CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION
State Council Meeting Minutes
November 22, 2013
Long Beach, California
TIME / DISCUSSION / ACTIONCall to order & establish quorum / 5 min / Call to order : Linda Rosenberg @
Established Quorum: 11/13 present
Introductions / 5 min / Welcome and Introductions
Timekeeper/Facilitator: Marcus Godfrey
Approval of minutes / 5 min / Review/Approve Minutes
Motion: Terri Sturgill
Second: Julie Rossie / Minutes approved w/2 corrections Louise Hummel inducted into AEN and Orange County meeting in August not at Disney.
Treasurer’s Report
Kristin Conner / 20 min / Wells Fargo Account Summary
- Business Checking Account: $138,505.47
- Chapter –Committee Accounts: $ 227,646..35
- CalENA Savings:$ 28,553.15
- Net Worth Report: $463,805.05
- Committees to submit in the next 2 weeks; needs approval by Dec 13
- Budget report from chapters -must be turned in to Terri by Dec 15
ENA nurses week grant- only 4 requests turned in for 2013
Scholarships Grant-Kelleher award $500.00
-Carlo Orozco (Inland Empire)
-Nicole Swanson (San Diego)
-Student Nurse Michael Hicks MICP (associate membership award for ENA x1 year
SUGGEST: Press release on scholarships (Diane ST Denis)
Possible to re-order ENA jackets to be used as a fund raiser—scholarship/suggested $50.00 price ($5.00 profit margin)
- Finance Committee: 2 year term/4 people (President, Immediate Past president, Treasurer, Treasurer-elect, member at large) Louise Hummel as member at large
Other ideas for fund raising: Vests for $30.00?
Unfinished/Ongoing Old Business
Linda Rosenberg / 40 min / Cal ACEP- Marcus Godfrey- LA Safe meds, Maddy fund re-established. Awaiting updated priorities – will likely involve
CHA EMS/Trauma Committee- Terri Sturgill- next meeting Dec 12
EMREF – Terri Sturgill – no updates currently
EMSA Task Forces :
- STEMI – Susan Smith – no update
- STROKE– Jan Ogar – no update
- Chapter 13 – Marcus Godfrey – no update
Violence Study Update– Marcus Godfrey
ENA “Day on the Hill” Washington DC : May 6-7, 2014
- Original dates 5/12-14 changed to 5/6-7 due to House being on vacation
3rd year of work: IRB almost ready (Jan 2014); In Dec tool evaluation with 4 hospitals; target feasibility study by March 2014
Director at Large Update
Susan Smith/Carole Snyder / 20 min / Meeting Locations for 2014
1.Jan 9 and 10 Westin Costa Mesa
2.Mar 19 and 20 Sacramento
3.May 8 and 9 Riverside
4.Aug 7 and 8 Tahoe
5.Nov -pending
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES:
- November Cruise Ship Weekend following our State Council Meeting: (Nov 22-25)
- Leadership Conference (Phoenix) Registration is open
Aug 6-7 $119
Aug 8-9 $ 179
Educ day Aug 7
Goal to send out save the date reminders and encouragement soon so people can plan (date not established)
Chapter Leaders: Please send fliers for Ed events to CalENA president so we can account for these local events – goes toward State Achievement Award.
New Business
Linda Rosenberg
Induction of BOD for 2014-Linda Rosenberg / 50 min / National Updates – Deena Brecher (National Board Liaison for 2013)
New Committees
- Finance Committee (see above for members) – Have met once at this time.
- Begin strategic planning process for 2014 (should be approved by Dec 31)
- Complete State Council Achievement Award Application
- Make sure all Chapter Officers are updated on National website
- State Council Annual Report survey will be sent out in late November via E-mail to all state council presidents. Deadline to complete is January 31st
for 2014
Induction of the NEW 2014 CA Board of Directors:
President: Carole Snyder
President Elect:Susan Smith
Secretary: Agnes Faria
Treasurer Elect:David Samuelson
Director at Large:Janet Williams / No National Rep present.
Current priorities include working on turn around time for complaint response; anticipate new ENPC manuals early 2014.
Carole Snyder and Linda Rosenberg to work on.
