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The official publication of the West Virginia Nurses AssociationQuarterly publication direct mailed to approximately 38,000 RNs & LPNs in West Virginia.
“Nurses working together for a healthy West Virginia”
W e s t V i r g i n i a n u r s e
August, September, October 2017 Volume 20 • No. 3
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President’s addressToni DiChiacchio, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CEN
President, WVNA
Hello, West Virginia nurses! I hope the increasing sunshine and warmer weather are bringing you the energy and vitality I always associate with this time of year. There is a lot to share, so let’s get to it!
Unity Day 2017April 5, 2017, was Nurses
Unity Day at the West Virginia Legislature, as 300 nurses and nursing students attended the special day at the Capitol. Senate Resolution 68 – sponsored by Senators Rucker, Stollings, Takubo, Plymale, Unger, Boso, and Beach – officially designated the day in recognition of WV nurses. Senators Rucker, Stollings, Takubo, and Beach shared wonderful, supportive sentiments as they spoke to the Resolution. The full resolution can be found at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sr68%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=rs&i=68&houseorig=s&billtype=r.
The day was an incredible success this year, thanks to so many people. Joyce Wilson, 2nd vice president of WVNA, and responsible for Unity Day organization and oversight, did a fabulous job! The support we received from sponsors this year was overwhelming, and on behalf of our board, executive director, and all participants, we share our warm, heartfelt appreciation to:
• BelingtonMedicalClinic
• AARP
• ArthurL.DavisPublishingAgency
• WVUMedicineUnitedHospitalCenter
• LoganRegionalMedicalCenter
Toni DiChiacchio
President’s Address continued on page 3
Unity Day Students and Nurses Line Up
Unity Day networking at the Capitol
• WVCenterforNursing
• GentivaHomeHealth
• HighlandHospital
• CabellHuntingtonHospital
• CharlestonAreaMedicalCenter
• MonGeneralHospital
• U.S.Army
• MedExpress
• St.Mary’sMedicalCenterSchoolofNursing
• MVBBank
• WVRuralHealthAssociation
• TheGideonsInternational
• University of Charleston–Capito Department ofNursing
• WVRestore
• WestVirginiansforAffordableHealthCare
• FutureofNursingWestVirginia
• HurstReviewServices
• WheelingJesuitUniversity
• AlmostHeavenCabinRentals
Student nurse Shannon Fitzpatrick
at Unity Day
Student nurse Cheyenne Harris
at Unity Day
Student nurse DeAudra Daniels
at Unity Day
amy F. Bruce appointed to arthritis Foundation WV Leadership Board . . . . . . .2
Conferences and Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Our unity day sponsors speak about Why You should Consider Working for them . . 5
Future of nursing WV update . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2017 Legislative Wrap-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
emerging nurse Leaders “40 under 40” awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Perinatal updates: Preterm Birth . . . . . . . . . 10
sexual assault nurse examiner (sane) Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
school nurse news . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
My Qi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
try this West Virginia Conference & Health Professionals day . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Why i am a WVna Member . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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WVNA Mission StatementThe mission of WVNA is to empower the diverse voice of nurses in all settings toward unified focus of nursing knowledge, skill and ability to promote the health & well-being of all West Virginians, through education, legislation, and health policy.
Executive BoardToni DiChiacchio, President: [email protected]
Denise Campbell, 1st Vice President: [email protected] Wilson, 2nd Vice President: [email protected]
Vacant, SecretaryBrenda Keefer, Treasurer: [email protected]
Beth Baldwin, Immediate Past President: [email protected] Williams, Approver Chair: [email protected]
Joyce Egnor, Approver Co-Chair: [email protected] “Sam” Cotton, WVN-PAC Chair: [email protected]
Vacant, APRN CongressAngelita “Angy” Nixon, HP&L Chair: [email protected]
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October 10, 2017 (Tuesday)WVNABoardMeeting–Reviewof3rdquarterassociation’sbusiness and activities. Teleconference only
October 21, 2017 (Saturday)WestVirginiaSocietyofPerianesthesiaNurses(WVSPAN)FallConference.www.wvspan.com or find us on Facebook:WVSPANforregistrationdetails.
December 9, 2017(Saturday)GeneralAssemblyforallmembership.Reviewandendorsement of election results; vote on by-law changes; vote on HP&L Agenda and 2018 Budget; review of association’s business and activity for the year. Location TBA
West Virginia nurses association Meetings 2017
West Virginia Nurse staff
In our May-June-July 2017 issue, we incorrectlyidentified Cynthia Persily, PhD, RN, FAAN, as theonly woman who is a CEO of a West Virginiahospital. Dr. Persily was kind enough to contact us to inform us that this information is incorrect. She listed a number of West Virginia hospitals which are headedbyfemaleCEOs,including:
• Fairmont RegionalMedical Center in Fairmont–Margaret “Peggy” Coster, BSN, RN,whowasCEOandCNOuntilherretirementApril30,2017
• GrantMemorialHospitalinPetersburg–MaryBeth Barr, BSN, RN
• JacksonGeneralHospitalinRipley–StephanieMcCoy,MBA,RN,CCM
• Montgomery General inMontgomery – VickiGay,BBA
• Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital inWeston–AvahStalnaker,MHA,BSN,RN
We apologize to our readers, to Dr. Persily, and to the other hospital CEOs in West Virginiawho are women for our error. In a future issue, we would like to feature an article about women in the MountainStatewhoarehospitalCEOs. Ifyouhaveany information to contribute, please contact us at [email protected].
Correction
Aila Accad, MSN, RN / Future of Nursing WV Executive Director
Amy F. Bruce, MSN, RN, NE-BC, is a senior nurse lecturer in the WVU Institute of Technology (“WVU Tech”) Department ofNursing. Ms. Bruce started hernursing career in 1999, when she received a BSN from the University of Charleston, and followed that degree with an MSN in nursing administrationfromMarshallUniversityin2002.She is currently a student in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at West Virginia University School of Nursing.
Amy F. Bruce Appointed to Arthritis Foundation WV Leadership Board
Amy Bruce, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Amy’s professional experience includes fifteen years of critical care nursing – incorporating open heart recovery, plastic surgery, and wound care management – as well as education, and now authorship. Her co-authoredarticleentitled“TheUseofTeledermoscopyin the Accurate Identification of Cancerous Skin Lesions in the Adult Population: A Systematic Review” waspublished in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare in January of 2017. She presented her poster, “InfluentialFactors Relating to SunProtective Behaviors inAdults,”at the International Conference of Nursing Science and Practice in Dallas, Texas, June 26-28.
Some of Amy’s other notable accomplishments include writing a proclamation signed by then-governor of West Virginia Earl Ray Tomblin for Melanoma SkinCancer Awareness Month in May of 2015, and beingnamed a Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar in fall of 2016.
Amy is newly appointed to the leadership board of the West Virginia office of the Arthritis Foundation aschair of volunteer development, and elected as a West VirginiaLeagueforNursing(WVLN)boardmember.Sheis a member of several organizations, including WVNA, WVLN, and the Future of NursingWest Virginia ActionCoalition Leadership Team. Additionally, she volunteers for the American Cancer Society.
Amy Bruce currently resides in Sissonville with her husband and children.
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August, September, October 2017 West Virginia Nurse Page 3
Without your support, this special day for nurses would not have been possible.
We also had wonderful scholarly participation, with 37 posters presented by nurses and nursing students fromSt.Mary’s,WheelingJesuitUniversity,West Virginia University, and WVU Medicine. Thecontent shared was so impressive!
Special thank you to Roger Carpenter, PhD, RN, NE-BC, of WVU School of Nursing, who for thesecond year coordinated these presentations and has done a wonderful job organizing this endeavor.
