The Nursing Voice
March 2019
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The Official Publication of the Illinois Nurses Foundation Quarterly publication direct mailed to approximately 185,000 RNs in Illinois. VOLUME 6 | NUMBER 4 | MARCH 2019
INF Holds Successful Holiday Gala & Fundraiser and Names the 2nd Annual Nurse of the Year The Illinois Nurses Foundation (INF) held its annual Holiday Fundraising Gala on December 8th, 2018 at the Hilton in Lisle. It was a blissful evening for the Foundation and all those that came to celebrate. Multiple organizations and supporters of the foundation purchased entire tables for the event, which provided a wonderful way to spend time with friends and family during the holiday season while supporting a great cause. As always, the Holiday Gala provided its guests with the opportunity to do some Holiday shopping, with an abundance of baskets and gifts to choose from. Thanks to the overwhelming support of all the attendees, the Fundraising Gala thrived in raising funds for Illinois Nurses Foundation. Guests socialized as they browsed through rows of raffle and silent auction items. Everyone in attendance also enjoyed a plated dinner and cash bar as holiday melodies played in the background. Again this year, the Foundation held its “Honor a Nurse” campaign. The project was designed to Honor nurses who have inspired us; who have fought for the advancement of the profession; and who deserve recognition for their commitment to their patients and the work they do every day. Nominations for the “Honor a Nurse” campaign were received throughout the year. The outpour of touching stories received were reviewed and narrowed down to five finalists, chosen by the Foundation Board members.
The five finalists were Christine Durbin, PhD, JD, RN, Jane Llewellyn, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, Jennifer M. Grenier, DNP, RN-BC, Donna Plonczynski, PhD, CNP and Mary Kelly, MBA, RN, CNRN, FAHA. The 2018 Nurse of the Year award was then presented to Mary Kelly. The story submitted to honor her read: “Mary Kelly, BS, RN is a Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurse whose focus and passion is expert and timely care of the patient experiencing a stroke. Her background in nursing includes critical care and neuroscience nursing. Prior to studying nursing, she began a business career in accounting. She is currently a Disease Specific Care Reviewer for The Joint Commission. In that capacity she participates in and leads Comprehensive and Primary Stroke & Traumatic Brain Injury reviews of stroke centers across the nation. She has helped to develop reviewer tools and precepts new reviewers in this role. Past positions have included the Director of Stroke Network Operations for a major health system in the Chicago area and Stroke Program Coordinator for a major suburban acute care hospital and trauma center. She applied her business and nursing backgrounds as a
Practice Manager to initiate, develop, and manage a suburban neurosurgical practice of MDs and an APRN where she was responsible for daily clinical and financial operations, interfaced with two hospital systems for clinical services, managed staff at three physical locations, communicated with law firms for litigation and expert witness services and achieved fiscal stability within six months of opening the practice. She has also been a critical care staff RN at suburban acute care trauma hospitals. Throughout her career trajectory she has developed expertise in TJC/CMS Standards, Organizational Development, Shared Governance, Quality Improvement, Fiscal Planning, and Critical Care. She is a member of the American Heart/Stroke Association and reviews abstracts for, attends and speaks at the International Stroke Conference. She is a member of the American Association of Neurological Nurses and served on the steering committee to develop INF Holiday Gala continued on page 3
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Message from the INF Director. . . . . . . . 2 President’s Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 I-OADN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 IANA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Thank You Sponsors and Donors. . . . . . .4 SNAI Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CMSA Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The IL Nursing Workforce Center RN Workforce Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 IDFPR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2019: A Promising Year for the Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders. . . . . . . 6 Indian Nurses of Illinois' Trifold Design Served Many - An Activity Update. . . . 7 So what IS Climate Change?. . . . . . . . . . . 8 ANA-IL Expert Panel Workplace Safety Survey 5: Staffing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Alpha Eta Chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority Awards Nursing Scholarships. . . . . . . . 9 Self-Advocacy Skills for Nurses. . . . . . . 10