Future of Nursing in MI - August 2022

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can be a risk factor for physical violence. In
addition, practice and policy recommendations
developed for inpatient settings may not be
appropriate or helpful in community settings,
such as schools, community health centers, public
health facilities, and similar places where WPV can
occur. To safeguard all nurses from risks of harm
and abuse, the nursing community must assume
a culture of safety and zero-tolerance stance and
provide action steps in all settings that recognize
diverse forms of abuse and threat. This was
submitted to the ANA Board by the New Jersey
State Nurses Association, National Association of
School Nurses. Feedback included implementing
those actions to promote a culture of safety and
zero tolerance at the constituent, state and IMD
associations.
Dialogue Forum #3: Nurse Staffing. This
forum was established by the Professional
Policy Committee of the ANA. The discussion
focused on ANA’s current policy and approach
to nurse staffing, along with several other state
and specialty-level strategies. With the stress of
the COVID-19 pandemic, which highlighted and
exacerbated long standing nurse staffing issues,
this was determined to be a good time to take a
pulse check on where ANA, the C/SNAs and IMD
stand on this pain point for nursing. The goal
was to provide any direction for change that may
be needed, particularly about ANA’s positioning
related to nurse-to-patient ratios. Any revisioning
of ANA’s policy should be developed between July
and December 2022.
The day ended with the Candidate Forum
presentations and Regional Meetings, as well as
the ANA PAC Reception.
Saturday, June 11, 2022
This session began with Membership Assembly
voting for the vacancies of Board President,
Secretary, Director-At-Large, Director-At-
Large Staff Nurse and Nominations & Elections
Committee.
President Ernest Grant opened the session
and greetings from the International Council of
Nursing (ICN) were presented. ANA CEO Pam
Cipriano provided an overview and update on
the directions for ANA and nursing moving into
the future of healthcare. Outgoing members
of the ANA Board were recognized. In addition,
a tribute to ANA members who had passed
away in 2021/2022 were provided through the
Nightingale Tribute, with members lost to
COVID-19 highlighted. Networking sessions for the
day focused on Amplifying the Voice of the Nurse,
What is the Value of a Nurse?, Understanding and
Fulfilling Member Needs, Addressing the U.S.
Opioid Crisis, State Based Innovation Incubators
and Feedback on Revision of the Nursing
Administration: Scope and Standards of Practice.
The Membership Assembly continued with
the report of the ANA Professional Policy
Committee with the unanimous support for
the Racial Reckoning Statement. The Dialogue
Forum Statements for Impact of Climate Change
on Health, Advancing Solutions to Address
Verbal Abuse and Workplace Violence Across
the Continuum of Care, and Nurse Staffing were
adopted with revisions by the Assembly. The
report of the Head Teller announced the newly
elected ANA officials as: President: Jennifer Mensik
Kennedy; Secretary: Amanda Oliver; Director-At-
Large: Edward Briggs, and Jennifer Gil; Director-At-
Large Staff Nurse: David Garcia and Nominating and
Elections Committee: MaryLee Pakieser, Patricia
Travis, and Kimberly Velez.
Closing comments were provided by President
Grant regarding the end of his term as ANA
President and the meeting was then adjourned.
Left to Right; Julia Stocker Schneider, MaryLee
Pakieser, Barb Medvec, Anne Kreft, and
Bridget Leonard get ready to head out to their
congressional office visits.
Left to Right: Julia Stocker Schneider, Bridget
Leonard, Anne Kreft, Barb Medvec, and MaryLee
Pakieser get ready to knock on Congressman
Jack Bergman's door during ANA Hill Day.
The U.S. Capitol Building on the day the ANA-MI
nurses visited congressional offices.