March 2009

OLD BUSINESS
		TOPIC	DISCUSSION	RECOMMENDATION	ACTION	FOLLOW-UP
2.		Post Katrina Legislation	There was a bill in the NM State Senate concerning legal coverage for Medical people who assist during times of a disaster such as Katrina. It is unclear if this bill was passed the Senate or was tabled and not addressed. National ENA is already working with legislators in conjunction with other professional organizations on the federal level.	Kathy Bell will follow up.	Kathy will inquire about the status of this bill.	Pending review at the next meeting.
3.		Injury Prevention Update Cathi Legg	Cathi Legg reported on a new program rolled out at the Leadership Convention called STOP or Strategic Thinking on Prevention of Injures. The programs concerns tracking and reporting education with patients / families regarding injury prevention. Noah Wylie with the DOH is interested in this program being incorporated into nursing school education.    Liz Estrada from the southern part of the state is active with injury prevention programs and will receive a copy of the CD.	Sue Smuda will discuss with the Trauma Coordinators on how this might be incorporated into the trauma reporting.	Sue Smuda to discuss with Trauma Coordinators.	Pending review at the next meeting.
4.	NM ACEP Scholarship Application Development Update		A letter has been sent to ACEP in support of this project.   No response has been received.	Further discussion deferred until next meeting..	Kathy will following on this.	Pending review at the next meeting.
5.	Records Retention Efforts		No meeting has been held concerning the old records due to key people being out of town or occupied with family issues.	Defer until next meeting.	Adriann will report at the next meeting..	Pending review at the next meeting.
6.	NM State Council Committee Chairperson Reporting Schedule.		Nursing Practice Council: Jean Gomez has not heard back from National ENA concerning information on the Nursing Practice Council. One key change in emergency nursing practice that National has supported is that a nurse new to the ED can do Triage six months after completion of orientation instead of the previous 12 month recommendation. Membership Council: ENA Membership Presentations from Kevin & Kathy will be scheduled for May for Presbyterian Kaseman and Lovelace Hospitals.	Pending review at the next meeting.             None	Kathy will report back at the next meeting.	Pending review at the next meeting.
7.	National ENA Foundation Fundraiser		The State Council will be contributing $1 per member. The check needs to be submitted in June or July.	None	Teri Baughman to submit the check to National ENA.	No further action.
8.	Nursing Excellence Grant		The NM State Council of ENA will again support this program. The check needs to be submitted ASAP.	Kathy Bell will discuss with Teri Baughman..	Kathy Bell to discuss with Teri Baughman.	No further action.
9.	NMEMS Conference Update		Kevin reported that the conference will be July 20, 2009 from 0800-1700 at the ABQ Hotel by Old Town. Topics: documentation, neuro assessment, drugs/methamphetamines, general patient assessment with gadgets.	None	Information only.	Pending further discussion at the March meeting.
10.	Media Relations Cathi Legg		The NM Board of Nursing has turned us down for their News & Views section. Our proposed public service announcements are viewed as advertising so we would need to go through the publisher. Cathi has emailed the NM Nurse publication for information and has contacted the ABQ Journal with no satisfactory response.	The Council cannot afford to pay advertising costs.	Cathi to report back at the next meeting.	Pending review at next meeting.
11.	Trauma Grant		The possibility of writing for a grant for A Trauma System Fund Authority grant was discussed to provide TNCC/ENPC courses was discussed at previous meetings. No information has been received from Kevin and the deadline is too close to complete the grant.	Kathy will work with Kevin and submit the grant if possible given the short timeline.	Kathy & Adriann will pursue	Pending review at the next meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
12.	Finance report Teri Baughman		Teri was not in attendance and reported that no money has been taken in or spent over the past monthly.	Monthly Report	Review financial ongoing	Monthly report
13.	Proposed Bylaws Changes from National Kathy Bell		A lengthy and controversial discussion occurred at the National Leadership Conference concerning the ENA General Assembly Delegate Allocation. ENA used to support one delegate per 50 members but would like to change that to one delegate per 100 members. Many of the State Representatives were opposed to this and no definite position was adopted. Therefore, the one delegate per 50 members will continue for 2009.   The proposed Bylaws Changes are attached to this document. This issue will be discussed at the state levels and then voted on at the General Assembly in September.	The NM State Council should discuss this at the May Meeting, which will be a conference call meeting to be held at the Center for Disaster Medicine on Yale Blvd. The purpose of the discussion is to review the Bylaws changes and redo our state points and application system for Delegate selection.	Kevin and Patti will work to get a detailed noted out to the membership with necessary information for statewide participation in the conference call meeting.	Pending review at the next meeting.
14.	2009 Award Nominations for National ENA Kathy Bell		National ENA has put our a call for submission for people to be recognized on a national level for their efforts in Emergency Nursing. Please see the website for more complete details.  May 1, 2009 is the deadline for letter submission.	Send information out to the membership.	Patti will send information out to the membership.	No further action.
15.	Meeting location change Kathy Bell		A change in meeting location was discussed. The current location has been remodeled and is not conducive for conducting a meeting. Possible relocation sites include, but are not limited to, PHS Clinical Education Dept. at 8100 Constitution Place NE and the ABQ Juvenile Center.	Member will check into an alternate location site and report back at the next meeting.	Report and vote on an alternate site at the next meeting.	Pending review at the next meeting.