2004 PNAA Biennial Report

PHILIPPINE NURSES OF VIRGINIA
3'448 WINDING TRAIL CIRCLE '
VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA, 23456
757- 301- 7316
GOALS:
The goal,s of the Association include but not limited to:
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A. Unify Filipino- American Nurses in the USA and its territories.
• PNAVA sent the following delegates to the 26 th Annual National
Convention in Kansa City, July 2005,a th Eastern Regional Conference
"Winning Cards in Creating Partnership For A Preferred Future" held in
Atlantic City Convention Center on October 21- 23,2005 and again the
2ih Annual National Convention this year in Boston, Massachusetts.
B. Develop, implement and evaluate programs in nursing leadership,
. practice, education and research relevant to professional growth of
its members and healthcare needs of the community.
• Carmina Bautista was nominated the "Clinical Nurse of the Year" by
PNAA and will receive her award in July at the National convention in
Boston. We are so proud of her.
• Guia Caliwagan, Pres.- elect is a participant in the Mentee/ Mentor
program 2006 of the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurses
Association.
C. Facilitate professional and cultural adjustment of Filipino­
American Nurses in the USA through collaboration with
agencies
and organizations in the USA and the Philippines.
• Seminar on Cardiovascular Disease Update: A Contemporary .
Approach To Global Risk Factor Management was held on November
12,2005 . On March 4,2006, the Chapter's theme" Partnership in
Leadership was echoed in educational seminar entitled "Leaders:
Managing Oneself' wit Rey Rivera as the keynote speaker.
Management of COPD in-service was held on May 2, 2006 presented '
by Dr. Thomas Scott, Assoc. Professor, EVMS dept. of Internal
Medicine. Quartely inservices are scheduled and are coordinated and
chaired by Perry Francisco and Carmina Bautis
• The PNA of Virginia has partnered with the organization "Physician for
Peace" headed by Dr. Juan Montero, who is also the foundefof
Chesapeake Free Clinic in Chesapeake, Virginia. One of the missions
of this organization is to help the indigent Filipinos in different regions .
of the Philippines, from elderly to the children.