CBSPAN Executive Board Meeting
Baltimore District Report
President: Karen Hoskins
VP/President Elect: Susan Dorsey
Secretary: Bobbie Ellrich
Treasurer: Gail Lauer-Miller
Past President: Gail Lauer-Miller
Committees:
Nominating: Craiganne Baird
Sue Villones
Programs: Susan Dorsey
Jean Judge
Scholarship: Kathleen Painter
Michele Joynes
Connie Gull
Governmental Affairs: Pat Speilman
Membership: 136
Meetings:
February 3, 2004- PANAW Week Celebration/ Dinner Meeting: “Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia” sponsored by Glaxo Smith Kline at Morton’s
March 17, 2004- “Regional Anesthesia”, Joshua Leifer MD, at Franklin Square Hospital
April 27, 2004- “Pain Management”, sponsored by Ortho McNeil~ Dinner Meeting at Courtney’s Café
May19, 2004- “Pediatric Emergencies”, Donna Fuller at Carroll County Hospital
June 15, 2004- “COX2 Inhibitors”, sponsored by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, speaker Dr. Tarantino~ Dinner Meeting at Kali’s Court
Ways and Means:
50/50 Raffle at monthly meetings
Cook Book sales to begin in spring
Dinner Meetings
Goals:
· Provide educational offerings for Baltimore District membership
· Increase membership and encourage participation at monthly meetings by mailing reminder post cards to membership
· Submit nominee for Excellence in Clinical Practice Award 2004
· Plan Winter and Summer dinner meetings to provide an opportunity for education, networking and fundraising
· Review and revise Bylaws for Baltimore District
· Provide Educational scholarships based on point system
· Encourage representation from Baltimore District CBSPAN at Nurses Night in Annapolis
· Encourage PeriAnesthesia Nurses to become CPAN/CAPA cerfified
· Provide recognition to certified PeriAnesthesia Nurses
3 Dinner Meetings have been offered to membership 2004
PANAW Week was celebrated by over 60 nurses this year. Certified PeriAnesthesia Nurses were presented with a corsage and acknowledged at the dinner. All attendees were given tote bags by the vendor and a PANAW logo measuring tape by the district.
A nominee has been selected for Excellence in Clinical Practice Award- Linda Cherney, RN from SurgiCenter of Baltimore
Several Baltimore District representatives attended Nurses night in Annapolis
4 Baltimore District Members will be partially funded for attendance at National Conference 2004
Member bring a guest campaign – (January- November 2004) Any member that brings a guest to a meeting (excluding dinner meetings) will have their name and their guest put in for a drawing for one year ASPAN membership or renewal.
Respectfully Submitted,
Karen Hoskins, RN CPAN
Baltimore District President