Certified Nurses Day™ is March 19 - Mission Health
Certified Nurses Day™ is March 19 - Mission Health
Certified Nurses Day™ is March 19 - Mission Health
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News for and about M<strong>is</strong>sion <strong>Nurses</strong> • Volume 6, Number 3 • <strong>March</strong> 2010<br />
<strong>Certified</strong> <strong>Nurses</strong> Day <strong>is</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>19</strong><br />
Congratulations to all M<strong>is</strong>sion Hospital<br />
nurses who have attained a national<br />
specialty certification!<br />
<strong>Certified</strong> <strong>Nurses</strong> Day was recently<br />
establ<strong>is</strong>hed as an annual celebration to recognize<br />
the contribution that certifications<br />
bring to excellence in patient care. <strong>March</strong><br />
<strong>19</strong>, the birthday of Margretta “Gretta”<br />
Madden Styles, was chosen as the date of<br />
commemoration. Gretta Styles <strong>is</strong> known as<br />
the “Mother of Nurse Credentialing” for<br />
her pioneer work in the study of nurse<br />
credentialing in the <strong>19</strong>70s.<br />
Steps to taking the exam<br />
Bryanna Gibbs, RN, BSN, PCCN, Chair<br />
of the newly formed Nursing Professional<br />
Development Council, said that promoting<br />
national specialty certifications <strong>is</strong> a priority<br />
for the council. She dev<strong>is</strong>ed a tool to ass<strong>is</strong>t<br />
nurses in taking the necessary steps to<br />
choose a certification, study and successfully<br />
take the exam.<br />
Arrive at the exam prepared and confident!<br />
Graphic by Bryanna Gibbs, RN, BSN, PCCN, Chair of the<br />
Nursing Professional Development Council<br />
M<strong>is</strong>sion Women Go Red! M<strong>is</strong>sion staff members<br />
volunteered on February 18 to offer morning<br />
and evening sessions of cardiovascular health<br />
r<strong>is</strong>k screening, nutritional guidance, and educational<br />
information to nearly 250 female hospital<br />
employees.The awareness campaign was sponsored<br />
jointly by the Heart and Women’s Service<br />
Lines. Seated left to right are Debbie Kirkman,<br />
RN-BC, BSN, Cardiovascular Outreach; Sarah<br />
Hinson, Community <strong>Health</strong> Enhancement; Kathy<br />
Bryson, RN, Utilization Review; Val Pulsifer,<br />
RNC, NUS, Mother/Baby; and Ir<strong>is</strong>ha<br />
Pomerantzeff, Russian Interpreter. Standing are<br />
Brett Mills, CNA, Staffing Pool; Linda Y. Smith,<br />
RN, MSN, IBCLC, CNS for Neonatal,Women’s,<br />
and Mother/Baby; Kathleen Leake, RN, ED Chest<br />
Pain Observation Unit; L<strong>is</strong>a Wilcocks, RNC,<br />
Mother/Baby; Frank Castelblanco, RN, Heart<br />
Regional Services; and Fern Webb,Tobacco<br />
Addiction Special<strong>is</strong>t.
