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January 2006 NewsBytes

Congratulations Patricia Kunz Howard!
Some Changes at ENA
January 16, 2006 Registration and Housing Deadline�Leadership Challenge 2006
Candidate Deadline for Nominations Committee Election Extended
State Leaders Turn Out for Orientation
Proehl Serves as Expert Panelist for NCSBN
Remember Your 2005 Member-Get-A-Member Campaign Prizes
Esther�s Follies�Leadership Challenge 2006 ENA Foundation Event
Call for Poster Abstracts for Scientific Assembly 2006�January 15, 2006 Deadline
LUNAR III Study�Still Recruiting Sites!
Call for Candidates�Distinguished CFRN� Award
The Luminary ProjectNurses Lighting the Way to Environmental Health
Health Care Without Harm Mini-Grant Program: 2005-2006
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care
National Nurses Survey on Health and Chemical Exposures

Congratulations Patricia Kunz Howard!

ENA President Patricia Kunz Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, has been elected secretary of the Nursing Organizations Alliance Coordinating Team. The mission of The Alliance is "to increase nursing's visibility and impact on health through communication, collaboration and advocacy." The Alliance represents nearly 70 nursing organizations, including ENA. For more information, visit www.nursing-alliance.org/index.cfm

Some Changes at ENA

ENA welcomes James Richmann, RN, BS, CEN, MA(c), to a one-year term on the Board of Directors. Jim is coordinator of Patient Care Services at Underwood Memorial Hospital. He replaces Polly Gerber Zimmerman, RN, MS, MBS, CEN, who resigned her Board position in December.

Gail Pisarcik Lenehan, RN, EdD, FAAN, has resigned her post as Editor of the Journal of Emergency Nursing. Interim co-editors are Anne Marie Lewis, RN, BSN, BA,MA, CEN, and Linda J. Scheetz, EdD, APRN, BC

Judith Halpern, RN, MS, CEN, will be stepping down from the DMR editor position in the next few months to focus on the completion of her doctorate.

Stuart Meyer will join the ENA staff as Marketing & Membership Officer. He has been at the American Bar Association since 2000, in various roles�each a promotion. He began as Director of Marketing and Member Services and is leaving as Director, Section of Labor and Employment Law. Stuart's career began in politics in the state of Kentucky. Additional management experience offered him opportunity to generate revenue and take responsibility for multiple areas, similar to what he will encounter at ENA.

January 16, 2006 Registration and Housing Deadline�Leadership Challenge 2006
	All advance registration for current members must be postmarked by January 16 to receive the reduced fee. For more information, log on to Web site at www.one-stop-registration.com/ena_lc/OSR.Index.

Candidate Deadline for Nominations Committee Election Extended

The call for candidates from the Central States to serve on the Nominations Committee has been extended until January 10. Interested members must send a letter of intent with contact information (name, address, phone, fax, e-mail) stating interest in running for a committee position to Patti Howard at gburns@ena.org.. Members living in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin are urged to consider serving on this committee. Detailed information and qualifications appear in the November Connection.

State Leaders Turn Out for Orientation

Almost 100 new and veteran state leaders took advantage of the State Council Orientation last month in Chicago. This year, in addition to presidents and presidents-elect, secretary/treasurers were invited to attend the workshops and roundtable sessions. Despite an old-fashioned Midwest snowstorm, all councils except Guam, Delaware, Ohio, Missouri, and Wyoming sent representatives.

Proehl Serves as Expert Panelist for NCSBN

Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) announces that Jean A. Proehl, RN, MN, CEN, CCRN, FAEN has served as an expert panelist for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing�s (NCSBN�) practice analysis meeting. The meeting�s purpose was to develop a list of nursing activity statements that post entry-level RN, perform throughout their careers. NCSBN plans to survey RNs in 2006 in order to describe the continuing practice of RNs and to address NCSBN�s strategic initiative, measuring the continuing competence of nurses. The survey initiative is anticipated to begin January 2006. All nurses receiving the survey are strongly encouraged to complete and return it.

Remember Your 2005 Member-Get-A-Member Campaign Prizes

Don�t forget that your prize points must be redeemed by January 31, 2006. Visit www.ena.org/m-g-m/points-form.asp

Esther�s Follies-Leadership Challenge 2006 ENA Foundation Event

Save the Date at Leadership Challenge 2006 in Austin, Texas-Saturday, February 25, 6 - 8:00 p.m. Join ENA Foundation for a private showing of Esther's Follies, touted as a new vaudeville. Since 1977, it has been performing topical satire, magic and musical-comedy parodies and fun, set against the backdrop of Austin's hysterical, historical entertainment district 6 Street. Pre-registration and fee of $55 are required, and seating is limited. Beverages only will be available.

