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Members in the News...... 2 It is hard to believe the or enterprise, as we have the power to mentor and year is drawing to a close. influence future generations of nurses to care, serve, On one hand it feels as if it and do scholarly work. CEO Column...... 3 has been the longest year We must work both as individuals and together ANCC...... 3 ever, yet on the other hand, to advocate for our profession, our patients and it seems as it has raced by communities. We can lead initiatives, and be South Carolina Nurses Association with phenomenal speed. healthcare innovators. We have shown the world New and Returning Members ...... 4 So here we are with the what nurses can do during a global pandemic. It is holidays upon us, in a year not the time to pause, but to keep moving forward. New SCNA-Only Members...... 4 that defies understanding. It is my belief, that as the pandemic has Member Get a Member Rewards...... 4 With so much focus on progressed, the face of nursing has changed. Membership Made Easy ...... 5 the daily case count and The profession is visible and outspoken. Although Save the Date 2021 Calendar ...... 5 problems associated with Kelly Bouthillet masked, we are not quiet. Advocating for nursing Take Advantage of YOUR Member Benefits. . . . 6 the pandemic, so many first, so that patient care is not compromised. around us have tuned out and grown tired. We too, I am immensely proud of the work we did this year. Annual Meeting / Election have grown weary. We as nurses have the weight of We raised our nursing voice loudly to let our leaders SCNA Virtual Annual Meeting...... 7 the world on our shoulders; putting on brave faces, know that we did not have what was needed to care 2020 Annual Meeting of the SCNA Board of listening to the ranting and noise, while we hold the for patients. And they heard us. Directors...... 7 hands of the dying, offer words of encouragement This year, when the unthinkable played out for the and are endlessly compassionate. world to see, we renewed our commitment to care ANA News This, the year of the nurse has thrust nurses into for all patients and speak out against inequities and Formal Letter to Biden-Harris Transition Team. . 8 the spotlight, while not of our choosing, we have injustices and to uphold the Code of Ethics. given face to the pandemic alongside of our clinical Although it may not have been what I envisioned SCNF...... 9 partners. The public may not know our names, for my first year as president, it has been a year of but they know who we are. We are registered and active learning, advocating and deep self-reflection. South Carolina 2021 General Assembly...... 10 advanced practice nurses. We must take great pride It is my hope that the membership knows that I have in this. humbly served and truly advocated on behalf of Despite the various challenges this year has South Carolina. SCNA Chapters brought, it has also has been one of inspiration! We I am focused forward. Even as we know there State of South Carolina Governor’s Proclamation. 11 have learned to work and stay connected through may be uncertain days ahead, I am confident that digital and virtual means. Advanced practice nurses the more than 65,000 nurses in South Carolina will News You Can Use: have learned to incorporate telehealth into their continue to raise their voices and lead us into the Saving for Retirement and a Child’s practices, while nurses at the bedside use digital future. Education at the Same Time...... 12 means to connect patients and families, quite Our mission for SCNA as we move into 2021 will Nursing Lessons Reinforced from the quickly in effort to provide timely care to patients. be to carry forward our commitments from this year. Other Side of the Bed ...... 13 Additionally, SCNA held its first Virtual Annual • We will focus on adapting our goals to meet Membership Meeting this past fall. the constraints of the pandemic but remain South Carolina Department of Labor, There have been great struggles this year, such connected to our members and beyond Licensing, and Regulation...... 14 as the need for personal protective equipment, • We will remain committed to increasing addressing racism, implicit bias in healthcare and membership and be the voice for all nursing in reinventing nursing programs during a pandemic, South Carolina just to name a few. Despite these enormous • We will remain committed to increase challenges, the interest in bedside and advanced awareness and promote health equity within in practice nursing remains high. This is an important our profession and our communities moment for us all - no matter our current career path President’s Message continued on page 2 SAVE THE DATE Presort Standard US Postage PAID 2021 State Convention & Permit #14 Princeton, MN current resident or 55371 Annual Membership Meeting October 14 -16, 2021 Sonesta Resort Hilton Head PAGE 2 December 2020, January, February 2021 – The South Carolina Nurse WWW.SCNURSES.ORG

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The SCNA Nominating Committee has called Any SCNA member may research, write and for member suggestions for the 2021 election. submit resolutions for consideration by the 2020 Nominations are due May 1st. SCNA Annual Meeting. Resolutions should be In 2021, members will elect: submitted in form for printing to the Reference Committee through SCNA at 1301 Gervais Street, Secretary/Treasurer Suite 802, Columbia, SC 29201. Resolutions are Commission Chair-Public Policy/Legislation due before May 1, 2021. 2021 Board of Directors Commission Chair-Professional Advocacy and – Kelly Bouthillet Development Guidelines for writing and submitting resolutions President can be downloaded from http://www.scnurses. President-Elect – Angela Dykes org/?SCNAAnnualMeeting Current Officers Eligible to run again: Secretary/Treasurer – Cheryl Fieldhouse Cheryl Fieldhouse Coleen Kennedy Commission Chair – Public Policy/Legislation – Jessica Stricklin 2021 OFFICIAL CALL FOR SUGGESTED SCNA Chapters will also hold elections for: Commission Chair – Professional Advocacy Vice Chair SCNA BYLAW REVISIONS and Development – Coleen Kennedy Secretary/Treasurer Please consider this the official call for any Director, Seat 1 – Jada Quinn suggested SCNA bylaw revisions for consideration SCNA Chapter Ballot will be with the SCNA Director, Seat 2 – Vacant at the 2021 SCNA Annual Meeting to take place Ballots for those SCNA members who are also this Fall. A full set of current SCNA Bylaws can be APRN Chapter Chair (Ex-Officio) – Nakita Barnes signed up as SCNA Chapter members. Nominations obtained via the SCNA web site at http://www. Nurse Educator Chapter Chair may be submitted at the same time as nominations scnurses.org/?Bylaws All proposed revisions must (Ex-Officio) – Lynne Hutchinson for SCNA officers. All nominations are due to SCNA be submitted to SCNA before . Please by May 1st, 2021. May 1, 2021 Psychiatric-Mental Health Chapter Chair forward to: (Ex-Officio) – Kim Gilmore Note that both the nominator and nominee for SCNA-Bylaws Committee Women and Children’s Health Chapter Chair the SCNA 2021 elections must be SCNA members 1301 Gervais Street, Suite 802 (Ex-Officio) – Vacant in good standing. Call SCNA at 803-252-4781 if Columbia, SC 29201 – Bethany Ghent you would like more information on any of these SNA-SC President (Ex-Officio) FAX (803-779-3870) positions. SCNF President (Ex-Officio) – Deborah Hopla Go to www.scnurses.org to fill out a nomination CEO and Lobbyist – Judith Curfman Thompson form. The link to the nomination form can be located under “About SCNA” on the “Elections” page http:// Executive Assistant – Rosie Robinson www.scnurses.org/?page=SCNAElections President’s Message continued from page 1 The South Carolina Nurse (ISSN 1046-7394) is • Continue legislative and health policy initiatives published quarterly every March, June, September, • Maintain, strengthen & build partnerships December and by the South Carolina Nurses Association, between SCNA and other organizations for a constituent member of the American Nurses common causes Association, 1301 Gervais Street, Suite 802, Columbia, Members in SC 29201, (803) 252-4781, website: www.scnurses.org. I ask that you reflect on what you can do in your Subscription fees: Members $2 per year included in dues workplace, your community and within SCNA to as a membership benefit, Institutional subscriptions, $40 improve how healthcare is both accessed and per year. Single copies $10. the News delivered in South Carolina; especially during the pandemic. Consider joining a chapter and Readers: Send address changes to South Carolina contributing in an area of clinical expertise. Nurses Association, 1301 Gervais Street, Suite 802, As always, your SCNA leadership is here for Columbia, SC 29201. Congratulations to Kahlil Demonbreun, of you. Please reach out and let us know how you are Orangeburg, has been inducted as a Fellow into the doing. Get involved! And let us work together for our For advertising rates and information, please contact American Academy of Nursing. Kahlil is also the profession and our patients! Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc., PO Box NPWH 2020 Inspiration Award winner for Practice. Wishing you and your loved ones, a safe and 216, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613, (800) 626-4081, Congratulations Kahlil! [email protected]. SCNA and the Arthur L. Davis healthy holiday season. Submit information for Members In the News Publishing Agency, Inc. reserve the right to reject any by emailing [email protected] Be sure to advertisement. Responsibility for errors in advertising is Sincerely, indicate Members In the News in the subject line. limited to corrections in the next issue or refund of price ~Kelly Bouthillet DNP, APRN, CCNS, ACNP-BC of advertisement.

