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practice of NursingThe Board of Nursing is looking at some changes

in the Nursing Practice Act rules, including requiring major changes to the evaluation of foreign-educated nurses’ transcripts (from an in-house evaluation that brought in over $1 million a year to the Board of Nursing) to an outside agency’s doing the evaluations, upon receipt of which the staff would decide whether a nurse was qualified to sit for the NCLEX exams. This would, according to the board’s own estimates, decrease licensure of these nurses by 80%, but they still think they would “break even.” That 80% decrease in licensure fees doesn’t include the decrease in fees charged the foreign-educated nurses for the transcript evaluation. How much is this “hit” going to be for the board of nursing?

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NMNABoardandStaff President:MaryColleenCampbell,BSN,RN(first elected in 2005)1740 Belvoir Circle Clovis, NM 88101Hm: 575/763-7741 [email protected]: 505/799-3101 Term Exp: 2009

1stVice-President:MaryJ.Sletten,DM(c),MSN,RN1007 Cedardale Las Cruces, NM 88005-1247Hm: 575/525-2955 [email protected] orWk: 575/527-7760 [email protected] Term Exp: 2008 2ndVice-President:FranA’HernSmith,DNSc,RN (appt. June 2003, elected 2003, appt. 2005, appt. 2nd VP 8/2006)1332 Wellesley Dr. NE Albuquerque, NM 87101Hm: 505/321-6892 [email protected]: 505/841-4124 Term Exp: 2008

Secretary:AnnaK.Florez,BSN,RN(first elected 10/2007)1207 Irvin Carlsbad, NM 88220Hm: 575/885-2422 [email protected] Term Exp: 2009

Treasurer:MaryA.W.Ogle,MSN,RN,FNP,CNM(first elected 2006)343 B, County Rd 84-C Santa Fe, NM 87506Hm: 505/455-0251 [email protected] Term Exp: 2008

Directors:

1MarleenL.Apodaca,MSN,RN (first elected in 2006) 3427 Painted Rock Dr., NW Albuquerque, NM 87120 Hm: 505/836-7723 [email protected] Wk: 505/476-7925 Term Exp. 2008

2C.TiffanyT.Baggs,BSN,RN (first elected in 2007) 1313 Doepp Drive Carlsbad, NM 88220 Hm: 575/887-6725

3BarbaraHickok,MPH,BSN,RN (first elected in 2004) 2729 Texas St. NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 Hm: 505/275-3910 [email protected] Wk: 505/827-2423 Term Exp: 2008

4LeighDeRoos,BSN,RN (first elected in 2007) 4644 Sandalwood Drive Las Cruces, NM 88011 Hm: 575/521-4362 [email protected] Term Exp. 2009

5Lorena(Lorie)A.Kroeger,BSN,RN (first elected in 2007) 1925 Fairway Terrace Clovis, NM 88101 Hm: 575/742-2905 [email protected] Term Exp. 2009

6MelanieE.Cogan,MSN,RN (first elected 10/2007)99 Osito Los Alamos, NM 87544Hm: 505/661-4094 [email protected] Term Exp. 2008

NMNA Website: www.nmna.orgNMNA general Email: [email protected]

CNE application Email: [email protected] Phone: 505/471-3324

Office Fax: 877/350-7499 toll free

E.D.: Carolyn Roberts3692 St. Rd. 14 Santa Fe, NM 87508-8063Hm: 505/471-2169 [email protected]: 505/577-0752

Lobbyist: Linda SiegleP.O. Box 720 Cerrillos, NM 87010Hm: 505/471-7643 [email protected]: 505/471-3563Cell: 505/690-5850

The NewMexicoNurse is published quarterly by the Arthur L. Davis Agency for the New Mexico Nurses Association with offices at 3018 Cielo Court, Ste B, Santa Fe, NM 87507, Phone: (505) 471-3324.

Acceptance of advertising by the Arthur L. Davis Agency does not imply endorsement or approval by the New Mexico Nurses’ Association of products advertised, the advertisers, or the claims made. Advertising Rates Contact—Arthur L. Davis Agency, 517 Washington St., PO Box 216, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613, (319) 277-2414. NMNA and the Arthur L. Davis Agency reserve the right to reject any advertisement. Responsibility for errors in advertising is limited to corrections in the next issue or refund of price of advertisement.

Articles appearing in this publication express the opinions of the authors; they do not necessarily reflect views of the staff, board or membership of NMNA or those of the national or local associations.

NEED INFORMATION?Here’s how to get in touch

AcademyofMed-SurgNurses(AMSN)Rio Grande Chapter, Contact: Steve Ross 505-291-5474 or [email protected]

AmericanAssn.ofCriticalCareNurses(AACN)Albuquerque Chapter, P.O. Box 36546Albuquerque, NM 87156-6546Heidi Radke, Chapter PresidentEmail: [email protected]

AmericanAssn.ofNurseAssessmentCoordinatorswww.aanac.org a website for members of assn. of Long Term Care MDS Coordinators, offering CNE, on-line discussion, latest news updates.1873 S. Bellaire Street, Suite 800Denver, CO 802221-800-768-1880, Contact: Debbie Hoellen

AmericanNursesAssociation600 Maryland Avenue, SW Ste. 100 WestWashington, DC 20024-2571(202) 651-7059

AmericanSocietyforPainManagementNursingContact: Linda Sorensen4401 Royene Ave. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110(505) 724-6134 [email protected]

Assn.ofPeriOperativeRNs,CentralNMChapterContact Claudia Hoff, [email protected]

AssociationofWomen’sHealth,ObstetricandNeonatalNurses(AWOHNN)Contact: Kathleen Matta 505-690-6218

CaseManagersSocietyofAmerican,RioGrandeChapterContact Carolyn Simon at 505-816-2059, [email protected] OR: Elizabeth Ramos at 505-228-2238, [email protected]

DesertMountainChapterAmerican Society for Pain Management NursingContact: Irene Zamora, RN, MSN, CNS505-272-8727 or [email protected]

LegalNurseConsultants,GreaterAlbuquerqueChapterContact Maria Scarpelli at 505-352-6562 or [email protected]

NewMexicoAssociationforHomeCare3200 Carlisle Blvd. NEAlbuquerque, NM 87110(505) 889-4556

NewMexicoAssociationofNeonatalNursesContact: Raychelle Creech, (505) 839-2625

NewMexicoBoardofNursing6301 Indian School, NE, Suite 710Albuquerque, NM 87110(505) 841-8340

NewMexicoDevelopmentalDisabilitiesNursesAssociationContact Person: Judi Murphy(505) 332-6820 or [email protected]

NightingaleScholarshipLeague,Inc.Albuquerque, NM 87196-4416Contact Person: Ruth Franklin, (505) 294-8591

NewMexicoNursesAssociationPO Box 29658Santa Fe, NM 87592-9658(505) 471-3324

NewMexicoOrganizationofNurseExecutivesPO Box 4491Albuquerque, NM 87196 or their web site:www.nmone.org

NewMexicoNursePractitionerCouncilContact any Board of Directors Member at [email protected]

NMEmergencyNursesAssociationContact Jean Gomez [email protected]

NMWound,Ostomy,andContinenceNursesContact Pat Collins at 505-473-1544or [email protected]

PeriAnesthesiaNursesAssn.ofNMContact Corinne Flores, President [email protected] Boatright, Immediate Past [email protected]

NMSchoolNursesAssociation(NMSNA)Contact Judith Bauer-Creegan, RN, BSN, MSN, [email protected](505) 882-0036

Ifyouwouldlikeyourorganization’snameandphone#listedintheNew Mexico Nurse,forwardyourinformationto:NMNA,POBox29658SantaFe,NM87592-9658

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DIsTRIcT pREsIDENTs AND cONTAcTs

DNA1,Albuquerque—Margaret Onuska, 3907 Hanett NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110, Hm: 505/268-0723.