Call for Poster Abstracts for Scientific Assembly 2006-January 15 Deadline

ENA invites you to submit abstracts for research posters and papers, clinical posters, and injury prevention posters for the 2006 Scientific Assembly, September 14-16 in San Antonio, Texas. The deadline for the e-mail submission is January 15, 2006. Abstracts of completed clinical projects, or projects in the final stages of evaluation with preliminary results available, may be submitted. Suggested clinical topics include, but are not limited to, abstracts which address implementation and evaluation of a new program, computer programs, shared governance, orientation programs, triage, and customer satisfaction. Abstracts must be prepared according to the guidelines that are available for download on the ENA Web site at www.ena.org or by contacting the ENA Research Department at 800/900-9659 ext. 4119, or by e-mail at abstracts@ena.org.

LUNAR III Study-Still Recruiting Sites!

ENA�s third national Learning and Using New Approaches to Research (LUNAR) research study has received a great response from ENA members since its launch at the 2005 Annual Meeting. ENA is still looking for interested members who want to serve as site coordinators and have their emergency departments participate in this research. To find out how you and your ED can participate, go to www.ena.org/research/current or call 800/900-9659 ext. 4119.

Call for Candidates-Distinguished CFRN� Award

The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) and the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA) would like to recognize a CFRN who has demonstrated support for certification in flight nursing. The Distinguished CFRN Award recognizes a CFRN who has promoted the certification process in flight nursing. The candidate represents the certification credential either to colleagues, other disciplines, or consumers. The award will be presented at the 2006 Critical Care Transport Medical Conference (CCTMC) in Las Vegas, Nevada April 3 - 5, 2006. The recipient will have airfare, one night hotel and meeting registration paid by ASTNA.

To be considered for this award, the following information must be e-mailed to the BCEN office with receipt by BCEN no later than January 31, 2006. For more information, visit www.ena.org/bcen/news/callforcfrncandidatefor2006.pdf

The Luminary Project Nurses Lighting the Way to Environmental Health

The Luminary Project is a collaborative environmental health initiative that recognizes and highlights nurses who are concerned about environmental health issues. This is a web-based collection and sharing of illuminating stories of nurses who protect people�s health by improving the health of the environment. Strategic tools and resource materials also are available through the Web site. For more information about this project and how you can submit stories and become a Luminary Nurse, visit www.theluminaryproject.org/ or contact Marjorie Buchanan RN, MS at 410/829-2862 or e-mail mbuchana@ana.org.

Health Care Without Harm Mini-Grant Program: 2005-2006

Health Care Without Harm announces its Nurses Workgroup Mini-Grant Program with awards ranging from $500 to $3,000. The program is designed to support innovative efforts to expand and deepen the involvement of nurses in environmental health issues, to promote advocacy activities, and to encourage those initiatives that showcase collaborative efforts between nurses and environmental organizations. The application deadline is January 31, 2006 and applicants of accepted proposals will be notified by February 28, 2006. For more information, visit www.ena.org/nursing/collaborative/default.asp.

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care

The National Consensus Project (NCP) recently released their Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, which describes the core elements of an evidence-based model palliative care program. Widespread adoption of the Guidelines will help establish palliative care as an integral component of care for persons with life-threatening or debilitating illnesses. A number of prominent health care organizations, including ENA, have endorsed the Guidelines. Detailed information about the Guidelines is available at www.nationalconsensusproject.org, where they can be downloaded free of charge. For more information about the Guidelines or the NCP, contact Ken Zuroski, Project Coordinator, at 412/787-1002, or e-mail kenz@hpna.org.

National Nurses Survey on Health and Chemical Exposures

ENA members are invited to complete the National Nurses Survey on Health and Chemical Exposures. The online survey, which can be found at www.ewg.org/sites/nurse_survey/, explores the relationship between a nurse�s health and on-the-job exposures to chemicals, drugs, and other harmful agents. Nurses are able to enter information online about their workplace experiences and exposures, as well as download information related to hazardous substances and alternative products. For additional information about this project, contact Karen A. Ballard RN, MA at 518/469-0474 or e-mail KBallard@nyc.rr.com.