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CONNECTICUT Volume 84 Issue 3 Nursing News September, October, November 2011 The Offi cial Publication of the Connecticut Nurses’ Association. Electronic distribution to Registered Nurses and Nursing Students in Connecticut. Inside... Inside.... CNA Convention ........... Pages 1, 2, 19-25 DJ Awards ..........................Pages 1, 3, 4 President’s Message .................... Page 2 So much to do, so little time ....... Page 2 From the Executive Director Mooove Over, Sacred Cows ... Pages 2, 3 Events and Education APRN news ............................... Page 4 YSN to offer DNP degree ........... Page 6 Fairfi eld U. mock OR grant ........ Page 6 Legislative session wrap .............. Page 5 Nursing Transitions ..................... Page 7 NICHE program .......................... Page 8 Student Perspective Nurses talk about higher education ....... .......................................Pages 10, 11 Value of DNP progam .............. Page 11 Killer Nurse 3D movie ................ Page 12 Transition to BSN, MSN programs .......... ............................................. Page 12 Nursing Outside the Box Nursing Informatics ................ Page 13 CCHC Report ............................ Page 14 Nursing Research Linda Pellico, art and observation ........ .......................................Pages 15, 16 Nurses with disabilities ............ Page 16 Environmental Health Landmark health legislation passed ...... ............................................. Page 17 BPA exposure, in-vitro fertilization ....... ............................................. Page 17 Oncology nurses exposure to chemotherapy ........................... Page 17 PBDEs in pregnant women ....... Page 18 2011 DJ Awardees Include New Award Named For Mary Jane Williams In 1980 the Connecticut Nurses’ Association established the Diamond Jubilee Awards to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Association. These prestigious awards represent the highest honor that the nursing profession in Connecticut can bestow on one of its own, a kind of “Nobel Prize” in nursing. These awards are named after some of the most distinguished leaders in Connecticut nursing history. Each year, CNA presents state level awards for outstanding contribution to the nursing profession and health care in Connecticut, or distinguished service to CNA. These awards represent the highest honors the association can accord. Recipients of these awards also form a select group of nurses who have made contributions of a signifi cant nature in each of the specialty areas. Five awards were created in 1980: • The Florence S. Wald Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing Practice • The Virginia A. Henderson Award for Outstanding Contribution to Nursing Research • The Josephine A. Dolan Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing Education • The Agnes Ohlson Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing through Political Action • The Vera R. Keane Award for Distinguished Service to CT Nurses’ Association A sixth award was added in 1991: • The Doris M. Armstrong Award for Outstanding contribution to Nursing Administration In 2010, the CNA board of directors created a seventh Diamond Jubilee award — The Mary Jane M. Williams for Award for Lifetime Achievement in Nursing. The 2011 recipients of these Diamond Jubilee Awards are: • Florence S. Wald Award (Nursing practice) – Patricia D. Giannelli, APRN, MSN, ACNS-BC, PMHCNS-BC, FNP-BC, APRN-BC • Florence S. Wald Award (Nursing practice) – Shery Watson, RN, MSN, CEN • Virginia Henderson Award (Research) – Nancy Schmieder Redeker, RN, PhD, FAHA, FAAN • Josephine A, Dolan Award (Education) – Linda Honan Pellico, RN PhD, MSN, CNS-BC • Josephine A. Dolan Award Transformation Is Theme Of 2011 CNA Convention The Theme for the 105th Connecticut Nurses’ Association Convention is The Transformation of Nursing and Healthcare: Nurses Lead the Change! It will be held on Oct. 27, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza in Cromwell, and it is going to be a very exciting event. Over the past three years, the convention themes have been Transition (2008), Nurses Collaborating (2009), and Nurses’ Power (2010). On hindsight, this has been an evolving thematic sequence — addressing making changes in the profession to reinforce working more collaboratively together and with our allied health partners, to fully assuming and assertively living our legitimate professional authority. With the publication of the IOM report in 2010 and the focus on nurses that that report promulgates, the next logical theme in this sequence was nursing transforming itself --starting with individual nurses and ultimately making substantial changes in the profession and in the healthcare system. Toward that end, we will be bringing together national leaders, local leaders, and nurse educators as well as employers of nurses to engage in discussion about how this transformation can take place in Connecticut. Linda Cronenwett, RN, PhD, FAAN, is the keynote speaker. She is the co-director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Executive Nurse Fellows program, leading the development and implementation of this premiere leadership development program. Cronenwett also is the principal investigator of a national initiative, Quality and Safety Education for Nurses, currently in its third phase of funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and the North Carolina Institute of Medicine. In addition, she chairs the North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety, and is an appointed member of the Special Medical Advisory Group on Veterans Affairs. “My keynote speech is set up to outline points from key nursing reports that have called on us to lead in transforming some aspects of education and practice and contributions to healthcare in general,” Cronenwett said. “The gist of the speech is saying, what does that mean to me about developing the leader in me? I’ll make the argument that this is not just calling, as you might think, on nursing leaders to do Continued on page 3 this. It calls each person to develop the leader in them.” “I’ll also talk about what it’s like to lead from three levels – top, middle, and bottom,” Cronenwett continued. “All of us lead from all those levels. A staff nurse might be a `top’ on a particular day, leading a team and caring for patients, but also is probably a `bottom’ in terms of the hospital hierarchy. We have to learn to lead on all of those levels. It’s important to call on people to recognize that leadership involves integrating what we each contribute to some larger goal.” Panel members for the convention will “My keynote speech is set up to outline points from key nursing reports that have called on us to lead in transforming some aspects of education and practice and contributions to healthcare in general.” Linda Cronenwett include Anne Bavier, dean of the UConn School of Nursing; Margaret Grey, dean of the Yale School of Nursing; Linda Perfetto, director of the Connecticut Community Colleges; Glenn Goulet, director of Nursing Regency Heights; Arlene Parmelee, director of Duncaster Continuing Care Center; Sue Fitzsimons Senior vice president of Patient Services and CNO at Yale New Haven Hospital; and Kathy Grimaud, CEO of the Grimaud Center for Community Health. At the end of the day, both panels will come together with Cronenwett as facilitator to engage with the conference attendees in generating ideas about how to transform nursing in Connecticut. This convention will engage us all in substantive discussion of what is needed, what is possible, and how we can accomplish the important tasks ahead. Please see the registration announcement in this newspaper and register early. This will be an exciting and energizing day— join us!

