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Texas Emergency Nurses

Association

Newsrunner

Fourth Quarter 2014

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Table of Contents

A WORD FROM YOUR PRESIDENT ...................................... 3

HIGHLIGHTS OF 2014 ................................................................... 3

UPDATES FROM YOUR TEXAS ENA BOARD OF

DIRECTORS ................................................................................. 6

THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING .................................... 6

TENA COMMITTEE INFORMATION .................................... 8

THE STATE STARS SHINE WITH OUR 2014 AWARD RECIPIENTS ... 8

TEXAS BON REQUIREMENTS ..................................................... 11

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS NEWS ................................................... 12

A WORD FROM TENA LOCAL CHAPTERS ...................... 15

CHAPTER REMINDERS ................................................................ 15

RIO BRAVO CHACHALACA’S INJURY PREVENTION PROJECT ...... 15

HOUSTON’S CHAPTER PRESIDENT IS AWARDED THE GOOD

SAMARITAN GOLD MEDAL ......................................................... 17

CPEN/ CEN REVIEW CORNER ............................................. 18

TEXAS ENA 2014 BOARD AND ENA NATIONAL LIAISON

....................................................................................................... 19

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ...................................... 19

TENA VENDOR APPRECIATION ......................................... 20

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A Word from Your

President

Highlights of 2014 Cam Brandt MS, RN, CEN, CPEN, CPN

Texas ENA President 2014

As 2014 closes, I know you have compiled

many memories. Some good and probably

some memories that are a little harder to

review. I have been reviewing my year as TxENA President, and would

like to share a couple of highlights with you.

Our January state council meeting started off with a bang: We

had 22 first time attendees attend the Leadership and/or State Council

meeting. Our January meeting was in San Antonio… those folks know

how to put a meeting together, and how to have a LOT of fun!! For

those of you who have never attended a State meeting, you are missing

out. Colleagues from all over Texas come together to continue the work

of Tx ENA. We share ideas and challenges from our respective chapters,

but also come together in our committees to continue work on a state-

wide basis. We have a lot of fun and life-long friendships are formed.

We recognize first-time attendees at the meetings and identify areas to

use their strengths on the state level, and have a lot of fun. Did I mention

that?

In March several of us attended the ENA State and Chapters

Leaders and Leadership meetings in Phoenix. Texas was well

represented. We received the 2013 State Achievement Award at this

meeting. We learned a lot, and had the opportunity to share some of our

work as well. Shortly after our return, the awesome Austin chapter

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hosted our April meeting. Austin is a great place in April, and despite

some difficult decisions and conversations, this amazing Board and State

Council came to consensus and emerged stronger than ever. The Austin

chapter treated us to Austin food and fun, and of course… Austin in

April!!

May of this year saw us representing you in Washington, D.C.

We were a strong delegation of ED nurses who learned how to

communicate with our legislators, and then we used that knowledge to

meet with our representatives and talk to them about the Trauma Systems

and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act and the

Mental Health First Aid Act. After our visits, several congressmen

signed on to the bills and the Trauma bill has since passed.

The third quarter State Council meeting was held in Lubbock.

The weather… in Texas… in July… was perfect! The Hi Plains chapter

always does a great job in hosting our meetings; this was no exception.

We accomplished so much in our committee meetings and State Council

meeting, and were treated to an amazing dinner at the Texas Tech club.

Being a girl from the Texas panhandle this was very special, and I sent

lots of pictures to my family!!

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September and October were busy months for Tx ENA. General

Assembly and Annual Conference were held in Indianapolis. The red and

blue shirts of Texas were everywhere; our large delegation of ED nurses

from all over Texas represented you well. ―We‖ received two awards at

the Annual Gala: Tx ENA for the State Council/ Chapter Government

Affairs Award and Mary Leblond won the Gail P. Lenehan Advocacy

Award. I have never been so proud to be a Texan!!

The October State Council meeting in Arlington wrapped up the

State Council for 2014. We elected strong new board members from an

extremely strong group of candidates. The Dallas and Tarrant County

chapters arranged another wonderful meeting.

