New Hampshire Nursing News YearYear ofof thethe NurseNurse 20202020 Official Newsletter of New Hampshire Nurses Association Quarterly publication direct mailed to approximately 1,250 Registered Nurses and LPNs and delivered electronically via email to 16,500 Registered Nurses and LPNs in New Hampshire. March 2020 | Vol. 44 No. 2 www.NHNurses.org Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) Please be sure to notify us with address changes/corrections. We have a very large list LEGISLATIVE TOWN HALL FORUM to keep updated. If the nurse listed no longer lives at this address – please notify us to Top Ten Bills Presented for 2020 discontinue delivery. Thank You! Please call 877-810-5972, extension 701 or Bill Description CGA Presenter NHNA Position email to [email protected] with Allowing RN’s to certify walking disability plate eligibility. Fixes a problem Nursing News in the subject line. HB 1489 with prior legislation by adding the RN to the list of health care providers that Linda Compton In Support currently certify eligibility for walking disability plates and placards. Establishing a NH health policy commission. Aims to establish a NH Index Health Policy Commission with the purpose of monitoring health care HB 1520 Katie Lajoie In Support Spotlight on a Specialty . 2 delivery and spending. NHNA proposed adding a nurse to the Commission, and this amendment is supported by the bill’s prime sponsor. President’s Message . 3 From the ED’s Desk . 3 Relative to pharmacist-in-charge. This bill modifies the duties and responsibilities of a pharmacist-in-charge, clarifies the inspection Legislative Town Hall Forum . 4 HB 1536 Karen Perry Watching services provided by the board of pharmacy, and repeals a provision on Membership Matters! . 5 requirements for written orders for schedule II-controlled drugs. Bylaws . 6 Relative to purchase, use & possession of tobacco products. Raises the age Pam DiNapoli/ The 2020 Census Will Impact HB 1662 In Support for purchase, use and possession of tobacco products from 19 to 21 years. Carla Smith New Hampshire’s Healthcare Dollars . .. 6 NHNA Ballots Are Counted, 2020 Officers Are . 7 Establishing a nursing review subcommittee. The purpose of this bill is to establish a nursing review subcommittee to the NH Board of Nursing Perinatal Nurses are Going PURPLE in New Hampshire . 8-9 SB 502 Joan Widmer In Support to review and investigate disciplinary complaints and then propose Be on the Lookout! . .. 9 recommendations for handling the complaint to the BON. NH Nursing News Needs YOU . 10 Establishing commission to study workplace safety. This bill creates an 2019 NHNA Awards Bestowed . 10 Cynthia Cohen/ opportunity for an in-depth study to examine the issues surrounding Also in the News… . 10 SB 506 Marsha In Support workplace violence in health care, as well as an exploration of policies Nurses Night at the Museum . 11 Davidson structures that will protect healthcare workers. Welcome New and Returning NHNA Members! . 12 Relative to policies for students with head injuries. This bill requires the Kudos . 13 Department of Education to collaborate with the Brain Injury Association SB 584 Traci Fairbanks In Support From the Bookshelf . 14 of New Hampshire to develop a return to learning policy and plan for NCLEX Reconsidered . 15 students with concussions and brain injuries. School Nurse Connections . 15 Relative to hearings of NH BON. This bill allows the public member on School of Nursing News . 16 the New Hampshire Board of Nursing to preside at hearings of the board. SB 596 Judy Odom Oppose Nursing Workforce Findings . 17 NHNA has proposed making the public member of the BON ineligible to Humor Me . 17 be Chair or Vice Chair, eliminating need for this legislation. In My Opinion . 18 Relative to passenger restraints. This bill aims to establish secondary seat Pam DiNapoli/ SB 609 In Support Management Minute . 19 belts requirements for all ages in the State of NH Carla Smith Nurses on the Move . .. 19 Relative to controls in long term care. The purpose of this bill is to allow Non-Verbal Communication: The Silent Giveaway . 20-21 SB 715 for more options and less restriction in long-term care for Medicaid Kim Pang In Support Nurses Host Breakfast with New Hampshire Legislators . 21 eligible elderly and chronically ill adults. In Memory of Our Colleagues . 22 Legislative Town Hall Forum continued on page 4 Florence Nightingale – The Rebellious Years . 23 NH Nurse Appointed DHHS Head SAVE Lori Shibinette, RN, BSN, MBA has been unanimously Shibinette to lead DHHS confirmed by the New Hampshire Executive Council because of what he called to lead the Department of Health and Human Services her “unmatched operational (DHHS). As commissioner of DHHS, Shibinette will experience.” She will be THE DATE oversee programs and budgets of the largest state able to “hit the ground agency that accounts for nearly half of total state running,” Sununu said spending. Governor Chris Sununu says he picked during his nomination. “Our National Nurses Week strong economy May 6-12 Presort Standard has provided New th US Postage Hampshire with the Florence Nightingale’s 200 birthday! PAID opportunity to create Permit #14 robust programs May 12 Princeton, MN that need Lori’s Lori Shibinette, Excellence in Nursing Awards Night current resident or 55371 expertise to ensure better outcomes for RN, BSN, MBA May 19 individuals. Lori is a manager and has the ability to effectively oversee Red Sox Nurse Appreciation Night these programs to get the job done.” May 20 NHNA Spotlight on Nursing Program NH Nurse Appointed DHHS Head continued on page 3 June 11 Page 2 • New Hampshire Nursing News March, April, May 2020 Guidelines for Submissions to NH Nursing News NH Nursing News (NHNN) is the official publication commercial affiliation. Email as New Hampshire of the NH Nurses’ Association (NHNA), published attachments to office@nhnurses. quarterly – and available in PDF format at our website: org with NN Submission in the NURSING NEWS www.nhnurses.org. 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