President's Message

From the Desk of the President...

   

January 2010

 

   To all my friends, colleagues and members of the Emergency Nurses Association in the state of Maryland; I wish you all the prosperity and peace throughout the years to come.

 

   As a 2010 State Council President of the Emergency Nurses Association, I would like to invite each and every one of you to actively participate in our pursuit of excellence in nursing practice through education; collaboration among other professional organizations such as MNA, ACEP, EMS; and advocating and promoting safe nursing practices.

 

   As we continue to

-        find solutions to over-crowding in the emergency department

-        resolve issues to decrease violence in the emergency room and

-        provide safe practice to our patients

 we must come together and be heard as one… a united group of professional nurses committed to giving excellent care among all of our patient populations.

 

   Maryland ENA is proud to announce that our annual ENA BY THE BAY Conference will be held at MITAGS (Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies) located at 692 Maritime Blvd., Linthicum Heights, Maryland, on May 7, 2010. We have excellent speakers from different areas of practice in the emergency department. We’ve heard your suggestions and comments in the past, and we hope to meet your expectations as you attend this educational conference.

 

   We are looking to have more providers’ classes for ENPC as well as TNCC and even a plan to have instructors’ classes this year. Check our website for dates and locations of classes including contact persons. I can’t emphasize enough how invaluable the ENPC and TNCC education and training is and the confidence one can develop after attending these courses. They consistently better equip you to care for the multigenerational patients. We are also planning to offer CEN and CPEN Review Classes.

 

   Last year’s national  ENA conference held in Baltimore was indeed a very successful one, as evidenced by the number of attendees that came (which far exceeded the previous year). For that, I would like to say thank you for supporting ENA’s educational conference.

 

   I challenge you to be involved, be heard, and be there, because as a TEAM:

T    together

E    everyone

A    achieves

M   more……………

 

   I am very proud to share with all of you that once again Maryland State Council is a recipient of the State Achievement Award, which is only given to a state council that demonstrates ability to develop best practices and meet/exceed expectations as set by the ENA.

 

Respectfully

Josefina “Pen” Jarina

President 2010

Maryland State Council