Maryland Statewide

Commission on the Crisis in

Nursing

Update and Future

Directions
June 5, 2002
Legislated Charge

 Convene Summit

“Do something”
 “Do something”

COMMISSION
  “Do something”
Subcommittees Formed  Refined Commission
Structure
Education
Recruitment  ViceChairs’
Leadership
Retention
Workplace  Keeping Nurses
Informed
Issues
Registered Nurses - Active Licenses*
1996 - 2000
55,000 47,860 50,682
46,990 47,737
45,525 46,675
50,000
45,000
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

*Registered Nurses - Maryland Addresses

Only
Licensed Practical Nurses-Active
Licenses* 1996- 2000
10,000
8,481 8,468 8,229
9,000 7,895 7,945 8,821
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

*Licensed Practice Nurses with

Maryland Addresses
 RNs By Age Groups
1997 - 2000
20,000
18,000
16,000
14,000
12,000 1997
1998
10,000 1999
8,000 2000
6,000 2001
4,000
2,000
0
18 - 27 28 - 37 38 - 47 48 - 57 58 - 67 68 +
 LPNs BY AGE GROUPS
1996 - 2000
3,000

2,500

2,000
1997
1998
1,500
1999
2000
1,000 2001

500

0
18 - 27 28 - 37 38 - 47 48 - 57 58 - 67 68 +
 Inactive Licenses by Age
2001
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
18-22 23-27 28-32 33-37 38-42 43-47 48-52 53-57 58-62 63-67 >=68

RN LP
Newly Licensed RNs by Type
1350

1300

1250
2000
1200 2001

1150

1100
Exam Endorse
Number of Newly Licensed RNs by
Age 1998 - 2001
1200

1000

800

600

400

1998 200
1999
2000
2001
0
18 - 27 28 - 37 38 - 47 48 - 57 58 - 67 68+
 Workforce Diversity 2001
 RNs

5% Males

24% Minority
 LPNs

11% Males

50% Minority
 Admissions 1997-2001
Registered Nursing Programs
1400 1247
1165
1200 1202
1101 1094
1000 855 870
800 850 759
698
600
400
200 46 95
0
0 0 0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Associate Degree Baccalaureate Diploma RN-BSN
 Graduations 1997-2001
Registered Nursing Programs
1000 922
837 813
841898 841 769
800 713
616
527
600

400
185 178
200
32
0 0 0 0
0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Associate Degree Baccalaureate Diploma RN-BSN

Baccalaureate totals include RN to BSN students. 1997-1999

 Practical Nursing Programs
Admissions & Graduations
1997-2000
200 181
180 168 177
165 169
160 169
160
140
144 144
120
131
100
80
60
40
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Admissions Graduations
 Places of Employment - RNs
1996 - 2001
60%

50%

40% 1996
1997
30% 1998
1999
20%
2000
10% 2001

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1996 -2001
40%
35%
30%
25% 1996
20% 1997
15% 1998
10% 1999
5% 2000
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Statewide Commission on the
Crisis in Nursing
Retention
Recruitment • Adequate & Flexible
 Collaborate to Staffing Protocols
Recruit • Communication/respect/
• Image
Recognition
• Web—disseminate Commission
Information Solving the • Competitive Compensation
• Tool Kit & Flexible Benefits
Development Nursing
Shortage

Education Workplace Issues

• Education Processes • Stress in the Workplace
• Scholarship & • Clinical Practice Delivery Models & Quality of Care
Financial Aid • Regulatory Issues
• Finance & Marketing • Participate in Decision Making
• Mentoring  Scheduling & Lifestyle Issues
Recruitment Subcommittee

Chair: Ann Possidente

Vice Chair: Debra B. Doyle
 Recruitment – Summit
1. Poor public and media image
 Women’s profession

 What do nurses do?

