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THE<br />
OKLAHOMA<br />
NURSE<br />
<strong>The</strong> Official Publication of the <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Association<br />
Quarterly publication direct mailed to approximately 66,000 Registered <strong>Nurse</strong>s and LPNs in <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
Volume 6322 • Number 2<br />
<strong>June</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE<br />
As I am writing this, winter<br />
is having a last blast despite<br />
this week being spring and<br />
Easter – an April fools on<br />
us? This week is also the<br />
historic <strong>Oklahoma</strong> Teacher<br />
Walkout. As always, it will<br />
be interesting to see the<br />
outcomes of our lobbying,<br />
discussions with lawmakers,<br />
and emphasizing the health<br />
needs of <strong>Oklahoma</strong>. Do Joyce Van Nostrand<br />
respond to the email Alerts<br />
that inform about various bills and may ask that<br />
you contact your legislators. Your nursing input can<br />
educate and definitely influence decisions! And many<br />
thanks to all those who were <strong>Nurse</strong> of the Day.<br />
Before going much further, I want to take a minute<br />
to talk about our nursing leaders and retirees. In<br />
March we learned that Katherine Adcock Choate, ONA<br />
President 1990-1994, passed away. She successfully<br />
led nursing and the Association for four years! On the<br />
flip side, a friend and I recently reconnected with a<br />
retired nurse educator whom we taught with in the late<br />
80s. It was so rewarding to initially “catch up” and then<br />
make plans for the future. <strong>The</strong>se events caused me to<br />
think about an often lost or diminished resource – our<br />
retired nurses and leaders. <strong>The</strong>y still have so much to<br />
offer in terms of continued involvement and mentoring.<br />
Think about the possibilities of their potential roles in<br />
chapter building, political influence, limited taskforce<br />
work, or new leader development. I encourage you to<br />
think about your involvement with our “vintage” nurse<br />
retirees?<br />
<strong>The</strong> Healthy <strong>Nurse</strong>, Healthy Nation Challenge<br />
(HNHN) continues. Spring is a good time to review<br />
your personal goals and realistic plan to reach<br />
those goals/sub goals. <strong>The</strong> recent HNHN Partner<br />
Newsletters introduced two new challenges. <strong>The</strong><br />
“Put the Brakes on the Drive Thru Challenge” began<br />
on March 26. This is a 7 day challenge for you to use<br />
to assess your current habits and start substituting<br />
healthier convenience foods. <strong>The</strong> “Step It Up in 10<br />
Challenge” for April focuses on increasing your daily<br />
step count over 10 days. Join me in adding these<br />
challenges to your HNHN review.<br />
ANA’s website, www.nursingworld.org, has been<br />
redesigned and reorganized! I encourage you to<br />
explore the various headings and subheadings. For<br />
example, HNHN is under Practice and Policy. Under<br />
Education and Events, sign up for the FREE CE<br />
Webinar “Emerging Technology and its Impact on<br />
Nursing Practice” offered on May 9th during National<br />
<strong>Nurse</strong>s Week. Registration closes May 8th; however,<br />
you can access it 24/7 until Dec 31. This reminds me<br />
that one of your many ANA/ONA member benefits<br />
is four free CE webinars in <strong>2018</strong>. Have you signed<br />
up for them? Not a member? Might be a good time<br />
to change that! Check out all the headings under<br />
Membership.<br />
Just as last year was officially the HNHN year, <strong>2018</strong><br />
has been named the Year of Advocacy. <strong>The</strong> theme<br />
for National <strong>Nurse</strong>s Week fits well: <strong>Nurse</strong>s: Inspire,<br />
Innovate, Influence. I hope that you are celebrating<br />
your colleagues and yourself this week! Advocacy is<br />
also the focus of our <strong>2018</strong> Annual Convention. This is<br />
such an exciting year!<br />
Lastly, let’s talk chapters, Thanks again to the<br />
Membership Committee for developing the necessary<br />
tools linked to the ONA website. Thus far, only<br />
Green Country Chapter in Region 3 exists. Members<br />
decided to focus on education and community<br />
involvement. <strong>The</strong>ir recent Opioid Conference<br />
reflected both these foci. Chapters should and will<br />
differ, depending on the chapter members and<br />
their interests. Frequency and site of meetings<br />
will also differ. So what is needed for new chapter<br />
development? You! Or rather a few nurses sharing<br />
similar interests and wanting to further network. Need<br />
help getting started? Contact ONA! <strong>The</strong>re are board<br />
members, staff, and chapter members willing to work<br />
with you. Wouldn’t it be great to see new chapters in<br />
each region by convention time?<br />
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INSIDE<br />
CEO Report. ....................... 3<br />
Emerging <strong>Nurse</strong>s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4<br />
Humor Opens Nursing Spaces. ........ 5<br />
Leadership Clutter .................. 6<br />
Eighteen Years and What's Changed?. .. 7<br />
<strong>2018</strong> ONA Annual Convention. ........ 8<br />
Nominations Open for the Annual ONA<br />
Nursing Awards. .................... 9<br />
When <strong>Nurse</strong>s Speak, Washington Listens.. 10<br />
Membership. ..................... 11
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong> <strong>June</strong>, July, August <strong>2018</strong><br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Association Regions and Regional Presidents<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Association<br />
Region 1:<br />
President: Lucas Richardson-<br />
Walker<br />
Region 2:<br />
President: Donna Fesler<br />
Region 3:<br />
President: Angela Martindale<br />
Region 4:<br />
Vacant<br />
Region 5:<br />
