Florida Nurse - August 2022

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News From Headquarters
Assistance for Kentucky
As you are probably aware Kentucky has experienced severe flooding. In the past, we
have donated to state nurses associations when they have a disaster like this. We have
also received donation checks from several states for the last two hurricanes as well as in
the past. To donate to Kentucky Nurses, visit their GoFundMe campaign at https://gofund.
me/627d2fc8 .
What are your strengths?
And on a fun note, the last board completed the Clifton Strengths Assessment
which helps people to determine their strengths and we shared it in a document so
that everyone else could see the strengths of their colleagues. Some of us found it
2022
Calendar of Events
Some meetings such as committee meetings and recurring regional
meetings are not included in the list below.
View the Full FNA Calendar at
www.floridanurse.org/events.
Infectious Disease Update: Monkey Pox
August 30 | 6:00-7:00pm ET • Zoom Webinar
West Central Region Meeting
September 1 | 6:00-7:00pm ET • Zoom Meeting
FNPAC Candidate Interviews
September 10 | 8:00am - 12:00pm ET • Zoom Meeting
2022 FNA Membership Assembly
September 22-24, 2022
Mission Inn Resort, Howey-in-the-Hills, FL
Southeast Region Leadership Meeting
October 12 | 6:30-7:30pm ET • Zoom Meeting
South Region Leadership Meeting
October 25 | 6:00-7:00pm ET • Zoom Meeting
East Central Region Meeting
October 26 | 6:00-7:00pm ET • Zoom Meeting
FNSA Convention
October 27-29, 2022
Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort
Mental Health PPE Webinar
November 14 • Zoom
Southeast Region Legislative Meet & Greet
November 18 | 4:00-7:00pm ET
Location TBD
Health Policy Special Interest Group
Every Second Tuesday | 7:00-8:00pm EST • Zoom Meeting
Ethics Special Interest Group
Every Third Tuesday | 6:00-7:00pm EST • Zoom Meeting
Holistic Nursing Special Interest Group
Every Third Thursday | 5:00-6:00pm EST • Zoom Meeting
Interested in presenting for FNA?
Go to www.floridanurse.org/speak
Members of FNA/ANA will be given priority.
We welcome all nursing students and Registered Nurses regardless of membership status
to all of our events unless otherwise noted. For registration and more information about
FNA events, go to www.floridanurse.org/events.
frighteningly accurate. It was not only fun, it was really enlightening and it informed
our goal of moving forward based on our strengths rather than our challenges. You can
purchase Clifton Strengths 2.0 on Amazon should you want to explore your own strengths
as you move through your professional journey.
Florida Nurses Political Action Committee Candidate Interviews
PAC Interviews for the primary election are over and the endorsements have been
made. The Lobby Team has notified the candidates and are working on delivering
contributions. We did not endorse incumbents or candidates we were already certain
would win their races. PAC members as well as several members and colleagues attended
the virtual interviews. This event not only gives us the opportunity to meet candidates
but also to educate them about our issues. We will be holding another round of candidate
interviews for the General Election. Please watch your emails for that announcement.
Registration will be available on the FNA website under events as soon as the date is
set. We encourage you to educate yourself on your local candidates and you can share
your insights during this virtual meeting. Our lobbyists had already interviewed over 100
candidates before our event. Thank you to PAC trustees, Carole Amole, Chair; Megan
Moroney; Barbara Russell; Donna Sabatino, and Mary Lou Brunell for spending the time
with us on a Saturday to help strengthen our voice in Tallahassee.
Conversations with a Purpose: Violence Against Nurses
We have been concerned with escalating violence against nurses in various work
environments. Many of you have attended our Town Hall meetings related to the
devastating impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Healthcare Professions. We have
titled these meetings Conversations with a Purpose to denote that we wish to move
beyond the conversation to actions on each of the issues that have been illuminated
by these discussions. Some future actions were discussed and the FNA Board will be
working on actualizing some of these strategies. Some participants also shared strategies
that seem to be having a positive impact in their work environments.
Research and Evidence Based Practice Conference
The Research Conference is behind us and again it was a great success. This was our
first face to face conference since the pandemic began and so it was a great “testing” of
the waters before our Membership Assembly in September. We would like to introduce
a fun promotion called Race of the Regions based on our dynamic conference logo to
determine which FNA Region will have the greatest representation. Stay tuned.
Are you a STAR?
It has been two years since we were able to recognize our STAR FNA recruiters at
the Membership Assembly. In order to make sure everyone is recognized we will be
including TWO YEARS of recruitment efforts by individual members. Those who attend
Membership Assembly will receive gold stars to wear on their badges to denote how
many members they have recruited. We already have some clear front runners. If you
recruited members and they included your name in their membership application then
you are a Star Recruiter. This is one more fun aspect of the conference. In addition to that
we will be handing out “years of membership” ribbons for your badges. These will denote
5-50 years of membership.
Florida Nurses Foundation
The Scholarship selection process is complete and we will be notifying recipients
in August. The Trustees have voted to have another call for Grants (there were no
applications) and for scholarships that did not receive any applicants this year. These
additional awards will be given based on the Foundation budget.
There is also currently a call for Foundation Trustees as there are several current and
upcoming vacancies. If you would like to know more about this opportunity email Willa
Fuller at wfuller@floridanurse.org
Pandemic and Disaster Task Force
Filming has begun on a video project by the Pandemic and Disaster Task Force which
will share the experiences of nurses from diverse areas of practice. We hope to use this
video to inform stakeholders, legislators and other policy holders. This task force is chaired
by Dr. Dierdre Krause.
Public Relations Project by the Board of Directors
This year the Board of Directors allocated “Innovation Funds” for special projects
of benefit to the profession. The board engaged Ron Sachs communication to help us
formulate messaging for a public relations campaign that will serve as a companion to the
video project to illuminate the impact of the pandemic and the critical needs within the
nursing profession. These projects will serve as tools in our Advocacy Toolbox as we move
forward to heal and repair nurses and patients. A survey was sent to licensees with some
pertinent questions.
JEDI Task Force
The DEI and Social Justice Task Force merged to form the Justice, Equity, Diversity
and Inclusivity Task Force (JEDI). They will be reporting on their work at the Membership
Assembly, including the results of the survey they deployed last year. They will discuss the
question, How Diverse is FNA? They will also share other plans of the Task Force and lead
a discussion group to help form future work in this important space.
Membership Assembly
We are happy to report that ANA President Ernest Grant will serve as our Keynote
Speaker for the 2022 Membership Assembly live and in person at the Mission Inn Resort
in Howey-in-the-Hills, FL. We have many excellent presentations planned and our Award
Selection process has been completed. The Awards Gala is always an uplifting and heartwarming
part of our conference as we recognize our “Nursing ICONs.”