Professional Fairs at MCS and ASC<br />
MCS nurses who are members of the Marketing and Communications for Nursing Excellence<br />
Committee wear their “Messenger” hats as they talk with other staff members about the collaboration<br />
of all d<strong>is</strong>ciplines in providing excellent care to patients and their families. Left to right are<br />
Cindy McJunkin, RN, BSN, SANE-A, SANE-P; Angela Baldwin, RN; Savonya Gilliam, BA, Social<br />
Worker; Amanda Smith, RN; and Karen Brown, Café Manager.<br />
Nursing Professional Practice Fairs<br />
were held at M<strong>is</strong>sion Children’s Special<strong>is</strong>ts<br />
(MCS) on February 4 and Asheville<br />
Surgery Center (ASC) on February 9.<br />
Sponsored by the Marketing and<br />
Communications for Nursing Excellence<br />
Committee, these fairs provided information<br />
about nursing excellence and shared<br />
dec<strong>is</strong>ion making councils and committees<br />
throughout the organization. Nine posters<br />
were d<strong>is</strong>played showing details of the<br />
councilor model, the major hospital-wide<br />
councils, education ass<strong>is</strong>tance, and the services<br />
of the Integrative <strong>Health</strong>care department.<br />
Two more fairs will be held in April.<br />
Attendees to all four fairs who stop at all<br />
stations to have their passports marked<br />
will be eligible for prize drawings.The<br />
grand prize <strong>is</strong> a paid trip for one nurse to<br />
the 2010 Magnet ® Conference in October<br />
in Phoenix, AZ.<br />
Mark your calendars for April <strong>19</strong>,<br />
Memorial Campus A649, and April 23 SJ<br />
Campus Quality Room.Times for both<br />
dates are 0730 - 0930, 1130 - 1330, and<br />
1730 -<strong>19</strong>30. Snacks will be provided.<br />
Research<br />
Conference<br />
Poster Presented<br />
I presented my research regarding<br />
“Blended vs. Lecture<br />
Learning: Outcomes<br />
for Staff<br />
Development” as a<br />
poster presentation<br />
at the Southern<br />
Nursing Research<br />
Society Conference<br />
in Austin,TX, on<br />
February 3-6.The<br />
conference was<br />
attended by 650 nurses and offered a<br />
showcase for presenting current nursing<br />
research. Presentations and posters were<br />
grouped with similar topics providing an<br />
opportunity to meet and d<strong>is</strong>cuss with<br />
authors/researchers. Awards and grants<br />
were presented for various research<br />
projects.<br />
The conference was attended by<br />
nurses from all southern states ranging<br />
from the East coast (Florida,Virginia,<br />
Washington, DC) to Texas. Most large<br />
schools of nursing were represented with<br />
much of the research completed by PhD<br />
nurses or doctoral students.Topics were<br />
very diverse ranging from studies of sleep<br />
d<strong>is</strong>orders with dementia to oral secretion<br />
management of patients with an endotracheal<br />
tube. It was truly inspiring and<br />
impressive to note the quality and depth of<br />
research completed by nurses!<br />
– Heidi Sherman, RN, BSN<br />
Staff Development Coordinator<br />
Nursing M<strong>is</strong>sion and V<strong>is</strong>ion<br />
M<strong>is</strong>sion Statement:<br />
M<strong>is</strong>sion Nursing - Promoting <strong>Health</strong> and<br />
Wellness; Providing Compassionate,<br />
Quality Care.<br />
Annette Racer, RN, (left) and Beth Justice, RN, (right) stop by the Practice Fair posters at ASC to<br />
d<strong>is</strong>cuss nurse involvement in promoting excellence in professional practice and patient care.<br />
V<strong>is</strong>ion Statement:<br />
M<strong>is</strong>sion Nursing - A Nationally<br />
Recognized Model of Professional Nursing<br />
Practice Committed to Excellence.
