Inside this issue: Personal Website
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NANMT Executive Director Named Social Networking— NANMT Style
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AHNA Magazine Focuses on Veterans
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AMTA 2012 Convention
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NANMT Board Members Judy Dean, President jldrnc@comcast.net Andy Bernay-Roman, Treasurer & Founding Member andy@deepfeeling.com Cheryl Chapman, Director touch2rn@aol.com
Shawn Hicks, Exec Dir shicks@longmgt.com
Volume 11, Issue 4 2012 Headquarters PO Box 232 West Milton, OH 45383 855-366-2668 937-698-4128 Fax: 937-698-6153 info@nanmt.org
From the Desk of the President When the current Board members came into office in January, one of its charges was to review and evaluate almost every component of the Association’s activities. By now, you have received information to review and make recommendations on the proposed changes for the Standards of Care for the Nurse Massage Therapists. If you haven’t, please access the website (www.nanmt.org), and by using the Active membership password given to you in a recent e-mail, access that page and add your comments so that we can finalize the document and send it out for review and vote by NANMT’s Active Category members. Membership Renewal By now, you may have received your NANMT renewal invoices. I urge you to renew as our voice as an Association as well as our Specialty as Nurse Massage Therapists are becoming stronger each day. This is substantiated by the increased number of phone calls and emails asking a variety of questions regarding NANMT. Some questions are giving birth to possible new services not currently offered by any other Nursing Association. I will keep you updated as NANMT moves ahead with potential programming and services. As potential projects become reality, the Board will be asking for your expertise depending on the project, the amount of involvement, and whatever else is needed to actively help take an idea from the drawing board to fruition.
In keeping with the Board Charge of Review, Evaluate and Implement, both the previous initial and renewal membership processes were evaluated and significant changes have occurred. Some of the changes resulted from my attendance at the Leadership Conference in Louisville and others from the creative brainstorming sessions. The following changes are being implemented now as well as in January of 2013: 1. The renewal time frame for any membership category has changed. It is now January 1 through January 31st. The 3 month grace period is no longer an option. 2. NANMT will no longer require or ask for a copy of your Nursing Licensure. This is already a Public Record. If there is a concern, the staff will access the State in which you have identified. We ask only for the State in which you practice Nursing as well as Massage. As fellow professionals, we respect your honesty and integrity to abide by the laws of your State in which you practice. Therefore, the responsibility of adhering to the State Statutes of both Nursing and Massage Therapy, as identified within your State, is now on your shoulders. 3. New Categories have been added:
Associate Membership
open to any RN, LPN, LVN
who is NOT a Massage Therapist but provides various forms of Touch Therapies to clients and/or patients. Annual Fee: $50 International Membership open to any Nurse Massage Therapist from the International community. Annual Fee: $50 Military Membership open to any active duty RN, LPN, LVN meeting the criteria of any NANMT membership category with required documentation. Fee is 30% discount the selected membership category. 4. Changes to the current categories: Active Category Membership Renewal Send in your renewal fee before December 31, 2012 and received 10% discount off the usual $100.00. (Applicable to Active Category only) Bundle membership for 2 years @ $175.00 a $25 savings Bundle membership for 3 years @ $250.00 a $50 savings Active Category Membership: Initial Application Fee $100.00 if joining between January 1 and June 30th $ 50.00 if joining between July 1 and December 31st (Pro-rated fee applies only to the first year of membership) Bundled Fees applicable only between January 1 and January 31st Bundle membership for 2 years @ $175 ($25 savings) (Continued on page 4)
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NANMT announces another FREE service for its Active & Senior Category members…… your own website within NANMT’s website. NANMT will design, host and maintain your webpage for you. This FREE web page will display your professional profile, your writ-
ten info about your services and will be linked NANMT’s Community Accessed Referral Directory and allows potential clients read about your services. Interested? Send NANMT an e-mail with the following info:
your name, contact phone Number, a JPG head shot of NANMT yourself no larger thanNEWS 5 MB, your specialties and services, your rates, availability, any links to your other websites and how long been in practice. Also include professional accomplishments you wish to share.
NANMT Executive Director Named Shawn Hicks has been appointed as the Executive Director of The National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists. Shawn has been with Long & Associates, an association management firm for the past 8 years.
and their four children: Brennan (14), Aidan (12), Evan (11), and Chasity(11). Some of his favorite pastimes are watching college football, playing with his kids, and spending quality time with his wife.
