December 21, 2018In this Issue:

Message from the LeadershipNews & Updates

Member HighlightsAnnouncements

A New Voice for ENPs

Message from the Leadership

President's Message

Happy Holidays everyone and welcome to the redesigned andrenamed AAENP newsletter. I'm very excited about the newformat and content. This is another portion of our goal forenhanced communication with the members of AAENP. Otherrecent items of enhanced communication include a retooledwebsite for easier use, our social media hits are up each monthand we held our second town hall webinar last month.

Congratulations to Vicki Bacidore, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC,CEN, TNS - winner of our Name that Newsletter contest. Thankyou to everyone who submitted. There were so many creativetitles.

We continue to work on benefits for members. Expanded vendor relationships formember discounts on quality items and services is a focus of our membershipcommittee. If you have ideas or things you would like to see as a benefit, please reachout to the membership committee.

Developing and expanding our partnerships with other organizations has been verysuccessful this year. We have representation on two ACEP task forces. Our partnershipwith the APRN track at ENA 2018 in Pittsburgh was excellent. The educational sessions

were top notch and I enjoyed meeting several of you at the AAENP booth in the exhibithall.

I would like to share a little of the growth we have seen. Did you know we now have 40state representatives? If you don’t know who your state representative is you can lookthem up on the website under member benefits. We have seen a slight increase in ourinternational membership too. With growth comes change. In March, we moved to a newmanagement services association called SOS Association Management Solutions. Theyare based out of Arizona and proud to be the only accredited association managementcompany in the state. SOS has been a great resource and support to AAENP this year.

It is an honor to represent and serve you in the role of president of the only organizationsolely devoted to the emergency nurse practitioner. 2018 was a very productive year forAAENP and I look forward to more accomplishments next year. Speaking of next year,look for two regional conferences in 2019. The first one will be in Nashville, TN. Thesecond one will be farther west, location and date TBD. Additionally, look for us to haveour 1000th member!

Enjoy the holidays. Celebrate with your family and friends. If you are working clinicallylike I will be, celebrate with your colleagues and remember to take time to recharge.

Make it a great 2019!

Ken Stackhouse

Founder's MessageIn October of 2013, Arlo Weltge MD (ACEP), Dr. Kyle Kincaidand I sat in a classroom deep in the Texas Medical Center andfounded AAENP. Over the last 5 years I witnessed theemergence of a tribe of emergency nurse practitioners (over900, Nov. 2018) that are integral parts of the future of healthcarein the United States. Our members are all leaders in theirperspective practice sites and beyond! We have made acommitment to providing the best (safest) care in emergencydepartments, urgent cares, critical access and rural America toname only some of our varied settings.

Many are not aware that in 2014 when I put together our board of directors, I called 10colleagues I had met over the years across the country and asked them first, if they werewilling to give up 10 years of their life to AAENP as volunteers. I then asked them to pay$1,500.00 to establish our first budget. You see - I knew these people had a passion foremergency care and LOVED to practice. We always started out meetings with crazy orcomplex cases we had managed in our personal practice. They all said yes – and herewe are!

It’s interesting how we emergency people can walk into any ED in the nation and behome! That is what I hope this organization promotes. There are many issues in ourpractice spanning from our own nursing inconsistencies with acute vs primary care aswell as being acknowledged as a specialty in the complex nomenclature of theConsensus Model. One of our most devastating and yet elating issues was the complexpsychometric instrumentation science that was behind the ENP certification exam for onlyFNPs. It broke my heart that so many of our tribe were excluded.

Our team members, the EM docs, are now questioning our scope of practice and areaggressively discussing the national movement toward NP independent practice and howthey will fight it with their lobbying power. AAENP is at the table. We are discussing ourmodel of collaboration and its necessity in emergency medicine. We are allying with ourpartners, the emergency medicine physician assistants. It is a tight rope but we balanceand speak with evidence and conviction.

My point? We have a long way to go! We need to stay at the table! We need to be ontop of our game at all times. We now have a voice and I promise you AAENP will neverlose site of the most important variable in all of this – the patient!

Elda Ramirez

Chair's MessageIt is such a wonderful time for AAENP! Year after year wecontinue to develop, mature, and advance ourorganization. We are now 961 members strong!! Monthafter month we continue to see solid growth and will likelyreach 1,000 members by the end of the year. There arenearly 500 ENPs certified through AANP-CB, whichvalidates the specialty knowledge of our practice. OurAAENP committees are hard at work driving ourorganization. They are accomplishing many goals setforth in our strategic plan, and are truly strengtheningour position on all fronts: education, advocacy, practiceand finance. We have even recently developed a new Marketing Committee,understanding many opportunities for our presence to be recognized.

