Maryland Nurse Journal - July 2022

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July, August, September 2022 

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President’s Message 

Inside this Issue... 

current resident or 

MNA 

Celebrates 

Nurses Month 

Page 22 

ANA/MNA News 

MNA’s Update at A Glance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

ANA Hill Day ............................. 3 

MNA’s 119th Annual Convention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 

Nursing Organization 

Mortimer to Lead Alliance of Maryland Nursing 

Organizations ............................11 

2022 Spring Membership Meeting & CE Event ....12 

The Nurse Practitioner Association of Maryland 

Advocates for the Community ............... 14 

Continuing Education 

Transforming Nursing Education Through Clinical 

Simulations ............................ 16 

Healthy Nurse 

Maryland Nurses Focus on Optimizing the Workforce ....18 

Education 

University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) 

Leadership Announcements ................ 19 

The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Ranks #1 by 

U.S. News & World Report for Fifth Consecutive Year. 20 

CSM Students Inducted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 

2022 MNA Election ......................26 

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The big event for MNA 

in June was the American 

Nurses Association (ANA) 

Membership Assembly, June 

10-12 in Washington, D.C. 

https://www.nursingworld. 

org/ana/leadership-andgovernance/membershipassembly/. 

The ANA Membership 

Assembly is the key 

opportunity for members 

to share concerns and 

priorities with the ANA 

Board of Directors. 

Christie Simon- 

Waterman 

Attending on behalf of MNA along with myself were 

Charlotte Wood, Donna Zankowski, Linda Stierle, 

Mary Jean Schumann, Rosemary Mortimer, and 

Jacqueline Patterson. Attending this Membership 

Assembly led me to consider the current war nurses 

face and previous ones they have overcome. 

Modern nursing really got its recognition through 

the heroic efforts of a woman who was a champion 

during the Crimean War of 1853 to 1856. The "lady 

with the lamp" took care of many soldiers, and her 

reputation made known to the masses the importance 

of nurses, and nursing, to life as we know it. Fast 

forward to 2022, a new war is still being fought. Not 

the one between Russia and Ukraine, though that one 

also requires nurses’ service. No, I speak of the war 

against the unseen enemy COVID-19. It is this war 

that has caused all nurses to be seen in a different 

light. You, the nurses of the state of Maryland, and all 

of America are recognized as the true superheroes of 

our land. 

Subsequent to her achievements, many have 

suggested that Florence Nightingale, the lady with 

the lamp, had her achievements over-exaggerated. 

History has since proven otherwise, and she would go 

on later to establish the Nightingale Training School 

for Nurses in 1860, the first known institution to train 

some of the most important people the world has 

ever seen. I reference this phenomenon now to 

underscore three important points. 

Firstly, I wish that all of you, as nurses, 

would take the time to understand the legacy 

that we have sworn to uphold. This hero 

worked tirelessly during the war to ensure that 

soldiers got the best health care they could in 

less than favorable conditions. The situation 

was never ideal, as she fought the battle 

against death on those battlefields. She was 

pro-life! Never complaining, she set about her 

task with vigor, commitment, resilience, and 

a resourcefulness that all of you know about. 

Those qualities are the same qualities I see in 

our nurses, fighting to save lives every day as you 

take your places in the modern-day battlefield. Let 

us always understand the legacy laid down by this 

remarkable woman, and may all nurses guard this 

legacy with a zeal that will ensure that we always do 

our best, despite the challenging times facing us. 

Secondly, nurses have always been underappreciated, 

sadly so. Many individuals hold the view 

that a nurse is just the record keeper on the way to 

the doctor. This is so far from the truth. Her exploits 

in the field helped to save the lives of many soldiers. 

Your exploits on the front against Covid have saved 

millions of lives. This pandemic would have shown 

the world the actual value of all nurses! You have 

been nothing short of spectacular in your efforts. The 

thing is, Covid just made the world finally recognize 

this. However, for centuries nurses have been serving 

the population of the world and saving lives. Without 

nurses’ doctors will be far less effective. This is 

indeed a fact. I say to all of you nurses, know your 

worth. The world is gradually beginning to see the 

collective worth of all nurses. You are worthy of the 

recognition and praise that I am placing at your feet 

at this moment. I wish to acknowledge your worth 

today as I say thank you for the sensational job that 

you continue to do, as you turn days into nights. You 

all are the superheroes that Marvel and DC fantasize 

about. You are the real deal!!!! 

Thirdly, and finally, it is always during the tough 

times that nurses separate themselves from the rest. 

During the Crimean War, Ms. Nightingale made her 

mark and took nursing in a new direction. It is she 

who is credited for taking nursing into the modern 

era. Make no mistake this pandemic is a WAR! 

As nurses, you do not fight against other humans; 

instead, we fight against an unseen enemy, a virus 

that has taken the lives of several of our sisters and 

brothers. I ask you: How are we going to separate 

ourselves from the rest now? 

COVID-19 has presented us with the opportunity 

to do things differently. Despite the loss of lives and 

livelihood, there have been numerous opportunities 

for growth and to change mindsets and practices 

that have been toxic to us as inhabitants of this 

world. In what direction are we prepared to take our 

profession? We cannot fail in this war, humanity 

depends on us to be successful, and we must not 

fail them. In fact, we cannot fail them. I urge you 

all to think of how we can get even better and take 

our profession into a new era, just as Florence 

Nightingale did when she was involved in her war. 

As I conclude, allow me to say yet again: You are 

indeed phenomenal human beings! What you have 

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Nurses, advocates for excellence in nursing and the 

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Courage: Have moral and mental strength to do 

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President’s Message continued from page 1 

done for this state, for your country, and for humanity 

is nothing short of remarkable. It is with the greatest 

humility and pride that I say thank you. You make me 

feel proud to be a nurse, for, despite my title, I will 

always be a nurse! I am happy to call you my brothers 

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to save lives on this battlefield. 

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OF THE MARYLAND NURSE JOURNAL 

Kristen McVerry, MSN, RN-BC, Editor-in-Chief 

Nayna Philipsen, PhD, MA, MSN, JD, RN, CFE, FACCE 

Beverly Lang, MScN, RN, ANP-BC, FAANP 

Linda Stierle, MSN, RN 

Kathleen Ogle, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, CNE 

MNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

President 

Immediate Past President 

Vice President 

Secretary 

Treasurer 

Treasurer-Elect 

District 1 

District 2 

District 3 

District 4 

District 5 

District 7 

District 8 

District 9 

OFFICERS 

Christie Simon-Waterman, 

DNP, RN, CRNP, DWC, WCC 

Charlotte Wood, 

PhD, MSN, MBA, MSL, RN, CDA 

Melani Bell, DNP, RN 

Barbara Biedrzycki, PhD, 

MSN, RN, CRNP, AOCNP® 

Janice Agazio, PhD, RN, 

CRNP, FAANP, FAAN 

Nayna Philipsen, PhD, MA, 

MSN, JD, RN, CFE, FACCE 

DIRECTORS 

Terrie Roth, MSN, MBA, APRN, FNP - BC 

Darlene Hinds-Jackson, DNP, RN, CRNP, CNE, FNP-BC 

Donna C. Downing-Corddry, BSN, RN 

Kim Poole, MS, BSN, RN 

Nwamaka Oparaoji, DNP, MS, RN 

Sadie Parker, RN 

Jennifer Cooper, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC, CNE 

Kristen McVerry, MSN, RN-BC 

MNA DISTRICT PRESIDENTS 

District 1 

District 2 

District 3 

District 4 

District 5 

District 7 

District 8 

District 9 

Michelle Harvey, DNP, RN-BC 

Nancy S. Goldstein, DNP, ANP-BC, RNC 

Kimi Novak, DNP, MSN, MHA, RN 

Kim Poole, RN 

Lou Bartolo, DNP(c), MSN, RN 

Amanda Mullins, BSN, RN 

Debra Disbrow, DNP, RN, PCCN, ONC 

Cathy Gibson, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, CLC 

ANA MEMBERSHIP ASSEMBLY 

2022-2023 

MNA Member-At-Large First 

Donna Zankowsky, 

Voting Representative 

MPH, RN, FAACHN 

MNA Member-At-Large Second Linda Stierle, MSN, RN 

Voting Representative 

MNA Member-At-Large 

Rosemary Mortimer, 

First Non-Voting Alternate 

MS, MSEd, RN 

2021-2022 

MNA Officer First Voting 

Charlotte Wood, 

Representative 

PhD, MSN, MBA, MSL, RN, CDA 

MNA Officer Second Voting 

Janice Agazio, PhD, 

Representative 

RN, CRNP, FAANP, FAAN 

MNA Officer First 

Mary Jean Schumann, DNP, MBA, 

Non-voting Alternate 

RN, CPNP-PC, FAAN 

MNA Officer Second Barbara Biedrzycki, PhD, MSN, RN, 

Non-voting Alternate: 

CRNP, AOCNP® 

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ANA/MNA News 

ANA Hill Day 

Charlotte M. Wood, PhD, MSN, MBA, MSL, RN, CDA 

ANA Hill day started at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 9, 2022, with breakfast 

and registration, followed by a “Welcome” from ANA President Dr. Ernest Grant. 

We enjoyed our keynote speaker, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40), who 

engaged in a conversation regarding current issues in nursing and healthcare, 

and the importance of advocacy. This activity was followed by a federal 

legislative overview from Samuel Hewitt and Kristina Weger, Principals, Federal 

Government Affairs for ANA. 

On Hill Day, the American Nurses Association (ANA) continued efforts 

to amplify the voices of nurses through conversations with our Congressional 

representatives and their legislative aides as they considered and debated public 

policy that will affect the essential functions of registered nurses (RN) and 

healthcare in America. The agenda proceeded with a “Nurses-Call-to-Action,” 

the logistics for the Capitol Hill meetings, and was followed by various groups 

speaking to their congressional representatives via Zoom while others headed out 

to Capitol Hill. 

National legislative priorities were as follows: 

• Valuing the Nursing Workforce (dealing with a discussion of burn-out, 

prevention of workplace violence, and prohibiting the use of mandatory 

overtime). 

• Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (removing barriers to full practice 

authority and support or co-sponsor the “I Can Act” bill that will be coming 

in July) and, 

• Improving Senior’s Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (Providing care 

that streamlines and prioritizes prior authorization under the Medicare 

Advantage Program…S.3018/H.R. 3173) co-sponsored by 296 legislators. 

Many national legislative priorities also aligned with the state of Maryland’s 

legislative initiatives. The ANA has been relentless in advocating on behalf 

of the country’s RNs who have been caring for our nation’s most vulnerable 

and those who lack access to healthcare. The ANA and the members of the 

membership assembly spoke about the nursing staffing crisis, improving access 

to healthcare, removing practice barriers, workforce development, and addressing 

reimbursement for APRNs to have “same service, same pay.” 

As your “Membership Assembly” representatives, we were happy to serve 

you on Capitol Hill ensuring that our national legislative representatives from 

Maryland supported all nursing priorities and major initiatives. Thank you all for 

allowing us to represent you. 

MNA’s Update at A Glance 

Dr. Christie Simon-Waterman, MNA President 

1. Office Space: The MNA Board and President 

have appointed an Office Resiliency Workgroup 

(WOR) to assess MNA’s office space functionally 

and identify cost-effective ways to optimize office 

space. Special thank you to the WOR members: 

Lou Bartolo (District 5 President), Nayna Philipsen 

(MNA Treasurer-Elect), Alita-Geri Carter (District 

5 Treasurer), Vann Joyner (District 2 Treasurer), and 

Marshada Chapman (District 2 Finance Committee). 

2. ANA: A big event for MNA in June was 

the ANA Membership Assembly, June 10-12 in 

Washington, D.C. https://www.nursingworld.org/ana/ 

Lou Bartolo 

leadership-and-governance/membership-assembly/. 

Attending the ANA Membership Assembly in June was a key opportunity 

for members to share concerns and priorities with the ANA Board of Directors. 

Attending on behalf of MNA were MNA President Christie Simon-Waterman, 

Charlotte Wood, Donna Zankowski; Linda Stierle, Mary Jean Schumann, 

Rosemary Mortimer, and Jacqueline Patterson. 

3. MNA Advocacy in Annapolis: As the 2022 90-Day annual Legislative 

Session ended in Annapolis, the MNA Legislative Committee and MNA’s 

Lobbyist, Public Policy Partners, are collating the enormous number of bills that 

would impact nursing and patient care and on which MNA took a position. These 

will be published by MNA and available to members upon request. 

4. LMNO: MNA has long hosted an outstanding group of Maryland nursing 

organizations to address common concerns. Formerly called the League of 

Maryland Nursing Organizations (LMNO), this is now the League of Maryland 

Nursing Associations (LMNA). Its post-Pandemic renewal is led by Rosemary 

Mortimer, a former MNA President. 

5. APRN Workgroup - MNA is working with other organizations, nurse 

leaders, and APRNs to have robust discussions regarding the APRN compact. 

MNA’s past President Neysa Ernst will facilitate these discussions. 

6. MNA Ethics Hotline: The MNA Center for Ethics and Human Rights has 

activated an electronic “hotline.” Nurses can now request guidance in addressing 

ethical issues and be assured of a confidential and de-identified response. The 

email address for the Hotline is MNA.Ethics@marylandrn.org. 

7. MNA Convention: The 119th MNA Annual Convention will be on October 

6 and 7, 2022, at the Maritime Institute in Linthicum. Go to the MNA website to 

nominate an outstanding colleague for an MNA Award. 

