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Association of Camp Nurses www.ACN.org December 2016 volume 26, number 4 – My View – Relationships Matter I believe that to have a successful camp experience, it’s all about the relationships that you build. I’ve been a camp nurse for eight years, and when I applied for my first position I honestly wasn’t thinking about relationships. I was getting to go to camp as an adult, getting the opportunity to use my pediatric nursing skills, and getting to spend some quality summertime in the great outdoors. Little did I know when I started just how much relationships matter. Nurses If you have more than one nurse, or other health professional at your camp, you will understand what I am going to say. In NO other job that I have ever had, have I worked so closely with other nurses, ate all my meals with them, and shared a room at night with at least one of them. There are usually eight nurses and two nursing assistants at the camp where I work. Most of the nurses have a private room, except for one room, and my first summer I had to share the double room as the “newbie.” After that I had a private room for a few years, until our camp staff grew again and we were asked to share rooms. This time I willingly shared a room with a nurse who had become a close friend–a nurse who, had we met on the street, would never have become the friends that we are today. Our backgrounds are completely different, from totally different cultures, and yet we became very close friends. I value all of the friendships with the nurses that I have made over the years, and miss those who aren’t able to return to camp. But, I also look forward to getting to know new ones. Relationships between nurses matter not just for the friendships that develop, but the teamwork aspect as well. There will be disagreements, there will be miscommunication, but when you build relationships and try to understand each other, teamwork naturally develops. In a large, busy camp, we could not survive the summer if we didn’t have each other’s backs and work as a team. Building relationships with the other nurses requires asking for open communication and clarification when there are miscommunications. It requires a willingness to learn from each other, and a willingness to overlook . .working for healthier camp communities by supporting the practice of nursing. some of the day-to-day little things that make us all different from each other. Relationships matter. Directors The relationship between the camp nurse and the director is by far one of the very most important of all. The director holds accountability for the entire camp. The nurse must understand and appreciate this and keep the director informed in a timely manner of any health issues that might arise. Sometimes the nurse needs to educate the camp director on topics such as specific health issues, state laws concerning nursing licensure, or medication administration. The nurse can also be a support to the director, when the director has to break bad news to a parent for example. Or, the director can be a support to the nurse if the nurse is talking with a parent about their child going to the ER. The director knows the parents better than anyone, and is a valuable resource to the nurse when it comes to parent Continued on page 8 In This Issue… My View: Relationships Matter ...................................................1 Practice Updates ......................................................................18 Editorial: Where Can I Take It? ....................................................2 Camp Health – Clinically Speaking: Epi-Pens ...........................21 Contemporary Camp Nurse Roles for Decreasing Unintentional New Products, New Ideas ........................................................23 Drowning: Headed in the Right Direction at Your Camp? .............3 ACN 207 Symposium ...............................................................26 Super Sleuth ..............................................................................7 Association News ....................................................................28 Your Role in Youth Development: A Call to Healthcare Providers ..9 Camp Nursing: The Flip Side ....................................................12 Perspectives Worth Sharing: Refugee Camps: Part 2. Health .....14 Volume 26, No. 4 Editorial: Where Can I Take It? This issue of CompassPoint is definitely one for winter. This attention this coming season. Maybe now (rather than in the is the time of year that summer camp nurses have more time– middle of a harried camp day) is the better time to think about hypothetically, that is. We’ve put last season away and have not relationships to work on for next season. Beth Schultz takes yet