"You cannot educate an
unhealthy child,
and you cannot keep an uneducated
child healthy."
~ Dr. Jocelyn Elder
BOARD Positions available for 2004 – 2005 year
Have you wanted to get more involved in
your professional organization but aren’t sure how? Do you think that being on the “Executive Board” requires a major
time commitment? Do you have great
ideas and are willing to share them? Do
you want to contribute to the profession of school nursing? The position of PRESIDENT-ELECT OR OASN REPRESENTATIVE OF SWOSNA could be for
you! These positions are not as scary
as they sound. It’s a great way to get
to know the association organizational structure. It doesn’t require a huge time commitment, just good
organizational skills, and a willingness to collaborate with other school
nurses.
The President Elect’s main
responsibilities are:
- Assist the President with the business of the
organization
- Take responsibility for organizing, planning, and
implementing the general meetings (3 per year).
- Attend the Board meetings (4 per year in June, August,
October and February).
- Have ideas and suggestions to continue to develop
SWOSNA.
- This position then becomes President and then Past
President so it is a three (3) year commitment.
If you have any questions please talk
to Lauren Brown, Lisa Despotes, or Shelli
Turco.
The OASN Representative’s main responsibilities are:
· 2 year term
· Attends meetings of SWOSNA & OASN (SWOSNA board meetings are usually August, Oct0ber & February & general membership meetings are September, November & April) (OASN board meetings are usually August, November, February, March on the Thursday before the annual conference, May & the annual conference)
· Serves as liaison between SWOSNA & OASN
· Monitors & communicates to the SWOSNA membership legislative issues & activities as related to student health & school health.
· Promotes the goals & objectives of SWOSNA & OASN & advances the practice of professional school nursing.
Questions about the position? Call or email Kathy O’Dell.
. If you would like to “throw your hat in the ring” for election in the Spring, or would like to suggest a colleague for nomination please contact Shelli Turco. We would be glad to have you working with us!
WE NEED YOU TO JOIN
OUR TEAM!
SOUTHWESTERN OHIO SCHOOL NURSES ASSOCIATION
Membership
Application
PLEASE
FILL IN ALL REQUESTED INFORMATION (SWOSNA is
updating data)
Membership
application for a NEW, RENEWAL, RETIREE, or STUDENT (circle one).
NAME
(Please Print Clearly) _______________________________________________________
HOME
ADDRESS _______________________________________________________________
CITY
___________________________ STATE __________ ZIP CODE ____________________
COUNTY
OF EMPLOYMENT ______________________________________________________
HOME
PHONE (_____) ____________________WORK PHONE (_____) ___________________
FAX
NUMBER (_____) ________________ E-MAIL ADDRESS ___________________________
EMPLOYED
BY _________________________________________________________________
PREFERRED
SCHOOL MAILING ADDRESS:
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
PERMISSION
to publish above information on Membership List: YES NO (circle one)
You must complete certificate
information for membership to be processed.
I am a certificated / licensed school
nurse: yes_____ no ______
If
Student: School Nurse Certification Program currently enrolled
in______________________
2003
- 2004 Membership Dues:
Active
Member Dues:
$15.00 (after 10/1/03 $16.00)
Retiree/Student
Membership Dues: $12.00 (after 10/1/03 $13.00)
MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO: SWOSNA
MAIL
COMPLETED APPLICATION AND CHECK TO:
Kathy Beekman
2550 King George St
Beavercreek. OH 45431
Membership list will be available at the meetings after
Oct. 2003.
Fill out and detach bottom for membership card if you wish to have
one.
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SOUTHWESTERN OHIO SCHOOL NURSE ASSOCIATION - CERTIFICATE
OF MEMBERSHIP
SEPT. 2003 TO SEPT. 2004 NAME:___________________________________________
SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL
NURSE ORGANIZATIONS
You
can access a wealth of information from YOUR school nurse organizations – just
a click away on the internet.
Take
advantage of all that they offer and join today.