From (L) to (R): Dr. M. Bell, Dr. C. Simon-Waterman, Ms. M. Okwusogu, 

Dr. P. Travis, Dr. C. Wood, & Ms. R. Mortimer.


ANA/MNA News 

Report on The ANA Membership Assembly 

By Linda J. Stierle, MSN, RN 

MNA Member-at-Large to ANA MA 

For the first time since 2019, the American Nurses 

Association’s (ANA) highest governing body, the 

2022 ANA Membership Assembly (MA), met in 

person on June 9th thru 11th to conduct the business 

of the association and elect ANA leaders. More 

than 300 nurses and others gathered at the Grand 

Hyatt in the District of Columbia. The Maryland 

Nurses Association (MNA) was represented by its 

four elected voting representatives to the ANA MA. 

The two MNA Officer Representatives were current 

MNA Past President, Dr. Charlotte Wood, and Past 

Treasurer, Dr. Mary Jean Schumann; the two MNA 

Member-at-Large Representatives were Ms. Donna 

Zankowski and Ms. Linda Stierle, MNA Committee 

on Bylaws & Policies Chair, as well as Chair of 

the MNA Committee on Nominations and a past 

ANA Chief Executive Officer. Also, in attendance 

were MNA’s nonvoting Alternate Representative 

to the ANA MA: Past MNA President and ANA’s 

Immediate Past Consultant to the National Student 

Nurses Association (NSNA) Ms. Rosemary 

Mortimer. Also, in attendance were MNA’s current 

President, Dr. Christie Simon-Waterman, and MNA’s 

Chief Staff Officer (CSO), Ms. Jacqueline Patterson. 

The Maryland Delegation were pleased to have Ms. 

Gwen Johnson from District 5 at our table; she was 

representing the ANA Organizational Affiliate, Chi 

Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated, and Dr. Pat Travis, 

MNA Past President and current member of the ANA 

Committee on Bylaws. 

The 2022 ANA MA mirrored in every way the 

pre-pandemic MA, the last one being in 2019 at the 

Grand Hyatt. The various components of the ANA 

MA are: Hill Day prior to the start of the ANA MA, 

Dialogue Forums, Candidate Forum, Voting, Political 

Action Events, American Nurses Foundation Donor 

Luncheon, Networking & Discussion luncheons, and 

business and discussion sessions of the ANA MA. 

These activities were spread out between June 9th 

and June 11th. 

ANA Hill Day: See page 3 in this edition for more 

information 

Welcome Reception & Awards Ceremony: This 

was held Thursday evening. It started with a halfhour 

of heavy hor d’oeuvres in the Independence 

Foyer; everyone then transitioned to the Constitution 

Ballroom for the 2022 President’s and National 

Awards Ceremony, where the twenty-one awardees 

were recognized. There were seven recipients of 

the President’s Award: Karen Daley, PhD, MPH, 

RN, FAAN; Martha Dawson, DNP, RN, FACHE; 

Adrianna Nava, PhD, MPA, MSN, RN; Debra Toney, 

PhD, RN, FAAN; Daniella Vargas, MSN, MPH, MA- 

Bioethics, RN, PHN; G. Rumay Alexander, EDD, 

RN, FAAN; Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN. ANA 

Hall of Fame Inductees: Anne P, Manton, PhD, RN, 

FAEN, FAAN; Barbara Nichols, DL (H) Dec(H), 

PEDD (H), MSN, RN, FAAN. National Award 

Honorees: Advocacy Award: Denise Driscoll, MSN, 

RN-BC, CARN, PMHCNS-BC, NPP; Sally Morgan, 

MA, RN, AGPCNP-BC, ACNS-BC; Jessica Peck, 

DNP, APRN, CPAP-BC, CNE, FAANP, FAAN. 

Distinguished Direct Patient Care Award: Casey 

Green, BSN, RN, CCRN, CRRN, CFRN, CEN, 

TCRN, CPEN; MNA District 7 member; Duke 

Harvey Lagtapon, BSN, RN, CCRN-CMC-CSC, 

CHFN. Early Career Nurse Leader Award: Naomi 

Hanoch, BSN, RN. Foundation of Nursing Practice 

Award: Denise McNulty, DNP, MS-HAS, NPD-BC, 

NE-BC. Leadership in Ethics Award: Vivienne 

McDaniel, DNP, MSN, RN. Luther Christman 

Award: Kevin Emmons, DRNP, RN, APN, 

AGPCNP-BC, CWCN, CFCN. Mary Mahoney 

Award: Jonnie Hamilton, DNP, PhD, RN. Public 

Health Service Award: Lisa Patch, MSN, BS, RN, 

NCSN; Anumol Thomas, DNP, FNP-C, CCRN. 

HEARING - ANA’s Racial Reckoning 

Statement: It was submitted by the ANA Board of 

Directors. In 2021, the ANA began an intense effort 

to understand its own history regarding racism in 

nursing. The result is an initial racial reckoning 

statement that serves as an apology to nurses of 

color who have been harmed by decisions and 

omissions made by ANA that contributed to racism 

in the profession. There was a one-hour hearing to 

allow members to react to this draft statement prior 

to asking for members to adopt it. Linda Stierle, 

as a Maryland voting representative made a verbal 

statement in support which was also submitted 

in writing to the Professional Policy Committee. 

On Saturday afternoon, ANA’s racial reckoning 

statement was adopted by the membership by 

unanimous consent. With this statement, ANA is 

launching a sustained effort dedicated to ongoing 

reckoning and reconciliation, forgiveness, and 

healing. It was and is a historic moment for our 

professional association. 

ANA Membership Assembly: The ANA MA 

was scheduled for three sessions on Friday and 

Saturday totaling 8 plus hours to conduct the 

business of the association. ANA President, Dr. 

Ernest Grant, chaired the ANA 2022 ANA MA and 

called it to order after being informed a quorum was 

present. A Nightingale Tribute was conducted by 

ANA President Grant. He read the poem “She Was 

There,” authored by Duane Jaeger, RN, MSN from 

the Kansas State Nurses Association, recognizing the 

death of nurses this past year. Dr. Grant provided a 

Presidential Address; other presentations included 

an update by the ANA Chief Nursing Officer, the 

Chief Executive Officer of the ANA Enterprise, the 

ANA Treasurer, the President of the National Student 

Nurses Association and the Presidents of ANA’s three 

subsidiaries: the American Nurses Foundation, the 

American Academy of Nurses, and the American 

Nurses Credentialing Center. There was also a 

presentation from the President of the International 

Council of Nurses (ICN), Dr. Pam Cipriano, the 

Immediate past president of ANA. ANA was a 

founding member of the ICN in 1899; ICN was the 

very first international health care organization. 

There were also two one-hour presentations and 

discussions on Saturday. The first session addressed 

the work of the APRN Taskforce: Enterprise Tools to 

Dismantle APRN Practice Barrier. The second hour 

was a discussion of COVID’s impact and Implications 

for nursing. At the end of the MA meeting, 

Rosemary Mortimer, MNA Representative, went 

to the microphone and asked for a point of personal 

privilege to make a statement and proposal for the 

ANA BOD and Political Action Committee (PAC) 

to consider. Permission was granted and her proposal 

read as follows: “I would respectfully request that 

the ANA Board of Directors and the Political Action 

Committee (PAC) add a criterion that candidates 

for congressional office will be denied eligibility 

for financial support if they have supported by their 

verified action or inaction, any attempt to breach 

the Constitution of the United States or the peaceful 

transfer of power.” It received a standing ovation from 

the ANA MA in a show of support. 

Dialogue Forums: There were three forums; all 

three were each conducted for 50 minutes on Friday 

afternoon. Dialogue Forum #1: It addressed Impact 

of Climate Change on Health and was submitted 

by the New Hampshire Nurses Association, ANA- 

Michigan, ANA-Vermont, Minnesota Organization 

of Registered Nurses, and the Alliance of Nurses 

for Healthy Environments. Dialogue Forum #2 

addressed Advancing Solutions to Address Verbal 

Abuse and Workplace Violence Across the Continuum 

of Care and was submitted by a member of the New 

Jersey State Nurses Association and members from 

the National Association of School Nurses. Donna 

Zankowski as a Maryland voting representative, 

made a statement in support of the Professional 

Policy Committee (PPC)’s recommendation for zerotolerance 

of verbal abuse and workplace violence. 

Dialogue Forum #3 addressed Nurse Staffing and 

was submitted by ANA’s PPC. The final policy 

recommendations from the three dialogue forums from 

the ANA’s PPC were made available to the registered 

attendees late Saturday morning and were discussed 

and voted on Saturday afternoon. The Nurse Staffing 

recommendations generated the most discussion with 

some revisions to the PPC recommendations prior to 

adoption by the membership. 

ESREC Meeting: On June 2nd, a Zoom 

Meeting was hosted by the New Jersey State Nurses 

Association (NJSNA) of the Eastern Seaboard 

Regional Executive Conference (ESREC), one of 

four informal geographic ANA regions. ESREC 

is comprised of the following states: CT, DE, 

MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, and VT. The 

purpose of the meeting was to permit candidates 

for ANA elected offices an opportunity to interact 

with the ESREC voting representatives. All eleven 

(11) candidates took advantage of this opportunity. 

Each candidate had five minutes allotted for them 

to provide a thumbnail sketch of themselves and 

then answer a couple of questions from the voting 

members. On Friday, June 10th, the ESREC members 

met in person to decide the future leadership if 

ESREC. NJSNA has been leading this group since 

2020. Prior to 2019, the leadership of this group 

rotated year by year between each of the eleven states 

that comprise ESREC. The final decision was that 

there would be two co-chairs to divide the workload. 

Judy Schmidt, NJSNA, and Cammie Townsend, 

ANA-MA, will co-chair ESREC. In 2019, the 

ESREC decided that they wanted to submit proposed 

amendments in 2021 to the 2019 ANA Bylaws. This 

did not happen in 2021 due to the pandemic. ESREC 

plans to submit proposed amendments to the ANA 

Bylaws in 2023. 

Meet the Candidates & Candidate Forum: 

Each Candidate is assigned a table in a designated 

section of the ANA meeting space. The candidates 

were at their election table between Friday morning 

prior to the start of the ANA MA. Voting members 

are encouraged to visit the candidates for one-on-one 

dialogue with the candidates. The Candidate Forum 

was held on Friday afternoon for 1.5 hours, 5:00 – 

6:30 PM. 

There were two Officer and two Director positions 

to be elected in 2022, each with a two-year term of 

office; there were eight (8) candidates for these four 

elected positions as members of the ANA BOD. 

The three Secretary candidates, the two candidates 

for Director-at-Large, and the one candidate for 

the Staff Nurse Director-at-Large each had three 

minutes to address the 200 Voting Representatives 

from the ANA Constituent/State Nurses Associations 

(C/SNA) and the Individual Membership Division 

(IMD), the 39 ANA Organizational Affiliate voting 

members, and the nine ANA BOD members. The two 

candidates for President each had five minutes. There 

were four (4) candidates for the ANA Nominating 

and Elections Committee (NEC). 

Voting: Voting occurred for two hours Saturday 

morning. Officers require a majority to be elected 

while Directors and members of the NEC only 

require a plurality of votes to be elected. If an officer 

does not get a majority vote, then a runoff-election 

is held among the two candidates who received the 

most votes during the initial voting period. A runoff 

election was required for the Secretary position. 

The ANA Membership Assembly elected Jennifer 

Mensik Kennedy, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, 

of the Oregon Nurses Association as the association’s 

next president to represent the interests of the nation’s 

more than 4.3 million registered nurses. Mensik 

has more than 25 years of nursing experience in a 

variety of settings ranging from rural critical access 

hospitals and home health to hospital administration, 

and academia. She has served as President of the


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Arizona Nurses Association and 2nd Vice President 

and Treasurer of ANA. The term of service for Dr. 

Mensik and all other newly elected leaders will begin 

January 1, 2023. 

ANA’s MA also elected four members to serve 

as officers of the nine-member board of directors. 

The newly elected board members are: Secretary 

Amanda Oliver, BSN, RN, CCRN, of ANA – Illinois; 

Director-at-Large, Edward Briggs, DNP, MS, APRN, 

of the Florida Nurses Association; Director-at-Large, 

Jennifer Gil, MSN, RN, of the New Jersey State 

Nurses Association; and Director-at-Large, Staff 

Nurse, David Garcia, MSN, BSN, RN, PCCN, of 

the Washington State Nurses Association. Elected to 

serve on the Nominations and Elections Committee 

are: MaryLee Pakieser, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, of 

ANA – Michigan; Jennifer Tucker, MA, RN, of the 

Minnesota Organization of Registered Nurses; and 

Kimberly Velez, MSN, RN, of ANA – New York. 

The following ANA board members will continue 

their terms: Susan Swart, EdD, MS, RN, CAE, of 

ANA – Illinois as Vice President; Joan Widmer, MS, 

MSBA, RN, CEN, of the New Hampshire Nurses 

Association as Treasurer; Amy McCarthy, MSN, 

RNC-MNN, NE-BC, of the Texas Nurses Association 

as Director-at-Large; and Marcus Henderson, MSN, 

RN, of the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association as 

Director-at-Large, Recent Graduate. The following 

individuals will complete their terms on the ANA 

BOD in 2022, President Ernest Grant, PhD, RN, 

FAAN of North Carolina Nurses Association; 

Secretary Jeff Doucette, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, 

FACHE, FAAN of the Virginia Nurses Association; 

and Director-at-Large Brienne Sandow, MSN, RN, 

NEA-BC of the Idaho Nurses Association. 

