Central Iowa ENA Chapter

Central Iowa ENA Chapter

CENTRAL IOWA ENA currently has 108 members.

President: Peggy Clausen
Email: plclausen@prairieinet.net

President-Elect: Lauri Evans
Email: brettsnurse@hotmail.com

Phone: 515.963.1359

State Council Delegates: Beverly Clark & Katie Heldt

Central IA ENA meeting with members (L to R): Marilyn Polito, Diane Cassady, Lauri Evans, & Susan Carzoli.

Text Box: Central IA ENA meeting with members (L to R): Marilyn Polito, Diane Cassady, Lauri Evans, & Susan Carzoli.

Central IA Meeting At Skiff Medical Center in Newton. ENA members (L to R): Marilyn Polito, Steve Wilbur, Julie Hensley (Iowa ENA President), Diane Cassady, & Lauri Evans.

Text Box: Central IA Meeting At Skiff Medical Center in Newton. ENA members (L to R): Marilyn Polito, Steve Wilbur, Julie Hensley (Iowa ENA President), Diane Cassady, & Lauri Evans.

Meeting Dates Set for 2007

Mark Your Calendar!!!

2007 Chapter Strategic Plan/Goal:
Encourage Central Iowa ENA members to become CEN certified.

2007 Plan for Membership Recruitment and Retention:
Support nurse educators/preceptors responsible for orienting new ED nurses by providing information and literature about the ENA and promoting membership in the ENA.

2007 Chapter Priorities:
1. Select a Central Iowa ENA member for the Gerri Hagerty Award.
2. Encourage four hospitals who have not hosted a chapter meeting within the past 5 years to serve as hosts for the 2008 Central Iowa ENA meetings.
3. Increase attendance at the Central Iowa ENA Chapter meetings.

2007 Public Policy, Regulatory and Legislative Priorities:
1. Support a law that would require all motorcyclists to wear helmets.
2. Support a law that would increase penalties for drunk drivers.
3. Support a law that would create a national data base of people who are willing to donate their organs upon death. The hospital would be legally bound to uphold their wishes.

2007 Injury Prevention Priorities:
1. Bike and Helmet Safety
2. Child Passenger Safety
3. Take Care I: Safe Medication Use and Fall Prevention for Mature Adults

2007 Educational Priorities:
1. CEN Certification
2. Family Presence at the Bedside During Invasive Procedures and/or Resuscitation
3. Injury Prevention

MEETING MINUTES:

Nominations are being accepted for the Gerri Hagerty Memorial Nursing Award.

This award is sponsored by the Central Iowa ENA Chapter and is named in honor of Gerri Hagerty, a Certified Emergency Registered nurse who worked in the Emergency Department at Mary Greeley Hospital in Ames. Gerri suddenly passed away October 2002. Gerri was a long time member and active participant in the ENA. She was a teacher and mentor to nurses and was deeply committed to Emergency Nursing. Gerri was past President of Central Iowa’s ENA. She was actively involved in ENCARE as a certified child passenger safety seat technician. She helped Story County develop one of the premiere Sexual Assault Response Teams programs in the nation and became a certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner to help victims of abuse and rape.

This award recognizes one nurse each year that practices in an Emergency Department within the State of Iowa. Peers will recognize the nurse as a leader, mentor and activist in emergency nursing.

Letters of nomination should be submitted no later than December 31^st and should contain information about the nominee that highlights qualities listed below.

	A dedication to and a passion for emergency nursing
	Participation in community activities which promote injury prevention and healthy lifestyles through public education events
	Recognized by peers and colleagues as being a positive role model and mentor for nurses entering emergency nursing
	A willingness to join the ENA and to promote the benefits and advantages of being a member of this professional organization.

Letters of Nominations should be submitted to the 2007 Central Iowa ENA President.

The recipient of this award will receive:

	A one year membership to ENA
	A paid registration to the Iowa ENA State Conference
	Recognition at the annual state ENA conference
	Name engraved on a recognition plaque displayed at Mary Greeley Medical Center.