2025 KSNA Legislative & Advocacy Conference On-Demand

Description

REGISTER NOW for the 2025 KSNA Legislative & Advocacy Conference!

Advocacy for the profession is an integral part of the legislative process, ensuring that all nursing voices are heard as laws, regulations and initiatives are crafted, and moving forward. Nurses and student nurses are invited to join their colleagues in online learning featuring information on general advocacy tips, strategies to help all nurses survive and thrive in our profession, a Kansas legislative update, in addition to details on a day in the life of a Lobbyist. 

The 2025 KSNA Legislative & Advocacy Conference will be a virtual, on-demand program, with a special day at the Capitol for practicing nurses.

Educational content will be provided on-demand from March 1-April 1 for everyone registered. Educational sessions include:

• Nurses Matter: Preparing for Your Visit to the Capitol
• Nurses Matter: Using Stories and Statistics to Make Your Case
• Advocating for Nurses: A Day in the Life of a Lobbyist
• Health Disparities among People with Disabilities: Causes and Solutions
• Nurse Staffing Think Tank and Task Force
• Legislative Update 2025

Capitol Experience: Licensed, practicing RNs/APRNs also have the option to participate in a live, in-person experience at the Capitol on March 12 from 12:00 - 4:00 pm. Participation in the Capitol Experience on March 12 is limited to the first 100 RNs/APRNs as priority, with students as space allows. 

We hope you will choose to participate in the annual KSNA Legislative and Advocacy Conference! 

Registration Fees 

• KSNA Members: $60.00 
• Non-Members: $75.00 
• Pre-Licensure/Undergraduate Students: $30.00 

The on-demand site will open to those registered on March 1 and the content will be available through April 1, allowing registrants 30+ days to view the educational sessions. 

A link to access the on-demand activity will be emailed to all pre-registered individuals the week of February 24, so you can view the presentations at your convenience, anytime, anywhere. 

RNs/APRNs registering for the Capitol Experience on March 12 will receive instructions on how to prepare for the day the week of March 3. 

Registration Process 

We offer two ways to register – 1) as an individual and 2) as a group or school. 

The deadline to register is February 23, 2025. No registrations accepted after February 23, 2025. 

Individual Registration
Individuals seeking to participate and register on their own, not with a school or group, may register online.

Register now by clicking the Register>> button in the upper right

Group & School Registration
Schools of nursing and specialty groups seeking to register as a group have two registration options. Groups of 20 people or less may register online. Groups of 20 or more must register using the Group Registration Form and corresponding Group Payment Form below. Online registration is not an option. See instructions below: 

Smaller Groups of 20 or less
Smaller groups may register online by clicking the Register Now button, or complete and submit the Group Registration List and corresponding Group Payment Form (forms below) to our office for processing. Register groups of 20 or less online by clicking the Register>> button in the upper right

Larger Groups of 20 or more
Please complete the Group Registration List and corresponding Group Payment Form below. Both forms are required. 

The Group Payment Form will ask you to identify the total number of students versus members/non--members/faculty participating along with payment information. 

The Group Registration List will ask you to identify each individual in your group by first and last name, address, email address, type of registrant (Member/Non-Member, Faculty/Non Faculty, Student), and whether their contact information may be shared with event sponsors. 

• For those registering licensed, practicing RNs/APRNs, please also indicate if the individual plans to participate in the live, in-person Capitol Experience on March 12. 
• For those registering prelicensure students, indicate if they are interested in participating in the Capitol Experience on March 12 if space allows. Students will be contacted if there is space available.

Please submit both forms to our office for processing. We will communicate details about registration and the event to the individual identified as the faculty/group liaison on the forms. 

Group Registration List – please remember as you complete this list that the Capitol Experience on March 12 is limited to the first 100 licensed, practicing RNs/APRNs to register, and students only if space allows.

Group Payment Form

REMINDER: It is important that payment be in the form of ONE check (no individual student payments please), money order, or ONE credit card covering all attendees from the group/school. 

Refund/Cancellation Policy – Registration fees, less a $25.00 enrollment processing fee, will be refunded to registrants who cannot attend and notify the Kansas State Nurses Association/Midwest MSD office in writing of the cancellation before February 1, 2025. No refunds will be made after February 1, 2025.

Sponsorship 

The Kansas State Nurses Association would like to invite you to sponsor the 2025 KSNA Legislative & Advocacy Conference, provided as a virtual, on-demand program. 

Who will be in Attendance?
We anticipate around 250 registrants in this year’s virtual event*. Approximately 80% will be student nurses, representing around 10 Schools of Nursing across Kansas, and 20% experienced, registered nurses from a variety of settings. We hope you will choose to support our event! *Attendance numbers are estimates, not guarantees, are based on attendance trends from past events and are subject to change. 

Sponsorship Opportunities – Please select one or more of the sponsorship opportunities below: 

• Pre-Recorded Video/Audio Ad – $500.00 (space is limited; placement provided on a first-come basis) Sponsors pre-record a 3-5-minute video and/or audio advertisement introducing their company to event participants and submit to the MSD office as an MP4 file, along with a high-resolution company logo. The video/audio file received will be linked to the sponsor’s logo and posted to the on-demand site home/landing page for learners to access (space is limited). 
• Banner Ad – $250.00 (placement provided on a first-come basis) Sponsors create a 295-pixel (width) x 350-pixel (height) graphic/image advertisement to display at the top of a dedicated ‘SPONSOR’ page of the on-demand site, which will be linked to the company website for learners to view as they access the pre-recorded session presentations. The company name and web address provided in the registration details above will be used when displaying companies on the page. 
• Virtual Sponsor Page Listing – $100.00 Sponsor company names displayed in alphabetical order on a dedicated ‘SPONSOR’ page of the on-demand site. Registrants will be encouraged to visit the page and click on the company names to learn more about each company supporting the event. The company name and web address provided in the registration details above will be used when displaying companies on the page.

A list of event participants opting in to receiving emails from our sponsors will also be provided to all supporters. 

Sponsors REGISTER ONLINE NOW or click here to download the sponsor form and register by email

Sponsor Registration Deadline – February 1, 2025 

Video/Audio Ads with Sponsor Logos & Banner/Ads due February 1, 2025 

Refund/Cancellation Policy – Registration fees, less a $100.00 enrollment processing fee, will be refunded to exhibitors who cannot attend and notify the Kansas State Nurses Association/Midwest MSD office in writing of the cancellation before February 1, 2025. No refunds will be made after February 1, 2025.

Disclosures

• Successful Completion – Participants must register, view each of the presentation recordings available on-demand, and complete the online evaluation to receive a certificate of completion.
• Contact Hours – 4.5 contact hours will be available to those participants who meet the successful completion requirements. Contact hours subject to change. Contact hours will only be available to those who view the on-demand presentations before April 1, 2025 and complete the online evaluation by April 15, 2025.
• Relevant Financial Relationships – This educational activity does not include any content that relates to the products or services of an ineligible company/organization, which would require identification and mitigation.

Accreditation

The Midwest Multistate Division is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 

Questions? Please contact Sara Fry at (573) 636-4623 x102 or sara@midwestnurses.org with any questions.