New Hampshire - June 2020

Page 4 • New Hampshire Nursing News June, July, August 2020
2020 GRADUATING STUDENT
CONFERENCE CANCELLED
Graduating Student
Conference & Career Fair
Co-Sponsor:
Southern New Hampshire University
Gold Sponsors
Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Encompass Health
Granite State College
Southern New Hampshire Health
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Silver Sponsors
Cheshire Medical Center
Concord Hospital
North Country Health
NSO
River Woods
VNA Health Systems of No New England
Exhibitors
Brattleboro Retreat
Catholic Medical Center
Chamberlain University
Elliot Hospital
Franklin VNA
Genesis
Littleton Regional Hospital
LRGHealthcare
New Hampshire Hospital
New Hampshire Veterans Home
Northern Light
Rivier University
Saint Joseph College of Maine
Speare Memorial Hospital
United States Army
University of New Hampshire
University of Rhode Island
University of Vermont Medical Ctr.
Western Governor’s University
Everyone has been touched in many ways by the
COVID-19 pandemic, but the Class of 2020 has been
particularly challenged. Both from the aspects of
completing the academic requirements remotely to
enable them to graduate, and from the loss of all the
traditional programs that help graduating students
celebrate their transition from student to a working
member of society. Each year the New Hampshire
Nurses Association (NHNA) hosts the Graduating
Student Conference and Career Fair for nursing students
across the state who are in the final year of their nursing
program. This year’s Conference was scheduled to be
held on March 29th on the campus of Southern New
Hampshire University, our co-host for this wonderful
event. Sadly, the event was cancelled and the planned
site for this Conference was reconfigured into one of
thirteen flex hospitals designed to care for patients
during the anticipated surge of COVID-19 patients.
New Hampshire Nurses Association fully refunded all
registration fees. However, we received permission
MANAGEMENT MINUTE
The new normal is likely to include more virtual and
fewer face-to-face meetings. With technology allowing
for many participants, seeing 10 or more faces at the
same time can get distracting. When your mind starts
to wander, you have no idea what the last person said.
Perhaps you pretend to listen while checking your inbox
and answer emails. By the end of the meeting, does it
seems like a waste of time?
A recent article in the Harvard Review, Gershman (2020)
provides five suggestions for more effective virtual
meetings.
1. Before the meeting, determine the purpose of the
meeting and what you can contribute. If you do not
have a critical role, determine what you hope to
learn.
2. Before you raise a new topic, reiterate what you
just heard or the previous point you are addressing.
from planned speakers to post their presentations and
handouts on the NHNA website. We worked with the
planned sponsors and exhibitors to create a Graduating
Student Nurse Career Resource Guidebook. The
Guidebook lists each of the sponsors and exhibitors
with contact information for their human resource
department and an information pitch, prepared by the
organization, sharing the benefits of working at their
organization. Available links to the organization’s online
career resource webpages are included. The Guidebook
was emailed to every registrant of the Graduating Student
Conference & Career Fair and posted to the NHNA
website on a specially created webpage: Graduating
Student Nurse Conference.
NHNA wishes to extend a thank you to all the planned
sponsors and exhibitors for the Graduating Student
Conference & Career Fair. We look forward to meeting
the Class of 2021 in person!
People are more likely
to listen if they first feel
they have been heard.
3. Summarize frequently
stated comments to
guide the conversation.
4. Write down wandering thoughts
during the meeting allowing you to be more present
and ready to listen.
5. Don’t be afraid to ask a clarifying question “I
apologize, I lost track of the conversation for a
moment. Could someone help me understand why
we are focusing on ……”
Gerhman notes that the bigger the group, the less
responsibility each person feels to ensure success. One
of the best ways to be heard in a virtual meeting is to be
an active listener.
Littleton Hospital Acquires New Sim Lab
Glencliff Home
is accepting applications for
Registered Nurses I-III
Salary Range: $50,835.20 - $71,052.80
Licensed Practical Nurses I-II
Salary Range: $45,177.60 - $57,408.00
Additional 15% Enhancement on Salary Base (Not Included)
40 hours/week – All Shifts and Part-time Available
Direct Care an additional $1,040.00
Add additional 2nd shift diff. at $4,160.00
Add additional 3rd shift diff. at $7,280.00
To provide professional nursing care to residents within an
assigned unit and provide and support medical care as directed
by medical staff and pursuant to objectives and policies of the
nursing department and Glencliff Home. Must possess and
maintain a current license as a RN/LPN in NH. Salary and Position
determined by years of experience and certifications.
State of New Hampshire Benefit Package!
Health/Dental/Vision/Prescription plan
Single $22/ 2-Person $44/ Family $66 (Bi-Weekly)
L. Todd Bickford, Administrator
393 High Street, PO Box 76, Glencliff, NH 03238
(603) 989-5203 | Louis.Bickford@dhhs.nh.gov
Applications can be completed and benefits reviewed online at
https://das.nh.gov/hr/index.aspx
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Littleton Regional Healthcare (LRH) Fundraising
Committee approved the purchase of high-fidelity
training manikins, and investment of $100,000 for
a state of the art Simulation Lab. The funding was
supported by large and small donors who had
not designated their donation other than an area
of greatest need. The Sim Lab will be available to
new graduate nurses, nursing assistants (LNAs),
medical assistants (MAs), respiratory therapists, and
physicians.
Full-Time Nurse Trainer Opportunity at
One Sky Community Services!
Office-based position at a non-profit agency in
Portsmouth, NH, supporting individuals with DD, ABD/ABI,
and their families. Must be an RN licensed to practice in NH
and will be required to become a Nurse Trainer through the
NH Bureau of Developmental Services. Job responsibilities
include trainings and monitoring the quality of services
and supports provided through One Sky and our service
provider partners. Prior experience working with
individuals with DD or ABD/ABI is ideal, but not required.
Email HR@oneskyservices.org for more information.
From Left to right: Calyn Brown, LNA; Crystal
Kimball, LNA; Susie; Heather Newfield, RN, BSN,
CEN, CPAN - Manager of Education and Tammy
Ladd, RNC, BSN, CLC - Clinical Coordinator
An adult manikin named "Susie" can be set up to mimic the
various stages of pregnancy. The option will be invaluable
not only to maternity staff, but to EMTs in the community.
Likewise, clinical staff are able to maintain competencies
necessary to care for babies born at LRH. Sim Lab staff can
program "Tory," the newborn baby manikin, for any number
of conditions arising in a newborn.
Heather Newfield, RN, BSN, CEN, CPAN and Manager
of Education and Staff Development states, "We are so
pleased to have the Simulation Training Lab available to
our staff and local emergency medical service providers. It
allows LRH to provide ongoing training to clinical support
staff, nurses, and physicians so we can continue to provide
quality healthcare to the community."