 Promoted to middle & high schoolers

as job vs career
 Recruitment – Summit

2. Hospitals are a business

3. Lack respect as a profession by the

public and among nurses
 Maryland Commission on
the Crisis in Nursing

 Project a more positive and

professional image of nursing

 Attract middle and high school

students into nursing as a career
 Our Charge

 Develop statewide campaign

 Promote nursing as worthwhile career

 Who are we
trying to
attract &
retain?

What should
we do?
What is the What do these
competition coworkers
doing? want/value?
 The Nursing
Profession’s Future
11 Y.O. 21 Y.O. 30 Y.O.

Middle School High School College “Second Career” Nurses

1) Students 1) Non-Nsg 1) People desiring 1) Current
2) Parents Students a second career Nurses
2) Nsg
Students

Expected Outcomes:


Understand current perceptions of the nursing profession


Attract more students into the nursing profession
 Recruitment—Middle/High Schools
Participants N = 219
1. Viewed Nursing as technical as opposed
to professional (like a “shop”)
2. No Career advancement—58.7%
3. Unsure of “what it takes to become an
RN”

Educational requirements

Differences in 2yr vs. 4yr programs
Recruitment—Middle/High Schools

4. “Scary” job with life and death

decisions
5. Job security

Computers and teaching “sure bet”

If cut Medicare, hospitals will close
24.1%
6. “Girls” job - 79.9%
 Recruitment—Middle/High Schools

7. Wearing a uniform—unappealing
8. Unfavorable hours & tasks
(work weekends and holidays)
9. Stressful—watching people die
 Recruitment Subcommittee
Accomplishments
 Nursing Image Videos Resources Library
(www. marylandhealthcareers.org)
 Web Site Developed through MHA

(www. marylandhealthcareers.org) &

(mbon.org)

Information for parents, teachers, students

Facts about nursing, scholarships

Hyperlinks to other nursing information
 Recruitment Subcommittee
Accomplishments

Legislative Shadow Program

Tool kits

(middle and high school students,

counselors, teachers and Parents)
 Student Volunteer Program
 Speakers Bureau
 Listening to constituents
Recruitment Subcommittee
Accomplishments

 Working with
 Education Subcommittee on the best
approach for recruiting faculty
 Healthcare settings to find clinical
rotations
 Recruitment Subcommittee Volunteers
THANKS!
•Ann Possidente, •Debra B. Doyle,
Chair V.Chair •Mary H. Deeley
•Lynn M. Derrickson
•Mona Bahouth •Ann Byrne •Mae Esh
•Carolyn G. Baker •Martha R. Caputo •Jeffrey Friedman
•Susan Battistoni •Amy Chi •Susan E. Gibson
•Mary L.Beachley •Virginia R. Clark •Robyn Gilden
•Sharan Lee Bidle •Harold Cohen •Bruce N. Griffin
•Justin Bishop •Robb Cohen •Dorna P. Hairston
•Jean L. Bridle •Carol Costante •Kathryn V. Hall
•Barbara Marx Brocato •Judith Covich •John A. Harris
•Melissa A. Brodeur •Frances Crites •Cheryl Heilman
•Trena Brown •Catherine Crowley •Sharon Hobson
• Linda Brown-Sutphin •Regina M. Curran •Mary Cathryn Hoffman
• Kathryn Buffington •Parker David •M. Theresa Hommel
• Ann T. Bures •Jack Davisdon •Kay Hoskinson
Recruitment Subcommittee Members
THANKS!
Montgomery Lisette
Wayne Howard K. Osborne
Cecelia Hughes Barbara Luminella Marc Palovitz
Lorraine Hughes-Girandola Susan Lynott
Yvonne Paraway
Joan Humlock Kim Kathryn
David Parker
Emeka Ifemeje Lothschuetz-
Karen M. Parrotte
Linda Janzik McCarron
Christina McGann Karen C. Poisker
Seth Johnson
Janet Melson Constance M. Pryor
Stephanie Jourdan
Fran Miller Jennifer B. Rainer
Laura L. Katz
Kathy Kemper Berta R. Mitchell Ann Regier

