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Vol. 25 • No. 2 June, July, August 2012

The Official Publication of The Wyoming Nurses Association

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President’s Message

Faith M. Jones, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

by Faith M. Jones, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

In the 1600’s, Francois de la Rochefoucauld said “The only thing constant in life is change” this quote has certainly stood the test of time. Yet, the uncertainty of change brings with it much emotion which often results in resistance. I hope that many of you took advantage of the free webinar offered by ANA for Nurse’s Day on May 7, 2012–Navigating Nursing: How to Create the Change You Want. As part of the webinar, the ANA sent out a quiz on nurses who have created change. I am sure you know the answer to the first question:

This Italian-born aristocrat served as a nurse during the Crimean War, despite objections from her family. After the war, she attempted to reform the British military health system through her Royal Commission and was widely recognized for her publications on hospital planning and organization. Who is she?

Yes, of course... Florence Nightingale.

As our profession has just honored her birthday at the conclusion of our nurse’s week celebrations, it is my hope that everyone took a few moments to reflect on the profession of nursing and the nurses that have inspired them throughout their career.

There is no better time than today to get involved in our profession. The American Nurses Association is going through a transformation. This year at the House of Delegates, there will be transformational bylaws for the Delegates to vote on. These bylaw changes, if

implemented, would change the structure for the ANA Board, Committees, Delegates, and governance. The WNA Board has been meeting weekly via conference call to discuss the proposed bylaws in an effort to give appropriate direction to Wyoming’s Delegates as we prepare to cast our votes as your voice at the national level.

There are several changes being proposed that will be divided into five sections for voting:

1. Changing the Congress on Nursing Practice and Economics from elected seats into appointed Expert Panels

2. Adding language into the purpose and functions to include: advocate for workplace standards that foster safe patient care and support the profession.

3. Discontinuing the House of Delegates which is made up of a proportionate amount of delegates per state based on the number of members in each state. In place of the HOD, implement an Advisory Group which would be made up of two members from each state regardless of the number of members in each state. In addition to the change in make-up, this proposal also alters various functions and authorities that are currently under the HOD.

4. Reducing the size of the ANA Board; implementing a competency based Board; and transferring some of the current authority from the HOD to the ANA Board.

5. Changing from the current federated model to a membership model.

The above five sections are very broad overview statements that encompass many changes. In fact, the proposed transformational bylaws that the WNA Board are reviewing are about 50 pages in length. If you would like a copy of the proposed bylaws emailed to you to be more informed or would like to voice your opinions please contact any WNA Board member. Remember, it will be the four WNA Delegates that will be speaking for the WNA membership in Washington, DC this June during the House of Delegates. Your WNA Delegates are:

1. Mary Behrens–[email protected]. Anne Raga–[email protected]. Sue Howard–[email protected]. Faith Jones–[email protected]

I am happy to report that our voice is getting stronger as the membership of WNA continues to grow. To date, we now have 353 RN members! I would also like to welcome two Wyoming nursing organizations that have joined WNA as affiliate members: Wyoming School Nurses Association and Nurse-Family Partnership. Together our voice is stronger for our profession and ultimately for our patients. I challenge every nurse to get involved and be engaged in the work of the profession!

The Wyoming Nurses Association (WNA) Nominations Committee is seeking interested WNA members who wish to serve in leadership roles on the WNA Board of Directors.

Elected in 2012 by Statewide Ballot for a two year term is:President-ElectTreasurer

Duties of each office:

The President-Elect shall assume the duties of the President in his/her absence or at the direction of the President. The President-Elect shall serve as an ANA elected Delegate. The President-Elect shall serve as Chairperson of the Legislative Committee.

The Treasurer shall be responsible for monitoring the fiscal affairs of the Association and shall provide reports and

interpretations of WNA’s financial condition to the Board of Directors and the WNA membership. The Treasurer shall serve as chairperson of the Finance Committee. The Treasurer shall serve as the elected Second Alternate ANA Delegate.

All candidates for office must submit a “Consent to Serve” form, a statement (200-220 words) on what you believe are the major issues before the Association, in particular the position for which you are a candidate, and a photo by August 1st to the WNA Office. To obtain a “Consent to Serve” form or to learn more about each of the leadership positions please visit the WNA Website at www.wyonurse.org or call the WNA Office at 1-800- 795-6381. The nominations chair Cynthia Rankin is also available to answer any questions you may have regarding running for office. Cynthia can be reached at 307-751-9108 or [email protected].

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• Wyoming Nurse June, July, August 2012

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WNA BOARD OF DIRECTORSPresident:Faith Jones

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President Elect:Lisa Horton

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Acceptance of advertising does not imply endorsement or approval by the Wyoming Nurses Association of products advertised, the advertisers, or the claims made. Rejection of an advertisement does not imply a product offered for advertising is without merit, or that the manufacturer lacks integrity, or that this association disapproves of the product or its use. WNA and the Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc. shall not be held liable for any consequences resulting from purchase or use of an advertiser’s product. Articles appearing in this publication express the opinions of the authors; they do not necessarily reflect views of the staff, board, or membership of WNA or those of the national or local associations.

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Legislative UpdateToni Decklever, MA, RN

WNA Lobbyist

After a much needed break, the legislative committees are beginning to hold their interim meetings to discuss the priority topics that were developed at the end of the 2012 Legislative Session. These include:

Priority #: 1 Medicaid Review

Priority #: 2 Health insurance exchanges

Priority #: 3 Response to federal initiatives and agency reports

Priority #: 4 Public health preventive measures

Priority #: 5 Involuntary hospitalization

Labor Health and Social Services will hold their first meeting on May 31-June 1, 2012.

The purpose of the meeting is to: review the status of the Medicaid Cost Study and Medicaid Options Study; begin discussion of potential budget cuts in departments under the committee’s jurisdiction; investigate problems with involuntary hospitalization under Title 25 of the statutes; and review the status of implementation and challenges to the Affordable Care Act. The agenda can be found on the Wyoming Legislative website–http://legisweb.state.wy.us

This meeting will be held at the Central Wyoming Counseling Center in Casper and will start at 8:00am both days. Interim meetings are open to the public, so anyone is welcome to attend. Future LHSS meetings are scheduled for Sept. 6-7, Oct. 8-9 and Dec. 13-14, 2012.

For questions or comments regarding legislative issues, please contact Toni Decklever, RN at [email protected]

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Cheyenne District 1Maria Kidner, District 1 President

It was a sun-kissed day without torrents of wind or rain, yet 29 nurses gathered together to experience a time warp of the fourth dimension to share laughter and be empowered by one of the greatest nurses of all time: Florence Nightingale! Yes, Florence returned to us in person as we were celebrating her birthday and sharing the great wonders of nursing. She shared with us her trials and tribulations of her nursing education and quest to be a patient advocate by evidence-based practice (which she designed, collected the data, interpreted the statistics and then developed and executed the plans to decrease hospital mortality from close to 50% to less that 5%)! Although Florence dealt with extreme working conditions of rats, a dead horse in the clean water supply, maggots in the food, no nighttime electricity, and high mortality..... she also shared similar roadblocks to care: poor physician support, misrepresentation by media, complaints of uniforms, slow acceptance of the evidence, and poor hand washing compliance! However through her dedication, determination, innovation and integrity she persisted and created change.