It was a privilege to be able to represent MNA 

once again at ANA’s in-person Membership 

Assembly as together we positively impacted our 

chosen profession, Nursing, and its future! 

L to R Rosemary Mortimer, Christie Simon-Waterman, Linda Stierle, Charlotte Wood, 

Mary Jean Schumann, Donna Zankowski 

Dr. Melani Bell and Alita-Geri Carter 

Dr. Patricia Travis, Dr. Christie Simon-Waterman, 

Dr. Melani Bell 

Mary Okwusugo, Rosemary Mortimer, Dr. 

Charlotte Wood, Alita-Geri Carter 

Additional Membership Assembly photos on page 10


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MNA Launches 

Virtual Ethics 

Hotline 

Nurses inevitably face ethical situations in practice 

that can cause great moral distress, contributing to 

poorer health or even “burnout” and a decision to 

leave the profession. MNA has now created a Hotline 

to help nurses address these issues: mna.ethics@ 

marylandrn.org. 

Practice situations that involve ethical questions 

typically have no easy answers. Some of these 

include: patient’s advance directive, how much 

information to give a patient for fully informed 

consent, what to tell a patient’s family, a patient’s 

“right to die,” end-of-life planning, Do-Not- 

Resuscitate orders, respecting a patient’s religion or 

culture beliefs, access to care, management of pain 

medication, when and whether to report a colleague, 

when and why to advocate for a patient, and triaging 

or even rationing care. 

Instead of losing sleep over your situation, you 

could send it to the MNA Hotline. The MNA Center 

for Ethics and Human Rights will assure that each 

nurse receives guidance to help with decisionmaking. 

District 9’s Annual Spring Dinner 

District 9 of the Maryland Nurses Association 

(MNA) met on May 10, 2022, for their Annual Spring 

Dinner at the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) 

LaPlata Campus. Eighteen nurses attended the event, 

many sporting their unique District 9 t-shirts. District 

9 President, Cathy Gibson, opened the evening with 

a welcome, and participants watched a video from 

MNA President Christie Simon-Waterman. The event 

included dinner from Apple Spice Junction, raffles, a 

District 9 meeting, and a presentation on A Culture of 

Thanks and Recognition: The Power of Recognition 

in the Workplace by Janice O. Kilby, MN, MAN, 

RN, CNOR. The evening ended with the Nightingale 

Tribute. 

Nurses brought food donations for the Good 

Shepherd Food Pantry in Charlotte Hall, Maryland. 

District 9 would like to thank all those who 

sponsored the event and support the nurses of 

Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary’s counties. 

In the fall, District 9 will hold its annual awards 

dinner and also have a speaker for continuing 

education. Please consider nominating a fellow 

nurse or nursing student for an award. Award 

and scholarship information can be found on the 

MNA District 9 website. https://mnadistrict9. 

nursingnetwork.com/ 

District 9 will partner with District 3 and volunteer 

at the Capital Food Bank on September 9th. For 

more information, Cathy Gibson can be contacted at 

cathy@michaelgibson.com 

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District 4 – Reignited! 

Member Highlight: 

Sara Cano, District 9 

Sara Cano, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN, has been a 

faculty member at the College of Southern Maryland 

(CSM) since 2004 when she started as an adjunct 

and from 2006 as a full-time faculty. Sara was 

appointed Acting Chair of the Nursing Program in 

2020. She has a BSN (1987) from the University of 

Puerto Rico, a MSN Ed (2006) from the University 

of Phoenix, and a PhD (2018) in Nursing Philosophy 

from University of Phoenix. The foundation of Sara’s 

practice as a nurse and as an educator is based on 

Jean Watson's Human Caring Theory and Madeleine 

Leininger's Transcultural Caring theory. She believes 

wholeheartedly in life-long learning and enjoys 

philosophical conversations about any topic. She is an 

avid reader and crafter that makes time for self-care 

and growth. Sara currently serves as the District 9 

Treasurer and is a member of the MNA Legislation 

Committee. 

Baltimore County Public Schools 

Hiring for school nurse positions - 

Elementary, Middle and High schools 

Requires RN & Bachelors, with 2 years of 

professional nursing experience 

Benefits: Serving school communities; 

10-month schedule; winter break, 

spring break; OFF on federal holidays, 

nights and weekends; Tuition 

reimbursement; State pension. 

Contact krussell2@bcps.org 

with any questions. 

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Submitted by Kim Poole, MS, BSN, RN 

MNA District 4 was officially reignited on March 

14, 2022, during the special membership meeting 

when the revised by-laws were adopted. Board 

meetings are scheduled via Zoom on either the 3rd 

or 4th Wednesday of the month. For Nurses Week 

2022, District Nurses Association (DNA) 4 held a 

virtual gathering, celebrating both Nurses Week and 

the reactivation of DNA 4. The event was attended 

by 13 participants, with introductions and a shared 

discussion of questions chosen by each participant. 

Comments included why nursing is a profession and 

inspirational or memorable moments in nursing. 

Participants either wore or held something that 

represented their spirits in nursing, such as a hat, 

T-shirt, or pin. Overall, we all had a wonderful time 

as we toasted (with a beverage of choice!) while 

building our DNA 4 community. 

The DNA 4 Board of Directors would like to share 

their bios and encourage joining us as we plan our 

path forward. Let’s continue the momentum and build 

a strong and engaged DNA 4 membership! 

Meet the members of District 4 below: 

Kim Poole, MS, BSN, RN 

A graduate of Salisbury University School of 

Nursing, I recently graduated from the University of 

Maryland School of Pharmacy with a master’s degree 

in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics. I 

currently work in a private family practice as a staff 

nurse, providing education and consultations with 

healthcare professionals and patients about medical 

cannabis. 

I am so excited to be a part of our dedicated DNA 

4 Board of Directors as your President and look 

forward to meeting members, growing our District, 

and working towards the goals of MNA with all of 

you. Please contact me with questions, concerns, or 

inspiration at KPooleRN@gmail.com. 

Lisa A. Seldomridge, PhD, RN, CNE 

I am a Professor of Nursing at Salisbury 

University, including positions as Department Chair, 

Director of Graduate and Second-Degree Programs, 

and Director of the Henson Medical Simulation 

Center. I am currently the Principal Investigator 

for four MHEC NSP-II grants – Faculty Academy 

and Mentorship Initiative of Maryland, Toolkits 

for Development of Nursing Leadership Skills, 

Fast Track to Nursing: Expanded Opportunities 

for 1st and 2nd degree BSN students, and www. 

LeadNursingForward.org. My goals for DNA 4 are 

to bring together colleagues from the eight counties 

of the Shore and advocate for the needs of fellow 

nursing professionals. 

Christie Chmar, MSN, RN 

I am a 2002 graduate of Salisbury University 

School of Nursing and recently earned my MSN from 

Wilmington University in 2021, with plans to pursue 

my DNP. I currently work as a school nurse within 

Worcester County. My service as Treasurer and 

vision for DNA 4 is to ensure the provision of proper 

channels that provide support and representation for 

pertinent issues and serve my profession with the 

utmost respect and integrity. 

Rosalie Griffith, PhD, MA.Ed, MSN, RN, DN/ 

CM, ALM 

I have been in nursing for nearly 30 years, and I 

have spent more than half of my 30 years working in 

allied health and nursing education and the last eight 

years in various leadership roles. I am excited to see 

District 4 up and running again. The nominations 

committee and I will be looking for volunteers to fill 

positions for both the District Board of Directors and 

committee members. Please contact me if you have 

any questions or are willing to serve at r.griffith@ 

yahoo.com. 

Aaron Sebach, PhD, DNP, MBA, AGACNP-BC, 

FNP-BC, NP-C, CP-C, CEN, CPEN, CLNC, CGNC, 

CNE, CNEcl, SFHM 

I am Dean of the College of Health Professions 

and Natural Sciences at Wilmington University 

and a Hospital Medicine Nurse Practitioner with 

TidalHealth. I serve as a member of the nominating 

committee for District 4 and look forward to 

collaborating with other District 4 members as the 

District is reactivated. 

Kim Butler, MSN, MS, RN 

I am Kim Butler, the wife of Wallace, mother of 

Michon and Monae, and Kinsley's Gia. Nursing 

has been a desire and a passion of mine since my 

middle school years. My father passed away from 

heart disease and diabetes, and I then committed to 

educating myself about the body and helping others 

learn about theirs. The last three decades of my life 

has been spent in the medical profession. I am a 

dually degreed master’s prepared Registered Nurse 

with a Master's of Science degree in Management. 

I've had the honor of taking care of patients as a staff 

nurse, nurse manager, assistant director of nursing, 

and director of nursing. Additionally, I've taught at 

the collegiate level and in a secondary school. Being 

a nurse is not comprised of acts that I perform; it is 

who I am through and through....to the core. 

Sedonna Brown, MSN, RN 

I am currently the secretary for District 4 and 

am excited to lend my support to reactivate the 

District. I am a full-time faculty member at Salisbury 

University and teach in the Adult Health Clinical 

Course and the Leadership and Management Courses. 

I am pursuing my doctorate in education leadership 

at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. I also 

work as a staff nurse at Anne Arundel Medical 

Center Luminis Health in Annapolis, Maryland. 

I reside in Talbot County with my two sons and am 

passionate about community service, healthcare 

disparities, learning, and self-care for nurses. I hope 

my love for life and leadership development will 

contribute to my success in my new role as secretary 

and growing District 4! 

DNA 4 Nurses Week Zoom Celebration May 2022


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Registration is OPEN for MNA’s 119th ANNUAL CONVENTION 

Please join us for the Maryland Nurses 

Association’s 119th Annual Convention, returning to 

an in-person event on October 6th-7th, 2022, at the 

Maritime Conference Center in Linthicum Heights, 

Maryland. Discounted early bird registration will 

occur from July 1, 2022, through July 31, 2022. 

CLICK HERE to register today! (https://events. 

resultsathand.com/mna22/1685/page/1024-Home) 

We are excited that this year’s theme will be 

“Maryland Nurses RISE: Revitalize, Inspire, Succeed, 

Evolve.” We look forward to presentations highlighting 

the resilience of Maryland nurses, many of whom have 

been at the frontlines during the pandemic. 

Educational objectives for the convention are to: 

1. Discuss current nursing education and 

professional development practice 

2. Apply leadership and clinical interventions for 

various nursing practice areas 

3. Compare and contrast innovative quality and 

research improvements across the nursing 

spectrum 

We have three dynamic Keynote Speakers lined up: 

Patricia McMullen, 

Ph.D., JD, CRNP, 

FAANP, FAAN 

Dean Emerita & Ordinary 

Professor, Conway School 

of Nursing 

The Catholic University of 

America 

Dr. McMullen practices 

as an educator, women’s 

health nurse practitioner, 

and as an attorney. She 

holds BSN and MS degrees from the University 

of Maryland School of Nursing and then went on 

to complete a Juris Doctor at the University of 

Baltimore School of Law and a Doctor of Philosophy 

degree in nursing at The Catholic University of 

America. Dr. McMullen has held faculty positions 

at several universities and has worked clinically at 

Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore City Health 

Department, and most recently at Mercy Medical 

Center’s Rosenshein Institute for Gynecologic Care. 

She has been selected as a Distinguished Practitioner 

by the American Academies of Practice, a Fellow of 

the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and a 

Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. she has 

presented numerous workshops on legal issues in nurse 

practitioner practice. She is also the author of a number 

of research and practice-based articles and texts. 

Blake K. Smith, MSN, RN 

President, American 

Association for Men in 

Nursing (AAMN) 

Blake K. Smith, MSN, 

RN, serves as a Clinical 

Documentation Sr. Analyst 

at Nebraska Medicine in 

Omaha, NE. and leads 

all projects on Patient 

Education/Health Literacy, 

Plan of Care, Downtime 

Procedures, and Regulatory Reporting for five hospital 

systems across the state of Nebraska. He is a Robert 

Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing 

Scholar and served as the first Chair of the New 

Careers in Nursing (NCIN) Scholars Network as a 

founding member. He also serves locally as a member 

of the Nebraska Action Coalition (NAC) Diversity 

Task Force and Leadership Committee. Smith is a 

leader in men’s health and underrepresented workforce 

inclusion issues in the nursing profession and currently 

serves as the youngest President in American 

Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN) history. He 

advocates nationally for workforce inclusion serving on 

the national Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Steering 

Committee for AARP/Center to Champion Nursing in 

America as well as the American Nurses Association 

(ANA) National Commission to Address Racism in 

Nursing. 

Smith has a Bachelor in Science degree in Exercise 

Science Research from Nebraska Wesleyan University 

in Lincoln, NE in 2008, BSN from Nebraska 

Methodist College in Omaha, NE in 2012, and MSN 

in Nursing Health Systems Administration from the 

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in 2017. 

Smith is a visionary thought leader for diversity 

and inclusion volunteer advocacy work with two 

prestigious recognitions receiving the Horizon Award 

from Nebraska Methodist College and the UAB School 

of Nursing Visionary Leader Award, given to only 

130 other distinguished alumni in the school’s 70-year 

history. 

Kevin W. Sowers, M.S.N., 

R.N., F.A.A.N. 

