President s Message Bill Light

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1 Summer 2010 The Oregon State Council of the Emergency Nurses Association Oregon ENA 2010 President Bill Light (503) President-Elect Jeff Solheim (503) Treasurer Denice Scotland (503) Secretary Cassie Richard (503) Member at Large Sarah Tallon Webmaster Jodie Jeffers Newsletter Editor Laura M. Criddle (503) Or contact President s Message Bill Light Summer is in full swing in Oregon and with it comes all the extra activities that call for our attention: family vacations, sunny days outside with the kids, not to mention the increased visitors to our Emergency Departments after overdoing it on their own summertime fun. With all these extra stresses to our already full schedules, I wanted to take a minute to highlight some of the important opportunities for you from ENA. First is our Call for Officers for the 2011 Contents Oregon ENA State Council Board of Directors. We welcome any nominations, both of your colleagues and for yourself, for any of the positions on our board. See the article in this newsletter for all the details. Secondly, the 2010 ENA National Convention is rapidly approaching. This year we are traveling to sunny San Antonio, TX for General Assembly September 22-23, 2010 where ten of your colleagues from around the Continued on page 2 President s Message 1-2 General Assembly Delegates Save The Date: Special Conference, October 28th 3 REACH Conference at Salem Hospital, September 10th 4-5 MVC Day at the Aquarium, August 17th 6 TNCC/ENPC Schedule 7

2 President s Message Continued from page 1 state will serve as our voice for Oregon in helping to shape ENA s national policies and affect change for our profession. Following General Assembly, on September 23-25, ENA Scientific Assembly will be held where we hope to see you in San Antonio. For all the details on the upcoming educational and networking opportunities please visit coursesandeducation/conferences/annual/2010/pages/ Default.aspx. Additionally, I want to make sure you are aware of a tremendous educational opportunity that Oregon ENA is creating for you. On October 28, 2010 Oregon ENA will be holding the first annual Oregon Leaders Summit. This year we are proud to bring you a nationally acclaimed speaker from the Studor Group, Julie Kennedy. While admission to sessions for this speaker are normally priced in the several hundreds of dollars per seat, Oregon ENA is happily offsetting the costs so that Oregon nurses might be able to take advan- tage of this superior educa- tional opportunity in these dif- ficult financial times. See our article regarding the con- ference for further information and keep an eye on our web- site as more news becomes available. Finally, don t forget that ENA s Na- tional Leadership Conference is coming to Portland, OR in February of This is a huge honor for Oregon to be able to host this national meeting. We hope to see you there this winter when the national stage comes to our front door! As always, please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about your Emergency Nurses Association or if there is anything with which I can assist you! Bill Light, President 2

3 Oregon ENA General Assembly Delegates 2010 Your Oregon ENA State Council is proud to announce the 2010 ENA General Assembly Delegates from Oregon. Please join me in congratulating these outstanding ED nurses for their hard work and dedication to Emergency Nursing. Oregon Delegation to 2010 general Assembly in San Antonio, TX: Bill Light, Legacy Meridian Park Hospital ED Cassie Richard, OHSU ED Cindy Roler, Good Sam Regional Medical Center ED Diane Branson, Salem Health ED Jeff Solheim, Solheim Enterprises Lesa Beth Titus, Roseburg Medical Center ED Maureen Cullen, Legacy Emanuel Hospital ED Susan Walters, Portland Providence Medical Center ED Megan Clark-Davis, Portland Providence Medical Center ED Rhonda Wood, Chemeketa Community College and Salem Health ED Save the Date! First Annual Nursing Leaders Summit in Oregon Oregon ENA Presents Julie Kennedy-Oehlert RN, of the StuderGroup On October 28 th, 2010 the Oregon ENA is proud to offer a one-day conference with keynote speaker, Julie Kennedy-Oehler. Julie is both a coach and national speaker with the StuderGroup. She has 18 years of experience as an emergency, trauma, and forensic nurse. This promises to be a day filled with great inspiration for ED managers and others. SAVE THE DATE and more information will be found on the Oregon ENA website as the date gets closer. 3

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5 Want to attend for FREE? Ted Raschkes, Salem Hospital Trauma Coordinator will pay for any OR ENA state council member or Mid Valley Chapter who would like to attend. Contact Ted at or Penny Edwards, Salem Hospital Staff Educator

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7 Oregon TNCC & ENPC Schedule, 2010 The following is a list of currently scheduled TNCC and ENPC courses for Course coordinators are encouraged to submit additional class dates and updates for future newsletters. Aug. 8 & 9 TNCC Salem Penny Edwards Aug TNCC Springfield Mary Ann Vaughn Sept TNCC Portland PCC Bill Light Sept ENPC Salem Penny Edwards Sept TNCC Springfield Mary Ann Vaughn Sept. 30 Oct 1 ENPC Springfield MaryAnn Vaughn Oct. 1 2 ENPC Lebanon Cindy Roler Oct. 8-9 TNCC Salem Penny Edwards Oct ENPC Portland PCC Jeff Solheim Oct TNCC Bend Jeff Solheim Oct TNCC Springfield Mary Ann Vaughn Oct TNCC Lebanon Cindy Roler Nov TNCC Salem Penny Edwards Nov TNCC Springfield Mary Ann Vaughn Nov TNCC Portland PCC Bill Light Nov ENPC Bend Jeff Solheim 7