The South Carolina Nurse - January 2016

www.scnurses.org South Carolina Nurse—January, February, March 2016—page 11
Year of Ethics...It Is All About You
Emily Collum Davenport was born in Columbia, SC
on April 4, 1923. She died at Grady Memorial Hospital
in Atlanta on August 11, 2105. She was educated in
Spartanburg and at USC where she obtained a BSN and
Master’s in Education. During the time that she was
pursuing her Master’s Degree she was also the President
of SCNA from 1973-1975. She was employed in a wide
variety of nursing and educational settings including
Lexington County Public Health, Brookland –Cayce
School District, the SC State Department of Health and
the SC Department of Education where she wrote an
educational television series for SC Public Television.
The series was distributed across the US and Canada.
She was director for Health Education for Lexington
County Hospital. Following marriage to Benjamin Gary
Davenport she moved with him the Houston, Texas where
she established a home health assistants business. To train
workers and work in the homes of the elderly. Following
retirement from the business she and her husband travelled
to all of the 254 Texas courthouses to photograph and
document their histories. Their collection is housed at
Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
The Annual Meeting of SCNA was presided over by
President Connie Varn. All attendees received a copy of the
SCNA Book of Reports that always contains the reports of
all of the operational components of the organization.
President Varn presented a stirring address to those in
attendance. The CEO also addressed the group. Following
the Report of the Tellers concerning the most recent SCNA
Election, the new and continuing members of the SNCA
Boar and Chairs of the SCNA Chapters were duly sworn in
for the next years’ service by the CEO.
The following are those who were elected: SCNA
2015 Convention Report
Sylvia Whiting Mallory; Psychiatric-Mental Health
Chapter Secretary/Treasurer Julia Coons; and Women’s
and Children’s Health Chapter Vice Chair Mary
Wessinger. The following vacant chapter offices will be
appointed by the applicable chapter executive committee:
APRN Chapter Secretary / Treasurer and Women and
Children’s Health Chapter Secretary / Treasurer.
After the meeting was adjourned, the SCNA Board
of Directors held its Annual Board meeting as required
by SC Corporate law. This meeting is always used to
establish the calendar for the next year. The luncheon for
the Convention was enlivened by a presentation by Randy
Beckett on Motivational Interviewing. He was not only
most informative, but, also a really good speaker. During
the luncheon Bonnie Holaday, Chair of the Women and
Children’s Health Chapter, presented their chapter’s service
project proceeds to Marys House. Marys House provides
emergency shelter and services to families fleeing domestic
violence.
SCNA would like to thank the following presenters:
Kenric Ware (Ophthalmic Pharmacology and
Pharmacology Update); Randy Beckett (Trigger Point
Injection & Motivational Interviewing); Bruce Williams
(Knot Just Suturing & Incision & Drainage); Rebecca
Lowman (Risk Management for RNs and APRNs);
Catherine Durham and Whitney Smith (Best Practices
for Online Teaching); Jemme Stewart (Bringing
Mindfulness Into Health Care); Adam Roberson (Street
Drugs and What You Need To Know In Your Practice);
Sheryl Mitchell and Kahlil Demonbreun (Policy and
Regulations 101); David Blake (What’s New in ADHD?);
Chip Stanley (Retirement Seminar); Barbara Barham
(Issues of Capacity in Elders); Debbie Hatmaker (General
Session: ANA Year of Ethics); Dianne Jacobs (Ethics…It
Is All About You); John Moore (Women’s Health Update
with at Hot Flashes); Jane Charles (Autism Spectrum
Disorders / Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
through the Life Span); Jennifer Klimas and Victor
Klimas (Proteinuria: When to Worry or Not?); David
Hodson (Insomnia Sedatives and Hypnotics “If only I
could sleep like a baby”); Nathan Alexander (An Update
on Common Otolaryngology Problems in Children); Nicole
Snow (Cardiology Update); Susan Outen, Susan Duggar,
and Chris McCoy (Second Chance Nurse); Amber
Drewberry and Myra Whiten (Get Well Network);
Kelly Bouthillet (Medication Mania: Understanding
Polypharmacy in the Geriatric Population); Karen Leon
and Sara Pace (Medical Spanish); Faye Blaszak (Stroke
Update: Primary Prevention, Secondary Prevention, and
Acute Care); Meera Suthar (Chronic Kidney Disease);
Bill Robinson (Antibiotic Stewardship); Teresa Durden
(Pharmacologic Management of Sleep Disorders); Larry
Eberlin and Weatherly Brice (CEAC Update); Nancy
Durham (Control Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetic
Patients); Kahlil Demonbreun (STDs Across the Life
Span); Melissa Mull (Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Non-
Traumatic); Babs Edun (SC HIV Update); Janette
White (Peds Ophthalmology); Cindy Norris and Mary
Wessinger (Gestational Diabetes); Angie Fontana
(Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Non-Traumatic)
SCNA would like to thank the following volunteers:
Connie Varn, Sheryl Mitchell, Mary Wessinger, Bonnie
Holaday, Anita Korbe, Ava Pridemore, Tena McKinney,
TK Curtis, Kahlil Demonbreun, Kelly Bouthillet, Jean
Massey, Alice Wyatt, Bruce Williams, Ingrid Pearson,
Andrietta Barnett, Robin Traufler, and Heather Hyatt
Dolan.
SCNA would like to thank the following vendors/
sponsors: Absolute Total Care, ALD Publishing Agency,
Alkermes, Anchor Health Administrators, LLC,
Boehringer Ingelheim, Building Bridges Health Ministry
Network, CVS Health – Minuteclinic, Chamberlain
College of Nursing, Clemson University School of
Nursing, Genentech, Georgia Regents University, Grand
Canyon University, Greenwood Genetic Center, Lasting
Impressions Jewelers, McGregor and Company, Merck
and Co. Inc, Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia,
Open Door Personnel, Patriot Hospice, University of South
Carolina Upstate, University of South Carolina, College of
Nursing, Upstate AHEC, SC State Scripture Coordinators
for the Gideons, Walden University
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Secretary / Treasurer Stanley Harris; SCNA
Commission Chair – Professional Advocacy and
Development Selina Hunt McKinney; SCNA Commission
Chair – Public Policy Legislation TK Curtis; APRN
Chapter Vice Chair Bruce Williams; Nurse Educator
Chapter Vice Chair Andrietta Barnett; Nurse Educator
Chapter Secretary/Treasurer Jill Murphy; Piedmont
District Chapter Vice Chair Pam Collins; Piedmont
District Chapter Treasurer / Secretary Norma B.
Gaffney; Psychiatric-Mental Health Chapter Vice Chair
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