DNA 2, Santa Fe—Carrie Roberts, MSN, RN, 3692 St. Hwy 14, Santa Fe, NM 87508-8063, [email protected], Hm: 505/471-2169.

DNA 4, Clovis—Jennifer Gorley, 2504 Echols Ave., Clovis, NM 88101, [email protected], Hm: 575/799-6659.

DNA 7, Carlsbad—Inactive butcontact—Tiffany Baggs, 1313 Doepp Drive, Carlsbad, NM 88220, [email protected], Hm: 505/887-6725.

DNA10,Raton—Tina Bird, 649 Mora Ave., Raton, NM 87740, [email protected], Hm: 505/445-2821.

DNA 14, Las Cruces—Leigh B. DeRoos, 4644 Sandalwood Dr., Las Cruces, NM 88011, [email protected], Hm: 505/521-4362.

DNA 19, Farmington—Dianne M. Bonebrake, P.O. Box 887, Kirtland, NM 87417, [email protected], Hm: 505/598-0232.

Inactive:DNA3,Tucumcari;DNA5,Roswell; DNA6,

Hobbs;DNA8,Española;DNA9,LosAlamos;DNA11,Taos;DNA12,SilverCity;DNA13,LasVegas; DNA 15, Alamogordo; DNA 16, Gallup;DNA17,Deming

Nursing Information Web sites

NMNursesAssociation:www.nmna.orgInformation on the organization, calendar of

events, legislative update, on line registration for workshops, job listings for all kinds of health care jobs, and Continuing Education applications for workshops for nurses.

NMBoardofNursing:www.state.nm.us/nursing/

Lists board meeting dates, download the Nursing Practice Act, Rules and Regulations, download renewal forms, complaint forms, get information on recent rules and regulation changes, get names of board members.

NMCenterforNursingExcellence:www.nmnursingexcellence.org

Information on NMCNE activities to lessen the nursing shortage, recognize nurses for their accomplishments, Links to nursing organizations, workforce reports and much, much more.

NMNursePractitionerCouncil:www.nmnpc.org

Information on the organization, activities, legislative initiatives, and formulary for sale to NPs.

AmericanNursesAssociation:www.nursingworld.org

Membership, bookstore to buy standards of various nursing practices, the Code of Ethics for Nurses, Online Journal of Nursing, press releases on various legislative initiatives, connections to state (constituent) nurses associations, American Nurses Credentialling Center, and the American Academy of Nursing.

ExceptionalNurse:www.ExceptionalNurse.com

A nonprofit resource for nurses and students with disabilities. The email address is [email protected].

MIssION sTATEMENTNew Mexico Nurses Association is committed

to advocating for all licensed nurses, improving health care, and promoting life-long learning.

CoreValues• Promote the professional and educational

advancement of nurses.• Develop alliances with other professional

health care organizations on issues affecting nurses and health care.

• Enhance recognition of the contribution ofthe nurse in health care.

• Promotehighstandardsofnursingpracticeby upholding the integrity of the New Mexico Nursing Practice Act.

• Improve access to health care services byexpanding opportunities for nurses.

• Foster personal and professional self-advocacy.

• Advocate for nurses through legislative,regulatory, and policy making endeavors.

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has not practiced nursing for four (4) years to take a refresher course of didactic and clinical components. This is supposed to protect the public from incompetent practitioners. There is one such course in New Mexico at the present time: CNM’s refresher course. The Board even stated that this would be a way for Community Colleges or even for-profit schools to develop new programs to meet the need.

• Howwill they know you haven’t practiced?ONLY if you let your license lapse for 4 years. If you continued to renew your license every two years and met the CE requirement each time, they wouldn’t know you hadn’t been practicing.

• Another issue: isn’t it the responsibility offacilities to ensure that their employees are competent? Doesn’t CMS require this? Doesn’t JCAHO required this? Whether the BON requires refresher courses or not, the facility must assess the nurse’s ability to perform up to standards.

Nurse practitioners would not be exempt from the change above. If a nurse practitioner had not worked as an NP for four (4) years, he or she would also have to take a refresher course. Of course there is no refresher course for NPs.

• Wherewould one get such a course,whichincludes didactic and clinical time?

• AndhowMUCHtime?• What organization would provide such a

course, and how would the Board of Nursing evaluate whether the course was adequate for ensuring competence to return to practice?

The Board of Nursing added a definition of “advanced practice nurse.” Their Advanced Practice Advisory Committee made some changes, but at the board meeting on 02/15/08 they did not read that definition, so we don’t know exactly what it was. The definition as presented to the APAC was: a master’s prepared registered nurse who has completed a program of study in a specialty area in an accredited nursing program, taken a licensing examination in the same area, and been granted a license to practice as an advanced practice nurse with an expanded scope of practice. Subcategories include certified nurse practitioner (CNP), certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) and clinical nurse specialist (CNS). The APNC changed it to: a master’sordoctorally prepared registered nurse who has completed a program of student in direct patient care in an accredited nursing program, taken a certification

examination (same from here on). We’ll need to monitor whether these changes were put into the final version of these rules.

Additionally the Board of Nursing added a definition of Prescriptive authority: means the power to determine the need for drugs, immunizing agents or devices; selecting the remedy and writing a prescription to be filled by a licensed pharmacist. Because NPs and CNSs have the ability to provide manufacturer produced sample packages, “to be filled by a licensed pharmacist” doesn’t fit what these advanced practice nurses are doing, so we have asked that the new definition end “with writing a prescription.” We’ll need to monitor whether that change was put into the final version of these rules.

The Board of Nursing is also changing the number of times a graduate of a nursing program will be able to sit for the NCLEX exam. The rule currently says that applicants may retake the examination a maximum of eight (8) times per year, but must wait forty-five (45) days to retest. The new language will only allow three (3) retakes nine (90) days apart. If the applicant fails the test three times in one year they must complete a refresher course including theory and clinical, make a new application, have new fingerprint cards, and pay the appropriate fees.

BoardofNursingPlanstoIncreaseFeesAgain

In 2002, after the governor’s complete change in the composition of the Board of Nursing and the Executive Director, the Board imposed an increase in fees of more than 50%. RN renewals went from $60.00 to $93.00. The reason given was that the board needed to be improved with more staff, better equipment, and we’ve had to pay for it in increased fees. Since the Board of Nursing raised our fees in 2002, they have tripled their size of office, hired twice as many employees (with 3 more coming on in the next few months), laptop computers for the board members to use during board meetings, new office equipment and computers. They now have their own accountant, their own IT staff, their own investigators, their own prosecuting attorney. Have their service to the public and to the nurses of New Mexico improved so much that another licensure fee increase is justified?

The Consumer Price Index for theWestern U.S.has increased by 16.0 % since 2002.

The Board of Nursing has not yet given notice of this Rules Hearing or posted the proposed rules as of 03/11/08 (it must be posted 30 days in advance of the hearing, which we are assuming will be on 4/25/08). Once the rules are posted, we will notify NMNA members and anyone who asked to be included so that you can look them over and determine whether you are opposed or in favor of the changes. You will be able to write your opinion to the board, or attend the rules hearing to give verbal feedback to them.