Lisa Lambert Donna Mueller Hope Ripkin

Lena Lee Dawn Nally George Rose
Fran Leibfreid Kathleen N. Neely Sharon M. Rossi
Romona Lewis Jack Neil Peter Russell
Matt Neiswanger Stephanie L. Sand
Amy L. Lohfield
Lola Null
Pat Saunders
Kathleen Ogle
Recruitment Subcommittee Members
THANKS!
Laura Van Syckle
Amy Schaefer
Lisa Wade
Carol Schatzman
Mary Schriver Maureen Wakefield

Lisa Seldomridge Mary Lou Watson

Lynn Z. Sklar Elizabeth Weglein
Jeanne Smoot Carol Wiggins
Karen Sullivan Erica Williams
Vicki L. Taliaferro Evelyn S. Wilmer
Marion Taylor Pat Wilmsen
Lisa Tenney Bonnita D. Wilson
Lana Thomas Mark Woodard
Tammy J. Thompson Emmaline T. Woodson
Mary R. Towe Rhonda Wyskiel
Denise Tucker Gary Yakimov
David Uhlfelder
 Recruitment Subcommittee
 Get involved
 We welcome additional volunteers
 Access the Maryland Board of Nursing
(mbon.org)
Workplace Issues Subcommittee

Chair: Donna Wilhelm

Vice Chair: Maria Koszalka
 Workplace Issues Subcommittee
Members Christin McGann
Micaela, M Aigner-Jacobs
Donna Damico Paula A. James Kate McPhaul
Nancy Allen
Sandra L. Dearholt S. Nooshin Javan Judith Meyers
Loretta Beckman
Mary H. Deeley Michael Jenifer Barbara Anne Miklewski
Stephanie Bernard
Connie A. Dennis Sharon A. Johnson Linda A. Miles
Susan D. Boettger
Mary Dent Seth Johnson Sharon Millar
Judith E. Breitenbach
Carole Derck Keith Jones Linda Miller
Jean L. Bridle
Sarah S. Detmer Judith Karp Berta Z. Mitchell
Melissa A. Brodeur
Deneen brown Dottie Devine Silvie Kassar Harriett Moore
Angela T. Burden Sallie Dicus Laura L. Katz
Toni Moore-Duggan
Ann Byrne Elizabeth Ann Evins Jack C. Keane
Dawn Nally
Rosalyn G. Carter Beverly S. Francis Juanita Kennedy
Moira Namuth
Filissa M. Caserta Susan E. Gibson Vicky P. Kent
Sandra Natolly
Phyllis Cassidy Beverly B. Goldsmith Kathie Kloch
Victoria B. Navarro
April C. Chase Sheila Greenwood Maria V. Koszalka
Kathleen N. Neely
Nalini Cherian Catherine M. Griswold Dina A. Krenzischek
Jack Neil
Deborah L. Chesser Pamela E. Kumar
Larry L. Grosser Lois H. Neuman
Virginia R. Clark Beverly S. Guy
Mary J. Larkin
Robin Purdy Newhouse
Janet Cogliano Sandy Levy
Kathryn V. Hall Catherine S. Novak
Robb Cohen Mary A. Linton
Sharon G, Hameroff Linda O'Hara
Harold Cohen Kathryn Lothschuetz-
Elise Handelman Joann Oliver
Stacey M. Cook Montgomery
Janet Holly Hoppenstein Carolyn R. Overcash
Catherine Crowley Sandra Lucci
Regina M. Curran Ellen L. Horowits Suzan Lundy Vanessa R. Pierre
Carol A. Curran Kay Hoskinson Marsha Marcus W. Carol Portner
Belinda D. Houston Christin McGann Curtis Price
 Workplace Issues Subcommittee
Members (cont.)

