2024 NYSNA Convention

Online registration for the 2024 Convention is now closed. Onsite registration will open on Monday, October 28 at 6 pm in the Saratoga Hilton Gallery.

Transportation | Hotel | Classes |  2024 Resolutions | Agenda | Convention Workshop Materials

WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE

BUILDING NURSE POWER FOR OUR PATIENTS, PROFESSION, AND FUTURE

OCTOBER 29 - 30, 2024 | SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY

CONVENTION WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SARATOGA HILTON (534 BROADWAY) AND CITY CENTER (CONNECTED TO THE HILTON)
 

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.

• NEW! 2024 NYSNA Convention Agenda
• Complete Course Listing and Continuing Education Information
• NEW! 2024 Convention Resolutions
  • Guidelines for Drafting Resolutions 
• Delegate Travel Guidelines
• Travel Guidelines for Members Not Serving as Convention Delegates
• 2024 Convention Rules
• NYSNA Code of Conduct
• Official Call to Convention including proposed bylaw amendments
• 2024 NYSNA Convention Workshop Materials (Coming soon)

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 provided if a minimum attendance number is met. Use the registraton form to indicate your bus needs.

Transporation is available to Convention on October 28 and on October 30 at the end of Convention. Pick up/drop off times vary by location.

• October 28 Bus Schedule—Buses will be dropping off at all NYSNA Convention Hotels (Saratoga Hilton, Marriott Courtyard, Hampton Inn & Suites, Embassy Suites, Holiday Inn & the Hilton Garden Inn)
• October 30 Bus Schedule—All buses will board at the Saratoga Springs City Center where the Convention events are being held.

HOTEL INFORMATION

NYSNA rooms for Convention are available at:

• Holiday Inn Saratoga Springs (232 Broadway, Saratoga, NY). Members can book online here. 

NYSNA will provide shuttle service to and from the Convention venue for all hotels throughout the conference.

If all 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.

Parking During Convention

• City Center Parking Structure Information

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

NYSNA is going green this Convention and printed handouts will not be available in your workshops. View and download your workshop materials here via Wooclap, NYSNA's online learner and program assessment tool. To earn educational credits, you must complete a Wooclap questionnaire and evaluation form for each workshop you attend.  

2024 CONVENTION RESOLUTIONS

1. NYSNA Legislative and Policy Platform — 2024-2025
2. Addressing the Ravages of Sickle Cell Disease
3. Addressing Workplace Violence Against Nurses and Other Healthcare Workers
4. Equity in Maternal Health and Safety
5. Universal Single Payer Health Coverage for All New Yorkers
6. Coordinated Campaigns to Implement Minimum Staffing Ratios in All Hospital Units
7. Continue to Fight Efforts to Introduce Artificial Intelligence Tools that Undermine Patient Safety, Nursing Care and Professional Practice Standards
8. Mental Health Support Services for Nurses and Other Direct Care Workers
9. Fighting Against the Public Health Threat of Racial and Class Inequities in Healthcare
10. Supporting Addition to Resolution #6: Serving Marginalized Communities Through Medical Missions
11. Electioneering Distance of 25 Feet
12. Prevention on Artifical Intelligence (AI) implemented into the hiring process of Registered Nurses (RN)
13. In Support of Medical Aid in Dying
14. NYSNA Smartphone App
15. The Right to Strike for All Nurses
16. In Support of a Permanent Ceasefire in the Middle East, Alternatives to Military Solutions that Harm Innocents, and the Upholding of Workers' Rights to Free Speech
17. Establish Nurse Residency Program (NRP) in NYSNA Represented Facilities
18. Enforce Paid Family Leave and Paid Sick Leave Laws in Public Sector Hospitals
19. Nurse Licensure Compact
20. Supporting the strong need for NYSNA Nurses to have a Nursing Pledge/Oath/Ethos
21. Full Representation of our Orientees/New Nurses after three months on the Job
22. Labor Education for NYSNA LBUs Executive Committees, Delegates, and Time Release Representatives
23. Timely Availability of Hard Copy of Nurses' Contract in the Hands of Nurses within three months after the end of Negotiations
24. Supporting APRN Practice
25. Re-Institute Facility Funds for Local Bargaining Units
26. Promote Member-to-Member Communication and Support
27. Employer Penalty for Delays in Execution of Contract Agreements
28. Primary Care Nurse Practitioners to partake in payments provided to medical providers from ACO funding
29. Resolution to Improve Patient Care Capacity and Work Flow Efficiency for Nurse Practitioners
30. Fostering Healthy Work Environments
31. Supporting Initiatives to End Racial Disparities in Healthcare
32. Transition-to-Practice Residency Programs for All New Nurses

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.