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Application Materials Due July 15:
Chapter Awards Recognize Contributions
Awards that recognize contributions by AACN chapters are among
the Circle of Excellence awards presented each year. Applications for all except
the President's Award for chapters and the CCRN Certification Drive Award for
2004 are due July 15.
Unless otherwise stated, one chapter from each membership
category will be selected to receive these $1,000 awards. Recipients will also
be recognized at AACN's National Teaching Institute and Critical Care
Exposition, May 15 through 20, 2004, in Orlando, Fla.
Following is information about each of these awards.
Sharon Connor Excellence in Chapter Leadership Development
Award
This award, named in honor of the longtime AACN national office
team member who died in June 1997, promotes the development of AACN chapter
members to assist in defining the future of chapters. The focus is on chapter
leadership development plans, outcomes and effective leadership transitions. One
chapter from each membership category is eligible to receive this award.
Outstanding Chapter Communications System Award
This award recognizes chapters that exemplify effective
communication and promote AACN's messages in the chapter and/or the community.
Outstanding Chapter Educational Program Award
This award recognizes chapters that exemplify team-teaching,
program quality and learning connection opportunities. Efforts by individual
chapters, chapters working with other chapters and chapters working with outside
collaborators are recognized separately.
Chapter Pioneering Spirit Award
This award recognizes chapters whose contributions have
influenced acute and critical care nursing in any setting.
President's Award
This award goes to the chapter or chapters that best exemplify
the annual theme of the president of AACN. The theme of 2003-04 President Dorrie
Fontaine, RN, DNSc, FAAN, will be announced at the 2003 NTI in May San Antonio,
Texas. Up to $4,000 will be awarded to one or more chapters selected by
Fontaine. Note: The deadline to submit application materials for this award is
March 1, 2004.
Chapter CCRN Certification Drive Award
This award recognizes chapters that demonstrate the value of CCRN
certification by increasing the number of CCRNs in their chapters during the
year. Chapters with the greatest percentage increase will receive five
complimentary tickets to and be recognized at the Certification Luncheon at the
NTI. To apply for this award, submit the chapter roster that highlights the
CCRNs, as of July 1, 2002, and a chapter roster that highlights nurses who have
achieved CCRN status during the year, as of June 30, 2003. Note: The rosters and
application materials are due Aug. 15.
To obtain a Circle of Excellence awards application, call (800)
899-2226 or visit the AACN Web site. The application is also available on Fax on
Demand at (800) 222-6329. Request Document #1011.
Hear Ideas to Energize Your Chapter at NTI Sessions
By Julie Kruithof, RN, MSN, CCRN
President, West Michigan Chapter
Maggie Carriker, RN, MSN
President-elect, West Michigan Chapter
and Gayle Stinnett, RN, MSN, CCRN, CNS
Tennessee Valley Chapter
Are you looking for ways to energize your chapter programs? You
could find answers at AACN's 2003 National Teaching Institute and Critical Care
Exposition in San Antonio, Texas. Gayle Stinnet of the Tennessee Valley Chapter
in northern Alabama has.
In fact, at NTI 2002 in Atlanta, Ga., Stinnett was inspired by
ideas presented by representatives of the West Michigan Chapter in a chapter
educational session titled "Programming With Pizzazz � Puttin' on the Ritz."
The presentation was one of several educational sessions offered
at the NTI to assist chapter leaders to further develop their chapters. If you
wonder whether attending chapter sessions is valuable, just consider the
experience of the Tennessee Valley Chapter in taking ideas presented by another
chapter that is located thousands of miles away and turning them into reality
back home.
Realizing that educational programming was an area of expertise
for the West Michigan Chapter, the chapter leaders proposed this content to
focus on the guidelines and key points to ensure successful chapter programming.
Throughout the program, they shared several unique and creative programming
ideas, including "Who Wants to be a Critical-Care Millionaire" and "Death of a
Cell." More than 200 NTI participants attended the program.
Stinnett returned with a proposal for her chapter's board of
directors to develop a program around a Mystery Dinner Theater model. The idea
was supported enthusiastically, and the board had great fun in planning this
program.
In December 2002, the Tennessee Valley Chapter presented "Mystery
Dinner Theater-Death of a Cell." Five of the chapter members played roles
representing each type of shock, using props to support their characters. Using
the West Michigan Chapter program as a model, a moderator and Detective Schnoop
interviewed each character to determine the killer of the cell.
