2016 Oklahoma Annual Book of Reports

2016 Oklahoma Nurses Association
ONA Board of Directors Activity Report
The ONA Board of Directors Meetings:
• Board Retreat, November 2014
• Bi-monthly board meetings: January 23, April 2, June 18, and September 23, either in face to face or
via conference call.
ONA Accomplishments:
Conducted strategic organizational planning incorporating the Bylaws changes enacted by the ONA House
of Delegates. Outcomes included:
• Review and update of ONA Strategic Plan
• Adopted geographic boundaries to the ONA regions and developed a solution that would meet the
needs of some Regions to remain separate entities.
• Approved timeline and communications plan for implementation of Region changes and other related
bylaws changes
• Continued support for the ANA/ONA State Pilot. This agreement with ANA is to provide back office
support in the areas of membership, finance, operations, and technology.
ú Value Pricing Pilot
ú New Branding from ANA
• Reviewed ONA convention evaluations, schedule and provided feedback and recommendations for
2016 convention changes.
• Collaboration among Region Presidents and Representative of best practices that work on
membership recruitment and involvement as well as ensuring fiscal stability.
• Continued as the co-lead for The Future of Nursing: Oklahoma Network Action Coalition.
• Continued to develop financial targets for all projects to ensure revenue generating initiatives; the
ultimate goal is to increase membership and sponsors.
• Increased ONA/ANA membership by 4.1% since January 2015. However our growth from June 2014
to June 2015 has been 9.1%. Several BOD members have attended student nurses and nurses’ day
events. These activities continue to spike interest in ONA/ANA memberships.
• Continued work updating of Employment Policies to meet the Standards of Excellence and current
state and federal laws.
• Updated Operating Policies based on the Bylaws amendments that were considered and passed by
the 2015 ONA House of Delegates.
ú Region and Chapter guidelines
ú Region dues and structure for use of funds by each region
ú Membership Development Fund guidelines
• Continued as an Approved Provider of the Texas Nurses Association, Patti Muller-Smith is our
Primary Nurse Planner. ONA has worked with several entities to Joint-Provide continuing education
activities for Registered Nurses. To Joint-Provide an educational offering, an ONA Nurse Planner
must be involved with the planning of the event.
• “Dashboard” updates reviewed at each board meeting tracking ONA BOD Strategic Plan progress on
initiatives.
• ONA involved in recommending nurse appointments to Oklahoma Board of Nursing (1 ARNP and
1 RN) and the Governor related to Health Care, i.e., Domestic Fatality Review Board, Physician
Manpower and Training Commission, and the Oklahoma Board of Nursing.
• Organizational Partner of the Oklahoma Women’s Coalition.
• Following legislative issues and regulatory rule changes pertinent to nursing practice, patient
advocacy and health of Oklahomans.
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