As you can tell from reading this rather dry account of a busy

year, Tx ENA had another strong, successful (as a state, as a delegation

of the National membership, and financially) year. If you would like a

more colorful version of our year, please visit the Texas ENA website

and click on my version of ―2014 Year in Review‖.

Thank you for a great year. Thank you for the emails,

encouragement, and especially thank you for the hugs when I had the

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opportunity to see you in person. You are the strongest, most amazing

group of colleagues one could ever hope to work with. Special thanks to

Bobette, for putting this newsletter together every quarter, and to

Rhonda, for the website updates. These two folks volunteer a lot of time

so that you have access to the happenings of Tx ENA. I strongly

encourage you to attend one of the 2015 State Council meetings so that

we can meet. You will be forever changed. Thank you for allowing me

the opportunity to serve as your Texas ENA President for 2014.

Updates from Your Texas ENA

Board of Directors

These Boots Are Made For

Walking Mary A. Leblond MSN, RN, CEN, CA-SANE,

CP-SANE

2014 President-elect

These boots are made for

walking…or running or dancing or

stomping through to the beginning of 2015. The beginning of another

year of anticipation and fulfillments starts soon. The 2015 Board of

Directors is beginning their preparations.

It does not seem so long ago I was writing about filling the shoes

and now it does not seem I need to fill the shoes but need to put on the

boots and move forward. This has been the most exciting year and the

Texas State Council has had so many great events, honors and awards.

This is because of the most amazing group of nurses. You the members

have made every event memorable and special. The gavel is about to be

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passed, the boots are on and building from the foundations of previous

years’ successes and leadership more accomplishments are planned.

On January 15th, the Texas Leadership Workshop will be held in

Sugar Land before our first state council meeting January 16-17th. There

will be a Government Affairs workshop at leadership to guide in

understanding what the 84th Texas Legislative session will be discussing

and what impacts our patients and our nursing care. Discussion about

other health care issues will also be presented.

During the next several weeks, the Texas State Board will be

working on the State Achievement Award application, the 2015 Strategic

Plan and the 2015 Budget. I welcome any input or suggestions members

may have. Please do not hesitate to call any of the board and offer your

ideas and suggestions.

February 19th and 20

th is the State Leaders Conference in Las

Vegas. The following 2015 officers and core leaders are invited to attend

the orientation: president, president-elect, secretary, treasurer, directors,

committee chairs and other leaders. Hopefully many leaders from our

state and chapters will be able to attend to help prepare you for your new

or renewing leadership roles. Please contact any of the board if you have

questions about this conference as well as to let us know who will be

attending. This will be a great learning and networking time.

The boots are on the ground and ready to move forward.

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TENA Committee Information

The State Stars Shine with Our 2014 Award

Recipients Ingrid Steinbach

Awards and Honors Committee Chair 2014

On Saturday October 25

th, 2014 the Texas Emergency Nurses

Association recognized six distinguished members with the Annual

TENA Awards. Potential nominees are submitted by individuals and

chapters for consideration on an annual basis to the Awards and Honors

Committee who determine the final selection. Each of the recipients is

honored with a plaque recognizing their achievement and their

nominations will be submitted in the spring to the Emergency Nurses

Association for National recognition.

Rising Star

The first award presented was the Rising Star

award. This award recognizes a new ENA member of

less than 5 years who has made a significant

contribution to ENA. This year’s recipient is Steven J

Jewel, RN from the San Antonio Chapter. He works at

San Antonio’s Military Medical Center as a staff nurse

and is actively involved in the local ENA Chapter and is this year’s state

treasurer.

Nursing Education

The second award presented was the Nursing Education Award.

This award honors a nurse who has made significant contributions to the

education of colleagues, nursing students, EMS personnel, patients,

families and/or the community through the publication of articles, formal

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or informal courses or the development of a specific emergency nursing

program or curriculum. This year there were 2

winners of the nursing educator award.

The first recipient is Mary A. Leblond, MSN,

RN, CEN, CA-SANE, CP- SANE from the San

Antonio chapter and who works in Methodist

Hospital.

The second recipient of the Educator award was

presented to Lauren Elizabeth Ivanhoe, MSN, RN,

CEN an Education Resource Specialist at Memorial

Hermann Memorial Medical Center.

