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Page 6 • The Maryland Nurse Journal April, May, June 2021 ANA/MNA News The MNA Center for Ethics and Human Rights Welcomes New Member The MNA Center for Ethics and Human Rights (CE & HR, or the “Center”) recently appointed Hannah Murphy Buc, MSN, RN, CNE as the newest member of the Center. Hannah Buc has been recognized because of her leadership in the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB) School Hannah Murphy Buc of Nursing’s Restorative Justice Interest Group. In addition to serving as a UMB faculty member, Hannah is a Ph.D. student at the Catholic University of America. The MNA Board revived the Center in 2021, with Dr. Nayna Philipsen (District Two) and Dr. Jeannie Seifarth’s (District One) leadership. MNA members interested in working with the Center are encouraged to provide a description of their related experience to the Center by email to jpatterson@marylandrn.org. Nursing Opportunities Available! Garrett Regional Medical Center A CMS 5-Star Rated, Leapfrog Grade A & Top 100 Rural Hospital Competitive Pay and Benefits Full and Part-Time Positions Tuition Assistance and Loan Repayment Self-Scheduling and more! Apply online: www.grmc-wvumedicine.org 251 North Fourth Street, Oakland, MD 2021 Virtual Educational Summit Summary The COVID Pandemic forced the “2020 Year of the Nurse” MNA Education Summit: Educating for the Future of Nursing to be delayed from April 2020 to April 2021, during the extended “2020-2021 Year of the Nurse,” and then became a Virtual Conference. Dr. Charlotte Wood, MNA President, opened the Summit. Co-sponsored and organized by Districts 1, 2, and 9, with District 2 President Dr. Nancy Goldstein’s leadership, the 2021 version kept the strengths of the 2020 Agenda and added information. According to a JAMA Open Network study in March, the new topics were pandemic epidemiology and nutrition, which became a particular concern in the pandemic when the average American gained about two pounds per week. Invited American Academy of Nursing Living Legends shared their advice for mentoring future nurses and building a successful nursing career. The Legends were Dr. Diane Billings of the University of Indiana; Dr. Catherine Alicia Georges, former AARP Board member from Lehman College of the City University of New York; Dr. Barbara L. Nichols, the first black ANA president, and now the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Center for Nursing; and Dr. Bernardine Lacey, founding Dean of the Western Michigan University School of Nursing, former advisor to the US President. Dr. Lacey is also credited with adding the care of the underserved to the nursing curriculum, and she was a founding member of Bowie State University’s successful pre-licensure nursing program in Maryland. Dr. Bernardine Lacey’s presentation was taken from an Oral History interview taped in 2020 by the American Journal of Nursing (AJN) and is available in full online at journals.lww.com/ajnonline. A Panel focusing on support for nursing education funding administered by the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) featured Dr. Peg Daw, Administrative Coordinator for the MHEC Nursing Support Programs, Kimberly Ford, MHEC Grants Specialist, and Dr. Crystal Day-Black of Coppin State University, who shared a grantee’s perspective. A second Panel on “Assessment: Standardized Testing to Promote Student Success” included Rick Cooper and Sandy Clark of Allegany College of Maryland, Dr. Jeffrey Willey of Salisbury University, and Jane Taylor of The Catholic University of America, all sharing how their programs found Best Practices to support student success on the licensure examination. Karen E. Evans, Executive Director of the Maryland Board of Nursing, described the Board’s role in assuring safe, quality nursing graduates in Maryland. Break-out sessions filled the final hours of the Summit Agenda. These topics and presenters were: Clinical Learning & Collaboration Contemporary approach to pediatric asthma selfmanagement – Diane Hitchens, Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury PRIME and the 21st century APRN student – Dr. Catherine Ling, Johns Hopkins University Transition & Education Progression Collaborative academic-practice partnership: A streamlined approach to help with student to registered nurse transition – Dr. Regina Twig, Towson University Promoting education tracks towards BSN and beyond among ADN students in Montgomery County, Maryland – Laura Williams, Montgomery College Care and Nutrition Effectively incorporating nutrition in nursing education – Amy R. Moore Simulation/Technology Increasing the number of Baccalaureate Graduates through the deliberate implementation of a simulation model – Dr. Judith Feustle, Stevenson University Actors make it feel real: Using simulated clinical teaching encounters to prepare new nurse educators – Dr. Lisa Seldomridge, Salisbury University Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Supporting nurse advanced practice transitions (SNAPT) fellowship – Marianne Fingerhood, Johns Hopkins University Advancing our advanced practice nurses by supporting preceptors – Dr. Susan Renda, Johns Hopkins University Pandemic Epidemiology – Toria Reaves, MPH Peer-reviewed poster sessions featured excellent work submitted by educators from around Maryland.