Help! I’m Being Auditedby the Board of Nursing

for My cE!It is four or five months after you renewed your

license, and now you’ve received a letter from the Board of Nursing that they want to look at your Continuing Education certificates. You open your file drawer, where you have been carefully filing your certificates since your last renewal (or first license) only to find that it doesn’t add up to 30 hours. (“Why, oh WHY did I let this happen!” you think). You have 20 days to send copies of all the certificates to the Board of Nursing. Do not let this time period lapse without sending the certificates in. If you moved and lost the file, immediately call or write the Board of Nursing and ask for an extension and tell them why you need an extension.

It is already too late to get the hours in the 2 years between the last renewal and this one... anything you take is going to be too late for the “biennial period”!

• First, see if you accidentally left the

certificate in the packet you received at the workshop (assuming you kept the packets).

• Second, did you keep your receipts for CEworkshops you attended? Anything approved through NMNA or groups who are approved providersofNMNAMUSTprovideyouwitha duplicate certificate.

• Third, do youwork in a facility thathas acomputerized listing of all the courses you took? If so, they might have a record of a course you took during the time period.

• Finally if you come to the realization thatyou may NOT have had all the hours of CE required to renew your license (30 hours for RNs, LPNs; 50 hours for NPs, CNSs, CRNAs 15 hours of which must be in pharmacology). Immediately take twice the hours you are lacking. If you have certificates for 25 hours but need 5 more, take 10 contact hours on-line right away and get the certificates in hand.

Now copy each certificate, send the packet of certificates to the Board of Nursing with a letter saying how sorry you are that you have misplaced some of your original certificates, and you hope they will accept twice the number of hours completed late, to make up for what you lacked. Then hold your breath and hope that will satisfy them.

Those extra hours of CE you took to make up for the lost certificates will NOT be able to be counted for your next renewal. Start working on the 30 hours required for the next time right away. Make a pledge to yourself that you will never misplace a certificate again, and that three months prior to license renewal you will always double check for CE certificates.

Always remember that if you have a problem with the board, it is better to call Allison Kozeliski, the executive director (505-841-9082) and let her know about it. She can advise you on how to remedy the situation. If you do nothing after receiving the notice of an Audit you will eventually receive a Notice of Contemplated Action (NCA). Any time you receive an NCA immediately write to the Board to request a hearing. If you have your own professional liability insurance, they’ll provide legal representation for Board of Nursing action against you.

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Correction: The deadlines for application to ANCC for Pathway to Excellence are February 1 and June 1 of each year.

WehavenotyetheardwhethertheUSDept.ofHealth and Human Services Human Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant has been awarded to the East Texas Area Health Education Center (AHEC) for the pilot project with 20 hospitals in NM, TX, AR, and LA, but nurses and hospitals in New Mexico are getting excited about the potential benefits of the Pathway to Excellence.

As stated in January, the five hospitals chosen to participate in the grant application were: Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, Eastern New Mexico Medical Center in Roswell, Lea Regional Medical Center in Hobbs, Carlsbad Medical Center in Carlsbad, and Lovelace Westside Hospital in Albuquerque. The advantage of participating in the pilot project under the HRSA grant is that the chosen hospitals would receive free consultation of nurse experts from New Mexico to help them along their path to being awarded this prestigious designation, would be paired with a Texas hospital that had already been so designated, and the application fee would be paid by the grant. Lovelace Westside is already working on the 12 Criteria for designation, and NMNA will soon begin meetings with all five hospitals to discuss the criteria, how to work through them to meet the requirements and help them problem solve when they hit snags.

In early February, Jeanne Floyd, PhD, RN, Executive Director of the American Nurses Credentialing Center, came to New Mexico to speak to nurses in the state about the Pathway to Excellence, the Magnet program, certification programs and what ANCC does for the profession. She met with nurses, CNOs, mid-managers, staff nurses, retired nurses, nurse educators, nursing students and anyone else interested in Pathway to Excellence, in Las Cruces, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe.

The ANCC’s Pathway to Excellence Governing Council is in the midst of re-writing the criteria to better fit national standards and changes in Best Practices that had evolved since the original Nurse Friendly Facility program was designed four years ago in Texas, and was written to meet Texas Board of Nurse Examiners regulations. As soon as the new documents are available we will be posting them on the NMNA website: www.nmna.org.

During the meetings in Las Cruces, Albuquerque and Santa Fe, Dr. Floyd received feedback about a number of criteria:

• Criteria 2: Safety of theWorkEnvironment:inclusion of “Just Culture” precepts in to both strengthen the patient safety piece and encourage nursing staff to report potential safety issues without fear of retaliation.

• Criteria 4: Nurse Orientation: expandingthis to include Nurse Transition from student to Novice Competent (Benner’s Continuum) staff nurse through a structured program of preceptorship over the course or 4-6 months.

• Criteria 6: inclusion of membership inprofessional organizations

• Criteria7:CompetitiveWages:useconsistentterminology for wages, salary, pay.

• Criteria 9: Balanced Lifestyle: this criteriareceived Kudos for flexible scheduling, staffing plans with no mandatory overtime, and involves staff in the development of schedules.

• Criteria#10:ZeroTolerancePolicyforAbuseof Nurses needs to be rewritten to something like Respect and Dignity is afforded all patients, families, and all health care workers (to prevent both physician to nurse and nurse to nurse verbal, physical, psychological violence, undermining of confidence, etc).

• Criteria #11: Middle ManagementAccountability: Kudos also received for this criterion, since we know that most of the people who leave nursing or a specific job leave it because of their manager.

Pathway to Excellence UpdateWe at NMNA are absolutely thrilled that there

is a program out there that is not expensive, is achievable by any facility with the will to improve the working environment of nurses to improve recruitment, retention, patient safety and eventually to improve patient outcomes because of their engaged, satisfied nursing workforce (“NURSEFORCE” as Margretta Madden Styles said at the ANA House of Delegates in 2003. Dr. Styles was a consultant to ANCC when they developed their Magnet Recognition program and to the Texas Nurses Association when they developed the Nurse Friendly facilities program).

Soon those who have volunteered to participate as consultants for the Pathway to Excellence program will be involved in training through ANCC and/ or through the East Texas AHEC and we will be able to schedule workshops for hospitals on how to work with the Pathway to Excellence Criteria and their staff to win designation of this award. We will also be providing information to NM Organization of Nurse Executives (NMONE) on 2/29, at the Career Expo on 05/05/08 at the Albuquerque Convention Center, at the NMONE conference in June, the NM Hospital Association meeting in September, and the New Mexico Nurses Association convention in October. If you missed the meetings in Las Cruces, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe, there is certainly ample opportunity to learn about the Pathway to Excellence over the next 7 months in New Mexico. If you would like Carrie to come to your facility to talk with the CNO, COO, CEO, mid-managers and staff nurses, she would be delighted to schedule a visit. You may contact her at 505-471-3324 or Email: [email protected].

Wanted: experienced CNOs, mid-managers, staff nurses and educatorsto volunteer as Consultants to helphospitalsbecomePathwaytoExcellencedesignated facilities. Contact Carrie [email protected].


NMNA monitors the NM Board of Nursing disciplinary hearings because often complaints against nurses fall into several categories, and the way the board acts on these complaints slowly changes over time. We try to offer articles on the Board of Nursing actions and changes in Rules so that all nurses in New Mexico can practice effectively and avoid complaints and licensure sanctions.

