Virginia Department of Health distributed the letter below sharing an update on Measles and Syphilis in Virginia.
This information is also available on the VDH Resources for Health Care Professionals web page.
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Health Commissioner Update: Updates on Measles and Syphilis in Virginia
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📣 VCNP SWVA Region Update – April & May Highlights!
We’re excited about all the meaningful work happening in our region! 💙
🩺 The Nurse Honor Guard is growing! We’re welcoming new volunteers and planning service events—including honoring veterans on May 17 at the Dickenson Co. Courthouse with the Girl Scouts. 🇺🇸💐
📚 SWVCNP and SWVANHG Student Engagement is strong! Shoutout to Lyndzee Boyd for connecting LPN and RN programs and stepping into a student liaison role as she pursues her DNP! We are adding SWVA Nurse Honor Guard Cords for student participation!!
💰 Our treasurer report shows a healthy balance with support for the Norton Homeless Shelter and Dickenson County Community Events.
📆 Big things ahead:
- Relay for Life (Sept 6): Help us raise funds by purchasing paper chain links—just $1 each!
- AANP Conference & Mission Trip: Our members are headed to the national stagein San Diego, CA, and serving in Belize with The Health Wagon.
- RAM Event in Grundy this October!
💡 Training spotlight: Thanks to Moe Thompson for providing REVIVE training and Narcan for participants.
🗓️ Next meeting: June 7 @ 9:30, JMH
VCNP and SWVANHG Member Coetta Neece and Tammy Branham giving food/water donation to Norton, VA Homeless Shelter. 
May 5, 2025 Meeting at the Girl and the Raven, Abingdon, VA 
Moe Thompson presenting the REVIVE Training from MRC. 
Member Chrissy Mullins and Coetta Neece volunteering for Drug Take Back, Big Stone Gap, VA 
Members Kristen Beverly, Tammy Branham, Tauna Gulley, Coetta Neece, and Chrissy Mullins conducting SWVANHG Service 
$1 to purchase a link with a cancer survivor link–for Relay for Life. 
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Reflections from Halifax County’s first NP
Former VCNP Southside Region member Judith Anderson discussed the role of NPs and how she navigated the changing healthcare landscape as the first practicing NP in Halifax County in the 1990s in this SWVA Today story.
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📣 SW-VCNP & SWVA Nurse Honor Guard Update
🗓️ April 5, 2025 Meeting Recap
We had a fantastic and productive gathering at Lincoln Road Coffee Shop in Norton, VA! ☕ Big shoutout to everyone who joined us for the latest updates on membership, budgeting, and our awesome Nurse Honor Guard. 🩵 The SW-VCNP basket won the most money for the VCNP Scholarship—go Southwest!! 🙌🎉
🔔 Upcoming Events & Meetings:📍SWVA Nurse Honor Guard Memorial Service 🕊️ Honoring Carmen Banks 🗓️ May 3, 2025 – Time: TBA 📍 Location: TBA📍Next Chapter Meeting 🗓️ May 3, 2025 | 🕤 9:30 AM 📌 Topics: Nurse Honor Guard, Chapter Updates, Narcan Training (MRC) 📍 Location: The Girl and The Raven, Abindon, VA 380 E Main St, Abingdon, VA 24210📍June Meeting
🗓️ June 8, 2025 | 🕤 9:30 AM
📌 Education on Novo Nordisk (Jerrie Doss)
📍 Location: Johnston Memorial Hospital (Room TBA)💙 Outreach in Action 📦 Food drive for Norton Homeless Shelter – Date: TBD 💊 Drug Takeback: 4/26/25, 9:45 AM–4 PM @ Food City BSG 🎗️ Relay for Life – Sept 6, Leeman Field, Pennington Gap (6–10 PM) 👉 $1 “Links of Love” honoring those affected by cancer
Links of Love 💪 Together, we’re making a meaningful impact across our region. Thank you all for your hard work and dedication!Team Item Due Date Responsible Person Southwest Virginia Nurse Honor Guard Order Triangles (10) 5/3/25 Christine Mullins Update Website 5/3/25 Christine Mullins Email Update to Members 5/3/25 Christine Mullins Agenda for next meeting 5/3/25 Christine Mullins Follow up on Franklin, Henry, Roanoke, and Patrick Counties—if Roanoke Nightingales cover these and notify members: Tammy Shorter, Tracey Hairston, Kate Reynolds, Nieshia Carter 5/3/25 Christine Mullins Send Karla Osborne Wampler and email about our group 5/3/25 Christine Mullins Funeral Home Updates 5/3/25 Regional Champions Services Offered 5/3/25 Regional Champions Services Scheduled 5/3/25 Regional Champions Speak with Estes Funeral Home about services 5/3/25 Teresa Tyson & Paula Hill-Collins Southwest Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners May meeting location 5/3/25 Tauna Gulley Coordinate location with MRC for Narcan Training 5/3/25 Tauna Gulley Determine room location for June Meeting 6/8/25 Tauna Gulley Sell links for September Event-$1 per link. The links to honor a person who has had cancer; take donation, write name down—bring to next meeting. Christine will give money and names to Ms. Jennifer Stafford’s Team. #AlexiaStrong 9/6/25 All VCNP and Nurse Honor Guard Members -
April Meeting
SWVCNP Next Meeting Reminder! 