From the beginning, our organization has been focused on you and the needs of theEmergency Nurse Practitioner. Today, that is as true as ever. It is important for us all tobe connected, to be united in our drive to represent this profession for which we share astrong passion. The reemergence of this newsletter, our town hall meetings, and strongsocial media presence are ways in which we strive to share with you the great work of ourmembers, committees, and Board of Directors. We hope that in doing so you areencouraged to share with us your accomplishments, recommendations, and issues ofpractice. We have developed a strong foundation for our organization. WITH YOU,YOUR voice, and your engagement, the sky is the limit!! Please, feel free to reach outand share your perspective, to help, or to serve no matter how big or how small. AAENPis here with you and for you!

Eric Roberts

Editor's MessageWelcome to the newly launched American Academy ofEmergency Nurse Practitioners Quarterly newsletter, The ENPVoice!

The American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners is veryexcited to launch our new newsletter. This newsletter will bringthe organization to its members and also connect our membersto each other. Please take the time to explore the links to theincredible stories of our members and fellow Emergency NursePractitioners and Emergency Medicine colleagues. The

newsletter is meant to be interactive and engaging and we welcome comments andrecommendations so we can meet your needs.

Enjoy the newsletter and most of all Enjoy the upcoming holidays with your family,friends, and colleagues. Happy Holidays!

Theresa Campo

News and UpdatesMember SpotlightDian Evans, PhD, FNP-BC, ENP-C, FAAN, FAANP

Dian Evans was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academyof Nursing on November 3, 2018. There are approximately 2400Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing representingleadership across the field of nursing nationally andinternationally. It is not only recognition of one’s accomplishmentwithin the profession of nursing, but each fellow has a“responsibility to contribute their time and energies to theAcademy, and to engage with other health leaders outside theAcademy in transforming America’s health system."

Dr. Evans is a true leader, especially as an ENP, as a foundingboard member of AAENP, Past-Chair of AAENP, and for her

contributions in the development of the scope of practice, standards of practice, and thepractice standards for the ENP. She has been practicing as an ENP since 1991 and hasdirected the ENP program at Emory University since 2009. She is dedicatedto advancing the future role of the ENP as an integral part of the emergency medicineteam providing high quality care to patients who present to urgent and emergency caresettings.

Congratulations Dian Evans on a wonderful accomplishment!!

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American Association of NursePractitioners ConferenceDenver, CO | June 2018

AAENP leaders recently attended the 2018American Association of NursePractitioners National Conference inDenver, CO. Board members met withAANP leaders providing education aboutthe ENP role, offering expert knowledge forpolicies and positions and furthering theinterests of AAENP members. Ninemembers of AAENP presented didacticsessions, hands-on ultrasound andprocedures skills labs, and lead theemergency special interest groupdiscussion. AAENP leaders engagedconference attendees at the AAENPexhibit booth over 3 days providingknowledge on ENP practice, certificationand education opportunities. It was a busy

week for all who attended at no cost toAAENP.

Congratulations, Mary Jo Cerepani,AAENP, Pennsylvania StateRepresentative, on her induction as afellow into AANP!

Thank You AANP-CB and Springer!ENA Conference | September 2018

AAENP would like to extend our appreciation and gratitudeto the two sponsors of the Advanced Practice Reception atthe Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) annualconference this past September. The two sponsors werethe American Association of Nurse PractitionersCertification Board (AANP-CB) and Springer.

Thank you so much for your support! You helped make thisevent an extraordinary success! (Pictured From left to right:Tancy Stanbery, Elizabeth Nieginski of Springer, and KenStackhouse).

AAENP Midwest Regional MetingNaperville, IL | April 2018

The Midwest Regional Meet & Greet was held on April 18th in Naperville, Illinois. Thisevent was planned in conjunction with the Illinois ENA Annual Symposium. SeveralMidwest State Representatives attended the Meet & Greet and also helped staff ourAAENP booth the following morning. We were very thrilled to hear our very own Dr. EricRoberts and Dr. Elda Ramirez speak at the advanced practice sessions thatfollowed. This event served as a wonderful opportunity for our State Representatives tonetwork and share information about AAENP. We were all so very proud to representAAENP at the symposium. We would like to acknowledge Illinois ENA leadership for allowing us to play asmall part in their annual symposium. Additionally, a big thank you to TeamHEALTH who sponsored and attended the Meet & Greet event.