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What a year this has been! Filled with November 13, 2020 tremendous changes in the lives of all of us. Judith C. Thompson, IOM SCNA moved the office Chief Executive Officer staff to their homes in South Carolina Nurses Association order to carry on the work 1301 Gervais Street Suite 802 of the organization. The Columbia, SC 29201 SCNA Convention had to be cancelled due to the Dear Ms. Thompson: inability of the hotel to The American Nurses Credentialing Center Pathway to Excellence Program® is pleased to handle our group safely announce that Tidelands Health Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina has and to accommodate the Judith Curfman achieved the prestigious Pathway to Excellence redesignation. Pathway recognizes excellence in number of participants that Thompson positive practice environments and ensures that nurses are empowered, engaged, and have a strong we normally have at our voice in their practice. To achieve the credential, organizations must demonstrate the enculturation of meetings. Trust that we will be up and running again six Pathway Standards essential to an ideal nursing practice environment: Shared Decision-Making, in 2021 for our next convention. Leadership, Safety, Quality, Well-being, and Professional Development. Members were furloughed by their institutions, The Pathway to Excellence journey is a rigorous process that includes submission of narratives and educational institutions closed for a time, and yet, it an invitation to all nurses in the organization to participate in a confidential online survey. There are was expected that institutions that I still call hospitals now 196 elite organizations nationwide and from 6 countries outside of the U.S, that have earned this be open and ready to care for the thousands that global distinction. You should be proud to share with your constituents that Tidelands Health Waccamaw were arriving to need care. In many cases nurses Community Hospital is one of them! were asked to return to bedside nursing from all On behalf of the Commission on Pathway to Excellence as well as the Pathway Program Office, we the myriad other ways nurses serve the healthcare would like to congratulate and thank YOU for promoting practice environments that support, value, and needs of the population. SCNA had many calls from enable nurses to thrive within your state as exemplified by Tidelands Health Waccamaw Community members and non-members alike filled with fear Hospital! about the changes…fear that they would not be able For your convenience, attached is a congratulatory message template we encourage you to use in to fulfill the needs of patients, and just plain fear of your newsletter or press releases to showcase the excellent healthcare organizations within your state. this new and deadly virus. Sincerely, As usual, nurses responded and did what needed to be done! Whether it was massive testing of the terrified residents of SC, or even moving out of state to assist other states with their huge needs, SC Christine Pabico, PhD, RN, NE-BC nurses came through. Director, Pathway to Excellence® Program I truly lost count of the number of inquiries that American Nurses Credentialing Center SCNA had from all kinds of media about the issues the COVID raised for the public. SCNA was able to fill all of the requested appearances and interviews. The President of SCNA, Kelly Bouthillet deserves all of the thanks that we can share with her for her truly wonderful response to all of the interviews that she was requested to do….while continuing to work in her SCNA Annual Meeting own practice. So that was then…we are now at a place that is The SCNA shall hold an annual meeting of the before the meeting. The Annual Meeting is open to all truly the unknown. SCNA will continue to work to membership at such time and place as shall be members of SCNA. ensure that nurses and nursing are recognized for determined by the Board of Directors. All members SCNA's Annual Meeting for 2021 will be called to the extraordinary work that they provide for all of of SCNA who are in good standing are eligible to order at 6:40PM October 14th, 2021 at the Sonesta us every day…in “easy” times and in those that are attend this meeting and to vote on all matters coming Resort Hilton Head in Hilton Head Island, SC. more difficult. My thanks also go to Rosie Robinson for all of the work that she has continued to do, working in her kitchen. It has been quite a time for her! As usual, she has done all really well! Meanwhile, may you have time to rest, time to play, time for joy and time to prepare for the next year of our lives together, 2021! ONWARD!

As a nurse at CarolinaEast Health System you can work in a variety of units utilizing the latest technology with a focus on patient care. Registered nurses are highly valued members of the care team, and are provided conveniences such as electronic charting and medication scanning right at the bedside. Raise a family in lovely New Bern, North Carolina, close to both the ocean and mountains. Come for your career, stay for the people you will serve and the relationships you will develop. Care and We are looking for nurses specializing in: Concern of SCNA is sent to the family of Gwen Felton At least $5,000 sign on bonus for experienced full-time nurses Relocation up to $5,000 for qualified candidates who died on To learn more about our opportunities or to apply, visit jobs.carolinaeasthealth.com/nursing. November 28, 2020. PAGE 4 December 2020, January, February 2021 – The South Carolina Nurse WWW.SCNURSES.ORG South Carolina Nurses Association New and Reinstated SCNA/ANA Members August 10, 2020 – November 18, 2020

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SCNA/ANA Benefits Some of the many great services, discounts and Professional Tools Resources opportunities you will access as a member of SCNA/ANA: CINAHL Essential Nursing Resources • Regular hours • State retirement and The LARGEST Discount on initial ANCC Certification – SCNA/ANA members save $$$ on initial certification. Drug Name Error Finder Tool ANA Pubs Archive • Career advancement investment options The LARGEST available discount on ANCC re- Global Disease Alert Map ANA Principles PubMed Citations ANA Foundation • Vacation/sick leave and • Flexible work schedules certification – $$$ for SCNA/ANA members. Documents paid state holidays in some areas WWW.SCNURSES.ORG The South Carolina Nurse – December 2020, January, February 2021 PAGE 7 Annual Meeting / Election South Carolina Nurses Association Virtual Annual Meeting October 15, 2020, 6:40 PM-7:40 PM

Report of the meeting SCNA Election Results The first ever SCNA Annual Meeting held virtually took place on October 15, 2020 at 6:40 PM. The SCNA Board meeting was held at exactly the original time that it was planned for, even though it was virtual rather Representative to the ANA SCNA President-Elect & Representative to the ANA than Face to face. Membership Assembly Representative to the ANA Membership Assembly The Meeting was called to Order by President (SCNA President) Membership Assembly Cheryl Fieldhouse Kelly Bouthillet. Board members and Chapter Chairs Kelly Bouthillet Angela Dykes were introduced. The Agenda and Standing Rules were established. A quorum was established. The number of votes needed was established. President Kelly Bouthillet delivered the President’s Address. Reports were given by the SCNA Treasurer, the SNA-SC President and the SCNA CEO. Other reports that were mentioned were also found in the Annual Book of Reports of SCNA. Each report was also in the Annual Book of Reports of SCNA. The Proposed 2020-2022 Legislative Priorities were presented and adopted. SCNA Director Seat 1 SCNA Nominations SCNA Nominations The work of the SCNA Chapters was brought Jada Quinn Committee Chair Committee Member forward to the membership. Cathleen Crowley-Koschnitzki Amy Gallozzi The Final activity was the Report of the Tellers and the Declaration of the Election. The results of the elections are published here. For the Good of the Order featured special thanks to Mary Wessinger for her many years of leadership in the area of Continuing Education. Mary will continue as a member of the CEAC. Tushara Rhodes was introduced as the incoming Chair of the Continuing Education Provider Committee activity of SCNA. She is an experienced leader in this arena. SCNA is fortunate to have her in this role. The Annual Meeting of the Members of SCNA was adjourned. SCNA Director Seat 2 SCNA Nominations Committee Member 3, 4, & 5 none elected none elected 2020 Annual SCNA Chapters Meeting of the APRN Chair APRN Member At Large APRN Member At Large Nakita Barnes Dwayne Alleyne Jaime Cuff SCNA Board of Directors October 15, 2020

