Spring 2011 - Arkansas Nurses Association

Arkansas Nursing
Spring 2010 Volume 7, Number 1
Official Publication of the Arkansas Nurses Association, a Constituent Member Association of the American Nurses Association
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Volume 7 Number 1
Arkansas Nursing
Inside ANN
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President’s Message
CE Corner
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Membership Application
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APRN Education: A Framework for the Future
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APRN Scope of Practice
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APRN and Healthcare Reform
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Nurses Day at the Capitol
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District Map
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ARNA Health Policy Update
Dr. Susan Patton and Darlene Byrd
Receive AANP Awards
Nurses Day
at the
Capitol
Arkansas Nursing News
Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics
Seminar
Best Practices in the Continuum
of Care
33rd Annual Family Medicine
Intensive Review Course
2011 Call for Presentations and Posters
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www.arna.org
Incivility in the Workplace
Sickle Cell Disease:
Healthcare in all Settings
ARNA Mission Statement
The Arkansas Nurses Association (ARNA) is the state nurses
organization that speaks for professional nursing in the state.
ARNA fosters high standards of nursing practice, promotes
professional development, and advocates for the profession of
nursing. ARNA collaborates with other providers and consumers
of health care to facilitate access to quality care for the people
of Arkansas.
Advertisements appearing in this magazine do not imply endorsement by the Arkansas Nurses Association. The publisher reserves
the right to accept or reject advertisements for the Arkansas
Nursing News.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
TREASURER
Jean Zehler
Joy Jennings
VICE PRESIDENT
BOARD MEMBER-ATLinda McIntosh
LARGE
SECRETARY
Judy Reeves
Linda Harwell
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
DISTRICT PRESIDENTS
1. Jo O’Guinn-Charles
8. Michelle Brewer
2. Pam Gouner
9. Terri Thomas
3. Sondra Bedwell
10. Janice Dean
4. Tammy Claussen (interim)11. Bobbi Robbins
5. Colleen Atchley
12. Wanda Thorp
6. Brenda Anderson
13. Vacant
7. Mary Van Scoyoc
ARNA STAFF
CHIEF STAFF OFFICER
Joanne DeJanovich
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Veronica Clark
EDITORIAL BOARD
Lisa Drake
Linda Harwell
Laura Evans
EDITOR -IN- CHIEF
Rhonda Finnie
Arkansas Nursing News is indexed in the
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Letters to the Editor. We welcome your feedback
and reserve the right to publish your letter in
upcoming issues of ANN. Please address letters to:
Arkansas Nursing News
Editor
1123 South University Suite 1015
Little Rock, AR 72204
501-244-2363
Jean K. Zehler, MSE, RN-BC, NE-BC
There is much association and nursing news to share with you in this
issue of our Arkansas Nursing News. Let’s begin with the national arena.
If you haven’t heard of or read The Future of Nursing: Leading Change,
Advancing Health then I encourage each to you to do so. The Committee
on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative completed this report
on the Future of Nursing, at the Institutive of Medicine. This evidencebased report explores how nurse’s roles, responsibilities, and education
should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that
will be created by health care reform and to advance improvements in
American’s increasingly complex health system. The report is available at
http://thefutureofnursing.org/IOM-Report.
Nurses Day at the Capitol was held on January 23, 2011. The Arkansas Nurses Association
(ARNA) joined with the Arkansas Association of Nurses Anesthetists, the Arkansas School
Nurses Association, the Arkansas Nursing Students’s Association, the Arkansas State Board of
Nursing, and nurses from across Arkansas to make our voices heard. It was an exciting event and
a wonderful opportunity to meet and dialogue with legislators from our own districts. Please read
more about this in the ANN article by Linda McIntosh, APRN, Tri-Chair of ARNA’s Health Policy
Committee.
One of the key components of ARNA’s mission is promoting professional development and
there are a number of activities that are coming up this spring. As you will see, they cover a broad
spectrum of continuing nursing education topics.
ARNA is the recipient of a Sickle Cell Outreach Initiative Grant from the Arkansas Minority
Health Commission. The purpose of the grant is to increase nurses’ knowledge of sickle cell disease.
Several educational activities on this topic are in the process of development. The first event will be a
Sickle Cell Disease Seminar on Wednesday, May 11, 2011, at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Little Rock.