Vacant<br />
Region 6:<br />
President: Viki Saidleman<br />
Contact information available at www.oklahomanurses.org<br />
Editor: ona@oklahomanurses.org<br />
ONA 2017-<strong>2018</strong> BOARD OF DIRECTORS:<br />
President – Joyce Van Nostrand, PhD, RN<br />
President-Elect – Karen Ann Taylor, DNP, APRN-CNP,<br />
PMHNP-BC<br />
Vice-President – Elizabeth Diener, BSN, MSN, PhD<br />
Secretary/Treasurer – Polly Shoemake, BSN, MBA, RN<br />
Membership Development Director – Shelly Wells, PhD,<br />
MBA, MS, APRN-CNS<br />
Education Director – Amy Hutchens, MS, RN, CNE<br />
Practice Director – Amy Richards, MSN, BSN, RN<br />
Political Activities Director – Megan Jester, MS, RN<br />
Emerging <strong>Nurse</strong> Director – Jennifer Booms, RN<br />
Region 1 President – Lucas Richardson-Walker, BSN, RN<br />
Region 2 President – Donna Fesler, MS, RN<br />
Region 3 President – Angela Martindale, MSN, RN<br />
Region 5 President – VACANT<br />
Region 6 President – Viki Saidleman, RN<br />
ONSA Consultant – Dr. Dean Prentice, Colonel,<br />
DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC<br />
ONA STAFF:<br />
Jane Nelson, CAE – CEO<br />
Candice Black – Communications Director<br />
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THE OKLAHOMA NURSE (0030-1787), is published<br />
quarterly every March, <strong>June</strong>, September and December by<br />
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ONA CORE VALUES<br />
ONA believes that organizations are value driven<br />
and therefore has adopted the following core values:<br />
• Diversity<br />
• Educational Advancement<br />
• Ethical Care<br />
• Health Parity<br />
• Integrity and Accountability<br />
• Practice Competence<br />
• Professional Development<br />
• Safe Quality Care<br />
ONA MISSION STATEMENT<br />
<strong>The</strong> Mission of the <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Association is to empower<br />
nurses to improve health care in all specialties and practice<br />
settings by working as a community of professional nurses.
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CEO REPORT<br />
What’s the Best Thing You Can Do For Your Career?<br />
Jane Nelson, CAE<br />
CEO, <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Association<br />
From the beginning<br />
years of your nursing<br />
c a r e e r , t h r o u g h<br />
retirement, being a<br />
member of the <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
<strong>Nurse</strong>s Association is<br />
one of the best things you<br />
can do for your career!<br />
By uniting with the best<br />
nurses in <strong>Oklahoma</strong>,<br />
you will have access to<br />
professional development Jane Nelson<br />
opportunities that you<br />
won’t find anywhere else. Your membership is<br />
a way to show pride in your profession and add<br />
value to the nursing profession as a whole.<br />
Are you wondering what ONA does for you?<br />
Let me explain. To start, ONA is the professional<br />
association for Registered <strong>Nurse</strong>s in <strong>Oklahoma</strong>.<br />
We work to advance nursing though leadership,<br />
professional development and advocacy.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are a myriad of ways for you to be<br />
involved. ONA has leadership opportunities that<br />
allow you to be involved in a Chapter, Region<br />
or on the ONA Board of Directors. In fact, we<br />
are currently seeking nurses that are interested<br />
in serving on the ONA Board of Directors. <strong>The</strong><br />
information regarding board positions can be<br />
found in this newspaper as well as the ONA<br />
website.<br />
Several of the ONA Regions meet on a regular<br />
basis, which allows for networking with fellow<br />
nurses and opportunities for continuing education<br />
with presentations on current nursing issues.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ONA Board has been working to engage<br />
our Regions, especially those without Region<br />
Leadership, by holding “Meet and Greets” prior to<br />
the ONA Board Meeting. During these “Meet and<br />
Greets”, there is an opportunity to network with<br />
nurses that live and work in the same geographic<br />
ONA Region and learn more about the work<br />
of ONA. It is our hope that nurses will create a<br />
chapter within their community or workplace.<br />
While it is not difficult to start a chapter, it does<br />
require a handful of dedicated nurses who can<br />
work together to create networking and learning<br />
opportunities for nurses in their community. You<br />
can find detailed information on our website about<br />
chapter formation.<br />
If you are not ready to participate on a leadership<br />
level, we have committees that you can serve<br />
on, such as Professional Practice, Governmental<br />
Activities, Education and Convention Committee.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se committees focus on specific activities to<br />
ensure that ONA is focused on issues that are<br />
relevant to nurses. <strong>The</strong> Education and Convention<br />
committee are more internal committees working to<br />
develop programming that is attractive to nurses. <strong>The</strong><br />
Professional Practice and Governmental Activities<br />
Committee works on issues that nurses care about, in<br />
either a practice setting or issues that are legislative<br />
or regulatory in nature.<br />
<strong>Nurse</strong>s who have been licensed for five years or<br />
less are encouraged to participate in the Emerging<br />
<strong>Nurse</strong>s group within ONA. This group offers a great<br />
opportunity for engagement with nurses who are in<br />
the beginning stages of their nursing career. Be sure<br />
to check out the Emerging <strong>Nurse</strong>s column in this<br />
newspaper.<br />
We also have opportunities for you to share your<br />
expertise, best practices or research by presenting<br />
at the ONA Convention with a poster or a formal<br />
presentation. We hope that you will also share your<br />