<strong>Nurses</strong> Have an Important Role in the Budget<br />
<strong>Nurses</strong><br />
involved in the daily<br />
delivery of care to<br />
patients and their<br />
families have a<br />
frontline influence in<br />
budget conservation<br />
and expenditures,<br />
according to Vice<br />
President and CNO<br />
Kathy Guyette,<br />
MSN, RN, CNA-BC.<br />
She emphasized<br />
that nurses’ dec<strong>is</strong>ions<br />
and input have<br />
an important<br />
impact on hospital<br />
operations, ranging<br />
from the use of<br />
supplies to staffing<br />
budgets and money<br />
spent for capital resources.<br />
Prudent use of supplies for patient<br />
care and unit office materials means paying<br />
close attention to ensure excellent care<br />
and prevent waste. <strong>Nurses</strong> are encouraged<br />
to present suggestions for cost saving<br />
measures.Tonya Schroder, RN, Nurse<br />
Educator I for Pediatrics, recognized the<br />
potential to streamline supplies used in<br />
pediatric emergencies and increase efficiency<br />
in accessing those supplies. After a d<strong>is</strong>cussion<br />
with the Pediatric Code Team,<br />
nurses began a reorganization of supplies.<br />
Th<strong>is</strong> project will result in a great reduction<br />
of expenses.<br />
Don Davidson, Business Manager,<br />
works closely with nursing directors and<br />
managers in the analys<strong>is</strong> of revenue and<br />
expenses. He urges nurses to “take care<br />
that all patient supplies are accurately<br />
charged.”<br />
Kathy P. Kelley, RN, (left) d<strong>is</strong>cusses classifying her patients in QuadraMed<br />
with Nursing Unit Superv<strong>is</strong>or Robin Noland, RN. Both nurses work on<br />
the Pulmonary Medicine Care Unit and Pulmonary Medicine Step-down.<br />
Procedure and supply charges impact<br />
the monthly responsibility reports of all<br />
unit managers. Items such as department<br />
supplies, specialty beds, agency sitters, education<br />
and travel, and repair and maintenance<br />
expenses are all l<strong>is</strong>ted on each unit’s<br />
monthly responsibility report. Don<br />
explained that careful attention to both<br />
departmental expenses (money going out)<br />
and accurate entry of charges (money<br />
coming in) places the hospital in a better<br />
position to acquire new equipment for the<br />
care of our patients.<br />
“<strong>Nurses</strong> have a vital role in budget,”<br />
says Brenda Shuford, RN, Management<br />
Systems Coordinator. While some hospitals<br />
use patient head counts to determine<br />
staffing numbers on each shift, M<strong>is</strong>sion<br />
Hospital uses QuadraMed.Th<strong>is</strong> classification<br />
system <strong>is</strong> based on patient acuity and the<br />
workload in providing patient care. Each<br />
nurse evaluates the needs of their patients<br />
in order to choose indicators, which reflect<br />
care needs.<br />
Heart Days Poster Winners<br />
• People’s Choice: Beta Blockers by Jill Howell, RN, Nurse Clinician for<br />
Surgical Services<br />
• First Place: Patient Teaching – Heart Path staff members Gail Stephens, RN;<br />
Virginia Fox, RN; and Cathy Gibson, PH. I ASSISTANT<br />
• Second Place: Managing Geriatric Delirium by Cathy Hebert, RN, MSN, CNS<br />
for Geriatrics<br />
• Third Place: Sim-Man by Bonnie Oliver, RN, American Heart Association Nursing<br />
Education Special<strong>is</strong>t I; Jill Rabideau, RN, Medical/Surgical Pool, Nursing Support<br />
Services; and Lora Deitz, RN, Nursing Unit Superv<strong>is</strong>or for Nursing Support Services.<br />
“Bedside nurses taking the time to<br />
classify patients and choose appropriate<br />
indicators drive the day to day budget,”<br />
says Brenda. Nursing unit superv<strong>is</strong>ors then<br />
use the QuadraMed calculations to establ<strong>is</strong>h<br />
the number of nursing staff needed<br />
each shift.Their compliance with bringing in<br />
more nurses or flexing them off affects<br />
budget that day, as well as the long term.<br />
Brenda explained that QuadraMed<br />
data throughout the year <strong>is</strong> used to project<br />
staff needs and budget for the upcoming<br />
year. Selection of accurate indicator classifications<br />
and observance of recommended<br />
staffing impacts individual nursing units, as<br />
well as the whole organization.<br />
Bob Purgahn, manager of Biomedical,<br />
stated that input from about 120 nurses<br />
helped shape the final selection of a capital<br />
budget item, the installation of the Rauland<br />
Responder 5 nurse call communication system.<br />
“By a three to one margin, the nursing<br />
staff preferred the Rauland system (compared<br />
to two other systems) based on its<br />
“ease of use,” excellent technological features,<br />
and their favorable experience with<br />
the Rauland Responder 4 on the Memorial<br />
Campus,” says Bob. While the Rauland system<br />
was mid-range in expense compared<br />
to the other two systems,“the 17=year<br />
h<strong>is</strong>tory of the Rauland systems indicated a<br />
low cost to maintain the equipment and<br />
high level of reliability,” he added.<br />
Installation of the system on both campuses<br />
will be completed in about 18 months.<br />
While the focus of bedside nurses <strong>is</strong><br />
to provide excellent care for their patients,<br />
their sphere of influence reaches beyond<br />
the patient’s room to selection of supplies<br />
and equipment, budget meetings, and services<br />
offered to our community and region.
