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July 2006 NewsBytes
| Correction – June Issue of NewsBytes
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| ENA’s new JEN editor, Reneé Semonin-Holleran, RN, PhD, CEN, CCRN, CFRN, FAEN, has been an ENA member since 1977. |
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| Annual Conference CAPL & Presessions—Limited Space. Register Today!
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There still is space available for the Center for Advanced Practice Learning (CAPL) and Presessions at the 2006 Annual Conference. Presessions include Geriatric Emergency Nursing Education (GENE), Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) Exam review, and Injury Prevention (IP) Instructor Training. CAPL provides progressive clinical information and practical hands-on education. For more information and to register, log on to www.ena.org/conferences/annual/2006/default.asp. |
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| ENA Responds to Institute of Medicine Reports on the Future of Emergency Care
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| ENA responded to three groundbreaking Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports released at IOM’s June 14 press conference. The Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System series of reports was developed by a 40-member IOM panel of health care experts including three ENA members (Mary M. Jagim, RN, BSN, CEN; Donna Thomas, RN, MSN; RN MS, CEN, CHE, NREMT-P; and Fred Neis, RN, MS, CEN, CHE, NREMT-P). Following the release, ENA reviewed the reports and responded with a nationally distributed news release and an ENA President Nancy Bonalumi, RN, MSN, CEN, (who was present at the press conference) audio cast outlining ENA’s analysis and recommendations—from the perspective of the emergency nurse’s pivotal role in emergency care. ENA thanks RFTechnologies for its support. For more information and access to the audio cast, log on to www.ena.org/future/IOM/default.asp. |
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| “What ENA Means to Me”
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Thirty voices representing 30,000 members! Watch for the 30 statements chosen to reflect what ENA means to our members displayed throughout Annual Conference and in the September issue of Connection! Thank you to everyone who participated in this contest – we could not have said it better! |
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| Needed—TNCC Instructor Input
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| As the TNCC revision process moves forward, work team members ask for your assistance in piloting the new scenarios for the skill stations. If you are a current TNCC Instructor and you will be attending the ENA Annual Conference in San Antonio, please consider volunteering to help the work team on Sunday, September 17, from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. The work team wants your feedback on the scenarios before the TNCC revision is rolled out in 2007 (no date yet!).
If you are interested in participating, please e-mail your contact information (name, address, phone–home & work) to Education@ena.org by August 1, 2006. |
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| Talk to Your Board at the ENA Membership Town Hall Meeting
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| Join 2006 ENA President Nancy Bonalumi, RN, MS, CEN, the ENA Board of Directors, and your fellow ENA members at the ENA Annual Conference for this interactive one-hour meeting. The Town Hall Meeting will be held in Ballroom A at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas, Wednesday, September 13, 4:15 - 5:15 p.m. Get involved and let your voice be heard by addressing your ideas, concerns, or comments directly to the ENA Board of Directors.
If you cannot attend the meeting, you may submit questions in advance. E-mail your questions to Yuen Atkins at yatkins@ena.org by August 31. The Town Hall Meeting will be available via audio cast on the ENA Web site (www.ena.org) after the meeting. |
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| Bring Us Your Jewelry! ENAF Silent Auction at Annual Conference
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The ENA State Council and Local Chapter Jewelry Silent Auction will be held September 14-15 in San Antonio. Bid on stunning pieces of jewelry highlighting gemstones and designs native to the donors’ regional areas. . Details are available, including the Jewelry Registration Form for entering jewelry, at www.ena.org/foundation/fundraising/SilentAuction.asp, which must be received no later than August 21, 2006. Proceeds will benefit the Emergency Nurses Association Foundation (ENAF) scholarship fund
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| Call for 2007 Leadership Conference Abstracts
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| Call for Abstracts (poster presentations) is now open for the ENA Leadership Conference, February 22-25, 2007, Boston, MA. Guidelines for abstract submissions for both research and management project posters are available for download from the ENA Web site at www.ena.org/research/abstracts/2007-LC-CallforAbstracts.doc, or by contacting the ENA Research Department, 915 Lee St., Des Plaines, IL 60016-6569 at 800/900-9659, ext. 4119; E-mail: abstracts@ena.org. Submission deadline is September 15, 2006 |
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| Coming Soon: Star-Studded ENAF Online Auction—August 21 to September 13
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| Watch for the start of the ENAF Online Auction, which will include awesome items for bidding, such as tickets to Celine Dion's New Year's Eve Concert, Disney and other Orlando entertainment attractions, autographed scrubs from TV’s The Bachelor (real-life ER doctor), NBC TV’s ER cast autograph, plus gift certificates, artwork and much more. It’s coming soon, so stay tuned for more information. You will want to log on early and often. |
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| Call for CEN® Item Writers
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No item writing experience necessary—item writers are a key element to certification. It is the item writers that have clinical expertise in a specialty and use that expert knowledge to initiate items (test questions) specifically for certification in their specialty. At this time, BCEN is taking requests for item writing applications. For more information regarding item writing submission, please go to www.ena.org/bcen/news. |
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| Emergency Nurses Week: Share Your Story
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| With Emergency Nurses Week around the corner, so to speak, ENA asks you to share your celebratory plans, past successes, and recommendations. Your story could be another member’s, chapter’s or council’s gain. How did you honor Emergency Nurses Week in your workplace? Did you have a budget? Who participated in the planning and implementation? Did you receive comments from your co-workers, patients or the public? Your ENA colleagues want to know. Please e-mail your thoughts to connection@ena.org. |
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| It’s a Matter of Record
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| As ENA grows, it becomes more and more important to keep updated membership information. Please inform the ENA Member Services Department when you change addresses and other contact information. Simply call 800/243-8362 or e-mail enainfo@ena.org. |
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| Last Chance—Deadline of July 31 for Financial Assistance for Hurricane Katrina Victims
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| Monetary assistance is available for ENA members. Applications for assistance must be submitted by July 31, 2006. Information and applications are available at: www.ena.org/special/katrina/default-Distribution.asp |
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| New Clinical News Releases
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| The Talecris Company has provided ENA members with links to new clinical information bulletins. To access news bulletins: Severe Weather Reminders: Tetnus; Alert: Dog Kills Rabid Raccoon in New Jersey, and Alert: Rabid Bats Identified in Two States, log on to www.ena.org/news/releases/clinical/default.asp. |
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