2011 DJ Awardees Include New Award Named For Mary Jane Williams

In 1980 the Connecticut Nurses’ Association established the Diamond Jubilee Awards to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Association. These prestigious awards represent the highest honor that the nursing profession in Connecticut can bestow on one of its own, a kind of “Nobel Prize” in nursing. These awards are named after some of the most distinguished leaders in Connecticut nursing history.<br /> <br /> Each year, CNA presents state level awards for outstanding contribution to the nursing profession and health care in Connecticut, or distinguished service to CNA. These awards represent the highest honors the association can accord. Recipients of these awards also form a select group of nurses who have made contributions of a significant nature in each of the specialty areas.<br /> <br /> Five awards were created in 1980:<br /> <br /> • The Florence S. Wald Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing Practice<br /> <br /> • The Virginia A. Henderson Award for Outstanding Contribution to Nursing Research<br /> <br /> • The Josephine A. Dolan Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing Education<br /> <br /> • The Agnes Ohlson Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing through Political Action<br /> <br /> • The Vera R. Keane Award for Distinguished Service to CT Nurses’ Association<br /> <br /> A sixth award was added in 1991:<br /> <br /> • The Doris M. Armstrong Award for Outstanding contribution to Nursing Administration<br /> <br /> In 2010, the CNA board of directors created a seventh Diamond Jubilee award<br /> <br /> — The Mary Jane M. Williams for Award for Lifetime Achievement in Nursing.<br /> <br /> The 2011 recipients of these Diamond Jubilee Awards are:<br /> <br /> • Florence S. Wald Award (Nursing practice) – Patricia D. Giannelli, APRN, MSN, ACNS-BC, PMHCNS-BC, FNPBC, APRN-BC<br /> <br /> • Florence S. Wald Award (Nursing practice) – Shery Watson, RN, MSN, CEN<br /> <br /> • Virginia Henderson Award (Research) – Nancy Schmieder Redeker, RN, PhD, FAHA, FAAN<br /> <br /> • Josephine A, Dolan Award (Education) – Linda Honan Pellico, RN PhD, MSN, CNS-BC<br /> <br /> • Josephine A. Dolan Award(Education) – Anne Maria Barker, RN, EdD<br /> <br /> • Agnes Ohlson Award (Political Advocacy) – Anne B. Hulick, RN, JD, MSN<br /> <br /> • Vera R. Keane Award (Service to CNA) – Linda Angotto, APRN, ANP, BC, MSN, WOCN<br /> <br /> • The Doris M. Armstrong Award (Nursing administration) – Grace Lenox Flight, RN, MBA CNHA, FACHA<br /> <br /> • Mary Jane Williams Award (Lifetime Achievement) – E. Carol Polifroni, RN, EdD, NEA-BC, CNE<br /> <br /> It is unusual for the CNA to award more than one award in a category. However, when confronted with the caliber of candidates that were nominated this year, the Board of Directors chose to confer the awards that these exemplary nominees deserved.<br /> <br /> In addition to the Diamond Jubilee Awards, CNA recognizes contributions to the profession in the area of media, public service and workplace excellence. The CNA president also identifies people who have made contributions to the work of the organization, and elects to confer the President’s Award.<br /> <br /> Winners of these general awards for 2011 are:<br /> <br /> • Excellence in the Workplace Award – Yale New Haven Hospital<br /> <br /> • Public Service Award – State Representative Betsy Ritter<br /> <br /> • Media Award – NURSE.com, Nursing Spectrum New England, Garnett Healthcare Group, Editor: Steve Hauber Regional Editor: Laura M. Stakal<br /> <br /> • President’s Award – Robin Kanarek, RN, BSN<br /> <br /> Connecticut Nurses’ Association congratulates all the award recipients and is pleased to recognize the work of this varied and stellar group.<br />