knowledge by writing an article for this publication,<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>.<br />
Advocacy is a pillar of nursing. <strong>Nurse</strong>s instinctively<br />
advocate, especially for their patients. Being a<br />
member of the <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Association<br />
includes advocacy, specifically legislative and<br />
political advocacy, which is important in advancing<br />
the profession. We provide opportunities for you to<br />
go to the State Capitol and talk to legislators about<br />
pending issues. Our <strong>Nurse</strong> of the Day is the perfect<br />
opportunity for you to advocate for the profession and<br />
for your patients. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong> Practice Act is based on<br />
legislation and only the legislature can change it.<br />
Every day, in countless ways, nurses make the<br />
world a better place. <strong>The</strong>se moments of everyday<br />
advocacy change lives by elevating the voices of<br />
vulnerable people, and improving conditions for<br />
those around you. <strong>The</strong> ANA Code of Ethics defines<br />
it as, “Advocacy is the act or process of pleading<br />
for, supporting, or recommending a cause or course<br />
of action. Advocacy may be for persons (whether as<br />
an individual, group, population, or society) or for an<br />
issue, such as potable water or global health.” (ANA<br />
Code of Ethics -2015)<br />
As the largest group of health professionals in<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong>, and consistently the highest ranked in<br />
terms of ethical behavior by the public, nurses are<br />
in a unique position to influence the direction of<br />
both the profession and healthcare. Advocacy at<br />
the bedside and in your community is immensely<br />
powerful. <strong>The</strong> local advocacy we’ve seen among<br />
nurses includes: patient-focused practice changes<br />
and process improvements; workplace safety policies<br />
addressing such issues as staffing, workplace<br />
violence, safe patient handling; and representing the<br />
interests of patients and the profession while serving<br />
on a committee or board. This is how members<br />
of the <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Association are making<br />
a difference; don’t you want to be a part of it? If so,<br />
we hope that you will join ONA/ANA! If you are a<br />
member of ONA, know that your continued support<br />
is a vital part of our success. Your membership and<br />
your engagement allows for ONA to become the<br />
leading voice of the nursing profession in the state of<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong>.<br />
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EMERGING NURSES<br />
<strong>The</strong> Emerging <strong>Nurse</strong>s is a group within <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Association<br />
for ONA members who have been a registered nurse for less than five years.<br />
Jennifer Booms, the Director of Emerging <strong>Nurse</strong>s, is actively striving to continue<br />
creating an environment filled with leadership opportunities, mentorship, and<br />
guidance for the newer nurse. <strong>The</strong> mission of the Emerging <strong>Nurse</strong>s is to provide<br />
holistic support to members as they navigate through the beginning years of<br />
their career, helping them grow both personally and professionally.<br />
Choosing Your Specialty<br />
Tips for the New Grad<br />
Jennifer Booms, BSN, RN<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Association Director of Emerging <strong>Nurse</strong>s<br />
Quality Coordinator, Mercy Hospital,<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> City<br />
With graduation well under way, many of you<br />
are preparing for final exams, NCLEX and pinning<br />
ceremonies, but for some, there is one looming<br />
decision you are laboring to determine, where do<br />
you begin your career? Fortunately, numerous<br />
experienced nurses are eager to offer advice and lend<br />
support. One ICU RN, Courtney Heroneme, BSN,<br />
RN, discussed the struggle she faced when choosing<br />
where to accept an RN position. She revealed how<br />
she originally was confident she wanted to work<br />
in the intensive care unit, and stated she wasn’t<br />
interested in exploring the possibility of beginning as Jennifer Booms<br />
a nurse in a different department. However, during<br />
her nurse residency program, she was required to try other floors. During<br />
that process, she discovered the joys of working on the Intensive Care Step<br />
Down Unit within her hospital, and was able to see the many benefits she<br />
would gain by beginning her nursing career on that particular unit. Courtney<br />
expressed that if she could help guide newly licensed nurses in determining<br />
which area of specialty they should accept for their first RN position, she<br />
would tell them to remain open minded. She expressed, “I’m glad I started<br />
somewhere I didn’t think I would. By beginning on the Step-Down Unit with<br />
more patients, I was able to develop effective time management skills with<br />
multiple patients, and when I decided I was ready to switch to the ICU,<br />
which is where I originally intended to work, I felt I had more experience<br />
and wasn’t nervous about every detail. I also feel I developed the skills<br />
and confidence to be able to work in a larger variety of areas than I would<br />
have if I began in the ICU.” However, Courtney also believes if a new nurse<br />
strongly wants to work in a specific specialty, they should do everything in<br />
their power to ensure they are offered a job in their desired area. Courtney<br />
Heroneme conveyed, “Even though I was happy with my choice to start on a<br />
unit I originally never thought I would want, I still support nurses in following<br />
their hearts. If you really want a specific area, you should make sure you<br />
get it. You put in the effort during nursing school, and it’s your career. Be<br />
