Recently added articles from The South Carolina Nurse:
SCNA Annual Meeting
Jan 01, 2009; ... Members of SCNA met on October 25, 2008 at the South Carolina Archives and History Building in Columbia for the Annual Meeting of SCNA. The meeting was preceded by the annual meeting of each of the Chapters of SCNA. The Annual Meeting is in its third year as the governing meeting for all members ...
President's Column
Jan 01, 2009; ... Wow! I'm President of SCNA. Thank you to all who supported my nomination and will continue to provide support during my tenure. It is a great honor to be elected as your leader for Professional Nursing in South Carolina. I'm looking forward to the opportunities and challenges presenting in the ...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Jan 01, 2009; ... 2009, last year for single digits in this century. . .don't know why that hit me as I was writing it, but it did. One wonders where this year will lead. We certainly have had our share of excitement over the past months in this nation. An unprecedented economic disturbance in our world, an ...
Annual Meeting Adopts SCNA Legislative Priorities 2008-2010
Jan 01, 2009; ... The biennial presentation of the SCNA Legislative Priorities was proposed and passed at the Annual Meeting on October 25, 2008. These priorities form the basis for actions that are taken during the two year period in the policy and legislative arenas. The purposes of the Legislative Priorities ...
Time of Remembrance Honors Members
Jan 01, 2009; ... The annual Time of Remembrance was held at the SCNA Annual Meeting in October 2008. This is a special time set aside at each annual meeting to honor those who have died in the previous year. SCNA also presented these names for inclusion in the ANA Book of Remembrance in June. Those ...
SCNA Board of Directors Holds Annual Meeting
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Bylaws of SCNA require that the SCNA Board of Directors hold an Annual Meeting at some time during the year. This meeting was held immediately following the SCNA Annual Meeting on October 25, 2008. The chief purpose for the SCNA Board of Directors Annual Meeting is adopting a calendar for ...
Annual Meeting Passes Updates to SCNA Bylaws
Jan 01, 2009; ... This article is a brief synopsis of the changes made to the SCNA Bylaws during the Annual Meeting on October 25, 2008. A full copy of the Bylaws is available on the SCNA web pages, www.scnurse.org and is available for download from the web. Attendees at the Annual Meeting passed Bylaw ...
Annual Meeting Adopts Resolutions
Jan 01, 2009; ... SCNA members attending the SCNA Annual Meeting, October 25, 2008 took action to adopt a variety of Resolutions for action by SCNA. The full text of each Resolution may be found at www.scnurses.org where they are available for downloading. Just as the membership of SCNA reflects the wide ...
SCNA APRNs at the Kingston Plantation Resort in Myrtle Beach
Jan 01, 2009; ... The APRN Chapter held the 15th Annual Fall Pharmacology in Advanced Practice Conference this past October in Myrtle Beach. The event was very successful with 235 in attendance. The conference started with a Pre-Conference Event and the topic of the Pre-Conference was "Simple Officer Procedures ....
In Memory
Jan 01, 2009; ... The loving care and concern of SCNA is sent to Carrie Houser James at the death of her elder daughter, Gabrielle James on November 23, 2008 ...
Psychiatric-Mental Health Chapter
Jan 01, 2009; ... The PMH Chapter has been busy this fall. On Nov. 15, we sponsored a workshop on PTSD: From the Battlefield and Beyond. Our speakers were Peggy Grant, a nurse practitioner at the Dorn VA Hospital in Columbia and Fred Astle, a faculty member at USC in Columbia. They did a great job describing the ...
Piedmont District Chapter
Jan 01, 2009; ... The members of the Piedmont District Chapter are celebrating the well attended workshop, "A Matter of Size. . .A Universal Problem" on September 25, 2008. Since 1994 the district/chapter has presented a yearly workshop with the assistance of Nelda Hope from the Department of Education at ...
Membership Dues Deductibility for the SC Nurses Association Calendar Year 2008
Jan 01, 2009; ... Full Membership -ANA Portion of dues that is non-deductible is 31.44% for a figure of $42.13 of your full ANA dues of $134. -SCNA Portion of dues that is non-deductible is 46.6% for a figure of $60.58 of your full SCNA dues of $130.00. -Therefore, a total of $102.71 is ...
"Christian Science Nurses" Presented to State Board of Nursing
Jan 01, 2009; ... At the meeting of the State Board of Nursing on November 20, 2008, a presentation was made by Mr. Joel Orr representing Christian Scientists in South Carolina. Mr. Orr's presentation is a follow-up to the proposals made during the last General Assembly session to permit the use of the title ...
SCNA Official Call For Resolutions: All You Need To Know
Jan 01, 2009; ... Call for Resolutions Any SCNA member may research, write and submit resolutions for consideration by the 2009 SCNA Annual Meeting. Resolutions should be submitted in form for printing to the Reference Committee through SCNA at 1821 Gadsden St., Columbia, SC 29201. Resolutions are due by ...
New Look for South Carolina Nurses Foundation
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Board wishes to thank Nancy C. Cooper of Image Resource Group for working with us on a volunteer basis to develop our new logo. We hope you agree that this logo summarizes the scope of SCNF. South Carolina Nurses Foundation Announces 2009 Annual Campaign The South Carolina ...
A South Carolina Summit for Nurses March 10, 2009
Jan 01, 2009; ... Environmental Health Hazards in Your Workplace SCNA is hosting an Environmental Health Hazards in Your Workplace Summit on March 10, 2009 at Saluda Shoals Park River Center in Columbia South Carolina. The goals of this Summit are to: * Expand and deepen the involvement of ...
The American Nurses Association Announces Jacqueline Edwards to Join Board of Directors
Jan 01, 2009; ... SILVER SPRING, MD- The American Nurses Association (ANA) is pleased to announce Jacqueline Edwards, BSN, RN, will join its board of directors, as the director-at-large, staff nurse. "Jacqueline Edwards is a valuable addition to our board of directors. She has shown a strong commitment to ...
Nurses Voted Most Trusted Profession
Jan 01, 2009; ... SILVER SPRING, MD- For the seventh consecutive year, nurses were voted the most trusted profession in America in Gallup's annual survey of professions for their honesty and ethical standards. Eighty-four percent of Americans believe nurses' honesty and ethical standards are either "high" or ...
ANA's Longtime CEO Linda J. Stierle, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Announces Her Retirement from Full-Time Employment
Jan 01, 2009; ... Stierle to Manage a Smooth Transition SILVER SPRING, MD- After a long, accomplished tenure of more than eight years as Chief Executive Officer at the American Nurses Association (ANA), The Honorable Linda J. Stierle, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, is announcing her retirement. Since April 1, 2000 ...