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President’s Mid-Year Report - Joyce Splann Krothe DNS RN Colleagues, ACHNE had a very rewarding Annual Institute (A.I.)

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Demonstrating and Communicating the Value of PHN Practice to in Chicago, IL, June, 2009. It was great to see so many of you there. The 2009 ACHNE small grant research award was presented to Dr. Eileen Sarsfield, The Catholic University of America for her proposal entitled, “Problem solving by public health nurses: A descriptive/exploratory study examining the differencesin the cognitive processes between novice and experts”. Evaluations of the A.I. were very positive and it provided a wonderful opportunity for learning about educational innovations, research in c/phn, and professional networking. The abstracts from the 2009 A.I. are posted in the Members Only section of our www site. Many thanks to Pam Levin, Program Chair and Louise Miller, CoChair, and to committee members Toni A. Eason, Rosemary F. Hall, Jean HilKay Saucier Lundy, Connie Roush, and Penny Weismuller. ExOfficio membersSusan Swider and Donna Westawski; and Local Arrangements Julia Muennich Cowell and Margaret Beaman.

Tsince the ACHNE Annual Institute. The following papers were approved by the Executive Board and have been submitted to Public Health Nursing for publication and are available on the http://www.ACHNE.org website in the Members Only section:

Academic Faculty Qualifications for Community/Public Health Nursing; acknowledgement to our

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At the mid-year board meeting in Philadelphia the document Essentials of Baccalaureate Nursing Education

members who authored this paper: Co-Chairs: Jill Collier & Gail Davidson, and members Carol B. Allen, Janna Dieckmann, Mary M. Hoke, & Mary Alice Sawaya. I also want to acknowledge DerrylBlock, ACHNE President, 2006-2008 who was instrumental in the formation and leadership of this taforce.

this paper: Chair: Barbara Polivka and Co-chair: Joan Kub and members: Martha Bergren, Rosemary Chaudry, Naomi E. Ervin, Judith Hays, Khaleelah Hasan, Diane McNaughton, Demetrius Porch and thfollowing individuals who were instrumental in completing the abstract reviews: Sara Groves, Jan Schoultz,& Catherine Waters.

for Entry Level Community/Public Health Nursing was approved. It will soon be posted on the ACHNE wwwsite. Thanks to the following members for their work on this document: Bonnie Callen, Chair) and members Derryl Block, Barbara Joyce, Jayne Lutz, Nancy Brown Schott, and Claudia M. Smith. Nancy Brown Schott

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Disseminate the Academic Faculty Qualifications for Community/Public Health Nursing; Essentials of

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look forward to seeing all of you in June for our 2010 Annual Institute. Please go to our www site

represented the committee and presented a poster at the AACN Baccalaureate Education conference in Chicagin November. SuCongress on Practice & Economics, APHA Public Health Nursing section & the Association of State & Territorial Directors of Nursing. In collaboration with Michelle Cravetz, ASTDN, we have completed a drevision of the PHN Competencies in relation to the recently published Council on Linkages Competencies. Tdraft was discussed at the mid-year meeting and has been circulated by all Quad Council members on their respective listserv for comments until January 1, 2010. Tdelivered the keynote address entitled “And drink plenty of water”. Responses were given by Nancy ShirleyPhD RN, representing ANA Congress on Nursing Practice & Economics; Ann Cary, PhD MPH RN A-CCC representing ACHNE; Lill Mood, RN MPH FAAN representing APHA PHN section; and Tom Engle RN representing ASTDN. Thanks to Ann for representing ACHNE on the responder panel. Tregional MSN Essentials meetings over the next few months. The Talking Points are also posted on our wsite. Please identify yourself as an ACHNE member and also share your feedback with the members when youattend a regional meeting. Ocontinue our dialogue related to certification issues and c/phn specialty practice. Sue Swider and I held an phone conference with ACHNE members Sister Rosemary Donnelly, Eileen Sarsfield, Anne Belcher, Pam Kulbok and Derryl Block who indicated an interest in working on this issue at the Chicago A.I. P

Baccalaureate Nursing Education for Entry Level Community/Public Health Nursing; and 2009 Research Priorities for Public Health Nursing papers in the professional literature; in presentatioprofessional organizations; and to Schools of Nursing.