open to different hospitals if that’s what it takes. However, if you’re uncertain<br />
of where to work, I suggest finding something that’s somewhat generalized.<br />
I felt I was able to gain both med-surg and ICU experience by working<br />
on a step-down unit. You can always specialize later. What’s important<br />
at the beginning is you gain the knowledge and experience.” Ultimately,<br />
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<strong>June</strong>, July, August <strong>2018</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong> 5<br />
Humor Opens Nursing Spaces<br />
Diane Sears, RN, MS, ONC – Ret<br />
<strong>The</strong>oretical physicist and cosmologist, Stephen<br />
Hawking, passed away in March with ALS, that<br />
gradually paralysed him over the decades. “Keeping<br />
an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has<br />
maintaining a sense of humor,” Hawking said in a<br />
2013 documentary. “I am probably better known for<br />
my appearances on ‘<strong>The</strong> Simpsons’ and on “<strong>The</strong> Big<br />
Bang <strong>The</strong>ory” than I am for my scientific discoveries.”<br />
“When I turned 21, my expectations were reduced<br />
to zero,” he said. “It was important that I came to<br />
appreciate what I did have. . . . It’s also important<br />
not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is,<br />
because you can lose all hope if you can’t laugh<br />
at yourself and at life in general.” (http://wapo.<br />
st/2tKFiwd?tid=ss_mail-amp)<br />
Happy <strong>Nurse</strong>s Day <strong>Nurse</strong><br />
Shouting at overhead speaker: “Can you please<br />
have a code in a normal place?”, after codes called<br />
in Ultrasound, Cardiac Rehab, and in a bus on the<br />
hospital driveway.<br />
<strong>Nurse</strong> to Manager: “What’s the word for today”?<br />
Manager: “Chaos.” Staff <strong>Nurse</strong> responding in a N.Y.<br />
accent, “Chaos, get your chaos here, bargain rates.<br />
Make mine with mustard, relish and chili. Hold the<br />
onions. Patients don’t like onions.”<br />
A patient was given an emesis sleeve. He promptly<br />
responded to the nurse that he, “thought it was an<br />
elephant condom.”<br />
“Three Glove Sizes: Large, Medium and Empty Box.”<br />
(thecnalife)<br />
“I was so tired at work, the other nurses had to revive<br />
me with C.P.R.- Coffee, Pepsi and Redbull!” (Cartoon,<br />
Randy Glasbergen)<br />
“Yes, I am the school nurse but I can’t heal an<br />
ailing public education system.” (Cartoon, Randy<br />
Glasbergen, 2010)<br />
“I’ve seen it, smelled it, touched it, heard it, stepped<br />
in it.” (#retirednurse)<br />
Pick up Lines for <strong>Nurse</strong>s<br />
“I wish I was your coronary artery, so that I could be<br />
wrapped around your heart.”<br />
“You must be the one for me… Since my selectively<br />
permeable membrane let you through.”<br />
“Please don’t be too sweet. I might get Diabetes!”<br />
“Did you hear that? Even my heart murmurs, “I love<br />
you!”<br />
“Did you damage my cerebellum? Because I’m falling<br />
all over the place for you.”<br />
“Do you have an inhaler? You took my breath away.”<br />
“I noticed you got that combative resident out of bed<br />
by yourself, I too like to live dangerously.”<br />
“You make my dopamine levels all silly.”<br />
“Is it just my olfactory or you just really smell good.”<br />
“Are you Broca’s Aphasia? Because you leave me<br />
speechless.”<br />
“I think you are suffering from a lack of Vitamin Me.”<br />
“Excuse me, I think you dropped something: My jaw.”<br />
“I’m no organ donor, but I’m happy to give you my<br />
heart.” (nursebuff.com/category/nursing-humor-2)<br />
Duck Hunting<br />
“A group of physicians are duck hunting. <strong>The</strong> general<br />
surgeon spots a duck flying from the marsh, aims his<br />
rifle, shoots the duck in one shot, and turns to the<br />
others and says “I just shot myself a duck.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> intern sees a duck, aims his rifle, leads the duck<br />
with his first shot, trails it with his next shot and hits<br />
with his third. He turns to the group and says, “It was<br />
too small for a condor, too big for a sparrow. I think<br />
that it was probably a duck.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> radiologist sees a duck, aims a shotgun, hits the<br />
duck, and turns to the group. He states “I just hit a<br />
flying animal. It may be a duck, pheasant, or quail.<br />
Possible flying squirrel. Cannot exclude a pterodactyl<br />
at this point. I think I should shoot it again, but with a<br />
scoped rifle next time.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> emergency physician spots a duck flying the<br />
marsh and aims a huge, automatic combat shotgun,<br />
unloading two full magazines into the air, as the<br />
other physicians take cover behind him. After the<br />
tremendous noise ceases, the intern uncovers<br />
his ears and shouts, “What the heck was that?”<br />
<strong>The</strong> emergency physician turns around and says,<br />
“I have no idea, but I’m pretty sure that I hit it.”<br />
“During residency, I got paged at 3AM to the SICU.<br />
I called them, a bit curious as to what was going on,<br />
as 3AM calls to the neurologist rarely come from<br />
the SICU. When I introduced myself as the on-call<br />
neurologist, the very southern-sounding nurse loudly<br />
exclaimed: “Neurology? I wanted Urology. I got the<br />
wrong end!” (aimseducation.edu/blog/ridiculouslyfunny-medical-jokes/)<br />
(aimseducation.edu/blog/ridiculously-funny-medicaljokes/)<br />
Lyrics<br />
“Here’s the backstory: “I work in a medical clinic and<br />
I had a little fun with a patient one day, when she<br />
complains that her kids keep ‘kung fu-ing’ her front<br />
door.”<br />
Patient: “<strong>The</strong>y just kept kung fu-ing the door and I<br />
kept telling them to stop.”<br />
Me: “Oh, so, everybody was kung fu fighting?”<br />
Patient: “Yes, and I told them to just swing at the air,<br />
not hit the door.”<br />
Me: “Were they fast as lightning?”<br />
Patient: “No, and it was scary, I thought they were<br />
