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OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE FLORIDA NURSES FOUNDATION Volume 68 • No. 4 Quarterly publication direct mailed to approximately 10,000 Registered Nurses and delivered electronically via email to 310,000+ Registered Nurses in Florida November 2020 Mission Statement Advancing the profession of nursing and promoting a healthy Florida FNA does not endorse advertised products, services, or companies, nor any claims made in paid advertisements. The Florida Nurse is proudly brought to you by FNA dues paying members. President’s Message Reflecting and Moving Forward George Peraza-Smith, President FNA and organized assembly as well as our business feeling weary. However, I am proud of nurses meeting with many opportunities for attendees to who continue to show up and take care of their The Membership learn, interact, and network together. Our future patients and communities. Assembly’s theme this as a virtual organization is bright and promising. We will get through these challenging times. year on Re-Imagining This was not the year we were expecting. There is hope in our future. Continue to role FNA: Creating an Amazing On reflection of this year I cannot help model responsible behavior. Wash your hands Future challenges us thinking about all those we have lost to the often – wear a mask – social distance. And may to continue moving COVID pandemic. Nurses, health care workers, I add one more item to this mantra – take care of forward even during patients, family members, relatives, friends, yourself and your mental health. these challenging times; we have all been touched by this pandemic in The holidays are a time for celebration and maybe even in spite of some way and the impact from the enormous reflection. Let’s celebrate life and reflect on how these challenging times. losses. We are living in a new normal in a our past may inform our future. Together, let’s Thank you to Willa Fuller, divided society. It is difficult for me to put celebrate all that we were able to accomplish Kaitlin Scarbary, and the into words the cognitive dissonance I feel and this year and continue to dream for our amazing excellent staff at FNA. We weren’t just successful experience each day between the realities of future in 2021. Happy New Year! with our virtual membership assembly, it was our work and the reckless behavior of members AMAZING. The FNA team provided a structured in the community. We are all exhausted and Inside this Issue President’s Message . 1 Welcome New FNA Members! . .. 14-15 Notes from the Executive Director . 2 Focus on New Grad . 16 Focus on the Foundation . 3-4 Member Spotlight . 17 Non-Profit Org. News from Headquarters . 4 FNA Legislative Update . 18 U.S. Postage Paid FNPAC . 5 In Memorium . 19 Princeton, MN Region News . .. 6-7 SIG News . 19 Permit No. 14 current resident or Student Forum . 8 Nursing Community Members in the News . 9 QUIN . 20 2020 Calendar of Events . 9 Community Service Learning Bridges Gaps . 21 State Employees . 9 Workplace Bullying - A Silent Epidemic . 22 LERC News . 10 Tackling and Combatting Human 2020 Membership Assembly Recap . 11 Trafficking as a Global Concern . 23 I Give You Permission to Fall Apart . 12 When a LGBT+ Nurse’s Voice Grows Silent in the Workplace . 23 2020 FNA Icon Award Recipients . 12-13 Page 2 The Florida Nurse November 2020 Notes from the Executive Director FNA Members: Come to the Table Owned and Published by, Florida Nurses Association 1235 E. Concord Street, Willa Fuller, BSN, RN, Executive Director 2. Learn the professional issues. The Orlando, FL 32803-5403 association has a Legislative Platform P.O. Box 536985, Orlando, FL 32853-6985 “If you are not at but also takes on issues as they arise. Telephone: (407) 896-3261 FNA has a Health Policy Special Interest FAX: (407) 896-9042 the table, then you are E-mail: [email protected] on the menu.” This is Group that any member can join. It meets Website: http://www.floridanurse.org a quote that is often monthly and is an effective way to bring Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., used to illustrate the your important issues to the forefront. Monday thru Friday importance of engaging Members not only discuss problems, they For advertising rates and information, please contact in the advocacy efforts also discuss solutions and strategies. We Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc., PO Box 216, Cedar of your profession. also have a political action committee that Falls, Iowa 50613, (800) 626-4081, [email protected]. FNA The way that decision raises funds and endorses candidates that and the Arthur L. 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Nursing is more than just a necessarily reflect views of the staff, board, or membership nurses or protecting the profession. The truth is job! of FNA or those of the national or local associations. that we may have worked very hard on that issue 4. Get to know your local legislators. They are Published quarterly, February, May, August and but someone else, another group, may have had public servants that work for you. Introduce November by FNA, a constituent member of the American Nurses Association. more “boots on the ground.” The other reason for yourself as a registered nurse and tell Editor – Kaitlin Scarbary, 1235 E. Concord St., Orlando, such occurrences is that the legislator thought them that you are happy to be a resource FL 32803-5403 they were doing a good thing, but they didn’t have if they have a healthcare/nursing question. Subscription available at $20.00 plus tax, per year. enough knowledge about the issue to write the Always be professional and courteous. Don’t Members of FNA receive the newspaper as a benefit of demand anything. Offer to educate them membership. legislation properly and unintended consequences COPIES of The Florida Nurse are available on 35mm occurred. Over the years, we have made many about the issue. microfilm, 106mm microfilm, article reprints and issue “fixes” to those type of legislative events or we 5. Learn the 10 Commandments of copies through Bell & Howell, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann have blocked legislation by educating legislators communicating with legislators. You can Arbor, Michigan 48106 about the negative impact of the legislation. We find these in the Legislative Toolkit on our have lobbyists who will try and intervene, but website. A quick highlight includes: Don’t Board of Directors then, so do the other influential groups who might be rude, don’t be insulting and for goodness 2019–2021 oppose us. sake, DO NOT LIE! If you don’t know the Officers answer to a question, just tell them you George Byron Peraza-Smith, will get back to them. That is perfectly DNP, RN, APRN, GNP, AGPCNP, President acceptable. Janice Adams, DNP, MPA, RN, President-Elect 6. Learn what you can about health care Justin Wilkerson, BSN, RN-BC, CHPN, CCRN, Vice President finance. It does not work like other Victoria Framil-Suarez, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, Secretary Mavra Kear, PHD, APRN, BC, Treasurer businesses and nurses need to gain expert knowledge in this area to help contribute to Region Directors solutions and innovations that will improve Jill Van Der Like, DNP, MSN, RNC, Northwest Region the environment for nurses and patients. Marsha Martin, RN, CCRN, North Central Region You also want to appear knowledgeable Susie Norman, MSN, RN-BC, Northeast Region Shirley Hill, BSN, RN, East Central Region when they ask you questions that relate to Lottie Cuthbertson, finance, like “How will we pay for that?” MSN-ED, RN, LHRM, FCN, West Central Region 7. VOTE! But when you vote, educate yourself Darlene Edic-Crawford, DNP, APRN, Southeast Region about how that candidate will respond Sarah Gabua, DNP, RN, CNE, Southwest Region to issues related to your work concerns. Marie Etienne, DNP, APRN, FNP, PNP, PLNC, South Region What makes the most difference in getting Perhaps you belong to a certain party Director of Recent Graduates our voices heard? I can tell you that it is the and you always vote that way, but do you Kathryn Barrows, BSN, RN voices and votes of nurses in the individual know how your candidates feel about safe legislative districts.