Shawn brings extensive experience to the Board, lives in Piqua, Ohio with his wife Elisha,
The Board looks forward to a productive association with Shawn as he takes on this new role. Welcome, Shawn!
Frequently Asked Questions Has anybody ever said to you, “Why Should I Receive a Massage Today?” A member submitted theses top 10 reasons:
or Illness
# 10 - Relieve Pain
# 6 - Be Successful
# 9 - Reduce Stress
# 5 - Have More Fun
# 8 - Recover Fast from Injury
# 4 - Be All that You Can Be
# 7 - Prevent Future Injury or Illness
# 3 - Relax and Enjoy # 2 - Dare to Live Life to the Fullest # 1 - Give Yourself What You Deserve and Need
AMTA National Convention 2013 2013 AMTA National Convention will be held on September 25-28 in Fort Worth, Texas. Take advantage of the
Early Bird Registration Fee of $375.00. this special runs from October 4th through November 1st. Be the first to
sign up for yet to be identified classes. Contact AMTA at www.amtamassage.org for additional information.
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Social Networking—NANMT Style Check out and 'like' our Facebook page: The National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists! Invite your friends
to like our page! And there's also our LinkedIn page (linkedin.com), under
"Nurse Massage Therapists", with 678 members! Join in, link in, share your story! See you online!
Welcome to All Members NANMT is only as strong as it’s membership and our membership is growing and each individual or institution which renewed as a member of the various Categories -- The Board is grateful for your support. NEW MEMBERS
ASSOCIATE Members Lisa Fredrickson, RN MS, Santa Rosa, CA SENIOR/RETIRED Members Betty McKisson, RN CRNP LMT RMT, Clarion, PA
Jacquelyn Elder, RN LMT, Crayville, NY Gail Kozlowski, LPN CMT LMT NCTMB, Scranton, PA Deborah R. Myers, RN LMT, Severna Park, MD Katharine F. Vallario, RN NCTMB CMT, Bernardsville, NJ Sandra K. Vinyard, RN LMT, Cheyenne, WY Mary Grimme-Epps, RN CMT, Deforest, WI Mary Hutton, LMT NCTMB, Kennesaw, GA
ASSOCIATE Members Betty McKisson, RN CRNP LMT RMT, Clarion, PA SUPPORTING Member Lisa Romano, RN LMT, Clearwater, FL STUDENT Members Deborah Flynn Burdick BSN RN, Akron, OH If you want to contact one of these new members, please visit the member public referral section or the member section. If you would like a listing mailed to you for those members in your state, just let us know call 1.800.262.4017 or email info@nanmt.org.
new members
ACTIVE Members Sheryl Ward, RN LMT, NCTMB, Carolina Beach, NC
RETURNING MEMBERS
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NANMT NEWS
From the Desk of the President —cont’d (Continued from page 1)
The Board is in the process of reviewing the current Bylaws. Proposed changes are being discussed so that a final copy can be presented to the Active Category membership for review and vote.
Bundle membership for 3 years @ $250 ($50 savings) Submit a copy of your 500 Hour Massage Therapy program and/or your NCBTMB # and expiration date. Student Category Membership: Fee: $55.00 if joining between January 1 and June 30th $45.00 if joining between July 1 and December 31st Senior or Retired Membership: Age change from 65 to 62 years of age. Fee remains the same. Institution/Organization Membership: Fee: $300 if joining between January 1st and June 30th $150 if joining between July 1st and December 31st All other Category Memberships remain the same.
5. NANMT’s Bylaws: The Board is in the process of reviewing the current Bylaws. Proposed changes are being discussed so that a final copy can be presented to the Active Category membership for review and vote. And, speaking of voting, be sure to vote this coming November, but more importantly, attempt to personally talk to those in your State who are either running for reelection or for a new position and ask them directly what their position is regarding Nursing; integrative health care, Massage Therapy and the proposed changes in Federal funding for new innovative educational programs for Nurses.