The faculty will be experts in the field of sickle cell disease management. The second phase of the
grant includes an on-line continuing nursing education (CNE) activity that will be available before
summer on ARNA’s Education Center website. Please visit the site at www.educationcenterarna.
org.
We hope you have noticed that other CNE activities are also available on the website, each
offering contact hours at an affordable price. ARNA members get an additional discount. The
two new courses are: Personal Values, Professional Values and How Values Relate to Ethics and
Ethical Behavior and The Nursing Profession and Appropriate Behaviors: Legal Issues Related to
Nursing.
ARNA continues to collaborate with the ASBN on the Pharmacotherapeutics Seminar for
advanced practice nurses each April in Little Rock, and each September in northwest Arkansas. The
Little Rock seminar will be held on Saturday, April 16 at UAMS and September 24 in Rogers. The
two organizations are also coproviding a CNE event on the UALR campus at Dickerson Hall on
Wednesday, May 18th, on Incivility in the Workplace.
Lastly, please SAVE THE DATE for ARNA’s Annual Convention in Rogers, AR on October
26-28, 2011. The 2011 Convention Planning Committee carefully noted your input on the 2010
convention evaluations and will be making some changes to facilitate those comments. One major
change is that we will host the convention on Thursday and Friday instead of Friday and Saturday,
to allow you to have your weekend for family and friends. Stay warm and safe!
As always, it is my honor and privilege to serve as ARNA’s president.
by Jean K. Zehler
Official publication of the Arkansas Nurses Association,
a Constituent Member Association of the American
Nurses Association.
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Online Courses
Arkansas Nurses Association has initiated
online CNE courses for contact hours.
Available now online are: 1)The Personal
Values, Professional Values and How
Values relate to Ethics/Ethical Behavior
and 2)Legal Issues Related to Nursing.
More CNE to be available soon.
Please visit our CNE website www.
educationcenterarna.org for more
details.
The Arkansas Nurses Association is accredited
as a provider of continuing nursing education
by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s
Commission on Accreditation.
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R.N. License Number
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ISO In State Membership (41 cent/ day)
In State Only (Arkansas) = only $13.35 /month= $160.00 annual
Reduced Membership (ANA/ARNA) Dues = only
$11.46/month =$131.50 annual
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Full Time Student - RST
FM Full Membership Dues (ANA/ARNA) = only $22.42/month= $263.00 annual
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month =$65.75 annual
RNG Full Membership (ANA/ARNA) with half price dues for new graduate RNs
(first year only) = only $11.46/ month =$131.50 annual
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Full Membership (ANA/ARNA) Annual Payment: $263.00
Instate Only: $160.00
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Authorization to provide monthly electronic payments to the American Nurses Association (ANA).
1. This is authorize to ANA to withdraw 1/12 of my annual dues from my checking account on the 15th of each month in the
amount of $ ______________.
2. Enclose first installment payment.
3. ANA is authorized to change the amount by giving the undersigned a thirty (30) day written notice.
4. The undersigned may cancel this authorization upon receipt by ANA written notice to termination twenty (20) days prior to
deduction date as designated above.
Signature for EDPP Authorization ________________________________
Councils and Committees
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• Bylaws
• Publications
• Convention
• Health Policy
• Membership
• Workforce Advocacy
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Make checks payable to American Nurses Association
Mail payments and applications to:
ARNA
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Arkansas Nursing News
The Eleanor Mann School of Nursing (EMSON) in the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville invites nominations and applications for two (2) full-time and tenure-track Assistant Professor of Nursing positions.
Duties and responsibilities include the following: (1) provide classroom and clinical instruction; (2) produce refereed publications
and presentations; (4) pursue extramural funding by writing and submitting grant proposals; (5) participate in public service and
professional organizations; and (6) engage in appropriate service activities at the school, college and university levels. The salary
will be competitive and commensurate with experience and background. Start-up research funds are available. The anticipated
starting date is August 22, 2011
Minimum Requirements:
The individuals selected for these positions will
be expected to possess the following required
qualifications:
1. An earned doctorate from a national recognized
university in Nursing or a related field
2. At least one graduate degree must be in the field of
Nursing; and
3. A current Arkansas R.N. license.
Where to Apply?