Nursing Practice and Professionalism

The third award presented is the Nursing Practice and

Professionalism Award. This award honors a nurse

who exemplifies outstanding nursing practice as

demonstrated through clinical skills, care and

compassion. This nurse is recognized by peers as

an expert in emergency nursing and consistently

exhibits traits associated with professional behavior

and commitment to professional values. Connie

Manley, BSN,RN from the Rio Bravo Chachalacas received this year’s

award for Nursing Practice and Professionalism is the Trauma Program

Manager at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas.

Behind the Scenes

The fourth award given by TENA recognizes an individual who

is instrumental to the local or state chapter with the Behind the Scenes

award. This recipient does not have to be a nurse and it recognizes

individuals who have made significant contributions, behind the scenes,

to promote ENA’s mission through their support of a member or

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members. This award will recognize an ENA advocate

who is often seen but not heard and who donates

countless hours to assist an ENA member or members

in achieving state, local or national goals. This year’s

recipient was a retired Emergency Department Nurse

that is extremely active in the San Antonio Chapter and

very deserving of this recognition, Carol Twombly, MSN, RN.

Nurse Manager

The final award recognizes a nurse in an

emergency nursing management role who has

consistently demonstrated excellence in the profession

of emergency nursing and has made significant

contributions. This year’s winner is Sharon Keith,

BSN, RN, CEN the Emergency Department Director

at Peterson Regional Medical Center. She is also very

active in the San Antonio ENA Chapter.

If you have the opportunity please congratulate all our awardees,

who’s nominations will also be submitted in the spring to National for

the Annual ENA Awards and consider nominating one of your peers for

next year’s awards- Deadline for submission will be in July of 2015.

Please contact you chapter for more information or check out the TENA

web site at http://www.txena.org.

Congratulations to each of our nominees and award

winners. Thank you for your dedication and service to

emergency nursing and emergency care.

……

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Texas BON Requirements

Mike Hastings, MS, RN, CEN

Professional Education Committee Chair

The Texas ENA (TENA) Professional Education Committee has

been busy working hard this year as we prepare for our education event

that we will be putting on April 9, 2015 at our meeting in South Padre

Island. We will be covering the new board of nursing requirements

around Nursing Jurisprudence & Ethics and Geriatric Care or Older

Adult.

What are these requirements new requirements?

Nursing Jurisprudence & Ethics

All nurses are required to complete at least two contact hours in

nursing jurisprudence and ethics prior to the end of every third licensure

renewal cycle. The education must include information about the

following:

Texas Nursing Practice Act

Texas Board of Nursing (BON) rules including:

o Board Rule 217.11

o Standards of Nursing Practice

o BON Position Statements

o Principles of nursing ethics

o Professional boundaries

Geriatric Care or Older Adult

All nurses who provide care to any patient who are older adults

must complete at least two contact hours related to the older adult every

licensure renewal cycle. The content must include:

Elder abuse

Age related memory changes and disease processes

Chronic conditions

End of life issues

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May also include other content such as: health maintenance and

health promotion of the older adult or geriatric populations.

Effective Dates

The requirement became effective with licensure renewal cycles

that started after January 1, 2014.

Please mark your calendar now for our April 9th education event

as we anticipate this event to be a sold out session as all nurses not only

ED nurses need these requirements. Our committee will be working hard

on all the details around this event so if you have any questions please

feel free to reach out to me at [email protected] or my cell is 913-

481-8489.

……

Government Affairs News Lynn Kelley, MS, RN

Government Affairs Committee Chair

Your Government Affairs Committee is gearing up for the 2015

legislative year. Texas ENA is a member of the Nursing Legislative

Agenda Coalition (NLAC). This group is comprised of nursing

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organizations representing nursing specialties in the state of Texas.

Initiatives that NLAC is considering include appropriations for

operations for the Board of Nursing, the practice and increasing authority

of advanced practice nurses, nurse staffing and mandated staff ratios,

workplace violence, safe patient handling, clarification of provisions of

SB 1191 related to forensic exams, changes to the permanent tobacco fun

for EMS & Trauma Care, and health related initiatives for cancer,

obesity, and tobacco. With the election of a new governor and lieutenant

governor, the 2015 legislative year will be interesting.