It is those qualities that I see the in Wyoming nurse today. They were evident in listening to the new graduates excitedly talk about the future and those qualities were weaved through the “long-time” and retired nurses sharing past stories. I am amazed at the few nurses in District 1 who stepped forward to give of their time and talents to the board as their dedication, determination, innovation and integrity seeps through their every action. It takes all of us working together to have exciting events for District 1 nurses to attend. Despite having to contend with Cheyenne’s wind and snow, and sometime poor turnout, we are proceeding forward in designing the 2012-2013 District 1 events. We will be starting in September with a day-long lymphaedema education program for nurses and providers. In addition, this was the first year we had nursing students actively join our programs. There are five students that attended two or more functions, therefore they received a 1 year paid registration for WNA (we look forward to seeing you next year)!

The District 1 board would like to thank all the nurses who have joined in any of our events and welcome all those who would like to attend our meeting on the fourth Tuesday in October, January, and March and special events in September and May. In addition, we would like to thank Sue Howard, RN for her amazing transformation to Florence Nightingale and her leading us through Florence’s experiences in which we could recognize the incredible importance of nursing then and now. Thank you, Sue.

Casper District 2Jolene Knaus, District 2 President

We have had an additional two (2) meetings this spring. Our meeting on March 22, 2012 was very successful with >40 attendees. It was hosted at the Casper Shrine Club and we were treated to a delicious steak dinner with homemade dessert. Jill Conners, a public relations representative from the Shrine Hospital for Children® in Salt Lake City spoke shared with us the mission of Shiners’ hospitals and how anyone can make a referral. We also learned about the travel fund from Bill Sullivan. This fund assists the patient and family with the transportation needed to get to one of the Shrine hospitals. Craig Warner shared a moving video on a young man, Timmy, who has received Shrine hospital services. Timmy frequently sings the National Anthem at the Philadelphia Eagles games and he is considered their good luck charm.

National Nurses’ Week was celebrated at our May 8, 2012 meeting. We had 18 members present including 2 who joined at the meeting. Each attendee received a lighted book mark from the Board and at the end of the evening a drawing was held for a spa package. The winner was one of the new members,

Trina Soper. Speakers included Richelle Keinath, executive director of Wyoming Women’s Foundation, and she explained that the Foundation makes grants that benefit women and girls as well as our communities overall. The second speaker was Rachel Bailey who is the campaign manager for Smokefree Natrona County. This is a group of local organizations and individuals who support making all public and work places 100% smokefree in order to protect citizens and workers from the dangers of secondhand smoke. The membership voted on supporting the goal of Smokefree Natrona County and signed a document stating the same. We enjoyed delicious cake and punch at the end of the meeting. Our next meeting is October 25, 2012 at which time we plan to meet the political candidates in our district/s. We would love to have other nurses join us at our meetings. Contact: Jolene Knaus, [email protected] if you would like more information.

Rock Springs District 6K. David Bodily,

District 6 President

Greetings! Our annual Nurses Day Breakfast took place at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County on May 8th. Nurses from many specialties and retirees from the district gathered to celebrate contributions to our communities. There were more nominations for DNA6 Nurse of the Year than ever before. The award this year went to Melissa Anderson and ReaAnna Marchisio, nurses at the Sweetwater County Detention Center. The work of Ms. Anderson and Ms. Marchisio was brought to the attention of the district by Western Wyoming Community College nursing students and the team was nominated by a faculty member. Our district salutes them for their exemplary care and as professional role models.

Gillette District 10Rose Rennell, District 10 President

District 10 celebrated Nurse’s Week with its 19th Annual Nurse Award Banquet. We presented awards to Erin Carlson and Charity Lindholm for Rising Star Nurses. We anticipate great things from these nurses in the future. Clinical Excellence Award presented to Julia Norlin for her implementing the SANE program at Campbell Co Hospital. Nursing Leadership Award presented to Anne Raga, Director of Nursing at CCMH, and Community Health Promotion Award was presented to Stacy Hobbs, Nursing Instructor at Gillette College and member of our Public Health Board of Directors. We held a Nightingale Tribute to Honor Julianne

Matuska and Ruth Mortenson, nurses whom have passed in the last year and are missed by all of us.

Our Scholarship Raffle was renamed this year to the Julie Matuska Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship funds two scholarships, one for a high school student entering nursing school, and a current nurse pursuing continuing education degree. The first prize was a beautiful handmade Nurse’s quilt donated by Alicia LePard, won by Chrissy Howard. Second prize was a large wine basket won by Virginia Nolan. The evening was capped off by Florence Nightingale (Sue Howard) and her counterpart in 1950, (Alicia LePard) a nurse dressing in true 50’s style uniform with nursing study books. We were amazed as each shared their goals of the era to find they matched perfectly with the current IOM goals.

Watch the wyonurse.org webpage for pictures soon.At our April meeting a presentation was given by

the county Substance Abuse council. The numbers and statistics of our community were startling. We were asked to participate in a proclamation supporting a ‘public non- smoking community.’ This is being presented to our membership for consideration. Our June meeting is a dinner meeting on the second Thursday at Boss Lodge.

Laramie District 12 Rebecca Carron,

District 12 President

WNA District #12 had a busy spring of events. On April 4, 2012, District #12 held a joint meeting in Laramie with the Alpha Pi chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International. The theme of the meeting was “Health Care in Laramie” and focused on current nursing research activities in the community. Terra Harvey, Talisha Hobbs, and Adara Lindt from the Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing at the University of Wyoming presented their research entitled “Caring for the Prediabetic: What do NPs and MDs Recommend”. Their supervising professor was Jenifer Thomas, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nursing. The presentation was followed by a lively question and answer session. Next, Rebecca Carron, PhD candidate at the College of Nursing, University of Colorado Denver presented her dissertation research study plans entitled “The Effects of Perceived Stress, Depressive symptoms, Anxiety Symptoms, Body Mass Index, and Coping Processes on the Health-Related Quality of Life in Adult women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)”. Rebecca also answered questions regarding PCOS and her research. A delicious dinner prepared by Bob Niemoller accompanied the meeting.

District #12 celebrated Nurses Week with a non-denominational thank you and blessing for dedication and service at St. Matthew’s Cathedral, Laramie, WY on May 12, 2012. The event was organized by Elizabeth Huffsmith, Caitlin Vasquez, Jeanie Niemoller, and Rebecca Carron. Featured speakers for the event were Marilyn Engstrom, Dean, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Cathedral, Mary Beth Mankin, Pastor, 1st Baptist Church, and Sally Palmer from the United Church of Christ. The clergy representatives each gave a tribute to nursing and then various members of the audience also offered tributes to nurses. A highlight of the service was the blessing and anointing of the hands of each nurse with oil for love and service. Each nurse then received a lighted candle. The service closed with a nursing benediction. Music was provided by a trio of string players: Sarah Ferguson, Daniel Galbreath, and Wei Guo. Following the service, everyone met in the undercroft of the church for a delicious salad luncheon again prepared by Bob Niemoller. The keynote speaker during lunch was Susie Markus from the Wyoming Health Council. She spoke on promoting social justice and empowering youth and adults through the project of Photovoice. In this project, people make collage video presentations recording their thoughts and ideas on social justice and empowerment. This was a very thought provoking presentation and enjoyed by everyone.

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workgroups got together to discuss ways in which WNA could promote professionalism in nursing. Below is a summary of the topics that were outlined during those discussions. WNA membership and affiliate members hold the voice in what gets added to WNA Legislative Agenda each year. In August every member will be mailed a ballot for them to complete a survey selecting which ones if any they would like to see appear on the 2013 Legislative Agenda. WNA will add only those items to our legislative agenda that majority of the WNA members voting agree are ‘very important’.