President, Johns Hopkins 

Health System 

Executive Vice President, 

Johns Hopkins Medicine 

As the second person in 

Johns Hopkins history to 

hold these dual roles, Mr. 

Sowers oversees the health 

system’s six hospitals 

– The Johns Hopkins 

Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 

Howard County General Hospital, Suburban Hospital, 

Sibley Memorial Hospital and Johns Hopkins All 

Children’s Hospital – and sets strategies that advance 

our mission to deliver outstanding care, train the 

next generation of leaders and advance research and 

discovery. He also serves as chair of Johns Hopkins 

Community Physicians, which has more than 40 

primary and specialty care outpatient sites throughout 

Maryland and the Washington, D.C., area. 

Mr. Sowers came to Johns Hopkins Medicine after 

32 years with the Duke University Health System, the 

last eight as president and CEO of Duke University 

Hospital. 

He joined Duke University Medical Center 

Hospital in 1985 as a staff nurse in oncology and held 

several faculty and nursing leadership positions. His 

numerous senior leadership posts across the Duke 

University Health System included chief operating 

officer for Duke University Hospital and interim CEO 

for Durham Regional Hospital. Among his senior 

administrative roles, Mr. Sowers oversaw consolidation 

of Duke’s clinical lab services, emergency and trauma 

services, and managed care and patient care services. 

Active in many professional and community 

organizations, Mr. Sowers is a member of the Vizient 

board of directors and the AAMC Council of Teaching 

Hospitals and Health Systems administrative board. 

He served as chair of the AmSurg board and was a 

member of the North Carolina Hospital Association 

board of trustees and the North Carolina Institute of 

Medicine board of directors. He also held leadership 

roles with the American Heart Association, Susan G. 

Komen and the Oncology Nursing Society. 

Sowers earned his bachelor of science degree from 

Capital University School of Nursing and a master of 

science from Duke University School of Nursing. He 

is an American Academy of Nursing fellow and has 

collaborated on numerous research efforts as well as 

consulted internationally. He has published extensively 

and speaks nationally and abroad on issues such as 

leadership, organizational change, mentorship and 

cancer care. 

Mr. Sowers will deliver a pre-recorded closing 

keynote. 

The 2022 convention will foster collaboration 

and provide a forum for peer-to-peer interactions 

among RNs and nursing students in Maryland. Panel 

discussion topics will be: 

• Licensure Compacts in Health Care: 

How they Work 

Panelists 

- Karen Evans, Executive Director Maryland 

Board of Nursing (MBON) 

- Christine A. Farrelly, Executive Director, 

Maryland Board of Physicians 

• Exploring Solutions to the Registered Nurse 

Workforce Shortage. Think Tank Session 

Panelists 

- Gina S. Brown, PhD, MSA, RN, Chief 

Servant and Dean, Howard University College 

of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences 

- Peg Daw, DNP, MSN, RN-BC, CNE, Nurse 

Support Program II Grant Administrator, 

Maryland Higher Education Commission 

- Karen Evans, MSN, RN-BC, Executive 

Director, MBON 

- Jane M. Kirschling, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean, 

University of Maryland School of Nursing 

- Cynda Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor 

of Clinical Ethics, Johns Hopkins 

- Rebecca Wiseman, PhD, RN Director, 

Maryland Nursing Workforce Center 

• The Role of Nursing in Disaster Preparation 

and Response 

Panelists 

- Kathleen Long, Unit Administrator, Maryland 

Responds 

- Dr. Nayna Philipsen, JD, PhD, RN CFE, 

FACCE, Coordinator of Disaster Health 

Service, American Red Cross 

• Handling the Upcoming Issues Relative to 

the Endemic – How Can We Live With This, 

What Do We Do if New Strains Pop Up, How 

Do We Live With the Ongoing Issue? 

Panelists 

- Dr. Roberta DeBiasi, MD, Chief of Infectious 

Disease, Children’s National Hospital 

- Additional panelist to be confirmed 

Each year at MNA’s Annual Convention, MNA 

Awards and Nursing Foundation of Maryland (NFM) 

presents scholarships. MNA Awards include The 

Outstanding Nurse Practice Award, The Outstanding 

Nurse Educator Award, The Outstanding Leadership 

Award, The Outstanding Advanced Practice Clinical 

Nurse Award, The Outstanding Dissemination of 

Information Award, The Outstanding Pathfinder 

Award, The Outstanding Mentoring Awards, The 

Stierle Exemplary Service Award, and the Nurse 

Superhero Award. The MNA Legislative Committee 

Award is given to a legislator who has significantly 

contributed or collaborated on nursing/health 

legislative issues in Maryland. Nomination forms 

for the MNA Awards and applications for the NFM 

scholarships can be found by clicking HERE. 

We are looking forward to seeing everyone in 

person for an amazing event. 

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EARLY BIRD 

PRICING UNTIL JULY 31ST! 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TODAY!


ANA/MNA News 

A Slice of Nursing 

History: 

MNA in 1966 

Nineteen elected delegates represented the 

Maryland Nurses Association at the American Nurses 

Association Convention, June 13-17, 1966, in San 

Francisco, California. 

They were: Alice M. Sundberg, Anne H. Cahoon, 

June F. Addo, Rhea B. George, Miriam S. Robider, 

J. Loretta Pilert, Marianna S. Quigley, Doris J. 

Froebe, Irene M. Duffy, Genevieve M. Jordan, 

Karen L Hocheder, Dorothy C. Adkins, Katherine 

H. Buekelye, Flora E. Hickman, Sarah M. Palmer, 

Marjorie B Maisak, Sylvia L. Makover, Lorraine G. 

Wolf, and Sister M. Louise Lyons. 

Report on The Membership Assembly cont. 

Dr. Wood, Dr. Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, 

Dr. Simon-Waterman, Dr. Melani Bell 

Barbara Nichols, Past ANA President & 

ANA HOF Inductee, Dr. Wood 

Dr. Simon-Waterman, Casey Green, 

ANA Award Recipient, Dr. Melani Bell 

If you have any slices of MNA history you would 

like to share, please send to themarylandnurse@ 

gmail.com 

Dr. Ernest Grant, ANA President; 

Dr. Simon-Waterman 

Rosemary Mortimer, MNA Past President; Dr 

Ann Manton, ANA HOF Inductee; Dr Rumay 

Alexander, ANA Award Recipient



Mortimer to Lead Alliance of Maryland Nursing Organizations 

Maryland Nurses Association (MNA) President 

Dr. Christie Simon-Waterman has announced that 

Rosemary Mortimer, MS, MSEd, RN, CCBE, a Past 

President of MNA and Johns Hopkins University 

nursing faculty, is assuming leadership of the 

Alliance of Maryland Nursing Organizations 

(AMNO). Formerly known as the Liaison of 

Maryland Nursing Organizations (LMNO), AMNO 

met in 2019 under the leadership of then MNA 

President Mary Kay DeMarco to raise the visibility 

of nurses in promoting the betterment of healthcare. 

Like many other plans of nurses, AMNO was 

unexpectedly sidelined by the COVID 19 Pandemic. 

The original LMNO was founded in 1986 and was 

ably led for several years by the late Ruth Hans, RN. 

Like LMNO, the AMNO is a voluntary coalition of 

nursing associations and friends whose purpose is 

to network, share information, discuss professional 

issues, and communicate nursing needs to local and 

state leaders. 

AMNO participants realize that political activism 

is key to the improvement of nursing’s image, the 

advancement of effective healthcare reform, the 

protection of nursing practice, the recruitment and 

retention of nurses, and the endorsement of expanded 

nursing roles. To that end, AMNO will address 

pertinent local, state, and federal legislative matters 

that concern the health and welfare of nurses and the 

community. 

Early LMNO members included: Association 

of Perioperative Nurses (AORN), Association 

of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN), Association of 

Women’s Health Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses 

(AWHONN), Center for Nursing Advocacy, 

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 

(AACN-CBC), Chesapeake Bay Association of 

Perianesthesia Nurses (CBSPAN), Chesapeake 

Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates 

(CSGNA), Chesapeake Society of Ophthalmic 

Registered Nurses (CSORN), Committee on Nursing 

and Health (CNAH), Emergency Nurses Association 

(ENA), Maryland Area Association of Occupational 

Health Nurses (MAAOHN), Maryland Licensed 

Practical Nurses Association (MLPNA), Maryland 

Nurses Association (MNA), Maryland Washington 

DC Chapter of Society of Otolaryngology Head- 

Neck Nurses, Nurses Alumnae Association of Luther 

Hospital of Maryland, Nurse Practitioner Association 

of Maryland (NAPM), Psychiatric Advanced 

Practice Nurses of Maryland (PAPNM), Seneca 

Valley Maryland Association of Occupational Health 

Nurses, and the Alumni Association of the Union 

Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Villa Julie 

College of Maryland. 

Some of those early groups have grown, some have 

different names today, and some have accomplished 

their mission and closed. 

Those participating in the first meeting with 

Dr. DeMarco at which time the name of the 

organization was changed to AMNO were: Black 

Nurses Association of Baltimore, Chesapeake Bay 

Chapter of the National Association of Clinical Nurse 

Specialists, Deans and Directors of the Maryland 

Nursing Colleges, Greater Baltimore Chapter of the 

Oncology Nursing Society, Hospice and Palliative 

Care Network of Maryland, Indian American 

Nurses Association of Maryland (IANAM), 

Maryland Academy of Advanced Practice Clinicians 

(MAAPC), Maryland Higher Education Commission, 

Maryland Nurses Association of Anesthetists, 

Maryland Association of Nursing Students 

(MANS), Maryland Association of School Health 

Nurses (MASHN), Maryland Board of Nursing, 

Chesapeake Chapter of the National Association of 

Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP), Maryland 

Emergency Nurses Association (MENA), Maryland 

Nurses Association (MNA), Nurse Practitioner 

Association of Maryland (NPAM), and the Philippine 

Nurses Association Maryland Chapter (PNAMC). 

The diversity and expertise represented in AMNO 

creates an unparalleled resource in the state of 

Maryland. These organizations recognize the value of 

collaborative efforts to achieve shared goals. 

Alita-Geri Carter, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC, of 

The Commission for Health, has volunteered to 

assist Mortimer. Others interested in participating 

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2022 Spring Membership Meeting & CE Event 

NPAM Celebrates 30 Years of Advocacy for NPs in Maryland 

Submitted by: 

Beverly Lang MScN, RN, ANP-BC, FAANP, 

Executive Director, NPAM, 

NPAMExDir@npedu.com 

Each year in the spring, the Nurse Practitioner 

Association of Maryland (NPAM) schedules a 

Membership Meeting to conduct business and to 

announce the results of elections. On April 28th, 

2022, NPAM hosted the annual Spring Membership 

Meeting and CE event at the Cambria Hotel, located 

at Arundel Mills. 

This meeting and CE event was jam-packed with 

special events, including student poster presentations, 

visits with exhibitors, networking with colleagues, 

speakers, learning, dinner, lots of catching up with 

friends and colleagues, and a celebration of the 30th 

Anniversary of NPAM. 

Student Poster Presentations a Great Success 

Twelve (12) Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) 

students prepared and presented their research posters 

while attendees enjoyed appetizers and drinks. Thank 

you to all the DNP students who presented their 

amazing work! 

Speakers & CE Event 

The Keynote address, “A Look Back and Into 

the Future” was presented by Dr. Janet Selway, one 

of the founding members of NPAM and NPAM 

President from 1993 to 1996. Dr. Selway took 

attendees on a walk down memory lane when 

Nurse Practitioners (NPs) were represented by the 

Nurse Practitioner Council, which was under the 

Maryland Nurses Association (MNA). While this 

was a satisfactory relationship for some time, NP 

leaders in Maryland soon recognized that a separate, 

dedicated professional association was needed to 

focus on the profession and advocate solely for NPs in 

Maryland. Thus, NPAM was born and incorporated 

in 1992. Soon after, a lobbyist was hired to represent 

NPs in Annapolis, and Bylaws were written. Dr. 

Selway shared with those in attendance her lived 

history of NPAM and those early NP pioneers who 

had the foresight to acknowledge the need for this 

professional association that is still going strong some 

30 years later. 

Dr. Clair Bode, NPAM Legislative Chair, reviewed 

the 2022 Legislative Highlights, including the very 

successful Lobby Night that was held virtually on 

January 25th and the work that all members of the 

Legislative Committee do along with the NPAM 

Legislative Consultants Mr. Bill Pitcher and Ms. 

Sarah Peters. The Legislative Committee reviewed 

over 135 bills, wrote letters of support and opposition, 

and testified at several hearings. The highlight of 

the legislative session was seeing the passage of HB 

49/SB 280 Public Health – Emergence and Allergy 

Treatment – Nurse Practitioners, which allows NPs to 

prescribe epi-pens to camps in Maryland. Governor 

Hogan has since signed this legislation. We thank 

Delegate Steve Johnson and Senator Addie Eckardt 

for sponsoring this legislation. 

NPAM President Ameera Chakravarthy and 

Beverly Lang presented a State of the Association 

address and highlighted some of the successes of 

2021. In addition to the passage of the legislation 

put forth by NPAM, several special projects were 

cited, including the addition of a 10 District to the 

geographical map that includes Harford and Cecil 

Counties. This initiative was in response to the 

growing number of NPs living and working in those 

counties. Geneva Cason and Carmel McComiskey 

are the District Co-Directors for the new Northeast 

District and are planning events monthly. Growing 

membership is a high priority, and we are anticipating 

reaching many NPs in the future. 

