Kansas Emergency Nurses Association

State Council Meeting

September 25, 2009

Attendance:

Members: Carol Kappelman, Kelly Hewins, Brian Selig, Janie Schumaker, Mitch Jewett, Shannon Wimsett, Allison Pontious, Jenny McCracken, Sarah Evans-Simspon, Jane Ross, Deb Veatch, Lynette Kornelson, Denise Spaeth, Patti Russell, Janelle Dimond, Susan McDaniel, Cindy Reazin, Michelle Schrag, Joyce Radke, Emma Doherty, Stella Riney, Charla Holman, Julie Unruh

Guests:

Call to Order: Meeting was called to order by the State President, Carol Kappelman at 10:30am. Introductions were made. Susan Mc

Approval of Agenda: Motion made to approve the agenda. Seconded. Motion carried.

Minutes Review: Motion made, seconded to approve the minutes with the following corrections:

• Magnet brochures is Oct 15 rather than Oct 16

President’s Report:

• When people join the ENA, they are supposed to be assigned to a chapter based on their zip code. Carol
• Nursing practice committee was added and forwarded to David for posting on the website
• New EN411 – Kelly Hewins for Dist 2, Janie Schumaker will serve for district 4
• Julie Unruh will serve as template designer for the Magnet mail
• State will be recognized for contributions to ENA state challenge. We need a representative at the annual conference and for Scientific Assembly to receive this recognition. Carol will be the representative.
• State leaders’ orientation for new officers will be online this year. Dec 4-5, 2009. Please clear your calendars.
• President’s Conference call
• Foundation jewelry auction will be held this year but the Kansas Council put their funds into the state challenge instead. If anyone would like to contribute, please let Carol know.
• ENA website has been updated as we talked about in August.
• Discussion about December orientation. Can put as many as 4 officers on as well as chapters.
• General Assembly
• Handbook is online this year. Delegates, please be reading it before you leave
• Bylaws format resolution – need to determine between version A or B
• Change in convention rules – 7-8am need to sign out your keypad to do electronic voting on amendments. Key pads must be returned at the end of each session.
• Bylaws proposals will not be in the book that you receive, so you should print that out before you leave so you can review it.
• State achievement award application. Carol would like to apply this year so she will be looking to committee chairs for documentation to support that nomination.
• Working Through Conflict Resolution Webinar. Carol provided information on this upcoming webinar. Contact her if interested.
• Mitch reported on a 7.5 hour splinting class in Overland Park, KS. CEUs are available if anyone is interested. Mitch will email a PDF of the brochure if anyone would like one.

President-Elect’s Report:

• Darlene wanted to know as president-elect if we would like to keep the meetings at the same time each month. No opposition noted during discussion.

Board Liaison Report:

• Mitch reported on the Board of Directors Activities.
• Discussion of bylaws amendments and changes. First decision to be made is whether or not to change the format to version B, or to use the existing format. This is why 2 versions of all bylaws and resolutions are posted. Based on this first vote, will determine which version will be used to make the rest of the voting decisions. Mitch’s impression is that the Board would support moving to version B.
• There are some changes going on at the national office. The CFO and Donna Massey are both leaving in December 2009. Both will probably be at Scientific Assembly if you would like to speak with them. No news on any replacements at this time.
• Finances are still tight. Scientific and General Assembly still appear to be on track for meeting our goals for the year, which will help the ENA end in the black for the year. Many things have been cut to help with this such as the Chicago trip for leader orientation.

Treasurer’s Report:

• Budget shows that we are short $18000; however we have added $20000 in CDs recently, so we really are in the black by about $2000. Delegates to the national convention continue to be our biggest expense.
• Motion made to approve the treasurer’s report. Seconded. Motion carried.

Committee Reports:

1. Communication Committee:
1. Stella Riney reported on communications. She would like to find a way to update the upcoming courses for TNCC on the state website. She will have David remove any old TNCC courses from the site. Suggestion was made to create a hyperlink to the national site since all of the courses are listed on that site.
2. Strategic Planning Committee:
1. Denise passed out the newest version of the strategic plan to all members. The committee met a few weeks ago to make revisions to the plan. Motion made by Mitch to adopt this strategic plan with the following changes:

i. Remove EMCARE from item (1) bullet (3).

ii. Motion seconded. Motion carried.

3. Bylaws Committee:
1. Susan handed out copies of the updated Bylaws and P&P revisions. Changes have been updated from last meeting. The revised version has been posted on the website for 2 weeks. The council was asked for comments regarding the revised version:

i. Article II, Membership, Section Ia3. Appears that the last sentence has been cut off. Change to strike and remove this item from bylaws revision completely.

2. Motion made to make the above changes. Motion seconded. Motion carried.
3. Final version will be posted on the website and voted on for approval at December meeting.
4. Discussion regarding Policy & Procedure Manual. No discussion or changes suggested.
3. Education Committee and Trauma Summit:
1. Fall Education Seminar:

i. Edie Brous and Terry Foster have both confirmed for the Fall Education Seminar Friday, November 13, 2009 at the Hughes Metroplex in Wichita, KS

ii. KU will be providing CEUs for free.

iii. Will probably have to move up the start times for the courses because of Terry’s traveling schedule. Most likely 7a-3p time frame.

iv. Agenda

1. Terry will start with a 30 minute comedy routine.

2. Edie (nurse/attorney) has 3.5 hours of material on documentation

3. Lunch. (provided)

4. Terry will finish in the afternoon with Winter Emergencies and Interesting Cases.

5. Close with a second comedy section

v. Registration will be $50 per member participant. Non-members will be $60, and then all fees will be increased by $5-10 for on-site registrations. This will allow the group to break even in their budget.

vi. Stella has sent out the “Save the Date” cards and will be submitting an invoice for that expense.

