President's Message

From the Desk of the President...

   

 

May 2010

 

Greetings to my fellow colleagues, leaders and members.

 

 

As the spring season emerged from around the corner and pushed the cold winter away, the Maryland State Council went into full speed in gearing up for and finalizing our Annual State Conference, “ENA BY THE BAY”. Having Diane Liebeskind as the Chair of Education Committee and this conference inspired us with enthusiasm and we were all energized to work with her in making this conference a successful one.

 

Needless to say, it was a success as attendees and participants alike remarked that the May 7th, 2010 conference held at the MITAGS in Linthicum, Maryland was excellent.

 

I just wanted to congratulate and thank everyone on our ENA BY THE BAY Conference committees. From the preplanning to registration to presentation of speakers and the post conference debriefing and state meeting at the end, everything went smoothly. If it weren’t for all our involved members, we wouldn’t have had such a great event. Many thanks to

-        Lynn Brown for her time in obtaining the continuing education credits

-         Sandy Waak for her computer skills in flyer development, registration sign in sheets and educational certificates

-         Jeff Jefferies for collecting and collating registrations and

-        Anne May for her smile as she greeted everyone during registration and throughout the conference.

 

I especially wanted to thank the featured speakers who took the time to prepare for and present at the conference. Helen Bradley, Marla Johnston, Dr. Shireen Atabaki,
Gail Lenehan and Dennis Jones, all delivered excellent presentations. I’ve received more than a few emails saying how much everyone enjoyed not only the content of the presentations but also the delivery that included clinical and professional expertise and some of their good humor and wit.

 

Of course none of this would have been possible if it weren’t for the generous contributions from Franklin Square Hospital Center and the sponsors such as Acuity Medical, Baxter, Cumberland, DHMH, MIEMSS, Ortho-McNeal Janssen, Shore Health System, University of Maryland Medical Center, Walden University and Z Medica.

 

I hope we take the lessons and success we’ve experienced during this year’s conference, and ride that tide to an even better conference next year.

 

For those who missed the opportunity to come and join us, we have already decided on a date for next year’s conference. Save the date and plan on being there next year on April 15, 2011 once again being held at the Maritime Institute for Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS).

 

Respectfully submitted,

Josefina “Pen” Jarina

President 2010

Maryland State Council