Delores M. Puno Constance Sumpter Mary Zohlen

Donna Raimondi Sandra Sundeen Barbara Watts
Ann Rasenberger Cecile E. Sutherland Patricia Watts-Kelley
Anne E. Rehfegd Carol Swartz Beverly A. Wehmer
Robin H. Reid Tami W. Swearingen Donna Wilhelm
Susan Reiman Irene Taylor Erica Williams
Tina Roach Lana Thomas Marisa Wilson
George Rose Tammy J. Thompson Helen Jane Wobbeking
Arlene Marie Rosen Lynn Z. Sklar Heather Yockey
Stephanie L. Sand Dianne C. Smith Gloria Zarlenga
Genene Saxton Lucie Smith Karen Tipton
Judy J. Schuur Regina Smith-Yurek Cathy Toepfner
Ernestine Scott Annette E. Snyder Janis Trainor
Carol Sheehan Joan M. Spear Denise Tucker
Denise Singleton Denise Stanback David Uhlfelder
Dawn Strecker Cathy Stonebraker Brenda Vitucci
Karen Sullivan Eleanor Walker Maureen Wakefield
Joan Humlock Florine Marshel
Workplace Issues Subcommittee
Initial Charge

 Identify workplace issues causing

nurse dissatisfaction
 Recommend ways to improve
nurses’ work environments
 Nurse Dissatisfaction
Issues Identified

Scheduling and Life Style

Mandatory overtime

Flexible scheduling

On call

Child care/sick child care

Reassignment

Scheduling

Women-friendly issues

Age appropriate assignments
 Nurse Dissatisfaction
Issues Identified

Professional environment

Difficulties with delegation

Physician collaboration

Autonomy

Respect

Agency nurse accountability/autonomy

Skill mix

LPN scope of practice

Difference in practice settings
 Nurse Dissatisfaction
Issues Identified
 Regulatory
 Scope of practice for techs, extenders, etc
 Documentation requirements

 LPN scope of practice

 Inconsistent regulation for providers in

different settings
 Nurse Dissatisfaction
Issues Identified

 Clinical Practice Delivery Model/

Quality of Care

Nurse-patient ratio

Quality of care

Skill mix
 Nurse Dissatisfaction Issues
Identified


Stress in the workplace

Public expectations

Support services

Occupational health issues

Self-care

Injury protection

Safety/violence/abuse
 Workplace Issues Subcommittee
Accomplishments

1. Survey validated nurses’ issues &

concerns
2. Paper written that identified:
 Scope of the problems
 Impact on quality of care
 Strategies to address identified concerns
 Workplace Issues Subcommittee
Accomplishment
3.Developed Concept Paper to Support Legislation
 Mandatory overtime

 Whistleblower protection

 Nurses participating in organizational policies

4. Impact on Legislation-all legislation passed

 HB 329 - Healthcare Whistleblower Protection Act

 SB 537 - Nurses Involuntary Overtime Prohibition

 HB 590/SB 46 - Study of the Use of Technology to

Assist Nurses in Caring for Patients

5. Established Workplace Subgroup to Address
Technology Issues
 Next Steps
1. Address the following topics:

Review information obtained from nursing survey to
determine which areas of focus
2. Other areas to address are:

Stress in the workplace

Technology issues- Professional environment

Regulations

Clinical practice delivery model/quality of care
3. Respond to legislative updates to current
legislation

HB 329, SB 537, & HB 590/SB 46
Maryland Board of Nursing Website
(Http://www.mbon.org)
For Upcoming Meeting Dates and
Locations
Workplace Issues Subcommittee

Nursing Technology
Workgroup
Chairperson: Maria Koszalka
 Nursing Technology Workgroup
Committee Members
 Maria Koszalka  Dina Krenzischek
Chairperson  Janet Marron
 Carol Mariglia
 Mary Beachley
 Pat Maher
 Stephen Buckingham
 Linda Miller
 Bycoffe Marcia
 Sandra Natolly
 Robert Cohen
 Ernestine Cosby
 Susan Newbold
 Brian Gugerty
 Carol Sheehan
 Toni Hughes  Mary Lou Watson
 Terry Herbert  Marisa Wilson
 Nursing Technology Workgroup
Initial Charge

