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San Fernando Val ley Chapter of the American Associat ion of Cri
t ical Care Nurses
Sue Boryk, RN, BSN, CCRN Happy Summer Everyone! I hope you are
taking a moment and enjoying the pleasures that sum-mer breezes
bring and are relaxing a little. With August upon us, the
SFVCAACN has been in full swing preparing for the up-
coming year. June was our new leadership in-stallation month and
Ju-ly, our transition month. The incoming 2014-2015 board and
hospital liai-sons celebrated the achievements of this past years
leadership at the Liaison Appreciation cont. on pg. 2&3
Volume 1 , Issue 1
F RO M T H E P R E S I D E N T
August/September 2014
Board meetings are the second Thursday of each Month @ 7pm
please check website at http:/www.aacn.org/chapters/sfvc.nsf/other/
for details
Or email [email protected]
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AACN
FALL S YMPO S IU M OC TOB ER 8 , 2014
Fall
Symposium
With Kirsten
Pyle-Springer
October 8th, 2014
@0730 am-4:30pm
At the Odyssey
Visit Eventbrite at:
Sue Boryk President (left) and Cindy Kapucija Past Presi-
dent (right) meet Teri Lynn Kiss AACN President 2014-
2015 (center) at NTI Certification Celebration!
The SFVAACN is pleased to announce Kirsten Pyle-Springer as our
featured speaker at our Fall Symposium!
Back by popular demand she will entertain and educate us on a
variety of topics including:
Medical/Legal Case Reviews
Hypothermia
Sepsis
Street Drugs
Rapid Response Teams
https://sfvcaacn.eventbrite.com
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Volume 1 , Issue 1
2013/2014 SFV Chapter Accomplishments: 1. Going Green (still
some paper), use of electronic registration, e-newsletter,
e-invites, symposium syllabus on flash drives.
2. Offered the Leadership Development Workshop at NTI to all
SFVC members free of charge! We provided funding for nine members
of the
SFV board to attend NTI along with funding for one member to
attend A Slice of NTI in Los Vegas. We also made two education
scholar-
ships available to any member of SFVC. We increased our donation
to the Sharon Connor Fund to $1000.00.
3. We had a large group of members nominated for board positions
this year. We had an excellent response to our election with 48
mem-
bers voting. Due to the large number of nominees and in an
effort to encourage participation from newer members, the board
voted to in-
crease the number of member-at-large board positions to ten. At
this point we have our President lined up until 2017. We hope to
en-courage newer board members to step forward into more demanding
positions as time goes on. We have encouraged increased
mentorship
to better prepare board members to step forward into their
upcoming roles.
4. The Annual Fall and Spring Symposiums were extremely well
attended with a record number of attendees! We have made a point of
plan-
ning and preparing for our symposiums further in advance. We
continually search for, recognize and recruit potential speakers
and vendors
for our symposiums.
INSTALLATION DINNER 2014 AT ROYS RESTAURANT
!WOODLAND HILLS! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
Presidents Message cont. from pg 1. and New Officer Installation
Dinner held at Roys in Woodland Hills. John Malafonte of Otsuka
Pharmaceuticals hosted and provided a guest speaker for the
occasion. I want to thank Cindy Kapucija our past-
president for her insightful year as I succeed not replace her.
Her encouragement had many of you stepping forward challeng-
ing yourselves to provide the best care for your patients and
families. Many of you became certified at an advanced level,
con-
gratulations! I also want to salute an outgoing member at large,
Anna Dermanchyan! Anna, a fairly recent graduate, has held
many SFVC board positions and has been an incredible resource to
us. She has stepped down to pursue her PhD in nursing.
She continues with AACN at the national level on the nomination
committee. With gratitude and pride we wish Anna the best!
We hope that you too, will get out of your comfort zone and
enjoy some of the events and/or educational opportunities that
the
SFV Chapter offers, starting with our fall symposium this
October 8th.
Note from the Newsletter Editor and Immediate Past President: I
would like to thank the 2013-2014 board members for Step-
ping Forward to make this past year such a success! I look
forward to working with the incoming board to Focus the Fire!
Please submit articles to [email protected] by October 21st,
2014!
Cindy Kapucija
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San Fernando Val ley AACN
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Introducing the 2014-2015 SFVC Board Members!