There were a number of CE audit problems heard at the February 2008 board meeting. The CE Audit article came from several different cases that came before the board. In the past we’ve had articles on the Code of Ethics for Nurses, and on standards of practice. Both of these articles were written to encourage New Mexico nurses to research the standards of practice for their particular work setting, the type of nursing performed, and to think about the ethical issues they encounter in their work setting, with an understanding of what ethical principles can guide their practices.

Of course, if you are practicing to the standard and following organizational policies and procedures, you are less likely to have a complaint filed against you with the Board of Nursing, which means that you will continue to work as a productive nurse, and the outcome is that patients receive care, standards are upheld, and there are more nurses successfully working in NM.

The other reason that NMNA is at Board of Nursing meetings as often as possible, and members serve on advisory committees to the Board of Nursing, is for NMNA to protect the profession from unreasonable changes in the practice act and in the rules. The Nursing Practice Act is the law passed by the legislature and signed into law by the Governor that establishes the Board of Nursing, licensure categories and fees, and standards of practice. The Rules related to the Nursing Practice Act has all the specifics of what are unprofessional conduct, incompetence, and how the board can discipline a nurse. We have rarely

Why Do We publish Board of Nursing-Related Articles?

been completely opposed to changes in the act or rules. In some instances we have been able to have the board modify proposed changes prior to legislative sessions or rules hearings.

New Mexico Nurses Association Mission: NMNA is committed to advocating for all licensed nurses, improving health care for all people and promoting life-long learning.

Core Values:• Promote the professional and educational

advancement of nurses.• Develop alliances with other professional

health care organizations on issues affecting nurses and health care.

• Enhancerecognitionofthecontributionofthenurse in health care.

• Promote high standards of nursing practiceby upholding the integrity of the New Mexico Nursing Practice Act.

• Improve access to health care services byexpanding opportunities for nurses.

• Foster personal and professional self-advocacy.

• Advocate for nurses through legislative,regulatory, and policy making endeavors.

If you believe this Mission and Core Values serves your profession and you are proud to be a registered nurse or license practical nurse, your supporting NMNA is a way to support your profession. The membership form is on page 22. You may join ANA alone, ANA/ NMNA, NMNA alone, ANA/ NMNA/ local districts all in one place: the ANA website: www.nursingworld.org. The Membership information is in the 3rd box down on the left. After some basic information you can specify which membership option you desire, and then you can specify paying for membership all at once or month by month using a credit card or from your checking account. The cost of ANA/ NMNA/ district membership is generally less than a fancy coffee a week. If you need to talk to us about the membership options, contact me, [email protected] or 505-471-3324.

Inspiration stories Needed

Request for Assistance

Good Day!My name is Sue Heacock and I have been a

practicing RN for 12 years. I am in the process of writing an inspirational book for nurses by nurses. I have two goals in this endeavor:

• Tocelebratenursingandthoseheroesintheprofession

• To increase both interest in joining theprofession and retention of professional nursesthroughouttheUnitedStates

I am writing to request your assistance. I am seeking true inspirational stories of nursing practice from nurses themselves. I will review all stories received and select the best to include in my book. Nurses submitting stories chosen for publication will be contacted individually for consent. The requirements are that stories be 5 paragraphs or less, humorous and/or inspirational, and exhibit the heart of nursing. The author must include his/her name, practicing city/state, and an email address for future contact. All stories can be emailed to me directly at the email address listed below.

In order to locate the best motivational stories, I need your help. Could you please notify the nurses in your organization regarding my request through publications?

Thanks a great deal for helping me in this venture. I truly believe my work will inspire individual nurses and benefit the profession. Do not hesitate to contact me should you have questions or concerns.

Sue Heacock, RN, MBATampa, [email protected]


Nursing faculty brought their students to Capitol Challenge 2008, the annual legislative workshop, held for the first time in eight years at historic La Fonda Hotel on the Santa Fe Plaza. The day included talks on the legislative process, Effective Communication with Legislators, walks to the Capitol to observe the House and Senate for sessions and committee hearings.

Nursing was recognized in the House and Senate, with the students and faculty standing to be recognized in the Gallery. The Albuquerque Business Alliance for Nursing (ABAN) provided each Senator and Representative with a burrito for lunch in the name of nursing.

UNM College of Nursing’s RN-BSN program,NMSU’s RN-BSN program, Grand CanyonUniversity, and Assessment Technology InstituteTesting were supporters that helped pay for the meeting room, lunch, and breakfast.

Next year, 2009, will be a long (60 day) session during which the Nursing Practice Act must be reauthorized or we will lose the Board of Nursing and the act. The consequences?

Nursing faculty brought their students to Capitol Challenge 2008, the annual legislative

capitol challenge a “Wonderful Experience”!

• There will be no rules on how to become anurse, how a nurse functions, what principles guide practice.

• Therewillbenoboardofnursing, sonurseswon’t be able to “endorse” into another state because there is no board to say they have a

license in good standing; the schools cannot be board approved so anyone could open a “nursing program,” because there are no standards. Students wouldn’t be able to sit for the NCLEX licensing exams because there is no board to verify they’d graduated from an approved school.

• Any health care facility to hire anyone andcall them a nurse.

• No disciplinary actions to protect the publicfrom these “nurses.”

Besides the Nursing Practice Act, there are bound to be other bills that we will be supporting, monitoring, opposing, so Capitol Challenge 2009 will be a very exciting workshop. It will be held on Thursday, February 5th (Thursdays are the day that most of the health care bills are heard in committees). Faculty and nurses, mark your calendars and plan to attend.


carrie’s cornerbyCarrieRoberts

What a winter we’ve had! The national political scene is heating up, with both parties getting closer to choosing their presidential candidates, the state legislative session was a chaotic 30 days with little done except passing the budget for 2009 (starts in July), the northern part of the state has had huge snows, the middle and southern parts have had some moisture and the drought for those areas continues.

We had an energized group of students and faculty attend Capitol Challenge, 2008 in January, and they were able to watch the legislators working on the floors of the House and Senate, and later observed some of the committee hearings. The evaluations were great, and it was a terrific group of students!

The executive director of the American Nurses Credentialing Center, Dr. Jeanne Floyd, was in New Mexico for 11 days in February, traveling around the state discussing the Pathway to Excellence and other ANCC programs: CE accreditation as approvers and providers of CE, certification examinations and preparation courses for them, and the Magnet Recognition program. A total of about 50 nurses attended the three open meetings we had and left hopeful of change in their working environments thanks to the Pathway to Excellence program.

We have changed the date for the CareerExpo (Job fair) to Cinco deMayo (May 5th,

2008) at the Albuquerque convention center. Anyone registering ahead of time will get free parking in the garage. We anticipate having more exhibitors than last year (45 in 2007), including hospitals in NM and out of state, home care and staffing agencies, nursing homes and others. Universitiesandcollegeswilloffer informationontheir BSN completion programs, MSN programs, PhD programs, NP and CNS programs, whether on campus or mostly on-line. The New Mexico Student Loans program will talk with nurses and students about how they can refinance school loans so that they pay 0% as long as they are working as nurses. We will have 2-3 fashion shows throughout the day, free door prizes (be sure to register for EVERYTHING), free continuing nursing education (up to 4 hours of it), and low cost BLS recertification. Be sure to request Monday, 5/5/08 off from work so that you can attend. This will be an exciting event with the possibility of finding the perfect job for your skills!