Review of applications will begin January 15, 2011, but later
applications will be accepted for review until the position is
filled. To apply send a letter of interest (demonstrating how your
strengths match the duties and qualifications listed above),
complete vitae, copy of nursing license(s), and the names, titles,
addresses, and contact numbers of three references. Transcripts
will be required only from finalists. All materials and queries
should be addressed to:
Preferred Qualifications:
1. Preference will be given to candidates who possess
the following:
2. Prior academic or clinical experience as a clinical
nurse specialist in adult nursing, however, other
specialties will be considered;
3. Previous teaching and/or clinical supervision
experience;
4. Evidence of the potential for research productivity,
including securing externally funded grants;
5. A record of involvement in public service and with
professional organizations; and
6. Previous experience working with diverse
populations.
Dr. Tom Kippenbrock, Chair, EMSON Search Committee
217 Ozark Hall, University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Email: [email protected]
This position is subject to a pre-employment criminal background and registry check. A criminal conviction or arrest pending
adjudication alone shall not disqualify an applicant in the absence of a relationship to the requirements of the position. Background
check information will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.
The University of Arkansas is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. The University welcomes applications without
regard to age, race, gender, national origin, disability, religion, marital or parental status, veteran status or sexual orientation.
Applicants must have proof of legal authority to work in the United States. All applicants are subject to public disclosure under
the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
AdvAnced PHARMAcOTHeRAPeUTIcS SeMInAR
CO-SPONSORED by the ARKANSAS NURSES ASSOCIATION
and the ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF NURSING
Saturday, April 16, 2011; UAMS Wilson Dodd Center
Little Rock, AR
TENTATIVE PROGRAM SCHEDULE
8:30 - 9:00am
Registration; refreshments
9:00 – 9:15am
Purpose of Seminar; Introductions – Jean Zehler, ARNA President;
9:20 – 10:20am
Pharmacokinetics – Holly D. Maples, Pharm.D.
10:20 – 10:30am
Stretch break
10:30 - 11:45am
Generational Pharmacotherapeutics – Holly D. Maples
11:45 – 12:30pm
Box Lunch
12:30 – 2:00pm
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4.
5.
Breakout Sessions: APN Areas of Specialty Practice:
Adult Acute Care – Michelle Staggs, APN
Family Practice/Geriatrics – Janice Dean, APN
Pediatrics – Mathew Hadley, APN
Psychiatric/Mental Health – Celeste Chambers, APN
Women’s Health – Stephanie Wyatt, APN
2:10 – 3:15pm
Quality Assurance: ASBN Requirements/Clinical Components
Jackie Gray, ASBN Program Coordinator
3:15 – 3:30pm
( 5.3 contact hours)
Questions/Evaluations/Certificates of Completion
The Arkansas Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
ADvANCED PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS SEMINAR
Saturday, April 16, 2011; UAMS I. Dodd Wilson Building, Little Rock, AR
Name______________________________________________Address_________________________________________
Home phone: ________________________Cell phone:__________________Email:____________________________
Registration Fee:
_____ ARNA Member ($95.00) ______Non Member ($125) Methods of Payment: Check #_______________
Includes morning refreshments, lunch, program
materials, parking, and 6.3 contact hours of
continuing nursing education.
visa/Mc______________________________________Exp _________
Return payment and registration to: Arkansas Nurses Association
1123 S. University, Suite 1015, Little Rock, AR 72204
Phone: 501-244- 2363 Fax-501-244-9903
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We would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate our 3 nominees
for the 2010 Nursing Compassion Award:
Tizzy Stewart, RN II
Linda Easter, RN III
Jennifer Dunn, RN II
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COMPASSSION AWARD
Metroplex Event Center/I-430 and Col. Glenn Road, Little Rock AR.
Saturday April 30 from 1:15-3PM
5th Annual
people and the total donation is
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From the words of last year’s compassion award winner …”Thanks
Limited Space avaiLabLe - caLL For reServationS
so much for making my life wonYou are invited to join us imme- derful last May. The nursing Comdiately following the Nursing Epxo passion Award has changed my
on April 30th for the Compassion life. The experience has been so
Award luncheon and celebration. overwhelming- from the prizes, the
One of these nominees will be magazine article, being Grand Marthe recipient of this prestigious shall at Christmas and speaking at
award!
