyard by Marriott (11 Excelsior Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866). Book with the group rate "NYS Nurses Assocation Overflow 2024".

If both hotels are sold out, please contact NYSNA Meeting and Convention Planning Department at mcp@nysna.org for additional Convention hotel information. For information on reimbursements for delegates, please see 2024 Delegate Reimbursement Guidelines.

FOR MORE INFO OR SPECIAL NEEDS: Please contact the NYSNA Meeting and Convention Planning (MCP) office at 518-782-9400, ext. 277, or email MCP@nysna.org.

 

CLASSES

Classes and plenaries taught by nursing and labor experts, include:

  • AI 101: What to know about AI in healthcare and its effects on patient advocacy

  • What Nurses Need to Know about Leveraging the NYS Staffing Law and Contract Bargaining in Order to Advocate for Exemplary Staffing Plans' Creation and Enforcement in 2024 and 2025

  • Five Ways to Prevent Violence in the Healthcare Workplace

  • Building an Effective Contract Campaign

  • Nurses Know Your Rights: Organizing, Member Representation, and Contract Enforcement

  • Healthcare for all: nurses leading the way in the struggle for a more just healthcare system

  • How to Tell Your Nursing Story

  • Safe Nurse Staffing Data: Enforcing Standards Statewide

  • Protesting Your Assignment: A Primer on Documenting the Issue

  • Enhance Your Physical Assessment Skills

  • Mental Health (In)Justice: the Struggle for an Inclusive and Just Healthcare System for Nurses and Patients

  • Accountability in Your Nursing Practice

  • Nurses Building Political Power—How and Why We Build Coalitions

  • Nurses Organize to Have One Strong Unified Voice to Address Patient Care

Download the Course Listing Flyer

 

DOWNLOAD CONVENTION WORKSHOP MATERIALS

COMING SOON!

NYSNA is going green this Convention and printed handouts will not be available in your workshops. View and download your workshop materials here (coming soon). This document also includes instructions for using Wooclap, our online learner and program assessment tool. To earn educational credits, you must complete a Wooclap questionnaire and evaluation form for each workshop you attend.  

 

GUIDELINES FOR DRAFTING RESOLUTIONS

NYSNA Convention delegates from across the state will come together Oct. 29-30, 2024, at NYSNA’s annual business meeting to examine and meet the challenges facing our profession, our union and our communities. Convention delegates will discuss and debate strategies to build our union’s power and chart our course forward by presenting resolutions during voting body sessions. 

Our union’s strength depends upon members being engaged in driving our priorities and strategies. These Guidelines for Drafting Resolutions are intended to help Convention delegates be successful in the important role they have in leading the way to carry out our mission and vision.

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