About Us.

PNAGKC
​Executive Board
July 1, 2016 - June 30,  2018

Officers:
Anna Liza Dewhurst RN
President

Luz Conde RN BSN, CCRN
President-Elect

Babette Orlich RN, BSN
Vice President

Irma Labre-Wright RN, BSN
Secretary

Leila Busch RN, MSN, BSN
Assistant Secretary

Mary Aragon RN, BSN, CCRN
Treasurer

Lourdes Batocabe RN, BSN
Assistant Treasurer

Corazon Zamora RN, BSN, CCRN
Public Relations Officer

Emma Florentino RN, BSN, CCRN
Auditor

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Board Members:
Jessamine Endaya RN, BSN, CCRN
Yolanda Endaya , RNC-OB, MSN, C-EFM
Arvin Figueroa RN, BSN
Rizvend Pecana RN, BSN
Elizabeth Rosas RN, BSN
Sonia Tumanut RN, BSN
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Advisors:
Jessamine Endaya RN, BSN, CCRN
Elvira Leone RN, BSN, CGRN
Leila Busch RN, MSN, BSN
Elizabeth Rosas RN, BSN
Irma Labre-Wright RN, BSN
Teresita Laoruangroch RN, MSN, MPH, FNP-BC
Rizvend Pecana RN, BSN
Ernesto Rosas RN, BSN
Sonia Tumanut RN, BSN

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PNAGKC:  What is the Philippine Nurses Association?
The Philippine Nurses Association of Greater Kansas City (PNAGKC) is a non-profit organization with the mission of uphold the image of the Filipino nurses in the United States of America by providing charitable services, education and research.
Philippine Nurses Association of Greater Kansas City objectives include:
  • Providing professional expertise, manpower and resources without compensation to various non-profit agencies and medical missions to impoverished areas.
 
  • Provide scholarship to qualified and deserving nursing students in the Philippines and United States of America to assist them in completing their nursing education.
 
  • Network with professional organization and agencies in developing and implementing programs relevant to nursing practice and education to increase the knowledge, skills and professional competencies of nurses so they can deliver safe and excellent care to the public.
 
  • Provide a forum for exchange of information, exploring issues and problems and to develop educational tools and strategies to solve nursing issues.
 

  • Provide free/low cost education to the public about health maintenance, preventative care and basic life support.
 
  • Develop and implement research programs focusing on the health care needs of the Filipino-Americans in the Greater Kansas City area.
 

  • Promote activities that will unify Filipinos nurses in the Greater Kansas City area to achieve the associations major goals.PNAGKC:  What is the Philippine Nurses Association?
    The Philippine Nurses Association of Greater Kansas City (PNAGKC) is a non-profit organization with the mission of uphold the image of the Filipino nurses in the United States of America by providing charitable services, education and research.
    Philippine Nurses Association of Greater Kansas City objectives include:
  • Providing professional expertise, manpower and resources without compensation to various non-profit agencies and medical missions to impoverished areas.
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  • Provide scholarship to qualified and deserving nursing students in the Philippines and United States of America to assist them in completing their nursing education 
 
  • Network with professional organization and agencies in developing and implementing programs relevant to nursing practice and education to increase the knowledge, skills and professional competencies of nurses so they can deliver safe and excellent care to the public.
 
  • Provide a forum for exchange of information, exploring issues and problems and to develop educational tools and strategies to solve nursing issues.
 

  • Provide free/low cost education to the public about health maintenance, preventative care and basic life support.
 
  • Develop and implement research programs focusing on the health care needs of the Filipino-Americans in the Greater Kansas City area.
 
  • Promote activities that will unify Filipinos nurses in the Greater Kansas City area to achieve the associations major goals.