HB 590 – Taskforce to Study the Use of
Technology to Assist Nurses in Caring for
Patients

Technological applications MUST:

Maximize nursing productivity

Increase quality of patient care

Improve work environment infrastructure in
health care settings
 Nursing Technology Workgroup
Purpose


Establish Workplace Issues Taskforce

Identify technology driven point of care
applications

Consultation with technology driven
point of care application experts
 Nursing Technology Workgroup
Accomplishments
Goal statements developed to support nursing
practice through technology:

Systems functional for nurses

Maximize nursing time

Maximize patient safety

Bar coding standardized to support technology

Reports allow for data extraction & electronic
transferal

Programs maximize information sharing via
web-based technology
 Nursing Technology Workgroup
Accomplishments- Goal Statements
( continued)


Hard and software adaptable to nursing workflow

Nursing staff participate in hardware selection

Clinical staff involved in development of clinical data
base

Acceptance of technology by nurses UAPs by on-the-
job training (mandatory competency)

Technology competency education supported by
administration

Basic informatics training occur in nursing education
programs
 Nursing Technology Workgroup
Expected Outcomes
How will information be used?

Direct policy development

Investigate funding for developing specific
technology

Develop criteria/parameters for selecting
technology

Healthcare organizations use criteria to select
technology

Develop resource manual
 Nursing Technology Workgroup
Expected Outcomes

 References will be developed to include

 Criteria for selection of information, clinical,
robotics technology
 Information to determine benefits of integrated
versus “best of breed” systems
 Recommendations for selection of basic
technology required to provide safe nursing care
 Data on technology that support nursing practice
 Nursing Technology Workgroup
“Big Impact”
 Focus: Support nursing practice and enhance
patient safety

Provider Order Management

Electronic medical record
 Supported by:
 Leapfrog organization
 IOM report
 Professional nursing organizations
 Nursing Technology Workgroup
Next Steps
 Representation from  Need representation
 Acute care hospitals 
LTC
 Nurse managers 
Home care
 IS

Ambulatory
 Staff nurses

Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene
 Third party payer 
IS nurses in clinical
 MNA setting
 Nursing Technology Workgroup
Next Steps

Develop:

Criteria to evaluate technology
(cost- benefit)

Recommendations for basic technology
required to provide nursing care

List of technology currently used
(survey)
Retention Subcommittee

Chair: Jeff Jefferies

Vice Chair: Nancy Dianis
 We want to Thank our Volunteers
 Ruby Anderson Gloria Barlow Anne Bilderback Bramblee Bird
 Lorna Branch Jean L. Bridle Audrey Byrd Timothy Carey
 Amy Chi Pat Cimno Sandy Cohen Robb Cohen
 Catherine Crowley Regina M. Curran Mary Kay Demarco Sarah S. Detmer
 Donna M. Dorsey Joyce Emerick Jill L. England Joanne Evans
 Rebecca Faughander Jane H. Flowers Susan Gibson Kathryn V. Hall
 DeLois G. Hamilton Elise Handelman Elaine J. Holman Mike Holy
 Bernice Hughes Jeannette Jefferies Bonita E. Jenkins H. Scott Johnson
 Susan Kalaine Theresa A. Kapetanovic Jack Keane Eileen Lacijan
 Diane Liebeskind Dora Long “Ski” Lower Sandra Lucci
 Florine Marshel Carol Marsiglia Suellyn Masek Christina McGann
 Judith McMillan Grace McNeal Elaine Mennito Steve Morrison
 Rosemary Mortimer Donna Mueller Pat Mynarski Kathy Neely
 Bonnie Neibauer Bette Nunn Bette Carole O’Connor Leigh Pancoast
 Julia Pannell Karen M. Parrotte Janet Passley-Harp Tina Patrico
 Anne E. Rehfegd Tina Roach Deborah L. Royalty M. Judith Rudell
 Vicki Ryan Valerie Shearer Carol Sheehan Leslie R. Simmons
 Lynn Sklar Dean Smith Dawn SteckerKaren Sullivan
 Constance Sumpter Cecile E. Sutherland Irene Taylor Mary R. Towe
 David Uhlfelder Diane Walbridge Jan Watts Elizabeth Whiting
 Carol Wiggins Donna Wilhelm Mark Woodward
And a Special Thanks
to Our Co-Chair:

Nancy Dianis
 Retention Subcommittee
Initial Charge

 Review data that describes nurse

retention issues
 Explore compensation as a nurse retainer
 Explore aspects of professional
development as a nurse retainer
 Retention Subcommittee
Recommendations

 Total Compensation Guiding Principals:

– Flexible and possibly transferable
– Reduce salary compression
– Review of salaries at specified intervals
– Benefits menu – developed with RN input
– Benefits reviewed annually
– Career development plan
– Non-selected benefits reinvested by RN into –
additional educational days, retirement account, etc.
 Retention Subcommittee
Recommendations

 “Holistic” Compensation Models by

Generation
– 401 (k)
– Medical Coverage
– Pension
– Clear sense of Organizational purpose
– Compensation that grows with the RN
 Retention Subcommittee
Recommendations
 Career Path Development

Within current workplace

Across healthcare organizations
 Coaching/mentoring
 Work Place Safety

Create safe environment

Create resources for RN to handle safety issues
(threatening behaviors, verbal and physical abuse)
 Retention Subcommittee:
the Next Steps
 Create a “product” that represents the
compensation package recommendations
 Written information disseminated to stakeholders
– Create a “tool kit” to be used for presentations
– Create materials focused on each stakeholder
– Hold compensation forums to present information
– Include total compensation package information in the
Commission’s Annual Report
– Design a “Nurses Compensation Hot-Line” via web or
phone that provides nurses with a venue to learn about
compensation and to ask questions
 Retention Subcommittee:
the Next Steps

 Develop plans to overcome barriers to a

comprehensive compensation plan
 Develop Career Path options
 Explore Nursing Care Delivery Systems – to
enhance the work environment
 Encourage participation of RN volunteers to
develop these programs
 The Education Subcommittee
Report

Chair: Patricia Watts-Kelley

Vice Chair: Peggy Soderstrom
 The Goals
of the Education Subcommittee
 Facilitate the education of qualified
individuals
 Ensure that pool of qualified, accessible
nurses continues to alleviate the existing
void
 Prepare future nurses with the competency
based skills to meet the healthcare needs
 Background
 Working groups of the Subcommittee
 Education
 Financial
 Mentoring
 Faculty
 Background
 Working groups of the Subcommittee
 Education
 Financial
 Mentoring
 Faculty
 Accomplishments to date
 Scholarship legislation
 Financial assistance enhances many students’
ability to finish a nursing program often leading
to early entry into the workforce
 Measuring successful completion outcomes
 (Scholarships are a crucial factor)
 Supported an increase in funding of the nursing
scholarship to include all eligible students
 Work Priority
Fall 2001
 Identify a credible method for determining
the number of nurses needed to meet the
healthcare needs of Maryland’s citizens
 Explore an accurate method to measure need
related to demand
 Develop outcome-based recommendations to
address the nursing shortage
 On Going Work-Outcomes
 Developing a forecasting model
 A credible method to calculate the number of
nurses needed
 Project the supply and demand/need
 Analyze trend data
 Use forecasting model for future
educational adjustments
 Forecasting Model
 Estimates the future supply of nurses
 Forecasts the size, the age and the educational
level of the nursing workforce
 New graduates are added, as well as
in-migration
 Predicts impact of retirements, deaths and out-
migration of experienced nurses
 Present Data Collection
 Occupational Projections of RNs, LPNs and
nursing faculty
 Nursing student enrollment
(LPN, AD, BSN, Advanced degrees)
 Faculty Salaries

Preliminary data analysis indicate a widening of the
gap between clinical service and faculty salaries

