Tucson Affiliate of WOCN
Meeting Minutes
January 5, 2012
Members Present:
Sherry Alvarado, Victoria Beall, Anna Braden, Donna Brewer, Dennis Carter, Marty Cobb, Tonda Franklin, Julie Gilles, T. Henn, Kathy Hugen, Cathy Jackson, Kay Judge, Karen Lou Kennedy-Evans, Sarah Kuser, Kay Lehman, Kathy Mehaffey, Gloriajean Nelson, Joyce Norman, Debbie Ohlrich, Terri Ouellette, Carol Richelson, Sue Rose, Christie Simons, Nancy Tallman, Angela Santoro
New Members: Angela Santoro (TMC) and Mario Lluria (UMC)
Guests: Hanah Harrison, RN, UAMC-South
1. Meeting Minutes for December, 2011 approved.
President Terri Ouellette reported back on the discussion at the last meeting regarding changing of meetings from day time to evening meetings, including change of dates to accommodate vendor sponsors. There was a mixed response, but general consensus was to keep the meeting on a scheduled daytime basis, unless a vendor requests a change far enough in advance for our members to change their schedules, in order to attend.
Medline will be sponsoring the meetings in January, in the future, on the first Thursday of the month. All other meetings dates will remain on the third Thursday of the month. If vendors wish to sponsor any additional educational meetings in the evening, they can arrange that through the president.
Guests and vendors will not be included in the business meeting portion of our meeting. They will join us for the educational program and luncheon. They will join us at 1215.
Julie Gilles announced that we will now be using the list from national office of WOCN to determine our members. An email has gone out. If your contact information changes, you need to make that change with the WOCN National website. We will receive a monthly list from National WOCN Office regarding our current members and updated information. If you are not currently a member, you are encouraged to go to WOCN.org to join the Tucson Affiliate. She also provided the local affiliate website information. Carol Richelson will keep that website updated on a regular basis. Julie will resend the user name and password, so that you can access that site.
2. Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer, Kelly Ingertson, was not present. Sue Rose reported on the financial information, to date, from our Fall Conference. As of today’s date, the income from the conference is $3687.40 ; we are still waiting for some vendors to pay the fee for a display table. There are 3 vendor outstanding accounts to be paid.
3. Correspondence: None reported
4. Graduates from WOCN Programs: None reported
5. Certifications: None reported
6. Old Business:
A. Nominating Committee report – Sue Rose reported the slate of candidates for our officers: Julie Gilles = President; President-elect = Kathy Mehaffey, who will also serve as vendor chair; Anna Braden = Treasurer; Kay Lehman = Secretary; and Terri Ouellette = Conference Coordinator. We still have an opening for a Marketing Chairperson. Carol Richelson will serve as website coordinator. Sue Rose mentioned the PGP points received towards recertification, when one serves as an officer.
A verbal voting process occurred and all were elected, unanimously.
Induction will be in February; the term of service is 2 years.
B. Fabulous 50’s Nominations- 1) There are approximately 5 nominations from our TWOCN. Karen Lou Kennedy-Evans, Chair, reported on the plans for submission of those nominations. There will be a meeting at Karen’s home on Saturday, January 7th at 0900. The submissions are due on January 14, 2012. The committee members are Donna Brewer, T. Henn, Victoria Beall and Sue Rose. The committee members will not reveal the names of the nominees. The applications are graded in 5 different areas, on a point system. The readers can expect to read about 10 applications. If you are nominated, it is a great honor, even if not eventually selected. Generally, there are about 500 applications total, with only 50 being selected. They need readers. The readers must be a past Fab 50 recipient; several volunteered, including Sue Rose, T. Henn, Kay Lehman, & Donna Brewer.
2) The educational day for the event is May 11, 2012. Abstracts are needed for posters and oral presentations on the educational day. If you have a project or presentation that you are working on, please consider submitting for presentation, oral or poster. Go to the Fabulous Fiftys website for further information.
3) Former Fab 50 recipients from our Tucson Affiliate will need a photo taken. There are Fab 50s silver frames for $25. Terri is requesting that all former recipients of the award attend our next meeting for a group photo.
4) Do we want to sponsor a table this year; the cost is $200-$300. We have 2 products to sell: Pressure Ulcer Workshop and the Ostomy Workshop Programs. There was a positive response last year. A lot of student nurses came by, who were interested in learning more. We don’t have a marketing chairperson currently. Tonda Franklin volunteered to serve as Marketing Chairperson. A motion was made by Terri and seconded by Sue Rose to elect Tonday as marketing chairperson. The vote was unanimous.
5) Terri made a motion that we do sponsor a table at the event; the motion was seconded by S. Rose. The vote was unanimous. Terri will take care of making the reservation. It is also recommended that we do a raffle or door prize. Joyce Norman volunteered the Medline wound care book.
6) The rolling photo frames will be on the table to display our profession, along with handout brochures.
7) The Fabulous Fiftys Gala is on Saturday, May 12, 2012. The cost is $130/couple.
7. New Business:
A) Joyce Norman brought a request from the Rocky Mountain Region that the Tucson Affiliate join them. We are open to working with them on special programs/conferences. The regional meeting will be in Phoenix this year. Sue Rose stated that it is important to review our mission statement, which includes serving Tucson and Southern Arizona. It’s difficult to do that and be a part of a 4 state region. The needs are tremendous here. Lengthy discussion ensued. After thoughtful and lengthy discussion, the members present voted to remain separate. We will let them know we are willing to assist them with marketing their regional conference in southern Arizona.
B) Karen Lou Kennedy Evans asked for member participation in the description and management of specific wounds, presented on a slide program. It was conducted at the conclusion of the meeting.
C) Terri Ouellette announced the Irrigation Survey that went out to all WOCN members. Marty Cobb is primary investigator, along with a team, including Nancy Tallman and Jan Colwell, past-president of the WOCN Society. We encourage all of you to complete the survey regarding colostomy irrigation and your practice.
D) Terri presented WOCNCB National Website highlights, including Certification Programs Accredited, demystifying the PGP process (online), coming soon is Advance Practice Certification Exam, Requirements of recertification if credentials lapse, Foot care PGP process is online, & Exam eligibility for Foot Care Certification changes in 2012.
E) Nancy Tallman made announcement regarding the research study on quality of life for persons with ostomies. Brochures were available. Nurses agreeing to provide the brochures and encourage patient involvement will be compensated with a once time payment of $100.
Meeting adjourned, with unanimous vote.
The meeting was sponsored by Medline Industries, with Joyce Norman RN, CWOCN presenting today’s program, “What we can expect from CMS: Strategies for Success.”
Thank you, Joyce, for a clear and informative program.
Respectfully submitted,
Martha D. Cobb, RN, MS, MEd, CWOCN
Secretary
