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Quarterly publication direct mailed to approximately 10,000 RNs and LPNs in Ohio Volume 13 | Number 2 | April 2020 and delivered electronically via email to 260,000+ RNs and LPNs in Ohio Legislative Update What’s inside this issue? ONA Members Get CE for FREE! Pages 4-5 Page 18 COVID–19 ONA Response Last week the Ohio Nurses Association held a special town hall for nurses across the state regarding the COVID-19 crisis. Please visit https://ohnurses.org/coronavirus/ for the most up to date information. CALL TO ACTION Jessica Dzubak MSN, RN against serious diseases such as COVID-19. Medical working. Drastic measures are being taken across grade masks and respirators, such as N-95, are the state to conserve and even re-use this necessary There is no question that these are unprecedented essential to protecting our nurses and healthcare equipment as Ohio braces itself for more COVID-19 times. Nurses and other healthcare providers are colleagues against the spread of disease. cases each and every day. overwhelmed with gratitude at the outpouring of We understand times are hard and the challenges love and support from their communities. In times we face now are frequently likened to war. But now What You Can Do of crisis, the support and appreciation shown by our more than ever we must continue to fight for the As ONA member and advocate Rick Lucas said in communities means everything. safest available equipment and reserve things like a recent national interview on CNN, if you want to help It is no secret that hospitals and other care homemade masks as an absolute last resort. nurses during this difficult time, “put down your sewing institutions are experiencing a massive shortage We know COVID-19 is now community-spread, machine and call your elected official.” of personal protective equipment (PPE), including meaning it is transmitted via the air and surface Campaigns from our national partners, American gowns, gloves, eye protection, masks and respirators. contact regardless of travel history. Homemade masks Federation of Teachers (AFT) and American Nurses This poses a significant threat to both healthcare can serve as a barrier for community members who Association (ANA) urge President Trump to enact the providers and their patients. This equipment is the have to go out to the grocery store or the pharmacy. Defense Production Act now. only barrier protecting those on the frontlines from Our healthcare providers, who are exposed to not only Each day we waste is one more day our nurses are contracting contagious diseases such as COVID-19. COVID-19 but other dangerous diseases, need the full without the needed equipment to keep themselves, One of the ways the community has stepped up to support and protection of medical grade equipment. and their communities, safe. assist healthcare providers has been to begin crafting Personal protective equipment should not be homemade face masks. While this is an incredibly considered a luxury for healthcare providers, yet these kind gesture, homemade masks are largely ineffective are the conditions in which our nurses are currently Non-Profit Org. Inside this Issue U.S. Postage Paid Princeton, MN Permit No. 14 Ohio Nurses Association Events ........... 2 Ohio Nurses Mourn the Passing of current resident or Ask Nurse Jesse ...................... 3 Representative Don Manning .......... 13 Message from ONF Chair ............... 3 Climate Change Part 2 .................. 14 Legislative Update ................... 4-5 CE4Nurses: Same Name, More Value ..... 18 Climate Change Part 1 ................. 6 Unbelievable Heroism ................. 18 ONA Member Benefits ................. 19 Page 2 Ohio Nurse April 2020 OHIO NURSE OHIO NURSES ASSOCIATION The official publication of the Ohio Nurses Foundation 15th Annual Nursing Professional 3760 Ridge Mill Drive Events 2020 Development Conference Hilliard, OH 43026 September 11, 2020 (614) 237-5414 Nursing Professional Development Location: The Quest, Columbus, OH Certification Prep Course Web site: www.ohionursesfoundation.org May 21-22, 2020 Labor Institute Articles appearing in the Ohio Nurse are Location: OCLC Conference Center, Dublin, OH September 13-14, 2020 presented for informational purposes only and Salt Fork Lodge, Cambridge, OH are not intended as legal or medical advice Nurses Choice Luncheon and should not be used in lieu of such advice. 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Articles appearing in this publication express the opinions of the authors; they do not necessarily reflect views of the staff, board, or membership of ONF. April 2020 Ohio Nurse Page 3 ASK NURSE JESSE MESSAGE FROM ONF CHAIR I had already written my message for this issue but decided to save it for a later edition so I could send some thoughts regarding the COVID 19 pandemic. As I think about the situation we find ourselves in right now, I vacillate between denial and feeling overwhelmed. I’m a college administrator so my days have been filled with making sure students are getting what they need remotely and trying to find solutions for our Nursing and Allied Health students to complete their required clinical hours so they can graduate on time and get out into the workforce. I’d characterize the challenges I’m facing right now as a dilemma that with some creativity Susan Stocker, RN and cooperation, will work out. But for those of you who ONF Chair are on the frontlines of patient care, it’s a totally different reality. You are putting your lives and your family’s lives on the line every day to care for others. I think the word “hero” is over-used. Heroes are noted for courageous acts; someone endowed with great strength or ability; a person who, in the face of danger, combats adversity. Staff nurses are heroes everyday they go to work. But under the current conditions, you are super-heroes. I know you are being asked to carry on under extraordinary circumstances. As you know, ONF is Submitted Question: funding research on Moral Injury. Unfortunately, I fear we will have many, many Can an LPN stage pressure ulcers? stories of how the system has failed us. I recently announced that we are cancelling the Nurses Choice Awards luncheon. This is the year we probably needed to celebrate more than any Answer: other. We will plan an extra special celebration for next spring. In the meantime, According to the Ohio Board of Nursing: we will need to celebrate remotely. To those of you on the front lines, I can’t “The response to your question depends upon what is meant by thank you enough. Take care. Be well. “staging the wound.” Section 4723.01(F), ORC defines the practice of nursing as a LPN and includes “providing to individuals and groups nursing care requiring the application of basic knowledge of the biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences at the direction of a licensed physician, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist, chiropractor, or registered nurse.” Chapter 4723-4, OAC, addresses the LPN’s role in the ANA COVID-19 Workplace Survey nursing process that includes the collection of objective and subjective The COVID-19 pandemic puts nurses on the front line, and data relevant to the client’s health status.