SWOSNA: (Southwest Ohio School Nurse Association)
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“The Mission of SWOSNA is to elevate the quality
of school nursing and provide leadership for the delivery of quality health
programs for all Southwestern Ohio school children.” |
OASN: (Ohio Association of School Nurses)
"The mission of the OASN is to evaluate the quality of school nursing and provide leadership for the delivery of quality health programs for all Ohio school children."
NASN: (National Association of School Nurses)
http://www.nasn.org/
"School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that
advances the well being, academic success, and life-long achievement of
students. To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student responses to
normal development; promote health and safety; intervene with actual and potential
health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate
with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self
management, self advocacy, and learning."
CONGRATULATIONS to SWOSNA member Sandy
Mills, school nurse with Deer Park School District. Sandy was awarded the Cameos
for Caring award and will be honored on October 11, 2003. Cameos
for Caring started in 1998 to recognize the “unsung heroes” of nursing.
WE NEED YOUR CURRENT EMAIL
ADDRESS
By: Julie Kolde, Webmaster
At each of the general meetings
this year, you will have the opportunity to update and verify your email
address. With information moving so quickly these days, we believe this is the
most efficient way to update you of important legislative action that is
needed, or inform you of updates to the web site. In addition, this will allow
us to verify spellings and case-sensitive letter issues that may be present in
the current address we have on file. PLEASE provide us with an email address
that you know you check consistently and that you plan to have for the year.
Thanks for cooperating and we'll see you at the registration tables!
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DATES TO REMEMBER
SWOSNA General
Meetings: Thursday, September, 18,
2003
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
OASN
Conference: March 25 – 27,
2004; Southeast Cleveland
NASN Conference July 11 – 14, 2004; Seattle, Washington
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FREE DRAWING FOR OASN
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Two
(2) lucky people will win: Attend both the September and November General
Meetings and your name will be included in the drawing for the free
registration to the OASN Conference in March of 2004.
OASN Report
By: Kathy O'Dell R.N.,M.Ed.,N.C.S.N. odellgw@wesnet.com
The
OASN board met in Columbus on August 6, 2004 & is asking SWOSNA members how
OASN can best meet the needs of school nurses in our region. Please share your
thoughts with Kathy.
She
would like to invite you to attend an OASN board meeting with her to see how
your 'parent' organization functions. The next OASN board meeting is Nov. 1 in
Columbus @ STRS. Another way SWOSNA members can 'get a feel' of how the OASN
board functions is to participate in committee work. The following committees
need members: Professional Issues (resolutions, position papers, issue briefs),
Awards (Pat Baum Scholarship, School Nurse of the Year), & Newsletter (finding
financial resources). Please consider taking a committee position to further
acquaint yourself with the workings of OASN.
We
need to begin thinking about making a nomination for School Nurse of the Year.
The nominee needs to be involved in the nomination process due to the nature of
the application.
SWOSNA
is proud to again provide an Executive Director for OASN. Renee Besecker,
retired school nurse from Northridge, assumed her duties @ the board meeting on
August 6.
Put
on your creative thinking caps & begin thinking about a basket for the OASN
conference in March.
The
conference will be in southeast Cleveland on March 25-27 & will meet the
law requirement & child abuse requirement for license renewal & we will
get 1/2 of our continuing nursing education units to renew our license! Let's
have a stellar showing of attendees from SWOSNA!
OASN
has hired a lobbyist to advise us as we pursue our legislative effort to
mandate schools in Ohio to employ school nurses. We will be calling upon our
SWOSNA membership to assist in this effort & hope you will 'rise to the
occasion." More details will be provided in the OASN Newsletter by the
OASN Legislative Chair, Mary Kiplinger.
OASN's
Strategic Plan & revised by-laws are now on the OASN website www.oasn.org Please take a look at these as
SWOSNA prepares to revise its by-laws. Your input is appreciated!
A
new ODH document, "Guidelines for Measuring Heights & Weights &
Calculation of Body Mass Index-for-Age in Ohio's Schools" was distributed
@ the spring ODH workshops & will be distributed @ the New School Nurse
Orientation Workshop in Sept. If you would like a copy email Dorothy Bystrom Dbystrom@gw.odh.state.oh.us It contains screening information,
height/weight forms & a BMI wheel.