2002 year first time licensure exam takers

RN & LPN candidates
 Monitor, Evaluate, Revise

 What is succeeding?
 What can be improved upon?
 What additional issues and areas need to be
addressed?
 Future Work
 Diversity (geographic, ethnic, cultural, physiologic, and
gender)
 Questions for future consideration are:
 What is the extent of the need for a more diverse
nursing faculty?
 How do nursing educators address the needs of diverse
students?
 Education Subcommittee Members

Thank YOU
 Pamela Ambush  Rosie Delegrotti Ellen L. Horowits Susan Lynott
 Lynda A.Bartko  Mary Dent Kay Hoskinson
Erin Marek
 Madeliene Becker  Carol G. Dignon M. Patricia Howard
Denise Marshall
 Rosemarie O.Berman  Elizabeth Dunne Joan Humlock
 Sharon L.Bernier Joyce B. McAdoo
 Eugenie J.Dunnells S. Nooshin Javan
 Teresa Bianco Blanka McClammer
 Sandra Bonita E. Jenkins
 Barbara Marx Brocato Dunnington Christina McGann
Beth Jernigan
 Trena Brown  Linda Epstein Judith McMillan
Seth Johnson
 Martha R.Caputo  Judith Feustle Cheryl McNamara
 Virginia R.Clark Kathleen Jones
 Jane Garvin Grace McNeal
 Mary Clisham Johnnye S. Jonhson
 Susan E.Gibson Earlene B. Merrill
 Robb Cohen Goar Karami
Fran Miller
 Bruce N.Griffin
 Harold Cohen Silvie Kassar
 Kathryn V.Hall Nancy Monahan
 Frances Crites Laura L. Katz
 Donna Helfferich Toni Moore-Duggan
 Catherine Crowley Barbara H.Kemerer
 Gertrude T.Hodges Rosemary E. S. Mortimer
 Regina M. Curran Cynthia E.Kielinen
 Barbara P. Daniel  Janice Hoffman Marion Mulholland
Michael Kiphart
 Mary H. Deeley  Dorothy Holley Robert Murray
Kathryn Lothschuetz-
 Thomas James DeGraba  Marie T. Holley Dawn Nally
 Robyn E.Holley Montgomery Sandra Natolly
Sandra Lucci
 Thank YOU Members
 Kathleen N. Neely  Georgeanne C. Santolla Joan Warren
 Jack Neil  Amy Schaefer Jan Watts
 Ronnie Netteburg  Terri Schreyer Elizabeth
 Jean Nichols  Marge Schueler Weathington
 Janice Oliver  Judy J. Schuur Anna White

 Kathleen Parsons  B. Joan Scott Carol Wiggins

 Edith Patten  Lisa Seldomridge Erica Williams

 Carol Bryant Payne  Valerie Shearer Karen Wons

 Lesley Perry  Darlene Shoemaker

 Nayna Phillipsen  Dianne C. Smith
 Karen C.Poisker  Peggy Soderstrom
 Barbara C.Poniatowski  Karen Sullivan
 Ann Possidente  Sandra Sundeen
 Constance M. Pryor  Lana Thomas
 Ann Rasenberger  Tammy J.Thompson
 Robin H. Reid  Patricia Travis
 Bernadette Rock  Eleanor Walker
 Stephanie L. Sand  Robin Wantz
 Please Join Us !!!
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 Check the MBON website for meeting schedules and

subcommittee Volunteer Form
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 Major Focus
 Education Subcommittee
 MORE
 Students
 Faculty
 Scholarships
 Basic Graduates
 Major Focus
 Recruitment Subcommittee
 Collaborate! Collaborate! Collaborate!
 Youth
 Help from nurses and nursing
students
 Develop recruitment tools
 Major Focus
 Retention Subcommittee
 Value nurses
 Respect nurses
 Take control of career
 Major Focus
 Workplace Issues
 Give nurses their “due”
 Acknowledge
 Needs
 Fears
 Lifestyle
 Thanks

VOLUNTEERS!