SDSNA Board Meeting conference call 11/29/11 minutes
South Dakota School Nurses Association
BOARD MEETING
CONFERENCE CALL 11-29-11
1. Meeting was called to order by President Marcia Potts at 3:04 pm MST. Members present on the call were: Marie Huether, Carrie Clarke, Gayle Bates, Susan Kelts, Randi Oviatt, and Marcia Potts.
2. Secretary’s report: The minutes were read and a change was made to say that for fundraising at our summer conference, things other than purses can be brought for auction.
3. Treasurer’s report: We received $231.00 from NASN dues. We paid out $189.00. $100 was for our annual NASN dues and $89.00 was for our last board conference call. It is noted that the conference calls save the board money rather than meeting in person because of travel costs. As of 11-22-11 the balance is $11,948.31. The balance of the CD is 7,083.34.
4. Director’s report: See attached. Susan has been working on the wording of the NASN position statement on sexual minority students and parents. The wording and statement has been controversial and has taken a lot of discussion and time. We currently have 46 members of SDSNA-NASN which is a 6% increase in membership. The NASN summer conference will be held earlier this year from June 23-26 in San Francisco. The next board of directors meeting is in Washington, D.C. in January.
5. President’s report: See attached. S.D. is still in first place in the Voices of Meningitis Challenge. We are encouraged to send in how we want to promote meningitis vaccine administration to the link on the NASN website. We are now partnered with Midwest Dairy to promote Fuel Up to Play 60. Marcia has been working on the SDSNA website and continues to have many issues. She will see if we can use the original company “Go Daddy.com”. We need to renew now. There have been cases of chicken pox in the West River area. This would be another good reason to promote immunization.
6. Committee reports:
a. Nominations: Susan Kelts-Presented a slate of officers: President elect-Gayle Bates, Secretary-Randi Oviatt, Treasurer-Denise Roman-Cramer. We will still need a Director. Susan will send out a job description via email to the members. Generally the is 2 days during the school year that would be meeting days and traveling 2 times a year. It is good PR for your school and is a fun job. The Director’s term is 4 years.
b. Website: Discussed previously in president’s report. Marcia will be working on this.
c. Legislative: Nurse’s day at the Legislature is Feb. 6 & 7. Two members from SDSNA will attend. Hopefully this will be the President and either the legislative chair or President-elect. These attendees will need to get their info in by Jan. 23 to attend.
d. Fundraising: Marie Huether-We will have several things available at the summer conference. We discussed items to be auctioned off, T-shirts(Carrie is getting a design), Lab coats, 50/50, silent auction, school nurse in-a-box, raffling off $100 towards free registration and raffling off a Kindle or Nook. We are hoping School Health will give something to all attendees as well as a door prize.
g. SNOTY: Julie Hanson Julie will need to get nomination form and information out to our membership by January. Susan will need to take Julie’s information and nomination form to National.
h. Program: Carrie Clarke-The summer conference will start on Monday night July 16 and will continue thru Tuesday July 17, 2011. On Tuesday night we will hold the Dinner and then be done after that. They are hoping to have sponsors for meals and breaks. There will be a booklet listing speakers and their credentials. The program will be emailed to the members and then a hard copy will also be mailed to members as well as anyone working in schools as a nurse. SDNA will also send out email to all of the SDNA members and Susan will take care of that. We will pay a $50 fee to one speaker only.
g. Membership: We are at a 6% increase in our membership with 46 members.
Old Business: Previously discussed.
New Business:
a. There has been discussion with the Board of Regents about a Technical Program in Nursing. It will need to meet their approval first. This is more like a program in Technical schools.
b. An Immunization Coalition has been formed in Sioux Falls. Carrie has been active in this group. The purpose of this group is to bring awareness and a mandate for certain immunizations. Carrie would like us to send letters of support for this coalition. There is a form letter to sign. Because this is a political issue, you may want to check with your supervisor or superintendent before signing. Dr. Candace Nelson will be presenting to the Department of Health.
c. The next board meeting will be April 17, 2012 via conference call. The summer conference will be held in Sioux Falls on July 16 and 17, 2012. The board will meet from 4:30-6pm and then will have dinner. The conference will start with a speaker from 7-8:30pm.
7. Adjourn-the meeting was Adjourned at 3:50pm MST.
Respectfully submitted,
Randi Oviatt, RN secretary
2011 School Nurse of the Year
2011 School Nurse of the Year Julie Hanson
The South Dakota School Nurses Association is proud to announce the 2011 School Nurse of the Year! Julie Hanson was surprised at an all school assembly by the students and staff of her entire building, Terry Redlin Elementary in Sioux Falls. Students in every classroom presented her with cards and flowers, showering her with appreciation and honor.