2013 Legislative AgendaThe WNA should support (including legislation if

appropriate):1. Bachelor’s preparation within 10 years of

graduation from AD program (current nurses ‘grandfathered’-any legislation would affect future nurses).

2. Increased availability of bachelor’s nursing programs.

3. Financial assistance and reduced work time for practicing nurses pursuing bachelor’s degrees.

4. Continuing education requirement for practicing nurses

5. Provide continuing education as a mechanism for participation in organization

6. Collaboration between workplaces and schools of nursing (renew does this…)

7. An active liaison with student nurses associations.8. Collaboration with other health care disciplines in

bringing forward legislation

9. Leadership training in healthcare workplaces10. Career tracks that keep experience and advanced

degrees at the bedside11. Mentorship programs in the workplace12. Increased use of web based tools for professional

communication, collaboration and education13. Support opportunities for nurses to be involved in

community and world health care14. Continuity of health care with IT integration15. Patient advocacy “the courage to put patients first”

If you would like any further explanation on any of these topics please contact Lisa Horton email [email protected], phone 307.762.3270 or Kathy Luzmoor email [email protected], phone 307.875.3345 and they will provide you with any background information to assist you in your decision making.

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P ast Award Winners (2000-2011)Community Service/Health Promotion: Laura Wright, CheyenneLeadership In Nursing: Faith Jones, Powell

2005Excellence in Clinical/Practice of Nursing: Community Service/Health Promotion:Leadership In Nursing: Cheryl Wrasper, CasperOutstanding Service to WNA:

2006Leadership In Nursing: Mary Kay Goetter, Cheyenne

2007Excellence in Clinical/Practice of Nursing: Marcella Wright, Bosler Community Service/Health Promotion: Cathy Blanchard, CodyLeadership In Nursing: Robin Roling, PowellOutstanding Service to WNA: Krista Blough, Powell

2008Excellence in Clinical/Practice of Nursing: Nancy Gallinger, LanderCommunity Service/Health Promotion: Denise Schuler, PowellLeadership In Nursing: Maria Kidner, CheyenneDistrict 1 Nurse of the Year: Paula Belknap, CheyenneDistrict 16 Nurse of the Year: Lisa Horton, Otto

2009Excellence in Clinical/Practice of Nursing: Phyllis O’Connor, CheyenneCommunity Service/Health Promotion: Tia Hansuld, CasperLeadership In Nursing: Christina Brewer, PowellOutstanding Service to WNA: Veronica Taylor, Gillette

Deadline is August 1st

Plan to nominate a nursing colleague NOW for an award from Wyoming Nurses Association. There is no easier way to bring the honor that they deserve. We want to recognize and celebrate nurses from all across Wyoming but we need YOUR HELP in order to accomplish this celebrate.

Award nominations are due to the WNA office by Wednesday August 1, 2012. To obtain an “Award Nomination Form” visit the WNA website at www.wyonurse.org or email WNA Executive Director, Tobi Lyon at [email protected] or call 1-800-795-6381 for a form to be mailed directly to you.

Awards will be given in the following categories:

• Excellence in Clinical Nursing Practice Award–Criteria to Include:

1. Develops and delivers innovative and applicable approaches to enhance direct patient care in the clinical arena of nursing. 2. Practices at least 20% of work in a direct patient care setting. 3. Exemplifies behaviors reflecting the caring attitudes of nursing. 4. Demonstrates proficiency in the skills and techniques required by his/her clinical area. 5. Devotes time and energy towards delivering quality patient care within the clinical arena. 6. Serves as a role model for other nurses within the clinical arena. 7. Impacts the quality of patient care delivery and/or the response of patients to care they receive. 8. Licensed as a RN in Wyoming: (WNA Membership is NOT required.)

• Community Service/Health Promotion Award–Criteria to Include:

1. Active in development/delivery of community/ patient education. 2. Provides service to health care consumers. 3. Develops and/or delivers health promotion, health prevention or risk reduction program to the community.

4. Demonstrates an impact on community or target populations. 5. Active in recognized volunteer health organizations (March of Dimes, AHA, etc.) 6. Demonstrates innovative approaches toward community health programs. 7. Facilitates collaborative efforts with other health team members. 8. Contributes to the promotion of wellness within a community. 9. Licensed as an RN in Wyoming: (WNA Membership is NOT required.)

• Outstanding Service to WNA Award–Criteria to Include:

1. Holds current WNA memberships. 2. Participates at district, state or national level by serving on committees or as an officer. 3. Demonstrates involvement in promotion/ recruitment efforts for WNA. 4. Enhances the image of WNA. 5. Exemplifies professionalism in nursing. 6. Demonstrates a commitment of time, energy and dedication to WNA’s Purpose. 7. Recognizes the rurality of Wyoming and addresses specific needs of the organization statewide. 8. Licensed as an RN in Wyoming. 9. This award is not intended for the outgoing president of WNA

• Leadership in Nursing Award–Criteria to Include: 1. Participates in professional nursing organizations. 2. Contributes to the advancement of nursing. 3. Demonstrates creativity/management skills. 4. Serves as an articulate spokesperson for promotion of nursing. 5. Performs as a change agent or develops innovative approaches to further nursing practice. 6. Encourages recruitment/retention of qualified nurses into the nursing profession. 7. Demonstrates ongoing commitment to the lifelong nature of nursing education through continuing education, publications, research, presentations, or advanced education.

8. Collaborates with the legislative/political processes related to nursing. 9. Commits time, effort, and energy toward the profession of nursing. 10. Licensed as a RN in Wyoming. 11. Holds current WNA Membership.

• District Nurse of the Year Award–Criteria to Include: To recognize a nurse in each WNA district who has contributed to the district and profession in a significant way. There are 11 WNA districts and WNA wants to recognize one member from each of the 11 Districts.

1. Participates in district activities and supports their district. 2. Licensed as a RN in Wyoming. 3. Holds a current WNA Membership.

• Outstanding Leadership for WNA Award An award for outstanding leadership of WNA will

be given to the outgoing president, semi annually and the nomination will be a joint effort by the board and Executive Director and will include the accomplishments of the above during the term of office. This nomination will include information about events during the term and will also serve as a document to be archived for historical review. Nomination will be due at the August 1st deadline for the convenience of the committee preparing the event and ceremony.

• Lifetime Achievement Award A nomination to recognize a nurse for lifetime

achievement will also be solicited and may be awarded annually to a candidate under the following criteria:

• LongcareerasanurseinWyoming, • Hasshowncommitmentanddedicationtothe profession of Nursing • Hasbeenaninnovatoranddevelopedprograms, served on boards and committees to advance the practice of nursing and health care in Wyoming. • Providessupport,mentoringandrolemodelingfor other nurses. • Exemplifiestheroleofanursebyexhibiting caring and professionalism.