gonna wreck my door.”<br />
Me: “I bet it was a little bit frightening.”<br />
Patient: “Yes, I thought they were gonna wreck my<br />
door!”<br />
Me: “Hey, [Patient], c’mon, I just gave the first part of<br />
the song. Don’t leave me hangin’ here.”<br />
Patient: “I know, but I don’t know the rest of the<br />
song!” ( notalwaysright.com )<br />
Stephen Hawking Quotes<br />
“I felt ill the other day, but all they had to do was turn<br />
me off, and then back on again."<br />
"However difficult life may seem, there is always<br />
something you can do and succeed at."<br />
"Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is<br />
empty without it."<br />
"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change."<br />
"Life would be tragic, if it weren’t funny.”<br />
“Our inner space and our peace of mind are affected<br />
by our outer space.” (Thich Nhat Hanh)<br />
"Humor opens up our spaces."<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong> <strong>June</strong>, July, August <strong>2018</strong><br />
ONA Board of<br />
Directors Nomination<br />
Information <strong>2018</strong><br />
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS<br />
ONA Board of Directors - <strong>2018</strong> ELECTIONS<br />
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: July 10, <strong>2018</strong><br />
Dear ONA Members,<br />
It is time to submit your nominations for the <strong>2018</strong> ONA<br />
elections. We need your help to nominate candidates<br />
for the ONA Board of Directors and Nominating<br />
Committee. Please visit the ONA website to nominate<br />
yourself or a colleague. You can also find detailed<br />
information of the roles and responsibilities of each<br />
position on our website. www.<strong>Oklahoma</strong><strong>Nurse</strong>s.org<br />
<strong>2018</strong> OPEN POSITIONS<br />
Officers:<br />
• President-Elect (2 yrs. as PE and 2 yrs. as<br />
President)<br />
• Secretary/Treasurer (2 yrs.)<br />
Directors:<br />
• Education Director (2 yrs.)<br />
• Membership Development Director (2 yrs.)<br />
• Nominations Committee - 3 Members (2 yrs.)<br />
• Membership Assembly Representative – 2<br />
Medical Clinic <strong>Nurse</strong> Manager (RN)<br />
Registered by <strong>Oklahoma</strong> Board of Nursing required. Experience in ambulatory<br />
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Apply<br />
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deloisa@communityhealthok.org<br />
communityhealthok.org<br />
Dr. Dean Prentice, Colonel, DHA, MA, BSN,<br />
NE-BC<br />
This is me<br />
Leadership Clutter<br />
Ok, I admit it. I really,<br />
really enjoyed <strong>The</strong> Greatest<br />
Showman. Hugh Jackman<br />
has become a hero to<br />
me; the total entertainer<br />
package. <strong>The</strong> movie is<br />
about PT Barnum and his<br />
beginnings. With many<br />
wonderful storylines Dr. Dean Prentice<br />
to follow, the Oscar<br />
nominated song “This is Me” struck a real chord<br />
with me.<br />
<strong>The</strong> character of the Bearded Lady finally<br />
comes to accept her uniqueness. She proceeds<br />
to encourage her fellow entertainers to face their<br />
future, not to be ashamed of who they are, and to<br />
not to let anyone else determine their value. In the<br />
society they lived, this team was needed to help<br />
their community, to offer hope.<br />
It is the same in our great state. Many<br />
challenges face us and in healthcare it is no<br />
different. <strong>The</strong> budget battle, the opioid crisis, the<br />
decrease in mental health support, shortages<br />
of nurses in many areas, challenges in providing<br />
rural healthcare, and the constant battle for<br />
constrained resources to provide care to our<br />
state.<br />
In nursing and in our personal lives, we were<br />
all created different. Each of us have amazing<br />
talents. Individually, our strengths create for us<br />
opportunities for success. Our passions drive us<br />
to do great things. And our motivation can inspire<br />
others to continue on their journey. Imagine if we<br />
as nurses began to get involved in the areas of our<br />
talents and passions.<br />
It’s not always easy though to be who we are,<br />
personally or professionally. Many in our industry<br />
tell us that you or nurses are not able to do that<br />
job. It’s been said your education doesn’t qualify<br />
you for this position. Or those who won’t consider<br />
you because you are a nurse and they are looking<br />
for someone “smarter.” And then there is the one<br />
recently stated to me that I as a nurse I couldn’t<br />
possibly do the job; it’s not been done before.<br />
<strong>The</strong> insults, the setbacks, the words used in<br />
their rebuttal of you as a nurse and healthcare<br />
leader cut, and sometimes hard.<br />
“Well lookout because here I come…I’m not<br />
scared to be seen, I make no apologies.”<br />
It is time for nurses and nurse leaders to come<br />
together and start realizing we have a place<br />
in every aspect of healthcare! Even medicine.<br />
<strong>The</strong> diversity in education, the different job<br />
experiences we have, the innovative approaches<br />
we take to succeed, the evidence we use in our<br />
care make us a force to be reckoned with in<br />
healthcare. For so long we have let others tell<br />
us what we can do. Now we need to begin to<br />
tell them what we will do. But first we have to be<br />
brave, even when bruised, to step forward for the<br />
opportunities in our communities.<br />
Imagine the difference we could make in<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> if nurses actually started working<br />
together. If we send the flood and drown out the<br />
naysayers of the importance and power of nurses,<br />
then we do become the warriors for our patients<br />
and state. We need to first start with supporting<br />
one another. As a profession, we should hold our<br />
peers in high regard, hold ourselves to the highest<br />
standard and expect each nurse to hold that<br />
