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Spring is upon us. With “Old Man Winter” still breathing down our necks, I am reminded that Spring is not too far away as I see my daffodils are coming up, but the squirrels ate the crocus! It gives us great hope to the coming months!
The Program Planning Committee is working very hard, as they always do, to provide an interesting and informative conference. Remember this year and next our Annual Meeting will be in the fall. This is a change for the organization which we will evaluate to determine if it is meeting the needs of our members or not. This year Tucson, Arizona will host our meeting. Please visit our website for more information and reserve your room early.
Our committees are budding too! The newly formed Education Committee is very involved with obtaining provider status for awarding continuing education credits to chapters programs, our conference and the learning modules. The process to be a provider is very time intensive but the committee is working very diligently to accomplish this. There will be new and revised learning modules at the annual meeting: including the Geriatric Pain Assessment and Ethical, Legal, & Legislative Issues in Pain Management modules as well as our revised Pharmacology module.
ASPMN has also had the opportunity to be involved with the Emergency Nurses Association and six other organizations in developing a consensus statement for Procedural Sedation in Emergency Care Setting. This document, which is posted on our web site, outlines patient expectations as well as the tenets the collaborating organizations believe are the minimal requirements for procedural sedation in the emergency care situation. The consensus statement also provides definitions for terms in the statement as well as bibliography of clinical and organizational position statements and clinical practiced and research articles.
Don’t forget that in April we will conduct our annual election via electronic ballot. The nominating committee has been working hard to come up with a great slate of candidates for you to choose your ASPMN leadership. The election will take place in April so stay tuned to your ENews for more upcoming information.
I truly hope that you have weathered the winter well and are looking forward to spring as much as I am along with all the activities we have coming up this year.
-- Donna Cox, MSN, RN-BC, ONC, CCRC
ASPMN President
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