apy lend themselves perfectly to the overall decrease in medical expenses, decreased days of missed employment and improved personal management of chronic disease and illnesses. The impact that we as Nurse Massage Therapists have on our clients is a conversation in itself. The more these individuals hear from you, the more informed they will be regarding our role in the future of American health care. Until next time… Judy Dean, RN,DSc.NCTMB,CHt
Educate as many of them as you can regarding the role we Nurse Massage Therapist have at the table of health care. Our dual body of knowledge and our expertise in both the fields of Nursing and Massage Ther-
Tina Allen Receives Massage Therapy Foundation Award Ms. Tina Allen, LMT, was presented the Massage Therapy Foundation / Performance Health 2012 Humanitarian Award at this year’s American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) convention held in Raleigh, NC. Ms. Allen, a pioneer in the field of pediatric massage, was honored for her efforts in embracing the power of massage and the mission of the Massage Therapy Foundation to promote education and research while serving others. With over a decade of service to children and families, Ms. Allen, founder of Liddle
Kidz™ Foundation (LKF), a leading children’s health and nurturing touch organization, has become an internationally respected educator, author and expert in the field of infant and pediatric massage therapy. She is a Pediatric Massage Master Teacher and a Licensed Massage Therapist, who has dedicated her life to sharing the nurturing effects of touch with compromised children around the world. Ms. Allen managed the United States’ first comprehensive pediatric massage program at Chil-
dren’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and developed pediatric massage programs at Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She is currently consulting with a number of leading medical institutions internationally to implement safe and effective pediatric massage programs.
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AMTA 2012 Convention Approximately 1,400 individuals descended on Raleigh, the Capital of North Carolina, to attend the 2012 AMTA Convention. These individuals plus speakers and the more than 60 exhibitor companies and personnel added to the event’s ambiance. The Opening Session consisted of the keynote speaker, Molly Barker and the presentation of awards for achievements within the past year. The following awards were presented: The Distinguished Service Award given to Dianne Polseno (posthumously) for her impact on the profession with her writings and teaching; The President’s Award – Chris Voitarel CA); Jerome Perlinski Teacher of the Year – David Lauterstein (TX); Humanitarian Award – Ed Connor (MA) ; Mentor of the Year – Riva Naimark (NY); Sports Massage Achiever – Bruce Spicer (NJ); Maj-Lis Nash ( TN) Government Relations Activist, and the National Meritorious Award given posthumously to Elaine Calenda. President Riberio announced that a new award was being established to honor the excellence for a person’s body of massage therapy work specifically focusing on teaching and education. This new award will be the Dianne Polseno Lifetime Achievement Award. The room was packed to capacity and the energy and excitement of the audience continued to permeate the environment long after the room eventually emptied. Attendees headed out to various locations, be it the’ first timers’ luncheon to the opening of the Exhibit Market Place. As president of NANMT, I had attempted to procure a booth or table for AMTA’s Exhibitor’s Market Place and was unsuc-
cessful which turned out to be the best response to NANMT’s request. Not being tied to a booth or table allowed me to personally connect with as many exhibitors and participants to share NANMT’s goals. Almost every individual I connected with were excited that Nurses were also Massage Therapists. Most were not only unaware of NANMT, but the thought that their nurse friends could ease the path between members of the Western Health Care System and the Massage Therapists. Along the way, I was able to connect with major publishing companies of books, professional journals and tabloid style newspapers with the message that our association should be the FIRST group to contact when a new text was to be reviewed. Each company stated they did not have any texts where the integration of Nursing and Touch Therapies – Massage Therapy in particular have not yet been written. My suggestion is to begin to write articles integrating the Nursing Process and the Manual Therapy approaches to certain conditions…something for each member to think about. Connection with the Massage Therapy Research Foundation reinforced the message that very few if any nurses conduct research in relation to their Massage Therapy clients. Another suggestion was to have the Nurse Massage Therapist write articles with anecdotal findings of strategies they implement with their clients. Overall, the exhibits reflected various durable goods related to massage as well as products to make the Massage Therapists’ practice unique - from circular heated stones, shaped like small tires on a rolling pin to creams and lotions address-
ing painful tissues. Several exhibitors were extremely interested in submitting articles for our newsletters; one was interested in possibly becoming a Board member, and several requested further conversations as to how they could jointly connect with NANMT for future projects. Various state or regional receptions were held and attended as well as a Friday night dance held outside the Convention Hall hosted by the NC Chapter of AMTA….Great AMTA Opening Session music, great crowd. Regardless of who I was talking to, the message was basically the same – our basic mission, our newsletter/ website advertising information, brochures and exchange of business cards, and AMTA Dinner Dance how the Nurse Massage Therapist is the strongest link between the current health care system and the CAM provider. I wish to thank the Board and the membership for supporting my AMTA Board of Directors activities in Raleigh. Although not a picture taking person, I was able to add photographs taken by others to give you a flavor of the Convention. Judy Dean
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