Announcements<br />
• Thank You Asheville Hospital<strong>is</strong>ts!<br />
M<strong>is</strong>sion Hospital nurses are very grateful<br />
to the Asheville Hospital<strong>is</strong>t physician<br />
group for their recent $1000 contribution<br />
to the Nursing Education Fund.<br />
“We've tried to make th<strong>is</strong> an annual<br />
gift to thank the nursing staff for the work<br />
they do in caring for our patients,” said<br />
Scott Joslin, MD, Clinical Director of the<br />
Asheville Hospital<strong>is</strong>t Group.“ We are very<br />
appreciative for their dedication and have<br />
the opportunity every day to see all that<br />
M<strong>is</strong>sion nurses do to support the health of<br />
our community. Our thanks go to the<br />
entire nursing staff at M<strong>is</strong>sion for their dedication<br />
and hard work.”<br />
• Nursing Councilor Model logo of<br />
Shared Dec<strong>is</strong>ion Making Councils on<br />
MOD<br />
You can see photographs of the chairs<br />
and co-chairs of the major hospital-wide<br />
councils plus links to the MOD page for<br />
each council: Nursing Governance Board;<br />
Nursing Research; Nursing Informatics;<br />
Nursing Practice; Nursing Professional<br />
Development; Nursing Quality; and Nursing<br />
Admin<strong>is</strong>tration.<br />
From the MOD home page, use Quick<br />
Links to find Nursing Resources.Then<br />
choose “Nursing Shared Dec<strong>is</strong>ion Making<br />
Councils” on the right side of the screen.<br />
• Great 100 Nominations deadline<br />
April 15<br />
Nominate deserving M<strong>is</strong>sion Hospital<br />
nurses to receive th<strong>is</strong> prestigious statewide<br />
award for nursing excellence. Go to<br />
www.great100.org for details and nomination<br />
subm<strong>is</strong>sion.<br />
• Guidelines for Abstracts, Posters,<br />
Speakers, and Articles for Publication<br />
on MOD<br />
Subm<strong>is</strong>sions by all nurses to conferences<br />
and nursing journals and all nursing<br />
students for school presentations must follow<br />
an approval process.The steps are to<br />
be completed in order:<br />
1. notification to your superv<strong>is</strong>or<br />
2. approval by R<strong>is</strong>k Management<br />
3. approval by the Chief Nursing<br />
Officer<br />
4. implementation of M<strong>is</strong>sion brand<br />
standards for posters and Power Point<br />
presentations<br />
5. submit for consideration to<br />
conference or journal or presentation<br />
for nursing school.<br />
For a one-page l<strong>is</strong>ting of details go to<br />
MOD > Departments & Services ><br />
Marketing & Communications for Nursing<br />
Excellence > Poster Guidelines.<br />
• NC Board of Nursing Nominations<br />
deadline April 1<br />
Go to www.ncbon.com > 2010<br />
Election of Nurse Members to nominate<br />
your worthy colleague for one of three<br />
openings: one Nurse Educator from an<br />
ADN or Diploma Program, one Staff<br />
Nurse (RN) position, and one LPN.<br />
• <strong>Nurses</strong> who recently attained<br />
national specialty certifications<br />
Michele Dupyawon, RN, of Adult<br />
Medicine – Medical-Surgical Certification<br />
Ralph Mangusan, RN, of CVPC –<br />
Progressive Care Certification<br />
Five nurses passed the Gerontological<br />
Nurse Certification Exam;<br />
Carla Ballard, RN, General Surgery<br />
Celena Garrett, RN, Endoscopy<br />
Debbie Hensley, RN, Women’s Surgical<br />
Jessica Martin, RN, Neurosciences<br />
Aileen Nerona, RN, Asheville Specialty<br />
Hospital<br />
• Emergency Department National<br />
Poster Presentation<br />
Emergency Department (ED) staff<br />
members presented a poster at the<br />
February Emergency <strong>Nurses</strong> Association<br />