When: April 5, 2025, at 9:30 A.M. Where: Lincoln Road Coffee Lounge, 36 Park Ave NW, Norton, VA 24273We look forward to seeing and hearing from all Nurse Honor Guard members!
We invite all Nurse Practitioner students to come to our upcoming meeting!
What: Dr. Jennifer Hammons will present information on the free and charitable St. Mary’s Faith Pharmacy.
Community Initiative
This April, we are organizing an event to support the homeless population in Norton, VA with nonperishable food donations. We kindly ask all members to bring at least one nonperishable item to contribute. Every little bit helps!
Let’s come together to make a difference! See you there!
#SWVANurseHonorGuard #CommunitySupport #GiveBack #NortonVA #NursePractitioners #swvcnp
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Health Commissioner Update: COVID-19 Reporting Updates
Virginia Department of Health distributed the letter below sharing an update COVID-19 Reporting.
This information is also available on the VDH Resources for Health Care Professionals web page.
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March Meeting Recap & Next Meeting!
📅 Meeting Recap: March 1, 2025
Members of SW-VCNP and the SWVA Nurse Honor Guard gathered at the Girl and the Raven in Abingdon, Virginia, for a productive session! We discussed the SWVA Nurse Honor Guard, chose a raffle winner, legislative updates, treasurer reports, and preparations for the 2025 conference. Our group also constructed a basket for the 2025 VCNP Conference with an Appalachian Adventure theme. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed and attended! 💙📍 Next Meeting:
When: April 5, 2025, at 9:30 A.M.
Where: Lincoln Road Coffee Lounge, 36 Park Ave NW, Norton, VA 24273. We look forward to seeing you there! ☕
#SWVAVCNP #SWVANurseHonorGuard #SWVCNP #2025VCNPConference
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Health Commissioner Update: Measles Updates for Virginia
Virginia Department of Health distributed the letter below sharing an update about measles in Virginia.
This information is also available on the VDH Resources for Health Care Professionals web page.
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Financial Health Resource
The Virginia Department of the Treasury, Unclaimed Property Division’s mission is to reunite rightful owners with their unclaimed property/account assets that have been reported/escheated to The Commonwealth of Virginia.
Our program is based on a consumer protection law that states if holder companies lose track of the rightful owner of accounts/assets, they must consider the accounts inactive/dormant and report these accounts to our division. Each year we return millions of dollars to the rightful owners through multiple outreach efforts we have in place including newspaper inserts, television and newspaper stories, presentations, remote call and onsite events, etc. Since this program was started in 1961 we have returned over $1 Billion in unclaimed property to Virginians.
If you want more information about Unclaimed property please check out the state website: https://www.trs.virginia.gov/Unclaimed-Property
Or check out their search website: https://www.vamoneysearch.gov/
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Health Commissioner Update: Raising Awareness about an Ebola Disease Outbreak caused by Sudan Virus in Uganda
Virginia Department of Health distributed the letter below sharing an update about an Ebola Disease Outbreak caused by Sudan Virus in Uganda.
This information is also available on the VDH Resources for Health Care Professionals web page.
