M-OADN ANNUAL CONVENTION
Convention: March 28-29, 2012
Exhibits: March 28, 2012
Make your plans now to attend the M-OADN 2012 Annual Convention at the Clyde Muse Center, Hinds Community College, Rankin Campus, 515 Country Place Parkway, Pearl, Mississippi. For registration forms, click here. Participants are responsible for their own hotel reservations. Rooms are available for participants at several of the local Hotels. For a list of Hotels, pricing, location and contact information, click here. Be sure to tell reservations personnel that you are with the “Mississippi Organization for Associate Degree Nursing” or “M-OADN Convention” in order to receive the special rate. Rooms will be available at these prices until February 27, 2012.
We would like to invite you to exhibit at the 2012 M-OADN Convention. You will have exposure and interaction with approximately 1,500 A.D.N. faculty, students and practicing nurses. Click here For Exhibitor forms and Sponsor forms. If you need more information, please contact Glenda F. Brown, Executive Director, gfbinc@comcast.net or 601.824.3605. Deadline February 27, 2012.
AWARDS
We encourage you to nominate worthy individuals for the following awards, winners will be announced at the convention:
For information and descriptions of the awards, click here.
For application forms, click on the specific scholarship or award or the scholarship menu button. Deadlines February 27, 2012 & March 5, 2012, see specific application.
Message from Katina Bell, M-OADN President Elect:
Be sure to nominate those outstanding individuals for Awards!
Applications for ADN Educator of the Year Award, Outstanding ADN Student,
Bobbie Anderson Scholarship, and
Nurse in Practice Award
can be found by clicking on the Scholarships button on the left of the page.
Deadline for all of these is March 5, 2012
Also if you are currently in a Masters Nursing Program and plan to teach or are teaching in an ADN program-
M-OADN wants you to apply for the $1,000 "Faculty Development Scholarship"
Deadline is Feb. 27, 2012
Message from Sue Renfrow, Nomination Committee Chair
Here is your opportunity to work & learn more about the
MS Organization for Associate Degree Nursing!
We need Nurse Leaders!!
Candidates are being sought for: M-OADN Treasurer M-OADN Director of Education M-OADN Secretary
M-OADN Nominations Committee
Please submit your nominees (yourself or someone else) via e-mail to
Sue Renfrow, Nominations Chair; hsrenfrow@hindscc.edu
And please copy the e-mail to Glenda Brown, M-OADN Executive Director; gfbinc@comcast.net
*Nomination deadline Feb 1, 2012!
Candidate profile must also be received by that date.
Click here for the Blank Candidate Profile.
Please refer to the M-OADN Bylaws for descriptions of the offices and terms of service.
The 2012 application cycle for the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program (NELRP) is currently open. Please help us spread the word about the program. If you are familiar with NELRP, you will notice program modifications that have been put in place to adapt to changes in the nursing profession and to ensure support for communities with the greatest need.
NELRP offers Registered Nurses (RNs), advanced practice registered nurses, such as Nurse Practitioners (NPs), and nurse faculty an opportunity to repay 60 percent of their outstanding qualifying educational loans in exchange for a two-year service commitment at a Critical Shortage Facility (CSF) or an accredited school of nursing.
For 2012, the program is reserving up to half of the award funding for NPs; the remaining funding will continue to support RNs and nurse faculty.
As in previous years, NELPR is expected to be competitive. If there are more qualified applicants than available funding, the following preferences will be in place beginning this year:
Nurses at CSFs:
Preference will be given to nurses based on the greatest financial need, the type of facility, and the mental health or primary care Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designation.
Nurse Faculty at Schools: Preference will be given to faculty with the greatest financial need and to faculty working at schools of nursing with at least 50 percent enrollment of students from a disadvantaged background.
The deadline to apply to NELRP is February 15, 2012 at 5:00 pm EST. Please join us in helping spread the word to individuals who might be interested in applying to the program. To learn more about NELRP eligibility and requirements, visit: http://www.hrsa.gov/loanscholarships/repayment/nursing/guidance.pdf.
What is an endowment?
An endowment is perpetual fund that provides income for a charitable cause you are passionate about.
Are you passionate about Associate Degree Nursing?
M-OADN has established an endowment A.D. Nursing scholarship at nursing programs
who are also a N-OADN Agency Member. At this time of year faculty sign up to make a
monthly contribution to the foundation at their schools and so please remember this scholarship!
M-OADN will continue contributing and with the help of individuals who are passionate about
A.D. Nursing, this fund will reach endowment. Your gifts are tax deductable through the foundation
and the financial assistance to a struggling nursing student is unmeasurable. Please help - make a contribution.
Find our what our Mississippi legislators have been doing!
Click herefor a listing of their names and bills that they have proposed and the outcome of those bills.
N-OADN List Serv
If you have never signed up for the list serv then please consider doing so! Directions for signing up and how to use this resource can be found on the N-OADN website.
Go to the Resources tab on the left side of the screen and then look for the “Join N-OADN list serv.” Follow the directions and enjoy.
