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4 • <strong>Colorado</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong> | <strong>August</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />
The Official Publication of the <strong>Colorado</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Foundation in partnership with the <strong>Colorado</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Association<br />
District and Special<br />
Interest Group Reports<br />
DNA 20 – West Metro Area<br />
<strong>Colorado</strong> Rockies Health<br />
Care Appreciation<br />
Nights Raise Funds for<br />
Nursing Scholarships<br />
Nan Morgan, CNA Secretary<br />
Norma Tubman MScN, RN<br />
In lieu of a speaker at our May meeting, members<br />
joined the May 18 five-hour ANA Live Virtual <strong>Nurse</strong>s<br />
Event “You Make A Difference” which celebrated<br />
nurses. In the evening, we held our virtual business<br />
meeting at which the DNA 20 election results for the<br />
Board for <strong>2022</strong>-23 were announced. Positions remain<br />
unchanged thanks to members in open positions<br />
rerunning. The Board is made up of Jean Schroeder,<br />
President; Betsy Woolf, Vice-President; Irene Drabek,<br />
Secretary; Allison Windes, Treasurer; and Annette<br />
Cannon, Kathy Crisler, Susan Moyer and Norma<br />
Tubman, Board Members at Large. The Nominating<br />
Committee is Rita Beam, Irene Drabek, and Barbara<br />
Pedersen. The Board will meet <strong>August</strong> 17 to plan for<br />
<strong>2022</strong>-23.<br />
Throughout the spring and summer members<br />
remained active. Several members donated medical<br />
supplies, back packs, clothing, personal items and<br />
money to the “We Stand with Ukraine”. Collections<br />
were taken to the Arvada West Family Medical Clinic<br />
where Ellie Titarenko, APN, and staff sorted and boxed<br />
donations and delivered three truck loads to Project<br />
Cure for shipment to Ukraine. We hope to have Ellie,<br />
who has family in Ukraine, at our September meeting<br />
as a speaker.<br />
Annette Cannon PhD, MA, RN, MSN, D-ABMDI,<br />
participated in two videos that address Overdose<br />
Prevention/Education and Fentanyl Overdose Prevention.<br />
The videos are geared toward teens but have useful<br />
Bent County Correctional and<br />
Crowley County Correctional.<br />
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information for adults and parents. The videos can<br />
be viewed at www.jeffcoteens.org/ODPreventon and<br />
https://www.twelvetalks.com/overdose. Help Annette in<br />
her efforts to prevent overdoses and overdose deaths by<br />
sharing the links with everyone you know.<br />
Susan Moyer MS, RN, CNSPH, presented “Building<br />
Bench Strength by Increasing the Number and Scope of<br />
RNs Working in Primary Care” at the National Forum of<br />
State Nursing Workforce Centers Annual Conference at<br />
the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, NV on June 21. She also<br />
presented “Future of Nursing: Charting the Path for the<br />
Next Decade” at the <strong>2022</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong> Educator’s Conference<br />
in the Rockies in Breckenridge, CO on July 20.<br />
Jean Schroeder has been busy reaching out to<br />
schools of nursing to share with them the benefits of<br />
joining ANA/CNA/DNAs. Some of the schools she<br />
talked to included Arapahoe Community College and<br />
Platt College. Other schools were able to learn about<br />
joining through a Zoom video Jean created and sent to<br />
the schools.<br />
Since all work and no play is not healthy, on May 13<br />
DNA 20 members Annette Cannon and Susan Moyer<br />
joined DNA 16 members to participate in Health Care<br />
Appreciation Night at Coors Field to watch a <strong>Colorado</strong><br />
Rockies game. A good time was had by all as the photo<br />
shows.<br />
For information on DNA 20 meetings see the<br />
CNA website or contact President Jean Schroeder at<br />
nursingstrategies@gmail.com.<br />
May 13th through the 18th were exciting days for<br />
<strong>Nurse</strong>s and Healthcare Professionals with fund raising<br />
for the <strong>Colorado</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Foundation through ticket sales<br />
to six Rockies home games. The Rockies expanded the<br />
option for purchasing special nursing support tickets<br />
as the Rockies took on both Kansas City and the<br />
Giants. Each ticket sold through the Healthcare link<br />
contributed $2.00 to the <strong>Colorado</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Foundation<br />
for scholarships to be awarded in January 2023.<br />
For twenty-five years, Mary Kershner, DNA 16,<br />
has been connecting <strong>Colorado</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Association to a<br />
Rockies game close to National <strong>Nurse</strong>s Day (now National<br />
<strong>Nurse</strong>s Month). What was once one game under the<br />
banner <strong>Nurse</strong>s Night at the Rockies has expanded to<br />
include all Healthcare Professionals. If you were one of<br />
the lucky 1000 to purchase with the special rate to the<br />
Kansas City game May 13th, you received a lovely pair<br />
of winter socks with the Rockies emblem and the words<br />
“Healthcare Rocks” with your ticket. There was also “On<br />
Field” recognition with Mary Kershner, Judith Burke,<br />
Christine Schmidt, Annette Cannon and Susan Moyer<br />
as shown in the photo. Even though the Rockies only<br />
came away with two wins through this home stand,<br />
<strong>Colorado</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s Foundation scored over $9,000.00 for<br />
scholarships. Applications for scholarships will begin Sept<br />
1, <strong>2022</strong>. Thank you to all that attended and cheered for<br />
nurses. Hope to see you again next year.