5. Government Affairs Committee
1. Jenny discussed Healthcare reform. Encouraged members to go to the ENA website to see how each member’s representatives are going to vote and their plan with healthcare reform.
6. Fundraising Committee:
1. The purple bag was passed around again. No current plans for the fund from the bag since the state challenge is over. Today we collected $171.00
7. Membership Committee:
1. Current membership stands at 298.
2. Two of the pins that we sent out to new members have been returned.
8. Certification Committee:
1. No new report.
2. Current pass rate for CEN is about 70%.
9. Media Relations Committee:
1. No new activity on the website. Good piece online on the USA Today website showing video clips on the 24 hour life of a nurse in the ER. Had patient perspectives on the video.
10. Student Nurse Relations Committee:
1. No new report.
11. Volunteer Resources:
1. No new report.
12. Trauma/ENPC Committee:
1. Upcoming classes in Fredonia, Oct 1; ElDorado, last part of Oct; Chanute, Mercy Health System, Via Christy and many others coming up in October. Mt Carmel, Oct 20-21; Wesley Oct 28-29. Please send any additional courses to Darlene Whitlock so that they can get posted on the national website.
2. Instructor reports are coming now to the chair. Evaluations received from TNCC have shown good participation. Instructor course in St Francis had 4 new people.
3. ENPC upcoming courses. Mercy Oct 27, 2009; Hays Oct 1, 2009;
13. Injury Prevention Committee:
1. Promise has a car seat inspections and bike helmet fittings event on Oct 17.
2. Darlene and Julie received a grant to do train the trainer on injury prevention. Notices will be sent out.
14. Scholarship Committee:
1. Charla reported that we received 3 scholarship requests this year. There is potentially a fourth one that needs to be turned in. The committee will meet today over the lunch hour to discuss these applications and make recommendations.
2. There has been some confusion about our scholarships. $2000 has been allotted for the scholarships annually. Question is whether or not there are two $500 scholarships given each semester or one scholarship for $1000 each semester. This will be moved to ‘other business’ to be discussed after the committee meets at lunch. Point of clarification made, that this is a 1-time scholarship and all recipients will have to re-apply each semester. There is no automatic renewal for this scholarship.
15. Nursing Practice:
1. EMTALA rules do not apply to Sexual Assault patients who are only requesting that an evidence kit be collected.
16. ACT, EMSC, Safe Kids, EMS:
1. Safe Kids

i. Safe Kids policy platform will be discussed at the December meeting.

ii. PDLS around the state, and PPC courses coming soon.

Chapter Reports:

EKENA

• One hour stroke CEU presented
• Made goodie baskets that will be passed out to all hospital ERs during Nurses Week
• Next meeting Nov 11 in Kansas City.

ENACK

• Meeting Monday, September 28 at Carriage Crossing
• No meeting since last update

Old Business:

• CEN review course
• We will contact Jeff Solheim to see if he will be willing to come and teach a CEN review course. Plan on putting a line item in the 2010 budget for the expense for this offering.
• Location of Secretary Notebook
• Magnet Mail
• Julie provided an update on magnet mail, which was approved to move forward at the last meeting. Magnet mail is a company that would allow us to use this product instead of having a state website. This is basically an email notification system that would allow us to send out blast emails to all of our members. It costs 1.5 cents per email address. Passwords and users are unlimited. It would allow us to post any information we like such as minutes, TNCC courses, etc. This would not replace the website.
• Discussion was held as to the merits of this program and whether or not it would be beneficial for the council and how it might be used.

New Business:

• Core Curriculum Guides
• Julie asked the council if there would be funding available for us to purchase ENA and Pediatric core curriculum review materials as a council and then share them among our members. She entered a motion asking the council to purchase ENA and Pediatric core curriculum guides with the purple bag money, which could be shared among members. Motion seconded.
• Motion made to amend the previous motion to include that the education committee will manage this resource. Motion seconded. Motion carried.
• Final Motion: The state council will purchase ENA and Pediatric core curriculum review materials as a council with the purple bag money, which could be shared among members. The Education Committee will manage this resource. Motion approved.

• 2010 Meeting Dates
• Feb 12, 2010 – Hutchinson, KS
• Apr 9, 2010 – Salina, KS
• June 11, 2010 – Coffeyville, KS
• Aug 13, 2010 – Annual Meeting – Wichita, KS
• Oct 8, 2010 – Topeka, KS
• Dec 10, 2010 – The University of Kansas Hospital

Other Business:

None.

Next Meeting: December 11, 2009 – The University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, KS in the Wyandotte room just off the main cafeteria at 10:30 am.

Respectfully Submitted,

Brian Selig, RN, BSN, MHA, CEN