OF NURSES ILLINOIS NURSES FOUNDATION FISCAL YEAR 2023 ANNUAL REPORT
Table of Contents A President's Final Message
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07 INF Overview & FY2023 Financials
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03 2022 Grants
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04 2022 Scholarship & Award Winners
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05 Thank you to Our Donors
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07 Our Board of Directors
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A President's Final Message I have to start my message by sharing how proud I am to be a part of the IL Nurses Foundation (INF). I started my professional service with the IL Nurses Association (INA) as a Delegate in 1983 for District 1. Back then the INA was the ANA affiliated state association. Over time I moved to the suburbs and became part of District 20, continuing in my service as a delegate, Director of the Board, and President. It was during that time that INA decided it was time to form a Foundation, and the IL Nurses Foundation was born. As you see, the ANA-IL (former INA) leadership began the Foundation so that nurses and supporters of nursing had a place to give back, a 501C3 organization. I joined the INF Board as a Director representing the ANA-IL. When my term was up, I asked to stay on the Foundation Board. This led to stepping in as the President of the INF, a role I have loved. I have watched the ANA-IL and the INF continue to grow. IL is recognizing these professional organizations and the role they play in the advancement of nursing and healthcare in IL. As president, I have watched the continued growth in the INF Committees, 40 Under 40 Program, INF Holiday Gala & Fundraiser, The Nursing Voice (the official publication of the INF), Nurses Week – Honor a Nurse, Nurse of the Year Award, nursing grant program, and nursing student scholarships. A couple years ago the INF published its first book – Stories from Within: Nurses, Patients, Doctors, and Families Share Their Pandemic Experience – which is still offered on Amazon.com with all profits going to the Foundation. The State of IL released the first nursing license plate where people can purchase the plate directly from IL with $20 going to the INF. The INF is a sound Foundation and continues to grow and offer leadership, CEs, mentoring, and recognition of nursing professionals. At this time, I have notified the INF Board of Directors that I will be stepping down as President of the INF this summer 2023. I will be available to transition to a new President who will lead the INF into the future. I look forward to see where the Foundation goes in the next years, but am confident that it will continue to grow and be recognized as the leading nursing philanthropic organization in IL. I hope all of you will continue to support the INF through service and monies, as both are needed for the Foundations success and growth. Look to the Nursing Voice for new opportunities of service, as well as a call for articles, creative impressions, and committee service. Thank you for the opportunity to serve the IL Community of Nurses and Nurse Supporters. Dr. Cheryl Anema PhD, RN President 2017-2022
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Fiscal Year 2023 Financials In the fiscal year 2023, the Illinois Nurses Foundation (INF) spent 67% of its operating expenses on nursing programs, 28% on administration, and 5% on fundraising. All program spending is directly for Illinois nurses and their educational and research needs. Since 2003, the INF has funded $119,825 in scholarships to over 106 undergraduate and graduate student nurses.
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2022 Grants PLAN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PORTABLE INTERCULTURAL MODULE: DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP CAPACITY IN NURSING STUDENTS - JANET DAVIS BSN, MSN, MBA, PHD, RN, CNE
The tragic global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has driven home the need for transformational leadership in nursing. Transformational leadership embraces empowerment and values systems-based innovation that prepares nurses to continually enhance quality of care. Leadership development is a distinguishable area of competence for the profession. This descriptive, qualitative project will evaluate the outcomes of a promising strategy for leadership competency. The Plan for Your Leadership Development Portable Intercultural Module is built on the learner’s active role in constructing meaning through reflecting on prior experience and synthesizing new information. The student-centered module will be implemented academic year 2022-2023 at Purdue University Northwest with 50 prelicensure students as a required, non-graded assigned in the BSN nursing leadership and management course. The module objectives are: Identify behaviors/characteristics of transformational leaders; Reflect on the application of transformational leadership; Design a personal leadership development plan. Three SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) matrix assignments engage the student in demonstrating these behaviors. In Self-Assessment Strengths and Weaknesses, the student reflects on transformational leadership competencies (Builds Trust, Acts with Integrity, Encourages Others, Encourages Innovative Thinking, Coaches & Develops People) as a personal strength or a weakness. In Environmental Assessment Opportunities and Threats, the student reflects on opportunities in the immediate and broader environments that support achieving transformational leadership competencies and threats blocking that achievement. In My Transformational Leadership Development Plan, the student designs a strategic leadership self-development plan to build on strengths by using environmental opportunities and to overcome weaknesses and environmental barriers. A qualitative, modified thematic analysis examines the assignment outcomes and three open-ended questions gather participants’ overall opinions of the Plan for Your Leadership Development module. This project will impact the pedagogy faculty have available to nurture transformational leadership among our future nurses. 2022 Annual Report