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2000Excellence in Clinical/Practice of Nursing: Mariah Perkins, PowellCommunity Service/Health Promotion: Diana Esteve, LaranueLeadership In Nursing: Alixe Fiedor, Cheyenne

2001Excellence in Clinical/Practice of Nursing: Rosalinda Meza, PowellCommunity Service/Health Promotion: Sue Hume, CheyenneLeadership In Nursing: Cheryl Koski, CheyenneOutstanding Service to WNA: Beverly McDermott, Laramie

2002Excellence in Clinical/Practice of Nursing: Janet Spomer, PowellCommunity Service/Health Promotion: Zelma McMullen, CheyenneLeadership In Nursing: Marlene Ethier, Rock SpringsOutstanding Service to WNA: Linda Mink, Rock Springs

2003Excellence in Clinical/Practice of Nursing: Noreen “Lynnae” Seeley, PowellCommunity Service/Health Promotion: Mary Kraft, EvanstonLeadership In Nursing: Hannah Health, GilletteOutstanding Service to WNA: Ronda Eagleson, Cheyenne

2004Excellence in Clinical/Practice of Nursing: Karolyn Rood, Powell

District 10 Nurse of the Year: Ginger Costin, GilletteDistrict 12 Nurse of the Year: Rebecca Carron, LaramieDistrict 16 Nurse of the Year: Jennifer Jones, Powell

2010Excellence in Clinical/Practice of Nursing: Nicole Rooney, LaramieCommunity Service/Health Promotion: Carrie Deselms, AlbinLeadership In Nursing: Mary Burman, LaramieOutstanding Service to WNA: Sue Howard, GillettePioneer in Nursing: Marian Gruenfelder, LaramieDistrict 1 Nurse of the Year: Paula Belknap, CheyenneDistrict 6 Nurse of the Year: Karlena Sheehan, Rock SpringsDistrict 10 Nurse of the Year: Rose Rennell, GilletteDistrict 12 Nurse of the Year: Norma Wilkerson, LaramieDistrict 16 Nurse of the Year: Celia Solis, PowellDistrict 50 Nurse of the Year: Judy Dixon, Rawlins

2011Excellence in Clinical/Practice of Nursing: Jason L. Jones, Rock Springs Community Service and Health Promotion: Penelope Caldwell, LaramieLeadership in Nursing: Maria C. Kidner, CheyenneOutstanding Service to WNA: Jeanine Niemoller, Laramie Lifetime Achievement: In loving Memory of Marjorie WilsonDistrict 1 Nurse of the Year: Jan Beeken, CheyenneDistrict 6 Nurse of the Year: Patty O’Lexey, Rock SpringsDistrict 10 Nurse of the Year: Anne Raga, GilletteDistrict 12 Nurse of the Year: Elizabeth Huffsmith, LaramieDistrict 50 Nurse of the Year: Barbara Clegg, Rawlins

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The Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing and the Wyoming Nurses Association invites health care leaders to participate in the Annual Wyoming Nursing Summit and the WNA Convention, September 13-15, 2012 held at the Hilton Garden Inn & University of Wyoming Conference Center, in Laramie, Wyoming.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

8.00 to 9:00 Registration and Breakfast with Venders

9:00 to 10:30 “Overall Supply of RNs in the Workforce”

Dr. Peter Buerhaus, Director for the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, Institute for Medicine and Public Health Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Dr. Buerhaus will lead a lively discussion of the near and long-term outlook for the overall supply of RNs in the nursing workforce. Included in his presentation will be key demographic and employment trends, discussion of the impact of the recession on the nurse labor market and how employment growth may change in the near-term (through 2015), including estimates of the relationship between national unemployment rates and RN employment and share ideas for nurse managers and workforce planners on how to prepare for the likely negative impact on nurse employment once a substantial jobs recovery begins in the larger economy. Through discussion of the latest forecasts of the future age and supply of the RN workforce, showing new data on why the longer-term forecasts are improving chances for an actual growth in the supply of RNs over the next two decades and providing results of studies assessing the contributions of nurse practitioners providing primary care.

10:45 to 12:00 Panel Discussion: Wyoming Nursing Employers and Workforce Issues

12:00 to 1:00 Lunch with Venders

1:00 to 2:00 Wyoming Nursing Workforce Update

2:30 to 4:00 Roundtable Discussions

4:00 to 5:00 Toni Decklever, MA, RN, WNA Lobbyist–“Legislative Update”

Friday, September 14, 2012

8:00 to 9:00 Breakfast

9:00 to 10:30 National Nursing Workforce Minimum Datasets

Mary Lou Brunell, Executive Director of the Florida Center for Nursing

Ms. Brunell will be discussing the construction and use of the National Nursing Workforce Minimum Datasets, focusing on nursing supply, nursing demand, and nursing education programs. These documents are intended to establish standardized data to be collected by each state as part of a larger effort to effectively quantify and address the country’s critical nursing shortage–which is expected to grow to between 340,000 and 1,000,000 Registered Nurse full-time equivalent vacancies by 2020.

10:45 to 12:00 Wyoming Center for Nursing’s Healthcare Partnership

12:00 to 1:15 Lunch (Summit ends at noon and the WNA Annual Convention Begins)

1:15 to 1:30 Welcome from Laramie Mayor Scott Muller

1:30 to 2:30 “Transformation in Healthcare Industry”

Carol Dozier, RN, MBA, President and CEO, Ivinson Memorial Hospital

Ms. Dozier has over 29 years of healthcare experience and began her career as a registered nurse. She joined Ivinson Memorial Hospital in 2007, coming from Kentucky where she was also a CEO. Dozier obtained her undergraduate degree from Purdue University and her MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University.

2:30 to 2:45 BREAK

2:45 to 3:15 Panel Discussion—“Nurses Role in Post Healthcare Reform Changes”

3:15 to 4:30 “The Membership Voice”

6:00 Dinner Banquet and Awards Ceremony

At the Historic Ivinson Mansion in the Alice Hardy Stevens Center

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Peter Buerhaus

Mary Lou Brunell

Saturday, September 15, 2012

8:00-8:45 Breakfast

9:00-11:00 “Experience and Efforts to Build, Maintain and Retain the Nursing Workforce in Colorado”

Karren Kowalski, RN, Ph.D., NEA-BC, FAAN, President and CEO of Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence

Dr. Kowalski has served as Project Director for three HRSA Grants on Leadership Development and for the Colorado Trust grant on Frontline Leaders Leading a Quality Initiative and project director for the Clinical Scholars project funded by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. She is a Professor at Texas Tech University Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing and teaches part time in the DNP program in Nursing Administration. She previously served as Asst Vice President and Administrator of Women and Children’s Services and Chairperson of the Department of Maternal Child Nursing at Rush-Presbyterian-St.Luke’s Medical Center and Rush University in Chicago.

Karren served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in Viet Nam. She was stationed in a Surgical Hospital north of Saigon, a hospital much like “MASH” and she worked both pre-op triage and post-op, recovery and Intensive Care.

Dr. Kowalski completed her doctoral work in Sociology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where her major areas of study were Leadership, Women’s studies and the Family. She received her BS from Indiana University and her MSN from the University of Colorado and has held multiple leadership positions from the head nurse to director and administrator. She has served as Project director on seven major state and federal grants totaling more than $6.4 million. In all these positions, she has developed innovative and creative approaches to problem solving. She has authored numerous articles and co-edited five advanced textbooks, the latest of which is Beyond Leading and Managing, Nursing Administration for the Future, which she co-authored with Dr. Patricia Yoder-Wise.

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The Wyoming Nurses Association cordially invites you to exhibit at our annual convention and summit on Thursday September 13, 2012 at the Hilton Garden Inn & University of Wyoming Conference Center, in Laramie, Wyoming. Attendees will include nurses, nurse practitioners, educators, and students from all across Wyoming and various practice settings. This conference is granted to be one you and your company will not want to miss.

Your business will be recognized for their support in both the program materials, association publications and signage during the convention. Exhibits will be open Thursday September 13, 2012 starting at 8:00 a.m., during breakfast and registration for attendees. There will be two breaks, one in the morning and one in the afternoon exhibitors can close there booth after 3:30. These times as well as time during the lunch break will be open for attendees to attend your table. This will give every conference attendee ample amount of time in front of YOU and your booth!

