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Annual Book of Reports 2017 Linda Burdette, Chair 2017 South Dakota Nurses Association SDNA Committee Reports Nominations Committee Report SDNA members were notified via e-mail and the South Dakota Nurse in the spring about leadership opportunities available for election in 2017. Members were invited to submit nomination materials. The committee met in July via conference calls to share information on interested nominees, fill in the open positions and finalize the ballot. Thanks go to Nominations Committee members Teri Egan, Lois Tschetter, Darcy Sherman Justice and SDNA Executive Director, Eric Ollila for constructing the ballot. Paula Goddard resigned from the committee in July, 2017. 2017 SDNA Ballot: President: Margie Washnok (D-4) Vice President: Nancy Fahrenwald (D8-9) Treasurer: Christina Plemmons (D- ) Nominations Committee: Alham Abuatiq (D8-9) Sandra Welling (D-4) Vicky Buhr (D-10) Linda Burdette will rotate off the Nominations Committee. Teri Egan, Lois Tschetter, Darcy Sherman Justice and the two newly elected members will serve in 2018. Thanks to each of you for your service in this capacity to SDNA. Linda Burdette, Chair SDNA Nominations Committee Nurses’ Strategic Action Team (N-STAT) Update As members of the most trusted profession in the United States, nurses can wield much political influence. I would encourage each of you to reach out to a member of Congress for any of an abundance of issues, including insurance reform, Medicare reimbursement, as well as other health care related issues. The bedside nurse providing direct care sees the impact of health care policies on their patients and how it affects the ability to provide care. Nurses see how rules, regulations and laws impact the providers, as well as the facilities and the organizations that employ nurses. The impact we have to lead change right now is immense and will play a critical role in the changing health care landscape. The best place to meet members of Congress is on their home turf. Seek out opportunities to visit with them, be at events, set up an appointment or invite them to an SDNA event. Seek out and learn the positions of both SDNA and ANA on the issues. Check out the websites for information: SDNA’s website is www.sdnursesassociation.org and ANA’s is www.nursingworld.org. Nurses can influence policy at any level, whether it is at the bedside, the boardroom or in their communities. I believe that nurses have the obligation to serve the health of our society, and we need to know about the issues and the regulatory agencies that oversee our professions and make sure that we are advocating in a responsible and responsive way. Thanks for being a member of SDNA. You are a valuable member of the largest nurse advocacy group in South Dakota. 34
2017 South Dakota Nurses Association SDNA Committee Reports SDNA Political Action Committee The current balance of PAC is $239.92. We are planning new fund raising efforts for Convention. Thank you to all those who support SDNA PAC. Respectfully submitted, Julie Dangel PAC Chair Core Issues Task Force Marie Cissell, chair The Core Issue Task Force focus for the year was “Healthy Nurses, Healthy Nation. TM ” The Grand Challenge Model seeks to: engage nurses, improve nurses’ health and create a healthy nurse population. During the past year, two members joined the task force, Kristi Riggs and Rochelle Reider. The task force presented the grand challenge information at the District 10 SDNA sponsored event “Healthy Nurses, Healthy Populations, and Healthy Work Environments” held in Sioux Falls in July. At this event, ideas for healthy living was collected and will be shared in the coming months. The task force has submitted healthy nurses ideas to the newsletter and to the Facebook page. SDNA has joined the Grand Challenge Campaign at the “Friend” level. At this level of membership, the taskforce will be sharing information with SDNA members and other interested nurses about aspects of the challenge and will seek ways to encourage nurses to join the Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation Grand Challenge as individual members. You can follow the ANA social media campaigns, #FitNurseFriday and #healthynurse on Facebook and Twitter and join the challenge at http://www.healthynursehealthynation.org/ 2017 Annual Report Tom Stenvig, RN, SDNF President South Dakota Nurses Foundation The South Dakota Nurses Foundation (SDNF) was established in 1999 as a charitable organization affiliated with SDNA to advance philanthropic purposes of interest to South Dakota nurses and the health care community. SDNF continues in its partnership with the South Dakota Community Foundation (SDCF) and maintains a separate donor advised fund within SDCF, called the South Dakota Nurses Foundation Fund. This arrangement allows accumulated contributions to achieve a superior rate of investment return while allowing potential donors to take advantage of SDCF’s tax exempt IRS status. SDNF continues to grow as an important resource for the nursing community in South Dakota. Total SDNF assets in five permanent endowments at SDCF now exceed $138,000 (an increase of over $20,000 since a year ago) and continue to grow. Given the great need to increase nursing resources in the state and region, SDNF’s priorities continue to focus on nursing education scholarships. In the fall of 2017, up to five scholarships will be awarded: Scholarship Type Amount Number SDNF Scholarship $1,000 2 Rita H. Walsh Scholarship $1,000 1 Marianne M. Stenvig Scholarship $1,000 1 Dr. Carl and Leona Stadler Scholarship $500 1 35
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