standard, and support our colleagues when they<br />
need help.<br />
<strong>Nurse</strong>s need to be the trusted voice of<br />
healthcare in <strong>Oklahoma</strong>. <strong>Nurse</strong>s and nurse leaders<br />
should be in every aspect of healthcare, whether<br />
we are invited or not. As issues arise in healthcare,<br />
it should be odd that a nurse is not involved or<br />
leading the work. <strong>Nurse</strong>s will not be left out of<br />
decisions impacting our state’s health.<br />
I make no apologies. I am a nurse. I am a leader<br />
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<strong>June</strong>, July, August <strong>2018</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong> 7<br />
Eighteen Years and What’s Changed?<br />
It’s been twenty years since the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and<br />
the Institute of Medicine (IOM) focused energy on assessing and transforming<br />
the nursing profession. It’s been eighteen years since the publication <strong>The</strong><br />
Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. <strong>The</strong> report’s eight<br />
recommendations were both gratifying and intimidating for many in the nursing<br />
profession. Some celebrated that the recommendations included actions<br />
already underway, such as pushing for full-practice authority. Some were<br />
skeptical that nurses would ever be treated as full partners in redesigning of<br />
health care. However, with more than three million members, the nursing<br />
profession is the largest segment of the health care workforce. This amount of<br />
influence could not be underestimated.<br />
Nevertheless, a report is just a document without action. <strong>The</strong> Robert Wood<br />
Johnson Foundation and AARP established <strong>The</strong> Future of Nursing: Campaign<br />
for Action to follow the blueprint of the recommendations in real time. <strong>The</strong><br />
Campaign framework led to the development of action coalitions formed of<br />
nurses, health care providers, employers, patients, and others in all fifty states<br />
and the District of Columbia. <strong>The</strong>se coalitions were given the directive to make<br />
the recommendations happen, in the approach and emphasis that was best<br />
suited for each coalition.<br />
Each coalition tracks their momentum on the recommendations on the<br />
Campaign dashboard, enabling both a state and national perspective on the<br />
progress of these recommendations over time. You can access this dashboard<br />
here: https://campaignforaction.org/<br />
So what has happened? Some of the recommendations have been met, and<br />
all have shown significant improvement. <strong>The</strong> recommendation that the number<br />
of nurses with doctoral degrees should be double by 2010 was met in 2016,<br />
with an increase from 8,267 to 22,454. Recommendations about increasing<br />
inter-professional collaboration, increasing the number of nurses entering<br />
practice at the baccalaureate level or higher, implementing nurse residency<br />
programs, and building an infrastructure for the collection and analysis of<br />
data have shown improvement across the nation. One of the most challenging<br />
recommendations was that nurses should be allowed to practice at the full<br />
extent of their training and education. Since the Campaign was launched, nine<br />
states have enacted legislation in support of increased access for patients<br />
and their families to quality healthcare from an advanced practice nurse. In 22<br />
states and the District of Columbia, nurse practitioners are allowed to provide<br />
full care.<br />
What is happening in <strong>Oklahoma</strong>?<br />
In 2016, <strong>The</strong> Association of <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong> Practitioners collaborated<br />
with the Campaign for Action to introduce full practice authority legislation.<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Campaign members are working with the higher education system<br />
of <strong>Oklahoma</strong> to align nursing prerequisites to help transform nursing education.<br />
<strong>Nurse</strong> Preceptor education modules were developed and made available<br />
to healthcare agencies across the state. <strong>Nurse</strong> leaders across the state are<br />
regularly featured in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>, celebrating nurses leading in a<br />
diverse set of roles.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is work to be done.<br />
Eighteen years have passed but there is still much more work to be done.<br />
Joining your local Campaign is a great way to become engaged. You can reach<br />
the <strong>Oklahoma</strong> Campaign here: https://campaignforaction.org/state/oklahoma/<br />
Identifying and talking to your state representatives about your perspective,<br />
as a nurse is crucial. You can reach them here: http://www.oklegislature.gov/<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong> <strong>June</strong>, July, August <strong>2018</strong><br />
<strong>2018</strong> ONA ANNUAL CONVENTION<br />
Empowering <strong>Nurse</strong>s: Inspire. Innovate. Influence.<br />
Tulsa, OK – October 24th & 25th<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Association is pleased to present the <strong>2018</strong> Annual <strong>Nurse</strong>s<br />
Convention at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Tulsa, <strong>Oklahoma</strong> on October 24th and<br />
25th, Empowering <strong>Nurse</strong>s: Inspire. Innovate. Influence. During this two-day<br />
convention, we will explore action-based solutions to empower nurses in their<br />
practice areas.<br />
Our focus on Wednesday will be to localize ANA’s #End<strong>Nurse</strong>Abuse initiative<br />
by focusing on violence against nurses in the workplace. Nationally, 1 in 4 nurses<br />
have experienced some kind of workplace violence. We know this is happening<br />
in <strong>Oklahoma</strong>. This must stop and ONA must be part of the solution. We want<br />
