New Jersey Nurse - April 2021

Page 14 New Jersey Nurse & Institute for Nursing Newsletter April 2021
CORRECTION
Members in the News
The author’s names were left off this article from
the January issue, page 19.
Utilization of a RN Journal Club in the ICU as
an Engagement and Teaching Strategy
Primary Author/Presenter:
Natasha Lopez, MSN, RN, AGNP-BD, CCRN,
CSC, CMC
Email: Natasha.lopez@rwjbh.org Office:
973.322.9765
Co-Author/Sponsor:
Naomi Fox MSN, RN, CCRN
Organization:
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
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Sandra Baker
Becomes
Professional
Registered
Parliamentarian
Congratulations go out
to Sandy Baker, NJSNA
Region-3 Member-at-Large
and Vice-President of New
Jersey State Association
of Parliamentarians. She
successfully completed the
Professional Qualifying
Course to achieve the
highest level of parliamentary
credentialing offered by
the National Association
of Parliamentarians, which Sandra Baker
represents Professional
Registered Parliamentarians (PRP).
Baker shared that "It was a lot of hard work.
However, I am determined to better serve my
professional organizations and clients, empower the
youth, and enhance the parliamentary profession, as
a Professional Registered Parliamentarian. I want to
thank all of those who supported and contributed to
my journey to PRP status, especially NJSNA Region
3, Chi Eta Phi (Tau Chi), and Northern NJBNA
for affording me the opportunity to serve as your
President and Parliamentarian. Most of all, I thank
God for seeing me through it all." Please join NJSNA
in congratulating Sandy Baker, PRP!!!
Collaborating
Center for Nursing
Names Laura Mularz
Chairperson
The Board of the New
Jersey Collaborating Center
for Nursing (NJCCN) elected
Dr. Laura Mularz Board
Chairperson at the December
2020 meeting. In 2018,
Mularz was appointed to
the NJCCN Board by the
Speaker of the New Jersey
(NJ) Assembly based on
the recommendation of the
Organization of Nurse Leaders
of NJ. Mularz, a member of
Laura Mularz
NJSNA Region 6, is currently Director of Patient Care
Services at Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical
Center. She has experience as Nurse Manager and
Advanced Practice Nurse where her role focused on
professional development of the nursing staff, research,
and caring for patients with wounds and ostomies. In
the past, she held a position as a Scientific Indexer for
Schering Plough Research Institute where she was
responsible for abstracting and indexing scientific articles
and has served as adjunct faculty in a number of nursing
programs. Mularz received her Diploma in Nursing from
Muhlenberg School of Nursing, BSN and MSN from
Seton Hall University, and DNP in Nursing Leadership
from Rutgers University. Her capstone project, titled
“Development, Implementation, and Evaluation
of Curricula to Improve Front-line Nurse Manager
Engagement” was presented nationally and published in
the Journal for Nurses in Professional Development.
Mularz is presently a manuscript reviewer for the
American Journal of Nursing for wound and skin care
manuscripts. She holds American Nurses Credentialing
Center (ANCC) Board Certification as an Adult Clinical
Nurse Specialist and Nurse Executive. She is currently
part-time Instructor, Advance Practice Division, Rutgers
School of Nursing, and an Item Writer for the ANCC for
the Nurse Executive Exam.