Each year Texas Nurses Association in conjunction with NLAC

coordinates a day at the state capitol for all nurses. Mark your calendars.

The date in 2015 is Feb. 23rd

-24th. This will be your opportunity to meet

with your legislators and discuss the issues important to your practice.

More information will be provided to you on the TNA website.

During the 2013 legislative year in Texas, Texas ENA actively lobbied to

enact legislation making it a felony to assault an emergency department

worker. HB 705 was passed and signed into law by Governor Perry.

Mary Leblond, current president-elect for Texas ENA was instrumental

in getting this bill passed. The Government Affairs committee has

provided a resource for you to review in the event you are assaulted

while on duty. You may access this resource on the Texas ENA website,

txena.org. Go to ―Committees‖ and click on ―Government Affairs‖ and

the document is available for your review or you may click on the

following link to be taken to the website http://www.txena.org/wp-

content/uploads/2014/12/ED_Violence_Resource_for_Nurses_fix_2.pdf

On the national level, a bill that continues the Emergency

Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program was signed into law by

President Obama on September 26th. This bill provides $20.2 million

annually for the EMSC program through 2019. The goal of the program

is to reduce child and youth mortality and morbidity cause by severe

illness or trauma. In addition, a recently-passed federal law, the

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Improving Trauma Care Act, changes the definition of trauma to include

burn injuries thus allowing burn centers to qualify for federal funding

under trauma or emergency care programs.

As a result of the national mid-term elections, control of the

Senate has shifted to the Republican Party. This will mean that every

committee, including those that control health policy, will be chaired by

a Republican. This will most likely result in different policy choices and

a change in the government’s spending priorities. Repeal of Obamacare

is unlikely but it is expected that Republicans will push for changes to

the program.

Think your voice doesn’t make a difference? Without the

grassroots efforts of emergency nurses, calling, writing, and visiting their

representatives on the state and national levels, the bills we have

supported would not have passed. When the representatives hear from

their constituents, they listen. Don’t know what to say or how to say it?

Your Government Affairs Committee has provided you with a template

letter that you can use to communicate with your representatives. It can

be found on the Texas ENA website under ―committees‖ and

―Government Affairs‖.

If you want to learn more about the legislative process, make

plans now to attend the first quarter Texas ENA meeting in Sugar Land,

TX. On Thursday, Jan. 15th from 9 am-12pm, Ken Steinhardt from the

national ENA office will be there to present information on how

legislation moves through the process to become law and also provide

you with helpful hints for speaking with your representatives. In

addition, he will provide information on ENA’s legislative agenda for

2015. Check txena.org for more information on the Texas ENA State

Council meeting Jan.15-17, 2015. Hope to see you there!

……

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A Word from TENA Local

Chapters

Chapter Reminders

A. TENA Chapter Reports – All TENA chapters are required

to submit a quarterly chapter report to our TENA Secretary,

even if your chapter is not represented at the State Council

meeting.

B. TENA Chapter Article Assignments – Please review the

article assignment document and be aware of when your

article is due. For questions please contact Bobette

Mayrant, Media Chair at [email protected] or

Cam Brandt, Texas ENA President at

[email protected].

C. TENA Chapter Membership Chair- Please remind your

local members to verify that the email address on file with

Nationals is correct to ensure that they are able to receive

communication from ENA and TENA.

……

Rio Bravo Chachalaca’s Injury Prevention

Project

Ms. Sally Snow BSN, RN, CPSN, FAEN wrote an article in the

August 2014 Connection regarding collaboration on Behalf of the

Children. Our children are our future. In July 2014 The Journal of

Emergency Nursing, Annals of Emergency Medicine, and Pediatrics

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simultaneously published these articles ―Death of a Child in the

Emergency Department‖ and ―Care of Children in the Emergency

Department.‖ Did your hospital participate in the Gap analysis- to

prioritize pediatric care and readiness? www.pediatricreadiness.org Do

you know who is your EMSC state partnership manager?

