Welcome to the Wisconsin Center for Nursing
The Wisconsin Center for Nursing (WCN) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that was created in 2006 to engage nurse and healthcare organizations, public and private academic programs, government agencies, and related service providers to work together as collaborative partners in an effort to ensure an adequate, competent and diverse nursing workforce for the people of Wisconsin. Our mission is to critically assess and monitor nursing workforce and education trends and promote nursing career pathways with a focus on under-represented groups and leadership development.
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Congratulations to our Winners of the WCN Black History Month Quiz
First Place: Keri Kliminksi -$100 Amazon Gift Card
Second Place: Adam Kling – $50 Amazon Gift Card
Third Place: Lily Alman – $25 Amazon Gift Card
Thanks for Playing!
Lillian Wald
American Nurse, Humanitarian & Author
Lillian Wald was an American Nurse, humanitarian and author.
She founded the Henry Street Settlement in New York City and was an early advocate for nurses in public schools.
After growing up in Ohio and New York, Wald became a nurse. She briefly attended medical school and began to teach community health classes. After founding the Henry Street Settlement, she became an activist for the rights of women and minorities. She campaigned for suffrage and advocated racial integration. She was involved in the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Facts About Women in History
• Edith Wharton became the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in 1921.
• More women are earning college degrees than men.
• Women make up 14 percent of active-duty military members.
• Marie Curie was the first woman to receive two Nobel prizes.
• Eleanor Roosevelt held all-woman press conferences.
• Kamala Harris is the first woman and woman of color Vice President.
• Women’s History Month began in 1987.
• Wyoming Territory was the first place to grant women the right to vote.
• The 19th Amendment didn’t give all women the right to vote. It wasn’t until 1965 that all women could legally vote.
• Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat 9 months before Rosa Parks did.
• Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb was the first woman to pass astronaut testing in 1961.
• Women couldn’t get credit cards on their own until 1974.
• Women make up 27 percent of Congress.
KILEEN, TEXAS NURSE MAKES HISTORY AS FIRST BLACK WOMAN INDUCTED INTO ACADEMY OF EMERGENCY NURSES
UW-Madison School of Nursing Celebrates 100 Years of Badger Nursing
The SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program
FY 2023-2024 applications are due by March 29, 2024.
This report centers the experiences of nurses of color in U.S. history and how structural and systemic racism have hindered access to educational and professional opportunities as well as institutional power. The report also reviews some of the ways in which these nurses resisted, challenged, and achieved within the structures of racism.
Milwaukee Nurse goes to Israel to help wounded
Upcoming Events & Webinars
PRELICENSURE STUDENT NCLEX® PREP WORKSHOP
7:30 am – 1 pm Saturday, April 20, 2024
April 28 – May 1, 2024
New Orleans, LA
The Native Nations Nursing, Helpers and Healers Summit focuses on educating nurses and interprofessionals in other healing professions about the public health needs of Wisconsin Native communities. We will highlight the use of an integrated team model in health care.
Congratulations to the Nearly 100 Nurses Who Have Received a Training Scholarship for Nurses Respond Now Priority Training
Still Accepting Scholarship Applications – APPLY Now!
The Next Training Cohort Begins on March 11, 2024
Nurses.Org Names Wisconsin Top Ten Nursing Schools
- UW-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
- Viterbo University, LaCrosse, WI
- Edgewood College, Madison, WI
- UW-Madison, Madison, WI
- Concordia University, Mequon, WI
- Marquette, University, Milwaukee, WI
- UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
- UW-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
- Carrol University, Waukesha, WI
- Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI
Education + Research
Do you want to learn more about nursing and health care innovation? We’re working to compile content to support your innovation growth. Some of the best ideas come from collaboration, breaking down silos, and by sharing knowledge. See the innovation courses, research, and resources below.