Nurse Julie shares the following about her history and career experiences. She became interested in nursing as a senior in high school as a natural extension of her love of science and biology. After graduating from the University of Iowa she worked as a surgical nurse, and then took some time off to raise her four children.
Nurse Julie went back to work for a developmental program operated by the Association for Retarded Citizens in Fort Dodge, Iowa. She did everything from giving medication, to physical therapy, to setting up special diets. When the law changed, Julie went to work for Arrowhead Area Education out of Fort Dodge, serving 9 counties. Because this was a new program, much time was spent writing and implementing policies and procedures.
Nurse Julie came to work for the Sioux Falls School District 29 years ago. She has worked in eleven different schools, and currently serves full time at the elementary level. Her biggest love is early childhood because that is where she first started.
Ask her what she loves about school nursing and the first thing she says is that no two days are exactly the same, she learns something new every day, and that, in the end, she really does make a difference in children’s and families’ lives.
What does Nurse Julie like the least about school nursing? Keeping track of the paperwork! Having electronic records has made tracking information easier, but someone still needs to enter it.
Nurse Julie plans on continuing to work as long as she remains in good health and continues to love each day. When she retires she hopes to work as a mentor for English Language Learners.
When asked for any final thoughts, Nurse Julie states, “School nursing is a wonderful opportunity to help children become knowledgeable about their own health and be able to make important life choices to live a more healthy life. Sometimes this happens as a planned lesson and sometimes one child at a time.”
Nurse Julie Hanson is a wonderful representative of our South Dakota School Nurses Association.
Do you know someone who is an outstanding school nurse? Applications are being taken on line for next year’s School Nurse of the Year. Winners will have their registration fee paid for to the National Association of School Nurses annual meeting in the summer of 2013.
Photo Roundup – Summer Convention
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- SDSNA Board members meet for Summer meeting.
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- Sandy Delak Past President of NASN gave a great presentation on School Nursing issues that effect SD and the power of numbers at the National level, also talked about the importance of making connections and partnerships to strengthen your nursing programs.
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- SDSNA members take an opportunity to visit with our vendors during a break. The vendors provided lots of valuable information and freebies to take back to our schools
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- Sheila Freed SDSNA Past President presented on “Being a Medical Island in a Sea of Education.” She gave ideas to market and support School Nursing in our SD schools even during the toughest of economic times. Ideas were shared on how to market to administrators, board members, and community members to note the importance of our school nurse profession and of our presence in the School Community. She stressed that “A child needs YOU to be part of the Crew” by being a team player, showing initiative, going to staff meetings, go the extra mile, and ask for what you need. Sheila stressed that having a year end report was also a very important part of being a leader, keeping track of everything you do during the year and have that report with you when you visit with thoses people in your district that are influential in making changes in your school district.
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- Julie Hanson from Sioux Falls School District was chosen for SD School Nurse of the Year and will have her registration to the National Convention in 2012 paid for as part of earning this award. Also pictured is Marcia Potts, current SDSNA President.
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- LaVonne Walker, School Nurse from McLaughlin, SD has been our Historian for many many years. As a board we voted to eliminate this position as most pictures and information will be available digitally and on our website. LaVonne has kept up scrap books of all of our past years as an assoication and those scrapbooks will be kept by the secretary. LaVonne will be continuing to work with our Board as she is active with the Fundraising Committee. Thanks go out to LaVonne for all her hard work in doing these scrapbooks, she has preserved a lot of memories.
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- Dr. Bob Eldredge, the Aberdeen School District School Psychologist, gave a wonderful presentation on ADHD. Other speakers included Crystal Hanson from the SD Division of Mental Health, with a topic of Suicide Prevention and other upfront mental health issues in our schools. Medtronic Diabetic company had a certified pump trainer who presented an overview of Insulin Pumps and how they can be helpful to our diabetic student population. The conference ended with our annual meeting and then a Motivational Speech by Linda Marchand who sent us away from the convention with uplifted spirits and on how to take some humor and fun into our workplace to ease stress and improve morale.
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- The Silent Auction is always a fun way to raise some funds for our assoication. The auction was open throughout the convention and ended on the last day, with many members taking home some fun prizes.
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- Beth Gustafson and Sandy Tucholke were the Co-Chairpersons for our Summer Convention in Aberdeen. They worked very hard to make this convention a success. They organized the location, meals, breaks and vendors. These ladies also arranged knowledgeable speakers to bring valuable School Health topics to the attendees. These ladies were recognized by the Board and some plants were given in appreciation of their hard work.
