Advocating--Positioning--and Educating New Jersey RNs Brought to you by NJSNA’s Dues-Paying Members. JOIN US TODAY! The Official Publication of the New Jersey State Nurses Association/Institute for Nursing Volume 50 • Number 3 Quarterly publication direct mailed to approximately 141,000 RNs and LPNs in New Jersey July 2020 Inside... New Jersey Nurse is Going Green! To make sure you receive a copy, please subscribe at https://tinyurl.com/NewJerseyNurse Mother and Daughter Duo Respond to the Call We are excited to announce that the New Jersey If you are not a member of the New Jersey State Page 8 Nurse is Going Green! Beginning with the October Nurses Association, then this current issue will be 2020 issue, the publication will be available as an your LAST printed copy of the New Jersey Nurse! e-newsletter to any nurse licensed in New Jersey who If you want to continue to receive critical statewide would like to receive it. It will also be distributed in nursing updates from the New Jersey State Nurses electronic form and printed as a member benefit for members of the New Jersey State Nurses Association. Going Green continued on page 14 Ann Marie Mauro Named Dean at Monmouth University School of Nursing and Health Studies Honoring Heroic NJ Nurses in the Pandemic Page 16 Ann Marie P. Mauro, Her clinical expertise is in cardiovascular and PhD, RN, FAAN, has critical care nursing, and her research focuses on been named Dean of the support of cardiovascular patients and educational Marjorie K. Unterberg innovations. School of Nursing "We are very excited to have Dr. Mauro join and Health Studies at us as the new dean of the School of Nursing and Index Monmouth University in Health Studies," said Rekha Datta, PhD, interim West Long Branch, NJ. A provost and senior vice president for academic Membership Application ...................... 2 Rutgers University School affairs. "She brings a wealth of experience and President’s Report ............................ 3 of Nursing professor, she knowledge about the field of nursing and allied CEO Report ................................ 3 has served as founding health areas. With her expertise in diversity and Region News ................................ 4 associate dean and leadership in health studies, we hope to enhance LPN Forum .................................. 6 director for the Center for Ann Marie P. Mauro, our commitment to healthcare education and PhD, RN, FAAN IFN Report .................................. 7 Educational Research and service to the community." Innovation (CERI) since As dean, Mauro will oversee the University's NJCCN Receives a $500,000 Grant for a Statewide 2015. Her appointment as Dean begins on July healthcare program offerings at all levels of Nurse Residency Program .................... 9 13, 2020, when she succeeds Janet Mahoney, education and career experience, including Pregnant Women Require Caution with Cannabis Use . 11 PhD, RN, who served as Dean for 11 years and undergraduate, graduate and doctoral nursing Teaching Nursing Students During COVID-19 ........ 12 will continue as a professor. programs, health studies; health and physical What Would Florence Do ....................... 13 A certified nurse educator and clinical nurse education; and physician assistant programs; Unsung Heroes: LPNs & LVNs Caring for Patients with leader, Mauro offers expertise in advancing as well as post-master's and post-baccalaureate Substance Use Disorders .................... 14 diversity initiatives, creative educational certificates and continuing education programs. strategies, progressive curricular models, novel The school has approximately 37 full-time faculty Academic Leaders Taking the Time - Placing an Emphasis interprofessional education, educational policy, members and 1,000 students. on Interdepartmental Campus Collaboration ...... 15 faculty governance, and cardiovascular health. A Crazy Yoga Pants Movement ................... 19 Ann Marie Mauro Named Dean...continued on page 2 Non-Profit Org. To every nurse on the frontline of the COVID crisis. May U.S. Postage Paid Princeton, MN God’s protection surround you. May God’s comforting grace Permit No. 14 current resident or enfold you & may the prayers of your nurse colleagues heal your tired and wounded hearts. Thank you. You are the links in the chain of nursing honor & caring. Be safe, stay healthy & know how appreciative your colleagues are for your service. Dr. Ben Evans, DD, DNP, APN, Past President NJSNA Page 2 New Jersey Nurse & Institute for Nursing Newsletter July 2020 New Jersey Nurse MEMBERSHIP Official Publication of the New Jersey State Nurses Association and Institute for Nursing 1479 Pennington Road Trenton, New Jersey 08618 Phone: 609-883-5335 ext 111 Fax: 609-883-5343 Email: [email protected] Webpage: www.njsna.org NJSNA Mission Statement Advance the practice of professional nursing by fostering quality outcomes in education, practice and research Institute for Nursing (IFN) Board of Trustees Mary Ellen Levine, Chair, [email protected] Dr. Phyllis Hansell, Vice Chair, [email protected] Dr. Barbara Chamberlain, Treasurer, [email protected] Judy Schmidt, MAL, CEO, [email protected] Dr. Mary E. 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Asst./Membership Administrator, [email protected] Tyea Santiago, Education Coordinator, [email protected] Kortnei Jackson, Ed. Adm. Asst., [email protected] Annemarie Edinger, RAMP Comm. Coord., [email protected] Deborah Robles, RAMP Adm. Asst., [email protected] Emily Gannon, RAMP Intake Spec., [email protected] Benita James, RAMP Case Manager, [email protected] Joan Peditto, RAMP Case Manager, [email protected] Ann Marie Mauro Named Dean...continued from page 1 where she remains as an adjunct clinical professor. Etha Westbrook, RAMP Case Manager, [email protected] Andrew Haviland, RAMP Case Manager, [email protected] At NYU, Mauro was a Hartford Institute for "I am excited to join my colleagues at Geriatric Nursing fellow, and project director for Monmouth University and to meet the School of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Nursing and Health Studies faculty, staff, and New Jersey Nurse Staff New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program, Judy Schmidt, Editor students," Mauro said. "The COVID-19 pandemic providing leadership development and mentoring Jennifer Chanti, Managing Editor Dr. Barbara Wright, Executive Editor has clearly accentuated the critical need to for accelerated nursing students from diverse, prepare excellent nurses and health professionals underrepresented, and disadvantaged backgrounds. New Jersey Nurse Copy Submission Guidelines: to meet current and future healthcare workforce Mauro was an assistant professor at Seton Hall All NJSNA members are encouraged to submit material for publication that is of interest to nurses. The New Jersey Nurse also demands. I am eager to build upon the outstanding University, College of Nursing, where she was a reputations of the university and school to further welcomes unsolicited manuscripts. Article submission is preferred leader in university and college governance and in MS Word format, Times New Roman font and can be up to 500 enhance our existing programs and create new key educational initiatives, including the doctorate words. When sending pictures, please remember to label pictures ones that will address complex population health in nursing program, the first entry-level clinical clearly since the editors have no way of knowing who persons in the needs in a dynamic, global environment." photos might be. nurse leader master's degree in New Jersey, and Copy Submissions: Preferred submission is by email to the In her previous role leading CERI at Rutgers implementation of high-fidelity patient simulation. Managing Editor. Only use MS Word for test submission. Please do University, Mauro provided direction for teaching Mauro is a recipient of awards, including not embed photos in Word files, send photos as jpg files. and learning excellence, collaborations in Submit Materials to: New Jersey Nurse, Attention to Jennifer the American Association of Colleges of Chanti, Managing Editor at [email protected] interprofessional education, and advancing nursing Nursing (AACN) Excellence and Innovation in education science. She launched the Center for Teaching Award, the NJ League for Nursing Advertising: for advertising rates and information please contact Arthur