KENA Meeting Minutes
Friday, June 13, 2008
Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson, Kansas
In Attendance: Carol
Kappelman, Marcia Bulleigh, Deb Veatch, Jennifer Werner, Stella Riney, Cindy
Reazin, Darlene Whitlock, Jenny McCracken, Patti Russell, Denise Spaeth, Charla
Holman, Jane Ross, Mitch Jewitt, Joyce Radke, Michelle Schrag, Lynette
Kornelson, Dixie Pomeroy, Diane Haines, Marcina Doze, Susan McDaniel
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Topic |
Key Discussion |
Decisions/Action |
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Call to Order |
Carol Kappelman,
President-Elect called the meeting to order at 10:35. Introductions were made. |
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Approval of Agenda |
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Motion to approve the
agenda. M/SE: Deb Veatch / Denise Spaeth.
Approved. |
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Review of minutes from last
meeting. |
Corrections: correct spelling of Holly Stites name;
under education should read “Darlene will ask Michael Hastings to present on
hypothermia guidelines implemented at KU at Trauma Summit; under Chapter
reports Denise Spaeth requested the minutes read “September meeting was
rescheduled to October.” Specific date/location TBA. |
Motion to approve April
minutes with corrections. M/SE: Charla Homan / Deb Veatch. Approved |
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President report (Carol) |
Carol reported Stef is
unable to attend the meeting today. |
Carol will hold the meeting
in her absence. |
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President elect report
(Carol) |
*Reminder that voting for
ENA national officers is available online until 5:00 p.m. today. Please
remember to vote. *Currently, Kansas has two
Resource Specialists on National list - Marcia Bulleigh, Salina, KS and Nick
Hansarek, McPherson, KS. Carol encouraged
members to sign up for areas you are interested. *Membership list will be
released on June 20th. Carol asked members to renew before June 20th
(if needed) for accurate delegate
count. |
No action. |
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Secretary report (Marcia) |
No report. |
No action. |
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Treasurer (Lynette) |
Budget presented. |
Motion to approve the
treasurer’s report and budget as printed. M/SE: Mitch Jewitt / Charla Homan.
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) |
*Discussion took place
regarding the appointed committee members for 2008. These have not been placed on website as discussed at last
meeting. *New membership list will
be available after June 20th and will be used in future for
council communications. *Minutes for February and
April 2008 council meetings are not on the website to date. |
*Once received from Marcia,
Joyce will post February and April 2008 meeting minutes as well as 2008 KENA
committee members on the website. |
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Membership/Fundraising (Charla Homan) |
*Charla reported once new
membership list is available new members will be sent a council pin. |
No action. |
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ACT, KMS, Safe Kids, etc (Darlene Whitlock) |
*Julie North, Manhattan
Mercy ER Manager, no damage to ER due to tornado on June 11th. *Update on ACT (August)
BISS evaluation 3 National experts attended to review Kansas Trauma System
development and provided recommendations for
improvement. Encouraged
members to participate on August 25 – 26th in Topeka. Darlene’s term is up on ACT. KSNA has
recommended Darlene for reappointment.
*SafeKids meeting this
week. Focus is car seat safety
methods. Darlene has asked them to
focus on ATV safety this next year.
Requests council consider including ATV injuries seen in the ED in
trauma statistics in order to quantify occurrences. *Kansas Medical Society
Committee has had one meeting since our last council meeting. Group focused on improving the “score
card” for KS. Suggestion to develop
an Emergency Medicine Residency Program in Kansas; however, FP group opposes
this. KU is attempting to develop the residency program. Last meeting EMS directors are being
encouraged to attend a state EMS workshop to develop destination protocols /
standardized protocols for EMS.
Physicians welcome to attend.
Currently, EMS does not have standardized protocols. Kansas Medical Society is also encouraging
the development of standardized protocols; no pediatric representative on the
board. This may change in the near
future. *Development of destination
protocols for state stroke and STEMI
study extending the use of TPA in stroke patient to 6 hrs. *Nation wide study to
evaluate ability of ERs and EMS to care for pediatric patients and have
adequate supplies. *Job listings available if
interested. *Trauma Summit – brochure
reviewed, when finalized will be posted on website; Marcia to be on-site
contact; KSNA is providing the mailing list; Charla volunteered to help with
registration. *School Nurse conference is
July 17 & 18th in Wichita, KS. Darlene requested volunteers to
present at the emergency nurse course. One-hour presentations on patient
assessment using a systems approach. |
*Trauma Summit: Marcia
volunteered to be on-site contact & Charla volunteered to help with
registration. |
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General Assembly/Nominating (Gwen) |
*Lynette reported in Gwen’s
absence. Applicants who qualified for General Assembly Delegate are: Jane
Ross, Carol Kappelman, Charla Homan, Deb Veatch, Marcia Bulleigh, Stella
Riney, Lynette Kornelson, and
Stefanie Fair as KENA
President. Applicants who did not
meet minimum number of meetings, but could qualify as delegates once
membership numbers released are Denise Spaeth and Cindy Reazin. Current
Kansas membership is 327 with adjustments when new membership is released. *Discussion regarding
current KENA Board of Directors. Two BOD positions available foe re-election
on 2008 ballot. Currently, two positions for re-appointment to complete terms
for Marcia and Stef who hold officer positions. Identified current BOD and
year elected: Marcia ’06; Darlene
’07; Susan (completing term vacated by Dot Rice) ’06; Charla ’07; and Stef,
2008 Council President. *Mitch reported locations
for future General Assembly have been announced as follows: 2008 –
Minneapolis, MN; 2009 - Baltimore,
MD; 2010 – San Antonio, TX; 2011 –
Tampa, Fl; 2012 - San Diego, CA *Future leadership
Convention locations are: 2009 – Reno, NV; 2010 – Chicago, IL; 2011 –
Portland, OR. |
*KENA 2008 General Assembly
delegates are: Jane Ross, Carol Kappelman,
Charla Homan, Deb Veatch, Marcia Bulleigh, Stella Riney, Lynette Kornelson.
