OLD BUSINESS

TOPIC

DISCUSSION

RECOMMENDATION

ACTION

FOLLOW-UP

2.    

NMENA 2010 Officers Ballot

Kathy Bell

The ballot has been sent out and a good voting response has been received.  Deadline for voting is October 15, 2009.

Send out a reminder to vote with ballot attached.

Patti will email ballot out to membership with a reminder of the voting deadline..

Voting results will be announced at the next meeting.

3.    

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’ Hotel.  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. 

Send out a reminder to the membership.  

Patti will email information to the membership as a reminder.

No further action

4.    

Document Storage –

Teri Baughman

Adriann Mischel

All old documents were taken to Adalante’ on 9/25 for conversion to an electronic format.

Cindy Myers has been contacted several times for information on documents that she may have.  There has been no response from her.

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No further action

     NEW BUSINESS

5.    

NM Nursing Excellence Award Dinner –

Diane Cassell

The award dinner will be held on October 24, 2009.  NM ENA has two tickets for the President Kathy Bell and the President-Elect Cathi Legg to attend.

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No further action

6.    

Treasurer’s Report –

Teri Baughman

Teri reported that the 2010 Budget has been revised based on recommendations earlier this year.  The assessment monies from TNCC and ENPC for 2009 Q1 & Q2 have been received.  Remember that these assessment monies have been reduced due to the financial circumstances at the national level.

The 6 month website fee has been paid to Lobo Internet Services.

Teri participated in the a Treasurer’s Conference Call with the National ENA.  Marlene Halpren and Donna Massey are resigning their positions at National ENA effective in December. 

There are six states where ENA is discussing the 501 3C status – NM is one of them.  It is thought that the issues are minor.

None

Information only

No further action

7.    

Membership Report –

Kevin MacFarlane

Kevin did an ENA presentation at University Hospital.  He has not had the opportunity to present at Lovelace. 

Kevin suggested that we survey the membership to see what we can do to get people more involved.

Kevin will bring a draft of a survey for review at the next meeting.

Pending review at the next meeting.

8.    

CEN Report –

Patti Hill

Report is attached to the minutes.

Patti Hill submitted a list of names by quarter from Jan 2008 through June 2009 of NM nurses who have attained or renewed their CEN.

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No further action

9.    

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)  -

Patti Hill

The NM ENA Standard Operating Procedures have been submitted to the National ENA in the past but never posted.  They are not posted on the NM ENA Website as yet.

Post the SOPs on the NM ENA website.

There may be one SOP that needs approval by the group.

Patti will arrange to get this done.

Any questionable SOPs will be brought to the next meeting.

Pending review at the next meeting.

10.  

Trauma Nurse Quarterly Meeting – Sue Smuda

Sue Smuda attended this meeting and reported that ED throughput is problematic for all the NM EDs.  Criteria for rehabilitation reimbursement has significantly increased and is reflected in the fact that hospitals are keeping these patients longer.

The group looked at where NM is lacking services – neurosurgery, madibular fracture repair services, and micro vascular surgery.    When patients are being transferred, the reason for transfer needs to be documented to better identify where resources in NM are needed.

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Information only

No further action.

11.  

TNCC and ENPC Instructor Classes

-  Kevin MacFarlane

Kevin reported that there will be an ENPC and TNCC instructor class on November 2-3, 2009. 

The last time this was done, many people did not show up and many did not pass the test. 

Candidates must past the test in order to proceed through the course.

A large refundable fee should be charged to secure a place in the class.   If a person does not show up, then the monies are forfeit to NM ENA.

None

No further action

12.  

National ENA General Assembly –

Cathi Legg

Documents containing national bylaws changes & resolutions were reviewed for consensus of the NM Delegation when voting occurs in the Baltimore Assembly. 

Resolution 09-01

Support ED Sub-waiting Rooms: A solution to ED over-crowding & extended wait times

Resolution 09-02

Establishing Standards & Processes for Healthy & Exemplary Emergency Settings

Resolution 09-03

Improving Pediatric Procedural Pain Mgmt in the ED Setting

Approve

Approve

Approve

Approved