Rates: General Sponsorship $500 Refreshment Break Sponsorship $300 Lunch Sponsorship $1000 Breakfast Sponsorship $600 Exhibit Display Fee $200

If you sponsor any one of these things we will waive the display fee cost of $200, and you will be able to display with no additional cost.

The deadline to be an exhibitor is August 15, 2012.

Please visit the WNA website www.wyonurse.org to download the exhibitor/sponsorship information or contact the WNA office by email at [email protected] or phone at 1-800-795-6381 for more information about becoming an exhibitor or interested in learning more about the sponsorship opportunities and benefits.

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Registration Fees(Fees include materials, meals, and awards banquet)

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$50 administration processing fee will be assessed for cancellation after September 7th. Please send written confirmation. No refunds for no-shows. To pay by check cut use this form and mail with payment to WNA office. To pay by credit card go to www.wyonurse.org to register and pay directly online.

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Hilton Garden Inn & University of Wyoming Conference Center, 2229 Grand Avenue, Laramie, WY, 82070, Phone: 307-721-7570. Reservation must be made by August 12th, 2012. The room rate is $105 for a standard sleeping room and the block of rooms are under “Wyoming Nurses Association 2012.”

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June 20, 2012)–Nurse practitioners (NPs) and nurse practitioner advocates, recipients of the prestigious State Awards for Excellence, will be honored during the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) 27rd National Conference in Orlando, Florida June 20-24, 2012.

The State Award for Nurse Practitioner Excellence, founded in 1991, recognizes an NP in a state who demonstrates excellence in practice, research, NP education, or community affairs. In 1993, the State Award for Nurse Practitioner Advocate was added to recognize the efforts of individuals who have made a significant contribution toward increasing the awareness and acceptance of the NP.

Mary Behrens RN, FNP-BC will receive the Wyoming Award

The AANP was founded in 1985 and is the oldest, largest and only full-service national professional organization for NPs of all specialties. With more than 34,000 individual members and over 170 group members, AANP provides national representation for approximately 155,000 NPs. AANP continually advocates for the active role of NPs as providers of high-quality, cost-effective and personalized health care. For more information about AANP visit www.aanp.org.

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NP International Humanitarian Award (Long-term Focus) honors members whose altruism, vision, leadership and dedication provide models to emulate and whose contributions have made a lasting difference. The 2012 award winner is Mary Behrens, RN, MS, FNP-BC, Casper, Wyoming. The award was submitted by Dr. Maria Kidner, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Below is the nomination letter that was submitted by Dr. Kidner;

There comes a time in life when you are very fortunate to have met an individual that impacts your life and inspires you to reach out and be innovated to cross the boundaries of fear. Mary Behrens, RN, MS, FNP-BC, is one of those nurse practitioners that take innovation, integrity, and creativity. This is the essence of taking caring to a higher level in multiple and complex layers of nursing and humanitarian activities to improve nursing globally. Mary’s goal to recognize the importance of global health and nursing education became a reality through her integral part of the Friendship Bridge teaching program in Vietnam. This creative adventure started with a trip to Vietnam and the learning that nurses had no formal education, but rather learned what physicians needed. The desire to establish a true, well-designed and sustainable education pathway for nurses in Vietnam took international and regional trade agreements. In the late 1980’s the foundation was started based upon the input of Vietnamese nurses, their desires for a modern baccalaureate program where they developed the curriculum for their culture supported by a small group of American nurses with an intense desire to make a difference in a third world country. The first classes started in 1995 despite the fact that the United States did not have a diplomatic relationship with Vietnam! They worked on classes through phone and fax. On site education was rocked with a variety of surmountable roadblocks that included hot, humid conditions, poor classrooms, no anatomical models, books, or equipment and a previous education culture of strict formal education without interaction. Yet despite an austere and harsh physical environment, Mary found the students (although shy) had an intense desire to learn and a true pioneer spirit to be the first to embrace a new process. A nationally recognized School of Nursing was born.

All humanitarian projects need a strong foundation and a process to sustain and grow. The ultimate is training the trainer to nurture and guide the local community to own the project and make it theirs. Many short-term missions lack this long-term planning, but not Mary Behrens’s humanitarian dream. She has returned to Vietnam 1995, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2010 teaching classes, growing and guiding leadership development, engaging in professional issues of the country. Friendship Bridge has been such a success that the project is about to graduate Vietnam’s first master prepared nurses! An amazing attribute to a few American nurses in which Mary Brethren’s innovation, creativity, dedication and determination has created an enormous change in the international nursing world in Vietnam.

However, Mary’s impact on the international community was not isolated to “just” developing and teaching in a rural third world country in conditions few can imagine. Her impact is deeper; it is the leadership she shares and grows in others thus helping others reach past their potential. In 1999 she attended Vietnam’s National Nursing meeting with the Ministry of Health in Hanoi to help solidify the foundation and sustainability of the Friendship Bridge. In 2006, Mary Behrens testified in Geneva at the WHO about the international nursing shortage and exportation of nurses creating a brain drain in their local countries. She has been an incredible nursing advocate and instrument in understanding difference in global education and regulation requirements. Mary Behrens has made a difference in an entire country and continues to be a supporting force of change.

Many people go on medical missions and humanitarian projects for a few weeks a year. Most often these are to provide direct care to a vulnerable population, and if these teams return to the same group frequently, then great community good can arise. However, teaching local women and men to become registered nurses through culturally based education will grow the health of the entire community and country. Mary’s work has covered

over a decade of dedicated service to a third world country most of us would not venture to go. The Friendship Bridge and Mary Behrens exemplifies the humanitarian Nurse Practitioner to perfection.

Mary Behrens with Masters students in Physical Assessment at University of Medicine and

Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam in 2009

Testifying at WHO Assembly in Geneva in 2006 as part of the official US Delegation on the

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Teresa Corkill, District 2 WNA Member, testified at the Casper City Council Meeting Tuesday May 15, 2012 on behave of Smoke Free Natrona County to support the no smoking Ordinance in Public places. Teresa spoke of the dangers of second hand smoke and that District 2 WNA nurses support its passage. American Nurses Association strongly supports smoke free environments and assistance for nurses who still smoke. The Ordinance passed on its 1st reading with a 6 to 2 vote. Thanks Teresa Corkill for being an outstanding nurse leader. Welcome New

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SILVER SPRING, MD–First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden have announced a commitment from nurses across the country who are eager to serve our veterans and military families as well as they have served us. The American Nurses Association (ANA), in coordination with the Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Defense, is co-leading a broad, coordinated effort of more than 160 state and national nursing organizations and more than 500 nursing schools to ensure our nation’s 3.1 million nurses can better meet the unique health needs of service members, veterans, and their families.

Other partnering organizations include the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, American Organization of Nurse Executives, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, the National League for Nursing, and the federal nurses of the military and public health services, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The nursing organizations and schools have committed to educating current and future nurses on how to recognize and care for veterans impacted by post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, depression, and other combat-related issues, in ways appropriate to each nurse’s practice setting.

ANA Joins Forces with First Lady and Dr. Biden to Meet the Health Needs of Veterans and Military Families

“Whether we’re in a hospital, a doctor’s office, or a community health center, nurses are often the first people we see when we walk through the door. Because of their expertise, they are trusted to be the frontline of America’s health care system,” said First Lady Michelle Obama. “That’s why Jill and I knew we could turn to America’s nurses and nursing students to help our veterans and military families get the world-class care that they’ve earned.”

