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MAMAssachusettsssachusetts RReporteport onon NNursingursing MARN is the Massachusetts Affi liate to the American Nurses Association Vol. 6 No. 4 The Offi cial Publication of the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc. December 2008 PO Box 285 • Milton, MA 02186 • 617-990-2856 • [email protected] Quarterly Circulation 111,000 MARN Mourns the Passing of Nurse Leader Marie E. Snyder Some final thoughts on It is with deep sadness and loss that we share with you that Marie E. Snyder, Homelessness nurse attorney and nursing leader in Massachusetts died on Friday November 21, 2008 in Harwich, MA. Pages 6, 7 MARN will honor Marie's many contributions to the nursing profession in a memorial article in our March Issue of the MAssachusetts Report on Nursing. Requiescat in pace. 2009 Living Legends and Excellence in Nursing 8th Annual Spring Awards Dinner Convention Friday, April 3. 2009 ~ 6:00 pm-9:30 pm The Ethics Imperative in Nursing Saturday, April 4, 2009 Join MARN as we celebrate 7:30 am–8:30 am the 2009 BEST in Nursing in Continental Breakfast, Massachusetts as well as MARN’s Exhibits and Registration 8th Annual Spring Convention successes for the past 8 years! 8:30 am–9:30 am Living Legends and Excellence in Cocktail Reception The Evolution of Moral Responsibility in Nursing Awards Dinner 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Clinical Practice Christine Mitchell, RN, MS, MTS, FAAN Friday, April 3, 2009 Dinner and Awards Ceremony 6:00 pm-9:30 pm 9:30 am–10:00 am 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Break, Exhibits, and Raffle The Ethics Imperative in Nursing Saturday, April 4, 2009 2009 Living Legends in 10:00 am–11:15 am 7:30 am-2:45 pm Massachusetts Nursing Listening for the Gray: Shared Reflections on Ethics Narratives 2009 President’s Award Panel Presentation Featuring Keynote Speaker Excellence in Nursing Awards 11:30 am–12:30 pm Christine Mitchell MARN Business Meeting RN, MS, MTS, FAAN Ruth Lang Fitzgerald Associate Director, Memorial Scholarship 11:30 am–12:30 pm MASNA Student Forum Clinical Ethics, Harvard Arthur L. Davis Publishing Medical School, Director, 12:30 pm–1:30 pm Agency Scholarship Office of Ethics, Exhibits and Buffet Lunch Children’s Hospital Mary A. Manning 1:30 pm–2:30 pm Nurse Mentoring Award Demystifying the Ethical Dedham Hilton Hotel Issues in Genetic Testing Pamela J. Grace, PhD, APRN MARN is a Constituent Member MARN Announces the Association of the American Nurses 2:30 pm–2:45 pm Association 2009 Living Legends in Wrap-up and Evaluation Massachusetts Nursing Contact hours have been applied for. continued on page 2 MARN is honored to announce that the www.MARNonline.org following nurses have been selected as the 2009 Living Legends in Massachusetts Nursing Award Presort Standard recipients. US Postage Barbara Blakeney, MS, FNP PAID Joan Vitello-Cicciu, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, CNAA Permit #14 On the inside Mary Ellen Doona, EdD, MS, RN Princeton, MN Marjory Gordon, PhD, RN, FAAN current resident or 55371 Boston Marathon Nurse They will be honored on Friday, April 3 at the MARN Annual Awards Dinner at the Dedham Volunteers Needed! Hilton Hotel. Each recipient has had a unique See page 14 career that has left lasting imprints on the profession, on nurses and the community. We hope that nurses throughout Massachusetts will join us MARN Legislative Seminar 2/6/09 on April 3 to congratulate and thank them for their See page 11 many contributions. • Page 2 • MAssachusetts Report on Nursing December 2008 Spring Conventioin (continued from page 1) Call FOR PosteRS All convention participants are welcome to PO Box 285 contribute posters. Posters will be displayed near Milton, MA 02186 Registration Information the exhibitors so that all who attend will have an 617- 9 9 0 -2856 Please include check or money order made opportunity to see them. Go to www.maRNonline. [email protected] out to MARN for the exact amount or you org and fill out the poster submission form by may choose to register and pay by credit card March 13, 2009. Guidelines for poster submission online at www.MARNonline.org. are also available