And, of course, congratulations and kudos to the outstanding award winners from this year’s Unity Day, whom we are so privileged to have in West Virginia:
• StaceyHaynesArcher,APRN,CNM–Mentorofthe Year Award
• Deborah Casdorph, APRN, FNP-BC – AANPClinicalExcellenceAward
• Shelia Kyle, EdD, MSN, RN – LifelongContribution to Nursing Award
• Delegate Mike Pushkin– Friend of NursingAward
President’s Address, continued from page 1
Students and nurses line up at the Capitol for Unity Day
The West Virginia Nurses Association will be having an election this fall for
the 2018-2019 offices of:
2nd Vice President
Secretary
Member-At-Large
VotingMembertoattendtheAmericanNursesAssociationMembershipAssembly
in Washington DC - 2018 and 2019.Please forward letters of interest
and Curriculum Vitae to [email protected].
If any questions, please contact Lori McComasChaffins,ExecutiveDirector,at
the above email or call 304-342-1169.
• Delegate Amy Summers, MSN, RN – AANPAPRN Advocate of the Year
The Year of the Healthy NurseThe American Nurses Association (ANA) has
declared 2017 as the “Year of the Healthy Nurse,”using the slogan “Balance Your Life For A HealthierYou.” Nurses do so much to care for others, butour self-care is just as important. Just like airlines recommend securing our own oxygen mask before aiding others in the case of loss of cabin pressure, we deserve and require good self-care so we can continue caring for others effectively. It is so easy to neglect our own health as we place our patients’, families’, and friends’ needs above our own. But do take this time to care for you! Whether it’s stress reduction, exercise, healthy eating, getting enough sleep, or increasing interpersonal socialization, I hope you will use this summer season to make self-care a habit. To learn more, visit http://nursingworld.org/YearofHealthyNurse.
I wish you all a wonderful, relaxing, and joy-filled summer!
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COnFerenCes and MeetingsWV Nurse staff
Selected nursing and multidisciplinary conferences, meetings, and events scheduled for the coming months.
Meetings in West Virginia
September 8-9, 2017(Friday-Saturday)WV Restorehttp://www.wvrestore.org/trainings-conferences.html
September 15, 2017 (Friday)Nursing Workforce SummitThis is for everyone who touches the lives of potential future nurses: Share with K-12 teachers, your nurse employers, and your legislatorsKeynotespeaker:JoanneSpetz,PhD/UCSFTechnology CenterSouth Charlestonhttp://www.futureofnursingwv.org/nursing-workforce-summit
September 23, 2017(Saturday)WVAmericanCollegeofNurse-Midwives(ACNM)Affiliate meetingMartinsburgFacebook“WestVirginiaMidwives”[email protected]:checkemail
September 26, 2017 (Tuesday)Annual ConferenceAmericanCaseManagementAssociation,WVChapter
EmbassySuitesCharlestonhttp://www.acmaweb.org/net/chapter_site.aspx?eID=1603&pagedesired=7
October 11-13, 2017 (Wednesday-Friday)25th Annual WV Rural Health Association“SilverLinings:ReflectingonOurPast;TransitioningtoOurFuture”Canaan Valley ResortDavishttp://wvrha.org/2017-rural-health-conference/
October 12-13, 2017(Monday-Tuesday)WV Perinatal Partnership SummitStonewall Jackson Resort and Conference CenterRoanokewww.wvperinatal.org
November 9-10, 2017(Thursday-Friday)WVOrganizationofNurseExecutives(WVONE)Civic CenterHuntington http://www.wv-one.org/Meetings
Meetings Beyond West Virginia
Selected conferences in “destination” locations. Ramp up your professional practice by attending a conference with colleagues from around the nation and world.
September 28-October 1, 2017 (Thursday-Sunday) AmericanAssociationofNursePractitioners(AANP)Specialty & Leadership Conference Peppermill Resort, Spa & Casino Reno, NVhttps://www.aanp.org
October 5-8, 2017(Thursday-Sunday)AmericanAssociationofBirthCenters(AABC)The conference for those associated with birth centersAnchorage,AKwww.birthcenters.org
October 5-9, 2017 (Thursday-Monday)AmericanSocietyofPlasticSurgeryNurses(ASPSN)Orlando,FLhttp://www.aspsn.org/
October 12-17, 2017 (Thursday-Tuesday)AcademyofMedical-SurgicalNurses–26thAnnualConvention Palm Springs, CAwww.amsa.org
October 18-21, 2017 (Wednesday-Saturday)AmericanPsychiatricNursesAssociation(APNA)30th Annual Conference Phoenix, AZwww.apna.org
October 26-30 (Thursday-Monday)Annual Quality Congress: Transforming Newborn CareChicago, ILwww.vtoxford.org/Annual_Quality_Congress
October 28-November 1, 2017(Saturday-Wednesday)Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing®44th Biennial ConventionIndianapolis, INwww.nursingsociety.org
November 1-3, 2017(Wednesday-Friday)Contraceptive TechnologyThis year’s focus: best practicesAtlanta,GAhttp://www.contraceptivetechnology.org/conferences/
November 8-11, 2017 (Wednesday-Saturday)AssociationofRehabilitationNurses(ARN)Seattle, WAhttp://www.rehabnurse.org/
****Please send us information on your organization’s events for inclusion in the West Virginia Nurse. List your nursing education and networking event here at no cost to you. [email protected]
Berkeley & Jefferson Medical centers
Caring and Compassion Is What We Do Here.
As part of the State’s largest healthcare system, we are conveniently located in the Eastern Panhandle of WV within driving distance of Maryland and Virginia. Due to our continued growth, we have opportunities for
} Registered Nurses in: ER, OR Oncology, ICU, Telemetry, and others} Surgical Service Coordinator
As a valued member of our team, you’ll enjoy a competitive benefit and compensation package including clinical ladder, tuition assistance and so much more. Please apply directly on line at: wvumedicine.org/university-healthcare
WORK HERE, THRIVE HERE EOE
West Liberty University is seeking a Full-time Nursing Faculty
Requirements include:• Recentclinicalexperienceinaspecialtyarea• MSNdegreeandanunencumberedlicenseasaregistered
professionalnurseinWVoreligibilityforthislicense• Teachingexperienceandadoctoraldegreeinnursingare
preferred
Forfulljobdescriptionandtoapplygoto:agency.governmentjobs.com/westlibertyedu/default.cfm
CurrentlyhiringRegistered Nurses inallspecialties.New graduate nurses welcome.
We offer a great benefits package that includes:• CompetitivePayWithBSNRecognition• Medical/Dental/VisionInsurance• AGenerousPTOPlanwithPaidHolidays• 403BRetirementPlan
If qualified and interested, please apply online http://wvumedicine.org/camden-clark/We are an EOE.Allqualifiedapplicantswillreceiveconsiderationforemploymentandwillnotbediscriminatedagainstonthebasisofdisability,veteranstatusorotherprotectedstatus.
Human Resources: 304-424-2205
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Unity Day is central to our purpose at WVNA, and we could not hold that event without our sponsors. At the same time, the largest number of attendees at Unity Day are nursing students. The WVNA leadership decided to offer the sponsors who are hospitals and healthcare entities a chance to introduce themselves to West Virginia’snursesand students, inorder toexplain “Whyyoushouldconsiderworkingforus.”We have divided the sponsors into two groups: you’ll hear from half of them in this issue of West Virginia Nurse, and from the other half in our next issue.
St. Mary’s Medical Center: Respect the God-given Dignity
of Each Person
On November 26, 1924, the Sisters of the Pallottine Missionary Society opened St. Mary’s Hospital inHuntington, WV, on a foundation of faith. It is that foundation that makes St. Mary’s Medical Center a greatplace for nurses to work today.
Our mission, given to us by the Sisters, is simple but meaningful:“WeareinspiredbytheloveofChristtoprovidequality health care in ways which respect the God-givendignityofeachpersonandthesacrednessofhumanlife.”
