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Massachusetts Report on NursingThe Official Publication ofANA MassachusettsPO Box 285, Milton, MA 02186617-990-2856newsletter@anamass.orgQuarterly Publication directmailed to approximately 122,000RNs in MassachusettsWho is thisnurse?See page 9Vol. 13 No. 3September 2015Receiving this newsletter does not mean that you are an ANA Massachusetts member.Please join ANA Massachusetts today and help to promote the Nursing profession.Go to: www.ANAMass.org or see page 15 to complete the application.Join ANA Massachusetts today!Save the DateANA MassachusettsSpring ConventionLiving Legends in Nursing andAnnual Awards BanquetAnnual Spring ConferenceApril 8 - April 9, 2016Dedham Hilton Hotel, Dedham, MAR emember ingTher es a A K elley-S pinelliOnMay6,2015Massachusetts lost one ofour hero nurses. Theresawas a charter member of theMassachusetts Association ofRegisteredNurses(MARN,now ANA Massachusetts), apast member of the MARNBoard of Directors and thefirst Nominating CommitteeChairperson. Her commitment tonursing, MARN and ANA Massachusetts ensured thatour association would be a strong, vital force in shapingthe future of the nursing profession not only locally butnationally. Her vision and leadership helped to makethis dream a reality.As a mother of 5 children, Theresa graduated fromthe Whidden Hospital School of Nursing and hada wonderful career as the Nurse Practitioner of theChelsea Soldiers Home for over 30 years.Many ANA Massachusetts members remember thesupport and guidance they received from Theresa. Shewill be missed by her patients, her friends and family,and her colleagues at ANA MA.current resident orCelebrating the Outcome:Accreditation with Distinctionby Sandra Reissour, MSN, RNPreparing for re-application as an ANCCAccredited Approver was a group effort overseveral months. The process began withsubmission of Intent to Apply followed by alengthy self-study. The self-study proved bothchallenging and energizing as the team wrote thenarratives and identified examples correspondingto each of the required criteria. As the termimplies, a self-study is a time of introspection andself-examination, an opportunity to look at pastexperiences, current processes and, best of all,identify growth and achievements.After a thorough review of the self-study and asingle request for additional information, the twoassigned ANCC Appraisers scheduled a VirtualVisit. The purpose of a Virtual Visit is to amplify,clarify and verify information in the self-studydocument. Under the leadership of the NursePeer Review Leader, Judy Sheehan, the teamparticipated in the conference call answeringquestions, clarifying processes and adding to thedetails in the written self-study to the satisfactionof the appraisers. Then, came the wait. Whatwould be the outcome of the re-application as anAccredited Approver?At a recent meeting, the leadership teamcelebrated the outcome full accreditation withdistinction!L to R: Judy Sheehan, Nurse Peer ReviewLeader; Cammie Townsend, Staff Support;Sandra Reissour and Jeanne Gibbs, Nurse PeerReviewers. Absent from photo: Lisa Presutti,Staff SupportANA Massachusetts President isBusy at the State HouseMyra Cacace provided testimony on July 14,2015 to the Joint Committee on Public Healthregarding House Bill 2083, An Act to Limit Accessto OpiatesOn behalf of the members of the AmericanPresort StandardNurses Association Massachusetts, I amUS Postagepleased to convey to you and your committeePAIDour support for passage of House Bill 2083.Permit #14As a Nurse Practitioner in a busyPrinceton, MN55371internal medicine practice in Southbridge,Massachusetts, I have witnessed first-handthe overuse of opiate medication. I interactwith patients every day who have beenusing these powerful pain killers for severalyears, often seeking care from multiplehealth care providers in order to receivethem.Because of my experiences and thoseof other ANA Massachusetts members,we believe that this legislation should bestrengthened to include the following: A mandate that a patient requiring opiatepain medication must also be referred tothe appropriate health care professionalincluding a pain specialist, an oncologist, anorthopedist, physical therapy or the pertinentspecialist for follow up care in order to treatthe underlying cause of the pain. Any patient who visits the EmergencyDepartment seeking treatment with opiatepain medication must be provided witheducational brochures outlining instructionsfor use and a stated expectation that thetreatment with a powerful opiate is meant forsevere pain and that the opiate medication isnot meant to be used for more than 72 hours.Busy at the State House continued on page 6

