Highlights from the Hill: NIWI: the Nurse in Washington Internship Program--a call to all SOHN members

Recent findings from the membership survey conducted in 2002 by the Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses (SOHN) revealed that many members of SOHN were unfamiliar with the Nurse in Washington Internship program (NIWI). SOHN has been participating in the NIWI endeavor since the late eighties. To date, SOHN's NIWI interns have been either active members of the Government Relations Committee or the President-Elects of the Society. At the January 2003 Mid-Winter Board Meeting, the Board of Directors voted to expand the opportunity for participation in NIWI to SOHN's members-at-large. This article provides a brief overview of the NIWI program and describes the plan for extending this opportunity to the general membership.