You
can also subscribe to Dorothy's ezine by emailing her.
ODH
is encouraging local health departments to have parents sign consent forms to
release immunization information when signing the consent to give
immunizations. This may help reduce the potential for having difficulty in
obtaining immunization information, given the new HIPAA law.
Dorthy
Bystrom, our school nurse consultant in ODH, has a new title, Health Planning
Administrator. As such, ODH is hiring an additional School Nurse Consultant.
We're glad to hear that Dorothy is getting additional help to do the many
things she does so well.
An enormous THANK YOU
to all SWOSNA members who helped in any way to make the NASN conference in
Cincinnati in June the huge success that it was! State side conference
co-chairs, Renee Besecker, Norma Nikkola & Kathy O'Dell have received
numerous compliments from nurses throughout the nation who commented on 'Ohio
Hospitality.' We may be giving the Southern Bells a run for their money!
OASN has some of
their saleable items left over from the conference. See or email Kathy O'Dell if you are interested in obtaining a
Cherish the Children sweatshirt or apron or jewelry, Hug (the scented hot/cold
pack) or wool Americana blankets. Kathy will have a limited supply @ the Sept.
meeting so you will want to call or email her in advance to order a sweatshirt
in the color & size of your request. She also has copies of the "Guide
to School Nursing in Ohio" for sale.
Kathy's
term as OASN Rep. will end this year & SWOSNA will be looking for nurses to
run for this elected office. As you consider this position you may have
questions & Kathy will be glad to answer them & mentor you. Please
consider running for this position.
SWOSNA SEPTEMBER MEETING
Do
you want to get a jump on your CEU’s for license renewal?
Come
satisfy the 1-hour CEU legal requirement!
DATE: Thursday, September 18, 2003
PLACE: Holiday Inn Dayton Mall,
31 Prestige Plaza Drive, Miamisburg OH 45342
Phone;
(937) 434-8030
Directions from the South: Take I-75 N
to Exit #44. Turn RIGHT off the exit.
Go RIGHT at the first traffic
light. Hotel is on the right.
Directions
from the North: Take I-75 S to Exit #44. Turn LEFT off the exit.
Go RIGHT at the 2nd traffic
light. Hotel is on the right.
PROGRAM: SPEAKER: LaTonia Denise
Wright, R.N., B.S.N., J.D.
Topic:
Ohio Law and Your School Nursing Practice
·
Discussion of HIPPA regulations.
·
How to protect your license and safeguard your practice
against liability.
·
How to navigate through Ohio Law and Nursing Rule.
This offering is pending approval of
the Ohio Board of Nursing through the OBN Approver Unit at the University of
Cincinnati College of Nursing (OBN-011-93).
TIME: 4:30-5:15 Business Meeting
5:15-6:00 Dinner
6:00-7:00 Program
CEUs: SWOSNA Members - No
Charge
Non-SWOSNA
Members - $5.00
MENU: Marinated
and Char-grilled chicken breast (with or without Florentine sauce)
Wild rice pilaf, and vegetable du jour
or Vegetarian Lasagna.
Tossed green
salad with Raspberry vinaigrette or Ranch dressing
Rolls and
butter, Fruit Tarts, Coffee/Tea and Iced Tea.
COST: $20.00 - Mail reservation form and
check (made payable to SWOSNA for
the proper amount) by September 4, 2003 to:
Lauren
Brown
6528
Karincrest Dr.
Liberty
Township, OH 45044
(We regret
that we are unable to accept ANY phone reservations.
Please do not
include SWOSNA membership dues with program reservation)
NAME______________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS____________________________________________________ PHONE _______________
# OF DINNERS _____ x $20.00 = _________ # CEUs (Non-Members
Only)_________ x $5.00 =______
MENU
CHOICE: Chicken with Florentine Sauce_________ Chicken without Sauce_____________
Vegetarian Lasagna_________
TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED ______________ (Make checks payable to SWOSNA)