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2022 Grants DELIBERATE PRACTICE OF CRITICAL NURSING SKILLS AND ASSESSMENT OF COMPETENCIES: A MULTI-SITE STUDY – GINGER SCHROERS PHD, RNC, CNE
Background: Newly graduated registered nurses (NGRNS) are not practiceready. Recent studies indicate that prelicensure nursing students have limited opportunities in clinical settings to practice and refine skills required for safe patient care. Incorporating deliberate practice (DP) (repetitive skill practice with expert instructional feedback) of frequently performed nursing skills, such as medication administration and handoff report, into education programs has the potential to improve new nurse practice readiness. There is scant evidence of DP of nursing skills with the exception of CPR. Purpose: Investigate the impact of DP on a) medication administration, b) handoff report and c) interruption management skills. Problem: NGRNs are expected to enter complex healthcare environments competent in core nursing skills. However, recent evidence demonstrates that less than 10% of NGRNs demonstrate acceptable competency for a novice nurse. Students and NGRNS attribute lack of practice with skills to their lack of competence. In addition, interruptions are pervasive during core nursing skills with rates as high as 94.5% during medication administration and 75% during handoff, and associated with increased errors. Ideally, students would learn and practice strategies to manage interruptions, yet interruptions are seldom included in nursing curricula. Implications: DP of nursing skills during students’ educational preparation has the potential to develop skill competencies and increase new nurses’ readiness for practice. The study findings can be used to guide educational methods that have an overall aim of improving patient safety and quality of care.
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One of the primary functions of the Illinois Nurses Foundation is to provide scholarships to students who have decided to major in nursing or to nurses who are looking to continue their education. $13,500 in scholarships were awarded in 2022.
2022 Scholarship Recipients SCHOLARSHIP
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SCHOOL/COLLEGE
ISABELLA ALBERTONI
CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY
CENTENNIAL
BARBARA GAYDASCH
CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY
CENTENNIAL
MONICA TERRAZAS
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
CENTENNIAL
RYLEE CAMP
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
ARTHUR L DAVIS
TAMARA BOLL
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA
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BRYANNA GUENESS
UNIVERSITY OF ST FRANCIS
D21
JOCELYN CARBAJAL
CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY
NORTH SUBURBAN
ALEXANDRIA EPPERSON
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
SOUTH SUBURBAN
JOANNA SIECZKA
ST XAVIERS UNIVERSITY
WENDY BURGESS MEMORIAL
NOELL CARRILLO
ELMHURST UNIVERSITY
SONNE
ERIN BATEMAN
MALCOLM X COLLEGE
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Tintu Abraham RN, BSN
Justine K. Alipio BSN, RN, CCRN
Ashley D Anderson MS, RN, CCRN
Aisha Badla BSN, RN, CPN
Jinsun Baek MSN, RN, PEL-CSN, NCSN
Stephanie Bradley MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Camille A. Brownlee MSN, RN, CNL-BC
Quinn Butler MSN, RN
Briana Harvey-Butts BSN, RN-BC, P-MHN, SANE-A, PA SANE
Colleen Chierici DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Katherine Dato DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Anthony Davila DNP, MBA, RN-BC
Tina Decker DNP, RN
Albertina DiMartino MBA, MSN, RN, RN-BC
Erin Dowding MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, OCN
Kateri Evans RN, BSN, MPH
Angelina Fakhoury-Siverts MSN, RN
Patricia Fiore BSN, RN, PEL-IL, NCSN
Grace Garcia MHA, INF, BSN, RN
Tiffany K Goralczyk MSN, RN, CNL
Brandon Hauer MSN, RN
Jasmyn Hernandez BSN, RN
Mat Huidobro BSN, RN, CCRN
Elizabeth Johnson BSN, RN, CCRN r
Will Jones DNP, RN, CNL, CNML
Lisa Lehner MSN, RN, CNOR
Chase Lodico MBA, RN, CEN
Jenna R. Maloney MSN, RN, CNL
Dana Rose Merk MSN, RNC-OB, CBC
Craig Minor DNP, RN, NE-BC, CCRN
Erika Ohlendorf MSN, MBA, RN, CCRN-K
Diana Yesenia Ortega BSN, RN
Wendy Pierce MPH, BSN, RN
Samantha Rodriguez MBA, MSN, RN
Rheannon Rae Rzucidlo MSN, MBA, RN, CNML
Rocio Sanchez BSN, RN, PCCN
Kimberly Swinford RN
Norah Vo BSN, RN, PMH-BC
Colleen Wallek MSN, RN, CNL, CMSRN
Ashley Wittler DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC
2022 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
joan Bundley has cared for and mentored hundreds of nurses who have served as leaders in Illinois. Her contributions to nursing have occurred over a long, productive, and distinguished career as both a nurse and a parliamentarian. She is widely recognized for her expertise and dedication to both. She has supported many initiatives that advanced the scope and practice of nursing through both direct and indirect advocacy. It was a great honor for the board of directors to award the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD to Joan Bundley.