You can find contact information for your EMSC state manager at

http://www.emscnrc.org/files/PDF/Grantee_Portal/2014_Regional_Map.

pdf . ENA members, EMSC, ACEP and AAP are powerful resources to

partner with to prepare our facilities for pediatric readiness.

The Rio Bravo Chachalaca Chapter saw over 1500 Children this year on

Saturday August 16th @ Su Clinica Familiar.

……

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Houston’s Chapter President is awarded the

Good Samaritan Gold Medal

The Good Samaritan Foundation each

year honors Excellence in Nursing in six

categories, awarding gold and silver medals

to the profession’s ―best and brightest.‖

David Kimball, MSN, RN, CEN of Houston

Methodist Willowbrook Hospital received

the 2014 Gold Medal for Clinical Practice in

a Small Hospital. The Good Samaritan

Excellence in Nursing award winners are

nominated by their peers and selected by a

distinguished committee of nursing leaders.

Those nominated must demonstrate passion

for the nursing profession and exemplify

excellence in teaching, mentoring,

leadership and service.

For more than 60 years, the Good Samaritan Foundation has

been dedicated to a single cause — increasing the number of highly-

trained and dedicated nurses ―at the bedside‖ of Texas patients. Its

mission is to support excellence in nursing education and practice,

providing grants to nursing schools for faculty development, doctoral

research and community outreach. As the leading private provider of

nursing scholarships in the state of Texas, the Good Samaritan

Foundation has awarded more than $15 million to more than 15,000

nursing students in Texas. This year’s Excellence in Nursing winners

were honored Sept. 3 at a luncheon at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in

Houston.

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CPEN/ CEN Review

Corner

Jeff Solheim, MSN, RN-BC, CEN,

CFRN, FAEN

www.solheimenterprises.com

.

Bradycardia is associated with an overdose of

which of the following substances?

a) Ketamine

b) Phencyclidine

c) Methamphetamines

d) Gamma-hydrozybutyrate

Rationale and answer are on our

sponsor page!

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Texas ENA 2014 Board and ENA

National Liaison

Front Row, Left to Right: Christine Russe, Immediate Past President; Cam Brandt,

President; Karen Wiley, National Liaison; Mary Leblond, President Elect; Ingrid

Steinbach, Director

Back Row, Left to Righ: Rhonda Manor-Coombes, Secretary; Barry Hudson,

Parliamentarian; Steven Jewell, Treasurer Elect; Charlotte Trudeau, Treasurer; Marcia

Fuller, Director.

……

Educational Opportunities

“Certified Emergency Nurse Review Course” Faculty: Jeff

Solheim, MSN, RN, CEN, CFRN, FAEN

Date: April 1-2, 2015

Location: The Historic Menger Hotel at the Alamo (204

Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, 800.345.9285)

Information: Steven J Jewell, 210.215.2414

or [email protected]

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“Two Steps to Compliance: Geriatric Care and Nursing

Jurisprudence & Ethics” Texas ENA

Date: April 9, 2015

Time: 12:30p.m.- 6:00p.m.

Location: Schlitterbahn Beach Resort (South Padre Island,Texas)

Information: Mike Hastings at [email protected]

TENA Vendor Appreciation

Jay Jacobs Oct 2014

Regional Sales Representative

[email protected]

First Choice Emergency Room Jan 2014

http://www.fcer.com

BTG Pharmaceuticals- CroFab Jan 2014

http://www.btgplc.com

http://www.eddocs.com April 2014

http://www.ebroselow.com July 2014

Daniele Pasatieri

[email protected]

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Special Tactics and

Rescue Consulting, LLC July 2014

Phone: (806)470-6144

E-mail: [email protected]

Texas ENA would like to say thank you to

our sponsors for being so kind and

generous to our organization.

The Texas Newsrunner is electronic and can

be found on the Texas ENA website at

www.txena.org.

Bobette Mayrant, MSN,RN, CEN

2014 Media Committee Chair

[email protected]

CPEN/ CEN Review Corner

Rationale and Answer

The correct answer is D

Rationale: One of the side effects of Gamma-

hydrozybutyrate is bradycardia. Ketamine, phencyclidine

and methamphetamines all tend to produce tachycardia.