Kentucky Nurse - September 2021

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Chapter Updates
KNA Bluegrass Chapter
The Bluegrass Chapter continues to meet via
Zoom. Members spent the summer working on time
of its election and adding new officers to its slate
including membership and event planning chairs and
eliminating the second vice president position. The
chapter also will soon establish a Finance Committee.
Starting in 2022. Bluegrass elections will take place
in the Spring.
Members are considering creating a Nightingale
Award to spotlight outstanding staff nurses.
The chapter will offer a series of CEUs centered
on diversity this Fall and hosts its meetings, 6 -7
p.m. and CE programs, 7-8 p.m., (EST) on the third
Tuesday of each month.
Officers include:
- Jitana Benton-Lee, DNP, MSN, MBA-HC, RN,
NEA-BC, chair
- Chair-Elect, vacant
- Nancy Barnum, PhD, MSN, RN, immediate past
chair
- Ella Hunter, PhD, MHS, RN, second vice chair
- Amanda Martin, DNP, RN, NE-BC, secretary
- Dee Beckman, DNP, MBA, MSN, RN, NE-BC,
treasurer
offers KNA Summit scholarships for up to five RNs
and a student educational scholarship.
Officers include:
- Pat Calico, PhD, RN, chair
- Lisa Lockhart, MSN, MHA, RN, NE-BC,
vice-chair
- Denise Alvey, MSN, RN-BC, secretary
- Gwyneth Pyle, BSN, RN, treasurer
KNA Northeastern Chapter
The Northeastern Chapter members will begin a
T-shirt fundraiser starting this fall, collect donations
for Lakeside Christian Academy for an AED and
will contribute to the Greenup County “Meals
on Wheels” canned food drive. The chapter will
begin facilitating Nightingale tributes and collecting
donations for COVID safety such as masks for local
schools and members will volunteer at COVID
vaccination clinics.
To recruit and retain members, the chapter
regularly sends $10 gift cards to members at random
with notes of appreciation and also distributes gift
cards and hosts raffles for those attending meetings.
KNA Green River Chapter
The chapter did not meet in June or July and
resumed meetings on August 12.
Officers include:
- Kim McGovern, MSN, RN-BC, chair
- Amanda Howell, MSN, RN, chair-elect
- Amy Higdon, DNP, RN, secretary
- Amy Wimsatt, MSN, RN, treasurer
- Marlena Buchanan, MSN, RN, CNS, Nightingale
Tribute
KNA Heartland Chapter
Officers include:
- Gina Leigh, BSN, RN, chair
- Sonia Miller, BSN, RN, immediate past chair
- Mary Bauer, RN, secretary
KNA Nightingale Chapter
Monica Wesley, Pharm D, clinical pharmacist,
Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center,
presented the chapter’s August 12 CE program,
“Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship in a
“Quick Fix” Society.” Recently, Denise Alvey,
MSN, RN, chapter secretary, facilitated a class
on professionalism in nursing at the Bluegrass
Community & Technical College’s Lawrenceburg
campus.
Register today to attend “The Stress of
COVID-19 on Nurses,” 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.,
Thursday, October 14 (includes chapter meeting).
Megan Shelton, RN-C, BSN, director of behavioral
health services, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical
Center will present.
Contact hours: 1.0
KBN: 1-0001-12-21-84
Attendees must stay for duration of the program
to be awarded contact hours for continuing
nursing education provide license number upon
registration and complete an evaluation for the
program. Partial credit will not be awarded for any
session. We reserve the right to cancel or alter the
program if unanticipated circumstances necessitate
changes. The Kentucky Nurses Association is an
approved provider of continuing nursing education
by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN). The
KBN approval of an individual nursing continuing
education provider does not constitute endorsement.
Elections for chapter chair and treasurer are
planned for November.
Chapter goals include increasing its outreach to
nursing faculty and students within the Nightingale
geographic area, enhancing the mental health of
nurses through a CE program, increasing chapter
attendance at the KNA Summit 2021. The chapter
Tonya Kennedy, MSN, RN, recently presented
Connor Noble, a nursing student at Morehead
University and KNA Student Subscriber, with the
chapter’s $500 Nursing Excellence Scholarship.
Officers include:
- Tabbetha Carver, MSN AGACP-BC, chair
- Lisa Wallace, DNP, MSN, RNC-OB, NE-BC,
vice chair
- Levita Larson, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, secretary
- Tonya Kennedy, MSN, RN, treasurer
KNA Northern Chapter
In August, the Northern Chapter hosted an
excellent presentation for its third quarter meeting,
“COVID-19 & Beyond,” presented by Dora Savani,
MD. The chapter’s next meeting is scheduled for
5 p.m., (EST), Wednesday, November 3; details TBD.
Officers include:
- Teresa Williams, DNP, MSN, RN, NE-BC, chair
- Callie Gollihue, MSN, RN-BC, secretary
- Paula Teleky, MSN, BSN, RNC-LRN, CHSE,
treasurer
KNA Pennyrile Chapter
Officers include:
- Marsha Woodall, DNP, MBA, RN, chair
- Shannon Allen, vice chair
- Loretta Elder, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN, secretary
- Karen Perry, RN, membership committee chair
KNA REACH Chapter
The chapter will host its meeting and CE program,
“Suicide Awareness,” 6 p.m. (CST), Tuesday,
September 21. Officers include:
- Myria Harris, DNP, RN, CNE, chair
- Kim Riddle, PhD(c), MSN, RN, SANE, CEN,
EMT-B, vice-chair,
- Dawn Garrett-Wright, PhD, CNE, APRN,
PMHNP, secretary
- Anne Afton, RN, treasurer
- Miranda Peterson, DNP, MSN, BSN,
membership coordinator
Chapter Updates continued on page 4