New Hampshire Nursing News - December 2020

Page 18 • New Hampshire Nursing News December 2020, January, February 2021
NHNA - A Year in Review continued from page 17
o NH Commission on Primary Care Workforce
(Pam DiNapoli)
o NH Workforce Coalition (Pam DiNapoli)
o Seatbelts4All Coalition (Pam DiNapoli)
o Tobacco 21 Coalition (Pam DiNapoli)
• Investment in ED’s time to provide oral and/or written
testimony on nine bills prior to the suspension of the
2020 legislative session (Refer to website for details).
• Investment in the ED’s time to attend the monthly
New Hampshire Board of Nursing meetings to stay
abreast of regulatory issues impacting nursing practice
and education. Information is shared with the NHNA
Board of Directors and the CGA.
o Commented on various emergency orders
issued by the NH BON relative to the COVID-19
pandemic.
o Nur 704.04 Instructor Qualifications of LNA
• Maternal Child Health
• Inpatient Medical Surgical Unit
• Primary Care Barton/Orleans
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Programs. At the request of a member, NHNA
participated with a group of stakeholders to
investigate ways to approach CMS regarding a rule
change. Subsequently met with Lindsey Courtney,
who is evaluating an approach using a CMS 1115
waiver. Effort is ongoing.
Met with Lindsey Courtney to propose a method
for streamlining the instructor approval process
for RN and RN to BSN nursing programs. Effort is
ongoing.
Worked with various stakeholders, the BON and
DHHS to define and implement the Temporary
Health Partner role for long term care facilities.
Strategic Goal #4: Nursing Professional Development
Goal: Foster nursing professional development and
continued education.
• Investment in ED’s time serve as the Nurse Planner
for NHNA events that provide contact hours, as
well as to participate in quarterly NEMSD Nurse
• ICU
• PACU
Planner/Reviewer meetings. The NEMSD Continuing
Education Unit serves as the Approved Provider Unit
for NHNA and this service is provided in exchange
for NHNA annual dues of $5,184 (note: other services
associated with this dues expense are the following
shared services: Nursing Network website hosting,
Association Voting, JotForms, and Grasshopper webbased
phone system.) NHNA performs a quarterly
ROI analysis to determine ongoing benefit/cost
associated with continue participation in the NEMSD.
• NHNA leadership instituted quarterly meetings of
Commission on Continuing Education (CCE) to provide
mentoring of newer nurse reviewers and to address any
issues as they arise. ED participates in these meetings
to assess for effectiveness, volunteer satisfaction,
communication, systems analysis and opportunities for
improvement.
• CCE has eight members as of 8-31-20, with one
potential new member on the 2020 Election Ballot.
Strategic Goal #5: Leadership
Goal: Identify and mentor members to assume leadership
roles within organization.
• Invested in the ED’s time to write numerous articles
for New Hampshire Nursing News and solicit articles
from members and other nursing organizations to
raise awareness of the contributions of nursing to our
communities and the profession. The ED recruited
four NH nursing organizations to contribute articles
on a quarterly basis: New Hampshire School Nurses
Association, New Hampshire Nurse Practitioner
Association, New Hampshire Association of Nurse
Anesthetists and the New Hampshire Chapter of the
Association of Women’s Health & Neonatal Nurses.
The ED sought and received contributions from the
NH Chapter of Emergency Nurses Association, the
American Nephrology Nurses Association, and the
National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses.
• Invested in the ED’s time to attend all Commission and
Task Force meetings and to provide mentoring to team
leaders between meetings.
• In terms of governance of the Association, the BOD
follows The Standards for Excellence, An Ethics and
Accountability Program for the Nonprofit Sector. As
a result, NHNA updated the following documents in
2019:
o Bylaws update for congruence with ANA Bylaws,
completed by volunteers with previous experience
drafting Bylaws (Bylaws Task Force).
o Employee & Volunteer Handbooks, including
volunteer position descriptions.
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General Policy Handbook.
An onboarding and orientation program began
with the NHNA Board and will be expanded to
include the Commission and Task Force members
in January 2021.
A Board sub-committee reviewed and revised the
ED job description.
• The new Financial, Investments and Audit Task
Force met initially in January but then suspended
meetings until September 2020 due to the COVID-19
pandemic. This Task Force will meet quarterly and
provide recommendations to the BOD on financial
performance to budget, budget preparation, and other
fiduciary matters.
• NHNA is forming the new Membership Engagement
Task Force in October 2020 (delayed due the
COVID-19 pandemic) dedicated to increasing and
improving membership and membership engagement.
• A comprehensive Succession Plan was submitted to
the Board of Directors by the outgoing president in
December, 2019 per strategic plan objective. Five key
domains critical to sustained operations as outlined in
the Standards for Excellence (2019) were assessed:
o Identify Roles and Responsibilities
o Conduct an Organizational Assessment
o Review Financial Resources and Funding Sources
o Ensure Organizational Knowledge is Accessible
o Develop a Communications Plan
• Gaps and recommendations were identified in all
categories and the Executive Director and BOD
addressed many areas of concern in an effort to
strengthen the Association, augment effective systems,
and processes, and ensure sustainability. The 2019
Succession Plan is available upon request and the 2020
Succession Plan will be revised by the President and
ED and presented to the BOD for prioritization in 2021.
• The Succession Plan will serve as the framework for
creating the 2021-2024 Strategic Plan. The President
and President-elect will engage the Board of Directors,
commissions, and all interested members in forums to
develop strategic outcomes and tactical planning to
achieve our mission.
Respectfully submitted,
Carlene Ferrier, MPH, RN, NEA-BC, President