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April 2008
The mission of the Alliance for Excellence in Hospice and Palliative Nursing is to serve as the unified voice in hospice and palliative nursing to integrate and coordinate end-of-life care with other members of the interdisciplinary team, to act as a visionary for specialty trending nursing issues, to be a primary resource fostering excellence in hospice and palliative nursing, and to advance end-of-life care for the benefit of the public at large.
Note:
Proceeds from the Registered Nurse and the Nursing Assistant Self Assessment Exams now benefit The Alliance. You can find the Registered Nurse and Nursing Assistant Self Assessment Exams (SAE) on the AMP Web Site. For further information on the SAEs
link
here.
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HPNA Awards
HPNA awards deadline is June 1, 2008. Link here for more award
information.
HPNA Clinical Practice Forum: Caring for People Who are Not Like Me
September 5-6, 2008
Pittsburgh, PA
Register Online for this event for additional savings.
Additionally, two pre-conferences are available on Friday, September 5, 2008.
Download conference brochure (pdf file).
2009 Annual Assembly Call for Proposals
The 2009 Annual Assembly sponsored by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association will be held
March 25 – March 28, 2009 in Austin, Texas.
The call for Clinically Based proposals opened on April 15, 2008 and the deadline for submission is
June 2, 2008. Proposals are submitted via the Internet on the AAHPM website.
Click here
Note: The call for Proposals for Research Based topics will be open
July 14, 2008 to August 18, 2008. A 3rd call for Professionals in Training Case Conferences will open in
October, 2008.
Year-Long Mentoring Applications Available
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine's College of Palliative Care (CPC) is currently accepting applications from nurses for the 2008 Year-Long Mentoring program that funds mentor/mentee pairs to focus on professional development in education, research, clinical care, and administration. The program is open to new mentoring relationships who will benefit from regular, in-person contact over the course of one year.
Please click on the following link for more information and an application form.
The deadline for applications is May 19, 2008. http://www.aahpm.org/about/yearlongmentorship.html
Generalist Clinical Review Train-the-Trainer workshops scheduled
Two Generalist Clinical Review Train-the-Trainer programs are scheduled:
1) Saturday, June 14th, 2008 at the Sheraton Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey
2) Saturday, September 20, 2008 Hyatt Regency, Dearborn, Michigan
The one-day workshop is for experienced hospice and palliative Registered Nurses who wish to become HPNA Approved Educators. Presented in a Train-the-Trainer format, participants will be taught facilitation skills to prepare them to teach the Clinical Review.
Link to Application
Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing: A Guide to Practice and Business Issues
As the specialty of Advanced Practice Hospice and Palliative Nursing evolves, so does the need for tools and mechanisms to help those entering the field. Many APNs are new APNs in practice rather than new practitioners to the specialty. The decision was made to develop this toolkit that an Advanced Practice Hospice and Palliative APN can use as a reference for business practice issues. It serves not only as a check list, but also a way to get a sense of the issues, the requirements, and the considerations of practice. In particular, it is written by APNs who are in the specialty and who have knowledge and expertise to help guide the practice of our colleagues from novice to experts. This item can be purchased from
HPNA online or by calling the National Office at 412-787-9301. Cost: $30.00 (HPNA members) or $35.00 (non-members).
Newest product: Practice Drivers
HPNA Practice Drivers help keep you up-to-date on evidence-based practice. They are summaries of research articles on a variety of clinical topics. Each article is succinctly condensed to give you just the information you need to practice. After the article summaries is a list of
Practice Points which recaps the "take to practice" points from the articles. A collection of three topics are selected each quarter and placed on a flash drive. Each topic is prepared as a PDF file which can be printed and shared with colleagues.
January 2008 is available now with article summaries of:
• Enteral Feeding in Patients with Neurogenic Dysphagia
• Management of Terminal Secretions
• The Use of Opioids and Sedation at End of Life
Click here to order this HPNA Practice Driver
HPNA Public Policy State Ambassadors Program
In June 2007, the Public Policy Committee (PPC) was asked by the HPNA Board of Directors to expand their focus to include policy issues at the state and national levels. A small PPC task force soon established the HPNA State Ambassador Program.
The goal of State Ambassador Program is to develop a group of HPNA members with interest/expertise in health policy who will:
• Follow and inform the PPC about critical policy issues at the state/regional levels
• Disseminate information about national policy issues to their constituencies
• Assist with policy advocacy efforts as directed by the Board of Directors and PPC
Link to Full program description, requirements, and application
Upcoming weekly teleconferences: Must pre-register; call HPNA at 412-787-9301
Professional Nurse End-of-Life Care for Veterans (Wed. May 14, 2008 12 noon ET).
Journal Club Communication Between the Nurse & Family Caregiver in EOL Care
(Wed. Apr. 16, 2008 3 pm ET)
Nursing Assistant Pediatric Pain Management (Wed. Apr. 28, 2008 3 pm ET)
Pain Special Interest Group
HPNA has received funding to begin a PAIN Special Interest Group (SIG). If you are an HPNA member and interested in joining this new SIG please contact email
SIG@hpna.org.