The Annual Meeting of the SCNA Board of Directors was held as required by the SCNA Bylaws. The meeting took place immediately following the Annual Meeting of the SCNA Membership. This meeting was also done virtually. The Meeting was called to order and a quorum Nurse Educator Chair Nurse Educator Member At Nurse Educator Member At was present. Large Large The Proposed SCNA Calendar for 2021 was Lynne Hutchison presented for adoption. The motion to approve Stephanie Davis Kari Mau the proposed calendar was made and properly seconded. The approval by the members of the Board was unanimous. The calendar will be shared with members. For the Good of the Order: The 2021 budget will be established during the meeting of the Board of Directors in December of 2020. Rosie Robinson, SCNA’s Executive Assistant commented that the virtual meeting seemed to have gone well. The meeting was adjourned.

PMH Chair PMH Members At Large PMH Members At Large Kim Gilmore Vanessa Thompson none elected WCH Chair none elected WCH Member At Large none elected WCH Member At Large none elected PAGE 8 December 2020, January, February 2021 – The South Carolina Nurse WWW.SCNURSES.ORG ANA News Formal Letter to Biden-Harris Transition Team

November 12, 2020 said they are required, or encouraged, to reuse single-use PPE, such as N95 masks. Sixty-two percent of these respondents said they feel unsafe using President-elect Joseph Biden decontaminated respirators. ANA does not support the use of decontamination Vice President-elect Kamala Harris methods as a standard practice; however, we have acknowledged this is a crisis 1401 Constitution Ave., NW capacity strategy. The Association recommends that Congress engage with the Washington, DC 20230 U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding the need to expeditiously research the effectiveness of various decontamination methods for the reuse of PPE by Dear President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris, nurses and other health care professionals. We also urge additional oversight to On behalf of the American Nurses Association (ANA), I would like to offer ensure a return to best practices as soon as possible. you our most sincere congratulations on winning the 2020 election. As the first Black American male president of ANA, I am personally touched to see another Health Care Disparities ethnically diverse ticket and the first female who will become Vice President of We urge the Biden Administration to review current policies and the United States. It is truly a historic victory. regulations to ensure that these policies provide access to quality care Nursing represents the largest health care profession with over 4.2 million and work to address health care disparities in future rulemaking. registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in Black Americans, as a group, are burdened by a number of disparities the United States and ANA is proud to represent the interests of all nurses. We affecting their health and survival. Alongside the COVID-19 pandemic, we have would welcome the opportunity for an open line of communication with you and the crisis of maternal mortality. Alarmingly, Black women are 3-4 times more your domestic advisors as your Administration embarks on addressing America’s likely than white women to die in childbirth or of pregnancy-related causes.2 health care challenges. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black people are In addition to our COVID-19 work outlined below, ANA has been a proud more likely to report not being able to see a doctor in the past year because of supporter of the Affordable Care Act, as well as many other health care issues cost, and are also more likely to report fair to poor health status than whites.3 of importance to your Administration. ANA stands ready to work with the Biden Mental health disparities are documented and equally troublesome.4 Administration to tackle the health care issues facing our nation, including the ANA believes there are multiple policy levers to eliminate or reduce health COVID-19 pandemic, addressing social determinants of health, racial disparities, disparities for all people. Our Principles for Health System Transformation5 calls as well as rebuilding our nation’s public health infrastructure. for expanded access to care through universal access to coverage and other steps to improve the quality and affordability of health care. We also believe COVID-19 and Personal Protective Equipment policymakers must consider and account for an adequate health care workforce It is imperative for the Biden Administration to develop a national of the future. The nursing workforce can play a tremendous role in efforts to strategy for the deployment of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and create a more equitable health care system. Nurses provide the type of care develop a sustainable supply chain system. Additionally, Executive Orders and coordination that can help people manage their chronic conditions, including and Emergency Guidance that put health care providers in danger of links to community resources they need to be healthy. RNs and APRNs are often contacting COVID need to be reviewed and rescinded as the supply chain the backbone of health care delivery in rural and underserved areas, providing of PPE improves. access to primary care, maternity care, and prevention. These roles should be While COVID-19 has created challenging times for all frontline providers, strengthened through meaningful reforms. we salute our nurses during what has become an extraordinary year. At the Expanding the minority health care workforce would be one of the most beginning of this pandemic, the United States saw nurses and other frontline meaningful steps we could take to improve access and health care in ethnic health care professionals confronting a shortage of PPE by making their population groups. We know that positive patient experience and trust in health own masks or using trash bags for make-shift gowns. Because of the unsafe care providers can be powerful drivers of health outcomes. In my experience, working conditions, some made the difficult choice to leave their jobs to protect people of color may be more likely to engage and seek care from a provider of their families and themselves. Others developed emotional and psychological color. The National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses6 recently reported issues, suffered severe physical ailments from contracting the coronavirus and an increase in the minority nursing workforce between 2008 and 2018. This is tragically more than 1,000 nurses have died providing care worldwide.1 This is encouraging, but there is a long way to go. ANA recommends increased funding unacceptable. in minority nursing education, to develop a workforce that is more reflective of Despite hopes that strong mitigation and containment actions in our the patient population. That would include a focus on certified nurse midwives, communities would reduce the severity of the coronavirus outbreak, the nation so we can change the outcomes on maternal health. is currently seeing a third wave in COVID-19 cases. Presently, PPE is not being provided in the quantity or quality that is required for nurses to safely care for Strategic National Stockpile/White Paper Brief patients. While health care facilities are reporting adequate supplies of PPE, While ANA understands the PPE crisis is the result of multiple factors, our nurses are reporting that is because of using emergency standards to have including shortages of raw materials, a global need for equipment, and them reuse and decontaminate PPE. The decontamination processes are being growing PPE needs as the country and schools reopen, we believe that more approved by Emergency Use Authorizations and have not been backed up by must be done by both the federal and state governments to better deploy this data to determine safety or how many times they can be decontaminated before protective equipment. While states certainly have a role in ensuring access to PPE integrity is diminished. care, more needs to be done to enhance the federal/state partnership to ensure To closely and consistently monitor nurses’ access to PPE, ANA has deployed transparency and equitable access to safe and quality protective equipment for several PPE-specific surveys, including three that were conducted between health care providers. March and August of this year, as well as one that is currently in the field. The To achieve this goal, ANA submitted detailed recommendations to Chairman findings of these surveys are outlined below, but the topline takeaway is that Lamar Alexander and the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) there has been little to no change in our members’ access to sufficient quantities Committee in response to the Chairman’s white paper request, which is of safe and effective PPE since the beginning of the pandemic in the United summarized below.7 States. • To make sure health care providers are never again left with a PPE ANA’s August survey on access to PPE received 21,000 responses. Forty- shortage, Congress should request an annual report on the state of two percent of respondents reported PPE shortages in their facility, and 88% the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) with respect to PPE, vaccines, medicines, and other supplies. The report must include when items are expiring and what items need to be replaced. When items are approaching expiration, they should be donated to underserved medical facilities such as federally qualified health centers, rural hospitals, and clinics based on need. • Health care facilities should be required to report monthly on their levels of these items so the agency in charge has up to date information on where shortages may be most acute in the early stages of an emergency. A formulary should be developed by National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on what levels of PPE, vaccines, and other supplies health care facilities should have in their own stockpiles. Manufacturers of these items should also be reporting on production and capabilities. American Renal Associates • The federal government must take appropriate steps to plan coordination efforts. Many states will not have the resources or expertise to carry Join the dialysis provider where patient care comes first. out preparations or coordination without federal assistance. Hospitals Opportunities for new or experienced RN’s throughout and facilities with more capital will most likely benefit while rural and underserved areas will suffer. There have been instances of states and South Carolina. health care systems in competition with one another to procure PPE and essential supplies. The federal government needs to help states prepare by taking steps to ensure they are not pitted against each other when it comes Fax resume to Brittany Winter to resources. • The federal government needs to do more to incentivize and prioritize at efax 978-232-0876 the manufacturing of PPE, medications, and other supplies in the United WWW.SCNURSES.ORG The South Carolina Nurse – December 2020, January, February 2021 PAGE 9 ANA News