Harding University-I never thought
After the luncheon we will begin about me being a winner. Thanks
recognition of the top 24 nominees. so much.” Angie Durham.
We will share some wonderful stoCome out in force to salute and
ries that have made each of them celebrate your Akansas nursing…
shining examples of Arkansas and know that net proceeds from
Nursing.
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To support the event we are tak- for our future.
ing reservations for our special
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speakers are expected to address the most up to date information that
will be useful for all clinicians who care for older adults with rheumatic
diseases and chronic conditions. This meeting is sponsored by the
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Geriatric
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Healing
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To register call: 501-661-7962 or register online at
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ARKANSAS NURSES ASSOCIATION
2011 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS and POSTERS
General Information:
The 2011 Arkansas Nurses Association (ARNA) Convention Planning Committee is pleased
to announce a call for Presentation and Poster submissions for our 98th Annual Convention,
October 27th - 28th, at the Embassy Suites Northwest Hotel/Convention Center, Rogers, AR.
We invite you to submit presentations or posters that will illustrate this year’s theme,
“Nurses Trusted to Care.”
PURPOSE/INTENDED AUDIENCE:
AUDIENCE
The purpose of the convention is to help professional nurses gain an awareness of emerging practice
innovations that will promote professional growth and advancement.
The program will help participants to:
• Enhance clinical knowledge and skills;
• Explore innovative approaches within various nursing roles;
• Investigate, synthesize, and apply nursing research to professional practice;
• Consider the developing workplace environments and technologies that will impact on future nursing
practice;
• Develop a supportive network of peers.
The ARNA convention is primarily designed for professional nurses who work in any practice
role or setting, including staff nurses, nurse managers/administrators, advanced practice nurses,
community health nurses, educators, researchers, and entrepreneurs. Allied healthcare personnel
will also benefit from the information presented.
PROVIDER ACCREDITATION
ACCREDITATION:
The Arkansas Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American
Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
ARNA will award contact hours for attendance at the convention. One contact hours is 60 minutes of an
organized learning activity.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF PRESENTATION/POSTER ABSTRACTS:
ABSTRACTS
Presentation and Poster abstracts must be submitted on the required forms and must be accompanied by an
ARNA Biographical Data Form with a signed conflict of interest/off label statement for each presenter of
every paper/poster. ARNA will not accept incomplete submissions. You may obtain the ARNA Presentation/
Poster Abstract Submission Form and the Biographical Data Form on-line at www.arna.org (under
convention information).You may also call the ARNA office for the forms or additional information (501244-2363). Submit 1 copy via e-mail to [email protected] along with 1 hard copy via mail to the ARNA office.
The abstract must include:
1. Purpose Statement:
Brief summary of presentation that includes the overall theme of the presentation and its relevance to nursing
practice.
It is not the objectives.
objectives
2 Objectives:
List objectives in operational/ behavioral terms. (no more than 3).
3. Content Outline/Timeframe:
List each topic area to be covered, and provide a description of the content to be presented in sufficient detail
to detemine consistency with objectives and appropriateness of time allotted. State the time frame for the
topic area.
4. Teaching Methods:
Describe the teaching methods to be used.
Submit by June 20, 2011: the Presentation//Poster Submission Form and the signed Biographical Data Form
to the ARNA office, 1123 University , Suite 1015, Little Rock, AR, 72204, ATTN: ARNA Presentation and
Poster Committee. Applicants will be notified of the Committee’s decision by August 20, 2011
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By Lisa Summers, DrPH, CNM
APRN educAtioN:
A frAmework for the future
Editor’s note: The following series by Dr.
Summers has been reprinted by permission
from the American Nurses Association.
Although ARNA is the voice for ALL
registered nurses in Arkansas, we felt the
series would be helpful in describing the
foundational aspects of APRN practice.
Please send comments to the Editor at the
address listed on page 4.
The health care reform debate has
served to highlight the role advanced
practice RNs (APRNs) play in providing
access to high quality cost-effective care,
and has sparked interest in how APRNs
are educated.
The completion and endorsement of The
Consensus Model for APRN Regulation:
Licensure, Accreditation, Certification,
& Education provides a model for future
regulation of APRNs and some critical
agreement on education standards.
