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MISSOURI EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION

MEETING MINUTES Date: November 5th, 2016 Time: 10:30 am – 3:00 pm

Location: Lake Regional Medical Center, Osage, MO

AGENDA TOPIC & DISCUSSION ACTIONS/FOLLOW-UP 1. Call To Order:

The meeting was called to order at 1032, Sharon

Trumbly, MOENA President presiding

Chapter delegate roll call taken and delegates confirmed

Quorum verified by Joan with 16 voting delegates in

attendance. Delegate voting cards distributed

Introductions complete with no disclosures noted

2. Approval of Minutes:

Motion to approve August meeting minutes by David,

2nd by Joan. Minutes approved.

Informational

3. Treasurer’s Report: Presented by Helen

3 months of reports discussed

General Assembly expenditures

Do Attend – Helen and David attempted to contact and

pay

o Address is in India – Helen sent check

o Bills being received from 2015 that were

originally being sent to Larry

o Email address on file – missouriena@gmail.com

(David has password)

Pay Pal – set up by Larry’s email

o may have to be cancel/close

Year-end report due by January 15th, responsibility of

2016 Chapter Treasurers

Motion to approve made by Carol, 2nd by Gordon.

Treasurer’s report approved.

2016 Chapter Treasurers

are to submit year-end

reports by 1/15/17

CHAPTER REPORTS ACTIONS/FOLLOW-UP

Central Chapter: Gordon

October – Annual Emergency Nurses update with 20

participants

Annual Emergency Nurses Day Dinner sponsored by

Eliquis

Membership drive – one renewal and a lifetime

membership

Chapter Officers Elected:

o President – Amy Harrell

Submit Chapter reports to:

lmerritt@sehealth.org

DRAFT

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o Secretary/Treasurer – Gordon Rogers

o Delegates – Amy Harrell, Donna Pond, and Bill

Stephens

o Alt. Delegates – Carol Nierling and Amy Bowen

Discussed scholarships for Annual Conference next year,

looking for guidance or suggestions

September – Friday night lights in Eldon, stroke FAST

cards given out public service announcement at football

game to promote stroke awareness

Meet the 3rd Thursday of the month either in Columbia

or Jefferson City.

Crescent Chapter: Chris

Officer Elections:

o President – Donna Hughes

o President-elect – Karen Scott

o Treasurer – Chris Hoag-Apel

o Secretary – Elizabeth Wright

o Delegates – Chris Hoag-Apel, Karen Scott,

Donna Hughes

o Alt. Delegates – Elizabeth Wright and Michele

Heger

Continue to work on calendar for 2017:

o Artwork has been selected

o Each month focusing on injury prevention

o Freeman Health System’s marketing dept has

offered to help make the calendars for 2018 due

to distribution

Also looking at decks of playing cards with safety tips

printed on them to distribute at local safety fairs and

other events – contacting local ED and trauma

physicians to help fund projects

Several Crescent Chapter members participated in the

Lowe’s Safety Fair September 10, 2017. A booth was set

up that provided information about distracted driving

and Halloween safety.

Planning has begun with National for EN17 in St. Louis.

Members offered to start recruitment for attendance at

the event and for volunteers to help during the event.

This was Joan Wilson’s last meeting as she is retiring

next month. We wish her the best and will certainly miss

her

The next meeting will be January 9, 2017 at Freeman.

Kansas City Chapter: Cie

CEN Review with 22 participants

Annual awards banquet with 80+ participants

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TNCC outreach, served critical access hospitals with 12

participants

Norene, David and Angie are almost complete for state

faculty for KC

Ozark Chapter: David

Officers elected:

o President - Jaime Dahm

o Pres-Elect: Meredith Scott

o Secretary: Chandra Hazen

o Treasurer: Cheri MacCulloch

Smores in the park for October

Both Cox and Mercy continue to host TNCC/ENPC

courses monthly, with Cox trialing the one day TNCC

renewal

Next meeting in November

Awards Dinner in December

Annual Spring Conference in March, looking for

speakers. March 3rd at the Library Center in Springfield

St. Louis Chapter: Joan

Meets monthly with 2 recent dinner meetings with

speakers

Sponsoring village in Haiti that was affected by

hurricane

TNCC course next weekend

Planning Christmas meeting

SEMO Chapter: Lori Merritt

Met last month

Struggle with attendance

2017 Officers Elected:

o President – Jason Merritt

o President-elect – Lori Merritt

o Treasurer – Carla Crump

o Secretary – Amy Gibbs

Need to submit delegates to

Joan by February meeting –

3 delegates with 2

alternates

COMMITTEE REPORTS ACTIONS/FOLLOW-UP

Achieves & Records:

Will be combined with communication committee

Awards & Recognition: Trina

2016 Accomplishments

o Dinner – Heroes in Scrubs Theme and remained

within budget

2017 Goals and Strategic Plan

o Similar plan as 2016, considering options for

dinner

o Remain within budget

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Communications/Archives and Records Report:

Archives and Records – nothing to report

Communications: 2016 Accomplishments

o Heartland Chapter removed from website

o Began cleaning up site – removing old

information and updating with newer

Communications: 2017 Goals and Strategic Plan

o Cleaning up site – more user friendly

o Separate link for archives

o Chapters to upload minutes to website

National recommends using state website versus

individual chapter sites

Need original map that

excludes Heartland – Gail

to send to Jeanne

Each chapter is to upload

meeting minutes – contact

Jeanne for access

Newsletter: David

2017 Goals and Strategic Plan:

o Central Line to be included under

Communications Committee

o Central Line – needs information

o Quarterly edition

o Continue cleaning up website

Submit information to

David

David will submit deadline

for information and dates

of distribution

Compliance & By-Laws:

2016 Accomplishments:

o Bylaws and policies reviewed, revised and

updated

21 policies total – few from National that must be

followed

o Elections Policy – New for 2017

Officers to be nominated in the 2nd

Quarter to allow committee time to

review

Elections to be held in 3rd quarter

2017 Goals and Strategic Plan:

o Meet more frequently due to amount of

responsibilities (delegate/chapter monitoring)

Course Ops: Helen

2016 Accomplishments:

o Administrative procedures updated for

TNCC/ENPC

All instructors need to acknowledge

State faculty:

o Must attend 50% of state and 50% of chapter

meetings

o Maintain quality score of 3.0 or above

o In order to check of people

Observe and teach an instructor course

o Instructor for at least 2 years

New learning platform

State Faculty need to send

Helen updated email

addresses to update website

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2017 Goals and Plan:

o State Faculty to cover entire state:

Some will be in mentorship until faculty

requirements are met

Joplin - ENPC/TNCC faculty are Chris

and Sharon

Springfield - ENPC/TNCC faculty are

Gail and Jamie B. with Chandra in

mentorship

Columbia – ENPC/TNCC is Donna

STL – ENPC/TNCC are Helen, Joan, Jan

and Judy

Kansas City – ENPC/TNCC is David.

Angie is TNCC only, but will bridge to

include ENPC. Norene is TNCC with

plans to bridge to ENPC

ANCC

o Sponsorship no longer required

o Disclosure slides updated on course directors

only section

o Commercial support agreement still required

New scantrons being sent out

Education: Pat

2016 Accomplishments/report

o Post course evaluations reviewed

Mostly positive

Room temperature (cold) was only

negative

o Conference budget

Included awards cost

Laura’s honorarium half to go back to

state and half to STL chapter

Large contribution due to vendors

2017 Goals and Plan:

o Increase attendance to MOENA Conference by

25%

o Diversify educational offerings with special

events and lecture presentations

o Increase attendance from state chapters by 10%

o Maintain integrity of budget

o Expand CEU offerings to other disciplines

o Increase utilization of sponsors and vendors

o Continue to explore combining for 2018

o Conference to financially support self

2017 Conference:

o Sim Wars – Coordinating with MU

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Charge for each team

Winner receives trophies

Up to 12 teams

o May 18 and 19

o May 17 preconference - CPEN review

o Vendors moved from hallway to foyer of hotel

o ENA-opoly with vendors

o Human relations or public relations for city of

conference location – group or organization to

assist as a charitable event

o The Kitchen in Springfield - help with homeless,

works with veterans and youth

Building new facility – nurse will have

designated location with need for supplies

and equipment

Speakers identified to include National President

o Needing speaker for Sepsis and Neuro/Neuro

Trauma

o Brochures to identify credit category and number

of credits – trauma, stroke, sepsis, peds, and etc

Nursing and EMS continuing education credit will be

available

Emergency Preparedness: Chris

Conferences all over state

Helen, Chris, and Gail recently attended conference

sponsored by MHA on Invisible Yet Prevailing Threats

Preparing for: Floods, earthquakes, and violence

SEMA catalog of available courses – free of charge

Anniston, AL – consider MOENA trip, only cost would

be time off from work

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Finance:

2016 Committee estimated expenditure report shared:

o Education expense includes:

Conference and awards – needs to be

separated out in 2017

o Miscellaneous – includes lunches for state

meetings

Reimbursement Requires:

o Expense report, receipt and email from chair will be required in order to receive

reimbursement

o Recommendation made to amend current policy

or add procedure

2017 Goals and Plan - Budget:

o Discussion regarding course operations budget

and expenses

Recommendation for funds to cover

monitoring courses throughout year

Recommendation to increase budget to

increase funds available for outreach

education

Recommendation to consider grants or

scholarships for specific ENA produces

courses such as GENE

o Discussion regarding Annual Conference

Includes costs for delegates

Joan asked at National if States

reimbursed volunteers – answer was that

no other state provided funds

Motion made by Gail that active (as

defined by attending 50% of State and

50% chapter meetings in the past year)

State Council members who agree to

work/volunteer a minimum of 4 hours per

day at the 2017 Annual Conference

should be compensated for their time at a

per diem rate, 2nd by David.

Discussion/recommendation for delegates

to receive full amount budgeted and to

consider payment for time spent working,

however, National only allows

reimbursement for receipts provided

Motion amended by Pat to include active

chapter members in addition to active

state council members, 2nd by Jaime, 8

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votes in favor, amended motion does not

pass.

Original motion passed

o Marketing/PR budget will include:

Marketing for General Assembly

National shirts, buttons, pens to sale,

delegate shirts, giveaways and committee

shirts

Governmental Affairs:

Participated in nurse advocacy and day on the hill

2017 Goals and Plan:

• Increase visibility

• Sponsor a chapter member to attend nurse

advocacy

IQSIP: Chris

MODOT has increased signage related to texting and

distracted driving

Marketing supplies/items available but limited

Marketing/PR:

Reported in Finance/budget report, nothing additional to

report

Membership:

No new members for November

New members have joined the committee

2017 Goals and Plans

o Increase membership by 5-10%

o Welcome letters to be sent to new members by

state and local chapters

o Revising letter sent to expiring members

36 members on the unassigned chapter list

National Conference:

Sharon is now Chair with Joan as co-chair

State council active membership will be members of

committee

Conference call with National, no new information

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Next conference call will be in January

Nursing/Advanced Practice:

2016 Accomplishments:

o Collaborated partnership with the Missouri

Nurses Association NP Committee on language

on the Community Paramedic legislation

o Letter of support for EMSA during the comment

period

2017 Goals and Plans

o Updates on key issues and resources for ED

nurses

o Quarterly reports to state council

o Liaison with MONA – shared issue and CE

Parliamentarian: Joan

Request made to talk one at time, raise hand and await to

be recognized

Nothing new to report

ON-GOING/UNFINISHED BUSINESS

ACTIONS/FOLLOW-UP

Bylaws:

Presented at May meeting and posted online

o Discussion regarding format of copy online –

difficulty identifying updates vs original, no

color coding on online copy

Bylaws accepted

National News & Updates:

No update

NEW BUSINESS ACTIONS/FOLLOW-UP

Strategic Planning 2017-2019: Sharon Trumbly

Sharon to type summary and send out

Announcements-Recognitions-Kudos:

Jan’s niece, Captain in Air Force Reserve is on the front

of the ENA Connection

Kelli Carr KC Chapter Educator of the Year and Angie

nominated for ER Nurse of the Year and Trina

nominated for Manager of Year

Helen and Joan asked to join the National STN

Education Planning Committee

Sharon to send out

electronically

Open Discussion:

Motion made by Pat to extend meeting times to end at

3pm, 2nd Jaime. Motion passed

2017 Meeting Dates and Times:

o Feb 25th

o May 19th - 1430 at DoubleTree in Springfield,

MO

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o August 19th

o November 3rd and 4th

Adjournment and Next Meeting:

Next meeting is February 25th, 2017 at 1030 at Lake

Regional

Adjournment at 2:17 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Lori Merritt, RN, MSN, CFRN

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Attendance at MOENA State Council Meeting—November 5th, 2016

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Attendance at MOENA Strategic Planning—November 4th, 2016