States, even if that means carrying out production itself. We cannot Congratulations on winning this hard-fought and groundbreaking election. allow our citizens to be put at a health risk because businesses view ANA looks forward to working with you and your Administration to improve our manufacturing elsewhere better for their bottom line. More production in nation’s health care system. If you have any questions or need a resource, the United States will also help the U.S. economic recovery. please contact Sam Hewitt, ANA’s senior associate director for Policy and Government Affairs at (352) 219-6584 or [email protected]. Since the beginning of this pandemic, ANA has called on federal officials to increase the supply of PPE. ANA will continue to do so because nurses, Sincerely, other health care professionals, and essential workers must have the proper equipment to protect themselves and take care of our communities. We have specifically urged the Trump Administration to use the Defense Production Act more aggressively to increase the domestic production of medical supplies and equipment desperately needed by front line health care personnel. With the rise in cases in this third wave, the Administration and Congress must continue to increase and incentivize the domestic production of medical supplies and equipment that meets medical, safety, and quality criteria desperately needed by front line health care personnel. Ernest Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN President Vaccinations The American Nurses Association (ANA) supports the development cc: Debbie Hatmaker, PhD, RN, FAAN, Acting CEO and Chief Nursing Officer of safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines along with equitable distribution of vaccines to stem the spread and impact of COVID-19 and other illnesses ANA is the premier organization representing the interests of the nation’s 4.2 across the nation. million registered nurses, through its state and constituent member associations, Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the race for a vaccine is underway organizational affiliates, and individual members. ANA members also include and moving at an unprecedented pace. Vaccines are critical to the control and the four advanced practice registered nurse roles (APRNs); Nurse practitioners prevention of infectious disease transmission. Given its role as the voice of the (NPs), clinical nurse specialists (CNSs), certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) and nation’s nurses, ANA has established key principles to guide nurses and other certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs). ANA is dedicated to partnering health care professionals’ consideration for COVID-19 vaccines.8 The nation’s with health care consumers to improve practices, policies, delivery models, nursing workforce will play a critical role in education of the public and the outcomes, and access across the health care continuum. administration of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines. When safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines are made available, ANA 1 https://www.icn.ch/system/files/documents/2020-09/Analysis_COVID-19%20 strongly recommends that nurses are prioritized to be vaccinated according to survey%20feedback_14.09.2020.pdf current recommendations for immunization of health care professionals by the 2 https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/pregnancy- CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).9 This will be relatedmortality.htm necessary to build public trust in the vaccines developed for COVID-19. 3 https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/aahealth/index.html As frontline providers and patient educators, the public regards nurses 4 https://www.samhsa.gov/homelessness-programs-resources/hpr-resources/ as stewards for ethical, credible, and evidence-based information about the study-reveals-mental-health-disparities status of COVID-19 vaccines, and the importance of immunization. ANA urges 5 https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/health-policy/health-system- Congress and the Biden Administration to be transparent in its COVID-19 reform/ vaccine distribution plan and to consider recommendations from frontline 6 https://bhw.hrsa.gov/health-workforce-analysis/data/national-sample-survey- workers on how to allocate successfully.10 The federal government must provide registered-nurses state and local public health agencies and jurisdictions sufficient resources 7 https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/work-environment/health-safety/ and funding to support mass distribution and administration when a COVID-19 disaster-preparedness/coronavirus/june-3-2020-prac-grant/june-26-ana-letter- vaccine is approved and available. to-chairman-alexander/ All nurses and health care professionals must receive consistent information 8 https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/work-environment/health-safety/ and ongoing education from their employers, credible public health agencies, the disaster-preparedness/coronavirus/what-you-need-to-know/covid-19-vaccines/ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other trusted sources about COVID-19 9 https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults/rec-vac/hcw.html vaccine trials and approval processes. This is non-negotiable and imperative 10 https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/work-environment/health-safety/ for nurses to help educate the public. Nurses in all practices and settings have disaster-preparedness/coronavirus/what-you-need-to-know/legislative-and- a long history of being involved in widespread education on the importance of regulatory-advocacy/august-19-2020-letter-to-operation-warp-speed/ vaccine administration. When nurses are informed, they can then share reliable information with their patients, dispute widespread misinformation, and influence opinions about COVID-19 vaccines among the public. For these reasons, ANA maintains that nurses must be involved now, early in the process. Public awareness and education are essential when any new vaccine is introduced. With a growing “anti-vaxx” movement and the complex factors in the current environment the need for clear, credible information from trusted SCNF sources is more important than ever. Nurses are key in disputing misinformation and combating negative associations and skepticism among the public about COVID-19 vaccines and immunization.

General Health Policy Interests SHOW YOUR NURSING PRIDE!!! As the largest professional nursing association, ANA's membership includes SUPPORT NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS!!! nurses who practice in every subspecialty within the profession for both RNs and APRNs. In addition, they also work as hospital administrators, in academia, as GET A LICENSE PLATE!! scientists, and as healthcare industry business leaders. This diversity provides for a long list of health policy interests for ANA, including: • Protecting and expanding the Affordable Care Act • Improving nurse staffing levels in facilities and unsafe mandatory overtime practices • Properly funding America’s public health infrastructure and workforce • Properly funding nursing education • Addressing workplace violence in health care and social service settings • Maternal Mortality • Expansion of Telehealth services and payment parity • Mental health and substance use disorders • Scope of practice • Addressing health care disparities amongst all communities • Workforce supply and demand focused on economic, demographic, and The Nurses Care Specialty License Plate Initiative was created in 2002 geographic trends to provide an opportunity for nurses and the supporters of nursing to make a • Continue increasing ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic diversity within the contribution to the profession and to increase the public's awareness of the workforce contribution of nurses. "Nurses Care" specialty license plates are available • Population health from the Department of Motor Vehicles. The proceeds are used to fund both • Infection prevention graduate and undergraduate scholarships. Please go to this website to • Veterans’ health care purchase your “Nurses Care” license plate: • Home Health, Hospice, and Long-term Care • Provider parity and nondiscrimination by health plans http://www.scdmvonline.com/Vehicle-Owners/License-Plates/Plate-Gallery • Current and future public health challenges • Removing unnecessary barriers to increase access to care PAGE 10 December 2020, January, February 2021 – The South Carolina Nurse WWW.SCNURSES.ORG South Carolina 2021 General Assembly