Thank you to Christie Kirkpatrickand Kable Nunnally of Team HEALTH for

sponsoring and attending the Meet &Greet.

Pictured from left to right are Mike Moore(Kansas State Rep), Julie Dale (MidwestRegion Director), Paula Anderson (IowaState Rep), and Kelly Counts (Missouri

State Rep).

Advanced Emergency Procedures TrainingOctober 16-17, 2018

Nurse practitioners led two training days on advanced emergency procedures for NPs,PAs, and NP students on October 16 & 17 in Norfolk, VA. The skills day coveredemergency procedures such as central line placement, lumbar puncture, airwaymanagement, chest tube placement, arterial blood draw, ultrasound guided IV and suturetraining. The nurse practitioners who taught the course are Jennie Drahushuk, DNP, FNP-C,ENP-C and April Dawn Durning, FNP-BC, RN. The company they work for and whosponsored the day is Envision Physician Services. The training took place at the SentaraCenter for Simulation and Immersive Learning (SCSIL) at Eastern Virginia Medical School(EVMS).

AAENP Town Hall MeetingNovember 2018

Nearly 30 members attended AAENP’s 2ndTown Hall meeting in November. The TownHall was moderated by Andrea Smith,President-Elect, David House, Chair ofBylaws Committee, and Amanda Comer,Board Member.

The meeting opened with a message fromPresident Ken Stackhouse. AmandaO’Malley, chair of the new Marketing

Committee, encouraged members to apply for open committee positions. MemberWesley Davis was highlighted for his work with the Wyoming State Board ofNursing. Recent publications in JAANP by members were discussed and we hearddirectly from author Elda Ramirez. Members also had the opportunity to ask questionsand discuss current barriers to practice. Virtual Town Hall meetings will occurquarterly and are a great opportunity for members to have an active voice inour profession. You can download a recording of the recent Virtual Town Hallbelow.

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Member HighlightsRead about some of the incredible things our members are doing!

Colleen AndreoniReceived a special pediatriccare Lifetime AchievementAward for her contributions

to childhood care.Read more.

Mary Jo CerepaniInducted as a Fellow to the

Academy of EmergencyNursing in September.

Read more.

Wesley DavisNew president-elect of the

Wyoming Council ofAdvanced Practice Nurses.

Read more.

Bradley GoettlParticipated in the Vietnam

Society of EmergencyMedicine annual meeting.

Read more.

Brice Harader-PateProvides volunteer efforts in

Africa offering neededmedical care.Read more.

Joshua ReedParticipated in a

humanitarian medical trip toGuatemala. Read more.

AnnouncementsCalling all AAENP Members!

The Policy and Advocacy Committee would like to hear from you. Please contactChair Sharon Rainer with initiatives, hot topics, or feedback on current policies,advocacy actions, or grassroots efforts in your region, state, or taking placenationally.

New Committee Chair

Jennifer Wilbeck is the new Chair of the Validation Committee and AmandaO'Malley is the now the Chair of the new Marketing Committee. Apply to join acommittee here.

State Representative Vacancies

State Representatives are needed for the following states:

Western: (HI, ID, MT, NM, OR, UT)Midwestern: (SD)South Central: (AR)Southeast: (KY-application pending final approval)Northeast: (CT, DE, NH, ME, WV)

You can apply for a state representative position here.

2019 Southeast Regional AAENP ConferenceNashville, TN | February 22-23, 2019

The AAENP SE Regional Conference will be held at a NEW location in 2019. Join us inNashville, TN on February 22-23, 2019. The theme is Advocating for VulnerablePopulations in Emergency Care.

Topics include:

Case Studies in Pediatric Non-Accidental TraumaPrecipitous Delivery SimulationsPsychobehavioral Screenings in the ElderlyStrategies for Creation of a Trauma Informed Environment in the EDCase Studies in ECG Interpretations & PolypharmacySimulations to Identify Victims of Sexual Assault, Abuse and Human Trafficking Burn Wound Management Telemedicine to Support Procedural Interventions in the Rural Setting Poster Presentations Pre-conference: Hands-on Ultrasound

Register

Happy Holidays!