Conroe Area (Texas) Provisional Group
The Conroe Area Provisional Group is having a planning meeting on April 29th, 7-8pm at Montgomery County Library in Conroe, Texas. Interested HPNA members can contact Lucinda Perkins, 936-788-7707 (Work) or by email at
LPerkins@odsyhealth.com.
South Central PA (York area) Provisional Group
Our first meeting will be on Thursday, April 24th, 6:30PM – 8:00PM at the York Hospital Education Pavilion, Room 1030, 1001 S George Street, York, PA, 17403. Interested attendees can contact Diane Gerhart at (717) 851-3947,
dgerhart2@wellspan.org. Directions can be found by following this link:
Directions
Additional information on your JHPN mailing label
The mailing label on your Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing includes
"Renew mm/dd/yyyy" on the first line near the membership number. This month/day/year is your current HPNA membership expiration date. This is one more method we are implementing to inform members of the membership expiration date to encourage a timely renewal.
Newest posts on the HPNA website:
Link to HPNA Monthly Update
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National
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Awards
Opportunities await your and colleagues for "Certificant of the Year
Awards" at all four levels of nursing: advanced practice nurse, registered nurse, licensed practical/vocational nurse, and the nursing assistant. The annual award for each of these nursing levels recognizes the work of all nurses and nursing assistants who care for people with life-limiting illnesses. Visit our website
www.nbchpn.org for more details and nomination forms.
Positions on the Board of Directors and Examination Development Committees
If you are interested in the certification process and test development process submit an application for a position on one of the five Exam Development Committees: (APN, RN, LP/VN, NA and Administrator). Applications and more information is available on our website
www.nbchpn.org.
Link to NBCHPN Monthly Update
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Hospice
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Free Money
Most HPNF awards have the deadline of June 1. If you (or someone you know) can use scholarship money for education expenses, grants for research, Certification Exam fee reimbursement or extra funds for your HPNA chapter, spend a few minutes to apply for the corresponding awards, grants and scholarships offered by HPNF. All applications are available online or you can contact Laura Ristau, Director of Development, at 412-787-9301 or
laurar@hpna.org. We look forward to hearing from you!
HPNF 10th Anniversary!
Peek inside your annual appeal envelope scheduled to arrive in your mail box this month! Can you find yourself in the picture?
More Bang for Your Buck
Companies that offer matching gift programs can increase the value of your donation to HPNF by matching your gift.
One HPNA member, Debra Heidrich, stands out among all of our member donors. She has her annual gift working a double shift for HPNF! Debbie and her husband Bill sit down each year and plan out the gifts they want to donate throughout the year. Then they contact Bill’s company, LyondellBasell, and obtain the current information and donor form to complete. LyondellBasell then sends a check to HPNF matching Debbie’s original gift! It’s that simple!
In a telephone interview, Debbie confirmed how easy it is to set up the matching gift. She says it makes her feel good to know she is getting as she says,
"double my money!"
Does your spouse, partner, child or parent work for a company that matches employee gifts? If so, your gift to HPNF can also get more bang for your buck if you and your relative participate with a matching gift in 2008! Contact the Foundation Office to find out if a particular company matches employee gifts.
Mother’s Day Key to Your Heart Gifts
Honor your mother (or the woman you define as your mom) this year with the 2008 Lavender Key to Your Heart gift case! For a $20 donation to HPNF you can support hospice and palliative nursing and give your mom a lovely memento of your love for her. The beautiful heart, the cute gift box, the three keys tucked inside, and the enclosed gift tag, all for just $20! Shipping included!
Three easy ways to order: Phone: 412-787-9301, Mail order, and Online.
See the HPNF webpage for more information, pictures, and how to order Key to Your Heart gifts.
Click here to make a donation to HPNF
Link to HPNF homepage
NCP Quality in Palliative Care Award
The National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care (NCP) announced the inauguration of the NCP Quality in Palliative Care Award, a program designed to recognize organizations performing superior work incorporating the NCP’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care (http://www.nationalconsensusproject.org) into their palliative care services.
"While many organizations in the United States have used the NCP’s Guidelines and the National Quality Forum’s Preferred Practices to improve the care they provide, others have yet to do
so," said Betty Ferrell, RN, PhD, FAAN, Chair of the NCP. "The NCP award is timely given other initiatives recently introduced, including the Joint Commission’s Certification for Palliative Care Programs, which recognizes palliative care programs that make exceptional efforts to improve delivery of
care."
Application deadline is September 1, 2008. For more information contact Ken Zuroski by email at
kenz@hpna.org or phone 412-787-1002.
Link for further information
April 16, 2008 - National Healthcare Decisions Day
The National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) Initiative is a collaborative effort of national, state and community organizations committed to ensuring that all adults with decision-making capacity in the United States have the information and opportunity to communicate and document their healthcare decisions. For additional information about National Healthcare Decisions Day, visit
www.nationalhealthcaredecisionsday.org.
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