Special thanks to Senator Tim Kaine for publicly supporting all nurse practitioners in Virginia and our efforts by signing this proclamation in support of National Nurse Practitioners Week.
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Since we did not have a pharmaceutical sponsored dinner, we had a GoTo meeting for the board members instead.
We discussed September annual renewals.
We have 66 members presently which is less than previous, the board wonders how many NPs did not realize they were due to renew, or decided not to and now have fallen off the membership notification list. We have a 68% read rate of our minutes.
Brenda asked if we are flexible regarding our day or location of meetings since she sometimes has reps who sponsor different events which we could be invited to and have our meeting there. Since there has been discussion for years about whether the set night is conflicting and preventing some NPs from attending, this was thought to be a good idea. We will see if it reaches NPs who have not yet attended a Monday meeting.
There are 4 tickets to Bobby Orrock’s reception at Lake Anna Winery sponsored by the VCNP so we can support the bill for full NP practice authority that is in front of the house this season. On 10/26/17, Michelle, Tiffany, Piper and Linda attended.
CareforVA.com discussed full practice authority. There is a find your legislator tool and a fact sheet there too. They will be adding testimonials to this site so providers can understand how full practice authority affects NPs even if they are not directly impacted.
Treasurer’s report. We donated $100 to the Moss Free Clinic in a gesture of thanks for letting us host our legislative meeting there. We got a nice letter of thanks back. We also received a nice letter from Empowerhouse, for the donation the VCNP Fredericksburg Region gave during the “Night of 1000 Pies” event.
Be thinking of our new philanthropy project. Choices mentioned include: Fairy Godmother event, Safe Harbor, Mental Health America and Senior Visitors. We will bring up at our next in person meeting.
There seems to be a discrepancy between the VCNP state list of members and the member list that comes up when using Constant Contact. Cherie will look into this.
We will meet to discuss and fill out paperwork for Nominations and Awards on 11/13/17 at Orofino’s on Caroline St at 6:30pm, feel free to join us and nominate!
Submitted 10/27/17 JPSF
VCNP-Shenandoah Region
September Meeting Minutes
September 21, 2017
Members in attendance: Erin Morris, Sue Klassen, Diana Oddenino, Vitoria Sullivan, Ruth Holmaas, Maretta Yoder, Chino Fattahu Mary Faith Dudley
Meeting Location: Local Chop and Grill House. Harrisonburg, VA.
Meeting Topic: Meeting was sponsored by Lilly Pharmaceutical. Once weekly Trulicity- injectable option for patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Speaker: Dr. James Mulinda, endocrinologist from Roanoke, VA.
Business Meeting:
4. Members were encouraged to attend the Conference on Opioids at James Madison University on Saturday October 21, 2017 from 9 AM to 4 PM. An e-mail will be sent to members.
5. Next meeting will be on Thursday November 9, 2017. Plan is to find a speaker and meet at either Bella Luna or Taste of Thai restaurant.
The meeting was then adjourned.
Respectively submitted.
Maretta Yoder, Secretary
VCNP-Shenandoah Region
Meeting Minutes
April 20, 2017
Persons in attendance: Erin Morris, Vicky Sullivan, Christine Yutzy, Lynne Eggert, Susan Adamson, Kaya Norton, Marty Jones, Elizabeth Philpott, Ambi Zeller-Hahn, Ruth Holmaas, Mary Faith Dudley, Barbara Call, Mary Atkins, Sharon Strang Zook, Paige French and Maretta Yoder
Meeting location: RMH Atrium. Meal was catered by Taste of Thai Restaurant.
Meeting topic: “Atrial Fibrillation” by Beth Poore-Bowman NP
Business Meeting:
Newly elected officers include:
President: Erin Morris, upon licensure
President-elect: Ruth Holmass
Treasurer: Vicky Sullivan.
Congratulations!!
-Free Clinic is hiring a part time NP.
-Hospice is hiring a part-time NP.
-Sentara RMH is hiring multiple positions:
-Outpatient internal medicine with Dr. Urena Hernandez.
-Outpatient family medicine with Dr. Wenger and Monica Clark Covert NP
-Palliative care at the hospital.
-Behavioral health in outpatient clinic.
-Hospitalist day position.
-Multiple persons have expressed interest in speaking to our group:
-Counselor from Bridgewater College who is a trauma expert and willing to speak on Trauma informed care.
-Pharmaceutical representative from Basaglar.
-Local pharmacist, who is a friend of Amy Graham is willing to speak.
The meeting was then adjourned.
Respectively submitted,
Maretta Yoder, Secretary.
Membership and recruiting was discussed. We have some new members but still know the majority of NPs in this region are not involved. At the state level, there is grassroots movement for membership and involvement for full practice authority.
The legislative meeting will be held 9/11/17. Cathy will ask Moss Free Clinic if we can use their space again this year. We will make a donation as a gesture of thanks. We will provide finger foods: shrimp cocktail, cheese and crackers, veggie tray and humus will be supplied, drinks will be tea and water. The legislators don’t drink alcohol at these events, so we will not buy that this year.
