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The Chronicle
Winter Edition 2013
Greater Boston Chapter of AACNP.O. Box is 81030
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481-0001
GBC-AACN Mission Statement
The American Association of Critical Care Nurses is a not for profit service association dedicated to the welfare of people experiencing critical illness or injury. Our energies are primarily directed at advancing the art and science of critical care nursing and promoting environments that facilitate comprehensive professional nursing practice for those experiencing actual or potential critical illness or injury.
Greater Boston Chapter of AACN2012-2013
Officers and Board Members
President: Patricia Lyons [email protected] Past President: Marcia Bixby [email protected] Elect: Nancy Bittner [email protected]: Donna Rosborough [email protected]
Treasurer: Carol Donovan [email protected] Board Members: Pat Aylward [email protected]
Carol Daddio-Pierce [email protected] Janet Eagan [email protected]
Rodilyn Glushchenko [email protected] Gryglik [email protected]
Norine Leaver [email protected] Colleen Ryan [email protected]
Donna Williams [email protected]
Please feel free to contact any of the GBC Board of Directors via their e-mail addresses. Visit GBC’s website: http://www.aacn.org/gbc
Chronicle Editor: Rodilyn Tapang Glushchenko, RN, MSN, PCCN, CCRN, CCNS
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President’s Message
We are now in the depths of winter and on these frigid days I will admit that I long for the warm weather! Yet, the winter gives us a chance to slow down a bit, regroup and develop new plans for the future. There has been a lot of planning going on at GBC and I am excited to tell you about what is coming up in the near future!
As you probably know, the NTI is coming to Boston this year! I cannot stress enough that if you have the chance to join your colleagues at this preeminent educational event, please take the time to go. I am not sure that I can adequately describe the reinvigoration that you will feel after attending. I always come away with a reminder of why I am a Critical/Acute Care Nurse and knowing again that I am in a profession that I love. The dates for this year are May 18th – May 23rd. The 18th and 19th have 26 preconference education sessions that encompass review courses for the CCRN, PCCN, and CCNS exams, cardiac, respiratory, and renal topics. The conference starts Monday morning, May 20th and runs through Thursday, May 23rd. For all NTI information, go to the AACN website and click on NTI 2013.
The Greater Boston Chapter of AACN is one of the host chapters for the NTI along with the Southcoast and Merrimack chapters. As a host chapter, there are duties that we cover for AACN during the NTI. Our duty is to cover the Ribbon Station in the registration area. We have the obligation of covering two days of the NTI from about 7:00 AM to 5 PM. We will be developing a schedule over the next few weeks for volunteers to sign up for 2 hour blocks of time to man the station. We need 2 members for each block of time. If any of our members are interested, please contact us at [email protected]. I will post more information on our website [www.aacn.org/gbc] when I receive it.
In addition to the NTI, GBC is sponsoring 3 other educational events in the near future. On March 6th, we will be presenting a program on Sepsis at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton, MA. The speaker will be Carol Daddio-Pierce, RN, MSN, clinical educator at BWH. This is a free program open to all nurses. A light dinner will be served. On April 11th, the annual research program “Emerging Trends Impacting Acute/Critical Care Nursing” will be held at Regis College in Weston, MA from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Refreshments will be served. The GBC will be holding a Board meeting immediately after this event and all are welcome to attend. Our Celebration of Nursing dinner is in the planning stages and we will send out information about this as soon as we have it confirmed. Registration information for all GBC sponsored events will be on the website. I hope you can take advantage of these programs.
For now, stay warm and make plans to join your colleagues at the NTI. I encourage everyone to “dare to” step outside their zone of comfort and engage in something new!
Respectfully submitted,
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Patricia Lyons, RN, MSN, CNS-BCPresident, GBC
Education Committee Report: GBC is reaching out to different hospitals in the greater Boston area. GBC is willing to support your hospital in setting up educational opportunities for nurses. We can bring speakers, provide CEU’s and refreshments for FREE…. what we need is a place to hold the conference in your hospital. Email us to get more information……we are happy to work with you.
Join us in one of our educational events and have a chance to win great prizes!!!