Transformation Is Theme Of 2011 CNA Convention

The Theme for the 105th Connecticut Nurses’ Association Convention is The Transformation of Nursing and Healthcare: Nurses Lead the Change! It will be held on Oct. 27, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza in Cromwell, and it is going to be a very exciting event.<br /> <br /> Over the past three years, the convention themes have been Transition (2008), Nurses Collaborating (2009), and Nurses’ Power (2010). On hindsight, this has been an evolving thematic sequence — addressing making changes in the profession to reinforce working more collaboratively together and with our allied health partners, to fully assuming and assertively living our legitimate professional authority. With the publication of the IOM report in 2010 and the focus on nurses that that report promulgates, the next logical theme in this sequence was nursing transforming itself -- starting with individual nurses and ultimately making substantial changes in the profession and in the healthcare system.<br /> <br /> Toward that end, we will be bringing together national leaders, local leaders, and nurse educators as well as employers of nurses to engage in discussion about how this transformation can take place in Connecticut. Linda Cronenwett, RN, PhD, FAAN, is the keynote speaker. She is the co-director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Executive Nurse Fellows program, leading the development and implementation of this premiere leadership development program. Cronenwett also is the principal investigator of a national initiative, Quality and Safety Education for Nurses, currently in its third phase of funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and the North Carolina Institute of Medicine. In addition, she chairs the North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety, and is an appointed member of the Special Medical Advisory Group on Veterans Affairs.<br /> <br /> “My keynote speech is set up to outline points from key nursing reports that have called on us to lead in transforming some aspects of education and practice and contributions to healthcare in general,” Cronenwett said. “The gist of the speech is saying, what does that mean to me about developing the leader in me? I’ll make the argument that this is not just calling, as you might think, on nursing leaders to do this. It calls each person to develop the leader in them.”<br /> <br /> “I’ll also talk about what it’s like to lead from three levels – top, middle, and bottom,” Cronenwett continued. “All of us lead from all those levels. A staff nurse might be a `top’ on a particular day, leading a team and caring for patients, but also is probably a `bottom’ in terms of the hospital hierarchy. We have to learn to lead on all of those levels. It’s important to call on people to recognize that leadership involves integrating what we each contribute to some larger goal.”<br /> <br /> Panel members for the convention will include Anne Bavier, dean of the UConn School of Nursing; Margaret Grey, dean of the Yale School of Nursing; Linda Perfetto, director of the Connecticut Community Colleges; Glenn Goulet, director of Nursing Regency Heights; Arlene Parmelee, director of Duncaster Continuing Care Center; Sue Fitzsimons Senior vice president of Patient Services and CNO at Yale New Haven Hospital; and Kathy Grimaud, CEO of the Grimaud Center for Community Health.<br /> <br /> At the end of the day, both panels will come together with Cronenwett as facilitator to engage with the conference attendees in generating ideas about how to transform nursing in Connecticut.<br /> <br /> This convention will engage us all in substantive discussion of what is needed, what is possible, and how we can accomplish the important tasks ahead. Please see the registration announcement in this newspaper and register early. This will be an exciting and energizing day— join us!

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