Leadership Symposium in Chicago – Susan<br />
Jarv<strong>is</strong>, RN, MSN, Admin<strong>is</strong>trative Director of<br />
Emergency Services; Sheila Radcliff, RN,<br />
BSN, Manager; Karen Blair, RN, BSN,<br />
Manager; and Stephanie Whitaker RN, BSN,<br />
CEN, Nurse Clinician. Jason Hunt, MD, also<br />
co-authored the poster called “Is Your ED<br />
in the PITT?” PITT refers to Physician<br />
Integrated Triage Team.<br />
• Staff Achievement<br />
Katrina Buckner, LPN, of the Olson<br />
Huff Center Medical Practice, passed the<br />
NCLEX and <strong>is</strong> now a RN.<br />
Research<br />
Call for Posters<br />
<strong>Nurses</strong> have two opportunities to<br />
submit posters for upcoming presentation<br />
events:<br />
Research Fiesta May 5<br />
• Research and Evidence-based Practice<br />
posters from your units.<br />
• Submit topic by April 5<br />
• Submit completed poster by April 28<br />
• Ask for poster supplies, if needed<br />
<strong>Nurses</strong> Week Poster Showcase May 6-12<br />
• Any type posters presented at<br />
regional or national conferences<br />
• Submit topic and poster size by<br />
April <strong>19</strong><br />
• Submit poster for d<strong>is</strong>play by April 30<br />
The poster showcase will alternate<br />
between cafeterias on both campuses<br />
Submit yours by contacting Kathy<br />
Daley, RN, MSN, CCRN-CMC-CSC,<br />
CPAN, Clinical Nurse Special<strong>is</strong>t for<br />
Research. Email Kathy.Daley@msj.org or<br />
call 213-0779<br />
Nursing News <strong>is</strong> Produced for the<br />
<strong>Nurses</strong> of M<strong>is</strong>sion Hospital,<br />
Asheville, NC<br />
Cherry Odom, RN,<br />
Writer/Editor/Photographer<br />
Nursing Documentation<br />
Coordinator<br />
Email comments/subm<strong>is</strong>sions to<br />
cherry.odom@msj.org.<br />
Carole Donnelly, Layout<br />
© 2010 M<strong>is</strong>sion <strong>Health</strong> System
Council Reports<br />
VP and CNO Kathy Guyette, MSN, RN, CNA-BC (left), and Jeanie<br />
Bollinger, RN, BSN, CCRN, CSC, of Cardiovascular ICU (right), presented<br />
a Nursing Excellence Ambassador Award to Thresa Lukacena, Media/<br />
Office Tech for Nursing Practice, Education and Research (center).<br />
Nursing Governance Board (NGB)<br />
Thresa Lukacena, Media/Office Tech for Nursing Practice,<br />
Education and Research, received a Nursing Excellence<br />
Ambassador Award from Vice President and CNO Kathy Guyette,<br />
MSN, RN, CNA-BC, at the February 17 monthly meeting of the<br />
NGB.Thresa was recognized for her efforts in establ<strong>is</strong>hing a MOD<br />
page for the Shared Dec<strong>is</strong>ion Making Councilor Model logo with<br />
links to the major councils MOD pages.<br />
Topics d<strong>is</strong>cussed were:<br />
• Retreat planned for <strong>March</strong> 17 for nursing directors,<br />
managers, and NGB members<br />
– Collaborative all-day event to d<strong>is</strong>cuss growing<br />
the Magnet ® culture<br />
– Report from directors about the status of shared<br />
dec<strong>is</strong>ion making councils in their areas<br />
– Gap analys<strong>is</strong> report related to meeting Magnet ®<br />
expectations<br />
• Nursing scope of practice<br />
• Major council reports<br />
Future agenda items are:<br />
• NGB bylaws<br />
• Nursing Strategic Plan development<br />
• Certification goals<br />
• Hospital Peer Review<br />
Nursing Research Council (NRC)<br />
The highlights of the February 17 monthly meeting of NRC<br />
are l<strong>is</strong>ted below.<br />
• Research Fiesta on May 5th<br />
– At least five oral presentations for d<strong>is</strong>semination of<br />
completed research projects plus evidence based<br />