April, May, June 2021 The Maryland Nurse Journal • Page 7 ANA/MNA News 2021 Virtual Special Meeting of the ANA Membership Assembly Linda J. Stierle, MSN, RN MNA Member-at-Large Voting Representative to the ANA Membership Assembly, Chair of the MNA Committee on Bylaws & Policies (COB&P) Due to the ongoing global pandemic, it will be necessary for the American Nurses Association (ANA) to once again hold its annual Membership Assembly (MA) virtually instead of in person, which is an ANA Bylaws requirement. In order to hold the annual ANA MA virtually again in 2021, the ANA President must issue a Call to a Special Meeting of the ANA MA to the 200 voting representatives from the 52 Constituent/State Nurses Associations (C/SNAs) and the Individual Membership Division (IMD), which was issued on January 20, 2021. In accordance with the ANA Bylaws, annual elections are conducted at the ANA MA. So, the Special Meeting of the ANA MA must address two proviso amendments to the current ANA Bylaws to allow for a virtual 2021 ANA MA and for the 2021 ANA Election to be conducted remotely, as it was in 2020 due to the global pandemic. The 200 ANA MA voting representatives plus the nine members of the ANA Board of Directors (BOD) will also be asked to suspend the submission of proposed amendments to the ANA Bylaws that occurs in odd-numbered years until January 2022 due to the challenges of trying to permanently amend the bylaws virtually. These are two separate one-time provisional amendments to the current ANA Bylaws. However, when the C/SNA and the IMD received the Call to Meeting on January 20th from the ANA President, the leadership, and voting representatives were surprised to see permanent proposed amendments which would give the ANA BOD the authority to conduct annual ANA elections remotely and to hold the annual ANA MA virtually for whatever reason. According to the ANA Bylaws, only time-sensitive and urgent issues are addressed at a Special Meeting of the ANA MA because it does not permit the C/SNAs and the IMD to participate fully in the ANA bylaws amendment process and timeline. The two separate one-time amendments addressing just 2021 are in keeping with the ANA Bylaws addressing urgent matters that cannot wait and will be addressed in an abbreviated manner at a Special Meeting of the ANA MA prior to voting on the amendments to the current ANA Bylaws. The Maryland Nurses Association (MNA) created a set of talking points that addressed their concerns about considering permanent amendments to the current Bylaws at a Special Meeting of the ANA MA. These were shared widely with the C/SNAs and the IMD in the four geographic regions of ANA. MNA also requested a virtual meeting of the Eastern Seaboard Regional Executive Council (ESREC) leadership. ESREC is one of four ANA geographic regions and is comprised of ten other states in addition to Maryland: CT, DE, MA, ME, NH, NJ. NY, PA, RI & VT. In preparation for this meeting, which was held on March 15th, MNA created a background document giving the history of Special Meetings of the ANA MA to address bylaws, as well as outlined the current bylaws amendment process and timeline in an odd-numbered year which was shared with the leadership of the ESREC states. The majority of the C/SNAs and the IMD leaders do not believe that the 2021 permanent proposed amendments should be considered at a Special Meeting of the ANA MA, which limits our rights as members to engage fully in the bylaws’ amendment process. So, on March 13th, MNA prepared a draft letter to the ANA President and the Committee on Bylaws (COB) and asked the other ten ESREC states if they would be willing to sign on as signatories to an ESREC Leadership letter to the ANA President and BOD and the ANA COB Chair and committee members. They agreed, and an ESREC letter was sent on March 17th, respectfully requesting the ANA BOD and COB please remove the 2021 bundle of permanent proposed amendments (Amendment #1) to the current ANA Bylaws for adoption at the March 23, 2021 Special Meeting of the ANA MA. Three proposed amendments were addressed at the March 23rd Special meeting of the ANA MA. Amendment #1 would permanently allow for annual meetings of the ANA MA to be conducted virtually and elections to be conducted remotely. Amendment #2 was a proviso amendment that would just allow for the 2021 ANA MA to be held virtually and 2021 ANA elections to be conducted remotely. Amendment #3 was another proviso amendment that applied just to 2021 to suspend the amending of the ANA Bylaws in an odd-numbered year until January 2022. The MNA voting representatives to the ANA MA for 2021 are: MNA President, Dr. Charlotte Wood; MNA Treasurer, Dr. Janice Agazio; MNA Member, Donna Zankowski; and MNA Member, Linda Stierle. MNA has a total of four seats and eight votes at the ANA MAs based on its current membership. The primary responsibility of MNA voting representatives is to protect and preserve the MNA members’ rights, elect the ANA leaders annually, adopt proposed amendments to the bylaws, and provide feedback on ANA policies. Each voting representative received an email with an electronic ballot. The ballot language was confusing to some voting representatives; so MNA sought clarification from ANA on the ballot language which ANA provided and distributed to all voting representatives. Therefore, the MNA voting representatives voted NO to Amendment #1 which has the potential to jeopardize members’ rights. They voted YES to Amendments #2 and #3 which on these important issues were validated once again to pertain just to 2021 and are necessary given the ongoing pandemic. Voting occurred after the Special Meeting of the ANA MA starting at 8:00 PM and ended at 11:59 PM on March 28th, 2021. The results of the 200 ANA MA representatives and the nine ANA BOD voting on the three 2021 proposed amendments were as follows: Amendment #1 was not adopted as 71.1% of the voting representatives opposed it; Amendment #2 was adopted as 92.1% of the voting representatives approved it, and Amendment #3 was also adopted by 77.1% of the voting representatives voting in favor of it. The MNA voting representatives were pleased that MNA’s perspectives were validated by the majority of the other C/SNA and IMD voting representatives on these important membership issues.
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