Thanks to Out-Going Board Members 

This meeting is a time to acknowledge out-going 

Board of Director members, and NPAM would like 

to thank Kathleen Herberger, Past-President, Jean 

Chung, Treasurer, Cherie O’Neil, Capital District 

Director, Cathy Chapman, Mountain District 

Director, Sharon Fisher, Northwest District Director, 

Mary Ellen Connolly and Alyssa Dye, Membership/ 

PR Committee Co-Chairs, and Kristen Rose, 

Conference Committee Chair. Thank you again 

to all of our “retiring” leaders! Know that your 

contributions are truly appreciated! 

30th Anniversary Festivities 

In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of NPAM, a 

champagne toast was given by Ameera Chakravarthy, 

NPAM President – “Cheers to NPAM – Celebrating 

30 years of advocacy for NPs in Maryland and 

beyond. We thank all those who have come before 

us and look forward to many more years!” And, of 

course, there was cake! 

Emeritus Members Inducted 

Congratulations to Maureen Kelley and Laurie 

Scudder, who have been inducted as Emeritus 

Members of NPAM for their outstanding 

contributions to NPAM over many years. 

New Board Members Announced 

Finally, the results of the elections were 

announced, and the Board of Directors for 2022/23 

were introduced: 

President – Naila Russell 

President-Elect – Nicole Lollo 

Baltimore District Director – Suzette Heptinstall 

Capital District Director – Lucia Novak 

Mountain District Director – Kelly Rock 

Northwest District Co-directors – Angeline 

Williams & Surya Chacko 

Southern District Director – Tanshanicka Helem 

Conference Committee Chair – Veronica Quattrini 

Membership Committee Chair – Megan Brady 

Congratulations to all of the newest Board of 

Director members! 

The 2022 Spring Membership Meeting and CE 

event allowed members to renew friendships and 

meet in person after so many months of isolation. 

Celebrations such as this solidify the bond all NPs 

share, and we hope that all who attended went away 

with a feeling of great NP pride. I know I did! 

If you were unable to attend this year, we look 

forward to seeing you at the next event sponsored by 

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Shannon Cataldi, DNP Student presenting poster 

Jean Chung, DNP Student poster presenter 

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The Nurse Practitioner 

Association of Maryland 

Advocates for the Community 

On May 12, 2022, Governor Larry Hogan signed into law HB49/SB0380 

Public Health - Emergency and Allergy Treatment - Nurse Practitioners, 

following passage in both the Senate and House. This bill, sponsored by Senator 

Addie Eckardt and Delegate Steve Johnson, will allow Nurse Practitioners to 

prescribe epinephrine in the form of an Epi-pen to camps. This barrier to practice 

was identified and brought to the NPAM Legislative Committee by a Maryland 

Nurse Practitioner, Mark Ubbens, who supervises several camp programs in 

Maryland. Previously, only physicians and pharmacists could prescribe this 

emergency, life-saving medication to camps. A local high school student testified 

before both the House and Senate and related her compelling story of having a 

severe reaction to a bee sting and having to receive epinephrine while working as 

a camp counselor. Her story, along with evidence of the Nurse Practitioner's scope 

of practice and current standards of care, ensured the quick passage of this bill. 

Congratulations to NPAM and the NPAM Legislative Committee for great 

work on behalf of all campers in Maryland who will now have easy access to this 

life-saving treatment with the passage of this bill! 

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AANP National Conference in 

Orlando, Florida Draws Nurse 

Practitioners from Maryland 

Maryland was well represented at the 2022 American Association of Nurse 

Practitioners (AANP) National Conference held on June 21 through June 26 at 

the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida! Pictured here are 

Maryland Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and members of the Nurse Practitioner 

Association of Maryland (NPAM) who were free for the photo op, (pictured L 

to R): Sanna Ali, newly appointed Maryland State Liaison to AANP, Roseann 

Velez, NPAM Past President, now a resident of Delaware and President of the 

Delaware Nurse Practitioner Coalition, Kamala Via, recipient of the 2022 AANP 

Maryland State Excellence in Clinical Practice Award for her exceptional work 

in psychiatric nursing, and Co-Chair of the NPAM PAC, Dale Jafari, Co-Chair 

of the NPAM PAC, Beverly Lang, Executive Director of NPAM, Rita Ntosi, 

President of the National Nigerian Nurse Practitioner Association, and Naila 

Russell, President of NPAM. Also in attendance at the conference were Kathleen 

Woodruff, Judy Greengold, who presented on telehealth, and Lucia Novak, who 

presented on continuous glucose monitoring at a dinner meeting. 

Pictured behind Governor Larry Hogan (L - R): 

Naila Russell, NPAM President, Bill Pitcher, NPAM Lobbyist, Mark Ubbens, 

NPAM Member, Zoe Weiss, presented personal testimony during the 

hearings, Beverly Lang, NPAM Executive Director, Lindsay Ward, NPAM 

member, representative from bill sponsor Del. Steve Johnsons's office, 

Sarah Peters, NPAM Lobbyist.


clinical 

Reducing Inappropriate Emergency Department Utilization 

Through the Salisbury Wicomico Integrated FirstCare Team 

(SWIFT) 

By: Aaron Sebach, PhD, DNP, MBA, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC, NP-C, CP-C, 

CEN, CPEN, CLNC, CGNC, CNE, CNEcl, SFHM, Dean, College of Health 

Professions and Natural Sciences Wilmington University and Mobile 

Integrated Health Nurse Practitioner TidalHealth Peninsula Regional 

Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding and inappropriate utilization 

remain a healthcare concern across the United States (U.S.). Despite increased 

awareness of ED overcrowding and inappropriate utilization, the U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services (2021) reported that ED utilization has remained 

unchanged over the last ten years. In addition, low acuity ED visits account for 

an estimated 12.5% of national healthcare expenditures, many of which could be 

more appropriately addressed by a primary care provider (PCP) or urgent care 

facility (US DHHS, 2021). Accordingly, healthcare systems have been charged 

with implementing innovative initiatives to promote the health and wellness of 

individuals and communities while reducing inappropriate ED utilization. 

To address inappropriate ED utilization in Wicomico County, Maryland, 

the Salisbury Wicomico FirstCare Team (SWIFT) was established in 2017 

through a partnership with TidalHealth Peninsula Regional, the Salisbury Fire 

Department, and the Wicomico County Health Department. Initially funded by 

a $75,000 grant from CareFirst, the program enabled Salisbury Fire Department 

paramedics and TidalHealth nurse practitioners (NPs) to engage with high 

utilizers of emergency medical services (EMS) in Wicomico County. Additional 

program funding was received from Maryland Community Health Resources 

Commission (CHRC) in 2018 for $150,000. 

High utilizers of EMS are defined as individuals who call 9-1-1 five or more 

times in six months. The team engages with these patients in their homes to 

address social determinants of health, defined as economic and social conditions 

that influence one’s health. Examples of social determinants of health addressed 

by SWIFT include housing and food insecurity, transportation, and health 

services such as medication compliance and primary care (US DHHS, 2020). As 

a result of the assessments, the team connects patients with community health 

workers, social workers, primary care providers, durable medical equipment 

specialists, specialty providers, and other community resources, as needed, to 

address any identified gaps in care. Follow-up telephone calls and home visits 

occur based on individual patient needs. 

SWIFT paramedics receive specialized training in community paramedicine. 

Community paramedicine is a relatively new discipline wherein paramedics 

operate in expanded roles to improve care coordination and access to care by 

engaging underserved populations. With the SWIFT program, paramedics and 

NPs collaborate to provide chronic disease management and address social 

determinants of health to enhance the patient experience, improve the health of 

populations, and reduce the per capita cost of healthcare. During the 2020 to 2021 

fiscal year, the team achieved a 22% reduction in ED visits and a 42% reduction 

in 30-day hospital readmission rates among its 180 patients. 

To further expand the SWIFT’s reach in Wicomico County and reduce 

inappropriate EMS transports for low acuity complaints, the team received 

a $270,000 grant from Maryland’s CHRC. Examples of low acuity ED visits 

include prescription refill requests, upper respiratory infections, rashes, sprains, 

strains, injuries, and toothaches. A subset of patients with these complaints 

activate EMS, requiring dispatch of an ambulance staffed with EMS personnel. 

9-1-1 calls for low acuity complaints occupy critical community resources with 

the potential to delay EMS responses for high acuity medical emergencies. 

SWIFT utilized the CHRC grant to implement a Minor Definitive Care 

Now (MDCN) program in August 2021, following approval from the Maryland 

Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS). MDCN was 

first introduced in Maryland by the Baltimore City Fire Department in 2021 to 

provide immediate on-scene treatment for low-acuity patients by a paramedic and 

NP (MIEMSS, 2021). 

An NP and paramedic respond to low acuity 9-1-1 calls as determined by 

the Medical Priority Dispatch System, an evidence-based series of screening 

questions to predict patient acuity and determine the level of EMS response 

required. The team responds in a dedicated Salisbury Fire Department Suburban 

in tandem with a Salisbury Fire Department ambulance. Upon arrival at a 

patient’s residence, the NP and paramedic describe the MDCN program and offer 

MDCN treatment on the scene. Treatment can include medication administration, 

wound care, and splinting, among others, depending upon the patient’s 

presenting complaint. If a patient consents to MDCN treatment, the Salisbury 

Fire Department ambulance is released and available for additional 9-1-1 calls. 

The MDCN team also performs home safety and social determinants of health 

assessments. Based on these assessments, patients are referred to appropriate 

community resources. Patients are also referred to their primary care provider 

and specialists as needed for follow-up care. Since August 2021, the MDCN 

program has engaged with 273 patients who activated EMS. Of these patients, 86 

consented to MDCN treatment on-scene resulting in a $182,000 reduction in ED 

visit expenditures and a $217 per hour savings of program operation. 

In conclusion, the SWIFT program represents a unique and effective 

partnership between TidalHealth Peninsula Regional and the Salisbury Fire 

Department. The team has successfully increased access to care, reduced 

healthcare spending, and improved the overall quality of care for Wicomico 

County residents who engage with EMS. Health systems and NPs across the state 

are poised to implement similar programs. 

References 

Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS). (2021). The Maryland 

medical protocols for emergency medical services. Retrieved from https://www.miemss.org/ 

home/Portals/0/Docs/Guidelines_Protocols/MD-Medical-Protocols-2021-Print-20210601. 

pdf?ver=2021-06-16-111500-000 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS). (2020). Healthy people 2030: Social 

determinants of health. Retrieved from https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/ 

social-determinants-health 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS). (2021). Trends in the utilization of 

emergency department services, 2009 to 2018. Retrieved from https://aspe.hhs.gov/sites/default/ 

files/private/pdf/265086/ED-report-to-Congress.pdf



Transforming Nursing Education Through 

Clinical Simulations 

By: Raquel Bertiz, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE 

Objectives: 

• Describe the use of simulation in nursing 

education 

Background 

In recent years, healthcare and the nursing 

profession have been faced with multiple challenges, 

such as the increasing complexity of the healthcare 

environment and high patient acuity. Several 

studies describe an education-practice gap, where 

new graduate nurses have difficulty adjusting to 

professional nursing practice and threats to patient 

safety result (Kavanagh & Szweda, 2017). Kavanagh 

and Szweda (2021) describe a continuing decline 

in the initial preparedness of new nurses at a time 

when preparation is most needed and there are calls 

for long-overdue change in how nursing education is 

conceptualized and delivered. This echoes an earlier 

call by the Institute of Medicine (2011) to transform 

nursing education. 

Nurse educators consider traditional clinical 

experiences as the gold standard of clinical 

education. Several agencies wrote their position 

statements on the need to include experiences that 

will allow students in prelicensure nursing programs 

to practice in actual patient clinical situations 

(NCSBN, 2005). In traditional clinical education, a 

group of students is brought to the clinical site under 

the supervision of a clinical instructor. This model 

is currently used in prelicensure nursing education, 

but in recent years, nurse educators started to reflect 

on and systematically study this practice, searching 

for transformative ways to provide clinical education 

that will close the nursing education practice gap. A 

systematic review by Leighton et al. (2021) ended 

in an empty search of studies on traditional clinical 

education that utilized educational frameworks 

and measurement of learning outcomes. This is an 

alarming finding when the prevalent and regulated 

model of clinical education did not have empirical 

evidence documented in nine databases that were 

used for this search. To further provide a picture 

of the state of prelicensure nursing education, 

Kavanagh and Szweda (2021) report that only 23% 

of entry level nurses who passed licensure are 

deemed safe and competent to practice nursing. 

This highlights the education-practice gap noted by 

employers of new graduate nurses. 

More than ever, the pressure on nurse educators 

to consider other ways to provide clinical education 

that will close the education-practice gap is critical. 

Meanwhile, barriers to implementing traditional 

clinical education continue to rise, such as scarcity 

of available clinical sites, the randomness of clinical 

experiences, and the lack of autonomy of student 

nurses to practice. There is also an acute awareness 

of safety concerns when students are in actual 

patient care settings. The use of simulations to 

educate future nurses is presented as pedagogically 

sound, empirically based, and an educational 

practice guided by standards of best practice that 

is hoped will be an answer to the call to transform 

nursing education. 

