Carolina Mountain Chapter
Officers/Chairpersons
2012President – Lisa Stephenson MSN, RN-BC, NE-BC
Vice-President - Barry Coleman BSN, RN
Secretary - Cathe Burleson RN, CPAN
Treasurer - Michelle Jones, BSN, RN
Program Planning – Betty Sain RN-BC-BC; Bonnie Hartel MSN, RN-BC
Fund Raising – Milissa Roper BSN, RN-BC; Judy Fortune RN OCN, BC
Membership, Publicity – Sandy Weeks MSN, RN, CRRN, NEA-BC
CM-NGNA Website – Desiree' Owen BSN, RN
May Meeting
Program: Walk a Mile in Their Shoes - Empathy Experimental Learning Exercise: Used to increase awareness of students with elderly clients in the clinical areas.Presenter: Nancy Voss-Coleman, MSN, RN
Date: May 14, 2012
Meeting 3:30 pm – 4 pm; Presentation 4 pm – 5 pm
Location: Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital
Orientation class room
Other Important News:
Upcoming Meeting DatesMay 14, 2012
July 9, 2012
Location: Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital; Orientation class room; 3:30 pm - 5pm
- Please tell us what you think and what you look to get from your local chapter
- Updated Members Photo Shoot - Plan to attend the May 14 meeting
- 2012 NGNA National Dues changes - $110, $ 95 for seniors and $65 for students.
- CM-NGNA Chapter dues - $25 (due by April 30) to Michelle Jones - Treasurer
- *New members may join at $90 when 3 new membership applications are sent together
- *You must be a member of the National NGNA to be a member of the local chapter
- CM-NGNA Chapter is starting a Brag book to highlight the chapters' activities; we will be looking for information on members, pictures, etc.
- Let's Get Certified - RESOURCES
http://www.nursecredentialing.org/Certification/ExamResources/ReferenceLists/TestReferences/GeroNurse-TestRef2012.aspx
Gerontological Nursing Certification Review (Excerpt from Reference Text)
http://www.springerpub.com/samples/9780826101143_chapter.pdf
ANCC Gerontological Nurse Exam Registration Form 2011 (most current version)
http://www.nursecredentialing.org/Documents/Certification/Application/NursingSpecialty/GerontologicalNurse.aspx
Membership and Donations
JOIN US
Join the Carolina Mountain NGNA Chapter of the National Gerontological Nursing Association!Nurses throughout Western North Carolina, Upstate South Carolina, and East Tennessee are invited to join the new Carolina Mountain NGNA chapter of the National Gerontological Nursing Association. Nurses throughout our region care for aging adults and promote healthy aging every day, but many don't belong to the one professional nursing organization which focuses specifically on caring for older adults, the National Gerontological Nursing Association.
In September 2010, we issued a call inviting nurses to join us as members of the National Gerontological Nursing Association and help form a regional chapter of the NGNA. Carolina Mountain NGNA is now chartered as an official chapter of the NGNA. We meet six times a year @ 3:30pm on the 2nd Monday of odd-numbered months at Pardee Hospital, 800 North Justice Street, Hendersonville NC 28791. Parking is free and meetings end by 5:00pm so you can drive home before dark in most months. NGNA membership benefits include the nursing journal Geriatric Nursing. Pardee is an approved provider so nursing CE contact hours are awarded for Carolina Mountain NGNA continuing education programs.
Nurses can join NGNA for $90 if new applications are mailed in groups of three. Contact membership chair Sandy Weeks @ sandy.weeks@pardeehospital.org for an application. Applications sent to Sandy will be bundled and mailed to NGNA in groups of three for the $90 new member rate. Full-time nursing students can join for $50 with a copy of a student ID card. Carolina Mountain NGNA chapter dues are $25 per year.
The Carolina Mountain NGNA chapter is already 60+ strong and adding new members each week. Let us know if you'd like in on the professional collegiality, education, and action in geriatric nursing. We'll make you welcome!
Lisa Stephenson, President
Sandy Weeks, Membership
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