gotten into the immediate planning for the coming season. relationships in a different direction in her adventure of changing It’s a time for reflection on the past and contemplating more camps, leaving the familiar and jumping into uncharted waters. broadly about our roles and the growth we would like to see. Is that in your future? If you concur, then this is the issue for you! When I was Tracey Gaslin and Barry Garst spell out roles in youth reviewing the first draft pages I couldn’t help but think of that development and label their piece, “A Call to Health Care famous Dr. Seuss line, “Oh, the places you will go!” To get the Providers.” There’s a lot to think about here in translating most out of this issue I suggest reading each article and then these ideas to individual camps but there are also practical taking time to ask yourself, “Where can I take this information?” suggestions that seem really easy to implement. Which will you do? Mary Tobin and her coauthors look at decreasing unintentional drowning and ask whether your camp is headed in There is an abundance of great content in the features as the right direction. I never did, much less thought of, half of the well. I encourage you to do more than just skim the work of things she suggests could be part of the contemporary camp the authors and feature contributors. Consider how to take the nurse role. Some seemed fairly easy to implement without a lot information and make it your own! of time or money. Read it asking, “What’s in it for my camp?” Susan B. Baird, RNL, MPH, MA Debra Isaacson takes “My View” on a great trip about Editor relationships. I don’t think any of us take the value of building positive relationships lightly but really thinking intentionally about our own relationships at camp might bring to our consciousness areas or persons that could benefit from our ACN Board ACN Board Cheryl Bernknopf, RN, BScN* CompassPoint Editor ........................................................Susan Baird, RN, MPH, MA [email protected] 905-771-6577 [email protected] 508-888-3249 Barry Garst, PhD CompassPoint Editorial Board .................................................Kathleen Bochsler, RN [email protected] 540-525-7058 Barbara Hill, RN, MSN, CNE, CMSRN Mary Marugg, RN Debra Isaacson, RN, DNP Jane McEldowney, BS, RN, NCSN [email protected] 785-221-0182 Doris Nerderman, RN, BSN Paula Lauer, RN, BAN* Ellen Reynolds, RN, MSN, CPNP [email protected] 715-572-5075 Chris Stephens, MN NP, ENC(C), CFRN Beverly McEntarfar American Camp Association (ACA) Liaison ...Tracey C. Gaslin, PhD, CRNI, CPNP, FNP-BC [email protected] 347-220-7103 [email protected] 502-232-2945 Beth Schultz, RN, DNP Education Committee ................................(CHAIR) Jeana Wilcox, PhD, RN, CNS, CNE [email protected] 904-377-3550 Cheryl Bernknopf, RN, BScN Marianne Rudd, RN, BSN, CRNI Jeana Wilcox, PhD, RN, CNS, CNE Lisa Cranwell-Bruce, DNP, RN, FNP-C Bev McEntarfer [email protected] 816-225-8013 Lorraine Battle, BSN, RN Bev Unger, RN Paula Lauer, RN, BAN Melissa Zampatti, LPN * Designates Executive Committee Member Kelly Edwards, BSN, RN Founder ......................................................................... Jeanne Otto, RN, MS, MEd Research Committee ..........................................................(CHAIR) Barry Garst, PhD Executive Director ..................................Tracey C. Gaslin, PhD, CRNI, CPNP, FNP-BC* Beth Shultz, RN, DNP Tricia Huey, DNP, CPNP [email protected] 502-232-2945 Debra Isaacson, RN, DNP Tricia Kardon, RN, BS Ann Laske, EdD, RN, CNE Melissa Zampatti, LPN Association of Camp Nurses (ACN) Roberta Blumberg, RN, BSN Nancy Krahl, RN, MSN, MA 19006 Hunt Country Lane - Fisherville, KY 40023 Phone: 502-232-2945 Lorraine Battle, RN, BSN www.ACN.org Email: [email protected] CompassPoint is an official publication of the Association of Camp Nurses (ACN), a not-for-profit nursing organization. CompassPoint is published four times a year and is intended as an informational resource only. Neither ACN nor its staff can be held liable for the practical application of any ideas found herein. Readers are invited to submit items for publication to Susan Baird, Editor, via email at [email protected]. Contents may not be reproduced without prior written consent. Member dues and subscription fees are $60 annually. CompassPoint is a peer reviewed publication indexed in CINAHL. © 2016 2 December 2016 Contemporary Camp Nurse Roles for Decreasing Unintentional Drowning: Headed in the Right Direction at Your Camp? Mary Tobin, RN, PhD, Alison Givens & Jacquelyn Thorp Abstract: As American camper populations shift,so do roles of camp nurses regarding preventing unintentional drowning. American camps are currently experiencing a significant up-tick in campers and counselors