Hello to all the SC ENA members!
I hope all of you have a great start to the New Year. I look forward to this year and working with such a great group of Emergency Nurses. I want to focus our efforts this year on recruitment but also active participation. We have lots of Emergency Nurses who are not members of the association in our state but we also have a lot of inactive members. Any thoughts or suggestions on either recruitment or boosting participation please email or call Pat Griffith, your membership chair, or me directly.
I want to make sure you are aware of the state meeting dates, the state committee chairs, conference dates and chapter presidents, so please note the information noted on each.
The State Meetings for the year will be either Teleconference (Number: 1-866-305-2467 Code: 418648) or in-person in Columbia. All in-person meetings will be held at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia beginning at noon.
1/20/12 ED Large Conference Room
2/17/12 Teleconference
3/16/12 Lower Level Classroom 3
4/20/12 Teleconference
5/18/12 Teleconference
6/15/12 Lower Level Classroom 3
7/20/12 Teleconference
8/17/12 Lower Level Classroom 3
9/21/12 Teleconference
10/19/12 Lower Level Classroom 2 (Leadership Luncheon)
11/16/12 Teleconference
December TBD
I encourage you to get to know your appointed chairpersons of the State Committees. They are valuable resources and willing to help with any questions, concerns or issues you may have.
Certification Chair
Pamela Bartley, RN, CEN, pbartleysc@gmail.com
Government Affairs Chair
Mindi Bowers, MSN, MHA, RN, CEN, mbowers@mcleodhealth.org
Membership Chair
Pat Griffith, BSN, RN, CEN, griffithp@sc.rr.com
TNCC/Trauma Chair
Betsy Cromer, ebcromer@lexhealth.org
ENPC/Pediatric Chair
Cheryl Randall, Cheryl.Randall@RoperSaintFrancis.com
A reminder of Conferences to mark on the calendar:
February 22-26, 2012 Leadership in New Orleans
May 2-6, 2012 SESS (South Eastern Seaboard Symposium)
September 11-16, 2012 General/Scientific Assembly, Annual Conference in San Diego
The contact information for each Chapter President is noted below:
Central Chapter
Lina G Dela Cruz, BSN RN CEN, lgdelacruz@yahoo.com
Foothills Chapter
Marcus Brent Almarode, BSN RN CEN, malmarode@ghs.org
Low Country Chapter
Stephanie Francine Chomos, MSN RN, chomoss@musc.edu
Pee Dee Chapter
Chireen H Hyler, MSN BSN, chi1nsc@aol.com
I would like for everyone to please start reviewing the updated drafts of a few procedures and the Bylaws. The full documents will be on the website for your review. We would like to have open discussion at the 1/20/12 meeting with voting to occur at the meeting on 2/17/11. Titles to documents include: Delegate selection process and duties procedures, Reimbursement of expenses procedures, TNCC/ENPC chapter and state course procedure, TNCC/ENPC roster, Chapter formation/reactivation and deactivation procedure, and the Bylaws.
Again, I look forward to working with you all throughout this year!
State President
Mindi Bowers, MSN, MHA, RN, CEN
Director of Emergency and Trauma Services
Director of McLeod HeartReach
McLeod Regional Medical Center
555 East Cheves Street
Florence, SC 29506
Phone 843-777-2035
webmaster: roberta.patrick@rsfh.com