NMNA will begin drafting bylaws changes in the near future. Here is your assignment: just THINK about what this might mean to you as a registered nurse or LPN. We are considering dissolving all the official “Districts” of NMNA—all the non-functioning ones as well as the functioning ones, and instead put in place a procedure whereby any interest group (of nurses, of course) could form a group for the interest. It could be new grads, or nurses in the Albuquerque area, or faculty support, or a group wanting to address a local or regional issue: suicide, teen pregnancy, environmental concerns, legislative issues, lack of support in rural areas for nurses (staff, mid-managers, or whatever). These interest groups COULD meetin person, or could set up a chat room for certain times of each month, or people could drop in when

the issues interested them and drop out when they didn’t. Maybe a group finds there is a nursing issue that needs to be addressed with Education outside of work... they might form, organize a workshop, hold the workshop, and then dissolve, OR decided to continue to meet for other purposes. Each group would have a moderator who would report to an NMNA board member assigned to them quarterly on what has been happening in the group. And the group could apply to NMNA for funds to meet together, or have a legislative reception, or a workshop. You wouldn’t have to join a group, but if you did join one or more, your input would be valued. This type of organization has worked very well for a number of state nurses associations, and has increased participation and membership. We think it would be worth a try.

You may be contacted this spring asking you to serve on the Board of Directors for NMNA. Positions needing to be filled are: Second Vice-President (in charge of fund-raising/revenue enhancement), Treasurer (prefer someone in the Albuquerque/Santa Fe area to oversee financial issues), three Board of Directors positions—these people must be able to attend 5-6 meetings a year, help with convention, Capitol Challenge, and the Career Expo. Any member of ANA/NMNA is qualified to serve on the Board of Directors (looks GREAT on your resume and gives you access to nurses around the state—great for support and networking). Additionally, any ANA/NMNA member may run for an ANA House of Delegates position, to attend the national meeting every two years; we also need 3 people with pretty good contacts in the nursing community who would like to call people as a Nominating committee member to seek volunteers to run for office/director positions. If you are NOT contacted by phone and would like to serve, please contact me: [email protected] or 505-471-3324.

We should have the bylaws information in the next NM Nurse (July, 2008) for you to review. Ballots will be mailed to each ANA/NMNA member in August.

CarrieRoberts


byBarbaraD’Amore,RN,BSNLeadNurse,Mid-RioGrandeChapterofthe

AmericanRedCross,Albuquerque,NM

Have you ever wished you could get quickly on the way to a disaster and help the affected people? Have you ever wondered about perhaps going on adventurous trips to international disasters? Have you wanted to belong to a group of nurses with a distinctive tradition of community service? If you have answered “yes” to any of these ponderings, you would love being an American Red Cross (ARC) Nurse.

Proud Tradition! In the tradition of Red Cross nursing leaders such as Clara Barton and Jane Delano, the American Red Cross is the American basis for the following programs and agencies: military nursing at the warfront and in military hospitals; wounded veterans’ hospitals and homes; notifications to military members of family emergencies back home; large and small scale disaster relief; databases for reuniting separated loved-ones; national blood bank programs; public health systems; and training programs for home safety, family fire escape plans, emergency preparedness plans and kits, swim lessons and water safety, babysitter safety course, and First Aid and CPR. Has another charity ever done so much?

Compassion in Action! The very name, American Red Cross Nurse, evokes images of compassion. ARC nurses reach out to comfort and meet immediate health needs of disaster victims. This includes calling doctors and pharmacies to replace prescriptions, medical supplies, eyeglasses, and finding resources for dentures, and durable medical equipment.Nurses use their unique abilities to see the “whole person” in making appropriate referrals and in finding resources. Coordination is established within the existing healthcare and public health systems in the affected community.

Red Cross nurses may work in a variety of jobs and locations on a disaster assignment including first aid stations, shelters and service centers, outreach teams that go out into the affected community, and home visits to check on safety of persons not heard from by worried friends or family. As a member of the Red Cross you have nursing autonomy backed up by an organization with experience.

Community Involvement! As you know disasters vary in scale from single-person size to thousands of victims, huge regions, and overwhelming property damage and loss of infrastructure. A wildfire, tornado, flood, hurricane, earthquake, disease outbreak, or manmade disaster can suddenly displace people who will need a temporary place to stay, food and water, and perhaps medical assistance. Local communities are always the first to respond after the impact of a disaster in their locality. It may be a long time before help from the outside can organize and arrive due to impassible roads and inclement weather. Nurses should be proactive leaders and help to see that their communities are prepared.

Recognized National Leader! The American Red Cross is a nationally recognized charity with a mandate by Congress to respond immediately to help victims of national disasters. Although not considered “first responders” in a hazardous situation, ARC personnel will go in as soon as the site is secured and safe. Red Cross nurses are called up for aviation accidents to provide support, information, and comfort to the loved-ones who are awaiting passengers from the involved aircraft. Members of the Red Cross, including nurses, sit on committees with emergency planners at various government levels. Nurses coordinate closely with the State Department of Health for disease outbreak response.

Deployment! Once you qualify and decide to go out on a national disaster deployment, you can have your name on the national registry and indicate timeframes when you are generally most available.

American Red cross Nursing in New MexicoAll assignments are voluntary and usually last about two to three weeks. The Red Cross pays for your food, transportation, and room. Volunteers do not receive wages; but, who can measure the worth of the satisfaction one receives from helping people of all ages cope with and recover from life-changing events?

New Mexico! The sad fact is that many areas of New Mexico are underserved due to a serious lack of trained American Red Cross volunteers in small town areas and the cities. Not only nurses, but also other trained personnel are needed who can represent the good will and generous spirit of the American people and help disaster-afflicted persons with their immediate needs of food, lodging, and clothing.

Training! The time for training is well before a disaster happens. Well-meaning and passionate nurses and other medical personnel who sign up to help after a disaster are often disappointed because they are never called. Background checks, identification, and training are required. When the local area is affected, training necessarily takes a “back burner” to mobilizing response teams. The

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Chapter Headquarters Counties Served Contact Information

Mid-Rio Grande Chapter Bernalillo, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Phone: 505-265-8514Albuquerque Guadalupe, Harding, Los Alamos, Mora, Fax: 505-268-8179 Quay, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, San Miguel, Toll Free: 800-560-2302 Sandoval, Santa Fe, Socorro, Taos, 142 Monroe St., NE Torrance,Union,Valencia Albuquerque,NM87108 www.redcrossalbq.org

Southwest New Mexico Catron, Chaves, Dona Ana, Grant, Phone: 505-526-2631Chapter Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna, Otero, Sierra Fax: 505-524-4271Las Cruces 1301 Griggs St. Las Cruces, NM 88001 www.swnmredcross.org

Southeast New Mexico Eddy, Lea Phone: 505-393-7516Chapter Fax: 505-393-3380Hobbs 200 E. Park St, PO Box 25 Hobbs, NM 88240 www.senmredcross.org

San Juan Chapter Cibola, McKinley, San Juan Phone: 505-325-9605Farmington Fax: 505-327-7826 2100 Cortland Dr Farmington, NM 87401 www.sanjuan.redcross.org

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previously trained and experienced nurses meet immediate staffing needs. These few nurses are overscheduled and those wanting to help are never called because they are not trained. This is not a good situation for any nurses involved.

Action Time! If you are ready to stop wishing, wondering, wanting to, and pondering; then now is the time to take the first step toward a fulfilling adventure. Come join us in our proud tradition and sign up for classes. You just may discover some things about yourself and your community that you didn’t know before. Take the challenge to call now!

New Mexico has four American Red Cross chapters. To find out more information and determine the chapter headquarters for your county region, please refer to the following chart. When you call, ask where you can obtain the Health Services Response class for disaster training of medical personnel.




