Hawaii Nurse - May 2021
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Page 10 • Hawaiʻi <strong>Nurse</strong> <strong>May</strong>, June, July <strong>2021</strong><br />
Message from your President<br />
Happy <strong>Nurse</strong>s Month! Along<br />
with celebrating the profession<br />
and our 4.2 million RNs, <strong>Nurse</strong>s<br />
Month gives us the time to reflect<br />
on why we became a nurse. For<br />
me, it was the education aspect.<br />
Being able to advise patients,<br />
family, and friends on their<br />
health and wellness is the most<br />
rewarding part of my career.<br />
Whether it is brief interactions<br />
Katie Kemp<br />
at the bedside, one-on-one indepth<br />
conversations at discharge<br />
planning, telephonic triage, in home assessments, or<br />
continuous follow up through case management; nurses<br />
are the gateway to health education for the public.<br />
However, due to the pandemic, it is easy to<br />
acknowledge the nurses looking for a role change or<br />
perhaps exiting the profession entirely. Hawaiʻi-ANA<br />
sought to address this as a means to retain nurses<br />
in the profession and also to provide support during<br />
challenging times. We began with the formation of a<br />
Mentorship Program. By matching mentees and mentors<br />
with similar interests and guiding conversations through<br />
monthly discussion topics we have created a program<br />
that drives in-state nursing connections and professional<br />
development experiences. Hawaiʻi-ANA welcomed the<br />
first Mentorship Program cohort in <strong>May</strong> <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Additionally, in Celebration of <strong>Nurse</strong>s Week, Hawaiʻi-<br />
ANA held a virtual continuing education and networking<br />
event on Saturday, Mary 8th. The event was attended<br />
by 47 along with multiple employers, schools of nursing<br />
and healthcare associations. Over the course of the<br />
pandemic, many nurses have felt burnt out or over<br />
extended, so much so that leaving the profession as a<br />
whole was heavily considered. As a means to shed light<br />
on nursing careers beyond acute care to retain nurses in<br />
the profession we highlighted two RN roles; The <strong>Nurse</strong><br />
Navigator and the Population Health RN.<br />
Our Care, Our Choice Hawaiʻi presented on The<br />
<strong>Nurse</strong> Navigator role as it relates to the medical aid in<br />
dying law. The audience was informed how RNs play<br />
a role in end-of-life care, how we can assist patients<br />
in the end-of-life decision making discussion, and the<br />
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) is<br />
becoming a popular term and one often referred<br />
to in Dr. Qureshiʻs presentation. Although not<br />
something what wasn’t already in nursing and<br />
healthcare assessments it is being more heavily<br />
emphasized with action steps on an abnormal<br />
assessment result. Connecting patients with<br />
food, housing, income, transportation, and more<br />
is often the starting point to allow patients to<br />
begin their health recovery journey. In a recent<br />
episode on the ANA See You Now Podcast, “Way<br />
More Than a Health Plan” discusses the growing<br />
body of evidence and experience supporting<br />
our understanding of and investing in the<br />
social determinants and drivers of health—the<br />
conditions in which people are born, grow, live,<br />
work and age. We’re seeing that manifest with a<br />
wide range of innovations in every corner of our<br />
healthcare delivery system, including innovations<br />
in health plans, health insurance, and payment<br />
and delivery models. Check out the Podcast<br />
channel through Google Play or the App Store!<br />
importance of advocacy and legislation. Unfortunately,<br />
the medical aid in dying law amendment bill HB 2451,<br />
by allowing qualified Advanced Practice Registered<br />
<strong>Nurse</strong>s (APRNs) to serve as the Attending, Consulting,<br />
and/or Mental Health Provider required under the law<br />
was dissolved when passed on to four committees.<br />
This was a pain staking defeat as the amendment<br />
passed the Senate (SB839) with a 21-4 vote. The CE<br />
presentation discussed why nurses being involved in<br />
legislation matters, and how crucial legislation can be<br />
in improving patients assess to care.<br />
Dr. Kristine Qureshi, professor at University of<br />
Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, presented on the research article<br />
she published with colleagues, Dr. Glauberman, Dr.<br />
Bray, and Dr. Loos; in the Hawaiʻi Journal of Health<br />
& Social Welfare on “Population Health: Proactive<br />
