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Page 2 • DNA Reporter June, July, August 2022 President’s Report Leslie Verucci, MSN, APRN, ANP-BC President, Delaware Nurses Association, 2021-2022 I hope everyone is enjoying the sun and warm weather. The Delaware Nurses Association has had a very busy spring working on legislative issues and Delaware Today Top Nurses 2022. Delaware Today Top Nurses was our big event and I want to take this time to recognize the great work all our nurses in the state do but we had a few who were Leslie Verucci nominated by their peers as going above and beyond. We also send a huge thank you out to Delaware Today for working so hard to put this program together each year. We had a great turnout and spent time catching up with old friends and colleagues. 2022 Top Nurse Category Winners • Academic Educator: Xiaopeng Ji, PhD, MSN, MA, RN, University of Delaware • Advanced Practice Registered Nurse: Erin Dwyer, MSN, APRN, ACCNS-P, CCRN-K, Nemours Children’s Health • Advancing & Leading the Profession: Kellie Kessler, MSN, RN, CCRN, ChristianaCare • Ambulatory Care Nursing: Stacey Strazzella, BSN, RN, ChristianaCare • Case/Utilization Management: Valerie Bica, BSN, RN, Nemours Children’s Health • Clinical Educator: Karen Pickard, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE, Beebe Healthcare • Home Health/Hospice/Telehealth: Wendy Strowhouer, RN, Compassionate Care Hospice, an Amedisys Company Career Opportunities at Stockley Center Georgetown, DE Registered Nurses & Licensed Practical Nurses 7-3, 3-11 & 11-7 Certified Nursing Assistants 6-2, 2-10 & 10-6 HIRING BONUS (Must meet criteria) Full Time w/ Benefits Includes health, dental, life, paid sick and vacation, holidays, pension plan, continuing education classes, comprehensive orientation and shift-differentials. Interested Applicants Apply Online at www.delawarestatejobs.com Search Stockley Center • Informatics: Dawn Robinson, MSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC, ChristianaCare • Inpatient/Acute Care Nursing: Emily Gear, BSN, RN, ChristianaCare • Licensed Practical Nurse: Kenyette Walters, LPN, Moorings at Lewes • Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing: Bradley Why, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, Bancroft Behavioral Health • Quality, Safety & Risk Management: Deb Friedman, MSN, RN, CPHON, Nemours Children’s Health • Rehabilitation/Long-Term Care: Kathleen Brewer- Smyth, PhD, MSN, RN, CRRN, FAAN, University of Delaware • Volunteerism & Service: Jennifer Korkosz, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, University of Delaware • Nursing Newcomer: Ingrid Hausner, BSN, RN, PCCN, ChristianaCare • Nursing Legend: Evelyn Hayes, PhD, MPH, APRN, FNP-BC, University of Delaware Congratulations to all the nominees and winners of Delaware Today Top Nurses 2022. It’s never too early to begin thinking about who you could nominate for 2023 Delaware Today Top Nurse. Watch for updates from the Delaware Nurses Association on how and when to nominate for next year! It has been a tough couple of years and as we move through this year, we need to recognize and practice the importance of self-care. Self-care is a skill that many nurses neglect or defer. It is a set of practices and activities nurses should engage in regularly to help decrease stress levels and help nurses live longer, healthier lives. Self-care reduces stress, replenishes your capacity to provide compassion and empathy and improves the quality of care offered. Nurses must take care of themselves to do their jobs effectively and be the best caregiver to their patients that they can be. Nurses give so much of their physical and emotional being to their patients and families. When it comes to themselves, self-care is often left behind. The American Nurses Association (ANA) notes that nurses are the consummate caregivers, often sacrificing their own health and wellness while taking care of others. Self-care means choosing behaviors to counter emotional and physical stress, from exercise and nutritious eating to practicing self-centering activities. Given the emotional stress and strains inherent in your profession, it is important that you make self-care a priority. It is vital to your well-being and enables you to effectively continue your day-to-day practice of healing and caring for others. The fifth provision of the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses states that the moral respect that nurses extend to all human beings “extends to oneself as well: the same duties that we owe to others we owe to ourselves” (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2015). These duties include the responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve wholeness of character and integrity, maintain competence and continue personal and professional growth (ANA, 2015). ANA is raising awareness for nurses to think about themselves. The Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation Grand Challenge is a social movement to transform the health of the nation by improving the health of the United States’ four million Registered Nurses. The program connects and engages nurses, employers and organizations around improving health in five areas: physical activity, nutrition, rest, quality of life, and safety. The Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation Grand Challenge is free to join and offers access to monthly challenges, discussion forums, prize giveaways, periodic health assessment surveys, and a