AMERIcAN NURsEs AssOcIATION HONORs NURsING’s BEsT

Twelve Honorary Awards to be Bestowed at ANA’s 2008 House of Delegates

SILVER SPRING, MD—Since the early 1900s, the American Nurses Association (ANA) has presented awards to prominent nurses to recognize their outstanding contributions to the nursing profession and the field of health care. On Thursday, June 26, 2008, as part of its 2008 Biennial House of Delegates meeting in Washington, DC, ANA will bestow Honorary Awards in 12 categories. They are as follows:

• Mary L. Behrens, FNP, RN, will receive the Barbara Thoman Curtis Award for significant contributions to nursing practice and health policy through political and legislative activity. An active political force in Wyoming since 1983, Behren has served as Mayor of Casper, Wyoming, Natrona County Commissioner and Natrona County State Representative and demonstrated political activity that promotes the nursing profession in both political and health care arenas. Testifying at state, national and international venues on nursing and healthcare issues, she has lobbied extensively for issues including: seat belt safety, clean water, energy use, the “Handle With Care” campaign, FIT Testing, and mandatory overtime.

• Rachel E. Spector, PhD, MSN, BSN, will receive the Honorary Human RightsAward for outstanding commitment to human rights that exemplifies the essence of nursing’s philosophy about humanity. Spector has steadfastly worked towards the promulgation of “cultural competency” because she believed that “cultural competency reflects the essence of nursing’s philosophy and human rights.”

• Sister Theresa Graf, EdD, RN, FNP, will receive the Honorary Nursing PracticeAward for outstanding direct-patient care, well known as “Sister Terry,” she provides health services for poor and uninsured residents of Nassau County in New York. One of her projects, Rotocare, a community health service, caught the attention of a Newsday writer who stated, “Sister Terry and her band of volunteers rely on faith, dedication, and persuasion to offer health care to those the system can’t help.” On Jan. 28, 2001, Newsday debuted a five-page spread in the Sunday Life Section detailing the work of this dedicated professional.

• LucilleJoel, EdD, RN, FAAN, and Marianne Matzo, PhD, APRN, BC-GNP, FAAN, will receive the HonoraryRecognitionAwardfor distinguished national or international service to the nursing profession. The list of contributions. Joel has made to the nursing profession is extensive. Her accomplishments are of national and international significance to nursing. She has provided distinguished service to the nursing profession since 1958. A nursing leader from 1979–1983, Joel has served as president of the New Jersey State Nurses Association, and the president of the American Nurses Association from 1988-1992. Joel remains actively engaged at all levels of the profession contributing her time and talents to the nurses and the profession in her home state of New Jersey.

• Marianne Matzo, PhD, APRN, BC-GNP, FAAN, will also receive the HonoraryRecognition Award for distinguished

national or international service to the nursing profession. Known nationally and internationally as a nurse educator in palliative care nursing, Matzo has taught internationally in third world countries, taught doctors and nurses in Saint Petersburg, Russia, about palliative care for AIDS patients. Matzo worked with the Medical Academy of Saint Petersburg to institutionalize palliative care education in medical and nursing education.

• Carolina Huerta, EdD, MSN, RN, will receive the Mary Mahoney Award for significant contributions to advancing equal opportunities in nursing for members of minority groups. Since 1972, Huerta has embraced the challenge of developing and implementing higher education programs in nursing that would enhance the professional health opportunities for the millions of residents living in Rio Grand Valley and South Texas. With her vision and leadership, she has acquired administrative and state resources in the area of South Texas, to offer baccalaureate and master’s nursing programs for the Mexican-American citizens at Pan American College (now University of Texas-PanAmerican[UTPA]).

• Joy F. Reed, EdD, MS, BSN, will receive the Pearl McIver Public Health NurseAwardfor significant contributions to public health nursing. Reed served on the Standards Workgroup for the Exploring Accreditation Initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2005-2006 after serving as the Division of Public Health lead on establishing an accreditation system for local health departments in North Carolina. That system has been adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly and has received ongoing funding. Reed’s most recent work includes serving as chair of the ANA work group to revise the document, Public Health


Nursing: Scope & Standards of Practice. The revised document was published in 2007 and is now being used in the revision of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s work to revise the certification exam for the specialty.

• Rose Marie Martin, BSN, RN, OCN, will receive the Mary Ellen Patton StaffNurse Leadership Award for significant contributions to the professional advancement of staff nurses and improvement of the general welfare of staff nurses. Very active in her local state nurses association, Martin has distinguished herself through serving in multiple leadership roles with the Ohio Nurses Association, as a board member and chairperson of the Economic & General Welfare Commission. She also serves on the executive board of the Ohio AFL-CIO, as well as having served as president of her localunit(TheOhioStateUniversityNursesOrganization); she helped to write the local unit bylaws and articles of incorporation.

• Gail Stuart, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN, will also receive the Hildegard Peplau Awardfor contributions to the field of psychiatric nursing. Stuart has devoted 35 years of her professional life to the furtherance of psychiatric nursing theory, research, education and practice. Her work clearly reflects the leadership tradition of Dr. Hildegard Peplau. Stuart has participated in 29 funded research studies, exploring the many aspects of psychiatric care, including: patient compliance, medication efficacy, treatment of depression, anxiety and eating disorders, and mental health service delivery.

• Rona Levin, PhD, RN, will receive the Jessie M. Scott Award for demonstration of the interdependent relationships among nursing education, practice and research.

Levin is a nationally recognized expert in evidence-based practice (EBP), and is one of the leading authors, innovators, and educators in this area. The first nurse in theU.S.toeditandwriteabookonEffective Strategies For Teaching Evidence-Based Practice, this book is being used by numerous faculty and hospitals across the country to teach nurses how to implement EBP so that a higher quality of care can be delivered and patient outcomes improved.

• Pamela Cipriano, PhD, RN, FAAN, will receive the DistinguishedMemberAwardfor recognition of outstanding leadership and participation in and contributions to the purposes of the American Nurses Association (ANA). Having provided over thirty years of continuous service at both the state and national level to ANA and the American Academy of Nursing, she was appointed to the role of editor-in-chief for the official journal of the ANA, American Nurse Today. Ciprianooverseesmorethan3,000UniversityofVirginia(UVa)HealthSystemsemployees,as the chief clinical officer and chief nursing officer, for the UVA Heath Systems. Shehas written multiple articles for nursing textbooks and journals. She also serves as a clinical associate professor at the UVASchool of Nursing. Dr. Cipriano recently led theUVAHealthSystemtoachievingMagnetRecognition, nursing’s highest honor bestowed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. This honor, earned by only three percent of U.S. hospitals, recognizes excellence innursing care and practice.

• DeborahHogan, RN, MPH, will receive the StaffNurseAdvocacyAwardfor excellence in patient advocacy for staff nurses providing direct patient care. As a public health nurse in the state of Florida, Hogan is a “working supervisor,” providing direct patient care and coordinating the immunization program in her county for children and adults. In her

role as a nurse, she believes that it is her responsibility to advocate for strengthening the nursing profession, thereby improving the care of the citizens of Florida that she has chosen to protect. Through her outreach program, this utilizes an immunization van to provide access to preventive vaccines for the pediatric population, and the adult program, which protects many of the most fragile citizens from flu and Pneumococcal disease. Not only does she advocate for patients rights, but she also serves as president of the Florida State Nurses Association health care professional’s bargaining unit, advocating in the legislative arena.

