Iowa Emergency Nurses Association

2007 Strategic Plan

Priorities:

Promote membership recruitment, retention, activity and organizational visibility.
Strengthen committees for trauma, pediatric, injury prevention, government affairs, membership and education.
Mentor future leaders of the Association.

Strategic Objective #1- Provide educational offerings to meet the clinical and leadership needs of the membership.

	Offer spring CEN review course at a reduced rate to members and non-members, sponsor with Med-Ed (Completed April 17^th and 18^th, 2007)
	Consider a second CEN course in the fall of 2007 ( October 8^th and 9^{th ,}2007)
	Offer statewide ENCARE Injury Prevention Provider Course April 29^th, 2008
	11^th Annual Conference to be held April 30^th, 2008

Strategic Objective #2-Dissemination of ENPC and increase the number of participants by 50 % (need all this information from Sandi)

	Continue to encourage the need for ENPC to ED nurses
	Scholarship funding for recipients of 2006 grant
	Evaluate usefulness of the scholarship funding with applicants
	Consider another scholarship funding program for fall 2007 and 2008
	ENPC Instructor course

Strategic Objective #3- TNCC

	Develop an improved process for communication of concerns with TNCC courses.
	Develop an effective process for the monitoring of quality of TNCC courses that are being provided.
	Collaborate with IHA and ITC to develop a law for the mandate of motorcycle helmets.
	Collaborate with National ENA to encourage rollout of TNCC one day reverification course
	Recognize TNCC Instructors with a tenure of 10 or more years ( Instructors recognized at the Christmas party November 30^th, 2007)
	Continue recognition of long time TNCC instructors.

Strategic Objective #4-Promote attendance at Scientific Assembly to enhance knowledge and awareness of current trends and issues in Emergency Nursing.

Fund delegates and alternates to attend General Assembly in Salt Lake City, Utah September 2007 (9 delegates and 2 alternates attended General Assembly 2007)

	Delegates and alternates must be in attendance throughout the assembly and present at voting session.
	Revise the delegate application form using the point system (ongoing)

Consider funding two free registrations to Scientific Assembly in 2008

	Develop application process
	Decide monetary amount to be awarded each applicant

Consider funding to Leadership Symposium in 2009

Strategic Objective #5- Increase collaboration with other professional organizations

EMS

	Participate in IEMS
	Support EMS personnel auditing TNCC and ENPC courses at reduced auditing rate determined by facility hosting course

ACEP

Invite ACEP President to speak at Annual Conference spring of 2008

Strategic Objective #6 – Promote injury prevention activities by ENA members

Injury Prevention Provider Course in spring of 2008

	Establish a dedicated injury prevention committee
	Update state and national website with current programs for members to easily access and set up injury prevention provider courses and locate community education resources
	Work with Government relations, state and national organizations to determine priorities.

Strategic Objective #7- Enhance members knowledge and participation in Government Affairs and public relations.

Increase members knowledge about Government Affairs

	Include government affairs article in each newsletter
	Place updates on website
	Have a link to National Government Affairs website

Develop grassroots component to Government Affairs

Establish e-mail system

Collaborate with other state organizations

Strategic Objective #8- Public Awareness

Promote awareness of resources available to Emergency Nurses.

President will send out agenda two weeks before state meetings to give membership opportunities for input on ideas, issues and concerns.

Promote public awareness of the role of Emergency Nursing

Look for ways to use media to promote Emergency Nursing and to educate the public on issues pertinent to our field.

	Local news TV
	Newspapers (Letter to the Editor sent by Government Affairs Chair to DM Register regarding youth seat belts February 2008)

Promote ENA by maintaining the website with current information.

	Webmaster will solicit information from State Officers, Committee Chairs and general membership and maintain the website with current information.
	Keep meeting minutes on the website, to include committee reports.

Strategic Objective #9- Organizational strength and competency

Increase membership, participation and retention

	Membership committee chair will send a letter to members who’s memberships will expire, at least two months before they expire
	Membership committee chair will communicate to Chapter chair who will be expiring from their membership
	Chapter President or a member appointed by them will contact the member whose membership is expiring.
	Look at doing a get-a-member drive or State Membership Drive
	Communicate benefits and goals of ENA to all ED’s in the State

Strengthen leadership skills of Chapter and State Officers

	Develop an orientation process for officers
	Continue to send State President and President-Elect to Leadership conference
	Encourage Chapters to look at possible partial funding to Leadership conference for its officers

Strategic Objective #10 – Reevaluate Strategic plan

State council officers and committee chairs will meet to discuss strategic plan at least twice yearly.