The 2021 General Assembly will be meeting The Honorable J. Thomas McElveen, III District 35 The Honorable William M. “Bill” Chumley District 35 beginning in January of 2021. This is a complete list The Honorable Mia S. McLeod District 22 The Honorable William “Bill” Clyburn District 82 of the Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate in South Carolina. This information The Honorable Harvey S. Peeler, Jr District 14 The Honorable Gilda Cobb-Hunter District 66 can also be found online at the General Assembly The Honorable Luke A. Rankin District 33 The Honorable William Scott Cogswell, Jr District 110 website, https://www.scstatehouse.gov/ The Honorable Rex F. Rice District 2 The Honorable Neal A. Collins District 5 Members of the Senate The Honorable Ronnie A. Sabb District 32 The Honorable Bobby J. Cox District 21 Session 124 (2021 - 2022) The Honorable John L. Scott, Jr District 19 The Honorable Westley P. “West” Cox District 10 By Last Name The Honorable District 41 The Honorable District 68 The Honorable Brian Adams District 44 The Honorable Nikki G. Setzler District 26 The Honorable District 52 The Honorable Thomas C. Alexander District 1 The Honorable Katrina F. Shealy District 23 The Honorable Sylleste H. Davis District 100 The Honorable Karl B. Allen District 7 The Honorable Vernon Stephens District 39 The Honorable Chandra E. Dillard District 23 The Honorable Sean M. Bennett District 38 The Honorable District 12 The Honorable Jason Elliott District 22 The Honorable George E. “Chip” Campsen, III The Honorable District 8 District 43 The Honorable Daniel B. “Danny” Verdin, III District 9 The Honorable Shannon Smith Erickson District 124 The Honorable Richard J. Cash District 3 The Honorable Kent M. Williams District 30 The Honorable District 26 The Honorable District 15 The Honorable Tom Young, Jr District 24 The Honorable Kirkman Finlay, III District 75 The Honorable Thomas D. “Tom” Corbin District 5 The Honorable Cally R. "Cal" Forrest District 39 The Honorable Ronnie W. Cromer District 18 Members of the House The Honorable Russell W. Fry District 106 The Honorable Thomas C. “Tom” Davis District 46 Session 124 (2021 - 2022) The Honorable Craig A. Gagnon District 11 The Honorable Mike Fanning District 17 By Last Name The Honorable Gil Gatch District 94 The Honorable Mike Gambrell District 4 The Honorable Terry Alexander District 59 The Honorable Kambrell H. Garvin District 77 The Honorable Billy Garrett District 10 The Honorable Merita A. “Rita” Allison District 36 The Honorable Leon D. “Doug” Gilliam District 42 The Honorable Stephen L. Goldfinch District 34 The Honorable Carl L. Anderson District 103 The Honorable Wendell G. Gilliard District 111 The Honorable Lawrence K. “Larry” Grooms District The Honorable District 57 The Honorable Jerry N. Govan, Jr District 95 37 The Honorable William H. Bailey District 104 The Honorable Patrick B. Haddon District 19 The Honorable Penry Gustafson District 27 The Honorable District 71 The Honorable District 105 The Honorable Richard A. “Dick” Harpootlian District The Honorable District 90 The Honorable Christopher R. “Chris” Hart District 73 20 The Honorable Bruce W. Bannister District 24 The Honorable Jackie E. “Coach” Hayes District 55 The Honorable District 28 The Honorable Linda "Lin" Bennett District 114 The Honorable Rosalyn D. Henderson-Myers District The Honorable District 40 31 The Honorable Beth E. Bernstein District 78 The Honorable Darrell Jackson District 21 The Honorable Patricia Moore Henegan District 54 The Honorable Bart T. Blackwell District 81 The Honorable Kevin L. Johnson District 36 The Honorable William G. “Bill” Herbkersman District The Honorable Jeffrey A. Bradley District 123 The Honorable Michael Johnson District 16 118 The Honorable Wendy C. Brawley District 70 The Honorable Josh Kimbrell District 11 The Honorable District 108 The Honorable Thomas “Case” Brittain District 107 The Honorable Marlon E. Kimpson District 42 The Honorable Jonathon D. Hill District 8 The Honorable Bruce M. Bryant District 48 The Honorable Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr District 31 The Honorable David R. Hiott District 4 The Honorable James Mikell “Mike” Burns District 17 The Honorable Dwight A. Loftis District 6 The Honorable William M. “Bill” Hixon District 83 The Honorable District 112 The Honorable District 29 The Honorable District 91 The Honorable Paula Rawl Calhoon District 87 The Honorable Shane R. Martin District 13 The Honorable Leon Howard District 76 The Honorable Jerry T. Carter District 3 The Honorable A. Shane Massey District 25 The Honorable District 85 The Honorable Micajah P. “Micah” Caskey, IV District The Honorable Max T. Hyde, Jr District 32 The Honorable District 45 89 The Honorable Joseph H. Jefferson, Jr District 102 WWW.SCNURSES.ORG The South Carolina Nurse – December 2020, January, February 2021 PAGE 11

The Honorable Jeffrey E. Johnson District 58 The Honorable Jermaine Johnson, Sr District 80 The Honorable Kimberly O. Johnson District 64 SCNA Chapters The Honorable Stewart O. Jones District 14 The Honorable Wallace H. “Jay” Jordan, Jr District 63 The Honorable Mandy W. Kimmons District 97 The Honorable John Richard C. King District 49 The Honorable Roger K. Kirby District 61 The Honorable Thomas R. “Randy” Ligon District 43 The Honorable Steven Wayne Long District 37 The Honorable Phillip D. Lowe District 60 The Honorable James H. “Jay” Lucas District 65 The Honorable District 38 The Honorable Richard “Rick” Martin District 40 The Honorable Krystle N. Matthews District 117 The Honorable Robert “RJ” May, III District 88 The Honorable D. Ryan McCabe District 96 The Honorable John R. McCravy, III District 13 The Honorable Annie E. McDaniel District 41 The Honorable Sandy McGarry District 44 The Honorable Timothy “Tim” A. McGinnis District 56 The Honorable Cezar E. McKnight District 101 The Honorable JA Moore District 15 The Honorable Travis Moore District 33 The Honorable Adam M. Morgan District 20 The Honorable Dennis C. Moss District 29 The Honorable V. Stephen “Steve” Moss District 30 The Honorable Chris Murphy District 98 The Honorable Chardale Murray District 116 The Honorable Brandon Michael Newton District 45 The Honorable Wm. Weston J. Newton District 120 The Honorable Roger A. Nutt District 34 The Honorable Melissa L. Oremus District 84 The Honorable Russell L. Ott District 93 The Honorable J. Anne Parks District 12 The Honorable Marvin R. Pendarvis District 113 The Honorable Thomas E. “Tommy” Pope District 47 The Honorable Michael F. Rivers, Sr District 121 The Honorable Leola C. Robinson District 25 The Honorable Seth C. Rose District 72 The Honorable J. District 74 The Honorable William E. “Bill” Sandifer, III District 2 The Honorable J. District 46 The Honorable G. Murrell Smith, Jr District 67 The Honorable Garry R. Smith District 27 The Honorable Mark. Smith District 99 The Honorable Leonidas E. “Leon” Stavrinakis District 119 The Honorable Tommy M. Stringer District 18 The Honorable Bill Taylor District 86 The Honorable District 109 The Honorable Anne Johnston Thayer District 9 The Honorable District 79 The Honorable District 28 The Honorable J. David Weeks District 51 Holiday The Honorable John Taliaferro “Jay” Wes, IV District 7 The Honorable Elizabeth “Spencer” Wetmore District 115 The Honorable William W. “Will” Wheeler, III District 50 Greetings The Honorable W. Brian White District 6 The Honorable William R. “Bill” Whitmire District 1 The Honorable Robert Q. Williams District 62 The Honorable Shedron D. Williams District 122 from the Board & Staff The Honorable Mark N. Willis District 16 The Honorable Christopher S. “Chris” Wooten District of the South Carolina Nurses Association 69 The Honorable Richard L. Yow District 53 PAGE 12 December 2020, January, February 2021 – The South Carolina Nurse WWW.SCNURSES.ORG News You Can Use Saving for Retirement and a Child’s Education at the Same Time