practice and research posters will be included.<br />
– More poster subm<strong>is</strong>sions are encouraged.<br />
• Debbie Skolnik from the MAHEC Library presented<br />
Nursing Research links on MOD, MAHEC and Internet<br />
resources. Online access to the MAHEC Library <strong>is</strong> available<br />
by completing the AHEC Digital Library form on<br />
www.mahec.net/library.<br />
• NRC Bylaws<br />
– Active membership requires attendance at 75% of<br />
meetings<br />
– Update needed to d<strong>is</strong>tingu<strong>is</strong>h ad hoc from voting<br />
members<br />
CJ Smart RN, BSN, Genetics Center and Brenda Smith RN,<br />
BSN, Women’s Surgical Unit, submitted their proposal and plan to<br />
start their staff education next month about the Impact of<br />
Education on Confidence Level of <strong>Nurses</strong> Caring for Families<br />
Experiencing a Pregnancy Loss.<br />
– Co-chair L<strong>is</strong>a Clark, RN, MSN, CPAN, of PACU<br />
Nursing Informatics Council (NIC)<br />
Following are the highlights of the February 11 monthly<br />
NIC meeting:<br />
• Janice Brown from Infection Control presented an <strong>is</strong>olation<br />
update and asked for input about the best MOD location for<br />
the new material. Recommendations about the information<br />
and MOD location were given.<br />
• Pat Standifer, RN, asked for ass<strong>is</strong>tance in documenting<br />
“current state” surrounding medication admin<strong>is</strong>tration.<br />
• Nancy-Jo Wirman, RN, MSN, MBA, MHIM, Manager of<br />
Nursing Informatics, presented to the group and asked for<br />
suggestions concerning Advance Directives.<br />
Other items in progress<br />
– Changes in the Adult Geriatric Adm<strong>is</strong>sion H<strong>is</strong>tory<br />
Form<br />
– Review of a d<strong>is</strong>charge check l<strong>is</strong>t for nurses in Depart.<br />
– Chair, Karen Ward, RN, BSN, Nursing Informatics<br />
Nursing Practice Council (NPC)<br />
The February 11 monthly NPC meeting covered the<br />
following topics:<br />
• Dawn Neuhauser, RN, Manager for Oncology, and Dr. Julian<br />
Ferr<strong>is</strong> presented the “No Venipuncture Order,” which will<br />
preserve venous access for potential dialys<strong>is</strong> patients. Pending<br />
Medical Admin<strong>is</strong>trative Council (MAC) approval, nursing has<br />
agreed to pilot the order.<br />
• NPC collaborations with pharmacy have begun to review<br />
current state and future compliance with appropriate<br />
witnessing and documentation of medication dose wasting.<br />
• Insulin U-500 Dosing high r<strong>is</strong>k/low volume <strong>is</strong>sues under<br />
review. Follow-up with Diabetes Resources and Pharmacy<br />
still in progress.<br />
• Pharmacy presented information on new safety syringe<br />
caps. NPC recommended Pharmacy request agenda time at<br />
next NAC meeting and present th<strong>is</strong> information to educators.<br />
• Float Guidelines currently l<strong>is</strong>ted in MOD will move to<br />
individual units l<strong>is</strong>ted under Departments and Services.<br />
A generic Purposeful Rounding statement will be added to<br />
each department’s guidelines.<br />
– Co-chair Myra Blackwell, RN, BSN, NUS for Spine Center
Nursing Professional Development Council (NPDC)<br />
Highlights from the February 11 monthly meeting of NPDC are as<br />
follows.<br />
• <strong>Certified</strong> <strong>Nurses</strong> Day <strong>is</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>19</strong>. The council d<strong>is</strong>cussed<br />
ways to celebrate and acknowledge M<strong>is</strong>sion nurses who are certified<br />
in their specialty.<br />
• D<strong>is</strong>cussed the development of the council bylaws and<br />
