Welcome Med-Surg Nurses
The North Texas - Chapter 205 of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses would like to welcome you to our regional website. Please visit again soon for updates on events, meetings, news, articles from our regional members, and much more. Thank you for visiting.
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It’s Almost Summer!
A dash of spring flowers, a cup of summer breezes, the smell of late evening showers, all add up to a recipe for lots of smiles and happy thoughts. As we turn our thoughts to a little “me time,” let’s contemplate on the finer values in our lives. Make time “to be” with your family, take overdue naps and late evening walks. RESURRECT your “free spirit.” As we look forward to summer and then fall, recall how each new season refreshes, uplifts and motivates us to yet again be the BEST that WE CAN BE! Nursing is our profession! It’s a part of us that is always there to fill our days with the ability to provide a need that only a true professional can give. So, as you look forward to great summer days and some “me time,” take time to CONTEMPLATE on the PASSION that first bought YOU to NURSING. Relive the JOY, the PRIDE, the EAGERNESS you felt when you received your nursing pen, 1st “professional” stethoscope or 1st paying RN job! Refresh yourself this summer and “Raise the Bar!” Take pride,! Have joy! Regain your eagerness for Patient Care!
Joyce
North Texas Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses
Our Fall 2007 CMSRN review course is nearing. Ensure your spot. Here's the details:
When: Friday and Saturday September 7th and 8th, 8am-4:30pm, with late registration at 7:30am on Friday.
Where: Presbyterian Hospital - Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX 75231
Faculty: Theresa Posani, MS, RN, CNS, CMSRN |
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National Disaster Life Support Training |
The situation on the world stage today has brought into sharp focus the heightened concerns for security and public safety. Disasters of all Types - natural and man-made, intentional and unintentional - mandate efficient and cohesive interoperability within the healthcare community. First responders, EMS providers, law enforcement officers, physicians, nurses, allied health providers, public health officials, hospital staff and community leaders require a common framework to prepare for, recognize, and respond to disasters.
Disaster Training Courses – 2 Locations & Different Dates
CEUs Available |
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Webcast: A New Look at the Old |
Discharge to home from any setting is a time fraught with a sense of urgency for staff and excitement and anxiety for patients and those who are or, will be, their caregivers. For staff there is copious information and instructions to impart. For the patient and caregivers, there is much to absorb. But there’s also a great deal more surrounding this transfer of care that healthcare providers don’t always know or consider.
View this 30-min webcast video and expereince a unique perspective – experience and advice from caregivers and recipients about what you need to know in order to maximize their outcomes after discharge. Assessing and understanding the capacity of caregivers to provide necessary care, as well as helping them to establish a network of resources and support to maximize their effectiveness, is as important as teaching about medications and physical care of their loved one.
The video guides the viewer to national and state-based resources that support the caregivers and care recipients, as well as providing a fuller perspective about considerations to include in planning for discharge.
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Our 2nd Quarter membership meeting featured Dr. John Carlo and Dr. Don Read discussing West Nile Virus: 2007. Featured in this series, you will find a number of articles, resources, and presentations to educate yourself and others on this deadly virus. |
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Is YOUR name listed? Contact NTAMSN, NOW! |
We are unable to read all information to allow mailing of your CE certificate from the Feb. 15, 2007 presentation of "Best Nursing Practices: Are You a Falling, Rising or Shooting Star?"
Contact Joyce Winbush, ASAP @
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We want you to get your CE Certificate! If you know someone on this list, please alert them. Your cooperation is very much appreciated!
NTAMSN Leadership
* Baird, Becky (Dallas, TX)
* Cahn, Karen (Ft. Worth, TX)
* Dunlap, Mary (Princeton, TX)
* Garren, Patsy (Mesquite, TX)
* Hawkins, Paula (Rowlett, TX)
* Mohan, Trudy (Mesquite, TX)
* Thibideaux, Hyacinthe (DeSoto, TX)
* Thompson, Debra (Allen, TX)
* Washington, Hattie (Cedar Hill, TX)
* Wu, Sharon (Richardson, TX)
* Yu, Grace (Dallas, TX) |
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Transforming Care at the Bedside |
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Transforming Care at the Bedside: Developing a M/S Bedside Care Model
Abstract
In 2003, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), through a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), launched an investigation to study and develop one or more bedside care models to be used on medical and surgical units, labeled the “Transforming Care at the Bedside” (TCAB) project. Using methodologies such as idealized design, brainstorming, small tests of change, rapid cycle change processes, as well as design themes, 13 pilot sites are testing, adapting, adopting, or abandoning a multitude of new design components for delivering patient care. The purpose of this article is to share our experiences associated with the TCAB innovative process.
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A Salute to Nurses for National Nurse Week |
Your North Texas Chapter of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
"The Medical, Surgical and Adult Health Nurse is a valued health care
professional and a vital part of the health care continuum committed to
leadership, quality care and advocacy for patients, their families and the community in which they live and work." AMSN Vision Statement, 1990
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3M OFFERS NEW INFORMATIVE WEBCAST AND FREE CE CREDIT FOR CLINICIANS:
"Balancing Skin Health and Medical Adhesives Using the S.P.A.R.E. Process"
Health care workers who use adhesive products will learn how they can reduce skin irritations or injuries using a methodical approach called S.P.A.R.E. and receive one free CE credit to US participants who view the entire Webcast and complete the survey at the end.
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Master the four stages of management: Stage 1
Managers go through predictable stages as they assume leadership. Each stage has its challenges, growth, and development implications. If you're a manager, where do you fall? We'll review the four stages in the July through October issues of Nursing2006 SDU so you can learn what to watch for at each stage and what to do.
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Subject: Please take a moment to go to the website and support this bill...Mastectomy Hospital Bill in Congress, If you know anyone who has had a mastectomy, you may know there is a lot of discomfort and pain afterwards. Insurance companies are now trying to make mastectomies an OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE! Let's give women the chance to recover properly in the hospital for 2 days after surgery. This is so important and it only takes 2 seconds to do, so please take the time and do it right now really quick and send this to everyone in your address book. If there was ever a time when our voices and choices should be heard, this is one of those times. There's a bill called the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act which will require insurance companies to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients undergoing a mastectomy. It's about eliminating the "drive-through mastectomy" where women are forced to go home just a few hours after surgery, against the wishes of their doctor, still groggy from anesthesia and sometimes with drainage tubes still attached. Lifetime Television has put this bill on their web page with a petition drive to show your support. PLEASE!! Sign the petition by clicking on the web site below. You need not give more than your name and zip code number.
http://www.lifetimetv.com/health/breast_mastectomy_pledge.html
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