IENA BOARD MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES:

Peggy Slider, RN

IENA Director-at-Large

From Peggy:

Nursing was a midlife career change for me. I graduated from ICN (EWU) in 1992 and have worked in a variety of settings over the years (usually working more than one job at a time). Public Health (PH) is my specialty and passion. I have worked in PH for over 16 years – the first five in clinical services, the rest in the First Steps program working with pregnant women and children. With the demise of the First Steps Program the first of the year, I will be moving into a new and exciting position at the Health District, working with communities to combat health disparities in vulnerable populations and child abuse and neglect.

I am currently attending Regis University's online MSN program. This is an accelerated program with each class lasting 8 weeks. In the end, I will have an MS in Nursing Leadership and Management. I have been the Local Unit Chair at Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) for ten years. I also serve as the SRHD–WSNA delegate to the Labor Council, am currently serving my second full term on the WSNA E&GW Cabinet, and am serving on the WSNA Disaster Preparedness and Duty to Serve Committee.  This is my first term on the IENA BOD.

I have three children: two daughters, both nurses, and one son who is a computer programmer. I also have three grandchildren – 2 girls and 1 boy – and a loving and supporting husband. In my spare time, I ride motorcycle, garden, read, crochet and do crafts, am an avid photographer, camp … but mostly love being with my family.