Stefanie Fair will attend as KENA President. * Cindy Rezin and Mitch
Jewitt volunteered to fill positions needing reappointment. BOD will discuss
and bring to next meeting. *Joyce will update BOD on
KENA website. |
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Injury Prevention (Deb
Veatch) |
*Conference call minutes
provided; reminder to instructors to report their activities to National
using the online injury prevention course reporting system on ENA
website. |
No action. |
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Scholarship (Carol Kappelman) |
*Investigating additional
advertisement methods to make scholarship monies available. *Need to change contact on
website from Gwen to Carol. |
*Joyce will ensure contact
is changed on KENA website. |
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Education (Mike Hastings) |
*No report. Darlene reported
Michael will present at the Trauma Summit as requested. |
No action. |
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Nursing Practice (Lynette Kornelson) |
*Lynette volunteered to
chair this committee due to Bev White’s relocation out of state. Discussion took place regarding the
following topics: *Institution
protocols/policy on obtaining B/P on pediatric patients. General consensus
most are performing b/p if indicated per pt. condition. *Cindy - Does anyone
question use of energy drinks when patient C.C. is chest pain or rapid heart
rate? AAP is coming out with a
statement regarding this. AHA has
recommendation regarding drug use (cocaine – meth). Is anyone
researching. Should this be included
in initial assessment on all patients? *Darlene - EJ’s (per KSBN)
can be completed by RN if competency completed. Considered a peripheral line. *Stella - Anyone using a
“nursing protocol” for pneumonia specific for ER? General consensus – no one is utilizing this. *Susan - Anyone who falls
is placed on long spine boards.
Working on protocol for removal of spine board by RN as long as there
are no distracting injuries, drug, and alcohol. CMS standards are to remove board as quickly as possible. Used in transfer – trauma centers are
beginning to consider the importance of transport without long spine board. |
No action. |
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Government Affairs (Kelly Hewin) |
*Kelly has been attending
phone conference calls. During legislation Kansas association of healthcare
advocates in Topeka every Friday afternoon. Last meeting next week. Discussion items have been smoking ban and support of graduated
licensing laws. |
No action. |
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TNCC
/ ENPC |
*Darlene reported recent
TNCC classes and number of participants attending each. Darlene has
received approval from National to
incorporate any TNCC instructors who still need to attend an update into
upcoming courses to renew. Unused
supplements will be used in new TNCC – I courses. *Darlene reported a group
of Colorado TNCC instructors contacted her regarding a TNCC course to be held
in Goodland, KS. The Colorado group inquired
about available scholarship money to offset cost(s) of the course. Darlene
requested $200-$300 from grant money to assist with this course. *Discussion on TNCC
conference call regarding high fail rate on written exam. *ENPC – grant money from EMSC
to hold classes in Coffeyville (20) on July 24 – 25th. Others courses include: Garden City held
with 22 participants, Shawnee Mission, Providence, Topeka. Upcoming
Hutchinson, Olatha, and Wichita. *National grant money for
TNCC / ENPC courses will be $1000 and will be available in July. Few guidelines as to how it can be used
were released. |
Motion to assist the Goodland class by providing $30 for each
registered participant. M/SE: Mitch/Jane. Approved. |
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Chapter
Reports |
ENACK (Denise
Spaeth) *Continuing Education
opportunity scheduled for July 18th, 2008
– “Terror in the Heartland” – sponsored jointly by ENACK and Wesley
Hospital. Location: Cessna
Auditorium. Cost - KENA/Wesley employees
$20; general public $40. Brochures available soon; Pre-registration
required. *Swim party – July 21st.
Location TBA. EKENA (Carol
Kappelman) *Continuing Education
opportunity scheduled for June 27th.
Location: Providence Medical Center.
Cost - free to ENA members. Brochure
available on KENA web-site. June meeting
will be held at the conference. |
No action. |
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Old Business |
*No report on revisions of
delegate application form. Leave on
agenda. *Web-site renewal – leave
on agenda for august. |
No action. |
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New Business |
*Carol asked if KENA would
like to participate in ENF state challenge?
*Mitch reported that the
National BOD held special meeting and approved money to be set aside for the
“Academy” to develop a mentoring program.
Information will be released this summer because the meeting will be held
after general assembly. *Carol discussed
development of a vision and mission statement for KENA. |
*Motion made that KENA
donate $250 to ENF and $250 for silent jewelry auction held at national
convention. M/SE. Mitch / Jane.
Approved. *Carol will post a vision
and mission statement on website for members to review and discuss at next
meeting. |
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Adjournment |
Meeting adjourned by Carol
Kappelman at 1:17 p.m. |
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Next meeting: |
Next meeting is August 8,
2008 at Stormont Vail, Pozez Education Center, Topeka, KS. |
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Respectfully submitted,
Marcia Bulleigh-Earley, RN
KENA Secretary