Are you a nurse leader? Are you aspiring to be a nurse leader? Do you want to polish your skills to be a leader of nurses? What does it take to be a nurse leader in today's nursing workplace?
Consider attending this webinar.
See http://centerforamericannurses.org/tools/mayjune08webinar.pdf for additional information.
I presented a nursing seminar last week in Illinois. The State of Illinois does not require continuing education for RN/LPN licensure renewal. This will change starting in May 2008 however.
I know Indiana does not require continuing education for RN/LPN licensure renewal. Does your state require continuing nursing education for licensure renewal?
What your opinion? Is there a link between continuing education and competency? Is there a link between continuing education and professionalism? Do you think CE should be required for nursing licensure renewal?
At the Center for American Nurses LEAD Summit 2008, Dr. Mary Ann Alexander, Chief Officer of Nursing Regulation for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing www.ncsbn.org, will present current research and findings about past, present, and future issues related to continued nursing competence.
Dr. Alexander was interviewed by the Center for American Nurses staff for the February 2008 edition of Nursing That Works.
See http://www.ohnurses.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=2326.
I love Las Vegas! If I win the Mega Millions lottery today, I would buy a vacation home in Henderson, Nevada and say goodbye to this Midwest weather from November to April every year.
The National Black Nurses Association is having its annual meeting and conference in Las Vegas this year and I never need an excuse to stay at the Mandalay Bay. See http://www.nbna.org/conferences/conf08/conference_registration_form.pdf.
The conference is August 4th-8th. My fiance's (no, I am not engaged but it sounds better than boyfriend) birthday is July 28th. My b-day is July 2nd. I am thinking about surprising him with a trip to Las Vegas for his birthday. What do you think?
I don't that we will stay at the Mandalay Bay; its located at the far end of the strip, near the Luxor and Excalibur. I prefer to stay in the middle of the strip at the either the Flamingo, Bellagio, Treasure Island or Paris Hotel.
Where do you stay when you travel to Vegas? Oh and what you say on this blog, stays on this blog!
I attended a nursing conference today sponsored by the Southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky chapter of STTI. The conference, The P's and Q's of Writing for Promotion, Publication, Presentation and Portfolio was well attended with almost 100 attendees at the Sharonville Convention Center.
I especially enjoyed the afternoon breakout sessions on Competency and the Professional Nursing Portfolio and Designing a Professional Poster Presentation.
I don't normally leave nursing conferences feeling refreshed and excited. I found the material very much applicable to my legal practice. The sessions I attended were as follows:
Disseminating your Evidence: How to Get Published. The keynote speaker was Marilyn Oermann, PhD, RN, FAAN.
Strategies for your Publication: View from an Editor, Reviewer, and Authors. This was a panel presentation.
Designing a Professional Nursing Portfolio
Professional Portfolio: Providing Evidence of Competence
I do a far amount of writing and publication; well, not as much as I used to, but its adequate. I also speak frequently on legal issues in nursing and submit abstracts for national, regional, and local poster presentations. Professional portfolios are hot and I have some ideas here that will be launched on my website in the near future.
I may be coming to area near you soon! I am presenting a 6.0 contact hour course for Cross Country Education. The title is Safegaurding your License: How to Avoid Legal Minefields in Nursing Practice. See the attached brochure. Download cceseminarbrochuremarch08.pdf
Schaumburg, IL- March 11
Bloomington, IL- March 12
Chicago, IL- March 13
Madison, WI- March 25
Appleton, WI- March 26
Milwaukee, WI- March 27
Wynne Simpkins,a dear nursing colleague of mine, and I are presenting a seminar sponsored her company, RWS Education, LLC. Wynne is a former Ohio Board of Nursing employee and the former Executive Director of the Licensed Practical Nurse Association of Ohio (LPNAO). See www.lpnao.org.
Ohio Board of Nursing Disciplinary Investigations: Can It Happen to You?
The seminar is scheduled for April 23, 2008 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Registration is limited to the 75 attendees. See the attached brochure for additional information. Download RWSeducationbrochure.pdf
I won't jump up on my soapbox (I am very clumsy and I may just fall again), but all nurses should be familiar with the legal and professional regulation of nursing practice and use those foundations to establish personal guidelines for self-regulation.
Does it surprise you that you as a nurse are more likely to be reported to the state board of nursing at some point in your career than you are to be sued and named as a defendant in a medical malpractice or nursing negligence case?
Why then, is there so much fuss about nursing malpractice and nursing negligence? Why is there an emphasis on negligence and malpractice as opposed to board of nursing disciplinary investigations and licensure matters?
Who can we as nurses blame for our misplaced focus on the potential civil liability, when we are much more likely to be facing administrative liability before a state board of nursing or someother healthcare licensing board than being named and sued for negligence or malpractice?
I plan to blog for the remainder of the week regarding my observations from the Ohio Attorney General Administrative Law Seminar. This seminar and the underlying tones and messages from the seminar gave me something to think about driving from Columbus to Cincinnati this evening.
I have also decided that 2008 is the year for me to move forward with starting my non-profit; the focus of the non-profit will be nursing law and regulation, and assisting nurses with legal issues. I have wanted to do this for several years and I hesitated because I assumed that one day one or more of the many national or state nurses association would start to fill in the gaps in this area. I am volunteering for job!!!!
I love practicing law and will continue my law practice. However my goal in practicing law and consulting has always been to connect with individual nurses about the law, legalities, and legal issues in nursing. To a certain extent, I am able to accomplish some of this as a licensure defense attorney. This is my mission and I am passionate about representing, counseling, and advising nurses. Just like a nurse, I know, always in rescue mode, don't remind me?
What do you think about the concept of a non-profit focusing on nursing regulation and legal issues?
I am also pleased to announce that next year, I will be presenting with Cross Country Education and conducting a 6 hour legal seminar for nurses. The seminar will begin in March 2008 in Illinois and Wisconsin. I want to reach out to more of us about the law, legalities, and legal issues in nursing and presenting with a national company provides me with this opportunity on a larger scale.
What's your mission? What are your professional goals for 2008?
Are you involved in a national, state, or local nursing association? If not, you should join a nursing association because its sole purpose is to advocate for the best interests of its membership. Join an association and attend a few meetings. You will be hooked.
I attended my first Ohio Nurses Association Convention in 2001. A few hundred nurses meeting for several days discussing issues that impact nursing. I love it! I attended the ONA Convention in 2003, 2005, and I will attend the 2007 Convention in Columbus, Ohio next month.
I am running for office again this year. I am running for ANA Delegate Unspecified (I have to run as unspecified because I am not a full-time clinical nurse) and Center for American Nurses Delegate. There is a full slate running for ANA Delegate Unspecified and Center for American Nurses Delegate offices again this year.
The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (TAANA) annual meeting is in November 2007. I am not sure if I am attending although I find the course offerings very interesting. The Conference is being held in Newport, Rhode Island and I can't imagine how much it will cost me to fly from Cincinnati, Ohio to Warwick, Rhode Island and then travel (rental car or shuttle bus) 40 minutes to the Hyatt Regency in Newport. Next year's conference will be in Lexington, Kentucky, which is an 75 minute drive from me here in Cincinnati.
I am waiting for an ANA, TAANA, or Center for American Nurses meeting to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada. I guess I will have to wait a little longer.....
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