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President's Message
I want to start by saying what an honor and privilege it is to be elected as your President for a second term! Thank you to all!! Here are some of the things that I want to support over the next two years: 1) A strategic plan to help navigate where our organization is going over the next 2 years; 2) Supporting the work of the Nursing Transitions Initiative Committee to help new nurses succeed in practice, mentor new nurses; 3) our MODNA proposal to ONA to support efforts to get more nurses on boards. 4) our active Legislation Committee and their advocacy on various patient and practice issues within our state; and 5) the provision of some new and different venues for our continuing education events - just to name a few!
As a practicing nurse, I recognize every day that amidst our new age of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) communication still needs to be a top priority among all healthcare providers. Communication
helps provide good patient care, patient safety and improves patient satisfaction. Lack
of communication creates situations where medical errors can occur, improper diagnosis are made and delayed or improper medical treatment. Good communication can minimize workplace chaos. Communication and team collaboration will help to reduce medical errors and increase patient safety. Patients suffer the most when the healthcare team fails to communicate well. That is why good communication among the healthcare team must be valued! Just because EMR's are used to chart instead of paper, and multiple people can be in the chart at the same time, that doesn't mean verbal communication should be stopped. Communication is more important now than ever before.
To help improve communication in the workplace, some facilities are using team building and introducing seminars related to the importance of good communication. Improving the communication amongst the medical staff and nursing staff will decrease mistakes as well as decrease stress amongst the staff.
Enjoy the Fall weather,
Barb Welch, M.S., R.N.
MODNA President
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Perspectives??
Do you have something you would like to say about nursing? A personal story or perspective on some aspect of nursing that resonates within you? Or a funny story about nursing care and practice that others may enjoy? We are looking for contributors to our Perspectives column and would welcome hearing from you. Submission length can vary from one to many paragraphs. All submissions can be emailed to tpope@modna.org.
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Memo to the BON -
Sub. HB 216
Sub.HB216: Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
The House Health Committee voted Sub.HB 216 (the 9th iteration of the original bill) out of committee on May 25, 2016 and the bill was voted out of the House the same day, before the legislature recessed for the summer. The bill should not be heard again until after the November elections, this time in the Senate. The lame duck session will require the bill be voted out of the Senate with concurrence on any changes by the end of the year and the 131st General Assembly. The legislature is not expected to be back in Columbus until after the November elections.
Hannah News Service reported the summary of changes to the APRN sub bill as follows:
"The sub bill would remove the externship provision; replace the inclusionary formulary with an exclusionary formulary by a committee of APRNs and physicians; increase from three to five the number of APRNs that a physician can collaborate with when prescribing; expand the pool of collaborating physicians for mental health clinical nurse specialists; provide a grace period of 120 days if the physician terminates the collaborative relationship; add residential care facilities to where APRNs can prescribe schedule II drugs; delete restrictions on furnishing samples of drugs; revise certain insurance and Medicaid statutes to cover follow-up care directed by an APRN; grant testimonial privilege to APRNs; create an advisory committee to the Board of Nursing on APRN issues; and modify licensure and continuing education requirements."
Many changes have been made over the 9 versions of the bill and the 11th hour compromises with opponents to the bill. OSMA is now neutral on the bill. There was recognition by proponents and other interested parties that further discussion of issues was needed to help determine the additional changes necessary to operationalize and successfully implement the bill.
Proponents of the bill met with Board staff in August to discuss these issues. As a result, the bill was sent to the Legislative Service Commission by the bill's sponsor to draft further amendments, including several Board initiatives that were initially reviewed by the Board in 2015 as part of separate legislation. We plan to engage in a detailed discussion of the bill and its various components at the September Board meeting.
You may review details of the legislative history of Sub. HB 216 at
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/search.cfm. As always, please feel free to contact Director Houchen or Tom Dilling at the Board if you have any questions or concerns.
~Tom Dilling,
Legislative Liaison/Adjudication Coordinator
~Betsy Houchen, Executive Director
September 7, 2016
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2016 Nurses Vote! Candidates Forum
Our
2016 Nurses Vote! Candidates Forum was a huge success - thanks to our great Legislation Committee members!!! We had 17 candidates attend and over 80 nurses and students listened to the candidate's standing on access to care, safe staffing, the opioid crisis, and if elected, how they would work with nurses in our district. Legislation Committee Members are Kay Ball, Chair; Angela Surace; Janice Lanier; Jean Southworth; Jeri Milstead; Jessica Frymyer; Joyce Cox; Marilyn Webster; Mary Stockman; Nancie Bechtel; Phyllis Scheiderer; and Sally Morgan.
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The HealthyNurse In Practice
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MODNA Meeting & CNE Program
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Speakers:
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mily Monfiletto, RD, LD
McConnell Heart Health Center, OhioHealth
Sarah Silk, Clinical Exercise Physiologist
McConnell Heart Health Center, Ohio Health
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 @ 6:00 PM
Bethel International United Methodist Church
Rooms 9 & 10 (first entrance)
1220 Bethel Road, Columbus, OH 43220
Nurses and Students
Free to members and students! $15 for nonmembers
Contact the Mid-Ohio District Nurses Association at modna@mondna.org or 614-326-1630.
This activity has been submitted to the Ohio Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. The Ohio Nurses Association is an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation (OBN-001-91).
For more information , please contact Shirley Funt at smfunt@modna.org or 614-326-1630.
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Kudos
- Jeri Milstead, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN was inducted into the Washington Court House City Schools' Academic Hall of Fame on September 19, 2016.
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Jeri Milstead, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN has an article,
The Impact of Simulation on Nurse Education was printed in the July/August 2016
Ohio Nurses Review.
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Jeanette Chambers, Phd, RN presented
Obtain the Tools to Craft Your Path to Getting Published for ONA on August 23, 2016.
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Pam Dickerson, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN presented
Delegation & Scope of Practice and Developing a Professional Portfolio for ONA on August 23, 2016.
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Kudos
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- Joe Hauser, MSN, RN co-presented Developing a Professional Portfolio for ONA on August 23, 2016.
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In Memorium
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3,947 Active MODNA members
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Planning Calendar
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Oct 7
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Bylaws committee, noon; MODNA Office
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Oct 11th
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Continuing Education committee, 5:00 pm; MODNA Office
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Oct 12th
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Board Meeting, 5:30; MODNA Office, 2nd floor Conference Room
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Nov 2nd
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Finance committee, 5:30 pm; MODNA Office
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Nov 9th
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Legislative committee, 5:30 pm; MODNA Office
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Nov 15th
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CNE Program: The HealthyNurse in Practice, 6:00 pm; Bethel International United Methodist Church, 1220 Bethel Road, Rooms 9 & 10 (first entrance), Columbus 43220
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Nov 24th
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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