West Central Florida
Hospice & Palliative
Nurses Association
invites members
from the following
counties:
The West Central Florida
Hospice &
Palliative
Nurses
Association (wcfHPNA)
is a local
group of the
Hospice
Nurses
& Palliative Association.
The wcfHPNA regional group
was
established July 1994,
chartered
in 1996 and
continues
to grow. Regional
groups
offer local support and
networking
opportunities as they support
the
goals of the
Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association.
All hospice nurses, home health aides,
and other
professionals
are welcome
to
become members of
wcfHPNA and
the
local
regional group.
By-laws require that you must
be a member
of the
national group in order to be
a member of the local group.
- Promote the highest
professional standards
of hospice and palliative
nursing
- Studying, researching
exchanging information,
and experiences, ideas
leading to improved
nursing practice
- Fostering professional
development of nurses, individually and
collectively
- Responding to the
changing needs of HPNA
members and the
populations they
represent
- Promoting the
recognition
of hospice and
palliative
care as essential
components within the
health care system
- Charlotte
- De Soto
- Hardee
- Hernando
- Highlands
- Hillsborough
- Manatee
- Pasco
- Pinellas
- Polk
Contact Information
West Central Florida Hospice & Palliative
Nursing Association
Serving Tampa, St. Petersburg and
surrounding counties
Contact: Zori Brunner-Barnhill
Phone: 727-735-8661
Membership Benefits
wchHPNA offers local support and networking opportunities as they support the
goals of the national Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
Members are offered a
broad range of hospice and palliative educational
products and
programs for continuing
educationcredit
(e.g. APN and
RN monthly web/tele-conferences,
clinical
reviews, inserts in the
Journal of Hospice and
Palliative Nursing)
with
discounts for members.
Opportunties for networking
and edcuation include participation in local
Chapter activities,
monthly Nursing Assistant
tele-conferences, annual
conference, volunteering
for national
office/Board
projects, the Members
Only section of the
national
HPNA website and more.
