Message & Announcements from
President
Pat Griffith:
The next South Carolina State ENA meeting will be held on June 19th, 2008 at Miyo's restaurant located in Irmo, SC. Our national board liaison, Gail Lenehan, will be present and this will be a great time to find out more about how our contributions help to further the mission of the Emergency Nurses Association, and how our national organization works to provide a solid foundation for our professional advancement. Please make every effort to attend this meeting on June 19th, 2008.
Guest Speaker: With Gail Lenehan – Our National Board Liaison
“What National ENA can offer you!”
Other agenda items:
General Assembly delegation selection
Upcoming chapter’s events
5p-6p social hour sponsored thru
Dynascope Monitoring System by Fukuda
Meeting immediately following
Miyo’s is located at 1220 E. Bower Parkway, Irmo, SC
(803) 781-7488

Updates:
- To anyone interested in applying for a delegate position for this years annual conference in Baltimore – the ballot is located here – (left side of screen.) Don’t forget to fill out completed with all signatures and give to one of the officers. We will be selecting the delegates at the upcoming June meeting.
- Does everyone know about the ENA Foundation and what they stand for?? "Their mission is to provide educational scholarships and research grants in the discipline of emergency nursing."
Since its inception in 1991, this Foundation has awarded over One Million Dollars!! If you or anyone you know needs $$$ for school etc you need to check them out!!
- ENA Foundation: STATE CHALLENGE CAMPAIGN 2009
Begins March 1st thru June 30th. We increased our donations from the state in 2008 by almost 500% over 2007, lets see what we can accomplish this year. Please use this link, ENA Foundation, and donate today!!
- To all: Our SESS conference just ended and a good time was had by all. We want to thank those in attendance for their support at our booth and joining in to help make the 10th annual South Eastern Seaboard Symposium a success.
At the booth we raffled off tickets for a 50/50 drawing bringing in over $300.00. We want to thank Blue Jay Consulting who won the prize and then donated the money back to us!!!
Please try and plan on attending next years SESS being held in Myrtle Beach!!
- State sponsored TNCC Course!!
Please download this application. We are planning a Trauma Nurse Core Curriculum Class on July 24th & 25th at the Lexington Medical Center located in West Columbia, SC. The course is being conducted for 75 dollars if you are an ENA member. This is half of the usual cost. In order to qualify for this rate you must send a copy of your ENA membership card in with the registration form in order to receive this special rate.
Click here to download the registration form.
Registration deadline: June 20, 2009
Contact Person: Laura Gallagher, MSN, RN 843-973-1596 or Pat Griffith at 803-269-9805.
Thanks!! Pat (803) 269-9805
Please also take a moment and look at our Strategic Plan and Planning Calendar for this year. I look forward to meeting more of you as the year progresses!!
South Carolina ENA 2009 Strategic Plan
South Carolina ENA 2009 Planning Calendar
Thanks!
Pat
Important meeting update notice
June 19th – See above
July17th – teleconference
August 21st. Noon – location TBA
September 18th – Leadership Luncheon – Noon – location TBA
October – during Nationals – (Baltimore MD)
November – Happy Thanksgiving – no meeting
December 4th. – Noon – location TBA
Please make sure your email address is correct at National ENA. The SC ENA communicates important information quickly through the email system.