Maryland State ENA was well represented at the ENA
Annual Conference in Tampa,
Florida in September 2011. The Maryland State delegates to the General Assembly
(business meeting of ENA) were:
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Anne May- MMC
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Bonnie Skinner (New delegate mentee from MMC)
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Gary Hicks (New delegate mentee from MBC)
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Josephina Jarina- MBC
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Diane Liebeskind- MBC
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Jeff Jefferies- MBC
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Linda Arapian- MMC
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Mary Alice
Vanhoy- ESC and Md.
State ENA President 2011
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Caroline Doyle- MBC
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Lynn Brown- MBC
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Pam Fox- MMC
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Sandy Waak- MMC
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Lisa Tenney- MMC
MMC created an entry for the Walk in Our Shoes
contest. (Shoes from the contest were donated to “soles4souls” a charitable
organization that distributes shoes to people in need in the US and around the world.) MMC placed
the entry under the category of “Most Like Anna Papa’s Personality (our ENA
2011 President)”.
Stay tuned for some pictures of the contest and some
sites at National ENA.
Sinai Hospital ED Wins
national ENA Lantern Award
Sinai Hospital ED was one of 20 honored winners
nationwide to achieve and obtain the ENA inaugural Lantern Award. The award
“recognizes not only nursing excellence, but also innovation and distinction
in staffing, throughput, safety, disaster preparedness, collaboration across
disciplines and training, development and professional opportunities of the
nurses.”
Sinai is a part of LifeBridge Health and in 2008 was the
first community/teaching hospital to receive Magnet recognition from the
American
Nurses
Credentialing
Center.
Nurses get up-close look at Hurricane
Irene's fury
-- Click for story
Maryland
State
Emergency Nurse of the Year 2011- Lynn Brown
Congratulations to Lynn
Brown, RN, CEN who received the Maryland ACEP Emergency Nurse of the Year
award at the 2011 Annual Maryland ACEP Education Program. While Lynn
currently serves as the Maryland ENA State Council Treasurer, she has served
as a delegate to National ENA, been actively involved in multiple State and
local ENA projects and committees and has held multiple offices in the Metro
Baltimore Chapter of MD ENA. Lynn
has been an emergency nurse for more than 22 years and still has a passion
and joy from the work she does. She is a “can do” person and is
willing to accept leadership roles in her workplace and within ENA.
She truly exemplifies the role of Emergency Nurse of the Year with her
collegiality and professionalism while providing quality, family focused and
patient centered care.
Click here for the picture of her receiving her award.