Inmore than nine decades, St. Mary’s has grown intoone of the largest health care facilities in West Virginia, with centers of excellence in cardiac care, cancer treatment, emergency/trauma services, neuroscience, and joint replacement. Along the way, St. Mary’s has built on itstradition of faith, as well as a tradition of hope, a tradition of healing,andatraditionofservice.But,mostofall,St,Mary’swas built on a tradition of care.
St.Mary’sofferstuitionreimbursement,medical/vision/dental, paid days off and holiday pay, accrued vacation and sick leave, and a clinical ladder.
To learn more about joining the tradition of nursing excellenceatSt.Mary’sMedicalCenter,contactJulieYatesat (304) 526-1382 or at [email protected]. To view and apply for open positions, visit http://www.st-marys.org/education-training/career-opportunities.
United Hospital Center: Where You’re Part of Something Special
UnitedHospitalCenter(UHC) inBridgeport istheheartof the North Central West Virginia community. Our vision is to put every patient first – to take health and healing beyond the boundaries of imaginations so that we truly can create a patient experience that is second to none.
To better serve our community, a new hospital was built in 2010. The 692,000 sq. ft. structure rises eight stories. It is designed around the environment with the patient, family, staff, and community in mind – which includes enhanced patient privacy, a high level of technology integration, and improved access to care. UHC is a member of West Virginia UniversityMedicineandemploysmorethan2,000associates.
Where Your Nursing Degree Pays OffIf you are a recent graduate who is searching for a career
in nursing, UHC has immediate full-time job openings on various units.
UHC wants to give you the means to grow in your nursing career. Flexible scheduling, competitive pay, andcomprehensive benefits are offered to graduate nurses. Opportunities such as weekend premium pay, shift differential compensation, tuition reimbursement, and RN loan repayment up to $12,000 are just some of the possibilities that you can gain by joining our team.
As a nurse at UHC, you have the opportunity to create optimal patient experiences by healing beyond the boundaries of imagination. If you are ready for your nursing career to begin, and believe that you would be a beneficial part of the nursing staff, please contact United HospitalCenternurserecruiter,JuneJett,RN,at(681)342-1664 or [email protected]. Find out more at http://wvumedicine.org/united-hospital-center/.
Highland Hospital: 60 Years of Living Our Values
Do you want to work in an environment where every day you are saving lives? Where you are appreciated as a nurse, and not as a number? Where you are a respected and integral part of an inter-professional team working with patients, families, and community members to really affect the future? If you really want this kind of a workplace, look nofurtherthanHighlandHospitalinCharleston.Forover60years, we have lived our values every day, including high-quality care, innovation, and investment in our people.
Our president and CEO, Cynthia Persily, PhD, RN, says,“Ourpeopleareourmostimportantresource.Withoutourhighly skilled nurses, we cease to exist. We live our promise to provide a caring environment, and nurses create the backboneofthatenvironment.”Therefore,weprovideournursing staff with an environment where their knowledge, expertise, and skills are used every day. But we also invest in our nurses – and all of our staff – for the future. We invest in education through a generous tuition reimbursement model and opportunities for onsite education. We invest in the health of our staff through a wellness program that allows participants to earn points toward reduced premiums for health insurance. We provide an onsite retail pharmacy for prescription needs with free delivery. We provide generous bonus packages for nurses during critical staffing periods. Nurses may work with students through our nurse extern program and through clinical rotations inourhospital. Flexible schedulingpatterns are available,including weekend packages. We invest in our people so that they can move up in the organization, if they so desire, or remain at the bedside while continually improving their direct care skills.
With mental health and substance abuse issues growing as health concerns in our country, nurses have the opportunity today to make a difference and to be a part of a professional staff that puts the patient at the center of everything that we do. Come and join us today—you can apply by visiting our website at www.highlandhosp.com, by calling Shelly Howell at 304-926-1667, or by email at [email protected].
CAMC: Malcolm Baldrige Award Winner Puts Nurses First
At Charleston Area Medical Center, we know it takesan exceptional person to be a nurse because nursing is not just a job – it’s a calling. Here, nurses play a vital role in delivering award-winning care to patients with a steadfast commitment to quality and safety. We know that quality health care is only possible with quality nurses. Our goal is to create an environment where nurses are given the opportunities and support they need to succeed.
As one of the best hospitals in the country, we’re proud to offer our nurses:
• Premiumbenefits• Flexibleschedulingoptions• Uniqueopportunitiesforcareeradvancement• Avarietyofclinicalspecialtyareas• Supportiveandeducationalnursing environment
with accomplished mentors• Generousscholarshipstocontinueyour
education • Innovativenurseresidencyprogram• Exceptionalnursingeducationassistance
programWhyCAMC?
CAMCwastheonlyhealthcareinstitutioninthecountrytobeawardedthe2015MalcolmBaldrigeNationalQualityAward for performance excellence.
CAMCishometotheonlyLevelITraumaCenterintheregion, one of the largest heart programs in the United States, the only kidney transplant center in West Virginia, and the only freestanding children’s hospital in the state.
Fromtheemergencyroomtotherecoveryroom, fromthe first breath of life to the last, nurses are the reason fears arecalmed,hopeisrestored,andlivesaresaved.AtCAMC,we want to be the reason nurses thrive.
Whether you are new to nursing or new to CAMC,we invite you to consider a career with us. To join our outstanding nursing team, visit http://www.camc.org/nursesorcall(304)388-7269.
Our Unity Day Sponsors Speak About Why You Should Consider Working for Them
Now Hiring • Unit Charge Nurses
• CNAs • 1 RNAC position
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Registered Nurses – Huntington
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Future OF nursing W V uPdateAila Accad, MSN, RN / Future of Nursing WV Executive Director
TheFutureofNursingWestVirginia(FONWV)ActionCoalitionismadeupofnursesand non-nurses working together for a healthier West Virginia through strengthening nursing practice, education, and leadership. Here is an update on our progress.
Grants TeamGrantswereawardedtoFONWVbyClaudeWorthingtonBenedumFoundationand
SistersHealthFoundationtoachieveourstrategicplanfor2017–2018.
Enhanced Nurse Licensure CompactFONWVwasaskedtotestifyattheWVlegislatureregardingtheimpactofHB2522,
regardingWestVirginiajoiningtheEnhancedNurseLicensureCompact(oreNLC).ThebillpassedandwassignedbyGovernorJimJusticeonApril26,2017.Itwilltakeeffectonce enough states have passed this legislation.
Leadership TeamThe Leadership Team and Gala Team have been busy requesting nominations,
conducting a blind review of nominations, and announcing the recipients for the EmergingNurseLeader“40under40”Awards,featuredinthisissueoftheWest Virginia Nurse on pages 8 and 9.
Regarding our Nurses on Boards Initiative, the Team was approached by the ArthritisFoundationofWestVirginiatofindaqualifiednursetofillaboardvacancy.Amy Bruce applied for the position, was interviewed by the Arthritis FoundationBoard, and appointed to the position. Read more about Amy Bruce in this issue on page 2. If you are interested in being involved in these initiatives or in becoming a mentor, please contact us at [email protected].
Data TeamFONWV is participating in the Shared Data Group, which is facilitated by Drema
Pierson, MSN, MBA, RN, administrator of the West Virginia Center for Nursing.Members of this group shared data at a recent nursing workforce roundtableorganizedbytheWestVirginiaHigherEducationPolicyCommission.Thedatawillbeused as a starting point for the upcoming Nursing Workforce Summit in September.
Education TeamThe Team is developing an online nursing education toolkit and App to facilitate
more students in getting the right courses and financial support to be prepared and successful in nursing school. You are invited to develop a 1-3 min video to add to the section titled “WhatNursesDo.” If youare interested inparticipating in thisproject,contact Aila at [email protected].