Emerging Trends Impacting Acute/Critical Care Nursing LeadersDate: April 11, 2013Time: 5:30pm-7:30pmLocation: Regis College, Weston, MAThere will be two podium presentations and poster presentations set up. A light dinner will be served.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTSThe planning committee invites you to submit an abstract on a research or evidence based nursing practice project that is of interest to acute and critical care nurses. Abstracts are limited to 300 words or less using the following template. Abstracts will be reviewed for podium or poster presentation.
Submission deadline February 13, 2013Abstract template:
Author, Affiliation, Address, Phone, Fax and email address Title of Abstract Body of abstract up to 300 words maximum Indicate format preference: Podium, Poster or either Learning objectives: Write two learning objectives for the abstract. Format: Times New Roman 12 pt font, single spaced, 1 inch margins
Submit abstracts as a word document via email to: [email protected] Notification of acceptance by March 15, 2013
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Time is Tissue: Revisiting Surviving Sepsis March 6, 2013 5pm-8pmSteward Good Samaritan Hospital Brockton MAThis is a free educational program. A light dinner will be served. Please register via GBC email [email protected]
Horizons 2014 A Critical Care Symposium www.horizons2014.org
Portland, Maine - at the Holiday Inn by the Bay
Horizons is a three-day critical care educational symposium that is organized by chapters within Region 1 AACN. It is designed to facilitate the communication of advances appearing on the HORIZON in critical care. It is also aimed at establishing a network among all participating members to improve the quality of care given to acutely ill patients. HORIZONS 2014 promises to continue the tradition of offering current clinical, educational and managerial topics.
Save the Date:CCRN/PCCN Review courseDate: November 13, 14 and 15, 2013Speaker: Cammy Fancher-House
National Teaching Institute & Critical Care ExpositionMay 20-23, 2013 Boston Convention Center and Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel
This is a great opportunity for us, NTI is in our backyard. Let’s take advantage of this educational event. Make a strong case for attending NTI 2013 in Boston by explaining the return your organization gets from investing in your NTI experience. One of the best ways to convey the value is to connect your organization's goals to the educational opportunities offered at NTI. Start working now with your manager, educator or administrator by customizing the templates below to help secure financial support this year.
Articulate the Value of Attending NTIFocus on what you will specifically bring back to your unit or hospital in return for the opportunity to attend. This should include identifying educational sessions tied to your unit's or hospital's strategic initiatives, as well as sessions related to your continuing professional development. You can easily find information on educational sessions that correspond with your hospital’s strategic initiatives by visiting the www.aacn.org/NTI
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NTI Highlights:
Whether you spend the entire week or a few days with us, NTI is the most valuable conference you will attend this year
Six days of learning and collaborative exchange at hundreds of sessions based on what attendees tell us they value most in an educational program
Nearly 35 hours of continuing nursing education(CNE) and/or continuing education recognition points (CERPs)
The best evidence-based practice to share with your unit A new daylong program on patient safety that can contribute to improvement in
patient outcomes and the bottom line Practice and technology innovations from more than 400 exhibitors at the Critical
Care Exposition Exclusive access to NTI ActionPak—an online toolbox of evidence-based nursing
resources for handling alarm fatigue—makes it easier to share valuable educational content from NTI with colleagues on your unit and beyond
Opportunities for all types of learning—hands-on, self-directed, peer-to-peer, roundtables with experts and colleagues, plus all of the informal networking you can fit in
Inspiration, rejuvenation, networking and fun
I heard great things about NTI, for the few years I never had a chance to attend due to some other priorities, but this year will be different. NTI is coming to Boston, there’s no way that I will miss this one. Check the brochure and choose the one that is closest to your practice or choose something that is totally new. As our current AACN president say- DARE to try something different.
Here are my picks:
Pre conferences- look at the variety of topics, a great choice for someone who can only get a weekend off. (Sat and Sunday)
Mastering How to Influence Change- Two-day leadership course provides strategies and skills to help create profound and sustainable positive changes and influence with or without formal authority.
Mechanical Ventilation: Physiology-Based Care- provides concepts of normal respiratory physiology and pathophysiologic alterations, basic mechanical ventilation and the impact of mechanical ventilation on the normal cardiopulmonary relationship.
