• Wisconsin Nursing Associations
• Wisconsin Hospitals
• Wisconsin Nursing Schools
• Wisconsin's Nursing Shortage, Short Staffing

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Buhr Vicky, RN BSN MSN

Schroeder, Janice, BSN MSN CFNP

Departments or Specialties represented: Emergency Department, Family Practice Primary Care, Medical-Surgical

Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing
1400 E. Washington Avenue P.O. Box 8935 Madison, WI 53708
Phone: (608) 266-0145 FAX: (608) 261-7083
http://www.drl.state.wi.us/

Wisconsin Nurse Practice Act:"This copy of the Wisconsin Nurse Practice Act is presented here only for your reference. It is not a legally-binding copy of the official legal document, and should not be construed as such."
http://www.wisconsinnurses.com/nurse/body.html

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Prescribing Privileges for Advanced Practice Nurses:"On January 5, 1995, the Board of Nursing of the State of Wisconsin adopted rules which will allow qualified advanced practice nurses to prescribe medications. Under these rules, nurses with appropriate knowledge, training and certification can prescribe medications, including controlled substances for the treatment of pain"
http://www.wisc.edu/wcpi/regula/rnpresc.htm

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Schools of Nursing:

Bellin College of Nursing: Bellin College of Nursing is a private, independent, nonsectarian college that offers the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and both credit and noncredit continuing education courses and programs in nursing.
P.O. Box 23400 Green Bay, WI 54305-3400 (920) 433-5803 1-800-236-8707 (WI only) admissio@bcon.edu
http://www.bellin.org./bcn/index.html

University of Wisconsin School of Nursing:"The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing has a rich and varied history, dating back to 1924. It is part of an academic clinical center which includes: University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, UW Children's Hospital, University Health Service, UW School of Pharmacy, UW Medical School, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, and UW Comprehensive Cancer Center."
University of Wisconsin School of Nursing
Undergraduate Admission School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison
600 Highland Avenue, K6/226, Madison, WI 53792-2455
Phone: (608) 263-5166 Fax: (608) 263-5296 Email: bjmarsha@facstaff.wisc.edu
http://www.son.wisc.edu/

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing:
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Nursing/

School of Nursing, Viterbo University:"The School of Nursing supports the mission of Viterbo University while educating students to be professionals who will advance the high standards of nursing practice. Further, its faculty seeks to create an educational experience that embraces the pursuit of wisdom and the values of caring, integrity, and commitment as preparation for leadership and service in a dynamic health care environment."
School of Nursing, Viterbo University
815 Ninth Street South, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601
608-796- 3000, communication@viterbo.edu
http://www.viterbo.edu/academic/ug/nursing/index.htm

Viterbo University, Parish Nurse Ministry Preparation Program:"About the Coordinator Ruth E. Williams, RN, MEPD, MSN and a parish nurse for nine years at St. Mary's of the Assumption, Richland Center, Wis. She teaches part-time for Viterbo University in the nursing program where she has taught parish nursing for the last six years. She has completed the Faculty Preparation Course sponsored by IPNRC for the Basic Parish Nurse Preparation and Basic Parish Nurse Coordinator Programs."
School of Nursing, Viterbo University
815 Ninth Street South, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601
608-796-3670, communication@viterbo.edu
http://www.viterbo.edu/academic/ug/nursing/parish.htm

Other:

Catholic Health Association of Wisconsin (CHA-W):Consists of 37 Catholic hospitals, 33 Catholic long term care facilities, 24 Catholic systems/IDNs, 19 religious congregations and five Catholic dioceses that guide and/or sponsor these health care facilities in Wisconsin
http://www.wha.org/

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Wisconsin Parish Nursing

Viterbo University, Parish Nurse Ministry Preparation Program:"About the Coordinator Ruth E. Williams, RN, MEPD, MSN and a parish nurse for nine years at St. Mary's of the Assumption, Richland Center, Wis. She teaches part-time for Viterbo University in the nursing program where she has taught parish nursing for the last six years. She has completed the Faculty Preparation Course sponsored by IPNRC for the Basic Parish Nurse Preparation and Basic Parish Nurse Coordinator Programs."
School of Nursing, Viterbo University
815 Ninth Street South, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601
608-796-3670, communication@viterbo.edu
http://www.viterbo.edu/academic/ug/nursing/parish.htm

Personal Homepages:

Wisconsin Nurses Rule!:"Hello friends! Welcome to my first website! I never put one together before but our friend (and we all know who we're talking about...lol...) Is a persistant little bugger! She is putting this basic shell together for me and hopefully in time I will be able to flesh it out. Besides...Who can learn all this html stuff anyway!!!??? I am a nurse in Wisconsin working at a trauma/ICU unit with an occasional surgery rotation."
http://www.angelfire.com/fl4/floridaterri/

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Nursing Unions:
http://www.nursefriendly.com/unions/

Service Employees International Union, LOCAL 150 (Wisconsin):"We are nurses, pharmacists, therapists, and techs standing together to ensure that frontline healthcare providers have a voice in how healthcare is delivered in Wisconsin's hospitals. We are Ceritfied Nursing Assistants and Licensed Practical Nurses, fighting for dignity and respect in the nursing home industry, for ourselves and our residents. We are the Service Employees International Union, LOCAL 150, and we invite you to visit this site often. We hope to provide you with all of the up-to-date information concerning Local 150 with regular updates. If this is your first time here, the menu on the left will help you get from one place to another. We suggest you begin by getting to know us a bit better by clicking on 'Who We Are'. We hope you visit all of our site, and, more importantly, feel free to contact us if you want or need a union in your workplace. Thanks for stopping!"
Main Office Milwaukee
8021 West Tower Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53223-3215
414/355-5150 or 800/474-0820 Fax: 414/355-6176

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