Health Ambassador RN ProjectCheryl Vega, in collaboration with the WV Department of
Education and Read AloudWV, is building a team to createhealth/wellness lessons that will be delivered in elementary and middle schools throughout the state by nurse volunteers. This project has two objectives: To improve the culture of health through student awareness and to inspire students to consider a career in nursing. If you have a child or grandchild in elementary or middle school and would like to participate in this project, please sign up on the web page: http://www.futureofnursingwv.org/health-ambassador-rn
Faith Community Nursing Project
Angie Gray, BSN, RN, our Public Health Nurse Leader, is in the final stagesof evaluating the RWJF Project in preparation for her report and graduation inSeptember in Atlanta, GA. The Faith Community Nursing Toolkit and statewidesupport network will continue as part of the current FONWV strategic plan. It isexpected that Angie will continue to lead the Team as the project expands into phase 2. The network is now open for nurses to enroll at http://www.futureofnursingwv.org/faith-community-rn-toolkit. The initial goal is have at least one faith community nurse available in every WV county. If you are interested in developing a health ministry in your faith community, these resources are for you. The team is planning a network gathering in the near future and information sessions phone and/or webinar.
National Nurses on Boards RegistryIf you are currently serving on a board, please register your board service in the
national database at http://nursesonboardscoalition.org/. The FONWV LeadershipTeam receives a quarterly report on the number of nurses in WV either on a board ordesiringtoserveonaboard.Whenyouregister,besuretoselect“opt in,”soyoucan be counted in theWV records. You can be assured that FONWVwill treat yourinformation with the utmost security.
GalaGet your tickets now! The Awards Gala will be August 19, 2017, at the Embassy
Suites in Charleston. The inaugural 40 Under 40 Awardees are now listed on the website here: http://www.futureofnursingwv.org/40-under-40-awards and highlighted in this issue of West Virginia Nurse on pages 8 and 9.
Therewillbeafull-colorcommemorativeprogramfortheGala.Ifyouwouldliketoplace a congratulatory ad for the awardees, please see the details and order form on the website: http://www.futureofnursingwv.org/program-ads.
Upcoming Nursing Workforce SummitA summit is being planned to address the critical shortage of nurses at the bedside
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Toni DiChiacchio, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CEN WVNA President
A number of nursing-related bills were proposed in the 2017 West Virginia legislative session. It was a busier than anticipated session, as several of the nursing bills were unexpected, and concerns arose about their possible unintended negative consequences on our profession.
First, let’s focus on thepositive. WVNA championed two bills that passed this year.
House Bill 2282/2219These are the final rules for advanced practice
registered nurses (APRNs) related to the passage ofHouse Bill 4334 in the 2016 legislative session. These rules allow APRNs to have prescriptive authority without a collaborative agreement after three years of prescribing. It also removed several prescriptive restrictions from the prior rule, such as the ability to prescribe Schedule III medications for 30 days with no refill and the removal of the 72-hour limitations on benzodiazepine prescribing, among others. Additionally, for those prescribing in the first three years of practice, APRNs may now collaborate with duly licensed physicians in West Virginia, in any of our contiguous states, or within the Veterans Administration. The final rule became effective 5/15/2017. All APRNs should read the final rule found at http://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/ruleview.aspx?document=10105
House Bill 2522The enhanced nurse licensure compact (enhanced
NLC, or eNLC) bill relates to interstate registered nurse and licensed practical nurse licensure. This law will go into effect the sooner of 26 states passing the enhanced NLC legislation, or December 31, 2018. What the NLC will permit is obtaining a license in one’s home state of residence and then being permitted to practice under that license in any of the states that have passed the enhanced NLC legislation. This will save RNs and LPNs licensure fees, allow for innovative models of nursing care such as telehealth across state lines, and will make it easier to bring RNs and LPNs from other states into West Virginia. As of the writing of this article, there are 23 states that have passed the enhanced NLC, and five states with pending 2017 enhanced NLC legislation. To learn more about the enhanced NLC and
track the passage of the legislation in other states, visit https://www.nursecompact.com/.
Once again, as was done in 2016 with the APRN bill (HB4334),yourWVNAwashappytoteamupwithAARPand West Virginians for Prosperity to support both of these ultimately successful bills.
Next, let’s discuss the bills of concern that did NOT pass.
House Bill 2345/House Bill 3109House Bill 2345 started as a combination of the
RN and LPN Boards but – in the House GovernmentOrganization Committee – was replaced by an originating bill from that committee that combined the RN, LPN, Medical Imaging and Radiation TherapyTechnology, and Nursing Home Administrators Board. The dilution of professional nursing expertise on this combination board was of significant concern to WVNA. While the committee substitute did pass the House Government Organization Committee, thanks to theengagement in contacting legislators to oppose this bill, it was halted when it was placed on the House Calendar, and never saw a full House of Delegates vote.
House Bill 2504This bill would have prohibited the state nursing
boards from limiting the number of students in nursing programs. Currently, the BON can and does set a maximum student-to-faculty ratio. If passed, the individual schools would have the authority to set that ratio instead. Leaders of nursing education and regulation in West Virginia were concerned that this deregulation could negatively impact nursing education and patient safety. This bill was not placed on the House Health and Human Services agenda, which was the committee of first reference, and thus did not advance.
House Bill 2667This bill related to the approval and accreditation
of nursing schools. As originally written, it would have exempted nursing programs from maintaining Board of Nursing (BON) approval if they were accredited bythe Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing(ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate NursingEducation (CCNE). Nursing regulators and a numberof leaders in nursing education in the state expressed concern over this bill and the impact on the quality of nursing education and the agility of the accrediting bodies to act on programs whose outcomes were declining. The bill was amended to permit the BON approval exemption only if schools had been accredited byACENorCCNEfortwoaccreditationcycles,andaddeda clause allowing the board to assist nursing students in filing complaints to a national accrediting body for those programs exempted from board accreditation. This
bill passed the House Health and Human Resources Committee, but was not placed on the agenda of subsequent House committees referenced, and thus did not advance.
Finally, there are two interesting resolutions thatpassed, both proposing to study specific nursing issues during the upcoming Interim legislative session.
House Concurrent Resolution 115 requests the JointCommitteeonGovernmentandFinancetostudycombining the Board of Examiners for RegisteredProfessional Nurses and the Board of Examinersfor Licensed Practical Nurses, including examining the benefits of merging the boards to facilitate participation in national compacts, the cost savings of combining the boards, and the overlap of occupations licensed and representation on the boards.
House Concurrent Resolution 138 requests the JointCommitteeonGovernmentandFinancetostudythe nursing shortage in West Virginia. At the time of this writing, the Legislature has not selected the issues they intend to study. The WVNA will keep you posted on the status of these studies.
Special ThanksA special thanks to Tara Hulsey, PhD, RN, CNE,
FAAN, SheliaKyle, EdD, RN, andSueAnnPainter,DNP,RN, on your consultation and expertise related to the education and regulation bills proposed this session. And,of course,our lobbyist teamofHallieMasonandLoarie Butcher once again did a phenomenal job in representing the nurses of West Virginia. The positive impact of their dedication, professionalism, and excellent reputation with lawmakers and staff at the Capitol cannot be overstated, and we are so fortunate to have such a strong team.
Nursing Workforce InitiativeAs evidenced by the Study Resolution on the
nursing shortage, the legislature is particularly interested in West Virginia’s nursing workforce, as are all health care stakeholders throughout the state. The Future of Nursing WV (of which WVNA is one ofthe triad, sponsors along with the WV Organization of Nurse Executives and the WV Hospital Association) isplanning a summit on September 15, 2017, focused on addressing this important and challenging problem. (See the Future of Nursing WV update on page 6.)The issues, problems, and gaps that contribute to an apparent nursing shortage as identified by practicing nurses, nurse educators, nurse employers, and policy makers will be examined related to both nursing recruitment and to nursing retention. This is a complex issue that has many confounding factors and consequences unfavorable to nurses, health care systems, and communities.