nurse leaders to share solutions that ensure the safety of nurses while they are<br />
working. Our day will start with a panel of nurse leaders sharing their solutions to<br />
#End<strong>Nurse</strong>Abuse. We hope that you will join us to share and discuss this important<br />
issue so that we can develop solutions together.<br />
Thursday’s focus will tackle the issues of health disparities in our state. Our<br />
opening session will include the short documentary film, Clinica de Migrantes,<br />
followed by a panel of nurse leaders who deliver care to populations facing health<br />
disparities. Presentations following the opening session will not only highlight health<br />
disparities, but also staffing, workplace violence and other issues facing nurses in<br />
their day to day practice. We want to empower nurses in their practice areas and<br />
communities with action-based solutions.<br />
It is our hope that you will join us as we discuss these and other important issues.<br />
We need you to share your best practices, research and solutions that are working<br />
with other nurses and ONA. Consider submitting an abstract for a presentation or<br />
poster session. It is critical that ONA is part of the solution and that together we<br />
advocate within our workplaces and our communities for change.<br />
Call For Proposals<br />
We invite you to submit a presentation or poster related to the topics<br />
listed below. <strong>The</strong> strength of the ONA Convention has always been a superb<br />
array of educational activities, which directly relate to nursing. By reaching across<br />
specialties and practice settings, convention presentations should strive to enhance<br />
the skills for nurses in all phases of their nursing career. We will continue this<br />
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tradition this year with engaging speakers and four rounds of breakout sessions.<br />
Breakout sessions will be held on Thursday, October 25th. Each of the<br />
four breakout sessions will have two concurrent 60-minute sessions. <strong>The</strong><br />
Convention Committee invites you to submit one or more proposals for the<br />
presentation type most applicable to you. Convention participants should be<br />
able to say, "Something I learned today will impact or enhance my professional<br />
practice." <strong>The</strong>y should be able to clearly identify ideas learned that will directly<br />
impact or enhance their professional practice.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Convention Committee will review posters based on categories. Whether<br />
you are a first time poster presenter or a seasoned presenter, we encourage<br />
you to submit your work for this year’s Convention! Both primary and secondary<br />
research is acceptable.<br />
• Concurrent Session Presentation (60 minutes - 8 available) Deadline<br />
<strong>June</strong> 30th<br />
• Poster Presentation (written format; 30 minute staffed session)<br />
Deadline <strong>June</strong> 30th<br />
• Academic<br />
• Clinical Practice & Research<br />
• <strong>The</strong>ory, Concept, Teaching Papers & Research<br />
• Literature Review<br />
Suggested Topics:<br />
• Clinical Simulations<br />
• Conflict Resolution/Disruptive Behavior<br />
• Health Disparities in <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
• End of Life Care<br />
• Ethics<br />
• Health & Wellness<br />
• Informatics<br />
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<strong>June</strong>, July, August <strong>2018</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong> 9<br />
Nominations Open for the Annual ONA Nursing Awards<br />
Recognizing Excellence in Nursing<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Association has many members whose outstanding<br />
contributions should be recognized. <strong>The</strong> following award categories have been<br />
established to recognize excellence in <strong>Oklahoma</strong> Nursing:<br />
EXCELLENCE IN NURSING<br />
<strong>The</strong> Excellence in Nursing Award is conferred on a member, who has<br />
developed an innovative, unique and creative approach that utilizes nursing<br />
theory and knowledge/skills in any practice setting: Administration, Education,<br />
and/or Direct Patient Care. <strong>The</strong> recipient should be recognized by peers<br />
as a role model of consistently high quality nursing practice and as one who<br />
enhances the image of professional nursing by creating an environment<br />
promoting professional autonomy and control over nursing practice.<br />
NURSING RESEARCH AWARD<br />
<strong>The</strong> Nursing Research Award recipient is a nurse who has made a significant<br />
impact on nursing practice through the use of research as a basis for practice<br />
innovation. Significant impact on nursing practice means that the nurse<br />
has contributed to the creation of new nursing knowledge through research<br />
findings; and has improved or created a plan for improving clinical nursing<br />
practice and/or patient outcomes in response to the findings.<br />
NURSING IMPACT ON PUBLIC POLICY<br />
Nursing Impact On Public Policy Award honors the nurse, whose activities<br />
are above and beyond those of the general nursing community to further the<br />
political presence of nursing and/or to accomplish positive public policy for the<br />
nursing profession.<br />
NIGHTINGALE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE<br />
<strong>The</strong> Nightingale Award of Excellence is conferred on an ONA member who<br />
during their career has:<br />
• Demonstrated innovative strategies so as to fulfill job responsibilities and/<br />
or role responsibilities in their professional role and within the community<br />
they work and live.<br />
• Consistently surpass expectations of a professional nurse; thus<br />
enhancing the image of nursing as a profession.<br />
• Demonstrates sustained and substantial contribution to the <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
<strong>Nurse</strong>s Association.<br />
