Central Indiana Chapter American Association of Critical Care Nurses Spring/ Summer,2012 NEWSLINE: Monthly meetings are the second Monday of each month Sept-June. CIC-AACN wins Community Outreach/Education Award New National AACN President : Kathyryn E. Roberts Theme: Dare to Jennifer Heisick wins NTI Scholarship Chapter honors AACN certified nurses in March Gretchen Dawson PCCN wins one year National Membership in June. Critical Care Bowl: Shelbyville: September 10th, 2012 Inside this issue: President s Message 1 March Highlights 2 Spring conference Highlights 2 May Highlights 3 NTI Highlights 3 June Highlights 4 Circle of Excellence Award 5 Chapter News 6 President s Message: Embracing the new President s theme: Dare to.. We have had a great year as we have embraced Mary Stahl s theme of TOGETHER, STRONGER, BOLDER. We started our year with Critical Care Bowl at IU West. As you remember, eight teams competed and IU Health-Methodist Cardiac Medical Critical Care Unit team HEART HELPERS won bragging rights. In collaboration with industry partners, our monthly meetings provided educational opportunities as we pay it forward with donations to the Wheeler s Women/Children s Shelter. A health fair was organized for the Shelter in April. Funds from our annual ornament auction for the Ronald McDonald House were matched by the chapter. In October, our Healthy Work Environment Summit in collaboration with Sigma Theta Tau highlighted how working together we can be stronger and bolder for our patients. In March, your Board represented you at the annual Student Nurses Association Conference. In April, the Spring Conference, conference embodied the theme as speakers provided valuable education. Industry partners once again provided generous support for the event. In May, several of you attended NTI. Jennifer Heisick attended this year as our NTI scholarship winner. Jenni won by sharing how her practice embodied the president s theme. One of the highlights each year at NTI is when the new theme for national AACN is announced at the Wednesday Supersession. So, for the coming year our new AACN president, Kathryn E. Roberts, challenges us to : DARE TO.. I CHALLENGE you to DARE TO.take the next step in your career in the coming year. For some, it may be certification, for others it may be getting that next degree, for others it might be helping your unit achieve Beacon status. How about submitting a narrative to attend NTI in Boston next year, attending more local AACN meetings or getting a team together for Critical Care Bowl..What will you DARE TO DO this year????????? Carolyn Kirkendall RN MSN CCRN TOGETHER, STRONGER, BOLDER
HIGHLIGHTS MARCH was our annual Certification Celebration at Coopers Hawk Winery. AACN certified nurses were recognized with gifts and flowers as all enjoyed cake and a presentation by Dr. Saihari Sadanandan (picture above). He presented on Effient: April Spring Conference Providing Nursing Care Together-Stronger-Bolder Thank you to our presenters: Cindy Adams, Dorian Beasley, Gina Connolly, Jan Powers (pictured at right) and Belinda Wallbank. Many thanks to our gold level corporate sponsors: Nancy Oldham Sherman with Otsuka America Pharmacceuticals, Inc. And John Hoselton with Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Page 2
MORE HIGHLIGHTS May s Meeting featured Dr. William R. Jarvis as he reviewed the 2011 CDC Guidelines for the Prevention Of Intravascular Catheter-Associated Infections sponsored by Biopatch at the Rathskeller MAY IS NTI-ORLANDO Let the pictures tell the story Spring/Summer 2012 Page 3
MORE HIGHLIGHTS JUNE 2012, We ended our year with ABBOTT NUTRITION at Harry and Izzy s. Sarah Feasel lead our discussion of the ASPEN guidelines and the challenges of meeting the dietary needs of critically ill patients. Page 4
CIC-AACN WINS NATIONAL AWARD BOARD MEMBER CLARA MONROE ACCEPTS AWARD AT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP Page 5
NEWS from the Central Indiana Chapter American Association of Critical Care Nurses Contact us at : cicaacn@gmail.com Find us on Face book www.aacn.org/cinc Active Members newly certified in 2011-12 Pam Claycomb CLML Annie Echlebarger CCRN Gretchen Dawson PCCN Melinda Quarles CCRN WATCH FOR WEBSITE UPDATES IN THE COMING YEAR. All active local members who receive new AACN certification will receive free one year local membership and have their name entered in a contest to receive a free national membership. Drawing held in June. Congrats to Gretchen Dawson who won this year. ALL CURRENT LOCAL MEMBERSHIP WILL BE RENEWED SEPT/OCT Bulk National Memberships available at CIC-AACN monthly meetings for $69 Watch for Critical Care Bowl info in August. See you in Shelbyville SEPTEMBER 10th CRITICAL CARE BOWL 2012 YOUR 2012-13 CIC-AACN BOARD President- Amy Sprague President-elect- Vicky Shelton Secretary-Mary Fischer Treasurer-Jennifer Baker Treasurer-elect-Judy Dodge Programs: Nancy Whelan Programs-Apprentice- Tammy Ditto Membership-Melissa Sorrell, Mandy Dees WebMaster-Kim Hodge Newsletter Amy Engle Community Service-Clara Monroe Historian-Deb Nicoll Past President-Carolyn Kirkendall