2017 Legislative Wrap-Up
Toni DiChiacchio
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Afton Reedy RN, BSN
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Beth Ross MSN, CNM
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Hillary Parcell MSN, RN
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Krystal Tawney MSN, APRN,
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Andrea Cline RN, Pediatric
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University of Charleston
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Emerging Nurse Leader“40 Under 40” Awards
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School of Nursing Alderson Broaddus
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Anne Banfield, MD, and Shauna Lively, RN, EdD West Virginia Perinatal Partnership
The West Virginia Perinatal Partnership is a statewide partnership of healthcare professionals and public and private organizations working to improve perinatal healthinWestVirginia.Foundedin2006,thePartnershipcoordinates programs and develops policies to address the state’s health outcomes among mothers and their babies. Over the next several months, our outreach educational efforts will include several strategies to preventpretermbirth(PTB).Theseincludeprogesteronetreatment for recurrent preterm birth and shortened cervical length; unintended pregnancy; and tobacco cessation. Read more at www.wvperinatal.org.
Preterm birth (PTB) Pretermbirth (PTB), defined asbirthbetween20 0/7
weeks of gestation and 36 6/7 weeks, is a public health problem that exacts a high cost in the U.S. – estimated to be $26 billion each year. PTB also exerts a high emotional toll and a financial burden for families. During the neonatal period, preterm infants are at risk for illness such as chronic lung disease, severe brain injury, retinopathy of prematurity, necrotizing enterocolitis, and neonatal sepsis. Children who were preterm infants are at risk for motor and sensory impairment, learning difficulties, and behavioral problems. The average daily cost for NICU care is $3,000. When comparing the average cost for a term infant’s care – $2,830 – to that of a preterm infant – $41,610 – the difference is obvious. These cost differences persist during the first five years, if not for the lifetime of the child.
While the U.S. is a developed country, it has an above-averagepretermbirth rate.Data fromthe2016MarchofDimes Report Card indicate that the U.S. preterm birth rate has dropped over recent years to 9.6%, while the preterm birth rate in West Virginia is above that average, at11.3%,earningourstatea“D”gradeforthe2016report.Reducing total preterm births to 8.1% by 2020 is one of the Leading Health Indicators of the Healthy People 2020 goals, a designation to indicate high-priority initiatives (www.marchofdimes.org). With these numbers and goals inmind,theWestVirginiaPerinatalPartnership,theMarchof Dimes, and the WV Department of Health and Human Resources have developed the “PretermBirth ReductionProject”todecreaseWestVirginia’spretermbirthrateandto achieve the national goal.
PTB Reduction PlanThe West Virginia Perinatal Partnership’s Preterm
Birth Reduction Project has several strategies aimed at reducing PTB:
1) Provider education and awareness regarding tobacco cessation and progesterone therapy
2) Providing implementation strategies
3) Removing barriers to care
4) Assessing the impact of strategy implementation
This project will be targeting primary care providers who deliver prenatal care, such as those who practice in rural health clinics, family physicians and nurse-midwives, obstetrics providers and nurses, and radiology providers. There are two teams of two nurses who are visiting provider offices and hospitals, bringing current information and aiding in removing barriers to care. Patient brochures and posters for the offices will be dispersed.
Team members include • MelanieRiley,RN,MSN,NurseCoordinator
• MollyMcMillionRN,BSN,IBCLC,LCCE,Project Manager
• PatriciaRidgeway,RN,ProjectCoordinator
• ShaunaLively,RN,EdD,LCCE
Clinical risk factors associated with preterm birth have been widely studied and are well known: • Priorhistoryofspontaneouspretermbirth
• Shortinter-pregnancyinterval
• Chronichealthconditions
• Multiplegestation
• Shortcervicallength(<2.5cm)
• Cervicalinsufficiency
• Uterineabnormalities
• Vaginalbleeding
• African-Americanethnicity
• Lowpre-pregnancyweight(<BMI18.5)
• Obesity
• Maternalage<17and>35yearsold
• Lowsocioeconomicstatus
• Maternalstress
• Cigarettesmoking
• Substanceabuse
• Anemia
Preconception counseling can empower motivated patients to improve pregnancy outcomes. Counseling on nutrition, recommended spacing of children, prepregnancy weight gain or loss, tobacco use, drug cessation, and maternal stress management can be offered to mitigate risk prior to pregnancy.
Tobacco CessationWest Virginia has the highest rate in the U.S. of smoking
during pregnancy. Maternal smoking during pregnancyranges from 1.8 percent in California to 27.1 percent in West Virginia,accordingtotheCDC(2014).Provisionalnumbersfrom DHHR’s Health Statistics Center indicate the rate of smoking during pregnancy in West Virginia has dropped to 24.2 percent in 2016, a significant improvement but still ahead of the national rate of 8.4 percent.
Adverse outcomes linked with tobacco use, such as prematurity and low birth weight, as well as fetal and infantmortality(suddenunexpectedinfantdeath,SUID),have been well researched. Maternal morbidity andmortality has been shown to be elevated in women who smoke during pregnancy. The Perinatal Partnership has initiated evidence-based tobacco cessation outreach education programs targeted at health care professionals who want to learn motivational interviewing and other tools to help patients quit smoking. Programs such as “Help2Quit”assistmothersandtheirfamilies incuttingbackorquitting. The recent launchof theManagementof Maternal Smoking (MOMS) Initiative includesrepresentatives from DHHR programs, the Perinatal Partnership, CDC, Substance Abuse and Mental HealthServices Administration (SAMSHA), U.S. Department ofHealthandHumanServices,andtheCentersforMedicareandMedicaidServices.
Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC)Recently the Partnership has been providing outreach
education aimed at reducing unintended pregnancy by advocating for the use of LARCs, a highly effective method of family planning. Insertion of the intrauterine device or the intradermal implant can be initiated during the teen years, or any time when pregnancy would not be desired. Often incarcerated women and those in day report centers are eager to have this long-lasting method of birth control.
LARCs can also be inserted immediately postpartum, in the case of an IUD, or before the mother leaves the hospital, in the case of an implant in the upper arm. This strategy has been shown to decrease preterm birth, as it lengthens the interval between pregnancies. The barriers to obtaining LARCs are well documented, and include physician lack of knowledge, financial constraints, and logistical issues such as obtaining the LARCs in the labor and delivery unit or freestanding birth center, and payor issues. The Partnership, WV Public Employee InsuranceAgency (PEIA), and Medicaid payors have workedtogether to unbundle the charges from delivery, with the goal of providing LARCs at a convenient time to reduce unintended pregnancies.
Perinatal Updates: Preterm Birth
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Recurrent Preterm BirthIn 2012, the American Congress of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society forMaternal andFetal Medicine (SMFM) issued updated clinical practiceguidelines for PTB risk screening and progesterone use to prevent recurrent PTB. These practice bulletins strongly recommend using synthetic 17a-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P) supplementation for singletonpregnancies in women who have experienced previous spontaneous PTB, and vaginal progesterone supplementation for singleton pregnancies diagnosed mid-pregnancy with a short cervical length and with no history of spontaneous PTB. It is estimated that administering 17P (trade name Makena®) to an eligiblewoman will reduce her chances of delivering prematurely by33percent.Eachyearalmost30,000pregnantwomenare considered eligible for 17P.