CHAPTER REPORTS / Assignment of Board Liaison
East Bay #223 / 5 min /
- Next mtg Dec 12
Greater LA #224 / 5 min /
- Mtg Dec 4 – Holiday dinner
Northern LA #460 / 5 min /
- Having shirt design contest as fundraiser
Mid Valley #225 / 5 min /
- Dec meeting upcoming
Orange Coast #226 / 5 min /
- ED RN celebration/dinner in Oct. All 2014 mtgs set.
San Diego #228 / 5 min /
- Holiday tea & toy drive Dec 6. Planning started for 911 conference in April.
San Francisco #230 / 5 min / Linda Rosenberg
Channel Islands #378 / 5 min /
- New officers taking positions. Goal to increase meetings
Loma Prieta #232 / 5 min /
- Mtg next week. Pediatric Jeopardy. Goal to rite resolution for Gen. Assembly in 2014.
Inland Empire #362 / 5 min /
- End of year dinner Dec 5. Reorganizing chapter.
Sacramento #253 / 5 min /
- Dinner for ED nurses week well attended. Planning collaborative disaster conference w/AACN chapter for 4/9/14
Superior # 379 / 5 min /
- Co-sponsored EMS symposium Nov 1. Looking at ice skating event for social get together. New officers.
Kern County #442 / 5 min / Carole Snyder
COMMITTEE REPORTS / Assignment of Board Liaison
Bylaws/SOP’s
Linda Rosenberg/Terri Sturgill / 5 min /
- Will update title with correct grammar (Emergency Nurses Association: California State Council) and post on website.
Delegate/Gen Assembly
Louise Hummel /
- 2014 will be in IN. Will have info in Jan.
Education
Tobin Miller / 5 min /
- Feedback from August event in Ventura was positive.
- Cruise CE has 25 registrants thus far. Feel that not all are accounted for at this time.
Emergency Preparedness/EMS
Judy Scott / 10 min /
- Discussion on Community paramedicine
- Motion: (Diane St. Denis) Cal ENA supports the concept to move forward with the pilot projects pending continued satisfactory development of the operational details and evaluation. We are requesting a seat on the OSHPD Advisory Committee.
- Vote: 11/11 chapter reps present in favor
Discussion:
CNA opposes due to labor concerns – is the role of these medics taking jobs away from RNs?
Kara Davis will submit white paper from UCD.
Multiple concerns regarding nurses scope of practice/assessment.
LIP committee supports.
Oversight would be by LEMSAs. Wash DC also looking at this concept. Trial studies underway in CA.
ENAF
Diane Schertz / 5 min /
- $455 raised for Foundation today
- $23,000 raised at Jewelry auction in TN. – CA State council donated 3 items.
ENPC/Pediatrics
Flora Tomoyasu / 5 min /
- Outreach grant ($500) given to EMSC to replicate Peds conference (1 day) in So Cal.
- 2 ENPC Instructor classes coming up – contact Flora for information
Government Affairs
Kara Davis / 5 min /
- Interested in pursuing assault on a HCW as a felony. Brochures from NY state available as sample initiative language)
- AB588 approved; SB669 approved (EMSA to develop education & training); AB219 approved in chapter; CalENA wrote letter of support; AB446 approved in chapter. AB355 did not pass
Historian
Liz Taylor / 5 min /
- Not present
QSIP
Patrice Christensen / 5 min /
- Quarterly conference calls from National on Injury Prevention.
- Worked on Violence Study in Committee – see above.
Membership
Terri Sturgill / 5 min /
- Vacillates between 3650-3750
Newsletter/Web Chair
Mark Wandro / 5 min /
- Deadline Dec 10 for January newsletter
- President to send statewide email when Monitor is posted online
Leadership in Practice
Julie Rossie / 5 min /
- New chair to be Kathy VanDusen
- Working on Violence study tool – IRB to follow.
- Topics: R sided/post EKGs, mobile devices in ED, Reducing hemolysis in peripheral draws,
Press Secretary
Diane St. Denis / 5 min /
- Will complete press release on scholarships
TNCC/Trauma
Gail Dodge / 5 min /
- Adding a 5th region and regional director
- TNCC roll out to start Feb 2014. Provider manuals will ship 1/13. Instructors can update their status through May 2014.
- Trauma committee will be launching new website that will be linked from the CalENA website – to provide info on roll out; other trauma courses; allow direct access to forms for course monitoring and email to regional directors.
Roundtable/Adjourn /
- Linda Rosenberg: Tobin Miller selected to be on the Lantern Committee at National.
- Adjourned at 1525
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