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2022 Nurse of the Year
Finalists
Diane Ferriss BSN, RN
Dan Fraczkowski MSN, RN-BC
Dr. Amelia Perez PhD, RN
Jackie Kelley MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Jennifer Sandoval MSN, RN
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Nurse of the Year
Jackie Kelley MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Thank you to our Donors Lisa Anderson Shaw Cheryl Anema Laurie Anema Grace Ann Garcia Elizabeth Aquino Nancy Banash Mary Barton Ralph Barzditis Melissa Bateman Lindsay Bellows Baldovino Bessie Denise Bockwoldt Mary Bortolotti Shawn Brown Pamela Brown Bridget Buechel Karen Carroll Brittany Chimis Susan Clark Yalanda Comeaux Lisa Connolly Amanda Dickens-Montgomery Ethel Doyle Kimberly Dray Karen Egenes Jerry Esker Raechel Ferry-Rooney Richard Flansburg Daniel Fraczkowski Martha Gano Susana Gonzalez Darwyn Hackney Robin Hannon Elaine Hardy Brandon Hauer Richard Heim Renata Hornick Ann Marie Jagiella Judith Jennrich Mary Jo Shepard Susan Johanson-Lentz Barbara Julion 2022 Annual Report
Dorothy Kane Karen Kelly Mary Kelly Julie Kennedy Vicki Keough James Kerridge Koka Kliora Alma Labunski Rick LaGore Patti Ludwig-Beymer Kathleen M Lazzara Anthony Magera Arlynn Manasse Mary Ann McDermott Susan McReynolds Kim Mettache Stephanie Meuris Margaret Miller Colleen Morley Monica Najera Jamie Najera Catherine Neuman Emmanuel Olafia Amanda Oliver Linda Olson Diana Ortega MaryJo Osowski Ann O’Sullivan Katherine Pakieser-Reed Erin Perwoznik Nancy Possinger Linda Roberts Tiffany Saenger Rocio Sanchez Ruthann Sanders Laurel Schaap Katherine Schilder Maureen Shekleton Gloria Simon Barb Sparks Cynthia Stetins Susan Swart Mildred Taylor
Wayne Taylor Eric Thomas Melanie Tomas Mary Ann Tuft Yvonne Tumbali Diane Vander Ploeg Clint Verhagen Connie Vincent Sara Wall Tiwanna Wallace- Agbenyegah Kristine Walsh Carol Warfield Patricia Wienski Elaine Williams Lauren Wojtkowski
Business/Organizational Donors Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Arthur L Davis Publishing CarMax Foundation Farnsworth Group Howard and Geraldine Knaack Foundation Leon J. Witkowski Jr., D.D.S., LTD. Philippine Nurses Association of Illinois Saint Xavier University Sarah Bush Lincoln Smits Funeral Homes, LTD Stepping Stone Financial SYS Consulting Solutions, Inc Walter W. Schultz Agency, Inc
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Thank you to our Board
Cheryl Anema PhD RN PRESIDENT
Alma Labunski PhD, MS, RN DIRECTOR
Brandon Hauer MSN, RN VICE PRESIDENT
Karen Egenes EdD, RN TREASURER
Maureen Shekleton PhD, RN, DPNAP, FAAN DIRECTOR
Linda Olson PhD, RN, NEA-BC Amanda Oliver BSN, RN, CCRN DIRECTOR DIRECTOR
Susana Gonzalez MHA, MSN, RN CNML ANA-ILLINOIS BOARD REP
Jeannine Haberman DNP, MBA, RN, CNE ANA-ILLINOIS BOARD REP
We thank you for your continued support of our programs.
Contact Illinois Nurses Foundation PO Box 636, Manteno, Illinois 60950 (779) 529-2012 www.illinoisnurses.foundation info@ilnursesfoundation.com
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