Solutions for Healthy Outcomes.” This CE focused<br />
on the emerging role of Population Health RN. As<br />
insurer reimbursement moves from fee-for-service<br />
to value-based, with a heavy emphasis on quality<br />
care, population health RNs will be the champions<br />
for meeting the quality metrics. This is an emerging<br />
role in the ambulatory arena allowing for RNs to work<br />
closely with primary care providers and others with<br />
the end goal of improving the population’s health.<br />
To read more about Dr. Qureshi’s publication visit:<br />
https://hawaiijournalhealth.org/past_issues/HJHSW_<br />
Feb20.pdf<br />
As we wrap up <strong>Nurse</strong>s Week it cannot go unsaid;<br />
Thank You <strong>Nurse</strong>s! The career itself is often thankless<br />
but know each day that you arrive to work you leave<br />
a lasting impression on your patients and often your<br />
colleagues. As Florence Nightingale said, “I think one’s<br />
feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to<br />
be distilled into actions which bring results.”<br />
ANA-Only Members<br />
Jennifer Abe<br />
Kris Aceret<br />
Kathleen Acierto<br />
Cindy Arce<br />
Kristin Arrindell<br />
Elizabeth L. Asahara<br />
Dyanarra Alexa Ballesteros<br />
Rosemary Baugh<br />
Nancy Bellatti<br />
Stacy Braddy<br />
Tania Budyn<br />
Susan Cabalce<br />
Manuel Calupe Jr<br />
Sara Castro<br />
Natalyn Cayetano<br />
Clementina D. Ceria<br />
Lolita Ching<br />
Michelle Clayton<br />
Kristen Collat<br />
Francisco Conde<br />
Mae Kimberly Corpuz<br />
Bobbie-Jean Crivello<br />
Kilihune Demello-Kamaka<br />
Trisha Devereaux<br />
Corey Dillman<br />
Helena Doherty-Gehrke<br />
Glenda Dumayas<br />
Belinda A. Dungca<br />
Joanna Edwards<br />
Janina Espiritu<br />
Eileen Factora<br />
Janet Francisco<br />
Brendon Friedman<br />
Debbie Fujiyama<br />
Cathlyn Gabriel<br />
Jennifer O. Galicinao<br />
Marcelina Gallardo<br />
Arthur Garza<br />
Joseph Giovannoni<br />
Caroline Glover<br />
Eden S. Goto<br />
Michelle Grandalen<br />
Michele Hadano<br />
Frankie Hale<br />
Kristina Halloran<br />
Linda M. Hamada<br />
Carissa Hamelin<br />
Cindy Hanscam<br />
Madeline Harris<br />
Guillerma V. Helco<br />
Eunice Hipolito<br />
Katie Hokama<br />
Renee Hollison<br />
Beverly M. Hookano<br />
Paula Hulme<br />
Christine Inamine<br />
Jillian Inouye<br />
Kristen Ishikawa<br />
Mary Jang<br />
Avril Jenkins<br />
Allan Johnson<br />
Karen Kalanta<br />
Martin Katz<br />
Leanne Kauwe<br />
Elaine J. Kawamoto<br />
Josette Kawana<br />
Cera Kim-Sunada<br />
Ethel Koga<br />
Christine Kramer<br />
Krystle-Ann Lazo<br />
Lydia Ligon<br />
Madelyn Locquiao<br />
Edith Loh<br />
Alison Lovell<br />
Rachael Lund<br />
Macey Luo-Souza<br />
Andrea Manaea<br />
Anella Mark<br />
Catherine Marquette<br />
Shaun Marsh<br />
Stephanie Marshall<br />
Michelle Maxilom<br />
George McElravy<br />
Jason McGregor<br />
Tammy McKee<br />
Cherry Elaine Medina<br />
Mi Mende<br />
Mark Mendoza<br />
Wendy Meyers<br />
Mildred Mikuni<br />
Semico Miller<br />
Haunani Miller<br />
Donna Miller<br />
Linda Mitchell<br />
Shirley Morca<br />
Rachel Morrison<br />
Ramona Nakagawa<br />
Priscilla Navares<br />
Esther Njoroge<br />
Susan Ohlson<br />
Grace Pakele<br />
Chanel Paresa<br />
Jennie Pasalo-Dominno<br />
Ralf Ian Pasion<br />
Melanie C. Pekala<br />
Katie Pimentel<br />
Julie A. Potter-Dunlop<br />
Linda Price<br />
Sandra Quipotla<br />
Richard Ramirez<br />
Madonna Reisert<br />
Liberty Rongcal<br />
Brian Rose<br />
Mary Rovelstad<br />
Feliciana Sales<br />
Lindsay Sanchez<br />
Donna Sandberg<br />
Paula Sanders<br />
Merita Sao Auelua<br />
Helena Sena<br />
Elizabeth Seymour<br />
Maureen Shannon<br />
Raelene Shinchi<br />
Sharon Skouge<br />
Sharlene Skripko<br />
Dorota Strugala<br />
Cari Suhr<br />
Elsa Talavera<br />
Kanoe Tani<br />
Jona Marie Taylor-Palalay<br />
Linda Thorp<br />
Kim Tomasa<br />
Joyce Trompeta<br />
Lani Tsuneishi<br />
Jolly Anne Uclaray<br />
Patti Urso<br />
Janet Uyehara<br />
Coraleen Valdez<br />
Kristina Valenzuela<br />
Aimee Villarmia<br />
Susan Von Essen<br />
Jasmine Wagner<br />
Kimberly Webster<br />
Karen Wilhite<br />
Aya Windham<br />
Shelley A. Womack<br />
Marie Wong<br />
Elena Woo<br />
Monina Yamashita<br />
Valerie Yim<br />
Naomi Yoshimoto<br />
Gary Yoshimoto<br />
Leigh Ziegler<br />
If your name is on this list, you are a member of ANA-Only, and you are not a member of your state association at Hawaiʻi-ANA. Want to join Hawaiʻi-ANA<br />
jointly with ANA? Just email Linda at executivedirector@hawaii-ana.org and say you “want to be a joint member of ANA and Hawaiʻi-ANA.” We will help you join us in<br />
our state nurses association (bonus: it is less $$!)
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