Emergency Nurses Association
Colorado State Council
Annual Meeting Minutes
September 10, 2007
President Eric Christensen called the meeting to Order at 11:05 am.
Introductions/Attendance: Kristin Madsen, Saleem Choudhury, Theresa Dorsey, Ron Norman, Eric Christensen, Sharon Sperry, Rosemary Dalzell, Bonnie McIntosh, John Rowland, Penny Cole, Vicky Cassabaum, Kathy Miley, Cheryl Imlay, Jessica Hernandez, Pam Bourg,
Present via phone: Tami Taylor, Jennifer Zanotti, Kirsten Christensen, Jeanne Shoup, Don Walker
Review of last meeting minutes: accepted as is, minutes are posted on the Colorado ENA website for review.
Treasurers Report presented by Sharon Sperry, accepted as is.
Committee Reports:
Membership- Eric Christensen, Chair
Membership in ENA- Colorado is up. We are still offering a discount to new and re-newing members- see the Strategic Plan for further information.
The CEN review in November will attract more members.
Eric reviewed the ED Liaison Program and asked for members to contact him directly if they are interested in serving in this role. There is an application process, to ensure all the Liaisons have current and correct information to distribute. Work still needs to be done to improve the process of getting information to the Liaisons to share throughout the state.
Education- Don Walker, Chair
Reminder of the November 5-6 CEN review. The brochure is available on the website.
Don is still working on the Winter Conference.
Memorial Health System Colorado Springs is offering a CEN review Oct 9-10.
Memorial Health System-Colorado Springs is hosting an on-site CEN exam Dec. 6, 2007.
For information on the 2 items above, contact Kirsten Christensen or Sharon Sperry.
Government Affairs- Shawn Ullrich, Chair- Not Present
Report from Eric Christensen- Shawn continues to work with Colorado Legislatures regarding Assault on the Healthcare worker. Eric met with the Colorado ACEP President to discuss a collaborative effort regarding procedural sedation. The goal is to approach the State Board of Nursing with a written statement in support of RN’s administering sedation in the ED.
ENPC- Penny Cole, Chair
Course Evaluations/Composite Scores were recently mailed out to the 90 ENPC instructors in Colorado. Of these 90 instructors, 60 are active. The courses are posted on the National ENA website.
ENCARE- Vicky Cassabaum, Chair
The Click-it-or-Ticket project was a great success, it enabled a number of members to be involved- achieving our goal of providing opportunities for member involvement! National ENA published an article about the project Vicky spearheaded! She needs help to continue
getting the member opportunities to the members. Please contact her if you would like to assist with ENCARE activities.
There is a consistent problem in getting members to report the activities they provide. Please report your activities!! The reporting form is on the website.
Vicky discussed the plan for next years “Summer of Safety”. There are 3 programs proposed for dissemination.
The ENCARE training course in Pueblo is to be rescheduled. The information will be posted on the website.
TNCC- Pam Bourg, Chair
The Composite Scores were recently mailed out.
The 6th edition of the TNCC Course is now available for selected Course Directors to disseminate the information to current Instructors. All Colorado TNCC-Instructors were mailed the information they need to verify their competency in instructing the revised course material. By April 30, 2008, all Instructors will have to have attending one of the revision courses. The course information will be posted on the website, under the TNCC link.
CourseBytes (email newsletter from National ENA to ALL members) has all the current information posted. Please refer to this or contact Pam Bourg for further information.
Old Business:
The revised By-Laws are posted on the website.
New Business:
2008 ELECTION RESULTS:
President: Don Walker
Pres-Elect: Eric Christensen
Secretary/Treasurer; Sharon Sperry
Treasurer Elect: Halle Friedman
At Large Board Member: John Rowland
In the 2007 Strategic Plan, $10,000.00 was budgeted for members to use as Paid Registration Fees. We have utilized these funds. The Board of Directors elected to add $4000.00 more to this program, as it seems to be favored by the membership. The maximum amount a member can apply for has been reduced from $300.00 annually to $150.00, while the current funds exist.
Discussion followed about the need to explore fundraising options so we can maintain member benefits like these. Adding a Fundraising Committee to the list of Colorado State Council committees was proposed.
The remainder of the meeting was spent discussing some of the items up for discussion at the National General Assembly in Salt Lake City. Colorado will send 14 Delegates and 2 Alternates to represent the membership of Colorado. You can view the topics for discussion on the National ENA website. If you have comments or concerns, feel free to post them on the GuestBook of the Colorado ENA website or contact one on the delegates listed below:
Eric Christensen
Sharon Sperry
Tami Taylor
Penny Cole
Vicky Cassabaum
Jennifer Zanotti
Kelly Driver-Stackpool
Carrie Norman
Mike Levine
Jeanne Shuppe
Theresa Dorsey
Saleem Choudhury
Cheryl Imlay
Kirsten Christensen
Michelle Metz
Kristin Madsen
The next meeting:
November 6, 2007 1200-1300
Porter Adventist Hospital
Denver
If you plan to attend please contact Sharon Sperry ssperryrn@pcisys.net so we may provide your lunch!
Meeting adjourned at 1310