Implement the recommendations of the Innovative Teacthe Diversity Task Force.

Continue to plan for the 20Education, Policy, & Practice, June 10-12, 2010, Arlington, Virginia.

Continue to expand and diversify membership. Participate in Quad Council activities.

I http://www.achne.org for details on the annual meeting. I hope you all enjoy a peaceful holiday seasvery best wishes for a healthy year for each of you in 2010!

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President Elect - Sue Swider

I attended several meetings, including four Executive Committee meetings via conference call and in person, five Program Committee meetings and three Quad-Council meetings. I contributed to two major projects: 1) revising the Quad Council competencies to reflect new competencies with Michelle Cravetz (ASTDN) and Joyce Krothe; and 2) drafting a response from ACHNE to NACNS proposed doctoral competencies with J. Krothe.

Awards Committee - Corinne Fessenden Committee members: Virginia Chafin, Mary Ellen Mitchell Rosen, Diane Ernst, Joanne Dalton, Lisa Turner, Susan Devaney and we have two members who are participating to learn the ropes of committee work in ACHNE, Mary Pittsley and Debi Foster. The committee is working on several new awards for presentation to the Board. The major awards under consideration are one for Diversity and one for Innovative CHN Teaching. The committee is about 1 month behind our timeline; there is enough time to complete the planned work. The call for nominations for awards should go out no later than mid November.

Education Committee - Bonnie Callen and Barbara Little The Education Committee revised the Essentials of Baccalaureate Nursing Education for Entry Level Community/Public Health Nursing and the final version is projected to be completed in November 2009 (authors – Derryl Block, Barbara Joyce, Jayne Lutz, Nancy Brown-Schott, Claudia Smith). Meanwhile, we have been working on abstracts to present the new Essentials at appropriate conferences such as the CAN conference in Chicago in November and the ACHNE 2010 conference in Arlington. Goals for this year are to: 1) maximize the use of the ACHNE website for dissemination of teaching strategies and 2) offer a post conference at the 2010 annual conference. The process for submitting teaching strategies as well as reviewing and posting them on the website is being designed. A teaching strategies submission form is being piloted. Planning for a two-hour post-conference on Innovative Teaching Strategies for C/PHN Education for Saturday, June 12th, 2010 is also underway. The 2009-2010 Education Committee includes Pamela Ark, Nancy Brown-Schott, Diane Ernst, Philip Greiner, Barbara Joyce, Marilyn King, Joan Kub, Jayne Lutz, Christine Savage, Christine L. Vandenhouten.

Finance Committee - Diane McNaughton Members: Corinne Fessenden, Arlene Miller, and Pamela Schlomann. Members met with Kristi Klinke and David Stumph from RCA; reviewed the proposed 2010 budget line by line and will present the 09-10 budget to the ACHNE Board for approval at the mid-year meeting.

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Communications Committee - Elizabeth Bicknell and Margaret Beaman Committee members: Lynn Blanchette, Margaret Cassey, Mary Hoke, Ilene Prokup. The Committee focused on the newsletter and the website this year. The first electronic newsletter will be the winter edition posted in the Member’s Only Section highlighting the 2009 Annual Institute which includes: presentations, photos, call for nominations and news items. All presenters were asked to forward their presentations and power point slides to the committee. The decision is to do two newsletters a year - March and September. We are doing monthly reviews of the website and contacting committee chairs for updating content. We discussed developing a process for collaborative activities with the Archives, Membership and Education Committees to enhance membership contributions to the website. Three ongoing goals include 1) developing an event calendar for the website, along with topic discussion areas, 2) developing a process for committees to submit information for the Newsletter, and 3) formalizing a communication pathway for the Communication Committee to receive ongoing information to share with members.

