Iowa ENA State Council

February 4, 2009

Meeting Minutes

TOPIC

DISCUSSION

OUTCOME/ACTION

FOLLOW-UP

A.

Call to Order / Establish a Quorum

At 14:31

Established by President Jeri Babb

B.

Review of Minutes

Reported by Sarah Tripp

Sandi Wynja moved to approve December

3rd minutes. Second by John Fiedler.

APPROVED

D.

COMMITTEE UPDATES

FOLLOW-UP

Jeri Babb commented on clarification of committee

Should instructors Peds/Trauma be the

membership in regards to the point systems and the

committee members?

potentially decreased number of delegates going to National

Standard Operating Procedures?

Issued Tabled

Jeri

1.

Education Committee

Jeri Babb reported on behalf of the committee

  - State Annual Conference April 22nd, 2009

- Six Iowa Speakers

- Silent Auction suggestion from Diane

Diane

- More CEU's

  Thenhaus

Thenhaus

- Shortened breaks

- Added CEH for EMS

- Vendor suggestions to Bev Clark

- Booth to sell ENA items from past

- Brochure out soon

2.

Injury Prevention

No report

3.

Trauma Committee

Reported by Sue Houselog

  - Remember not to repeat tests on TNCC i.e. no same test

on same day

  - Instructors must go through instructor class and then be

verified by the state representative

4.

Pediatric Committee

Reported by Sandi Wynja

  - Date for ENPC class?

  - No group testing in ENPC triage

  - ENPC Instructor course in May

5.

Government Affairs

By Joni Thornton

  - Joni brought Kathy Leggett to discuss current bills in the

     Legislature

  - Kathy discussed in detail the process through which ENA

     members can contact their representatives.  Understanding

     this process helps us as members, express our position

     through the proper channels at the proper times

  - Joni continues to keep all members posted on current

     events and she also passed out representative contact

     information

6.

Membership

Report by Lynn Tschiggfrie

  - 404 members

  - 67 members set to expire 2/1/09 thru 3/31/09

  - Lynn also taking/thinking about suggestions to recruit

     members

  - 40 by 40 National Campaign

       40,000 members nationally by 40 years of ENA

Kara Greenlee moved to pay for 2 full price and 4 half

  - Discussion of member renewals/memberships at state

  price membership/renewals

      conference

Amended by Joni Thornton to 4 full price and

  4 half price membership/renewals

Seconded by Rosie Adam

Funds to come out of general fund, not the

APPROVED

  education fund

E.

REPORTS

OUTCOME/ACTION

FOLLOW-UP

1.

State Trauma System

Reported by John Fiedler

  - 1.5 % IDPH cuts

  - Level 3 verifications continued by John

  - Level 4 almost caught up

  - Level 2 non ACS service group contract; no $ to approve

     service agreement as reviewers

2.

TSAC

Report by Katie Heldt

  - Next meeting in March

3.

SEQIC

No report

F.

UPDATES

OUTCOME/ACTION

FOLLOW-UP

1.

Newsletter / Website

Susan Carzoli reported 

  - Newsletter out this month

  - 3000+ hits

  - Looking for volunteers to head up newsletter/website

G.

NEW BUSINESS

OUTCOME/ACTION

FOLLOW-UP

1.

New Logo

ENA National New Logo: "Safe Care, Safe Practice"

2.

Workplace Violence

Jeri Babb passed out copies of the Iowa Code regarding

Open Discussion

  Assault against Health Care Providers

3.

Leadership Conference

State Presidents / Leadership Meeting will be held on

Discussion on General Assembly Re-tooling

Jeri/Susan

   March 5th-8th in Reno, NV. Jeri Babb and Susan Carzoli

   will be attending

4.

Volunteer Leadership

Jeri Babb presented information on the Volunteer Leadership

Membership Chair - Lynn Tschiggfrie

   Model rolled out by National

Volunteer Resource Chair

  - Goal is to help states improve peer-to-peer relations thru

Certification Chair

      list serves

Media Relations Chair

  - Membership chair is held by Lynn Tschiggfrie

Student Nurse Relations Chair

Jeri

  - 4 Other Chairs will be appointed by Jeri Babb by next

meeting

5.

Leadership Training

Highlights from Susan Carzoli

  - National working on Strategic Plan

  - Standard Operating Procedures

  - Member involvement

  - Donate to ENA Foundation

Adjournment

At 16:24

Motion by Susan Carzoli

Next Meeting April 1, 2009

Second by John Fiedler

APPROVED

State Annual Conference April 22, 2009

Attendees:

(P) Present    (A) Absent    (E) Excused   

Name

2/4/2009

Adam, Rosemary

P

Alpen, Michele

P

Babb, Jeri

P

Bainbridge, Kathy

Beveridge, Jolene

P

Boat, Pam

Bott, Pat

Bybee, Barb

Carzoli, Susan

P

Chapman, Abegeal

Chapman, Jan

Chudzenski, Deb

P

Clark, Bev

P

Clausen, Peggy

Davidshofer, Ann

Dolan, Kathy

Evans, Lauri

Fiedler, John

P

Finch, Liz

P

Frank, Cindy

Frazier, Cathy

Greenlee, Kara

P

Harter, Marilyn

P

Heldt, Katie

P

Hendersin-Merhi, Claudia

Hensley, Julie

Houselog, Sue

P

Hyke, Marcia

Klemme, Nancy

Lamb, Diane

Lauer, Angela

Lee, Ockjae (Ester)

McFarland, Cathy

McGonegle, Michele

Myers, Ruth

Moller, Katie

Mortoza, Angela

Peterson, Patti

Platz, Jennifer

P

Pyle, Moria

Rethamul, Deb

Name

2/4/2009

Schopf, Dan

Smith, Terry

Stewart, Tonya

Thenhaus, Diane

P

Thompson, Diane

Thornton, Joni

P

Timmons, Donna

Town, Sarah

P

Tripp, Sarah

P

Tschiggfrie, Lynn

P

Wetjen, Kristel

P

Wynja, Sandi

P

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