June 2011
New Mexico State Council
Meeting Minutes: February 23, 2011
ATTENDEES: Kevin McFarlane, Kathy Bell, Teri Baughman, , Adriann Mischel, Hemant Sule, Mike Chicarelli
CALL TO ORDER: 5;30 PM
1. REVIEW OF MINUTES: Approved as written
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TOPIC
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DISCUSSION |
RECOMMENDATION |
ACTION |
FOLLOW-UP |
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NMENA Bylaw Status Update - Teri |
Teri sent the final draft to the NM BOD who approved the changes. The next step is to send to Jason Moritz, ENA National Board Liaison for review. |
It was recommended that the draft be sent to the membership for comment. |
Once we have received final responses. The draft will be sent to National ENA for approval. |
The final approved document will be posted to NMENA.com when we receive final approval. |
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Legal Immunity for HCW during Disasters. |
Based on feed back after last month’s presentation there was some discussion regarding next steps. For NMENA. |
Kevin will contact Dr. Laura Banks of the NM Cenetr for Disaster Management to determine what is in place for DMAT nationally |
Kevin will report back at the July meeting |
Further discussion at the July meeting. |
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General Assembly delegation and stipend |
NMENA was awarded 6 delegates and 1 alternate. Bylaws automatically include the President, President-Elect, Immediate Past President and Treasurer. |
4 Delegate applications were received Stipend will be $1400 per attendee. |
Delegation for ENA 2011 are Kevin McFarlane, Teri Baughman, Cathi Legg, Patti Hill, Candi Miller, Alternate: Hemant Sule |
Kevin will submit the delegate report to National ENA. Each Delegate will receive an e-mail notification from Kevin with attached SOP regarding Stipend. |
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NEW BUSINESS |
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IOM Future of Nursing Report |
This discussion was tabled until the July meeting due to Time constraint. However we did receive an update from Kathy Bell as a suggestion to broaden the Emergency Nursing Excellence award nominations to generate interest prior to National Emergency Nurse’s week. |
The notation on the website will be edited to include a 1 year ENSA membership in addition to the gift certificate already offered. |
This information will be updated on the website. Kevin will distribute this information to all NM ED managers. |
Follow-up report July meeting. |
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Educational Session October 2011 |
WE will offer a presentation by David Waymier, who is an attorney with the District Attorney’s office. He will present : Workplace Violence: What happens after the police report. |
It was recommended that we offer snacks and drinks for this presentation as well. Nursing CE credit will be requested. |
ADriann Weill prepare a flier for distribution to the membership and for posting in ED’s |
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Adjournment |
Meeting was adjourned at 1900 |
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