• Russell E. Tranbarger, EdD, RN, FAAN, will receive the LutherChristmanAward to recognize the contributions that an individual man in nursing has made to the profession of nursing. Tranbarger’s spirit of professional activism has spanned his 40+ years in nursing. The first thirty years he spent as a registered nurse in practice, with ten of those years working as a staff nurse in medical/surgical nursing and the operating room. In 1971, while at North Carolina’s Memorial Hospital, he collaborated with Dean Lucy Conant of the School of Nursing and she appointed him an adjunct faculty member, thus making him the first male registered nurseontheUNCSchoolofNursingfaculty.Tranbarger is a tireless worker on behalf of the ANA through the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA), and the American Assembly for Men in Nursing (AAMN).

The ANA Honorary Award program is a lasting tribute to those nurses both male and female, who continue to ensure that the nursing profession remains viable through their roles as mentors, humanitarians, leaders, educators, collaborators, and advocates for professional nurses.

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AComplaintFreeWorld!How often do you complain? What do you

complain about? Maybe it's about traffic, the weather, your family, job, health, friends or finances.

How long do you complain? Are your complaints short such as, "I hate this stupid computer," or do you prefer the long-winded I-don't-care-who-you-are-but-I'm-gonna-talk-both-of-your-ears-off approach?

More importantly, are you ready to stop complaining? If so, I've found a great resource to help. In A Complaint Free World, author Will Bowen asks readers to take a "21-Day Complaint-Free Challenge." To help, he offers free purple plastic bracelets with the instructions, "If you catch yourself complaining, take the bracelet and move it to the other wrist." Bowen admits that the first time he tried to go 21 consecutive days without complaining, he was moving his own purple bracelet about 20 times a day.

Would you have similar results? To find out I challenge you order your bracelet by visiting: AComplaintFreeWorld.org. Alternatively, you can

start right now by putting a rubber band on your wrist, or a paperclip in your pocket. Each time you complain, move it to the opposite wrist or pocket.

LearnIt.UseIt.TeachIt.In-Joy, Susanne

CommunicationBoosterShot#3

WHATTOSAYWHENYOU'RESTUCK!Having to listen to a torrent of negative remarks

is like getting caught in a heavy rainstorm. It's not particularly pleasant, but it's something we all have to endure occasionally.

What do you do when listening to a steady stream of negative comments? How do you respond when people wax on and on about things gone wrong, detailing all of the tragic, horrible circumstances that have befallen them?

When someone is whining, or engaging in "poor-poor-pitiful me" dialogue, turn-around phrases may help. Rather than offering advice (which isn't

likely to sink in) turn-around questions can help a person arrive at their own solutions.

The following 15 questions can help

others to consider possibilities, solutions oralternativepointsofview.

• "Whatdoyouplantodo?"• "What do you think is the best way to

proceed?" • "Thenyouthinkweneedtoproceedby...?"• "What'snext?"• "What are you going to do to turn things

around?" • "Whatareyougoingtodotohelpfixthings?"• "Whatcanyoudotopatchthingsup?"• "Haveyouthoughtaboutwhatyouaregoing

to do to restore your relationship?" • "Whatareyoulearningaboutyourselfbythe

way that you are handling things?" • "What are you going to do to continue to

work effectively with him under these circumstances?"

• "Whatdoyouneedtobeabletomoveon?"• "Atwhatpointwillyoubeabletomoveon?"• "IsthereanythingIcandotohelp?"• "Whatisitthatyouneedfromme?"• "Doyouthinkyou'reontherighttrack?"

"Think before you speak. Remember silence can't be quoted." - Susanne Gaddis, PhD

Self-Diagnosis:

How do you respond to someone who constantly complaints?

YourPrescription:

Consider what you say to someone who's chronically negative. Offer a turnaround phrase.Watch what happens when others are encouraged to come up with their own solution and respond in a positive, constructive fashion.

communication Booster shots



continuing Nursing Education ListingsNMNA is now an ANCC-accredited approver- all CNE is ANCC approved!

A: = Alternative Therapies

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05/05/08 Albuquerque The Pathway to Excellence 1.0 NMNA Career Expo 303-325-8800

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SavetheDate!2008NursingExcellence

AwardsOctober25,2008

HyattRegencyTamayaSantaAnaPueblo

NominationsOpenMay1,2008;CloseAugust6,2008

www.nmnursingexcellence.org

ANA NewsSILVER SPRING, MD—In response to

the president’s proposed budget, the American Nurses Association criticizes what it believes is the insufficient funding for Title VIII Nursing workforce development programs. For fiscal year 2009, President Bush recommends $109,853 million in funding for Title VIII programs; this is a decrease of $46,193 million, or 29.6 percent from FY2008 funding. Title VIII programs serve to fund education programs, recruit new nurses into the profession, promote career advancement within nursing and recruit nurses to critical shortage areas.

The president’s proposal completely eliminates funding for Advanced Education Nursing Programs, which are currently funded at $61,875 million. These programs prepare nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, nurse educators, nurse administrators and public health nurses.

ANA cRITIcAL OF pREsIDENT’s pROpOsED BUDGETFY 2009 budget shows severe cuts in nursing programs

“Now is the time to invest in nursing. The current nursing shortage has reached a critical point where the quality of patient care is impacted,” said ANA President Rebecca M. Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR. “Increased funding for Title VIII programs is vital to save thousands of lives, and millions in health care costs linked to avoidable complications associated with the shortage. That is why ANA plans to request $200 million in Title VIII funding when Congress begins its work on the budget.”

The decrease in Title VIII funding represents only a portion of nearly a billion dollars in total cuts to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). ANA is deeply concerned about additional drastic cuts that would severely impact or eliminate other HRSA programs, including Title VII Health Professions the Office of Rural Health, and Public Health Improvement.


National Nurses Week 2008 Message from ANA president Rebecca M. patton, MsN, RN, cNOR

Greetings! As we celebrate National NursesWeek 2008 (NNW) May 6-12, the American Nurses Association (ANA) and its constituent member associations (CMAs) salute nurses across the country with the theme Nurses: Making aDifferenceEveryDay. Nursing is often described as both an art and a science; this year’s theme reflects the commitment nurses make every day for their patients and the compassion and quality of care they provide for their community.

Today’s nurses must have the strength to care for patients during times of disaster and crisis; the commitment to remain involved in continuing education throughout their careers; and the compassion to provide hands-on patient care at the bedside – as they have done throughout the centuries. Moreover, at 2.9 million strong, nurses represent the largest group of health care workers in America, and we have the power to achieve much-needed reform in nursing and in health care. That is why it is important to take time out during National Nurses Week to thank nurses for what they do and to remind the public just how vital our nation’s nurses are to patients, their families and society.

Of course, giving thanks, recognition and acknowledgement is only part of the reason we celebrate National Nurses Week every year. Another equally important reason is to remind the public of nursing’s contributions to the health and well-being of the nation. So, as you celebrate National Nurses Week this year, I hope you will also take a few moments to reflect on some of the challenges that also face nursing today, and the advocacy efforts of ANA in these areas:

• Establishing staffing levels that promote asafe and healthy working environment for nurses and to ensure the highest possible patient care. To support safe staffing,

ANA has launched a national campaign to help fight for safe staffing legislation. To find out more about what you can do to advance safe staffing, please visit www.safestaffingsaveslives.org. This Web site serves as a one-stop source of helpful information with user-friendly tools. On the site, you will be able to find ANA’s “Principles on Safe Staffing”, background research on safe staffing, federal and state legislation and ANA’s legislative and legal action.