Page 2 Massachusetts Report on NursingSeptember 2015Intensive CaRiNgMyra F. Cacace, GNP/ADM-BCMassachusetts nurses made history again onJune 10th with the passage of the final regulationsto designate a pattern of staffing that allowsnurses to decide how many patients they cansafely care for in an intensive care unit. Nowthe real work begins as we try to find or developan acuity tool that can help classify the kind ofnursing care patients need, based on a variety offactors that impact that care. NOW is the timefor nurses to intensively care about stepping upto be a part of the committees in their hospitalsQuinsigamond Community College seeksa Director of Nurse Education. Please visitour website www.QCC.edu/human-resourcesfor a complete job description and applicationprocedures. Applicants must apply onlineby September 27, 2015 for consideration.Salary is competitive and commensuratewith education and experience, with fullbenefit package. QCC is an equal opportunityaffirmative action college supporting diversity.Nursing Faculty (ADN)/ EveningProgram Department ChairHealth SciencesMassBay Community College is currently seeking a Faculty Member/EveningProgram Chair for the ADN program. Responsibilities include teaching nursingstudents in an integrated and concept-based curriculum involving classroom,college laboratory, and clinical teaching; serves as the ADN Evening ProgramDepartment Chair.For a more detailed job description, please review the career site athttp://www.massbay.edu/jobs/.MassBay Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex,sexual orientation, age or handicap in admission or access to or treatment of employment in itsprograms and activities.Searching for theperfect career?Find your future here.Search job listings in all 50 states, and filterby location & credentialsBrowse our online database of articles and contentFind events for nursing professionals in your areaGet started now!www.nursingALD.comthat will make theseimportantdecisions.We fought for this, andwhether or not youlike the outcome afteran intensive year ofhearings and meetings, this is the regulation andNOW is the time!On June 3rd ANA Massachusetts testified onbehalf of our filed legislation SB572/H2771 tohave a nurse appointed to the Health PolicyCommission. Special thanks to Kathy DonaherKeough from the Organization of Nurse Leaders(ONL) and a member of the ANA MassachusettsHealth Policy Committee, Leah McKinnonHowe from Massachusetts Coalition of NursePractitioners (MCNP) and Mary Grant, formerlegislator and member of the ANA able testimony on behalf of the Bill. Ourpresentation was comprehensive and coordinatedand illustrated that members of the nursingcommunity CAN come together to speak in ONEVOICE.What do you care about? For me, my role asPresident has given me the opportunity to meetwith nurses from around the Commonwealth andthis is what I hear: “I want to feel good about whatI did with my patients today I want to be able togive the kind of care that I was allowed to givewhen I was a student (when I didn’t have to carefor more patients then I can handle) I want tohave a say in how I practice nursing We all want to provide the intensive caringthat called us to be nurses! So again I will askeach nurse reading this to answer this simplequestion: aRe you iN? Do you belong to ANAMassachusetts? Do you caRe enough to be iN anorganization that advocates on behalf of all nursesin the Commonwealth?When I was first starting my nursing career, Ididn’t fully understand the importance of beingpart of a professional organization, despite thebest efforts of my nursing professors. In fact itwas not until I became a nurse practitioner thatI was fortunate enough to hear a keynote speechby then ANA President, Beverly Malone whichcompelled me to join ANA. Now I truly get it! Wecannot practice in a silo we need to know thatthere are other smart and committed people whowill advocate on our behalf to ensure that we canpractice the kind of nursing that we were called todo. We need to receive and provide the intensivecaring to and from like-minded nurses who willnurture us as we support and nurture our patients.President-ElectCathleen Colleran-Santos, DNP, RNPast-PresidentTara Tehan, MSN, MBA, RN, NE-BC, SCRNSecretaryDonna Harvey, MS, RN, CNORTreasurerDiane Hanley, MS, RN-BC, EJD Directors Merida Brimhall, RN, BSNAndrea Falciano, BS, RNJennifer Gil, RN, BSNDonna Glynn, PhD, RN, ANPJim Kernan, RN, MPIAKim Pomerleau, RN, BSNPatricia Ruggles, RN, BSc, CRNOMark Worster, RN Committee Chairs Awards and Living Legends CommitteeMaura Fitzgerald, RNC, MSBylaws CommitteeMary McKenzie, EdM, MS, RNCareer ConnectionsOPENConference Planning CommitteeCynthia LaSala, MS, RNANA Massachusetts Approver UnitSandra M. Reissour, MSN, RNJeanne Q. Gibbs, MSN, RNHealth Policy CommitteeBarbara Giles, MSN, RNCathleen Colleran-Santos, DNP, RNMembership CommitteeJanet Ross, RN, MSNewsletter CommitteeSusan LaRocco, PhD, RN, MBANominating CommitteeTara Tehan, MSN, MBA, RN, NE-BCTechnology CommitteeSusan L. Conrad, RN, PhD ANA Massachusetts Staff Executive DirectorDiane Rollins Jeffery, MPANurse Peer Review LeaderJudy L. Sheehan, MSN, RNEducating tomorrow’s health care leadersFor advertising rates and information, pleasecontact Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc., 517Washington Street, PO Box 216, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613,(800) 626-4081, sales@aldpub.com. ANA Massachusettsand the Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc. reservethe right to reject any advertisement. 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