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Page 10 June 2014 The Nursing Voice I-oADN I-OADN Happenings by Mary Beth Luna, PhD, RN, CNE, President of I-OADN The Illinois Organization for Associate Degree Nursing held a general meeting on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at began, we were treated to a tour of the new health facility and offered chair massages by the Massage Therapy students. At the conclusion of the business meeting, members participated in a continuing education program Program Accreditation.” Presenters included Cynthia Maskey, Dean of Health Professions at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield; Pam Mammano, Lewis and Clark College in Godfrey. They presented tips Chilton, Dean of Health and Education at Kishwaukee College, for her hospitality. We also learned at the meeting that one of our members, Marie Hansel, was recently Affairs at Prairie State College. We are so proud of Dr. Hansel and know that she will continue to be a leader for associate degree nursing in Illinois in her new position. Our next general meeting will be held on October 10, 2014 at Heartland Community College immediately before our mluna@jjc.edu. HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION • AN ACCELERATED MASTER’S PROGRAM • ONE OF THE LOWEST TUITION RATES IN ILLINOIS 888.298.6202 | MASTERS.ROBERTMORRIS.EDU A Donor’s Rights For several thousand years, philanthropy has provided opportunities for people to show concern and compassion for their fellow man through charitable giving. Philanthropy allows the expression of the desire to promote the welfare of others and to promote positive change in society. The Illinois Nurses Foundation (INF) exists to allow Illinois nurses the opportunity to give economic value and power to their values of caring, concern and compassion. The INF collaborates with community partners to promote the health of the pubic by supporting nurses through charitable, research, and educational initiatives. The Foundation provides funding for nursing scholarships and scholarly initiatives that advances the nursing profession and promotes the health of people. The work of the Foundation is accomplished through procuring grants and endowments from private foundations, corporate sponsors, government agencies, and individuals. (document below). This document was created by a group of professional fund raising organizations to ensure the respect and trust of donors and prospective donors, The document in order to ensure that our donor’s intents are respected and honored. Know that your donations will always be appreciated and their intent respected! A Donor Bill of Rights PHILANTHROPY is based on voluntary action for the common good. It is a tradition of giving and sharing that is primary to the quality of life. To ensure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, and that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in the non-for-profit organizations and causes they are asked to support, we declare that all donors have these rights: I. To be informed of the organization’s mission, of the way the organization intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their intended purposes. II. To be informed of the identity of those serving on the organization’s governing board, and to expect the board to exercise prudent judgment in its stewardship responsibilities III. To have access to the organization’s most recent financial statements. IV. To be assured their gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were given. V. To receive appropriate acknowledgement and recognition. DEVELOPED BY: Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Giving Institute: Leading Consultants to Non-Profits VI. To be assured that information about their donations is handled with respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law. VII. To expect that all relationships with individuals representing organizations of interest to the donor will be professional in nature. VIII. To be informed whether those seeking donations are volunteers, employees of the organization or hired solicitors. IX. To have the opportunity for their names to be deleted from mailing lists that an organization may intend to share. X. To feel free to ask questions when making a donation and to receive prompt, truthful and forthright answers. ORIGINALLY ENDORSED BY: Independent Sector National Catholic Development Conference (NCDC) National Committee on Planned Giving (NCPG) Council for Resource Development (CRD) United Way of America Adopted in 1993 Copyright AFP (and others) 2013, All Rights Reserved IMMEDIATE Employment Opportunities:
The Nursing Voice June 2014 Page 11 Take Health Risk Appraisal to Evaluate Your Health, Wellness, Safety ANA HealthyNurse Program Positions RNs as Role Models You are always encouraging your patients to adopt healthy lifestyle behaviors, reduce their stress and improve your own health and wellness? If you consistently felt your and outcomes for your patients? Now you can compare your health, safety and wellness demographic categories, including nursing specialty, by taking ANA’s new HealthyNurse TM Health Risk Appraisal. This HIPAA-compliant online survey, which takes about 20 minutes to complete, also allows you to assess your workplace risks such as patient-lifting injuries, workplace violence, and sharp device hazards. The appraisal is a component of ANA’s HealthyNurse TM program, which encourages nurses to focus on self-care educators for their patients. “When we model the healthiest behaviors ourselves, it becomes easier to help our patients to do the best things for their health,” said ANA President Karen A. Daley, PhD, RN, FAAN. “This appraisal will help each nurse to optimize their health and serve as an online check-up on the health risks they face in their personal and work lives.” A partnership between ANA and Pfizer Inc, the datagathering tool is combined with an interactive “Web Wellness Portal,” a website for you to obtain information and educational resources based on your individual results and interests. The appraisal will become a continually accumulating database that will enhance the nursing profession’s ability to track trends and set policy and advocacy priorities and strategies. All RNs and RN nursing students are encouraged to take the appraisal for free and access the Web Wellness Portal at: www.ANAhra.org. IllINoIS orgANIzATIoN of NurSINg leADerS (IoNl) IONL Enriches Hospital Nursing Care Committees Throughout Illinois alternative to mandated nurse-to-patient ratios. Known as each hospital to create a hospital-wide Nursing Care Committee (NCC) whose charter is to contribute to the development and ongoing review of the hospital’s staffing plan. The Act specifies Nurse Care Committee purpose, membership, and communications strategies. It states that the NCC must have “significant regard and weight in the hospital’s adoption and implementation of the written or clinical staffing or patient issues identified between meetings be shared, reviewed and addressed at the next NCC meeting.” The ANA-Illinois, Illinois Hospital Association and Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders (IONL) jointly supported the legislation. In early 2010 IONL’s Policy and Advocacy Committee conducted an on-line survey of CNOs to learn how the Act had been implemented in their hospitals. Seventysix hospitals participated in the survey. As follow up approved survey of staff nurses who are members of their Illinois participated in this anonymous survey to gather their impressions of the implementation and effectiveness of the Act and their NCC. IONL correlated the information obtained in the survey and created the Nursing Care Committee Consortium, consortium brings topics relevant to NCC’s in a webinar hospitals NCC’s, especially staff nurses, are encouraged times per year. The webinar allows for lively, interactive always time left at the end to address any burning issues contact hour of continuing nursing education credit. Yearly, topics and presenters are identified. Hospitals with best practices in staffing and workflow are invited to has such topics as: Acuity Systems- how does it all work?; Successful Staffing for a Positive and Safe Patient Discharge; Implementing the Clinical Nurse Leader Role Care Delivery Model. Though the idea of the Nursing Care Committees is relatively new, hospital staff and nursing executives are embracing the challenge. With information learned meeting regularly to discuss patient care and staffing concerns as well as reviewing and revising their current nursing unit staffing plans. Illinois’ experience with NCC’s provides an approach to staffing that allows for nurses to make their own decisions regarding staffing in their own hospital. please visit our website and download a registration form: North Park University invites applications for Fulltime and Adjunct Faculty for fall of 2014: Fulltime: Pediatrics Minimally a master’s degree in nursing is required, PNP certification preferred and a current Illinois RN license. Salary is based on qualifications and experience. Fulltime: Nursing Lab Coordinator 3 to 5 years clinical experience, experience in Simulation desired, Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing required. Parttime: Clinical faculty in most of the subspecialties North Park University has a unique campus environment, Urban, the globe to transform their knowledge into wisdom, their words into opportunities with us. Contact Dr. Linda Duncan by e-mail, phone or letter by June 30, 2014. Applications will be considered in order received. Dr. Linda R. Duncan Dean of the School of Nursing North Park University 3225 W. Foster Chicago, Illinois 60625 lduncan@northpark.edu 773-244-5697 We offer 18 Online Accredited Certificate Programs including: USI.edu/health/certificate-programs Education in Your Own Time and Place 877-874-4584 D14-110519 Master of Science in Nursing NOW “ALDIL” www.trinitycollegeqc.edu Our state of the art online learning management system is fully narrated by a clinical instructor, self paced and available for most certifications.
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