Any who are able to meet at Orofino’s 1/15/18 at 6:30 will be discussing and filling out nominations for awards to be submitted. Come with your ideas! General info for NPs will be found at the ‘Care for VA’ website Discuss philanthropy from the last meeting: Suicide walk/ support Mental Health America. Women’s heart month.…
Since we did not have a pharmaceutical sponsored dinner, we had a GoTo meeting for the board members instead. We discussed September annual renewals. We have 66 members presently which is less than previous, the board wonders how many NPs did not realize they were due to renew, or decided not to and now have…
Membership and recruiting was discussed. We have some new members but still know the majority of NPs in this region are not involved. At the state level, there is grassroots movement for membership and involvement for full practice authority. The legislative meeting will be held 9/11/17. Cathy will ask Moss Free Clinic if we can…
Our philanthropy project, Empowerhouse , is hosting a fund-raising ” pie social”. Groups or individuals can give donations which are designated by pie names. Our region will sponsor a “Whoopie Pie” level donation for $500.00. We will get four free tickets, and additional tickets can be purchased for $75 a piece. The local board will meet to…
The state conference is now accepting names for speakers for the next conference. Contact them with ideas. The conference will be in Reston VA 3/8-3/11/17. We now have 76 members, an increased amount of students and new members. Some NPs have been lost due to not knowing when their dues are. The VCNP is good…
We had a presentation by Cynthia Smith, DNP from Renal Consultants on Veltassa. Our board members elected in March to a 2 year term are: President: Cherie Wright President elect: Danielle Chellapoo Secretary: Piper Schlesser-Foresman Treasurer: Tiffany Simons Past president: Michelle Porthouse Gov Relations: Cathy Duncan Membership: Karen Hlywa Public Relations: Lisa Keel Nominations: Delisa…
1)The post-holiday gathering is reserved for 2/11/17 from 11-2 at the Idlewild Clubhouse. Michelle will look into Basilico’s/Wegman’s to cater. Advertising the canoli and fruit tray from Wegman’s and having Bellini’s was discussed. Michelle will sent an invite to all Fredericksburg members. 2)The Fredericksburg conference is set for 5/5/17 at the Fick Center 7:30-3. (7:30…
12/12/16 We have 4 speakers lined up for our May local conference. Dr. John Mclaughlan- Mindfulness; N.P. Elizabeth Wheatley-Mood disorders, treating bipolar disorder in primary care; Dr. William Anderson- Safe prescribing of Opiods for the PCP; Dr Fortunato- Why you need a colorectal surgeon. Other possibilities to provide a lengthier conference were- Dr Franchi or…
Happy nurse practitioner week! 11/13-11/19/16 is NP week, Congratulations to all of us! Tiffany presented our treasury report. Recent expenses included the board meeting dinner, and the banner which Hashani had made. It looks great with the VCNP emblem. We received $262 in dues. Karen from membership stated that 11 people were dropped of the…
10/10/16 meeting in Central Park. Update from the Board of Directors meeting: We are pursuing another bill for full practice authority again. We are working at taking away the requirement for collaborating MD language. Several regions are doing legislative meetings this fall. The Fredericksburg region decided against this since we met with our legislators at…
