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NMENA 2010 Officers Ballot

Kathy Bell

Nominations for officers have been received and the ballot has been compiled.  The draft will be sent to the officers for approval before distribution.

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Please e-mail your recommendations or corrections to Patti by Wednesday Sept 9.

Completed ballot will be distributed to the membership on Sept. 9^th.

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General Assembly Delegation – Kathy Bell

Liz Estrada has declined to serve as delegate due to work obligations.  Kevin McFarlane will serve as alternate.

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NMNA Legislators Forum

Patti Hill

NMNA will be holding an annual meeting with legislators for open discussion and fact finding on October 13^th at 6:30 PM at the Elegante’ This will be a fact finding mission before the January session of the NM legislature. There are some proposed serious budget cuts on the table that will affect nursing in NM. 

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Patti will distribute more detailed information.

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President’s Conference Call – Kathy Bell

Majority of the call dealt with changes proposed for the General Assembly. Specific information can be found on the ENA website. Members can log in using e-mail address and member #.  The home page will have a resource link to assist in searching for information.  The December officers orientation will be an on-line webinar

Delegates should review materials on the website prior to the annual meeting.

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Pain Management Task Force – Sue Smuda

A letter has bee received from ACEP approving the joint ACEP/ENA Policy statement “optimizing the Treatment of Pain in Patients with Acute Presentations” that has already been adopted by ENA and the American Society of Pain Management. 

An additional project under discussion pertains to safer handling of LTC patient hand-offs.  A survey is being distributed to the membership to gather information.

Please respond to the survey if you receive it

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Injury Prevention Report – Sue Smuda

A task Force IPAC comprised of 3 ENA members and 2 non-members from the suicide task force and psych will be looking at current programs to prioritize concerns regarding nursing injury.There will be a 2 phase study on ER RN’s and suicide prevention.  Sue will do the webinar for the study and report.   

For information

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General Assembly – Kathy Bell

There will be a new process for assigning voting keypads distributed at time of registration.  Delegates are to review the bylaw proposals and the changes in format.  There will also be some changes in parliamentary procedure for the assembly that should be reviewed in advance of the meeting

For information

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Membership Report – Kevin McFarlane

·       Kevin has asked to present at a staff Meeting at Lovelace. Not yet in place.  Is scheduled for September 15, at UNM ED.  Has talked to Liz Estrada regarding a presentation at her location.  Has not been successful scheduling time with CNM student Nurses.  There is resistance from faculty.

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Information only.

No further action

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EMS Conference – Kevin McFarlane

Nursing day was cancelled due to limited registration.  Total of 15 nurses attended the EMS conference.  Having discussions regarding hosting a TNCC or ENPC course or CEN review.  Nothing is currently planned.

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Media Relations – Cathi Legg

Cathi reported a solid contact at Channel 4, Steve Stucker who is willing to promote ED nursing initiatives.  Efforts being made to interest ACEP to develop letter on H1N1 prevention

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Treasury Report – Teri Baughman

The budget report was distributed.  Expected changes are reductions in TNCC/ENPC assessments, also there will be no expense for state leaders orientation.  Report reflects distribution of all general assembly funds.

Delegates are reminded to return their expense reports to Teri within 30 days of the conference.

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13.  

Document Storage – Teri & Adriann

Sorting of files has been completed and an estimated expense of $520 was quoted for scanning and storage of our current files.  All files from now on will be maintained electronically going forward.

Motion to approve made by Adriann Seconded by Cathi

Teri will make arrangements to have documents delivered.  Adriann will archive all electronic documents to a Jump drive.

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