KENA Meeting Minutes
Friday, April 11, 2008
Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, KS
In Attendance: Marcia
Bulleigh, Denise Spaeth, Charla Holman, Jane Ross, Robin Nikkel, Mitch Jewitt,
Stefanie Fair, Stella Riney, Aggie Weigel, Carol Kappelman, Dolly Shites, Gwen
Philbrook, Marcina Doze, Lynette Kornelson, Deb Veatch, Darlene Whitlock, Pat
Rackley
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Topic |
Key Discussion |
Decisions/Action |
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Call to Order |
Stefanie Fair, President
called the meeting to order at 10:45. |
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Approval of Agenda |
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Motion to approve the
agenda. M/SE: Agenda approved. |
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Review of minutes from last
meeting. |
Correction: February minutes
should read “Stef will obtain December 07 minutes and bring to next meeting.”
December minutes – corrections included spelling of member
names; committee members and chairs will be added to the website. |
*Motion to approve the
February minutes with the correction M/SE: Mitch/Robin. *Motion to approve December minutes w proposed corrections. M/SE:
Deb Veatch/Lynette Kornelson. Approved. |
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President report (Stef) |
*Link for committee members
and chairperson will be posted on the website. *Leadership Conference in Hawaii
- Colorado’s current strategic plan shared; calendar of upcoming events shared; *Report from National Board
of Directors mtg. – current membership is 33,375; discussed hospital
reimbursement for MRSA; Mitch reported ENA does not want to endorse any
outside CEN review course – therefore, development of ENA sponsored CEN
review course was approved; at the National level ENA wants to be conscientious
of the organizations “branding”; Implementation
of background checks for nominees for BOD and Nat’l officers was discussed and passed. Controversy
regarding eligibility criteria, and how the information will be utilized once
obtained was discussed; Deb Circle requests ideas for national IT upgrade;
ENA is developing an online triage class; membership rosters – members marked
“undesignated” are assigned by zip code, if no zip code is available the
state leaders will assign to a chapter; discussion occurred re: nomination
process for BOD – suggested nominations by region as opposed to across the
nation – great deal of discussion regarding reasoning behind this; ENA is
working with JACO to develop advanced standards that can be used in triage; JACO
has revised medication standards that are on the listserve; a link to JACO website will be added on the
managers website. |
No action. |
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President elect report
(Carol) |
*Jackie Piper sent a thank
you for adding Darlene to the STEMI thing.
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No action. |
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Secretary report (Marcia) |
None |
No action. |
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Treasurer (Lynette) |
*Budget presented. CD matured with renewal rate of 3.44%; another to renew in the near
future; State assessment checks will be distributed to the chapters today for
2006; Jane will send annual report for ENACK to Lynette for accountant for
2007 – please include officers w contact information; Gwen still has key for
executive lock box – includes bylaws and corporate papers. |
Motion to approve the
treasurer’s report. M/SE: Gwen/Carol. Motion by Darlene for state
council to reimburse individual(s) who provided lunch today. M/SE: Darlene/Jane.
Approved |
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Committee Reports |
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By-Laws (Susan McDaniel) |
No report. |
No action. |
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Communications (Joyce
Radke) |
No report. |
No action. |
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Membership/Fundraising |
Charla – pins are
available. |
No action. |
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ACT, KMS, Safe Kids, etc (Darlene Whitlock) |
*Fundraiser for Alice
Young, RN at Hutchinson Hospital raised $6,000. Alice passed away Saturday
morning. *Katrina Otto, Providence
will be published in April JEN, Pg. 159. *Liz Carlton & Darlene
have held CATN courses throughout the state.
Does the council want to organize a course? *May is Safe Teen driving
month. Darlene has educational
programs targeting teens scheduled. *Reminder to contact
legislators regarding the proposed Graduated Licensing Laws. Legislator from Ulysses area is an
opponent of the graduated licensing law.
Previous email sent by Darlene has legislator email addresses for
those interested in sending support of these laws. *Midwest Trauma Society
meeting will be May 1 – 2nd in Kansas City. *Lawrence Memorial Hospital
saw 105 patients from 7p-7a after Monday night KU basketball national
championship win. *PEARS class – basic life
support and pals combination. May
address the issue of payment for both PALS and ENPC. *Discussion regarding compression
only CPR. *Next ACT mtg. is May 14th
– doing an BIS evaluation on Aug. 25-26th (state trauma system
evaluation done by the American College of Surgeons) . Carol & Stef will be available to
discuss the statewide trauma system in Topeka. *ACT will be doing Rural
Trauma Team Development courses at
Quinter and Gove County. *KS Medical Society mtg. is
April 16th. *SafeKids week is April 28th
– May ____. Gov. Sebilius signed a proclamation of support. *EM. Service for Children –
grant for ENPC provider and instructor.
Classes completed by region are: NE (_____), NC (Abilene), NW (Hays),
SC (Coffeyville), SW (Garden City), SE (Parsons). *EMSC trying to get
protocols for pre-hospital providers. *April 16th –
STEMI meeting will be held in Salina.