We will invite the mayor, Mary Katherine Greenlaw, some of our physician supporters and send out an email to the NPs at the hospital to invite them. We will send evites to legislators, delegates and senator. Paper invites will follow to those who don’t respond, followed by a phone call to confirm they got the invite and whether or not they can make it.
We need to emphasize the impact of NPs on physician practices, the benefits and cost saving to them as well as patient satisfaction. The lawyer representing the VCNP has voiced this to the Med society of VA well so far. MDs will also be getting vignettes from NPs affected by their lack of independent practice. Our talking points are on the VCNP website.
The VCNP annual conference will be in Reston this year, and space is limited, so the offerings will also be limited.
Danielle had to step down as president elect. Timmye is willing to take over conference committee next year, but the position will be posted to see if anyone else is interested. Linda is willing to be president elect, but that position will also be posted.
Membership is considering consolidating membership cycles to once a year. They are considering a 1 time 18 month off-cycle fee to get everyone on the same cycle to decrease cost and confusion.
Financial- Tiffany gave our local treasury report. The VCNP contract with Easter was renewed.
The Night of 1000 Pies fundraiser for Empowerhouse is Saturday 8/26/17 7-10 pm at Dr O’Grady’s home. Tiffany, Cherie, Linda and Cathy are interested in attending. An email to membership will go out to see if anyone else is interested.
Fredericksburg will host a local CE conference again in 2019. The MWHC venue was nice, Friday might not be a good day to have it. We discussed having participants “pay” with a donation to the charity at the time of registration so they are invested in coming.
Linda circulated the list of possible speakers to see if anyone felt strongly about any of them so she can report back to the state conference committee.
Submitted 7/13/17 JPSF
Our philanthropy project, Empowerhouse , is hosting a fund-raising ” pie social”. Groups or individuals can give donations which are designated by pie names. Our region will sponsor a “Whoopie Pie” level donation for $500.00. We will get four free tickets, and additional tickets can be purchased for $75 a piece.
The local board will meet to plan the events for the next 12 months at Orofino’s on 7/12/17 at 6:30pm.
Linda shared an update on the state conference. She is interested in participant info, so get her names of speakers you’ve liked in the past.
Membership is 76.
Award and nominations will be forthcoming. We will get together to brainstorm and submit some nominations.
Donna Bowser at Moss Free Clinic is retiring.
Submitted 7/13/17 JPSF
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The state conference is now accepting names for speakers for the next conference. Contact them with ideas. The conference will be in Reston VA 3/8-3/11/17.
We now have 76 members, an increased amount of students and new members. Some NPs have been lost due to not knowing when their dues are. The VCNP is good about contacting members by email several times to remind them they are coming due, so make sure your contact info is up to date with the VCNP. There was discussion re: annual renewal.
July meeting is on Linzess at The Mercantile.
August discussion- should we have a meeting or take the month off? We will need to plan for our legislative meeting in September, so we will plan to have a meeting.
Legislative update. We are going for full practice authority after much work and collaboration with like-minded groups.
We will align our local nominations with the state nurse nominations so we can get some great names in for nominations!
Treasurer’s report was given.
Philanthropy- Empowerhouse has been our project for the spring. We collected donations during our local conference. There is also a “Night of 1000 pies” being held to support Empowerhouse on 8/26/17. It will be at Dr Rosemary O’Grady’s home and they are looking for sponsorship. Our VCNP could sponsor an “alamode” level for $250 and includes 2 tickets, or a Whoopie level of $500 and get 4 tickets, An email will be sent to see who would be interested in attending.
Jessica thanked us for the flowers and card.
Next local Board meeting to be decided between 6/27 or 7/12 at Orofino or Legume.
Submitted 6/16/17 JPSF
We had a presentation by Cynthia Smith, DNP from Renal Consultants on Veltassa.
Our board members elected in March to a 2 year term are:
President: Cherie Wright
President elect: Danielle Chellapoo
Secretary: Piper Schlesser-Foresman
Treasurer: Tiffany Simons
Past president: Michelle Porthouse
Gov Relations: Cathy Duncan
Membership: Karen Hlywa
Public Relations: Lisa Keel
Nominations: Delisa Showers
State Conference : Linda Hazelgren
Programs: Brenda Crum
Local Conference Committee: Cherie Wright and Timmye Ross
Our local conference is set for 5/5/17 at the Fick Center 7:30am arrival with conference 8am until around 1:30pm.
The CEs for the conference are 3.5, with 1.75 for pharmacology to equal 5.25 total!
Linda will compare food choices from Wegmans vs Panera vs Eileen’s.
Empowerhouse will be our charity (philanthropy project this spring)
Piper will bring the banner and tablecloths for all the tables
Update on legislative news: We are still working on independent authority.
Discussion was held again about the pros and cons of certificate of attendance for meetings vs CE vs dinner
Next meeting May 8 on Xarelto.
Submitted 5/11/17 JPSF
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