Simulations-Based Nursing Education: Shifting 

the Paradigm of Clinical Education through 

Evidence-Based Practice 

Simulation-based education (SBE) is an 

educational methodology viewed by many nursing 

education experts as the “Trojan” horse that 

will break the barriers to transforming nursing 

education. In nursing education, “Simulation is a 

technique, not a technology, to replace or amplify 

real experiences with guided experiences that 

evoke or replicate substantial aspects of the real 

world in a fully interactive manner” (NCSBN 

(2015) quoting Gaba (2004)). These are activities 

or events replicating clinical practice using 

scenarios, high-fidelity manikins, medium-fidelity 

manikins, standardized patients, role-playing, skills 

stations, and computer-based critical thinking 

simulations. Clinical simulations can occur in 

laboratory settings, virtually or screen-based, and 

in the classroom. Learners are prebriefed before a 

simulation experience to clarify learning objectives, 

lessen cognitive load prior to the clinical scenario 

experience and establish psychological safety. 

After the clinical simulation experience, learners 

are debriefed by a competent facilitator to guide 

them in reflecting on the experience and walk 

away with lessons that they will use in the future. 

In actual patient care settings, students are strictly 

supervised by clinical instructors and nurses, 

and the room for errors and mistakes is reduced. 

Students may not have the opportunity to implement 

clinical decisions autonomously, a competency that 

is necessary when they practice as professional 

nurses. Clinical simulation scenarios are selected 

to provide opportunities for students to safely learn 

and autonomously practice valuable competencies. 

SBE provides an opportunity for educators to 

design clinical experiences toward the development 

of essential nursing competencies for all learners. 

This will greatly reduce the inconsistencies of 

learning experiences and randomness of learning in 

traditional clinical education. 

Simulation-based education is supported by 

sound educational theories of constructivism, adult 

learning theories, experiential learning theories, and 

reflective practice. Robust educational frameworks 

are necessary for the pursuit of transformation 

in nursing education. In a short period, SBE in 

healthcare rapidly advanced as an empirically 

supported educational pedagogy. Theobald et 

al. (2021) performed a systematic review of the 

effectiveness of using simulation in the development 

of clinical reasoning in undergraduate nursing 

students. They found limited but high-quality 

evidence that simulation is an effective methodology 

for clinical education. The landmark national 

simulation study provides substantial evidence that 

substituting high-quality simulation experiences 

for up to half of traditional clinical hours produces 

comparable end-of-program educational outcomes 

and new graduates ready for clinical practice. 

Alongside theoretical and empirical bases, there 

are standards and guidelines for implementing 

simulation-based education in nursing programs. 

The Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best 

Practice (INACSL, 2021) include all facets of 

SBE: professional development, prebriefing, 

simulation design, facilitation, the debriefing



process, operations, outcomes and objectives, 

professional integrity and evaluation of learning 

and performance. The National Council of State 

Boards of Nursing simulation guidelines (NCSBN, 

2015; Smiley, 2021) provide prelicensure programs 

guidelines in the implementation of simulations. 

Future Directions of Simulation Based Education 

in Maryland 

The Maryland Clinical Simulation Resource 

Consortium’s (MCSRC) goal is to increase the 

quantity and quality of simulations in prelicensure 

programs in Maryland. The use of simulations to 

replace a significant amount of clinical education 

for future nurses is a highly viable solution, not 

only to the scarcity of clinical placement but 

also to the education practice gap, where future 

nurses learn to be reflective, critical thinkers who 

can reason clinically and make sound judgments 

amidst complex patient care situations. The 

maximum benefits of simulations can only be 

achieved when nursing programs are supported 

to implement simulations following the standards 

of healthcare simulations.. Educators need to 

receive formalized education in simulation 

pedagogy and acquire competencies in applying the 

Healthcare Simulations Standards of Best Practice 

(International Association for Clinical Simulation 

and Learning, 2021). MCSRC has educated more 

than 300 nurse educators in academia and practice 

on simulation pedagogy through the MCSRC’s 

Simulation Education Leader’s (SEL) program. 

Simulation-based education is a powerful force in 

transforming nursing education and prelicensure 

nursing programs. MCSRC will continue to 

strengthen faculty competencies in simulation 

and support the development of various learning 

resources. Together, as nurse educators in academia 

and practice, alongside MCSRC, we aim to 

transform nursing education through simulations. 

References: 

Gaba, D. (2004). The future vision of simulation in health care. 

Quality & Safety in Health Care, 12(1). DOI 10.1136/qhc.13. 

suppl_1.i2 

Hayden, J. K., Smiley, R.A., Alexander, M., Kardong-Edgren, 

S., & Jeffries, P.R. (2014). 

The NCSBN National Simulation Study: A longitudinal, 

randomized, controlled study replacing clinical hours with 

simulation in prelicensure nursing education. 

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https://doi.org/10.1016/S2155-8256(15)30062-4. 

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( 2021). Healthcare simulation standards of best practice. 

https://www.inacsl.org/healthcare-simulation-standards 

Institute of Medicine. (2011). The future of nursing: Leading 

change, advancing health. Washington (DC): National 

Academies Press. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/ 

NBK209881/ 

Kavanagh, J. M., & Sharpnack, P.A. (2021). Crisis in 

competency: A defining moment in nursing education. 

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The strategic and ethical imperative to assessing new 

graduate nurses' clinical reasoning. Nursing Education 

Perspectives, 38(2), 57–62. https://doi.org/10.1097/01. 

NEP.0000000000000112 

National Council of State Boards of Nursing. (2005). Clinical 

instruction in prelicensure programs. https://www.ncsbn. 

org/Final_Clinical_Instr_Pre_Nsg_programs.pdf 

National Council of State Boards of Nursing. (2015). NCSBN 

simulation guidelines for prelicensure nursing programs. 

https://www.ncsbn.org/16_Simulation_Guidelines.pdf 

Smiley, R, A. (2021). National Council of State Boards of 

Nursing: An update on simulation regulation. https://www. 

ncsbn.org/2021SciSymp_rsmiley-simulation-regulation.pdf 

NCSBN Simulation Guideursinducation 

Theobald, K.A., Tutticci, N., Ramsbotham, J., & Johnston, S. 

(2021). Effectiveness of using simulation in the development 

of clinical reasoning in undergraduate nursing students: A 

systematic review. Nurse Education in Practice, 57. https:// 

doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103220. 

Access the evaluation using the following 

address: https://forms.gle/67kCadukTKiRYcKFA 

This journal article has been awarded 0.5 

continuing nursing professional development hours. 

The authors and planning team have no conflicts 

of interest to disclose regarding the content in this 

article. There will be no discussion or promotion 

of commercial interests, products, or services. To 

receive continuing education credit (certificate) for 

this activity, you must read the article and answer all 

assessment and evaluation questions. 

1. What statement defines simulation-based 

education in nursing? 

A. It is a clinical teaching modality where 

learners are placed in clinical environments to 

care for real patients. 

B. It is a teaching-learning modality where 

learners experience a carefully designed 

clinical scenario in a laboratory or virtual 

environment. 

C. It is a teaching modality where students listen 

to lectures in class. 

D. All of the above. 

2. Which element of simulation occurs after 

learners go through facilitated clinical scenario? 

A. Debriefing 

B. Reflection 

C. Written Examination 

D. Prebriefing 

3. According to Kavanagh and Szweda (2021), 

who wrote on the Crisis of Competency of 

Nurses, newly graduated nurses who have passed 

licensure examination: 

A. are mostly practice ready 

B. are mostly not practice ready 

C. Are never practice ready 

D. None of the above 

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Maryland Nurses Focus on Optimizing the Workforce 

Mary Therese Phelan, Senior Media Relations 

Specialist at the University of Maryland, 

Baltimore, and Giordana Segneri, Assistant Dean 

for Marketing and Communications at University 

of Maryland School of Nursing 

While nursing workforce issues nationwide, 

especially in Maryland with its high density of 

health care organizations, have existed since long 

before 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic amplified 

the challenges, and demand for nurses has reached 

a fever pitch as the United States scrambles to fill 

vacancies. The 2022 Maryland Action Coalition 

(MDAC) Virtual Leadership Summit, hosted by the 


on May 23, 2022, took a deep dive into workforce 

challenges and opportunities with its theme 

“Optimizing Maryland’s Nursing Workforce.” 

The content, offered through a full day of live virtual 

programming to approximately 150 attendees, focused 

on cultivating a diverse and skilled workforce, preparing 

nursing students to meet future health care needs, and 

exploring strategies for retention. Special emphasis 

was placed on the importance of addressing the social 

determinants of health, a key concept undergirding the 

National Academy of Medicine’s The Future of Nursing 

2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity. 

This report outlines a goal of achieving health equity 

in the United States over the next decade, based on 

strengthened nursing capacity and expertise. It builds 

on the foundation set by the 2010 report The Future of 

Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. MDAC 

was formed in 2011 in response to that report and serves 

as the driving force transforming health care through 

nursing in the state. Recognizing the important work 

already underway in Maryland and with a goal of longterm 

sustainable change, the coalition leads the way to 

improve the health of the population. 

“Some of the key themes of the Future of Nursing 

2020-2030 report include the need to address social 

determinants of health, reduce health disparities, 

and address inequities in our health system,” said 

Jane M. Kirschling, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Bill and 

Joanne Conway Dean of the University of Maryland 

School of Nursing, during her opening remarks. 

Kirschling serves as co-chair of MDAC with Patricia 

Travis, PhD, RN, CCRP, senior associate director of 

clinical trials at Johns Hopkins Medicine. “These 

are not new challenges but were certainly brought 

into sharper focus as a result of the disparate impact 

of the COVID-19 pandemic on selected populations. 

Another outcome of the pandemic has been the 

significant toll it’s taken on nurses and other health 

care providers throughout the country, particularly 

the level of moral distress and burnout experienced 

by nurses on the front lines of care delivery.” 

Kirschling also acknowledged Maryland’s 

“enormously successful” efforts to meet the goals of 

the previous report, including increasing the number 

of baccalaureate- and doctorally prepared nurses, 

establishing the Maryland Nursing Workforce Center 

to address the need for better workforce data, reducing 

practice barriers for advanced practice nurses, and 

increasing the diversity of the nursing workforce. 

She then moderated a fireside chat, “Managing the 

Present, Creating the Future,” with the chief nursing 

officers of the three largest health care systems in the 

state: 

• Deborah Baker, DNP, APRN, NEA-BC, FAAN, 

senior vice president for nursing, Johns Hopkins 

Health System, and vice president for nursing 

and patient care services and chief nursing 

officer, The Johns Hopkins Hospital 

• Susan Eckert, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, senior vice 

president and chief nursing officer, MedStar 

Health 

• Lisa Rowen, DNSc, RN, CENP, FAAN, chief 

nurse executive, University of Maryland 

Medical System. 

The three responded to questions regarding 

leadership lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, the 

dichotomy between autonomy and standardization, 

and efforts to address nurses’ moral distress and 

Maryland’s health inequities. 

“I was struck when I read a Bureau of Labor 

Statistics report in December that projected that 

by 2030, we will be short in the United States 1.5 

million nurses; that is a staggering number,” Rowen 

said. “In addition, last week, I learned from Vizient 

that in their recent study about nurse turnover across 

the country, they have noted a doubling of nurse 

turnover since 2019. So, between the nursing shortage 

and the rampant growth of turnover, we need to think 

as a profession about what we can do about many 

things, including the health and wellness of nurses, 

and how we can embed that into our cultures.” 

Following the fireside chat, a set of keynote speeches 

highlighted how nurses could play a role in advocacy 

beyond the bedside and advancing health equity. 

“Over the last 26-plus months since we have been 

affected by COVID, never has it been more important 

for nurses to be in leadership and advocacy roles 

than now,” said Ernest J. Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, 

president of the American Nurses Association 

(ANA), delivering the morning keynote, The Future 

of Nursing: Leadership, Advocacy, and Activism in 

Action. 

“We advocate for our patients and public health 

when we’re in the workplace and our communities, 

but legislative and political advocacy is no less 

important in advancing the profession and in patient 

care as well,” Grant said. “I think this pandemic has 

proven to nurses the importance of using their voice, 

to advocate for the resources that they need for their 

fellow man, for their communities, in order to help us 

get over this crisis that we are in.” 

Grant said the pandemic shined a light on something 

nurses always knew existed but was exacerbated during 

the health crisis: health care disparities, which result in 

communities of color having higher rates of COVID-19 

infection and related death. 

“To remain silent is to be complacent,” Grant 

said. “We must bring health to health care.” To that 

end, the ANA has joined other national nursing 

organizations to create the National Commission to 

Address Racism in Nursing. “We decided we needed 

to explore racism in nursing and to create a national 

action plan to guide diversity, equity, and inclusion 

efforts within the profession,” he explained. 

Grant also encouraged nurses to use their voices 

and influence to educate others about systemic 

injustice, health, inequity, and health disparities and 

advocate for their own mental, physical, and spiritual 

well-being. 

In the afternoon keynote, “Poised for Impact: 

Nurses Advancing Health Equity,” Kupiri “Piri” 

Ackerman-Barger, PhD, RN, CNE, ANER, FAAN, 

associate dean of health equity, diversity, and inclusion 

and clinical professor at the University of California 

Davis Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, praised 

the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 report for focusing 

on diversity, inclusion, and health equity, areas that 

were lacking in the 2010 report, she said. 

