Linda Suttle, MS, RN
Executive Director
16 Shorty Smith Rd.
Laurel, MS 39443
601-498-9196

 

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THE CONVENTION WAS GREAT! HOPE YOU WERE THERE.
1462 students were registered!
196 RN's registered including speakers!
41 Exhibitors with 79 participants with them!
1737 folks--WOW!

Below are some handouts that some people had wanted. If there are others that you would like, let me know and I will ask them to let us post it for you.
Students be sure to download Wilda Rinehart's handout!!
Sarah Howell's handout: "The Student Portfolio: A Journey Though Nursing School"
Dr. Mahaffey's powerpoint: "Getting Ready for NLNAC Accreditation"
Jane Tallant's presentation: "Why Didn't I know?"


Greetings from N-OADN

Greetings from the National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing   

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to express our best wishes for a successful convention.  State chapters are so important to N-OADN, and we particularly value the Mississippi state chapter because of its outstanding support and active participation.  I encourage all of you to continue your memberships in N-OADN in spite of the financial challenges facing your programs.  The board members will be personally communicating with all individuals and agency members who join in 2009 to welcome them to N-OADN.  In addition, board members call recently-inactive members to offer support, assistance, and encouragement.  Each member of N-OADN can help with membership by encouraging colleagues to join and by educating community college presidents about the value of agency membership in N-OADN.

Among the challenges facing associate degree nursing education is the proposed legislation in many states that would require a baccalaureate within 10 years of licensure. As many of you know, N-OADN developed a position statement on this issue. It’s available on the N-OADN website if you have not seen it.  The board is currently preparing a document to accompany the position statement to provide talking points for the information presented in the statement.  Watch First Tuesday and the website for more information about this document and other updates on N-OADN’s legislative activities.

The Education Committee is hard at work planning the 2009 convention which will be held November 6-8, 2009, in Orlando.  We certainly hope you will join us in sunny Florida.  Again, watch First Tuesday and the website for more information.

The board has heard wonderful comments about N-OADN’s journal Teaching and Learning in Nursing.We hope you too find it to be a useful resource. 

You probably know that the listserv is a great resource for networking with colleagues.  But you may not know that the discussion from the listserv is archived on the members’ only section of the website.  So if you do not want to join the listserv and receive regular messages in your inbox, you can still check out the dialogue from the listserv on the website.

The board welcomes comments and concerns from N-OADN members about its activities and programs.  Please do not hesitate to contact me or any board member or a member of the national office staff with your suggestions and concerns. 

Cordially,
Linda S. Miles, EdD, MS, RN
President

 

Candidates,Nominations Chair

Thank you for running for an office- I wish we could use everyone in these positions because we had some good qualified candidates.
Election Results: President-Elect Sarah Howell; Nominations Chair: Rebecca West, Theresa Sparks & Debra Lambert

Mary Jo Kirkpatrick
MUW


 

Mississippi has Certified Nurse Educators! Find out who they are.

M-OADN is seeking to compile stories from AD nurses on the value of the associate degree nursing in their career and life.  We invite nurses who never pursued additional education as well as those who went on to obtain other degrees to send in the story of the path that nursing has taken them. I hear over and over of how ADN education has changed lives and we need to let others know about this. These stories may be posted on the web site. So if you would send in your story or if you know someone to encourage to send in their story--that would be great! Don't think that your story is not important--it is, send it in! Just e-mail to Linda Suttle (BTW--we also will be happy to post pictures of you at work!). We are proud of ADN graduates and want others to know about the great work that you are doing.