Welcome to the New
England Chapter of t he Infusion
Nurses Society...
The
New England Chapter seeks to improve the
practice of infusion nursing and quality
of patient care through educational
programming, mentoring, research,
collaboration and networking. We hope
that this web site will contribute
toward reaching that goal.
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April
Meeting Speaker
Encourages Nurses To Write for Publication
 Attendees at the New
England Chapter's latest meeting, held at the
Hilton Garden Inn on April 17, were treated to
an excellent step-by-step primer on how nurses
can and should write for publication
Featured speaker Lois
Davis RN, MSN, VA-BC is the Director of
Professional Development for the Association of
Vascular Access and the Editor of JAVA (AVA's
scientific journal). Through her experience in
these roles and more than 30 years in nursing,
Ms. Davis was able to demonstrate that nurses
can and should seek out opportunities to write
to share knowledge about the practice and to
improve care to patients, families and
communities, Writing for publication also
increases professional recognition and career
advancement.
Her presentation took
the writing process from choosing a topic and
the initial planning process for developing a
manuscript and submittal, through the various
review processes and the ultimate acceptance. As
she pointed out, "Doctors publish all the time,
so why not nurses?"
For a copy of the
full presentation, please click here on "You
Can Do It!
Networking
Hour at the April Chapter
Meeting
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New England
Chapter Celebrates IV Nurses Day
The New England Chapter held its
January meeting on the evening of
the 24th at the Common
Market -Quincy
in celebration of IV Nurses Day. A
large group of over 50 attendees
was welcomed by Chapter President
Janet Mulligan, who reviewed the
many successes of the 2011
programs and some of the plans for
major activities in 2012. In
addition to the 37th annual
seminar planned for September,
Janet announced that the New
England Chapter is currently
putting together a Taskforce for
Community Education, designed to
address the growing demands for
effective training courses in
Infusion Therapy within the New
England region.
Janet
Mulligan
The
feature presentation at the
meeting was delivered by Kathryn
McKinnon, Founder of McKinnon
& Company, who shared her "10
Proven Time Management Strategies
to Help You Create and Save More
Time." As an Executive
Life Coach, Ms. McKinnon focuses
on executive development and
coaching for success among major
corporate clients and is a best
selling author of the book, Triple
Your Time Today.
A
truly Renaissance person,
Kathryn has a Harvard MBA, served
as Harvard Business School
Administrator and teacher, has 32
years of corporate and
entrepreneurial business
experience, while being a wife and
mother of two teenagers, a Reiki
Master, a professional singer and
a jewelry designer.
The
primary message of Kathryn's
presentation is simply to
effectively clarify your
priorities, focusing on those
things you can change and not
overly stressing on the things you
cannot change. The result is the
ability to free up time each day
to allow you take more satifaction
in your life.
Featured
Speaker Kathryn McKinnon and Chapter
Corresponding Secretary and Taskforce
Committee Member
Pat Silva take a moment following the
presentation
More
details on Kathryn's messages are
found in her publication, Triple
Your Time Today,
which is currently
available from Amazon.com in both
hard-copy and Kindle format.
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Special Announcement from
the ANA
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The
Harvard School of
Public Health and
Brigham and Women’s
Hospital are excited
to announce that the
Nurses' Health Study
is
growing. Started
in 1976 and expanded
in 1989, the
information provided
by its 238,000
dedicated
nurse-participants has
allowed NHS to produce
key advances in
literally hundreds of
important
topics–altering
medical practice and
changing national
dietary guidelines. Nurses'
Health Study 3 is now
accepting nurses into
their newest study.
We
hope you will act as
an ambassador to
encourage your
colleagues to join
this new study.
For the new cohort,
the plan is to enroll
over 100,000 female
nurses (RNs and LPNs)
and nursing students
between 20 and 46
years old (born after
January 1, 1965).
The new study is
entirely web-based. To
learn more and to
join, nurses should
visit www.nhs3.org.
WHAT
CAN YOU DO?
To
help spread the word
you can:
- Join
the study if you are
eligible. To join
now click HERE
- Encourage
your younger
colleagues to visit
www.nhs3.org
and
join the study
- Forward
this email message
- Print
out information HERE
about how to join
the study
- Reach
out in other ways to
nurses who might be
interested in
joining. For
example:
- Through
nursing groups
or organizations
that you are
involved with
- Posting
information
about the study
at your job
- In
your online
communities,
like email lists
or Facebook
- Local
or national
media contacts
you may have
- If
you are in a
union, ask if
they can help
spread the word
Your
encouragement will go
a long way to help
explain how a small
commitment to a study
like this is of
extraordinary value
for research into the
causes of disease and
the factors that
promote healthy lives.
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New England Chapter
Schedules
Fundraising
Events
Once
again this year, the Chapter is
holding a series of fundraising
events to help support ongoing
programs, educational activities
and scholarships. The
fundraisers are in the the form
of a Texas Hold 'Em Tournament
and are being held at The
Silver Fox Function Hall
530
Second Street, Everett
MA 02149
The first event took place on
April 12. Additional events
are scheduled for May 15
and May 24, beginning at 6:30pm.
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Congratulations
to our Chapter President Janet
Mulligan
Janet is the latest
member of the New
England Chapter to
receive her CRNI certification.
MASS.
BOARD OF NURSING REGISTRATION 3.05
TASK FORCE FINDINGS CLICK
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DEPT. OF HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS TO
NURSES ON PROTECTING PATIENTS FROM
FLU
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INFORMATION
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PUBLIC
HEALTH CLINICAL ADVISORY: USING
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PRESCRIPTIVE PRACTICE
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REPS JOINT COMMITTEE
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FINANCING BY MARY
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