The development of the document was
completed through the collaborative work
of the APRN stakeholder community. The
document provides a detailed definition
of an APRN and the four APRN roles:
certified registered nurse anesthetist
(CRNA); certified nurse-midwife (CNM);
clinical nurse specialist (CNS); and certified
nurse practitioner (CNP).
Education is one of four essential
elements of APRN regulation, often referred
to as “LACE”: licensure, accreditation,
certification and education. The model
spells out requirements for each element of
LACE, including requirements for broadbased APRN education that prepares
graduates to practice in one of the four
APRN roles. APRN education must be
through a formal, comprehensive program
that awards a graduate degree or postgraduate certificate (either postmaster’s
or post-doctoral). Institutions offering
APRN education programs must be
accredited by a nursing or nursing-related
accrediting organization recognized by
the U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
or the Council for Higher Education
Accreditation (CHEA), or both. Prior to
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Principles for decision making are another
key component of APRN education. While the
specific coursework will vary among the roles
and the clinical work of the nurse anesthetist is
quite different from that of the pediatric nurse
practitioner, every APRN is prepared to assume
responsibility and accountability for health
promotion or maintenance (or both), as well as
the assessment, diagnosis, and management of
patient problems.
admitting students, the programs must
attain pre-approval, pre-accreditation, or
accreditation status.
APRN programs must offer what have
come to be called “the 3 Ps.” This refers
to the requirement for a minimum of
three separate comprehensive, graduatelevel courses in advanced physiology/
pathophysiology,
advanced
health
assessment, and advanced pharmacology.
Principles for decision making are
another key component of APRN
education. While the specific coursework
will vary among the roles and the clinical
work of the nurse anesthetist is quite
different from that of the pediatric nurse
practitioner, every APRN is prepared to
assume responsibility and accountability
for health promotion or maintenance
(or both), as well as the assessment,
diagnosis, and management of patient
problems. Management includes the
prescribing of both pharmacologic and
nonpharmacologic interventions.
Specialty preparation is optional in
advanced practice. When an education
program offers a specialty, such as
palliative care, substance abuse, or
nephrology, the ANA (2004) Criteria for
Recognition as a Nursing Specialty is
used to define the specialty. Realizing that
new APRN roles or population-foci may
evolve, the consensus model spells out a
process to develop nationally recognized
core competencies, and education and
practice standards for a newly emerging
role or population-focus, and a set of
criteria which must be recognized.
With five years to the target date for
full implementation of the model (2015),
APRN education programs and tracks
are working to meet the foundational
“Requirements for education” as defined
in the model: to be accredited by a nursing
accrediting organization that is recognized
by the U.S. Department of Education
(USDE) or the Council for Higher
Education Accreditation (CHEA), or
both; to be pre-approved, pre-accredited,
or accredited prior to accepting students;
and to ensure that graduates are eligible for
national certification and state licensure.
Nurses interested in pursuing education
in one of the four APRN roles can find
detailed information, including lists of
accredited programs, on the Web sites of the
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
(www.aana.com), the American College of
Nurse-Midwives (www.midwife.org), the
National Association of Clinical Nurse
Specialists (www.nacns.org) and the
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
(www.aanp.org), as well as NP specialty
organizations.
For more information about the APRN
consensus model, access the ANA “toolkit”
on our Web site: www.nursingworld.org/
consensusmodeltoolkit.
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By Lisa Summers, DrPH, CNM
APRN ScoPe oF PRActice
Much of the work ANA does on
advanced practice registered nurse (APRN)
issues falls under the broad category of
“scope of practice,” from ensuring that
the scope of APRN practice is understood,
to supporting the efforts by ANA and
other APRN stakeholder organizations to
ensure nurses are able to function fully as
APRNs.
ANA receives inquires from members,
employers, and policymakers that ask, “Is
it within the scope of practice of an APRN
to _____?”; fill in the blank with a host
of procedures. Answers to these questions
are rarely simple; ANA has developed a
Web-based resource to provide guidance
that can be found at http://nursingworld.
org/EspeciallyforYou/AdvancedPractice
Nurses.aspx. This series of Web pages
provide detail about each component of
determining scope of practice: standards
of practice and competencies; state laws
and regulations; institutional policies;
and individual judgment and self
determination. Liability considerations
are included as well.
ANA’s Nursing Scope and Standards
of Practice is a foundational document
that addresses the full continuum of
nursing practice – registered nursing to
advanced practice registered nursing.