Recently published studies have suggested that maternity care providers may not be aware of these recommendations. There may also be barriers with obtaining the weekly injections, or the patient may have transportation issues, live in a rural area, or may not desire weekly intramuscular injections. Nurses in the provider offices, hospitals, and community may need to counsel those at-risk patients and their families about the benefits of progesterone treatment, strategizing creative ways for the woman to receive weekly injections near home in a pharmacy, by a home health nurse, or in a nearby community clinic. Nurses administering pregnancy tests, or those working in neonatal intensive care units, or with women who have just delivered before 37 weeks spontaneously, can educate patients about the availability and effectiveness of 17P and urge them to set up their first prenatal appointment early, advising their midwife or physician of a previous preterm birth.
Early access to initial prenatal appointments isimportant, since insurers require a preauthorization for Makena – a very costly drug, as much as $695 perinjection, although insurers often negotiate price. Before commercial availability, 17P was available only through compounding pharmacies. Due to an FDA ruling, “apharmacist may not compound regularly or in inordinate amounts any drug products that are essentially copies of Makena.” The Amag pharmaceutical company doesprovide some clientswithMakena orwith part of theirMakena copay if they are eligible for the “Makena CareConnection”program.
Shortened Cervical LengthTransvaginal cervical length (TVCL) measurement
between 16 and 24 weeks gestation can be utilized to monitor risk in women with a history of prior preterm birth as well as to identify women without a history of preterm birth who are at increased risk for preterm birth during the current pregnancy. Transvaginal measurements are considered more accurate than transabdominal scans because of better consistency and are unaffected by maternal weight, position of the cervix, obesity, and fetal position. TVCL screening strategy in women without a prior preterm birth may be considered, since daily vaginal progesterone supplementation has been shown to lower the risk of preterm birth in women with a very short cervical length, considered to be below 2.5 cm as measured upon transvaginal ultrasound.
The Preterm Birth Reduction Project plans to facilitate educational opportunities for providers and staff on current best practices in tobacco cessation, LARCs, and the indication and prescription of the two types of progesterone supplementation.
If you would like an educational program at your facility, contact Shauna Lively at [email protected]. Programs are funded through the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and the West Virginia Chapter of the March of Dimes. Visit ourwebsite for perinatal updates: www.wvperinatal.org.
ReferencesACOG (2012). Practice Bulletin No. 130. Prediction and
prevention of preterm birth. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 120, 964-973.
CDC. (2016). Preterm birth. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/pretermbirth.htm
Curtin, S. C., & Mathews, T. J. (2016, February 10). Smokingprevalence and cessation before and during pregnancy: Data from the birth certificate, 2014. National Vital Statistics Reports, 65(1). U.S. DHHS, CDC, National Center for Health Statistics. Available at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr65/nvsr65_01.pdf
Fontenot, H., & Fantasia, H. (2012). Vaginal progesterone toprevent preterm birth in high-risk women. Nursing for Women’s Health, 16, 237–241.
Goffinet,F.(2005).Primarypredictorsofpretermlabour.BJOG:An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 112(supp1),28-47.
Iams,J.D. (2003).Theepidemiologyofpretermbirth. Clinics in Perinatology, 30, 651-664.
Petrou,S.,Mehta,Z.,Hockley,C.,Cook-Mozaffari,P.,Henderson,J., & Goldacre, M. (2003). The impact of preterm birth onhospital inpatient admissions and costs during the first 5 years of life. Pediatrics, 112, 1290-1297.
Roh,H.-J., Ji,Y. I., Jung,C.H., Jeon,G.H.,Chun,S.,&Cho,H. J.(2013).Comparisonofcervicallengthsusingtransabdominaland transvaginal sonography in midpregnancy. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 32, 1721-1728.
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Publications Committee,with assistance of V. Berghella. (2012). Progesterone andpreterm birth prevention: Translating clinical trials data into clinical practice. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 206, 376-386.
U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). (2014).Hydroxyprogesterone caproate 17P. Available at: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/guidancecomplianceregulator y information/pharmacycompounding/ucm402614.htm
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Debra Lopez-Bonasso, BA, MA, and Margaret Denny, MSN, RN
Hospitals in West Virginia are working to meet the needs of patients who have been sexually assaulted. Ideally, every county in West Virginia should have an accessible and responsive service delivery system that includes providing medical forensic exams by trained medical providers.
It is essential that all patients who present to medical facilities with reports of sexual assault be thoroughly evaluated. Treating injuries alone is not sufficient in these cases.Medicalpersonnelor SexualAssaultNurseExaminers (SANEs) should be trained and clinicallyprepared to provide comprehensive forensic evaluation while maintaining chain of custody using the WV Sexual AssaultEvidenceCollectionKit(SAECK).
In sexual assault cases, the medical facility should immediately call a victim advocate from the nearest rape crisis center. The importance of having a victim advocate from the local rape crisis center available to a sexual assault patient cannot be overemphasized. Research has shown that, when advocates are called to the hospital and can explain their role, in most cases, patients accept advocacy services. Advocates are specially trained to
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Programprovide patients with free, confidential, non-judgmental support, information, and resources, so patients can make informed decisions about their care following a sexual assault. The immediate involvement of victim advocates at the hospital is crucial to the recovery of many sexual assault patients. When consent has been given, advocates stay with the patient throughout their time at the medical facility.
If the patient decides not to accept advocacy services, the medical provider or SANE should provide contactinformation for the local rape crisis center for future reference.
The policies for conducting medical forensic examinations by the SANE or other trained medicalproviders should be written in hospital protocols and available in the emergency department procedure manuals.
Once the kit is collected, it will be turned over to law enforcement if the patient has signed a consent form releasing the evidence to law enforcement.
If the patient chooses to have a medical forensic examination but does not want to initiate or participate in any investigation with law enforcement, the medical provider or SANE must have the patient sign andcomplete the consent form for a “non-report to law
enforcement.” The kit is sent to Marshall UniversityForensic Science Center (MUFSC), where the forensicsamples will be stored for 24 months. It is important to note that if liquid samples were collected as a part of the toxicology kit (i.e., bloodorurine), the sampleswillhave a limited life span and will degrade over time. All forensic samples collected as part of the medical forensic examination(swabsorsmears)willhaveanunlimitedlifespan if collected and dried properly.
Should the victim later decide to initiate an investigation, they may contact law enforcement and provide the kit tracking number. Law enforcement would request the kit from MUFSC by submitting a“RequesttoTransfer”form.
NOTE:There isno statute of limitations on reporting sexual assault in West Virginia.
*****Debra Lopez-Bonasso, BA, MA, is Education/SANE
CoordinatoratWVFoundationforRapeInformationandServices and can be reached at [email protected]. MargaretDenny,MSN,RN, isSANEProjectCoordinatoratWVFoundationforRapeInformationandServicesandcan be reached at [email protected]. The websiteforWestVirginiaFRISiswww.fris.org.
Processing of the Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit (SAECK) After Collection
SAECKprocessingaftercollection
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LEpicksupSAECKatmedical facility
LEdeliversSAECKtoWVSP Crime Lab
WVSP Crime Lab analyzesSAECK
Followingproperchainofcustody,medicalfacilitymailsSAECKtoMUFSC
MUFSCcataloguesSAECKbykittrackingnumberandplacesSAECK
in secure storage
Up to 24 months later, victim can initiate aninvestigationbycontactingLEand
providing kit tracking number. After 24 months,SAECKmaybeactivatedifithas
not been used for training purposes
Note:Kittrackingnumbercanbefoundonthe pink copy of the consent form given to the victim at the medical facility or victim can obtain kit tracking number by contacting the medical records department at the medical facility where the medical forensic exam was conducted.
Yes No
1. MedicalpersonnelprepareSAECKtoshipinmailingboxbyFedExtoMUFSC.2. Medical personnel complete information on the FedEx label (found in the
Non-ReportEnvelope)andattachestotheoutsideofthebox.3. Packaged and labeled SAECK is taken to the shipping area at themedical
facilityforpickupbyFedEx.4. SAECKpickedupbyFedExandshippedtoMUFSC.MUFSCreceivesSAECK.