You want to retire comfortably when the time Figure out what you can afford to put aside each • Work part-time during comes. You also want to help your child go to month retirement. college. So how do you juggle the two? The truth is, After you know what your financial needs are, the • Reduce your standard saving for your retirement and your child's education next step is to determine what you can afford to put of living now or in at the same time can be a challenge. But take heart- aside each month. To do so, you'll need to prepare retirement: You might -you may be able to reach both goals if you make a detailed family budget that lists all of your income be able to adjust your some smart choices now. and expenses. Keep in mind, though, that the spending habits now in order to have money amount you can afford may change from time to time later. Or, you may want to consider cutting as your circumstances change. Once you've come back in retirement. Know what your financial needs are up with a dollar amount, you'll need to decide how to • Increase your earnings now: You might The first step is to determine what your financial divvy up your funds. needs are for each goal. Answering the following consider increasing your hours at your current questions can help you get started: job, finding another job with better pay, taking a second job, or having a previously stay-at- Retirement takes priority home spouse return to the workforce. Though college is certainly an important goal, you For retirement: should probably focus on your retirement if you have • Invest more aggressively: If you have several • How many years until you retire? limited funds. With generous corporate pensions years until retirement or college, you might be able to earn more money by investing more • Does your company offer an employer- mostly a thing of the past, the burden is primarily on you to fund your retirement. But if you wait until aggressively (but remember that aggressive sponsored retirement plan or a pension plan? investments mean a greater risk of loss). Do you participate? If so, what's your balance? your child is in college to start saving, you'll miss out Can you estimate what your balance will be on years of tax-deferred growth and compounding • Expect your child to contribute more money to when you retire? of your money. Remember, your child can always college: Despite your best efforts, your child attend college by taking out loans (or maybe even may need to take out student loans or work • How much do you expect to receive in Social with scholarships), but there's no such thing as a part-time to earn money for college. Security benefits? (One way to get an estimate retirement loan! of your future Social Security benefits is to • Send your child to a less expensive school: use the benefit calculators available on the You may have dreamed your child would follow in your footsteps and attend an Ivy Social Security Administration's website, If possible, save for your retirement and your League school. However, unless your child is www.ssa.gov. You can also sign up for a my child's college at the same time Social Security account so that you can view awarded a scholarship, you may need to lower your online Social Security Statement. Your Ideally, you'll want to try to pursue both goals at your expectations. Don't feel guilty--a lesser- statement contains a detailed record of your the same time. The more money you can squirrel known liberal arts college or a state university earnings, as well as estimates of retirement, away for college bills now, the less money you or may provide your child with a similar quality survivor's, and disability benefits.) your child will need to borrow later. Even if you education at a far lower cost. can allocate only a small amount to your child's • What standard of living do you hope to have in college fund, say $50 or $100 a month, you might • Think of other creative ways to reduce retirement? For example, do you want to travel be surprised at how much you can accumulate over education costs: Your child could attend a local extensively, or will you be happy to stay in one many years. For example, if you saved $100 every college and live at home to save on room and place and live more simply? month and earned 8 percent, you'd have $18,415 board, enroll in an accelerated program to in your child's college fund after 10 years. (This graduate in three years instead for four, take • Do you or your spouse expect to work part- advantage of a cooperative education where time in retirement? example is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent a specific investment.) paid internships alternate with course work, or defer college for a year or two and work to If you're unsure how to allocate your funds earn money for college. For college: between retirement and college, a professional • How many years until your child starts college? financial planner may be able to help you. This • Will your child attend a public or private person can also help you select the best investments Can retirement accounts be used to save for college? What's the expected cost? for each goal. Remember, just because you're college? pursuing both goals at the same time doesn't Yes. Should they be? Probably not. Most financial • Do you have more than one child whom you'll necessarily mean that the same investments be saving for? planners discourage paying for college with funds will be appropriate. Each goal should be treated from a retirement account; they also discourage • Does your child have any special academic, independently. using retirement funds for a child's college education athletic, or artistic skills that could lead to a if doing so will leave you with no funds in your scholarship? retirement years. However, you can certainly tap Help! I can't meet both goals • Do you expect your child to qualify for financial your retirement accounts to help pay the college bills aid? If the numbers say that you can't afford to educate if you need to. With IRAs, you can withdraw money your child or retire with the lifestyle you expected, penalty free for college expenses, even if you're you'll have to make some sacrifices. Here are some under age 59½ (though there may be income tax Many on-line calculators are available to help things you can do: consequences for the money you withdraw). But with you predict your retirement income needs and your • Defer retirement: The longer you work, the an employer-sponsored retirement plan like a 401(k) child's college funding needs. more money you'll earn and the later you'll or 403(b), you'll generally pay a 10 percent penalty need to dip into your retirement savings. on any withdrawals made before you reach age 59½ (age 55 in some cases), even if the money is used for college expenses. You may also be subject to a six month suspension if you make a hardship withdrawal. There may be income tax consequences, BUILD YOUR CAREER AT NHC as well. (Check with your plan administrator to see what withdrawal options are available to you in your NHC Healthcare – Anderson is employer-sponsored retirement plan.)

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Betsy M. McDowell, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF Lessons Reinforced 4. I can remember learning in nursing school In surviving the changes brought by the pandemic, about distancing in relation to radiation and I have been a nurse for almost 50 years. I thought I realized nurses were relying on the basics of about medical asepsis. However, not until the I had mastered nursing and had passed this mastery nursing, especially the importance of communication pandemic have we routinely monitored our on to my students as a nursing faculty member for and patient teaching in several ways. social distancing. Hopefully, future nursing 48 of those years. I was confident I could handle 1. Early in the pandemic, the public was advised students will have this concept mastered even anything healthcare-related that was presented to to cover mouth and nose with a tissue when before tackling their fundamentals course. me. However, 2020 reminded me that we all need coughing/sneezing, keep hands away from 5. Before implementing a major change such to practice those basics we learned as students and face, wash hands or use hand sanitizer as “No Visitors” or a change of patient room, novice nurses, and that being a strong nurse does frequently, and stay home from school/work nurses must ensure both families and patients not automatically equate to being a strong family when sick, i.e. standard measures we include receive adequate notice including rationales, member. in patient teaching each flu season. Even so they are not blind-sided by these changes. In mid-March, my 95-year-old mother fell and though this makes perfect sense to us as 6. Since most hospitals still are not allowing was admitted to the hospital with several fractures. nurses, we found it necessary to review these visitors, patients in isolation require increased By Thursday evening, she had developed sepsis steps with almost everyone we encountered. contact with staff/family while still minimizing and moved to ICU. I flew to Ohio on Friday to see 2. Knowledge about wearing a mask, proper exposure. Using the in-room intercom, her. Visiting hours in the ICU had been changed to handwashing, and correctly using hand recording in a journal, tele-visiting via cell two visitors at a time 7am to 7pm due to Covid-19. sanitizer has been a roller coaster for the phone, and arranging “visits” through a closed I found her intubated, on the ventilator, receiving public. Official advice about these has window can combat the isolation patient’s IV drips (pressors, sedation, insulin, etc.), an art- changed as the pandemic has stretched on. sense of being forgotten. line, a feeding tube, and everything else that goes Nurses have had to remain current on the 7. To meet family needs for information while with being a critical ICU patient. Over the next four formal guidance from health experts such they are locked out of the hospital, nurses days, she had negative flu and Covid-19 tests, began as the CDC and DHEC to assist the public in should document interactions, i.e. phone bleeding from her nose following the tests, and correctly implementing these strategies. calls, with family at least once per shift. This received four units of blood along with the sepsis 3. As a nurse, I already knew the implications is helpful since staff on subsequent shifts protocol. (We had to put on masks until the negative of the terms used by health experts such as can update family on any changes since the results came back; however, since visitors had begun “incubation period” and the difference between previous phone call. to steal masks out of patient rooms, the masks were “antibodies” and “vaccines”. It is important issued individually by the unit clerk.) On Saturday, we that nurses use correct terminology including Going through these eight months as a family received written notice that as of Monday, visitation “coronavirus” rather than nicknames when member, the importance of communication in would be changed again - this time one visitor per communicating with families and the public this pandemic has become a priority for me. day only, and preferably the same visitor each since this gives credibility to the information we Remembering the basics has never been more vital day. We obtained permission to have a different are giving. to patient, family, and staff wellbeing. visitor each day since I was from out-of-state. She improved, was extubated while I was with her on Tuesday, and I spent my last day there with her on Wednesday. About an hour before I left, I was hit by the reality that this might be the last time I saw “Mama” alive; I broke down and cried in the visitor’s bathroom alone. 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Not just a job – a Career with Purpose! PAGE 14 December 2020, January, February 2021 – The South Carolina Nurse WWW.SCNURSES.ORG South Carolina Board of Nursing DECEMBER 2020 / JANUARY 2021 / FEBRUARY 2021 110 Centerview Dr. • Columbia, SC • 29210 • P.O. Box 12367 • Columbia, SC 29211-2367 Phone: 803-896-4550 • [email protected] • Fax: 803-896-4515 • http://www.llr.state.sc.us/pol/nursing/ South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation

MISSION OF THE BOARD OF NURSING APRNs NURSYS.COM (E-NOTIFY) The mission of the State Board of Nursing for South • National certifications submitted to the Board must Nursys e-Notify® delivers real-time notifications Carolina is the protection of public health, safety, and match the licensee name on file, as this is the only about nurse licensure status including multi-state welfare by assuring safe and competent practice of identifier. You are obligated to notify the national and single-state changes within the enhanced Nurse nursing. certifying body and the Board of any name change. Licensure Compact. Additionally, expirations, renewals This mission is accomplished by assuring safe initial Expired national certifications mean statutory licensure and disciplinary actions are delivered to your inbox practice as well as continuing competency in the practice requirements are not met. Expired certification dates automatically. of nursing and by promoting nursing excellence in the automatically update the license status to inactive Nursys is the only national database for verification areas of education and practice. The Board licenses • Please remember to access Licensee Lookup to verify of nurse licensure, discipline, and practice privileges for qualified individuals as licensed practical nurses, updates submitted to the Board of Nursing specific to RNs and LPNs provided directly by participating boards registered nurses or advanced practice registered licensure status (national certification/recertification, of nursing (BONs) and designated by them to be primary nurses. Complaints against nurses are investigated and name of primary collaborating physician, prescriptive source equivalent. disciplinary action taken when necessary. Schools of authority, etc.). Once you have registered your organization and nursing are surveyed and approved to ensure quality • Please review and reference our website at www.llr. provided nurse data, you’ll automatically be notified of education for future nurses. sc.gov/nurse for alerts applicable to COVID-19 for nurse licensure expirations, upcoming renewals and revisions to practice agreements (and other pertinent disciplinary action from your state and others. It’s free 2020-2022 LICENSURE RENEWALS information). of charge, provided as a patient safety initiative by U.S. As of September 30, 2020, more than 76,000 LPN’s, BONs and the NCSBN. RN’s and APRN’s successfully renewed their licenses HOW CAN I CHECK A LICENSE? Learn more, watch a video demo, or enroll for this free (to expire April 30, 2022). Research and statistical To check a nursing license, you may utilize one or all of service at www.nursys.com. data collected each renewal period is helpful for state the following options: government, employers, academic partners, etc. to plan (A) South Carolina Licensee Lookup – Go to LICENSEE HAVE YOU MOVED? future workforce needs within the state. LOOKUP on the Board of Nursing’s webpage www.llr. Section 40-33-38(C) of the South Carolina Code of Licensees who failed to renew by September 30, sc.gov/nurse. It is recommended that only a portion Laws (Nurse Practice Act) requires that all licensees 2020 could actively renew and reinstate their license by of the nurse’s name be entered. This site will provide notify the Board in writing within 15 days of any address October 31, 2020. Although there were still over 5000 the nurse’s name, city/state, license number/type, change. So you do not miss important time-sensitive licensees ‘active in renewal’ at the end of October, South date issued/expiration, license status, and whether the information, such as an audit notice, legislative updates Carolina’s total # of active licensees is 81,000+ at this license is multi-state or single-state. or other licensure information, be sure to notify the Board time. (B) Nursys QuickConfirm – Go to www.nursys.com and immediately whenever you change addresses. You may click on Quick Confirm, following the instructions as change your address on the Board of Nursing’s website NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT outlined. This site will provide the nurse’s name, state (www.llr.sc.gov/nurse). Choose “Change of Address via Indiana implemented the Nurse Licensure Compact of licensure, license type/number, license status, Online Portal” under QUICK LINKS. July 1, 2020. New Jersey is allowing nurses who hold expiration date and discipline status if noted. The NOTE: Changing your address with the South Carolina active, unencumbered, multi-state licenses issued by following states participate in QuickConfirm: Nurses Association (SCNA) does not change your address Nurse Licensure Compact member states to practice in AK, AL, AS, AR, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, ID, IN, IA, KY, on your licensing records with the South Carolina Board New Jersey under their multi-state licenses. New Jersey LA-PN, LA-RN, ME, MD, MN, MS, NE, NH, NJ, NM, of Nursing. plans to implement in 2021; date TBD. In addition, there NC, ND, OH, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, US Virgin is pending legislation in at least six states at the present Islands, VA, WV-PN,WV-RN, WI and WY. HOW TO CHANGE YOUR PRIMARY STATE OF time. RESIDENCE For additional information on the Nurse Licensure Go to www.ncsbn.org for updates as additional states may be added. In accordance with §40-33-1350 of the S.C. Code Compact go to www.ncsbn.org/compacts.htm of Laws, Compact rules and regulations will require (C) Other states – Most states have licensee lookup/ each nurse to declare in writing his/her primary state of “PRACTICE PEARLS” licensure verification on their websites. Links to other residence upon initial application and renewal of the These “pearls” are offered as points of clarification boards of nursing can be found at www.ncsbn.org. nursing license. from the South Carolina Board of Nursing Practice (D) You can check for discipline against a South Carolina If at the time of licensure, the primary state of Consultant, Mindy Carithers, MSN, RN, RN-BC. nursing license on the Board’s website www.llr.sc.gov/ residence was listed as a non-compact state (example: nurse under BOARD ORDERS. WA, OR, NV, CA, OH, NY, etc.) and/or the prospective licensee has not obtained a SC driver’s license, an active single-state license in South Carolina was issued. If the primary state of residence later changes to South Carolina, a multi-state license may be obtained by submitting a Declaration of Primary State of Residence (PSOR) form available on the Board of Nursing’s website (www.llr.sc.gov/nurse) under LICENSURE, “Applications and Forms, under Miscellaneous Forms.” The completed PSOR form should be sent to [email protected] with one of the following items as evidence of South Carolina residency: 1) South Carolina Driver's License with a home address; 2) South Carolina Voter Registration card displaying a home address; 3) Federal income tax return declaring the primary state of residence as South Carolina; 4) Military Form # 2058 - state of legal residence certificate; or 5) W2 from US Government or any bureau, division or agency thereof indicating the declared state of residence. The Compact primary residence rule does not apply to military nurses or nurses in the federal government, unless they are working outside of their military or government position. HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS? It is important to ensure that you receive information sent out via e-mail and for renewal of licensure. To change your email address, please email [email protected] with the full name on your license, your license number, your current email and your new email address. You may also change your email address on the Board of Nursing’s website (www.llr.sc.gov/nurse). Choose “Change of Address via Online Portal” under QUICK LINKS. CHANGING YOUR NAME ON YOUR NURSING LICENSE 1. If you have had a legal name change, submit your written request, along with a copy of the legal document(s) (example: copy of marriage certificate, divorce decree, court order, etc.), to LLR-Board of Nursing, PO Box 12367, Columbia, SC 29211 or you can send the request and documents by email to [email protected]. Please indicate in your request whether you will use your middle name or maiden name for your middle initial or if you wish to WWW.SCNURSES.ORG The South Carolina Nurse – December 2020, January, February 2021 PAGE 15 South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation

hyphenate your name. Your request will be processed For the Advisory Committee on Nursing Education, The Board of Nursing is located at Synergy Business within 14 business days of receipt of your documents complete the Committee Nomination Form. For the Park, Kingstree Building, 110 Centerview Drive, Suite in the Board’s office and will be reflected on Licensee Expert Reviewer openings, complete the Hearing 202, Columbia, SC 29210. Directions to the office can be Lookup within three to five days after the name change Panel/Investigative Review Committee/Expert Case found on the Board’s website www.llr.sc.gov/nurse at the is made. Review Nomination Form. Both forms are available on bottom of the page. The Board’s mailing address is LLR 2. You may verify that your name change request the Board’s website (www.llr.sc.gov/nurse) under the - Office of Board Services - SC State Board of Nursing, has been processed on LICENSEE LOOKUP on LICENSURE tab, “Applications/Forms, under Board Post Office Box 12367, Columbia, SC 29211-1329. the Board’s website (www.llr.sc.gov/nurse). Refer of Nursing Committees.” Submitted nomination forms Regular Board business hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., to Section 40-33-36(B) of the Nurse Practice Act will be forwarded to the Board’s Nominations work Monday through Friday. Offices are closed for holidays regarding statutory requirements for your name on group for review. Official action regarding appointment/ designated by the state. your license. You may view the Nurse Practice Act – reappointment will occur at the following full Board Chapter 33 under LAWS/RULES/POLICIES on the meeting, and qualified applicants will be requested to BOARD OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION Board’s website. appear in person at the Board meeting. Carol A. Moody, MAS, RN, NEA-BC, Administrator

CE BROKER: CONTINUING EDUCATION TRACKING / BOARD MEMBERS OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT REPOSITORY Sallie Beth Todd, MSN, RN, Congressional District 4, Main Telephone Line (803) 896-4470 South Carolina Board of Nursing Board Chairman Partners with CE Broker Samuel H. McNutt, MHSA, CRNA, Congressional District 5 – Board Vice-Chairman VISIT THE BOARD OF NURSING WEBSITE: Neil B. Lipsitz, Public Member, Secretary We recommend all nurses licensed by or working Kelli Garber, MSN, APRN, PPCNP-BC, Congressional in South Carolina visit the website (www.llr.sc.gov/ District 1 nurse) often as information important to the practice of nursing is updated regularly. The State Board of Nursing CE BROKER is the official Continuing Education Rebecca Morrison, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, Congressional District 2 Website contains the Nurse Practice Act (Chapter tracking system of the South Carolina Board of 33 – Laws Governing Nursing in South Carolina), Nursing! CE Broker is your main resource for everything W. Kay Swisher, MSN, RN, Congressional District 3 Jonella Davis, MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, Congressional Regulations (Chapter 91), Compact Information, Advisory that relates to Continuing Education and competency. Opinions, Position Statements, Licensure Applications, With CE Broker, you can search for courses and track District 7 Robert Wolff, Ph.D., Public Member Competency Requirements/Criteria, Application Status, your completed credits, to ensure that you are up to Licensee Lookup, Disciplinary Actions, and other helpful date. The South Carolina Board of Nursing has provided Vacant, (1) Registered Nurse, Congressional District 6 Vacant, (2) Licensed Practical Nurse At-Large information. The Nurse Practice Act, Regulations, licensees with a free CE BROKER account. With this Advisory Opinions and Position Statements are located Basic account, you will have access to your course under the LAWS/RULES/POLICIES tab (and you history. This lists all of the courses you have completed, BOARD VACANCIES can also find the AO’s, Position Statements, Joint and you can easily find and report any CE that might There currently are three vacancies on the South AO’s, etc. under the PRACTICE & STANDARDS tab). be missing. You will never have to pay to access all Carolina Board of Nursing. Members serve terms of four Competency Requirements/Criteria, which includes the necessary tools to prove your competency when years and until their successors are appointed. Board continuing education contact hours, are located under renewing your SC license. members are appointed by the Governor with the advice the EDUCATION tab. You will also find the Board meeting and consent of the Senate. calendar, agendas, minutes, Board member names and To activate your free account: Pursuant to Section 40-33-10(A) of the Nurse Practice the areas they represent under the BOARD tab. Act, when appointing members to the Board of Nursing, the Governor will give consideration to include a diverse representation of principal areas of nursing not limited BOARD OF NURSING MEETING CALENDAR FOR to hospital, acute care, advanced practice, community 2020 AND JANUARY 2021 health and nursing education. Registered nurse and Board and Committee meeting agendas are posted on licensed practical nurse members must be licensed the Board’s website at least 24 hours prior to meeting. in South Carolina, must be employed in nursing, must have at least three years of practice in their respective Board of Nursing Meeting January 28-29, 2021 professions immediately preceding their appointment and must reside in the district they represent. If you are not Advanced Practice Committee sure of your congressional district, you may check your district at scvotes.org. Advisory Committee on December 1, 2020 There is one vacancy on the Board of Nursing for a Nursing Education Registered Nurse representative from Congressional District 6, and two vacancies for a Licensed Practical Nursing Practice & January 14, 2021 Nurse from the state at large. No board member may Standards Committee serve as an officer of a professional health-related state It is important to notify the Board of changes to association. December 2020 and January 2021 State Holidays your e-mail address as well. The Board communicates An individual, group, or association may nominate Christmas December 24-25, 28, 2020 information to its licensees through e-mail and the postal qualified persons and submit written requests to the New Year’s Day January 1, 2021 service. A current e-mail also facilitates access to the Governor’s Office for consideration and appointment Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 18, 2021 Board of Nursing website services. to the South Carolina State Board of Nursing. If you or someone you know is interested in one of these vacant SCAM ALERT positions, a letter of request, along with a resume or Scammers are targeting nurses, including here in curriculum vitae, should be submitted to: Boards and South Carolina, by sending them official looking letters Commissions, Office of the Governor, 1205 Pendleton from Nursing Regulatory Bodies (NRBs) or other State/ Street, Suite 525, Columbia, SC 29210. Federal agencies. The scammers know the business of the agencies and NRBs and are connecting with Vacancies: [See Section 40-33-10(A) of the Nurse the nurses using messaging such as “Your license is Practice Act for prerequisites and requirements] suspended or will be revoked unless you connect back with us and transfer funds to fulfill the financial obligation SC STATE BOARD OF NURSING CONTACT related to this inquiry…” INFORMATION: 1. If you receive a phone call, do not give out your Main Telephone Line (803) 896-4550 personal information during the call. Hang up, and do Fax Line (803) 896-4515 not call the number back unless you have determined, General Email [email protected] through research, that it is legitimate. Website www.llr.sc.gov/nurse 2. Do not reply to a text message asking for you to call the number provided in the text to discuss your imminent “suspension or revocation of your license.” 3. Do not reply to an email asking for personal information. BUILD YOUR CAREER AT NHC 4. 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