• ANA favors a restructured health caresystem that does the following: Enhances consumer access to services by delivering primary health care in community-based settings; Fosters consumer responsibility for personal health, self care, and informed decision making in selecting health care services; Facilitates utilization of the most

cost-effective providers and therapeutic options in the most appropriate settings.

• TheAmericanNursesAssociationannouncedits endorsement of Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) for president in the 2008 election. In the Senate, Clinton has been an advocate for nursing issues. Clinton was in support of the Title VIII Nurse Reinvestment Act programs which provide much needed funding for nurse education. She recognizes the need for more nurse practitioners and supports increased authority for and utilization of nurse practitioners as a means of improving access to health care. She has a long history of advocacy for health care reform, and her health care plan emphasizes the need to reduce costs, improve quality and ensure affordable health care for all Americans.

• Increasing interest and support foraddressing educational preparation for the RN workforce. Evidence shows that higher levels of nursing education are linked with lower patient mortality rates, fewer errors and greater job satisfaction among RNs.

As we celebrate NNW, beginning with Nationals Nurses Day on May 6 and concluding with International Nurses Day on May 12, I hope you take time to reflect on how rewarding a nursing career can be, and to share your passion for nursing with others. This week is an opportunity to take stock, and take pride in what you accomplish as nurses, and hopefully to inspire others to choose this challenging and fulfilling profession.


❏Trilevel:ANA/NMNA/Districtmembership Active District “District 50”

❏ Full (employed fulltime or part time) $208.00 $17.84 $196.00 $16.84 a year a month a year a month

❏ Reduced 50% reduction in dues $104.00 $9.16 $98.00 $8.66❏ Not employed ❏ FT student ❏ New grad within 6 mo. of graduation a year a month a year a month ❏ 62 y/o and not earning more than Social Security allows

❏ Special—75% reduction in dues $52.00 $4.83 $49.00 $4.58❏ > 62 y./o and not employed or 0 Totally disabled a year a month a year a month

Choiceofpayment:❏ Full Annual Payment ( submit application with a check payable to ANA for the yearly amount)

❏ Online (www.nursingworld.org—credit card only)

❏ E-Pay (This is to authorize monthly electronic payments to American Nurses Association, Inc. (ANA)). By signing on the line, I authorize my Constituent Member Association (CMA)/ ANA to withdraw of 1/12 of my annual dues plus bank fees from my account.

❏ Checking—Please enclose a check for the first month’s payment; the account designated by the enclosed check will be drafted on or after the 15th of each month.

_________________________________________________Monthly Electronic Deduction Authorization Signature

❏ Automated Annual Credit Card Payment This is to authorize annual credit card payments to American Nurses Association, Inc., (ANA). By signing on the line, I authorize my Constituent Member Association (CMA)/ ANA to charge the credit card listed in the credit card information below for the annual dues on the 1st day of the month when the annual renewal is due.

❏ Monthly Electronic Payment through Credit Card Please complete the credit card information below and this credit card will be debited on or after the 1st day of each month.

CREDITCARDINFORMATION ❏ VISA ❏ Mastercard

Bank Card Number and Expiration Date ________________________________________________________________

Authorization Signature _______________________________________________________________________________

Printed Name on Card __________________________________________________ Amount __________________

Please mail your completed application to: New Mexico Nurses Association, P. O. Box 29658, Santa Fe, NM 87592 or American Nurses Association Customer and Member Billing, P. O. Box 17026, Baltimore, MD 21297-0405

By signing the Monthly Electronic Deduction Authorization or the Automatic Credit Card Payment Authorization, you are authorizing ANA to change the amount by giving the above-signed thirty (30) days advance written notice. Above signed may cancel this authorization upon receipt by ANA of written notification of termination twenty (20) days prior to deduction date designated above. Membership will continue unless this notification is received. ANA will charge a $5 fee for any returned drafts or chargebacks.

❏ NMNA-onlyorNMNA/District-ONLYmembership(NotANA)

Membership Category (check 1)

❏ NMNA only ❏ NMNA & active district only

$128.00/ yr. $140.00/ year Active districts: 1—Albuquerque, 2—Santa Fe, 9—Los Alamos, 10—Raton, 14—Las Cruces, 19—Farmington All other “districts” are subsumed into “District 50”—At Large members—no dues. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

❏ LPNAffiliatemembership(NotANA)

Membership Category (check 1)

❏NMNA only ❏ NMNA & active district only $50.00/ year $62.00/ year Active districts: 1—Albuquerque, 2—Santa Fe, 9—Los Alamos, 10—Raton,14—Las Cruces, 19—Farmington All other “districts” are subsumed into “District 50”—At Large members- no dues.

Make check payable to:New Mexico Nurses AssociationP.O. Box 29658Santa Fe, NM 87592-9658

Make check payable to:New Mexico Nurses AssociationP.O. Box 29658Santa Fe, NM 87592-9658

DistrictDues—All3TypesofMembers

Check Active Dues/yeardistrict Districtsifany

01—Albuquerque $12.00

02—Santa Fe $12.00

04—Clovis/Portales $12.00

07—Carlsbad $12.00

09—Los Alamos $12.00

10—Raton $12.00

14—Las Cruces $12.00

19—Farmington $12.00

50—“At Large” $12.00

A constituent member association of the American Nurses Association P. O. Box 29658, Santa Fe, NM 87592-9658 www.nmna.org 505-471-3324 Fax: 505-471-3314

CombinedMembershipApplication

___________________________________________________ for ANA/NMNA/ District membership, NMNA or NMNA/ District ONLY, and LPN Affiliate membership

Last name ___________________________________ First name ____________________________________MI_______ DOB: _________________________________

Checkpreferredcontact❏ Home Address _________________________________________________________________ City _________________________________________________________

County ____________________ State _______Zipcode________________________________ Hm. Phone (________) _________- _____________________________ Fax (_________)-___________-______________ Email: ________________________________________________________________________________________________

OR ❏ Employer name _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Street/POB___________________________________________________________________ City __________________________________________________________

County ___________________ State _______ Zipcode ______________________________ Wk Phone (________) -_________- ______________________________ Fax (_________)-___________-______________ Email: _________________________________________________________________________________________________

Basicnursingprogram/City/State______________________________________License#_____________________________LicenseState _____________________

Graduation month/ year ______________________________________________ Highest degree held ________________________________________________________

Member of a collective bargaining unit? ❏ YES - specify what unit_____________________________________________________❏ NO

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

New MembersDistrict1—AlbuquerqueCandy C. Norris, RNMichelle N. Shadron, RNCynde Tagg, RNVirginia Valentine, RN

District2—SantaFeMelanie S. Douglas, RNKevin J. Wolff, RN

District7—CarlsbadLynda Bickerstaff, RNFaith Goad, RN

District11—TaosJ. Todd deBurlo, LPN

District13—LasVegasDana T. Konno, RN

District14—LasCrucesPeggy Flores, RNMary M. Hoke, RNTerri S. Jones, RN

District19—FarmingtonEdwin A. Burton, RN

District50—AtLargeEstrella Lee, RNRuth Rhoad, RN

CurrentNMNAorNMNA/districtONLYmembersSylvia C. Burch, RNCarolyn A. Denton, RNSandra R. Franco, RNJudith M. Harris, RNJudith K. Candelaria, RNGwenyth Keppler, RNMargaret E. Nitterauer, RNJo A. Schroeder, RNElouie E. Wakefield, RN

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