2019 Tennessee Nurses Association Book of Reports
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<strong>2019</strong> TNA-TSNA JOINT CONFERENCE | NURSES: THE REAL SUPER HEROES<br />
Welcome from the Executive Director<br />
Tina Gerardi, MS, RN, CAE<br />
Welcome to the <strong>2019</strong> <strong>Tennessee</strong> <strong>Nurses</strong> <strong>Association</strong> (TNA) & <strong>Tennessee</strong> Student <strong>Nurses</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong> Joint Conference. This year is the first year <strong>of</strong> our endeavor to move the<br />
annual conference to different regions <strong>of</strong> the state. We are so happy to be in West<br />
<strong>Tennessee</strong> and look forward to alternating our future conference sites. I am confident<br />
that we will learn together, exchange ideas, chart the course for nursing for the<br />
upcoming year, share our wisdom with our colleagues and with the pr<strong>of</strong>ession’s future,<br />
our students. I think we will also have some fun along the way!<br />
This year’s theme, <strong>Nurses</strong>: The Real Super Heroes, recognizes the extraordinary work<br />
registered nurses do every day whether at the bedside, in the classroom, in the board<br />
room, or in the Capitol. Each day as we promote public trust for the nursing pr<strong>of</strong>ession,<br />
we consistently provide quality patient care, quality nursing practice, quality nursing education, quality<br />
nursing research, quality nursing leadership, and quality health for all Tennesseans. Our opening plenary<br />
speaker Rose Sherman will share key attributes needed to be an effective leader and the role <strong>of</strong> trust and<br />
psychological safety in leadership today. Ernest Grant, ANA President and our keynote speaker, will articulate<br />
his vision for his presidency as well as ANA’s current priorities and initiatives. Our closing plenary speaker,<br />
Lynn Pierce will highlight ways to avoid malpractice while assuring safe nursing practice in our daily work. In<br />
addition to our concurrent sessions, we will be introducing the use <strong>of</strong> general sessions this year - one on the<br />
topic <strong>of</strong> opioids and one on the topic <strong>of</strong> when medical errors become criminal charges.<br />
We have a very busy 2 1 /2 days together! The Membership Assembly will convene to do the work <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Association</strong> – reviewing bylaws proposals and setting direction and priorities for the upcoming year. TNA will<br />
elect new members <strong>of</strong> the board <strong>of</strong> directors, support the work <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Tennessee</strong> <strong>Nurses</strong> Foundation and the<br />
<strong>Tennessee</strong> <strong>Nurses</strong> Political Action Committee, and confer awards on outstanding nurses from across the state.<br />
I look forward to meeting you and working together to make TNA the unifying voice for nursing in <strong>Tennessee</strong>.<br />
<strong>2019</strong> Conference Planning Committee<br />
This year’s conference has been diligently planned under the direction <strong>of</strong> Nancy Stevens<br />
(TNA Board Director <strong>of</strong> Education) and our <strong>2019</strong> Conference Planning Committee.<br />
Please thank the following individuals for their yearlong effort in planning our annual conference:<br />
Sheila Bouie<br />
Diane Cunningham<br />
Kathryn Denton<br />
Hugh Friar<br />
Tina Gerardi<br />
Sharon Hinton<br />
Teresa Johnson<br />
Tina McElravey<br />
Jordan Miller<br />
Kathleen Murphy<br />
Laura Reed<br />
Alyssa Soto<br />
Nancy Stevens<br />
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