Nurses are at the center of providing lifesaving care in communities across the country–and their reach is particularly important because our veterans don’t always seek care through the VA system,” said Dr. Biden. “This commitment is essential to ensuring our returning service men and women receive the care they deserve.”

ANA President Karen A. Daley, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, said, “The American Nurses Association is honored to participate in the White House’s Joining Forces Initiative. We are dedicated to addressing the specific health care needs of military service members, veterans, and their families. They sacrifice much for our country. In return, we owe them our professional expertise to help them with the traumas of deployment and the challenges of homecoming.

“We seek to educate and prepare every nurse to recognize symptoms, provide care, and refer those with both visible and invisible wounds of war to get treatment,” Daley stated.

Post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury have impacted approximately 1 in 6 of our troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq–more than 300,000 veterans. Since 2000, more than 44,000 of those troops have suffered at least a moderate-grade traumatic brain injury. Health care professionals who have received extensive training in mental health issues often treat veterans seeking care within the VA health system. But the majority of veterans in the country seek care outside of the VA system; they usually visit their local hospital staffed by nurses and physicians in their communities.

Following the announcement, more than 80 nursing leaders gathered for a summit to unify the profession’s commitment to Joining Forces and to generate new ideas about ways to support the efforts.

ANA and its partners have pledged to: • Educate future nurses to care for our nation’s

veterans, service members, and their families facing post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, depression, and other health care issues.

• Ensurethatevidence-based,bestpracticesareusedin providing care.

• Disseminate the most current information relatedto post-traumatic stress disorder and other health conditions.

• Add to thecurrentbodyofknowledge to improvecare.

• And lead the health care community in achievingthe Joining Forces health goals.

In addition, the organizations are encouraging nurses to take a personal pledge in support of Joining Forces. For more information and to access the pledge, go to http://www.anajoiningforces.org/.

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In recent months ANA’s leadership has been engaged in many conversations across the association as part of its strategic planning. The conversations have been influenced by a book published in 2011 entitled, Race for Relevance, by Harrison Coerver and Mary Byers, CAE. In the book, the authors challenge conventional association practices and provide a framework for taking bold action for driving future association success. ANA and state association leaders have embraced the concepts in the book as the framework to developing our preferred future.

The Race for Relevance framework for creating necessary change includes five components: overhauling governance, empowering the CEO and staff, rigorously defining member markets, rationalizing and simplifying programs and services, and building a robust technology program.

In November, the Constituent Assembly passed a motion–which the ANA Board subsequently supported–requesting that the staff put a plan together based on three issues: cooperation and synergy, member growth, and further discussions of business arrangements. It was exciting to see the state association leaders take the lead in our race and embrace the need for bold, quick, and radical change.

Since November, leaders across the association have engaged in a robust dialogue about a future vision for ANA. It is clear that the structure and processes that served us well in the past do not position us for success in our fast-paced, digital world and that to meet the changing needs of nurses, ANA must change. To prepare for our two-day strategic planning session, we integrated feedback from our constituent and state nurses associations’ (C/SNA) elected leadership with data compiled by ANA staff that made a strong case for radical change.

In my position, I have an opportunity to meet with nurses around the country. I have been inspired by the innovative things nurses are doing in their hospitals, schools of nursing, clinics, and private practices. Recently, I had the privilege of spending the day at my alma mater, the Catherine Labouré School of Nursing in Boston. One of the amazing things about visiting a school of nursing is seeing the advances in the curriculum and teaching methods. Of course, technology has transformed health care and nursing practice and with the growing emphasis on electronic health records, quality measurement, and pay for performance, the pace of change will increase.

Another refreshing development is the growth in the number of young people choosing our profession. After three decades of decline in the number of students pursuing nursing education following high school, we have recently seen a resurgence of new nursing graduates in their early twenties. That is encouraging news given the overall aging of the profession and projections of widespread shortages when many of today’s practicing nurses begin to retire. We need young people to become the next generation of expert clinicians, educators, researchers, and leaders of our profession.

As I take stock of the dramatic changes in nursing, I am struck by how little has changed about the American Nurses Association (ANA) and how we provide services to our members. One thing I know is our membership has declined. While the reasons are multi-faceted, the bottom line is clear–fewer and fewer RNs are choosing to join and participate in ANA and certainly, unlike our schools of nursing, we are not seeing an infusion of young people.

ANA President’s PerspectiveANA’s Race for Relevance

During the sessions, the ANA leadership reaffirmed its commitment to nurses and nursing, and to the important relationship between ANA and its C/SNAs. Those commitments aligned with the board’s intent to lead ANA through a transformation that will bring about necessary changes that involve a number of critically important elements.

The board envisioned a robust ANA with great relevance to nurses’ needs and wants, and holding the top spot among national professional associations in health care. Our preferred future is one where ANA is nimble, powerful, innovative and in great demand.

ANA is pursuing a path of necessary and radical change, and we look forward to ongoing dialogue with the membership in the months ahead. As we move from concepts to details and discuss structure and processes in this transformational change, all of our decisions will be guided by a clear set of principles: reducing our vulnerability to external threats, creating mechanisms for maintaining state identity while bringing all entities closer together under ANA, demonstrating member value, building simplified processes and structures, and eliminating redundancy and waste while increasing the association’s efficiency and effectiveness.

This is an exciting time for the entire ANA enterprise. Together, we have an opportunity to create our preferred future and to strengthen our voice within the health care community. It is my hope that you will remain open to the possibilities as a new vision and direction for ANA’s future unfolds.

This article has been reprinted with the permission of the American Nurses Association.

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SILVER SPRING, MD–Communication and collaboration are critical elements of success for effective work environments, particularly in health care. When these elements break down, the result can be a cascade of negative events. Yet when collaboration is strong, it reaps positive benefits on the workplace culture and patient outcomes.

In order to boost collaboration where it is needed most, the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) have jointly released a new document, Principles of Collaborative Relationships Between Clinical Nurses and Nurse Managers. The document is a key resource for all nurses who seek to prioritize and sustain better collaboration in their work settings.

“These principles have the potential to sustain dynamic relationships between nurses, and enhance the value and contribution of both nurse managers and clinical nurses to patient care,” said ANA President Karen A. Daley, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN. “Our goal in this work is to create work environments where nurses thrive, and even more important, patient care is the best it can be.”

ANA and AONE developed the Principles through a real-world example of an effective collaborative relationship. The two organizations each selected three nurse managers and three clinical nurses to ensure a balanced perspective from each side. The group worked together to determine the principles of effective working relationships and then developed guidelines for each.

“With the ever-evolving nature of health care delivery, there is a strong need for increased synergies between clinical nurses and nurses in more formal leadership positions,” said AONE President Laura Caramanica, RN, PhD, CENP, FACHE. “These newly outlined principles provide a framework to positively impact collaboration.”

The Principles are divided into three main themes–Effective Communication, Authentic Relationships, and Learning Environment and Culture. Within these themes, the Principles outline key concepts such as “Foster an open, safe environment,” “Empower others to have ideas,” and “Inspire innovation and creative thinking.”