commitment wall where nurses can post progress updates and areas they want to improve. Join the challenge and use #healthynurse on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter to connect with other nurses and support each other in the pursuit of healthier lifestyles. Reference American Nurses Association (2015). Code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements. Silver Spring, MD: Nursesbooks.org. REPORTER OFFICIAL PUBLICATION of the Delaware Nurses Association 4765 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Suite L10 Newark, DE 19713 Phone: 302-733-5880 Web: http://www.denurses.org The DNA Reporter, (ISSN-0418-5412) is published quarterly every March, June, September and December by the Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc., for the Delaware Nurses Association, a constituent member association of the American Nurses Association. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President: Leslie Verucci, , MSN, APRN, ANP-BC President-Elect: Stephanie McClellan, MBA, MSN, RN, CMSRN, NE-BC Secretary: Jacqueline C. Armstrong, DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC Treasurer: George Zangaro, PhD, RN, FAAN Director-at-Large, Clinical Nurse: Ramona Negron, BSN, RN DIRECTORS Membership Growth Directors New Castle County: Kathy Neal, PhD, RN Kent County: Sharon Mills-Wisneski, PhD, RN Sussex County: Candace Hamner, MA, BA, RN Professional Development Director Sandra Nolan, PhD, RN, HN-BC Advocacy Director Annamarie Flick, MSN, RN-BC, NE-BC Editorial Director Karen Panunto, EdD, MSN, RN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Christopher E. Otto, MSN, RN, CHFN, PCCN, CCRN executivedirector@denurses.org ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATES Delaware Organization of Nurse Leaders www.delawareone.org Delaware Emergency Nurses Association www.de-ena.org Delaware State Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives http://delaware.midwife.org/ Delaware Coalition of Nurse Practitioners https://dcnpweb.enpnetwork.com/ Subscription to the DNA Reporter may be purchased for $20 per year, $30 per year for foreign addresses. 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. DNA 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. Acceptance of advertising does not imply endorsement or approval by the Delaware Nurses Association 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. DNA 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 DNA or those of the national or local associations. Editorial Director Karen L. Panunto, Ed.D, MSN, RN The DNA Reporter welcomes unsolicited manuscripts by DNA members. Articles are submitted for the exclusive use of The DNA Reporter. All submitted articles must be original, not having been published before, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Submissions will be acknowledged by e-mail or a selfaddressed stamped envelope provided by the author. All articles require a cover letter requesting consideration for publication. Articles can be submitted by e-mail to Christopher E. 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June, July, August 2022 DNA Reporter • Page 3 Executive Director’s Report Christopher E. Otto, MSN, RN, CHFN, PCCN, CCRN Executive Director executivedirector@denurses.org or 302-733-5880 Supporting Delaware Nurse’s Mental Health and Overall Wellbeing There are numerous opportunities faced by the current and future nursing workforce, in Delaware, nationally and across the globe. As ranked by Delaware’s nurses, the top three opportunities for us to address include safe staffing, mental health and workplace violence. You may have read this, but the Delaware Nurses Association was recently awarded a significant grant from the State of Delaware to address one of these. We were granted $500,000.00 from state American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to address the mental health Christopher E. Otto and overall wellbeing of the state’s nursing workforce. This is a huge win for Delaware’s nursing workforce. It is a demonstration of the recognition of and commitment to supporting Delaware’s nurses. This project will be co-led with the Delaware Action Coalition – the state coalition for the Center to Champion Nursing in America, a collaboration of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), AARP Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. There will be numerous other partners named as the advisory board and sub-committees are established over the coming weeks. Based on our original application, I am happy to share some additional insights of what is to come. Based on the nursing process, we have assessed and diagnosed the problem, now we are in the planning stage. Assessments of nurses’ mental health and wellbeing started in October 2021 at our confidential listening sessions. Dozens of nurses from across Delaware joined and shared their experiences since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We learned what they were facing from a variety of practice settings as well as what was and wasn’t working. Then, in April and May of 2022, we conducted a statewide survey through our Delaware Nursing Dialogue platform. We received approval and designed the survey based on the series conducted by the American Nurses Foundation (ANF). We heard from almost 200 nurses about their experiences with mental health, trauma and how to move forward. These results will be merged with the qualitative data from the listening sessions and compared regionally