Representatives from each of the APRN
roles recently participated in the updating
of this important document. Revisions
in the 2nd Edition, which takes a more
detailed look at APRNs than did the
previous edition, include a broadened
definition of the APRN, referencing the
licensure, accreditation, certification, and
education (LACE) model and defining
APRN roles identically to the Consensus
Model for APRN Regulation. The
scope and standards of practice and the
accompanying competency statements,
are meant to address the universal,
fundamental elements of practice and
professional performance of all nurses.
ANA is careful to maintain broad yet
practical language, recognizing that APRN
professional societies have developed rolespecific standards of practice and core
competencies for the APRN community.
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ANA’s revised edition specifically links
to and references those groups’ standardsetting documents.
ANA also expends significant resources
protecting the scope of APRN practice.
ANA was instrumental in founding the
Coalition for Patients Rights (CPR) and
plays a key role in its day-to-day operations.
The CPR brings together APRNs with a
number of other health care professionals
to counter the activities of the American
Medical Association’s Scope of Practice
Partnership. We follow the activities of
50 state legislatures. CPR and ANA work
closely with our constituent member
associations to address legislative and
regulatory barriers where they are most
pronounced — at the state level. ANA’s
goal is to ensure that the public has access
to the quality care provided by APRNs.
To learn more about the Consensus
Model for APRN Regulation, go to www.
nursingworld.org/consensusmodeltoolkit.
To learn more about CPR, go to www.
patientsrightscoalition.org.
Lisa Summers is a senior policy fellow,
Department of Nursing Practice and Policy
at ANA.
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By Lisa Summers, DrPH, CNM
APRN ANd HeALtHcARe ReFoRM
Now that the health care reform bill has
been signed into law, it is a good time to
review ANA’s advocacy for health system
reform and take a look at how advanced
practice registered nurses (APRNs) were
recognized in and incorporated into the
“Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act” (PPACA).
PPACA was the culmination of many
years of policy and advocacy work on the
part of ANA and its members. Prior to the
2008 elections, ANA published a Health
System Reform Agenda that updated principles first disseminated in the early 1990s,
calling for guaranteed access to high-quality, affordable health care for everyone.
In addition, ANA worked in concert with
the nursing community to develop Commitment to Quality Healthcare Reform:
A Consensus Statement from the Nursing
Community, which included many recommendations specific to APRNs. ANA
members held elected officials to their
promise of universal health coverage by
joining ANA’s health reform team and
contacting members of Congress, testifying at hearings, sharing personal stories,
and attending rallies and events. And in
the process, APRNs educated members of
Congress and their staffs about the value
of APRNs.
There are many important provisions
of interest to APRNs in the new law relating to education, new models for patient
care delivery, and reimbursement. Some of
the highlights include the following:
• $50 million a year to establish graduate nurse education (GNE), including programs for each of the four APRN roles.
• A mandatory funding stream for Title
VIII programs, which include advanced
nursing education grants that prepare
nurse practitioners (NPs), clinical nurse
specialists (CNSs), certified nurse-midwives (CNMs), and certified registered
nurse anesthetists (CRNAs).
• A demonstration grant to create a oneyear residency program for NPs in federally qualified health centers and nurse
managed health centers (NMHCs).
• $50 million in grants for NMHCs.
• A grant program for school-based health
centers.
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• The recognition of NPs and CNSs as
“Accountable Care Organization (ACO)
Professionals.”
• A 10 percent bonus payment under
Medicare for primary care practitioners,
including NPs and CNSs.
ANA joins with our newest organizational affiliate, the American College of
Nurse-Midwives, in its celebration of success in a long-fought battle for payment
equity. Since the original recognition of
CNMs under Medicare in 1988, CNMs
were reimbursed at 65 percent of the rate
paid a physician for the same services. Effective January 2011, the reimbursement
rate for CNMs for covered services will
be 100 percent, increasing access to midwifery care for disabled and senior women
in need of reproductive health services and
maternity care.
Many important details are not spelled
out in the legislation, but will be left to
the regulatory process, during which various agencies will be responsible for issuing
rules. Some of those details, such as the
formulation of the interdisciplinary team
in the medical home and requirements for
ordering durable medical equipment, are
particularly important to APRNs.