President: Suzanne Boryk, Los Robles Hospital
President Elect: Michele Long, Los Robles Hospital
Past President: Cindy Kapucija, Los Robles Hospital
Vice President: Caroline Corralejo, Simi Valley Hospital
Vice President Elect: Sandy Wisler, Providence Holy Cross
Medical Center
Secretary: Gloria Taylor Lee, Los Robles Hospital
Treasurer Elect: Denise Chapnick, Northridge Hospital
Member at Large: Nancy Stewart, Los Robles HospitaL
Member at Large: Michelle Butler, Los Robles Hospital
Member at Large: Gavin OConnor, Los Robles Hospital
Member at Large: Melissa Steffen, Los Robles Hospital
Member at Large: Olena Svetlov, Los Robles Hospital
Member at Large: Kris Bounds, Providence Holy Cross Medical
Center
Member at Large: Kathy Cadden, Providence Holy Cross Medical
Center
Member at Large: Pamela Guevarra, Simi Valley Hospital
Member at Large: Kim Mazziotti, Providence St. Joseph Medical
Center
Member at Large: Lily Prasithpramote, Providence St. Joseph
Medical Center
Membership Chairperson, Historian: Kim Browne, Tarzana Medical
Center
Accommodations Chairperson: Mary Ratner
Hospital Liaison Chairperson: Irma Williams
Vendor and Student Chairperson: Marcy Bregman
Registration Chairperson: Nene Ruelo, Encino Tarzana Regional
Medical Center
Nomination Committee co-chair: Sherri Greif, St. John s Oxnard
and Pleasant Valley Hospital
Presidents Message cont. This past May, SFVAACN provided
scholarship opportunities to NTI in Denver. It was in Denver that
some of our
board members met Teri Lynn Kiss, our incoming national
president. At the certification dinner, she presented her theme
Focus the Flame energizing us to carry the fire to you. Using the
FIRE acronym Teri spoke of her passion for nursing and reminded us
as to why we once said yes to our career in nursing.
F is for Fearlessness, as we continuously strive to bring about
change.
I is for Inquiry, asking why or why not? Curiosity is the cradle
of learning, what works and what doesnt? R Stands for Resilience.
How have you changed over the years in Critical,
Progressive & High Acuity care? We have all had to meet
higher acuity patient and family needs.
E is for Engagement with the world we live in. In a healthy work
environment we are teaming with all levels of care. As team members
we also share in the pride of ownership.
Teri wants us to use our energy and our fire to drive our
imagination and our goals into positive action. Thus the theme,
Focus
the Flame! After summers contemplative rest, September is
traditionally the month of refocusing back to education or
resum-ing work. What are your goals this year? Between work,
friends, family and other life events, what do you want to
accomplish the rest of the year? Take a look at our timeline on the
website. Seek out a webinar through AACN or contact your hospital
liaison. Ask where you can attend a class or volunteer at an event.
Focus your flame! Catch a glimpse from NTIs Fire &
Su-persession given by the Silhouettes on youtube,ccna final
perfommance,video2.
Sue Boryk, SFVCAACN President 2014-2015
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The new SFVC Volunteer Committee is working to recruit members
and students in volunteering opportunities! As an organization
striving for the Circle of Excellence award it is important for us
to participate/volunteer and educate in our community.
Listed below are some volunteer opportunities. As you know we
need as many volunteers as possible to help us
achieve this goal!!! Please contact Debbie Licht for
information. Thank you!
Water Safety Event
August 16, 2014
Hours: 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Location: Malibu Makos Surf Camp
30600 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90265
Contact: Debbie Licht 805-370-4437 Lets go out, participate and
have some fun!
Gavin, Mellissa, Michelle and Nancy
Sidewalk CPR
September 7, 2014
Hours: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: St Johns Hospital
2121 Santa Monica Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Having fun in Denver! From left, Cindy Kapucija,
Sherri Greif, Sue Boryk and Nannette Logan
The Presidents Reception at NTI, from left: Michele Long, Vicki
Good AACN President 2013-2014, Sherri Greif, Sue Boryk,
Nannette
Logan and Cindy Kapucija
Chapter Networking Night in Denver! SFVC joined UCLA, Den-
ver, GWAC and VCC for a night of networking and fun!
NTI
Leadership
Development
Workshop
Its all busi-ness for Caro-
line Corallejo
and Sue Boryk
as they devel-
op their leader-
ship skills!!!
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