webpage.<br />
• Encouraged council members to perform a learning<br />
needs assessment on their respective units.<br />
• Photos of the council in action were taken; a group photo<br />
<strong>is</strong> now posted on the MOD page for th<strong>is</strong> council.<br />
– Co-chair Gina Hallstrom, RN, CMSRN, of 8 North<br />
Nursing Quality Council (NQC)<br />
In the February 17 meeting of the NQC, the following items<br />
were outlined:<br />
• Juanita Miles, RN, Labor and Delivery, who <strong>is</strong> on the IVIEW<br />
design team, presented a preliminary view of some screens<br />
and functionality of IVEW.<br />
• Cathy Hebert, RN, MSN, CNS for Geriatrics, d<strong>is</strong>cussed the<br />
rev<strong>is</strong>ed Urinary Catheter Protocol.<br />
• Dr. James Whitehouse of Asheville Infectious D<strong>is</strong>ease<br />
Consultants reviewed the process for determining a<br />
nosocomial infection marker (NIM) at M<strong>is</strong>sion.<br />
– Facilitator Janie Fielder, RN, MSN, NNP-BC, the CNS for<br />
Nursing Quality and Performance Improvement<br />
Nursing Admin<strong>is</strong>trative Council (NAC)<br />
During the January 26 monthly meeting of NAC, the following<br />
topics were d<strong>is</strong>cussed:<br />
• Nursing Excellence and Meeting Magnet ® Expectations<br />
presentation<br />
• Guidelines for approval of Abstracts, Posters, Speakers,<br />
& Articles for Publication<br />
• Managers’ newsletter requirements<br />
• MERIT behaviors<br />
• Training center changes for BLS and ACLS<br />
• Progressive and Critical Care Education Programs<br />
• National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators<br />
(NDNQI) pressure ulcer data<br />
• IView design<br />
Pen-in-Hand Group’s First Meeting<br />
The Writing for Publication Special Interest Group has added<br />
a hands-on component for nurses who w<strong>is</strong>h to practice writing in<br />
a supportive atmosphere.The Pen-in-Hand Writing Group now<br />
meets for one hour immediately following the quarterly meeting<br />
of the Writing for Publication group. Julie Bell, MS, RN, the Clinical<br />
Nurse Special<strong>is</strong>t for Pediatrics, volunteered to lead the Pen-in-<br />
Hand group in quarterly writing exerc<strong>is</strong>es.<br />
The Writing for Publication group offers opportunities to d<strong>is</strong>cover<br />
resources, give each other support and bring ideas/questions<br />
for d<strong>is</strong>cussion and input. Both groups are open to anyone<br />
who <strong>is</strong> interested in writing for healthcare related publications.<br />
The next meeting of the Writing for Publication Special<br />
Interest Group <strong>is</strong> May 17, 2010 in A649 from 1430 to 1600,<br />
immediately followed by the Pen-in-Hand group in the same room<br />
from 1600 to 1700.<br />
To be added to the group email l<strong>is</strong>t for these groups, email<br />
cherry.odom@msj.org.<br />
<strong>Nurses</strong> are busy writing at the first meeting of the Pen-in-Hand Writing Group. Julie Bell led the group in an exerc<strong>is</strong>e using common objects to prompt<br />
written expression of the first thoughts that come to mind. Such exerc<strong>is</strong>es are meant to inspire nurses to evolve their everyday writing into articles<br />
about excellence in patient care and nursing projects which occur on their units. Left to right are Jackie Houtman, RN-C, MA, OCN, Oncology; Barb<br />
Marsh, RN, BSN, MHS, CPAN, Nursing Education Special<strong>is</strong>t II; Linda Y. Smith, RN; SN, IBCLC, CNS for Neonatal,Women’s, and Mother/Baby; C J Smart,<br />
BSN, RNC, Genetics; Kathy Daley, RN, MSN, CCRN-CMC-CSC, CPAN, CNS for Research; and Julie Bell, MS, RN, CNS for Pediatrics.