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This “rule making” is a complicated
and often a long process (typically as long
as 18 months), although the administration is moving forward quickly. ANA is
following the process closely and will provide updates to members. Likewise, we
are following the formulation of various
commissions and will work to ensure that
the interests of nursing are represented.
While there is much to be celebrated,
not all our legislative priorities for APRNs
were addressed in PPACA, notably the
certification of home health services and
Medicaid reimbursement.
For more information, refer to the
Health Care Reform Toolkit on www.
nursingworld.org, which includes summaries and detailed coverage of PPACA, a
timeline for implementation, and the key
provisions related to nursing, including
APRNs. If you have questions relating to
ANA’s work on behalf of APRNs, contact
Lisa Summers, DrPH, CNM, senior policy fellow, department of Nursing Practice
and Policy, at [email protected].
Lisa Summers is a senior policy fellow,
Department of Nursing Practice and Policy at ANA.
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ArNA heAlth policy uPdAte
ARNA health policy committee has
been extremely busy.
Although, the
legislative session got off to a slow start,
greater than a thousand bills were filed
the last week before the deadline 3-8-11.
There are key controversial bills that may
affect your patients and your ability to
practice in your respective fields: HB 1217
improve reimbursement to APNs from
Medicaid; HB1172 & SB98 allow APNs
to collaborate with AHEC’s (not sure what
or if that will help APNs, may be more
restrictive as it is written); SB 813 prohibit
certain conduct to control the professional
judgment or independent practice
of healthcare professionals (appears
favorable to all healthcare providers);
SB 807 accountable care organizations;
SB880 Create Health Benefit Exchange;
HB1985 creates PA/AMB committee to
expand PA scope of practice to Schedule
II medications and other things; HB 1447
School personnel to administer glucagon.
Just to name a few! There are numerous
bills out there as shell bills that are being
monitored that we do not know the full
impact it will have on nursing.
ARNA health policy task forces are also
working behind the scenes with Medicaid, Blue Cross Blue Shield and numerous
stakeholders to improve the reimbursement of nurses in the state of Arkansas.
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Dr. Susan Patton and Darlene Byrd
receiVe AANp AwArDS
Two ARNA members, Dr. Susan Patton
and Darlene Byrd, were recently recognized by the American Academy of Nurse
Practitioners State Awards. The State
Award for Nurse Practitioner Excellence,
founded in 1991, recognizes a nurse practitioner (NP) in a state who demonstrates
excellence in practice, research, nurse
practitioner education, or community affairs. In 1993, the State Award for Nurse
Practitioner Advocate was added to recognize the efforts of individuals who have
made a significant contribution toward
increasing the awareness and acceptance
of the NP.
Dr. Susan Patton, DNSc, APN, PNPBC, recipient of the State Award for Nurse
Practitioner Excellence, is a Board Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and the
proprietor of East Arkansas Children’s
Clinic, in Forrest City, Arkansas where
she has worked with victims of child
abuse and sexual assault in her general
pediatric practice since 1990. She is the
past President of the Forensic Nurse Certification Board, and Chairs the Advanced
Practice Portfolio Credentialing Committee. In 1994, she served on the committee
to revise the Arkansas Nurse Practice Act
creating licensure and prescriptive authority for Arkansas Advanced Practice
Nurses. Her work on this committee and
testimony before the legislature was pivotal in passage of this historic legislation.
Dr. Patton was instrumental in establishing Arkansas’ first Sexual Assault Nurse
Examiners (SANE) and ensuring that the
specialty was recognized without requiring licensure.
In addition to her practice responsibilities, Dr. Patton is devoted to nursing
education. She received her Doctor of
Nursing Science from the University of
Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis and joined the faculty in 2001. She
is the Coordinator of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program focused on forensic
nursing. Each year she gives presentations
to nurse across Arkansas and Tennessee
on issues of professionalism, legislative
advocacy, regulation, credentialing and
evaluation of practice. She has also pre-
sented internationally at ICN in Yokohama, Japan.
Dr. Patton has received a number of
awards in her career including the Arkansas Nurses Association’s Advanced
Practice Nurse of the Year and received
Special Recognition from the Arkansas
General Assembly for her service to Arkansas. She is the only APRN in Arkansas
to be recognized by the Arkansas Legislature as “Advanced Practice Nurse of the
Day.”
