Michigan 2017 Annual Report

2017 ANNUAL REPORT
Meetings:
February 28, 2017 at GVSU Kirkhof College of Nursing. “Human Trafficking:
What Nurses Need to Know” Joy Washburn, EdD, RN, WHNP-BC. Dr.
Washburn was able to debunk myths around the topic. Everyone left
feeling better equipped to identify potential victims and with some tools
for responding. Region 3 had the best attendance ever with 97 nurses and
nursing students attending!
Joy Washburn
May 11, 2017 at Mercy Health Saint Mary’s. It was a panel discussion on “Opioid Crisis: What Nurses Need to
Know.” Panelists included:
• Dr. Bruce Springer – addictionologist - speaking to recovery and Medical Assisted Therapy (MAT)
options
• Gretchen Schumacher, PhD, GNP-BC, FNP, NP-BC, president of MI council for NPs – spoke to
prescribing practices and MAT, on the State opioid commission, update on policies, funding and
legislation coming from the State of MI. Was very candid about the pressures the prescribers face
trying to treat patients with substance use disorder.
• Megan Williams, MSN, RN, CNL, member of a Kent County task force. She spoke about her interactions
with individual complex patients and updates from challenges and work being done in Kent County.
• Shellie Cole-Mickens, MA, LLPC, CADC-M: spoke powerfully of her own experience as a recovering
addict and her work with women facing dual diagnoses of substance use disorder and mental illness.
Meeting planned for early fall on the topic of
“Homelessness: What nurses need to know.”
Left to right – Bruce Springer, Megan Williams,
Shellie Cole-Mickens, Gretchen Schumacher
Growing membership and attendance in region 3
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