The Tennessee Valley Chapter appreciated the fact that the West
Michigan Chapter shared successful programming ideas. Chapters always have great
ideas to share, and the chapter educational sessions are a great vehicle to
learn from other's successes in strengthening and developing activities. This is
just one way that the Bold Voice of AACN can be heard throughout the critical
care communities.
Take the opportunity to experience chapter educational sessions
at NTI 2003. You won't regret it.
Chapter session topics for NTI 2003 are "From Ripples to Waves:
Establishing and Revitalizing an AACN Chapter," "Leadership Lessons: Board
Learning Partners," "The Art of Creating an Exemplar: Becoming a Part of AACN's
Circle of Excellence," "Making Your Chapter's Voice Bold, Fearless and
Essential!," "Preventing Generational Collisions," "Integration and Inclusion of
Progressive Care into Mainstream AACN" and "Survivor: San Antonio-A Chapter
Experience.
NTI 2003 is scheduled for May 17 through 22 in San Antonio,
Texas. For more information or to register, visit the NTI Web site.
What's on Tap
California
The South Bay Chapter will cosponsor with the Stanford Hospital &
Clinics Center for Education a program titled "From the Endothelium to the
Environment: How Critical Care Is Changing" on April 28 in Stanford. For more
information, call (650) 723-6366, option 2; e-mail,
cecenter@medcenter.stanford.edu; Web site,
http://www.cecenter.stanfordhospital.com.
Illinois
The Northwest Chicago Area Chapter will present its "Chapter Case
Study Evening" on April 16 at Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge. For more
information, contact Andrea M. Kline at (773) 975-8835; e-mail,
akline@childrensmemorial.org.
The Joliet Area Chapter will present a program titled "Gastroparesis:
What Is It?" on March 18 at the Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center. For more
information, contact Provena Health Connection at (815) 725-9438 or Michealene
Redemske at mmrrn@accesschicago.net.
The Chicago West Suburban Chapter will present its "Critical
Connections VI Symposium" on April 12 in Oak Brook Terrace. For more
information, contact Kim Greg or Jane Jankowski at (630) 968-5746; e-mail,
Jane7885@aol.com.
The Northwest Chicago Area Chapter will present a "Chapter Case
Study Evening" on April 16 at Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge. For more
information, contact Andrea M. Kline at (773) 975-8835; e-mail,
akline@childrensmemorial.org.
Iowa
The Central Iowa Chapter will present its "Spring Workshop" on
April 26 in Des Moines. For more information, e-mail
rosecranston@hotmail.com.
New Jersey
The Northern New Jersey Chapter will present a program titled
"Options in Critical Care Nursing 2003" on April 10 and 11 in Fairfield, N.J.
For more information, call (973) 905-7205; e-mail,
nnj.info@aacn.org.
New York
The Brooklyn Chapter will present a program titled "Hemodynamic
Monitoring: Part 2" on March 20. For more information, e-mail
Desfra33@yahoo.com.
Oregon
The Pacific Crest Regional Chapter will present a program titled
"Advanced Concepts in Hemodynamic Monitoring" on April 4 at Rogue Valley Medical
Center, Medford, Ore. For more information, contact Judy Lang at (541) 488-1218;
e-mail, jmlang@cdsnet.net.
South Dakota
The Siouxland Chapter will present a program titled "Survival:
The Struggles of Code Blue" on March 19 at the Orthopedic Institute, Sioux
Falls, S.D. For more information, contact Marcia Kummer at (605) 328-2825;
e-mail, lmkum@sio.midco.net
Washington
The Spokane Chapter will present its Spring Symposium on March 31
and April 1. For more information, contact Deanna Jones at (509) 465-9470;
e-mail, ddjonesrn@attbi.com, or Ruth Pechin at (509)
685-9792; e-mail, pechinrj@starband.net.
Is your chapter planning a program or special event? Send the
information to AACN News, 101 Columbia, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656; fax, (949)
362-2049; e-mail, aacnnews@aacn.org.
Serving Up Care
With the support of a grant from the Eli Lilly Company,
members of the Northern Illinois Chapter of AACN recently served lunch to more
than 100 homeless people at the Shelter Care Ministries in Rockford, Ill. While
there, the group also took blood pressures and provided education about the
availability of healthcare services at area clinics. In addition, the critical
care nurses were called upon to attend to a seizure victim and an asthma attack
victim until paramedics arrived. Pictured (from left) are Jan Sladek, Tamry
Wennenmaker, Mary Stephenson, Dana Martin, Marla Farone, Myra Porthouse,
President-elect Tammy Hays, Treasurer Lynn Michaels, Ann Miller and Program
Chair Laura Padron.
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