Research Committee -Barbara Polivka Committee members: Martha Bergren, Rosemary Chaudry, Ruby Dunlap, Lin Drury, Naomi Ervin, Judy Hays, Khallelah Hasan, Michele Issel, Joan Kub, Sheila Leander, Diane McNaughton, Mary, Molle, Demetrius Porche, Cheri Rector, Pam Schlomann, Jan Schoultz, Catherine Waters. The ACHNE Research Committee has three goals for the 2009-2010 year: (1) Disseminate the 2009 ACHNE Research Priorities; (2) Request, review, select, and recommend funding of proposals for the ACHNE Small Research Grant; (3) Coordinate ACHNE Research preconference for the 2010 Annual Institute. We have made progress on all three goals. The ACHNE 2009 Research Priorities for Public Health Nursing were approved by the ACHNE Board in August 2009 and are available on the ACHNE web site in the Members Only section. The Research Priorities document has been submitted to Public Health Nursing for publication. A plan for broad dissemination of the Research Priorities has been developed and implementation of the plan has begun. The ACHNE Small Research Grant Call for Proposal has been updated to reflect the 2009 Research Priorities. The Call for Proposals will go out in November and will be posted on the ACHNE web site. Proposals will be due on February 1, 2010. The ACHNE Research preconference subcommittee has begun planning the 2010 preconference. The theme is Research Priorities for Nursing: Embracing Diversity. Speakers have been identified. It should be a great preconference.

2010 Annual Institute Planning Committee - Connie Roush ACHNE Committee members: Pamela Levin (08-10, Jean Hill (08-10), Louise Miller (08-10), Penny Weismuller (08-10), Carolyn Mason (09-11), Lisa Goldstein (09-11), Brenda Young (09-11), Evelyn Brooks (09-11), Toni A. Eason (2010 local arrangements). ASTDN Joint Planning Members: Marilyn Haynes-Brokopp, Michelle Cravetz, and Lisette Osborne (local arrangements). The 2010 Joint Meeting with ASTDN will be held June 10-12 at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel in the Washington D.C. area. The conference theme is Embracing Diversity: Innovations in Education, Policy & Practice. Approximately 65 abstracts were received for presentations at the 2010 AI and will be reviewed by

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representatives from both ACHNE and ASTDN. Notifications will be sent soon after the review process is complete. Plans for keynote and plenary sessions are in progress. Potential speakers will come from the Washington, D.C. area. A tentative conference program and registration brochure will be available in early 2010. The conference will offer many opportunities for ACHNE and ASTDN members to network and share their knowledge and experience. Preconference activities will begin on June 10 with an ASTDN Policy Workshop in the morning and an ACHNE Research Workshop in the afternoon. The ACHNE preconference workshop is titled Implementing the ACHNE Research Priorities: Embracing Diversity and will be drawing on ACHNE and D.C. area expertise. The ASTDN Policy Workshop will provide the opportunity for participants to visit with their representatives on Capitol Hill in the afternoon. In response to the many comments and suggestions from 2009 Annual Institute attendees, a Monday post-conference workshop will address Nontraditional Teaching Strategies. All conference workshops and presentations are open to both ACHNE and ASTDN members.

2010 ACHNE and ASTDN Joint Meeting Call for STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATION Abstracts

Due Date January 15, 2010 ACHNE members: Bring your undergraduate and graduate students to the Annual Meeting to share their work in the student poster session. Students are invited to submit abstracts on any topic related to Community or Public Health Nursing. The abstract submission forms must be typed and submitted as an email attachment to Penny Weismuller at pweismuller@fullerton.edu. Submit two files of the abstract, one with identifying information and one without. Baccalaureate and prelicensure graduate nursing student presenters must be registered for the Annual Meeting at the time of presentation. Graduate student presenters must be student members of ACHNE and be registered for the Annual Meeting at the time of presentation.

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