and nationally with data from the ANF. A full report will be released later this summer. In the planning stage, our focus will be designing and building an integrated electronic platform, accessible to all licensed Delaware nurses and nursing students that promotes access to care, self-care resources, community connections and more. Additionally, our work has a key focus – addressing the pervasive stigma around mental health so that nurses can proactively address their needs and keep themselves healthy and happy. As planning progresses, there are several sources of evidence that will be synthesized to support this work. We are pulling resources and evidence from the American Nurses Association, The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity, the National Academy of Medicine’s “National Plan for Health Workforce Wellbeing,” Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation and so many more sources. A Call for Volunteers. If this work inspires you, if you have experience in this space or if you just want to help, there will be opportunities for you! Please reach out to me and let me know you would like to help. Share some information about yourself and your practice so I can help match you to the best volunteer opportunity. My contact information is above. I look forward to hearing from you! work we need to hear from more Delaware nurses. We are building a repository of nurses from across the state with varying experience and backgrounds. From neonatal nursing to hospice nursing; from intensive care to public health; we need Delaware nurses to lead statewide. A call to Action for ALL Delaware Nurses. Whether the opportunity arises in two months or two years, we want to be ready. We are compiling a repository of Delaware nurses interested in serving on a statewide board or commission. Fill out the survey with your contact information and experience/s. We will reach out to you when a position opens and continue to support you in your service to Delaware. https://www. surveymonkey.com/r/DEboardscommissions Celebrating Delaware Nursing Accomplishments Delaware nurses have been doing some incredible work! Please join us in congratulating the following two announcements and the nurses that made it possible! ChristianaCare Receives $1.5 million grant from American Nurses Foundation Congratulations to ChristianaCare and the nurses leading this landmark grant. ChristianaCare is one of 10 grant recipients from the American Nurses Foundation Reimagining Nursing (RN) Initiative. This grant will increase the utilization of collaborative robots, or “cobots,” that complete tasks that the bedside nurse normally would do but don’t have to. Instead, the cobot will complete the task and free up the nurse to provide more direct patient care. “Nurses need the time and space to deliver excellent care and patient education to the fullest extent of their training and experience,” said Ric Cuming, Ed.D., MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, chief nurse executive and president, ChristianaCare HomeHealth. Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware Receives Third Magnet® Designation Congratulations to Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware on the recent accomplishment of their third consecutive Magnet® designation. Magnet® is the most prestigious distinction a health care organization can receive for nursing excellence and quality patient outcomes. Delawareans are fortunate to have numerous hospitals with this international distinction in our state. Nemours Children’s Health is an exceptional collaborator and supporter of the Delaware Nurses Association. Please join us in congratulating their accomplishments and the significant volume of Delaware nurses that made it possible! Continuing Community Engagement (Week 4 of National Nurses Month) Year-round Week four of National Nurses Month focused on community engagement. This was a call to action for nurses to build on the heightened visibility of our profession and engage with community members from all sectors to strengthen partnerships and improve outcomes. This is an ongoing focus and commitment of the Delaware Nurses Association. Nurses’ Night at the Wilmington Blue Rocks All Delaware nurses, save-the-date for a Nurses Night at the Blue Rocks on Friday, September 9th at 6:35 pm. Discounted field box tickets will be available for purchase. Join us for a night of community, celebration and fireworks! Appointment of Delaware Nurses on State Boards and Commissions One of DNA’s functions is to ensure and support Delaware nurses leading across the state. The State of Delaware has dozens of boards and commissions to oversee and make decisions on various sectors and work. These boards and commissions are established through legislation or executive orders from the Governor. They are given varying levels of authority and comprised of subject matter experts and members of the community. Some examples include the Delaware Health Care Commission, Council on Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities, Behavioral Health Planning and Advisory Council, Delaware Cancer Consortium and so many more. We are the entity that ensures qualified nurses are placed and supported on these boards and commissions when designed to have a nurse representative. We are currently undertaking work to do a comprehensive review and ensure nurses are members of all appropriate boards and commissions. To grow and sustain this
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