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June 2007 In
June 2003, discussions began with representatives of HPNA,
NBCHPN and HPNF, and a consultant to discuss how we could
collectively move forward to have a greater impact on
communicating the value of providing excellent nursing care at
the end of life for all Americans. Our unified vision is
to ensure that all persons become aware of the impact of those
with hospice and palliative nursing care knowledge and expertise
and their ability to deliver high-quality end-of-life care.
The desire to achieve this purpose has lead to the formation of
the 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.
HPNA
Clinical Practice Forum Nursing
education is not standardized across the nation in terms of
hospice and palliative education.
Recognizing this fact, the HPNA Board of Directors has
recommended creating Clinical Practice Forums.
The first forum will be held at the Hilton Hotel in The
Pre-Conference on Friday, September 7, offers up to 3.5 contact
hours and includes a workshop on Navigating Through
Establishing/Updating Goal of Care
by Virginia Valentine, MS, RN, CHPN, which provides a discussion
of the new 2008 Conditions of Participation requiring stronger
documentation of the measurement of care delivery. In addition,
a workshop will be held on B.O.A.T.I.N.G: Before Offering
Another Treatment Identify New Goals,
which is a one-act educational play by Jill Bixby, NP, MA, BSN,
providing insight into the benefits and burdens of treatment at
the end of life. Jill
received the 2007 HPNA Innovation in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Award for this project. Click
here for additional information and Registration Generalist
Clinical Review Train-the-Trainer Workshop HPNA
is planning a Generalist
Clinical Review Train-the-Trainer
workshop for Saturday, August 18, 2007 at the This
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. An
application is required to attend the workshop.
Applications can be downloaded
here or obtained by calling the National Office at
412-787-9301. 2008
Annual Assembly Call for Proposals The
2008 Annual Assembly sponsored by the The
call for Proposals for Research Based topics will be open
June 15, 2007 to July 16, 2007.
Proposals are
submitted via the Internet on the AAHPM website. Click
here A
3rd and final call for Professionals in Training
Case Conferences will open in the fall 2007. Advanced Practice Nurse No
teleconference in July. Clinical
Nursing
No
teleconference in July. Journal
Club Maslow's
Hierarchy of Needs: A Framework for Achieving Human Potential in
Hospice (Wed. June 20, 2007 3
pm ET) Nursing Assistant How
to Handle Agitated Demented Patients
(Wed.
June 27, 2007 3 pm ET) Cultural
Diversity Special Interest Group (SIG) HPNA,
in response to the membership request, is initiating a Cultural
Diversity Special Interest Group. If you would like to be
part of this listserv, please notify Diana Wagenhofer at dianaw@hpna.org
Seeking
Cultural Experts In
response to your feedback from the Cultural Diversity survey
conducted in January, 2007, HPNA has set up a Cultural Library
in the Members Only section. We have already posted
several items of value thanks to the gracious willingness of San
Diego Hospice to share their resource list. We would also
like to provide a list of cultural experts that would be
available for members to email questions to when information is
needed. We have commitments already from Jewish,
Philippino, Native American and Latino cultures. We are
currently seeking experts for Chinese, Asian American, Polish,
Tongan, Vietnamese, Hmong, Spanish and African American
cultures. If you are willing to serve in this capacity or
know of someone else who may be willing to serve in this
capacity, notify Judy Lentz at judyl@hpna.org
Hospice
and Palliative Nursing Researchers on the website HPNA
is pleased to announce the new listing of Hospice and Palliative
Care Nursing Researchers on the website under the "Research"
menu item. The list includes the researchers name, website
and a short description of their program. Click here to see
the list. If you are a researcher and would like to be
included on the list, please contact Dena Jean Sutermaster at denajeans@hpna.org. Notification
of Membership Expiration Beginning
with the July, 2007 renewals, notification regarding expiration
of the HPNA membership will change to the following:
New posts
on the HPNA website:
The
next certification examination will be held on Saturday,
September 15, 2007. Deadline
for application to be received at Applied Measurement
Professionals is August 1, 2007. Electronic
Certification Newsletter for 2007 NBCHPN®
is transmitting their Certification Newsletter electronically.
Please be sure that your email address remains current
with the NBCHPN® database to ensure that you receive
email notification as to when the newsletter will be posted on
our website for viewing. We do not want our certificants to miss
out on any exciting NBCHPN® news! If your email
address has changed please send your current email address to dawnz@hpna.org.
Two-fold
Goal of 2007 Annual Member Appeal The
2007 Annual Member Appeal began May 1, 2007 with
letters sent out to the membership.
The drive ends December 31.
This year, the Foundation has two goals
for the appeal: to increase the number of member
donors proving “The more, the merrier!”, and
to increase the amount given by previous donors.
New donors are asked to contribute a
minimum of $21 representing the 21st
Year of HPNA and the 21 awards, scholarships and
grants overseen by HPNF this year.
Previous donors are encouraged to
increase their giving by stepping up to a higher
dollar amount.
May
Results: In
the month of May we had 84 new donors!
Nineteen out of 34 previous donors
increased their contributions in the same time
period! It
is easy to make your 2007 Annual Member
Contribution.
You can donate online at www.hpnf.org
or call Laura Ristau, Director of Development,
at 412-787-9301. Reminders ©
Key to Your Heart Cases ©
Available
online at www.hpnf.org
for $20.00 donation. ©
Registered
Nurse Self Assessment Exam (SAE) Available on
AMP Web Site
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