Patient Safety Summit- Wednesday, May 22 • 8:30A-4PGain in-depth and focused knowledge to take back to your unit that can contribute to improvement in patient outcomes and the bottom line. If patient safety is a learning priority for you and your organization and you can’t carve out a week, consider registering for the day.The Patient Safety Summit, a one-day event, will feature nationally renowned industry experts speaking on one of the most significant challenges in today’s healthcare
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environment. This “conference within a conference” gives registrants the opportunity to learn from top-tier patient safety authorities who will share the latest evidence-based information and resources.
Patient Safety Summit topics include: Alarm fatigue Standardization implementation Drug shortages Infusion systems and their role in medication administration errors Information technology
Regular Sessions:
Dare to Speak Out When It’s Not a Matter of Life or Death: Addressing Day-to-Day Ethical concerns in high-acuity patient settings, ethical dilemmas are common but without ethics education and structural support to assist in dealing with these issues, suffering and frustration occur. Some nurses may think of ethical challenges in terms of individual patients, such as end-of-life concerns, and may not recognize broader, organizational ethic concerns.
Managing Vasoactive and Positive Inotropic Infusions
Acute and critical care nurses face considerable challenges when caring for hemodynamically unstable patients, particularly when they require multiple intravenous vasoactive and inotropic infusions. This presentation provides an in-depth review of the actions, indications, dose ranges, and side effects of commonly used hemodynamic medications including catecholamine, phosphodiasterase inhibitor, and vasodilator agents. A case study approach is used to illustrate how these pharmacologic agents are selected based on evidence-based guidelines for patients experiencing different types of shock states and how they can be effectively titrated to achieve optimal therapeutic outcomes for patients. Evidence-Based Practice: Improving practice by killing Sacred Cows-Practice habits, or “sacred cows” continue in clinical practice despite the availability of research and other forms of evidence that should be used to clearly guide critical care practice interventions. This session will provide a brief, concise, statement of the clinical problem, critically review the current research and other forms of evidence, and identify how that research and best practice evidence should be used to improve patient outcomes. The session will challenge the participants to critically examine their practice using knowledge based on current best practice evidence presented in this session.
Here’s a great news!!!!Did you know that as a chapter member of the Greater Boston Chapter, you are eligible for a $75.00 rebate on your tuition?
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Community Service Corner
Submitted by: Carol Donovan, MSN, RN, CCNS, CCRN
Be a FRIEND at
Rosie'e Place is the official charity organization of the Greater Boston Chapter of AACN.
If you are interested in becoming one of our member volunteers, please provide us with you contact information and we will send you information
regarding future dates and times for volunteering at Rosie's.
Please contact me if you are interested in volunteering with our group at [email protected] I look forward to working with you.
Members Info
The GBC Critical Care Handbooks have just been revised - We are still able to keep the price the same $ 5 per book, or $4 per book for orders of 25 books or more. Please contact any board member or check out the website if you wish to purchase the 2012 handbooks.All current GBC members will receive a FREE copy of the handbook by mail.
To continue to receive mail and emails from GBC please notify us of any change of address or email address! Email us at: [email protected]
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A special note from Marcia Bixby- Past president of GBC
I personally would like to express my sincere gratitude for the GBC for it's donation to an event that I coordinated, with the Parrothead Club of Eastern MA,that benefitted the Huntington House at the JP Boston VAMC. The Huntington House provides housing forveterans undergoing outpatient therapies like chemo, rehab and other medical treatments that do not require inpatient admissions. With the donation from GBC, raffle and donation money from the CCRN/PCCN program and money raised from a road rally - the total donation was over $900.00. This money will go a long way toward purchasing lock boxes for each room to protect the veteran’s valuables.
All GBC members are invited to attend our monthly board meetings, which start at 6:00 pm and usually last about 90 minutes. We rotate hospitals each month. February 12th conference call to be set up by P. LyonsMarch date TBA coinciding with Spring Celebration programApril 11th coinciding with Regis/GBC Research programMay 14th @ BIDMC
If interested in attending, please contact a board member for specific room information.
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