“What the new Future of Nursing report is saying 

is that we have a moral and ethical obligation to 

begin to break down the structures that continually 

perpetuate the same outcomes year after year, decade 

after decade,” she said. 

Health inequity manifests in many forms, 

from an inability to pay for health care to a lack of 

transportation to appointments, to a lack of health 

care providers in particular communities. But don’t 

simply call these issues health disparities, Ackerman- 

Barger cautioned. 

“I’m going to say that the term health disparity is 

really a euphemism,” she said. “What we’re looking 

at is structural violence. By people not having access 

to care that is available, we are allowing people to be 

harmed and to die over and over and over.” 

Acknowledging there is no one solution, 

Ackerman-Barger said increasing diversity in the 

nursing workforce would be beneficial. 

“We want to make sure that underheard voices are 

heard,” she said. “And so, we can use our voices to uplift 

the voices of those that are not heard. But even better 

than that is to use our voices to make sure that people 

are at the table with us so that their actual voices can be 

heard when those decisions are being made.”


Education 


Leadership Announcements 

UMSON Names New Co-Directors of Research Centers 

The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) has appointed Nicole 

“Jennifer” J. Klinedinst, PhD, MPH, RN, FAHA, associate professor, as the codirector 

of the Biology and Behavior Across the Lifespan (BBAL) Organized 

Research Center and Michael Lepore, PhD, professor, as co-director of the Center 

for Health Equity and Outcomes Research (CHEOR). Both BBAL and CHEOR are 

among UMSON’s research Centers of Excellence. 

The centers’ extramurally funded investigators study a variety of critical health 

problems, including chronic pain, impulsivity and drug abuse, neuromuscular 

disorders, sleep, web-based interventions, health care organizational issues, and 

bone health. The centers provide critical grounds for developing synergies between 

researchers and facilitate collaboration and transfer of expertise between more 

seasoned researchers and those with less experience. They also offer researchrelated 

training opportunities, inform members about each other’s research, and 

provide resources to support researchers with frequent updates about research 

best practices, grant opportunities, and changes in policies and procedures for 

grant applications. Membership in the centers is open to faculty, staff, postdoctoral 

fellows, and students. The center co-directors provide critical and frequent input 

that determines strategic goals, priorities in hiring research-intensive faculty, focus 

of internal funding opportunities, evaluation of grant proposals, and collaboration 

with the University of Maryland Medical System, among others. 

“The new directors are experienced researchers who will foster collaboration 

and inspire fledgling researchers,” said Erika Friedmann, PhD, professor and 

associate dean for research “Their expertise complements that of their respective 

co-directors. Klinedinst and Lepore have a history of collaborating with other 

disciplines. I expect they will bring their positive energy and drive to enhance 

opportunities for UMSON researchers.” 

Nahm Named University of Maryland School of Nursing’s Associate Dean For 

PhD Program 

The University of Maryland School of 

Nursing (UMSON) has named Eun-Shim 

Nahm, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, professor, 

as associate dean for the Doctor of 

Philosophy (PhD) program. UMSON’s PhD 

program prepares students as researchers 

and scholars to generate new knowledge 

and tackle some of the greatest issues facing 

health care, such as aging populations, pain 

and symptom management, and women’s 

health and birth outcomes. 

Nahm will be responsible for ensuring 

that graduates of the PhD program are 

well prepared to engage in research and 

scholarship that enhance and influence 

health care and spark new approaches 

to scientific questions. She will oversee 

the recruitment, retention, and advancement of doctoral students; develop and 

implement new initiatives to advance their research capacity; and facilitate 

interprofessional interactions and learning. 

Nahm joined UMSON in 2003 as an assistant professor and was subsequently 

promoted to associate professor and then professor. Beginning in 2010, she served 

as the director of the Nursing Informatics master’s specialty, and from 2012 until 

April of this year, she served as co-director of the Biology and Behavior Across the 

Lifespan Organized Research Center. 

“I am extremely pleased that Dr. Nahm has accepted the appointment to the 

position of associate dean for the PhD Program,” said Jane Kirschling, PhD, RN, 

FAAN, the Bill and Joanne Conway Dean of the University of Maryland School 

of Nursing. “She brings a distinguished record of service to the School and to the 

University of Maryland, Baltimore and is highly regarded as a researcher, teacher, 

and mentor. The School has a rich legacy of developing nurse researchers, and our 

doctoral program was one of very few nursing PhD programs when it launched in 

1970. It has continually evolved and today is the most diverse R1 or R1-equivalent 

nursing PhD program in the United States. I am confident that given Dr. Nahm’s 

deep commitment to doctoral education and to nursing research and scholarship 

that she will ably guide the future development of our program.” 

UMSON Names New Director of Clinical Simulation Labs at the Universities 

at Shady Grove 

The University of Maryland School of 

Nursing (UMSON) has appointed Patricia 

“Pat” Schaefer, DNP, RN, CNE-cl, CHSE, 

CNE, clinical instructor, as the new director 

of the Clinical Simulation Labs at the 

Universities at Shady Grove (USG). 

As director, Schaefer is responsible for the 

oversight of simulation strategic planning, 

facilitation, and evaluation and management 

of simulation resources in the USG Clinical 

Simulation Labs. Schaefer provides leadership 

to expand the use of simulation pedagogy 

in the preparation of future nurses for 

clinical practice. She also serves on planning 

workgroups for the current USG building 

renovation, which will provide a significant 

expansion of the existing eight lab and 

simulation spaces. The renovations will result in a dedicated nursing building 

at the USG location to support the growth of the entry Bachelor of Science in 

Nursing program and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Family Nurse Practitioner 

specialty. 

“Simulation is integral to nursing education,” said Jana Goodwin, PhD, RN, 

assistant professor and chair, UMSON program at USG. “We are pleased to have 

Dr. Schaefer in this role, leading simulation at UMSON at USG as we continue to 

be innovative and transition to the next era of simulation education.” 

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The Johns Hopkins School 

of Nursing Ranks #1 by U.S. 

News & World Report for Fifth 

Consecutive Year 

For the fifth consecutive year, the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) 

is ranked the No. 1 accredited master’s nursing program in the country, according 

to U.S. News & World Report 2023 rankings. The school’s Doctor of Nursing 

Practice (DNP) also ranked No. 1, moving up one spot from its previous No. 2 

ranking. 

“This is an extraordinary accomplishment,” says JHSON Dean Sarah L. 

Szanton, PhD, RN, FAAN. “Not only do these rankings speak to our unyielding 

commitment to inclusive excellence, but also our leadership in both education and 

the evolving landscape of health." 

In specialty areas, the school ranked: 

• No. 1 in Nurse Practitioner: Adult Gerontology Primary Care—DNP 

• No. 1 in Nurse Practitioner: Adult Gerontology Acute Care—DNP (tied) 

• No. 2 in Nurse Practitioner: Pediatric Primary Care—DNP (tied) 

• No. 3 in Leadership–DNP 

• No. 3 in Nurse Practitioner: Family—DNP 

• No. 4 in Nurse Practitioner: Pediatric Acute Care—DNP 

Throughout the past year, JHSON has continued to make significant 

investments in digital and immersive learning opportunities for students 

including virtual reality simulations, online classes, and the creation of the 

Center for Immersive Learning and Digital Innovation. The school also launched 

a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner track in the DNP program set to 

begin in fall 2022. 

As a leader across the world, JHSON is ranked No. 3 by QS Global World 

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Eight CSM Students Inducted 

into Alpha Omega Chapter 

of the Alpha Delta Nu Honor 

Society 

Reprinted with permission from the College of Southern Maryland 

Students, faculty, and staff of the College of Southern Maryland celebrated 

the first in-person induction ceremony for the Alpha Delta Nu honor society 

in two years April 8. The ceremony celebrated eight nursing students who 

have maintained a high GPA and completed a scholarly project related to the 

advancement of their profession. 

Faculty and students relished the opportunity to celebrate in person, decorating 

a table with symbols of nursing, including a copy of Florence Nightingale’s 

“Notes on Nursing” to represent the foundations of the profession; a lamp and 

lit candle to symbolize the light of knowledge, caring and compassion; and a 

stethoscope to represent the tools used by nurses in their career. 

After Acting Chair of Nursing Sara Cano welcomed the inductees, their 

families, and distinguished college guests, Jeanne Hill, associate professor of 

nursing, continued the program by giving the history of the Organization for 

Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) and the Alpha Delta Nu Honors Society. 

“OADN is dedicated to enhancing the quality of Associate Degree Nursing 

education, strengthening the professional role of the Associate Degree Nurse, 

and promoting the future of Associate Degree Nursing as an entry point into 

registered nursing in the midst of healthcare changes,” she explained. "To 

promote scholarship and academic excellence in the profession of nursing, OADN 

established the Alpha Delta Nu Honor Society and made provisions for the 

establishment of Institutional Honor Society Chapters. The College of Southern 

Maryland chapter Alpha Omega was established in fall 2012 and has been an 

active chapter since then. 

“Your dedication to the profession of nursing and your future patients is 

reflected in the hard work you have done to achieve this honor," Hill continued. 

“Your commitment to lifelong learning will contribute to nursing as a profession 

with every single patient you encounter.” 

Student speaker Kami Hardin took to the podium to congratulate her fellow 

inductees. She emphasized that she and her fellow inductees all came from 

different backgrounds and dealt with their own struggles during nursing school, 

but that they were united by a commitment to excellence in nursing. 

“For our group, meeting the requirements for induction means that we have 

excelled in navigating an abundance of constantly changing, moving objectives. 

In addition, we did not accomplish those things in the absence of personal 

struggle,” said Hardin. “The past two years had an effect on everyone, and the 

nursing student is no exception. However, being accepted into the Alpha Omegas 

means not only did we not give up, but that we had a fundamental belief that 

overcoming uncertainty and struggle could make us better nurses.” 

A rose, pin, cord, and certificate were presented to each inductee by CSM 

nursing professors Deborah Rutledge, Rose Miller, and Lynn Kennedy. Both the 

pin and cords can be worn by the student with their graduation regalia at CSM’s 

63rd Spring Commencement to be held May 13, 2022. 

Lauren Guy, assistant professor of nursing, closed the program with words of 

wisdom for the students as they complete their nursing education and move into 

the profession. 

“As you complete the second year of the program, I encourage you to have 

patience with yourselves, determination to reach your goals, and contagious 

excitement as you see the shining light at the end of your nursing school journey. 

These attributes will allow you to continue with the momentum that you have 

already begun,” she said. 

The students inducted into Alpha Delta Nu were: 

Theresa Benton 

Alyssa Dawn Dorsey 

Kami M. Hardin 

Alexis R. Klumpyan 

Chandler Erin Maldonado 

Andrew Sien 

Kiara K. West 

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Congressman Steny Hoyer Tours New Center for Health 

Sciences Construction Site at CSM’s Regional Hughesville 

Campus; Secures $500,000 for Programming 

From left, CSM Vice President of Operations 

and Planning Dr. Bill Comey, CSM President Dr. 

Maureen Murphy, Congressman Steny Hoyer and 

CSM School of Science and Health 

Dr. Laura Polk 

Congressman Steny Hoyer met with College of 

Southern Maryland (CSM) leadership and staff to 

tour the construction of the new Center for Health 

Sciences at the college’s Regional Hughesville 

Campus April 19. During a pre-tour briefing, the 

group discussed how the $500,000 in critical funding 

Hoyer secured in FY2022 omnibus is being used 

to upgrade equipment for the new facility’s health 

education programs. 

“I am excited to be at the College of Southern 

Maryland to visit the Health Sciences Center and 

observe the progress underway,” said Hoyer. 

“The construction site will one day become 

an extraordinary building that helps expand 

opportunities for students pursuing an education 

in the sciences, and I look forward to coming back 

in the future when it is finished,” he continued. 

“Knowing how critical this new facility will be for 

the College of Southern Maryland, I was proud to 

work alongside advocates to secure $500,000 in 

federal funding in the Fiscal Year 2022 omnibus to 

support the ongoing educational programs at the 

center and ensure that it has the equipment and 

resources it needs to offer the best experience to our 

students.” 

“We are so grateful for your support,” CSM 

President Dr. Maureen Murphy told the congressman 

during the briefing. “I can’t overstate the importance 

of this center and what it will mean to our students, 

our community, and our region’s workforce. It will 

serve as a central learning location for our health and 

nursing programs and it will be the college’s flagship 

building.” 

Hoyer described the state-of-the art technology 

that will be offered at the center “the wave of the 

future,” and “science on display” before thanking 

CSM leadership and staff for demonstrating how 

federal investments are “being put to work in service 

to Southern Maryland students and our communities.” 

Joining Hoyer, his staff, and Murphy were Dean 

of CSM School of Science and Health Dr. Laura Polk 

and CSM Vice President of Operations and Planning 

Dr. Bill Comey. 

The Center for Health Sciences is the second 

building on CSM’s Regional Hughesville Campus 

and will serve as a central, convenient location for 

the college's health programs and instruction. It will 

be approximately 50,000 square feet, designed to 

LEED standards and will feature specialized health 

sciences laboratories for CSM’s programs in nursing, 

emergency medical services, rehabilitation, wellness 

and fitness, pharmacy technician, medical assisting, 

health information management and medical coding, 

and medical laboratory technology. The center will 

also include a clinical simulation center, collaborative 

learning spaces, classrooms, a computer lab, faculty 

and staff offices, a student success suite, and a large 

multipurpose meeting room. Construction is currently 

on track for completion in late fall 2022. 