online. Return registration form and check to MARN, PO Box 285, Milton, MA 02186. The Ethics Imperative in Nursing Registrations MUST BE postmarked no later Saturday, April 4, 2009 ◆ 7:30 am-2:45 pm than March 21, 2009. This conference is designed for students, ❑ $65 Awards Dinner ONLY nurses, nurse administrators and nurse educators interested in improving their knowledge of PO Box 285 MARN Members nursing ethics. The convention will focus on ❑ Milton, MA 02186 $85 Convention Only 4/4/09 ethical issues in current clinical practice. You will ❑ $150 Awards Dinner 4/3/09 and 617-990-2856 hear from experts and nurses in different practice [email protected] Convention 4/4/09 areas—from the neonatal ICU to home care—who will share their experiences and give you an Board of Directors Non-Members opportunity to participate in the discussions and ❑ $115 Convention Only 4/4/09 decisions. President ❑ $180 Awards Dinner 4/3/09 and June “Toni” Abraham, MS, APRN-C Convention 4/4/09 Join us. Vice President Cidalia J. Vital, RN, MS, CNL MASNA and Full Time Students Sponsor a Nursing Student or ❑ $55 Convention Only 4/4/09 New Graduate Nurse Secretary Lindsay Gainer, RN, MSN, CPON Part Time Students and New Grads* Sponsor a nursing student or a new graduate ❑ $75 Convention Only 4/4/09 Treasurer to attend the 2009 MARN Spring Convention. Trish Bowe, RN, MS Your sponsorship will provide the opportunity Sponsor a Student Member or a New Grad Member* for novice future nurses to hear nurse experts; Directors *New Grad Member = Nurse in practice attend a special forum with MASNA students Susan Conrad, RN, PhD less than 12 months and network with nurses who share their Barbra Gray, RN, BSN ❑ $125 Member and FT Student— passion for the profession. The full convention Anne Manton, PhD, APRN, RN, FAAN Kathryn McNamara, RN, BSN Convention Only 4/4/09 rate for MASNA and full-time students has ❑ $150 Member and PT Student/New Grad* Theresa Spinelli, RN, ANP been reduced to $55.00. The part-time student Yolanda Starling, BS, RN Convention Only 4/4/09 and new graduate rate has also been reduced to $75.00. —Committee Chairs— The names of all sponsors will be listed Awards Name: _____________________________________ in the MARN Newsletter and on the MARN Maura Fitzgerald, MS, RN website. Address: __________________________________ Continuing Education Sandra Reissour, BS, RN ___________________________________________ Dedham Hilton Hotel Jeannie Gibbs, MSN, RN City State Zip 25 Allied Drive, Dedham Health Policy Tel: 1-781-329-7900 Angela Nannini, PhD, FNP, RN Email: ____________________________________ Membership Committee Phone: (___) ________________________________ Directions Cidalia J. Vital, RN, MS, CNL Mentoring Task Force Fees are non-refundable. From Boston: Take I-93 South (Southeast Cynthia Ann LaSala, MS, RN Expressway) to I-95 North (Rt. 128 North) to Checks returned for insufficient funds will be exit 14. The exit will read East St., Canton St. Bylaws subject to an administrative fee. Take the second right onto Allied Drive. Cammie Townsend MS/MBA From Cape Cod: Take Rt. 3 North to Rt. 128 Nominations & Elections North (which becomes I-95 North) to exit 14. Karen Manning, MSN, RN, CRRN, CNA The exit will read East St., Canton St. Take the second right onto Allied Drive. Spring Convention Planning From the North: Take I-95 South (Rt. 128 Peggie Griffin Bretz, MSN, RN South) to exit 14. The exit will read East St., Canton St. Go around the rotary and exit on to Newsletter Editor Myra F. Cacace, MS, APRN, BC-ADM, CDE Allied Drive. From the South: Take I-95 North and exit MARN Staff onto Rt. 128 North to exit 14. The exit will read Executive Director East St., Canton St. Take the second right onto Mary Manning, MSN, RN Allied Drive. From the West: Take the Mass Pike to I-95 Administrative Assistant Heather Plumb South (Rt. 128 South) to exit 14. The exit will read East St., Canton St. Go around the rotary Acceptance of advertising does not imply endorsement or and exit onto Allied Drive. approval by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc. of products advertised, the advertisers, or the claims made. 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