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Page 2 ANA Maine Journal January, February, March 2022 The Many Roles of the Registered Nurse Education Program Deb Gillespie, Ph.D.,R.N. and Juliana L’Heuerux, B.S. M.H.S.A. R.N. PORTLAND - A jointly sponsored educational video program sponsored by the University of Southern Maine School of Nursing and the American Nurses Association of Maine (ANA- Maine), about “The Many Roles of the Registered Nurse,” will be available in February 2022 for students and professional nurses to view and learn about nursing as a career or opportunities to change their career paths. Registered nurse shortages are reported throughout the U.S. Caring for the health and wellbeing of an aging Baby Boomer generation is compounding the need for nurses, especially during the COVID pandemic with its variant mutations. Nursing Deb Gillespie Juliana L’Heuerux recruitment and retention are the focus of the February video program. Prospective students as well as those who are already licensed will hear from the nurses who discuss their diverse experiences serving in a variety of interesting health care organizations specialties. Nurses who contributed to “The Many Roles of the Registered Nurse,” edited by USM Assistant Professor Deb Gillespie, are the program presenters. Dr. Gillespie edited the academic anthology, written by nurses who are accomplished in their particular specialties. A collection of first person experiences are written by nurses who are specialists in particular areas of clinical practice.. This program will be video-taped, at the University of Southern Maine, on the Portland Campus on Monday, February 21, 2022 in room 204, Payson Smith Hall beginning at 10 AM until 11:30 AM. The video will be available for free viewing on the USM YouTube channel. The public is invited to attend the program live, while it is being video-taped in Payson Smith Hall on the Portland campus. Masks are required to be worn by all participants and guests. Strict COVID prevention protocols will be followed. This timely program will provide information to students who are considering nursing as a career, but want to know more about the profession. Moreover, experienced nurses will be able to provide information to those who are considering a career change, but who want to remain in the profession. “Nurses who may consider leaving the profession will learn about the many roles in health care where they can find professional support, and therefore, apply their experience to a different specialty,” said Professor Gillespie. Students who will benefit from hearing the presentations are freshman nursing students and undergraduates with an undeclared major. Nurses who contributed to “The Many Roles of the Registered Nurse” anthology and who volunteered to present on video about their experiences are: Polly Campbell, B.S., is a registered nurse with over three decades in the field of violence and abuse prevention working with victims of trauma, and teaching health care providers and others on care and treatment of survivors. Sarah DeCato, MSN, a registered nurse with two decades of experience in public health. Jan Fogel, MSN, a registered nurse and vice president informatics officer at Northern Light Health in Brewer, Maine. Tricia Foley, BSN, registered nurse at Maine Medical Center, in Portland. Deb Gillespie, PhD., registered nurse, and assistant professor and assistant director of research and resourses at the University of Southern Maine. Debra Kramlich, PhD, a registered nurse who is an associate professor of nursing at the University of New England, and has five years of experience in school nursing. Juliana L’Heureux, B.S., M.H.S.A., a registered nurse with twenty years of experience as a health care administrator including six years as the executive director of Southern Maine Emergency Medical Services and is the president-elect of the American Nurses Association of Maine (ANA-Maine). Jan Morrissette, MSN, is a board certified advanced public health nurse with 26 years of experience in Maine Public Health and is a Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow. Rebecca Quirk, MSN, is a registered nurse who worked at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital Inpatient Unit at Maine Medical Center for almost 30 years. Linda Samia, PhD., is a registered nurse who has practiced for 45 years in acute care, home care, and hospice. Her specialty areas include gerontology, community heath, and health policy. Dr. Samia has taught at the University of Southern Maine since 2007, primarily at the graduate level. Bonnie Smith, MFA, BSN, is a registered nurse who has worked at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine in the level I Trauma Center and as an Emergency Department nurse. Hilary Speare, B.A., is a registered nurse who has 25 years of experience in neonatal nursing and transitioned to home infusion nursing. More information about this free program is available by contacting Debra Gillespie at debra.j.gillespie@maine.edu or Juliana L’Heureux at Juliana.lheureux@anamaine.org. This program is applying for 1.5 Continuing Education Units from the American Nurses Association of Maine. More information will be made available on the ANA-Maine website at www.anamaine.org and on the University of Southern Maine School of Nursing website at https://usm.maine.edu/nursing. ESM, Inc. IS CURRENTLY OFFERING A $4,000 SIGN-ON BONUS! ESM, Inc. works with adults who have a variety of mental health diagnosis to maximize their potential and independence. Benefits: Weekly pay, Health, Dental, and Vision Insurances (100% paid by employer) and Allstate insurances (100% paid by employee), 8 paid holidays, PTO starting during the first year of service and increases with years of service, education reimbursement, additional training, supported by a talented clinical team. Mileage reimbursement for ESM related services. Eligible for 401k fund after eligibility is met. Salary is negotiable. Education: Valid Maine RN license. Valid Maine RN-BC (Registered Nurse Board Certified in Mental Health) license preferred. To view and apply visit http://www.esm-communityrehab.com Volume 18 • Number 1 Published by the AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION-MAINE a constituent member association of the American Nurses Association E-mail: info@anamaine.org Web Site: www.anamaine.org P.O. Box 647 Kennebunk, ME 04043 ANA-MAINE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Robert Abel, MSN, RN, CHPH, CCM, CMC President, Portland robert.abel@anamaine.org Juliana L’Heureux, BS, MHSA, RN President-Elect, Topsham Cynthia Randall, DNP, RN, CHSE Treasurer, Gray Carla Randall, PhD, RN, CNE Secretary, Auburn Mary Therese Cully-Onoshko, RN, CHPN Director, Union Patricia Eldershaw, PhD (Soc), MSN, RN Director, Mapleton Samantha Foss, MBA, MSN, RN, NE-BC Director, Medford Debra Gillespie, PhD, RN Director, Cape Elizabeth Amanda Savage, DNP, MEd, BSN, RN Director, Hampden Contents of this newsletter are the opinion of the author alone and do not reflect the official position of ANA-MAINE unless specifically indicated. We always invite leaders of specialty organizations to contribute. ANA-MAINE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Michelle L. Schweitzer (Editor) Juliana L’Heureux, BS, RN, MHSA (Co-Editor) Jean Dyer, PhD, MSN, BSN, CNE We welcome submissions, but we reserve the right to reject submission of any article. Send to publications@anamaine.org. CE calendar listings are without charge. Attribution: We do not knowingly plagiarize. We encourage our authors to fact check their material but we do not assume responsibility for factual content of ads or articles. For advertising rates and information, please contact Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc., PO Box 216, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613, (800) 626-4081, sales@aldpub.com. ANA-Maine and the Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc. reserve the right to reject any advertisement. Responsibility for errors in advertising is limited to corrections in the next issue or refund of price of advertisement. Published quarterly every January, April, July and October. Acceptance of advertising does not imply endorsement or approval by ANA-Maine of products advertised, the advertisers, or the claims made. Rejection of an advertisement does not imply a product offered for advertising is without merit, or that the manufacturer lacks integrity, or that this association disapproves of the product or its use. ANA-Maine and the Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc. shall not be held liable for any consequences resulting from purchase or use of an advertiser’s product. Articles appearing in this publication express the opinions of the authors; they do not necessarily reflect views of the staff, board, or membership of ANA-Maine or those of the national or local associations. Postal Address corrections: This list of addressees is obtained from the Maine State Board of Nursing (MSBON) each issue. To keep your address current for these mailings, simply notify the MSBON of any needed changes in your postal mailing address. Permission must be obtained from ANA-Maine to replicate or reproduce any content from ANA-Maine Journal.
January, February, March 2022 ANA Maine Journal Page 3 Book Review for Our Times: The Plague by Albert Camus Reviewed by Juliana L’Heureux, BS, MHSA, RN “I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.” This line is spoken by Dr. Bernard Rieux in the novel The Plague, written by Albert Camus (1947). Very few books are more worthy for multiple reads than Albert Camus’s The Plague (or in French La Peste.) I have read this book two times and still refer to essays written about the content, because the philosophical themes in the plot continue to mature over time. Of course, the story’s pandemic theme is the most relevant existential theme to consider at this time, being the public’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as it is impacting on everyone. Perhaps a simplistic, but succinctly concrete summary about the book is the fulfillment of the 150 year old French proverb attributed to French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, who wrote “plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose – the more things change, the more they stay the same.” Albert Camus (1913-1960) is the author of The Plague. Published in 1947, it tells the story of an epidemic from the point of view of a narrator, who is dealing with a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. Camus was drawn to his theme because, in his philosophy, we are all – unbeknownst to us – already “living through a plague: that is a widespread, silent, invisible disease that may kill any of us at any time and destroy the lives we assumed were solid” (ref. School of Life.com here). In the novel, Dr. Bernard Rieux is the narrator of The Plague. He is one of the first people in Oran to urge that stringent sanitation measures be taken to fight the rising epidemic. In fact, as the physician who is dedicated to managing the epidemic, he keeps statistics about the daily death toll and even projects the mathematical modeling about trajectory of the disease. In 1957, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Albert Camus "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times." (ref. NobelPrize.org here.) A personal postscript to this Nobel commentary would italicize “in our times”, because COVID-19 will be in our times for the foreseeable future. "The Plague" is one of the best literature works by Albert Camus. It translates the political, economic and religious context during an epidemic in a secluded Algerian town. Later, the author reveals the analogy with the German occupation of France during World War II. But, in real time, during an actual 21st century pandemic, the ordeal experienced by the French Algerian physician, Dr. Rieux, is relatable to the erratic public response to the COVID-19 crises. Even if you read La Peste in French or The Plague in the English translation, a re-read will likely create a renewed respect for Albert Camus. In addition to being a Nobel Prize winning writer, he could well be a literary prophet. His famous novel, the character of Dr. Rieux and the people who struggle with survival during La Peste, are very reminiscent of our times. NursingALD.com can point you right to that perfect NURSING JOB! Nurses Wanted—RN/LPN at international children’s summer camp. Professional staff. Four or eight weeks. 350 acres on private lake. Pediatric experience necessary. Competitive salary+room & board. 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