The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) celebrated its 63rd Spring Commencement ceremony held Friday, May 13, 2022, at the La Plata Campus.


MNA provided many activities and resources for Maryland nurses during 

Nurses Month in May 2022. The month opened with a Zoom cooking course 

with Chef Natalie, where participants could cook along with the talented chef 

in preparing a vegan meal. Members were also able to attend a presentation on 

Navigating and Nurturing Yourself and Your Team Through Burnout by Rachel 

Sherman, DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC. Dr. Sherman provided valuable resources and 

tools to assist nurses experiencing burnout in their profession and lives. 

MNA is grateful for the efforts of Maryland nurses, especially these past few 

years of the pandemic, and hopes that all had a wonderful Nurses Month. 

MNA Celebrates Nurses Month 

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awards 

Dr. Bell Receives the first 

Distinguished Career in 

Nursing Award 

Each year, the Chamberlain Care Awards recognize and honor outstanding, 

notable, and accomplished Chamberlain University alumni who are making 

a difference in the profession of nursing and their communities. Chamberlain 

recognized Dr. Melani Bell as the first annual Chamberlain Care Awards 

2022 Distinguished Career in Nursing Award recipient. The Distinguished 

Career in Nursing Award recognizes a nurse alumnus with more than 10 

years of professional experience, whose clinical practice is exemplary, whose 

contributions beyond expectations, and who has generously offered their time 

and talents to meet other nurses. Dr. Bell was presented with a certificate and 

gift card. Dr. Bell was awarded this honor during a video shoot with her nursing 

school mentee, a daughter of a lifelong friend. Dr. Bell stated “The Lord knows 

the desires of my heart and has gifted me with the passion to mentor others 

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walked this 21-year journey with me sharing their knowledge and expertise! 

Much love to you all this is for US!” Congratulations Dr. Bell! 

Amy Bailey Receives 

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witnessed caring for multiple patients with a high level of detail and follow-up. 

Amy will call the patients at home and follow up with them when they may be 

admitted to the hospital. 

Amy exemplifies the characteristics of nurses who strive to deliver highquality 

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Parsons Receives the Shining 

Star for Patient Safety Award 

Lori Parsons, Emergency Department Case Manager at the University of 

Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center, was awarded the Shining Star for 

Patient Safety. Lori went above and beyond to ensure a confused patient’s safe 

return home when they could not identify family members of their own accord. 

Lori went out into the community and photographed houses and streets to help 

the patient remember and piece together enough information to find their family. 

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Hansen named 

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Three Faculty Members 

Receive Academic Nurse 

Educator Certification Awards 

Faculty awarded funds for completing or renewing their 

Certified Nurse Educator credential 

Three University of Maryland School of Nursing faculty members have 

received Academic Nurse Educator Certification (ANEC) Awards from the 

Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) through the Nurse Support 

Program (NSP) II. 

The faculty were each awarded the maximum amount of $5,000 for 

demonstrating excellence as an academic nurse educator through achieving the 

National League for Nursing’s Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) credential either 

through initial certification or recertification. The faculty are: 

• Ron J. Piscotty Jr., PhD, RN-BC, CNE, FAMIA, assistant professor 

• Pam L. Shumate, DNP ’09, RN, CCRN, CNE, CHSE, assistant professor 

• Nicole E. Smith, PhD, MS ’14, RN, CNE, CHSE, CNE-cl, assistant 

professor 

“We are truly grateful for the generous support provided to nurse faculty 

through the Academic Nurse Educator Certification Awards and for the efforts 

of the Maryland Higher Education Commission to make this available to faculty,” 

said Jane Kirschling, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Bill and Joanne Conway Dean of the 

University of Maryland School of Nursing. “The CNE credential is an important 

indicator of the commitment of these three faculty members to excellence in 

teaching, and I congratulate each of them on their accomplishment. Through their 

efforts, they are ensuring that our students, the next generation of nurses, will be 

well prepared to meet the needs of Maryland’s residents.” 

The CNE credential establishes nursing education as a specialty area of 

practice and creates a means for faculty to demonstrate their expertise in this 

role. It communicates to students, peers, and the academic and health care 

communities that the highest standards of excellence are being met. By becoming 

credentialed as a CNE, faculty serve as leaders and role models. 

Developed under the NSP II program, which is funded by the Maryland 

Health Services Cost Review Commission and administered by MHEC, the 

ANEC award program recognizes professionalism in support of ongoing faculty 

development requirements necessary to maintain the CNE credential. The award 

is intended to reinforce the use of the CNE as one measurement of excellence in 

nursing programs and to support retention of outstanding academic educators. 

The award funds may be used to supplement the awardee’s salary; to pay for 

activities for professional development, including conference fees, travel, and 

expenses for speaking engagements; to pay professional dues, CNE examination 

fees, and continuing education expenses; or to assist with graduate education 

expenses, such as loan repayment. 

Barbara Jacobs Receives the 

DAISY Lifetime Achievement 

Award 

The DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes those nurses who have 

devoted their life’s work to the compassionate care of others. Recipients of 

this award have demonstrated dedication to nursing through active mentoring, 

role modeling, advocating for their patients and promoting the positive image 

of nursing. These special nurses serve as a beacon of inspiration to those at all 

stages of their career and in the various and important roles of nursing. 

Barbara Jacobs, Chief Nursing Officer at Anne Arundel Medical Center, 

received the award as she celebrates her retirement. 

Barbara Jacobs, MSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC


2022 MNA & District Elections Will be Closing Soon 

Nominations for the upcoming MNA and District 

elections will be closing on August 15, 2022. 

According to MNA Bylaws, the annual election 

must start No Later Than (NLT) 60 days before the 

annual membership meeting, which will be convened 

virtually on November 17, 2022. The MNA election 

must end NLT 30 days before the annual membership 

meeting. The 2022 MNA & District elections will 

start on September 15, 2022, and end on October 

15, 2022. 

There will be two MNA leadership opportunities 

for qualified members in 2022, which are: 

MNA President-Elect: Serve one year as 

President-Elect in 2023, then transition to President 

for two years (2024 –2025), and a final year as the 

Past President in 2026 for a total term of office of 

four years. The President shall: 

1) Serve as chairperson of the MNA Board of 

Directors (BOD) and the Executive Committee. 

2) Be the principle representative of the 

Association and serve as its spokesperson on 

policy and position established by the MNA 

BOD. 

3) Preside at all meetings of the Association. 

4) Serve as an ex-officio member of all 

committees except the CON. 

5) Delegate appropriate duties to the Chief Staff 

Officer (CSO). 

6) Annually appoint committee chairpersons with 

the approval of the MNA BOD. 

7) Represent MNA at the ANA Leadership 

Council. 

Secretary: Serve a two-year term starting in late 

2022 and ending in late 2024.The secretary shall: 

1) Record the proceedings of all MNA BOD, 

Executive Committee, annual membership, and 

special meetings to include the number of MNA 

members present at membership meetings and 

what percentage of the membership that number 

currently reflects. 

2) Provide each member of the MNA BOD 

and Executive Committee with a copy of the 

minutes. 

All candidates for MNA Offices must be a 

member in good standing of MNA & ANA and 

actively involved with District and/or State activities 

(committees and/or BOD) for the past three years. 

Please contact your District member of the MNA 

CON or the MNA CSO for details on responsibilities 

for each elected position and what must be included 

in the candidate package, which must be received by 

MNA NLT August 15, 2022. 

There will also be elections for two Officer 

Representatives to the ANA Membership Assembly 

for a 2-year term, (2023 – 2024). Each of the six 

current MNA Officers (President, Past President, 

Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Treasurer- 

Elect) will be asked if they want to be a candidate for 

these two elected positions. 

The MNA CON has an elected representative from 

each of the eight MNA Districts: District #1 – Terri 

Roth, District #2 – Linda Stierle, District #3 – Ellen 

Asbury, District #4 – Rosalie Griffith, District #5 – 

Carol Holness, District #7 – Bijoy Mahanti, District 

#8 – Mary Beachley, and District #9 – Tomeka Ray. 

Each of the Districts will also have leadership 

opportunities which will vary from one district to 

another according to their District Bylaws. They are 

as follows: 

DISTRICT ONE: 

President – Elect 

2 Directors 

Treasurer 

2 District Committee on Nominations Members 

DISTRICT TWO: 

President-Elect 

Vice-President 

Treasurer 

2 Directors 


DISTRICT THREE: 

Secretary 

Treasurer 

2 Directors 


DISTRICT FOUR: 


2 Directors 

MNA Committee on Nominations Member 


DISTRICT FIVE: 


2 Directors 

Treasurer - Elect 


DISTRICT SEVEN: 


2 Directors 


DISTRICT EIGHT: 

2 Directors 

MNA Committee on Nominations Member 


DISTRICT NINE: 


2 Directors 

2 District Committee on Nominations Members


BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DISTRICT 

ELECTED POSITIONS: 

President – Elect shall (4-year total commitment: 

1 year as President-Elect): 

1) Assume all President’s duties in the absence of 

the President. 

2) Become President for the remainder of the 

President’s unexpired term in the event that a 

vacancy occurs in the office of the President 

President shall (2-years as President): 

1) Serve as chairperson of the BOD and the 

Executive Committee. 

2) Be the principal representative of the District 

and serve as its spokesperson on policy and 

position established by the BOD. 

3) Preside at all meetings of the District. 

4) Serve as an ex-officio member of all 

committees except the Committee on 

Nominations. 

5) Annually appoint committee chairpersons with 

the approval of the BOD. 

6) Attend meetings of the District Presidents of the 

MNA. 

7) Prepare the Annual District Report for the 

MNA. 

Immediate Past President shall (1-year as Past 

President): 

1) Serve as a consultant to the President during the 

first year of the President’s term. 

2) Assume all duties of the President in the 

absence of the President. 

3) Become President for the remainder of the 

President’s first year in office in the event a 

vacancy occurs in the office of the President. 

Vice-president (when one is elected) shall: 

1) Assume duties of the President-Elect or 

immediate Past President in their absence. 

Secretary shall: 

1) Keep minutes of all meetings of the District and 

the BOD. 

2) Conduct general correspondence of the District 

and the BOD. 

3) Provide for the maintenance of all District 

meeting minutes and related documents in 

a place/manner accessible to District Board 

members. 

Treasurer shall: 

1) Be accountable for the District’s fiscal 

affairs and shall provide written reports and 

interpretation of such reports to the District 

BOD and members. 

2) Develop a District budget annually for BOD 

approval. 

3) Serve as a member of the MNA Committee on 

Finance. 

Each Director shall: 

1) In conjunction with their District President, 

provide written District Reports for the MNA 

BOD meetings. 

2) Provide feedback to the District BOD Meetings 

and members from MNA BOD and other 

meetings. 

Electing your association leaders at both the 

District and State levels of the organization is 

one of your fundamental rights in a membership 

organization. Since 2019, MNA and District elections 

have been electronic for members with a valid email 

address on file with ANA. This makes it much 

easier for members to exercise this basic right. 

Unfortunately, most members are not engaged in the 

election of their District and MNA leaders. In last 

year’s election, there were 4,546 eligible voters and 

only 309 cast a ballot in the 2021 MNA Elections, 

which is seven (7) percent of the eligible voters. This 

is consistent with past MNA elections, which have 

had less than 10 percent of members voting for many 

years. District election participation varied from 

a high of almost 20 percent to slightly less than six 

percent of the District’s membership. Smaller districts 

had higher voter participation percentages of their 

membership than the larger districts. MNA CON and 

District CON members will recruit candidates for 

District and state elected positions in 2022. Please 

exercise your right to elect the Association leadership 

in 2022 and consider being a candidate for a district 

or state leadership opportunity. 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH | CENTER FOR CANCER RESEARCH 

NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 

RESEARCH NURSE 

The Center for Cancer Research is seeking research nurses to join our clinical program 

to help us manage the care of patients participating in clinical trials. We are the National 

Cancer Institute’s internal, federally-funded cancer center where world leading physicianscientists 

working on the cutting edge of medicine developing clinical trials of new 

sometimes “first-in-human” drugs at the world’s largest dedicated research hospital on 

the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. 

Full time, 10-month position 

Strong adult health and patho/pharmacology expertise 

Full time, 10-month position 

Speciality experience in maternal health, mental health, or pediatrics along with overall 

ability to teach core nursing courses. 

Duties include, but are not limited to, ensuring adherence to ethical practice in the conduct 

of clinical trials, research protocol compliance and good clinical practice, ensuring patient 

comprehension of informed consent, management of care for patients participating in 

clinical trials, and maintenance of essential documentation and collection of data. 

Applicants must possess a degree from an accredited nursing program and a minimum of 

one year oncology nursing and/or related clinical research experience. The ideal candidate will 

have experience in an oncology research setting, be highly organized, pleasant and energetic. 

Selection for this position will be based solely on merit, with no discrimination for non-merit 

reasons such as race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, political 

affiliation, marital status, disability, age, or membership or non-membership in an employee 

organization. NIH encourages the application and nomination of qualified women, minorities 

and individuals with disabilities. NIH provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with 

disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation during any part of the application and 

hiring process, please notify us. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be 

made on a case-by-case basis. This position is subject to a background investigation. 

To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter to Corrine Keen, Director, 

Office of Research Nursing at NCIClinOncJobOpp@mail.nih.gov. 

HHS, NIH, and NCI are Equal Opportunity Employers

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