1. SAECKisstoredforatleast24monthsinsecurestorageatMUFSC.Toxicologyevidence may degrade during this period of time.
2. After 24 months, the SAECK may be used for training purposes once allidentifying information is removed.
1. LEcontactsMUFSCtoverifythattheSAECKiscatalogedandstored.2. LEdownloadsandcompletesthe“RequesttoTransferForm” (http://forensics.marshall.edu/LabRequest/Form-TransferKitRequest.pdf).3. Completed“RequesttoTransferForm”ismailedtoMUFSCbyLE.4. After receiving the “Request to Transfer Form,”MUFSCprepares to transfer
theSAECKtoWVSPCrimeLab.5. LEcompletesDPS53formtoauthorizekitprocessingandmailstotheWVSP
Crime Lab.6. MUFSCandWVSPCrimeLabare incommunicationabout thestatusof the
DPS 53 form.7. MUFSC updates chain of custody form and ships the SAECK via FedEx to
WVSP Crime Lab.
AbbreviationsLE–LawEnforcementMUFSC–MarshallUniversityForensicScienceCenterSAECK–SexualAssaultEvidenceCollectionKitWVSP – West Virginia State Police
August, September, October 2017 West Virginia Nurse Page 13
Mitzi Vince, Communications Specialist, Quality Insights
Clinicians and health care workers interested in free continuing education credits may find exactly what they are looking for through My Quality Insights (MyQI), across-setting, online educational platform available to individuals and organizations participatinginfreeLearningandActionNetworks(LANs)offeredbyQualityInsights,theMedicareQualityInnovationNetwork-QualityImprovementOrganizationservingWest Virginia.
MyQIoffersfreecontinuingeducationcreditsforcompletingcoursesonarangeofqualityimprovementprocessesandtopics.MyQIalsoprovidesaccesstopeer-to-peernetworking opportunities, educational tools and resources, news updates and more, all designed to impact patient outcomes by engaging direct care staff.
The online platform consists of two main components: MyQI Communities and MyQI University.
InMyQICommunities,participantshaveexclusiveaccesstothelatest information,can participate in discussions, ask questions, and find out about upcoming events related to their health care quality improvement work.
In this all-teach, all-learn environment, participants can view all projects, or “communities,” in which their organization is participating. The platform allows forvirtual interaction between health care leaders and frontline staff through online message boards, blogs and more.
MyQICommunitiesincludes:• Downloadable tools and resources, including best practices in the form of
posters, flyers, assessment tools, webinar materials, and more • Blogsandcurrentnewsrelevanttoeachcommunity• DiscussionforumsthatallowallMyQIuserstoaskquestionsandofferinput• An archive of e-publications that include links to past e-bulletins and
e-newsletters• AQItoolboxthatservesasauniversallocationaccessiblebyallcommunitiesfor
general quality improvement resources
WithMyQIUniversity,participantsgetanon-demandlearningplatformthatallowsthem to train on their own time – when it’s convenient – and on any browser or tablet.
Through MyQI University’s e-learn courses, participants can learn best practicesfrom project coordinators and experts in the field 24 hours a day, seven days a week. E-learncoursesareevidencebased,supportimprovementinpatientsafety,andmanyoffercontinuingeducationcredits.Eachcoursehasitsownwebpage,withadditionalresources and course information. Continuing education certificates earned when completingeachcoursearelocatedinaneasy-to-accesstabcalled“MyCertificates.”
“MyQI is very user friendly,” one user said. “My plan is to provide our staffwithaccess toMyQIand toutilize theeducationand resourcesoffered inour continuedefforttoreduceandpreventhospital-acquiredinfections(HAIs).”
If you are already involved with a Quality Insights Learning and Action Network (LAN), contact your local project coordinator for details on how to accessMyQI. Toget involved in Quality Insights’ free projects and learning opportunities and have the opportunity touseMyQI,contactCarlaVanWyck,directorofQuality InsightsQualityInnovation Network activities in West Virginia, at (800) 642-8686 or by [email protected].
MyQI – An Innovative Virtual Learning, Networking, and Toolbox-Building Platform
West Virginia Nurses Association congratulates the following 2017 West Virginia Highmark Foundation Award Winners for
Advancing Excellence in School Nursing.
“TheHighmarkFoundationhasbeenalong-timeinvestorinschoolsandpromotingchildren’s health, and we understand the importance of the contributions school nursesmaketokeepkidshealthy,”saidHighmarkFoundationpresidentYvonneCookin a press release in March 2017. “We created the Advancing Excellence in SchoolNursingawardbecauseit’simportantthattheireffortsarerecognized.”
TheHighmarkFoundation,basedinPittsburgh,isaprivate,charitableorganizationofHighmarkInc.(aBlueCrossBlueShieldaffiliateservingWestVirginia,Pennsylvania,and Delaware) that supports initiatives and programs aimed at improving community health.TheFoundation’smission is to improve thehealth,well-being,andqualityoflife for people living in the communities served by Highmark. The foundation seeks to support evidence-based programs that affect multiple counties and to work with otherentities to leverageadditional funding toachieve replicablemodels. Formoreinformation, visit www.highmarkfoundation.org.
2017 Highmark Foundation Award Winners in School
Nursing
Name County / Award Category
DianeGodwin,BSN,RN,NCSN Upshur County Schools / Spirit of the Year
LydiaGordon,BSN,RN MasonCountySchools/SchoolNursingLeadership
SarahGottlieb,BSN,RN,NCSN KanawhaCountySchools/Transformation
Yvonne“Susie”Povick,BSN,RN KanawhaCountySchools/Collaboration
Allison St. Clair, BSN, RN MonroeCountySchools/Collaboration
Amanda Ashley, BSN, RNWVASN Grants and Awards Chairperson
The West Virginia Association of School Nurses “School Nurse of the Year” wasawardedtoMrs.DianeGodwin,BSN,RN,NCSN,fromUpshurCountyattheNovember2016WestVirginiaAssociationofSchoolNurses(WVASN)FallConference.
Diane’s dedication to the students and personnel she serves makes her an outstanding representative for West Virginia school nurses. She has consistently demonstrated exemplary school nursing skills and high practice standards, even achievingNationalCertifiedSchoolNurse(NCSN)certification.
Withover30yearsworkingasanurse,Mrs.Godwinhasawidearrayofexperience,which includes critical care, research, and college health. She also served on the Upshur County Board of Education. Diane is passionate in supporting the health ofstudents and staff and promoting healthy lifestyle choices. She understands that healthy students equal better learners.
Furthermore, Mrs. Godwin directs specialized care and management for UpshurCounty students with acute and chronic health conditions, including severe food and environmental allergies, diabetes, and seizures. Without her careful guidance, these health conditions would negatively affect her students’ educational experience. Diane also provides necessary staff development trainings, while simultaneously promoting students’ progression toward independence in managing their health conditions.
As a school nurse and as a leader in her community, Diane keeps the students of Upshur County healthy and in school, which results in giving children the best opportunity for becoming productive citizens.
Congratulations to our 2016–2017 West Virginia School Nurse of the Year, DianeGodwin.
Diane Godwin – West Virginia School Nurse of the Year
2016–2017
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STATEOFWESTVIRGINIAOFFICEOFTHEATTORNEYGENERALCHARLESTON,WESTVIRGINIA25305
PATRICKMORRISEY—(304)558-2021ATTORNEYGENERAL—FAX(304)558-0140
Contact: Curtis [email protected]
Opioid abuse is devastating our state, and too often it starts with something as seemingly harmless as the prescription of an opioid-based pain medication.
Powerful painkillers, such as oxycodone or hydrocodone, are prescribed to provide temporary relief, but do nothing to address the source of pain.
Long-term prescription opioid use creates a tremendous problem where patients develop a tolerance and dependence for pills that share characteristics similar to heroin. This ultimately turns the search for temporary relief into addiction, accidental overdose, coma, and death.