Darlene Byrd is the recipient for the
State Award for Nurse Practitioner Advocate. In 1997, Darlene Byrd, MNSc,
APN, was certified and licensed as a family nurse practitioner. Shortly after beginning her career, Arkansas Blue Cross
and Blue Shield (BCBS) announced they
would not recognize Advanced Practice
Registered Nurses (APRNs) for reimbursement. From that time, she has been
advocating for APRNs, serving in various
health policy leadership positions with the
Arkansas Nurses Association (ARNA) as
well as the with the Arkansas State Board
of Nursing, where she has served most recently as the president of the Board. Her
involvement with the National Council
of State Boards of Nursing supported
her appointment to the APRN Committee and her work on the consensus model
for APRN regulation. Darlene currently
serves on a federal advisory committee,
the National Advisory Committee for
Rural Health and Human Services. She is
pursuing a Doctorate of Nursing Practice
degree with a focus on public health nursing at the University of Tennessee Health
Science Center. Her advocate award is in
recognition of her accomplishments and
her advocacy for the APRN role.
The AANP was founded in 1985 and is the oldest and largest full-service national professional
organization for nurse practitioners of all specialties. With more than 19,500 individual members
and 106 group members, AANP represents the
interests of approximately 90,000 nurse practitioners around the country. AANP continually
advocates for the active role of nurse practitioners as providers of high-quality, cost-effective
health care. For more information about AANP,
visit www.aanp.org.
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SICKLE CELL DISEASE: HEALTH CARE IN ALL SETTINGS
SICKLE CELL DISEASE: DISPELLING THE MYTHS, DISCERNING THE TRUTH
What Health Care Providers Need to Know
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Embassy Suites; 11301 Financial Centre Parkway, Little Rock, AR
There are many unfounded stories or beliefs about sickle cell disease (SCD),
one being that it is a disease of African Americans. Another is that SCD patients
are “drug seekers”, who exaggerate their pain and seek pain medication on a
frequent basis in hospital emergency rooms. The Arkansas Nurses Association
(ARNA) planned and developed this continuing nursing education seminar to
provide accurate information to healthcare providers who need to know the
facts, especially nurses who care for these patients and see the desperation
of their families.
Faculty:
*Dr. David Becton, Professor of Pediatrics; Chief of Pediatric Hematology/
Oncology, UAMS College of Medicine; Physician, Sickle Cell Disease Clinic,
Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, AR
This Seminar is intended for nurses and healthcare providers in any specialty
practice role.
*Dr. Winfred C. Wang, Pediatric Hematologist; Member, Department of
Hematology; St. Jude’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Objectives:
• Discuss the status of sickle cell disease in Arkansas
• Describe current and emerging treatment therapies
• Examine national statistics and clinical trials
• Delineate health care for sickle cell patients in various settings
• Explore the financial, social, and psychological impact the disease
has on patients and families.
*Angela B. Mull, BSN, RN, RNP, Sickle Cell Specialty Nurse, UAMS Department
of Pediatrics; Sickle Cell Specialty Nurse, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little
Rock,AR
*Dr. Suzanne L. Saccente, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Member, Department
of Hematology/Oncology, UAMS College of Medicine; Director, Sickle Cell Disease
Clinic, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, AR
*Jennifer Taussig, LCSW, Hematology/Oncology Social Worker, Arkansas
Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, AR
*Margo Bushmaier, MNSc, RNP, NCSN, Coordinator of Health Services, LR
School District, Little Rock, AR
*Jujuan English, PhD, RN, Coordinator BSN Program, Hope; UAMS College of
Nursing, Little Rock, AR
*Rebecca J. Patterson, RN, DSN, APN-BC, Clinical Associate Professor, UAMS
College of Nursing; Advance Practice Nurse, Sickle Cell Clinic, Arkansas Children’s
Hospital, Little Rock, AR
$40 ARNA member; $55 non-member; includes
lunch and refreshment - 5.2 Contact Hours
will be awarded to nurses who meet all
requirements. Call ARNA’s office for registration
information 501-244-2363.
ARNA is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing
education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s
Commission on Accreditation.
This seminar is provided through a Sickle Cell Outreach
Grant awarded to ARNA by the Arkansas Minority Health
Commission.