Research in many industries and environments demonstrates the imperative of positive working relationships in achieving goals. Nurses have an increased need for positive relationships, based on the criticality of their work and the emotional and physical nature of nursing practice. The Principles should serve as a guide for enhancing good collaboration where it occurs and improving situations where it is sub-optimal. The document is available at www.nursingworld.org/PrinciplesofCollaborativeRelationships

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SILVER SPRING, MD–Studies report that between 18 percent and 31 percent of nurses have been the targets of bullying behaviors at all levels of practice. Nurses suffer personally, employers lose employees, and patients pay a price, too.

The experience and serious costs of sustained physical and emotional abuse even have caught the attention of Hollywood. Attention was focused on the topic of bullying with the March 30, 2012 release of the documentary film Bullying. The documentary confronts the tragic outcomes of such behavior and gives an intimate glimpse into the struggle to find answers.

Responding to the needs of nurses, ANA created a new timely, informative publication, Bullying in the Workplace: Reversing a Culture, that sheds new light on this growing social problem affecting nurses. This publication helps nurses understand and deal with bullying and its perpetrators and to counter the culture of bullying in their work environments.

It is a must read for nurses who want to increase their professional awareness and knowledge and develop the skills needed to effectively manage bullying behaviors and create safe workplaces. Key topics include:

New ANA Publication Bullying in the Workplace Addresses a Growing Social, Workplace Problem for Nurses

• Recognizingactsofbullying.• Identifying the causes and consequences of

bullying. • Learning about the expected actions and

responsibilities of individual nurses, nurse managers, and health care organizations, including zero tolerance policies.

Consequences of Bullying Bullying has both individual and organizational

consequences. Victims of bullying may experience physical symptoms such as loss of sleep as well as psychological symptoms ranging from frustration to fear and depression.

Nurses who experience bullying are more likely to leave the organization. So bullying can cause organizations to incur excessive sick time and replacement costs.

Bullying also jeopardizes patient care. Studies report that over the past few years, disruptive behaviors resulted in adverse events, medication errors, and near misses.

Press copies are available upon request by contacting: [email protected].

Please include name of publication, organization, reviewer name, and address information, including phone and e-mail address.

ABOUT THIS BOOK Release Date: 03/12Page #: 28 pagesISBN-13: 978-1-55810-4341 Price: List $29.95 / ANA Member $19.95Web link: http://www.nursesbooks.org/Homepage/Featured-Items/Bullying-in-the-Workplace.aspx

The ANA is the only full-service professional organization representing the interests of the nation’s 3.1 million registered nurses through its constituent and state nurses associations and its organizational affiliates. The ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the rights of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.


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ReNEW (REvolutionizing

Nursing Education in Wyoming)

UpdateMary E. Burman

Co-Chair, WCNHCP Advisory BoardMatt Sholty

Office Associate, WCNHCP

The Wyoming Center for Nursing and Health Care Partnerships hosted a very successful ReNEW Kick Off at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne on February 22nd… despite road closures, gale force winds, blizzard conditions, and lots of snow! Never doubt the ability of hearty Wyoming folks to battle the elements to do what needs to be done! All ReNEW committee members were invited to help launch this incredible statewide initiative and about 45 people attended. Deb Center, from the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence, facilitated the meeting focusing on community building, consensus decision-making, and handling “hot button issues” and conflict. We also took a few minutes to celebrate the Initiative with a toast.

Ms. Center taught the participants a negotiation tool, called “Tagging.” “Tagging is surfacing or raising an issue that needs to be discussed and resolved because it is impacting a group’s or team’s performance. When you raise an issue to a more conscious level, point to it, or call attention of others, you are tagging it” (Carl Larson, Negotiator). There are four parts to a tag:

1. Goal: A solution-focused statement of what you want and why it is important.

2. Observation: A solution-focused statement related to what you have observed, see currently or think is happening to affect performance.

3. Pause and Request for Feedback: Is done in the form of question, intended to seek feedback and gain clarity.

4. Suggestion: A solution-focused idea of something to try. This may be brainstormed with the person being tagged.

Participants took several different potential “hot button” issue for ReNEW, e.g., CNA requirement for nursing school admission, and practiced tagging in groups. As we move forward with ReNEW, we will continue to develop our skills in consensus building, negotiation and handling conflict.

In an effort to increase the visibility of ReNEW around the state, the ReNEW Steering Committee has been working with Warehouse 21, a marketing firm in Cheyenne, to develop a logo. The logo is bright to grab people’s attention, uses the abstract circle of hands to represent unity with so many people involved in ReNEW, and includes the Nightingale lamp to signify nursing.

RENEW is sponsored by the Wyoming Center for Nursing and Health Care partnerships (WCNHCP). If you have questions about RENEW, please feel free to contact the WCNHCP at 307-766-6715 or [email protected]. Or visit the WCNHCP website at http://wynursing.org.

Mary E. BurmanCo-Chair, WCNHCP Advisory Board

Veronica TaylorCo-Chair, WCNHCP Advisory Board

Matt SholtyOffice Associate, WCNHCP

The Day of Dialogue on Nursing Leadership

May we hope that when we are all dead and gone, leaders will arise who have been personally experienced in the

hard, practical work, the difficulties and the joys of organizing nursing reforms, and who will lead far beyond

anything we have done~Florence Nightingale

On April 11, 2012, 50 health care and nursing leaders gathered in Casper in a “Day of Dialogue” to talk about the future of nursing and nursing leadership in Wyoming. Most nurses already have experience, intelligence and creativity to provide exceptional patient care. Yet, the future of our health care delivery system requires something more. The transformation of our health care delivery system requires nurses to become exceptional leaders ready to advance care across the entire health care continuum. The overall purpose of the Day of Dialogue, sponsored by the Wyoming Center for Nursing and Health Care Partnerships (WCNHCP) and the Wyoming Nurses Association (WNA), was to begin the process of creating a preferred future for nursing leadership in Wyoming. More specifically, the Day of Dialogue will help the WCNHCP and WNA build on the successes of the Wyoming Nursing Leadership Institute (WNLI) and expand the leadership competencies and curriculum to prepare future Wyoming nurse leaders.

It was a fantastic day with a constant chatter and a continual buzz as people discussed their ideas of what nursing leadership could look like in Wyoming. The morning started off with a thought provoking presentation by Dr. Susan Hassmiller, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Senior Adviser for Nursing and the Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing at the Institute of Medicine (IOM), providing a national perspective on nursing and nursing leadership. She provided background on the IOM Future of Nursing report overall recommendations, which focus on education, practice, collaboration, leadership and workforce data (see http://thefutureofnursing.org/ for more information about the recommendations).

In order to reach these goals, the RWJF and AARP have partnered to develop the Future of Nursing Campaign for Action. She highlighted the need for nurses to bring their voice and point of view to management and policy discussion. She also emphasized the need to develop nurses to provide leadership at every level, specifically lead efforts to improve health care quality, safety, access and value. She challenges the participants with the paradox that while nurses are routinely viewed as the very trustworthy and are the largest group of health care professionals, very few nurses serve as hospital board members. Opinion leaders in a recent Gallup poll noted that nurses should have more influence in reducing errors, increase the quality of care and promoting wellness. She ended up giving us a clear challenge… To take up the

mantle of leadership and follow Florence Nightingale’s charge!

Following Dr. Hassmiller’s presentation, Jean Scholz, consultant to the Wyoming Nurse Leadership Institute, lead the group through a very interactive process to create a new vision for Wyoming nursing leadership. Participants started by discussing what the future would look like if we just kept doing what we are doing now. While there were some positives things about this future, e.g., the increased use of APRNs, there were many not so positive things as well, such as continued lack of nursing presence at key tables. Ms. Scholz dramatically tore up this expected view of the future, and the group settled down to create a preferred vision for nursing leadership. This preferred vision for nursing leadership includes a variety of different components:

• Clearrecognitionofnursing’sprofessionalism

• Advancementintheuseoftechnology

• Stronger nursing leadership, e.g., policy makersusing nurses as a top resource when making health care related decisions.