STEMI, STROKE, PEDS groups are discussing ‘destination hospitals’ and
development of protocols. Key
hospitals lacking resources will be identified, and money be awarded to them
to develop the service. *Job postings – sent around *EMS group. Darlene was invited to present on April 19th
at KEMTA in Hutchinson, KS. |
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General Assembly/Nominating (Gwen) |
*Gwen will make revisions
to the General Assembly delegate application form, and post on website. *Delegates need to submit
applications to Gwen by June 6th,
2008. *If interested in office
for state council, submit resume to Gwen for nominations committee to review.
* Committee members include
Gwen, Lynnette, Charla. |
No action. |
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Injury Prevention (Deb
Veatch) |
*Discussed the last injury
prevention conference call. Next conference call in May 14th. *ABSI programs were discussed.
Upcoming injury prevention program on safer medication use released
next year. 2nd program in series addressing injury prevention for
the geriatric population. *Child passenger safety
week in June. *May is elder abuse
prevention month, national bike and motorcycle awareness month, “Clicket or
ticket - Buckle up America” week. *National EMS week is May 18th – 24th. |
No action. |
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Scholarship (Carol
Kappelman) |
No report. |
No action. |
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Education (Mike Hastings) |
Darlene reported for Mike
on the following: *Trauma Summit – August 15th at Rolling Hill
Refuge. Suggestions for agenda and presenters were: Rosann Rokowski from State
of KS; Trauma Coordinators will be
introduced but not asked to formally present at the conference; Because evaluations
from 2007 Summit indicated a desire for presentations pertaining to clinical
topics Darlene will ask Michael ________ to discuss hypothermia guidelines
that were implemented at KU; vignettes about new equipment; Gale Winihan National Board Liasion is
available to present, national will cover expenses, honorarium accepted /
suggested donation to ENF in her name – topic death & dying, 60 min.
presentation; Lt. Colonel John Gross on Battlefield Nursing , DON at Ft.
Riley on experiences in running the ER in Bagdad; Brain / Injury / Family
Presence / - presenters Liz Carlton or Darlene Whitlock; Optional tour of
SRHC new ER as last event of the day; Vendors – decided against onsite
vendors; KSNA will co-sponsor again this year – brochure & mailing –
charge for use of bulk rate; Marcia Bulleigh volunteered to be the local
contact for the Zoo again this year. *Trauma Registrar for the
State of Kansas researched national data reported finding trauma related
mortality rates in rural areas is 50% > than in urban areas. Cannot identify where crash occurred but
can identify where the person died.
If look at place of residence then mortality rate is 72% > in State
of Kansas. |
No action. |
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Nursing Practice (Lynette Kornelson) |
*Recommendation for Compression
Only CPR released by AHA last week. *KC Fire, Johnson County
Med-Vac., and MAST have adopted the 200 compressions w oraopharyngeal passive
oxygen mask before analyzing the rhythm w AED resulting in a 40% increase in
resuscitation rates. Adults only. *Discussion regarding RN
initiation of external jugular veins.
Is considered a peripheral line; however, requires different skill than starting an arm vein,
is approved by Board of Nsg. IF
competencies documented; BON states if
< 3.25 inches and have competencies documented then within scope of
practice; overall RN initiation of ext. jugular IVs is not a common practice
in most facilities for those represented today. |
No action taken. |
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Government Affairs (Kelly Hewin) |
No report |
No action taken. |
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TNCC
/ ENPC |
*Darlene reported there
have been numerous TNCC classes taught across the state. Instructors are
reporting that there is a high fail rate. Has not heard from anyone, except
people in Parsons, who need a TNCC – I update. Parsons group is requesting an
update prior to April 24th. |
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Old Business |
*Delegate form revisions – tabled
until next meeting. Gwen will work on the new form. *Website – Mitch reported from
March 08 – Feb 09 council has paid over $900 and no refund will be awarded by
webmaster ($575) if we change. There are others that are
cheaper, but with current circumstances this will need to be addressed again
in August meeting. **Stefanie and Marcia are
still listed as Board of Directors.
BOD cannot hold council offices at same time. This leaves 2 open positions on BOD |
*Gwen will look at the
tellers report from last year and send to Stefanie. Board will meet by conference
call to appoint members to fill these positions |
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New Business |
Chapter Reports: EKENA
– “All Star Break Conference”, on Friday, June 27th from 8-4; hosted by Providence Medical
Center. Meets EMS requirements for continuing education. Registration form will be emailed to
members. Hosting onsite CEN test on
July 8th. Twelve
participants required for onsite testing. Pres., Treasure, Sec.
discussed who to have on signature card for the EKENA Chapter bank account. Members
requested Darlene Whitlock and accepted.
Basket distributed for
nurses day and encouraging ENA membership. ENACK –
Denise reported the September meeting was rescheduled to October 27th
at El Dorado. Next mtg. May 19th at
Carriage Crossing in Yoder. All day conference
tentative June 20th (July alternate date) on Meth. Topics. |
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Adjournment |
Meeting adjourned by
Stefanie Fair at 2:18 p.m. |
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Next meeting: |
Next meeting June 13, 2008 at Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson,
KS |
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Respectfully submitted,
Marcia Bulleigh-Earley, RN
KENA Secretary