West Virginia tops the list for overdose deaths in the nation, and this cycle must change.Theanswerlieswithpatientsandprescriberschoosingsafer,non-opioid(non-narcotic) alternatives.
That’s why my office created the first substance abuse fighting unit by an Attorney General in West Virginia. It promotes a focused effort on enforcement, preventionthrough education, and the pursuit of alternative treatments for injury or pain.
The process must begin with a thorough physical examination and the prescriber considering every available alternative to opioid medication. The price of anything less is potential addiction, overdose, and death.
Patients must feel empowered to ask for non-opioid based medication and treatment. These options include physical and occupational therapy, chiropractic care, osteopathic manipulation, massage therapy, acupuncture, and over-the-counter medication.
Such a strategy follows our office’s best practices for prescribing and dispensing opioid drugs. This initiative garnered support from more than 25 national and state stakeholders. It also laid the foundation to cut prescription opioid use by more than 25 percent.
But the key to achieving that goal is use of non-opioid alternatives. Highly addictive pills can no longer be the first choice in treating aches and pain.
Physical and occupational therapy, non-medication approaches to physical rehabilitation and improving functionality, offer an interdisciplinary approach to pain management that focus on physical, social, and emotional health. In some cases, these techniques have been shown to improve a patient’s overall health by assessing performance issues in everyday living.
Chiropractic care and osteopathic manipulation therapy have been shown to be as effective as exercise therapy or standard medical care for pain, particularly for lower back pain. This type of treatment also improves functionality in the case of injury.
Massage therapy has proven effective in the short-term management of pain,particularly pain isolated to one area of the body, such as the lower back or neck. One clinical study found few adverse effects resulting from massage as a pain management technique.
Acupuncture offers short-term comfort as well as increased functionality of the injured body part, according to some studies. One study found patients undergoing total joint replacements reported feeling a 45 percent reduction in pain after receiving acupuncture treatments.
Over-the-counter pain medications are shown often to be more effective in treating pain than medications that can lead to addiction or death. Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, or a combination of these two readily available pain relievers, can reduce pain without the risk of addiction and can be prescribed in larger doses as needed.
These non-opioid alternatives provide West Virginians a much safer option. They also cut down on the selling or sharing of pills, and prevent medications from accidentally falling into the wrong hands – such as those of a child.
Our goal is to reduce misuse of prescription medication while preserving legitimate patient access to necessary opioid treatment, such as during active cancer treatments or palliative and end-of-life care.
Myofficewillnotrelentinworkingtowardahealthier,drug-freeWestVirginia.Our state has a great deal of potential, but drugs decimate our workforce, shatter
ambitions born in adolescence, rip families apart, and leave too many to mourn the passing of those who overdosed one too many times.
With caution, education – and a sensible approach to pain management – I have faith that West Virginia can curb its opioid epidemic and we can build a safer, brighter future for our state.
Painkiller Alternatives May Reduce Risk of Prescription Opioid Abuse
Aila Accad, MSN, RN
If you have not seen the Try This WVwebsite (http://trythiswv.com/), you are missing one of the premier opportunities to improve the health of our communities. Each boxon the site represents community projects in each county designed to inspire behavior change and healthier options. There are farmer’s markets, bike trails, walking clubs, projectsteachingkidstogarden,andmuchmoretoinspireeffortstogetWVoffthe“worsthealth”lists.Communityteamscanapplyformini-grantstogetaprojectstartedandthenleverage that money to expand their efforts.
Over 300 people came together June 2-3 at WV Wesleyan College in Buckhannon for the fourth annual Try This Conference, and nearly 150 health professionals attended the firstTryThis:ForHealthcareProfessionalsthedaybeforetheconferencestarted.Speakersoffered practical strategies for engaging patients and communities in movement, healthful food, and stress management. Hearing what is happening in health practices across the state was inspiring and motivating, since everyone shared how they implemented changes and offered support to others to do the same.
Thehealthprofessionals’daywasacollaborationbetweentheWVUSchoolofMedicineEasternDivision, Try ThisWest Virginia, The FutureofNursingWV, theWVAcademyofNutrition and Dietetics, and other WV providers, institutions, and community leaders. Health professionals shared evidence-based strategies for identifying, preventing, and reversing obesity and diabetes, and dietary approaches for opioid dependence.
FollowinganintroductionbyKateLong(co-directorofTryThis),ClayMarsh,MD,vicepresident & executive dean for health sciences at WVU, inspired the audience to think
abouthealthinanewway.GaryTaubes,scientificjournalist,andauthorofThe Case Against Sugar (2016),challengedcurrentbeliefsabout“whywegetfat”and“whattodoaboutit.”
Participants heard about innovative strategies like the Wheeling FARMacy, offeredthroughHealthRightWheeling–afreeclinic–andGrowOhioValley–afoodadvocacygroup. In this program, patients are given a prescription for healthy food. as well as a coupon to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at the local farmer’s market.
C. Donovan “Dino” Beckett, DO, named by the National Rural Health Association(NRHA)astheir2017RuralHealthPractitioneroftheYear,sharedhowtheMingoCountycommunity of Williamson mobilized to implement several projects to improve the health and well-being of its residents.
Other conference topics were how to engage kids in healthy activity, motivational interviewing, and stress-busting techniques.
Nurses, physicians, anddieticians received sixhoursof continuingeducation (CE) forthe health professionals’ day and had an opportunity to receive six more for qualified workshops during the next two days at the Try This Conference.
Try This WV is a movement that can make all West Virginians proud and hopeful about the future of building a culture of health in our state.
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Aila Accad, MSN, RN is an author, international speaker, and well-being coach atLifeQuest International, as well as the executive director of the Future of Nursing WVAction Coalition. You can reach her at [email protected].
Try This West Virginia Conference & Health Professionals Day
Nurses attending Try This for Health Professionals conference The Website for Try This West Virginia
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WHY i aM a W Vna MeMBer
Andrew Prudnick, LPN
I’ve been a member of WVNA for a year. I joined because my aunt recommended it. She’s a nurse and a member, too.
I l ike the avai lable information and continuing education options, as well as current nursing event info.
I think others should join because the association has a lot to offer nurses. When I tell people that I’m a member, they usually ask me what the WVNA is and I explain it to them.
Andrew Prudnick, LPN
Please complete and return to:West Virginia Nurses Association | PO Box 1946 | Charleston, West Virginia 25327 | (f) 304-414-3369
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Dynamic Career Opportunity
Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital (MMBH)is a 110-bed acute care mental health facility operated by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human
Resources. MMBH is seeking qualified staff to fill permanent and temporary positions.
RNs | LPNs | HeaLtH SeRvice WoRkeRS (cNa)iNteRPReteRS foR tHe Deaf
Benefits include:• PaidholidayswithincentiveforworkingThanksgiving,Christmas,andNewYear’sDay
• Accruedsickleave• Accruedannualleave• Shiftdifferentialforeveningsandnightshifts• Educationassistance(tuitionreimbursement)• Annualincrementpayafter3yearsofservice• PublicEmployeesRetirementSystem• Comprehensivehealthinsuranceplans,includingPEIA• Prescriptiondrugplanandoptionaldentalandvisioncoverage
Temporary positions do not include benefits.
Interested individuals should contact:[email protected]
1530NorwayAvenue,Huntington,WV25709Phone:304-525-7801x734orx628
Fax:304-529-6399
www.batemanhospital.org
Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital is a Drug free Workplace.Minorities are encouraged to apply. equal opportunity employer.
MartinsburgInstituteisnowhiringAdvancedPracticeNursesorNursePractitionerstohelpnarcoticdependentadultstoreclaimtheirlives.Thisisachallenging,andrewarding
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• FSU’s School of Nursing has a long and distinguished history of educating
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