• NursingeducationistransformedthroughReNEW

• Collaborationacrossallmembersofthehealthcareteam using evidence-based practices

• APRNs and care managers provide and shareaccess to health care through a nursing model

• Nursingmentorshipandsupport.

The next steps are to develop a “Design Team” to work towards implementing this preferred vision of nursing and nursing leadership. This vision of what nursing could be will be critical as we work to continually improve the Wyoming Nurse Leadership Institute. What kind of curriculum and experiences do WNLI participants need in order to provide “health care through a nursing model?”

If you have input or want to be involved, please let us know. We’d love to involve you!

The WCNHCP is the nursing workforce center and Action Coalition for the State of Wyoming. The mission of the center is to strengthen the nursing workforce through on-going collaboration, communication, and consensus building to meet the health needs of the people of Wyoming. For further information, please visit the WCNHCP’s webpage at wynursing.org.

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at 2012 ConferenceThe Wyoming Council for Advanced Practice Nursing (WCAPN) is an independent, non-profit council that seeks to promote advanced practice nursing in the state of Wyoming. This year, as with years past, WCAPN is sponsoring another well thought-

out pharmacotherapy conference. The 2012 Conference will be held on September 27th and 28th at the Cheyenne Holiday Inn and will include six exceptional speakers. The keynote speaker is Dr. Sally K. Miller who is a certified acute care, adult, family and gerontological nurse practitioner; a senior lecturer with Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc.; and the owner of Sahara Family Practice in Las Vegas, Nevada. This conference is open to all advanced practice nurses. If interested in attending, online registration is available at www.wcapn.org. For more information, please email the Council at [email protected].


HistoryIn July 2010 Gov. Fruedenthal signed the proposed

changes to chapter 7 of the Wyoming Nurse Practice Act Rules and Regulations. This allowed the creation of C.N.A IIs and MA-Cs in Wyoming. Four nurse educators from Gillette developed the first C.N.AII curriculum of which received WSBN approval. Following several C.N.AII courses the entire state waited for someone to develop the MA-C course. Tammy Turnbull, The Director of Nursing at Pioneer Manor, has worked with MA-Cs in other states; in fact she worked as a medication aide herself. Tammy was a strong force in pushing for the development of the MA-C training program. Sue Howard MSN and Natalie Tucker MSN identified content, designed the curriculum, and wrote skills checklists for the new class. In September 2011, Ms. Howard was approved as MA-C instructor and the course was approved by the WSBN.

TrainingIn the medication administration skills portion of the

med aide training program, Certified Nurse Aide IIs learn new skills related to administering medications to non-acute (stable) adults. During the classroom and on-line portion of the class the MA-C students learn about drug classifications and drug side effects. The 130 hour MA-C curriculum developed and taught at Campbell County Memorial Hospital in November 2011 offered 6 C.N.A IIs additional training to prepare them to perform Medication Aide duties. Following the course each C.N.A IIs completed 40 hours of 1 to 1 clinical experience working with an experienced medication nurse at Pioneer Manor, the Long Term care facility in Gillette Wyoming. Scheduling these top performing Nurse aides for their clinical experiences and delays in scheduling the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) national MA-C exam forced this group to wait until March 2012 to be the very first nurse aides in Wyoming to sit for the MA-C exam. Later, they were told by Todd Berger, from the Wyoming State Board of Nursing (WBSN) that they were the first in the United States to sit for and pass this exam. Other states with MA-Cs have developed their own exams, but the WSBN elected to use the “gold standard” exam from the beginning.

“This first, brave group was our’ beta test’ for the curriculum. When we designed the course we had no clear idea of the content of the MA-C exam. A group of experienced nurse educators in Gillette, Wyoming developed the course content and designed the teaching methods keeping in mind that patient safety is always the highest goal” said Sue Howard MSN, who led in the design and teaching of the first WSBN approved MA-C curriculum for the State of Wyoming.

ExaminationIn March of 2012, five of the original group who were

stilled employed at Pioneer Manor and were eligible to sit for the MA-C exam. Great news! In early March all five candidates passed the exam on the first attempt. They are now beginning facility specific orientation to their new roles as MA-Cs.

Congratulations to Christen Braaten, Heather Witt, Tammy Caldwell, Beth Ciravolo and Janet Buchman the first MA-Cs to complete Wyoming training and the NCSBN exam!!

Five Wyoming Nurse Aides Successfully

Complete MA-C Training and Exam

The Wyoming Center For Nursing and Health Care Partnerships

Register now to participate in the institute that will provide nursing leaders the critical leadership skills required to lead today’s healthcare organizations.

Institute Sessions September 2012

Where are you as a leader? Participants will discuss core competencies of American Nurses Credentialing Center nursing administrators and the AONE nursing leaders certification; will analyze their own personality styles and how it affects their response in the workplace; set goals for their own personal leadership growth; discuss the need for net-working and professional organizations; and plan a project to develop and initiate in their facility in relation to recruitment and retention of nursing staff.

October 2012 Leading an Empowered Organization

During the three day Leading an Empowered Organization (LEO) course, novice and experienced leaders alike deepen their understanding of leadership. The workshop provides a conceptual framework for leadership, practical skills and an opportunity to develop those skills. Participants also learn how to help their staff develop problem solving, relationship and risk taking skills. The practical applications presented in LEO set it apart from other leadership programs.

January 2013 Quality initiatives, core measures,

accreditation and legislative agendas Participants will analyze quality initiatives and core measures; determine the need for facilities to initiate national patient safety goals and differentiate between various facility accreditation venues; share ex-ample of policy development in healthcare facilities; and learn the legislative process and how it affects a nursing leader; observe the legislature in action and discuss how laws affect healthcare delivery; and present their projects that were selected in September.

April 2013 Regulatory, educational preparation, legal

issues, nursing ethics, & nurse practice act Participate in a mock hearing of the WSBN. Discuss how the nurse practice act and rules and regulations affect nursing and nursing position; verbalize understanding of regulatory process and how their positions are affected by laws; analyze the differences in nursing education, creative future endeavors, and educational needs in WY; present their projects that were selected in September; and evaluate through surveys and focus groups the effectiveness of the WNLI.

Applications Applications are due by August 1, 2012. Thirty nurses will be selected to participate in the institute; each candidate will be notified by August 30th. To apply, download an application from http://www.wynursing.org/wnli/ or http://www.wyonurse.org/. Each participant will commit to complete the four sessions and select a project they will develop, implement, evaluate and present at one of the sessions. Participants will also accept and complete a mentorship experience with defined expectations.

Financial Obligation Tuition for each participant of the Wyoming Nursing Leadership Insti-tute is a $400 registration fee. (Scholarship assistance may be availa-ble-see application) Food, lodging, mileage, class supplies, registration cost to attend Summit and WNA Convention, registration cost for WNA Legislative days, and continuing education credits associated with the institute will be paid for each participant with registration and grant funds.

Contact For more information, visit the website for the Wyoming Nurses Asso-ciation at www.wyonurse.org, 1-800-795-6381, [email protected] or the Wyoming Center for Nursing and Health Care Partnerships at www.wynursing.org, 307-766-6715, [email protected]

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