• Served as a role model of consistent excellence in their area of practice.<br />
Other professional behaviors, such as mentoring, advocacy, research<br />
conduction or utilization, publications and presentations should also be<br />
demonstrated throughout his/her career.<br />
FRIEND OF NURSING<br />
<strong>The</strong> Friend of Nursing Award is conferred on non-nurses who have rendered<br />
valuable assistance to the nursing profession. <strong>The</strong>ir contributions and<br />
assistance are of statewide significance to nursing.<br />
EXCELLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT<br />
<strong>The</strong> Excellence in the Workplace Environment Award is presented to<br />
organizations that have developed positive work environments. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
organizations must have developed an Innovative and effective program,<br />
approach or overall environment that promotes excellent nursing care, creating<br />
a positive environment for nurses to work and supports nurses in their practice.<br />
(Please note that this designation is for a five year period of time. After five<br />
years, facilities may re-apply)<br />
ELIGIBILITY<br />
Nominees for ONA awards must meet specific criteria. <strong>The</strong>se individuals<br />
must be ONA members, except for the Friend of Nursing Award, which is given<br />
to a non-nurse, or for the Excellence in the Workplace, which is presented<br />
to organizations. Members of the ONA Board of Directors and the Awards<br />
Selection Committee are not eligible for ONA awards during the period in which<br />
they serve in these capacities.<br />
<strong>The</strong> deadline for submission of nominations is September 8th. Find<br />
complete details and instructions for nominating a nurse on the ONA website,<br />
www.<strong>Oklahoma</strong><strong>Nurse</strong>s.org. Submissions can be made online or mailed to ONA.<br />
Questions? Email ona.ed@oklahomanurses.org
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong> <strong>June</strong>, July, August <strong>2018</strong><br />
When <strong>Nurse</strong>s Speak,<br />
Washington Listens<br />
<strong>The</strong> American <strong>Nurse</strong>s Association strives to represent nurses on Capitol Hill, provide<br />
support for state nurses associations as they advance their own advocacy<br />
agendas, and help federal agencies and elected officials propose and enforce<br />
new laws that will advance the nursing profession. ANA serves to amplify nurses’<br />
voices as policies are conceived, debated, and implemented. We create longlasting<br />
relationships with nurses and their representatives, working to establish<br />
a health system where care is accessible, of high quality, and recognizes the nursing<br />
profession as an integral component.<br />
Registered nurses represent the largest segment of health professionals, with<br />
more than 3.6 million nationwide. <strong>Nurse</strong>s not only represent an incredible force<br />
by sheer numbers, but policymakers rely upon their expertise as they work to<br />
improve our nation’s health system. For 16 years, nurses have outranked all other<br />
professions in Gallup’s annual honesty and ethics survey and are viewed as the<br />
most trusted profession.<br />
Throughout the year, we will feature examples of ANA members advocating for<br />
patients and the profession in various roles and settings, hosted at www.RNAction.org<br />
as well as shared through social media. <strong>The</strong> advocates’ stories will be<br />
paired with associated tools and ANA products & services. Each quarter will have<br />
a dedicated theme, building from local to more global examples, but overlap<br />
with other quarterly themes will occur.<br />
<strong>Nurse</strong>s are advocates every day, so examples are endless and no illustration is<br />
too small. Please consider sharing your story and being recognized by ANA and<br />
your colleagues.<br />
Send either a brief written description (under 150 words) OR a video (less than<br />
a minute) capturing your experience: actions, any challenges / barriers as well as<br />
strategies and any words of wisdom or tips for colleagues. If providing in writing,<br />
please include a high-resolution picture.<br />
Questions or submissions should be directed to Janet Haebler, janet.haebler@ana.org,<br />
at ANA.<br />
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Each quarter will have a dedicated theme, building from local to more global<br />
examples, but overlap will occur.<br />
Q2: <strong>Nurse</strong>s influencing elected officials and other key decision makers<br />
(April – <strong>June</strong>)<br />
Highlighting efforts to impact change with key decision makers that are local,<br />
state or federal. Could be employer specific, immediate community/county,<br />
state legislative/regulatory, or federal. Individual influence as well as participation<br />
in a coalition.<br />
Q3: <strong>Nurse</strong>s get out the vote! (July- September)<br />
With the approach of election day, emphasis will shift to political examples.<br />
Highlighting nurses leveraging their position as most trusted profession<br />
to impact policy change and <strong>2018</strong> campaigns. Will feature nurses who participated<br />
in a campaign, currently in or running for an elected or appointed position,<br />
and/or have a productive relationship with their elected official.<br />
Q4: Global Impact and Making every year a year of advocacy<br />
(October – December)<br />
Continue highlighting nurses who have had an impact within their community,<br />
state, or at the federal level, while also expanding to experiences beyond<br />
the US borders. Considering 2019 and future policy issues relevant to<br />
the nursing profession, will include an analysis of the November election results<br />
as well as insight on potential impact of political advocacy, and tips and<br />
words of wisdom on how to make every year a year of advocacy at any level<br />
in any role and setting.<br />
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