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“Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.”
-Florence Nightingale
Isn’t this the real reason you decided to advance your education? You saw things that were broken in the health care system or things that were not patient friendly and you wanted to help fix these things. Hopefully this is also the reason you joined a professional organization. Your membership in MICNP is an investment in yourself, your career,
and your profession. Professional organizations are formed to keep likeminded professionals connected and up-to-date on industry stand-ards and to advocate for changes that are necessary to maintain profes-
sional standards. Professional organizations are made up of learned professionals who strive to safeguard the profession through education and advocacy.
Professional organizations are a place to network and connect with people who
are similarly focused. Whether you are a new graduate or experienced NP, this network can help you find a new position, negotiate a new employment contract, and gain insight into han-dling difficult situations. When you list your membership and involvement in MICNP on your resume, employers know that you desire to continue to learn, are dedicated to your profes-sion, and have professional goals. To this end, MICNP offers opportunities for members to network regionally, as well as across the state. This is done through chapter-based meetings and the annual state conference. MICNP’s e-newsletter is a great way for members to stay connected with what is going on across the state.
MICNP offers many professional development opportunities. These include: legisla-tive updates, chapter educational meetings, an annual advocacy day and annual educational conference (MICNP members receive a discount). Additionally, weekly emails are sent out with updates from around the state and nationally, and bi-monthly job postings provide you
with access to information about current employment opportunities in Michigan. Professional organizations provide leadership opportunities for members who volun-
teer to chair committees, oversee projects, or serve on the executive board. These leader-ship opportunities can take the form of mentoring students, new graduates, or seasoned NPs who are trying to decide on a job change. These leadership opportunities allow you to take part in shaping the future initiatives of the organization and moving your profession forward. MICNP’s student affiliate chapters also have officer and committee positions that lead the group’s activities, and these have provided a great springboard for these volunteers to stay engaged in the organization past graduation.
Professional organization membership also affords you a voice through voting privileg-es. As a voting member of MICNP you are able to impact the next group of NP leaders and help shape the direction of the organization that represents your profession. In addition, elec-tions are held annually for various volunteer roles. There are also board positions that are appointed, so an individual does not have to go through the election process. Volunteer lead-
ership changes help to foster innovation and creativity within the organization. There is al-ways more than one way to get a job done!
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT, Ann Sheehan, DNP, CPNP
MICNP News Summer Newsletter
July 2015
Inside this issue:
Letter from the
President
1
Legislative Update 2
MICNP Members
In The News
3
MICNP Partners
featured
4
MICNP PAC 5
MICNP Chapter
Corner
6
Upcoming Events 7
Becoming in-
volved as an active partic-ipant by serving your profession as a volunteer leader is a great way to learn from other NP leaders and augment your professional develop-ment. Not to mention, we have lots of fun, once we get our work done!!
I want to say
‘Thank You’ for choosing to be a member of MICNP. Membership in MICNP has never been more important. As a member you are sup-porting our mission and
advocacy work to pro-mote full practice author-
ity for APRNs and in-crease the supply of pro-viders, improve patient’s
access to care, and de-crease health care costs.
The time is now to move full practice au-thority legislation forward (click HERE to read a column I wrote for the Grand Rapids Press). In order to do this, all APRNs in Michigan must speak with a strong, clear, unified voice. This can only be accomplished through an organized, strategic effort – this is where a professional or-ganization can take the
lead. MICNP’s mission includes building a posi-tive image of the NP as a leader in health care.
This can only be accom-plished through full prac-tice authority for NPs
working in Michigan. Please consider of-
fering your time and talents by volunteering for one of the open positions. The MICNP Board is an excellent place to hone your leader-ship skills in a safe, nurturing environment. By being a MICNP leader you will be on the front lines of creating change and improving the professional image of APRNs in Michigan. MICNP is only as strong as its membership engagement. If you won’t volunteer to help lead and
move your profession for-ward, who will?
If you would like more information about the
open positions or want to volunteer, please contact the MICNP Business Office.
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT (continued from page 1)
MICNP member Joanne Pohl co-authored "Primary Care Workforce: The Need
to Lower Barriers for Nurse Practitioners and Physicians" for the HealthAffairs
Blog, which takes a look at primary care workforce numbers by comparing the
annual primary care residency match data with the primary care nurse
practitioner (NP) graduation rates. The article suggests that because costly
and unnecessary barriers to NP practice continue to exist, impeding both
NPs and physicians from working to their fullest capacity, it is time to remove
barriers and support a collaborative dialogue about the needed changes in the
U.S. primary care health system. Click HERE to read in its entirety.
MICNP LEGISLATIVE UPDATE After the last substitute bill of SB 68 (HB 4207 was the House companion bill) was taken off the Senate voting agenda in late May, we have not heard of any further action scheduled for that legislative chamber. However, the House Health Policy Committee has asked for input on language to possibly draft their own bill, so we are asking all MICNP members to con-nect with their respective State Representatives throughout the summer to help lay a positive foundation for advancing legislation through that
chamber in the near future.
We encourage you and your colleagues to schedule a meeting in Lansing, your local district, or invite them to your workplace to see APRNs in action! (click HERE to find your House legislator) Please email MICNP Executive Director Olivia McLaughlin
at [email protected] with any feedback you get from legislators or their staff.
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Nurse practitioners
“are far less costly to
employ and train than
doctors and can help
provide primary care for
the millions of Ameri-
cans who have become
newly insured under the
Affordable Care Act in
an era of shrinking
budgets and shortages
of primary care doctors.
Three to fourteen nurse
practitioners can be
educated for the same
cost as one physician...”
Click HERE to read the
May 25, 2015 NY Times
article “Doctoring, Without
the Doctor” quoting the
2011 Institute of Medicine
report that calls for bet-
ter utilization of advanced
practice registered nurs-
es.
This fall the MICNP membership will be electing a Treasurer and a Secretary, and we also have a few open appointed chair positions that need your leader-ship.
These positions include an Organizational Management Chair, and a Public Relations & Mar-keting Chair, and each of the five regions across the state will be electing a Regional Representa-tive, as well. I encourage
you to look at these po-sitions and consider which one would be the right fit for you (see page
7 of this newsletter for more information).
Congratulations to the following 2014-2015 MICNP Student
Scholarship recipients who were recognized at the annual spring conference during the MICNP business meeting: Amanda Atchoo (Ann Arbor Chap-ter), Sara Baker (Flint Chapter), Brian Kaminski Jr. (Ann Arbor Chapter), Jennifer Kirk (Capital Area Chapter), Tracey Laporte (Metro Chapter),
Kristen Light (Metro Chapter), Jessica Martin (Capital Area Chap-
ter), Michelle Munch (Ann Arbor Chapter), Jenna Rennells (Capital Area Chapter), Kara Schrader (Capital Area Chapter) and Gloria Smith (Ann Arbor Chapter).
[Front row pictured l to r: Kara Schrader,
Kristen Light, Amanda Atchoo, Brian
Kaminski Jr, Gloria Smith, Sara Baker,
Jenna Rennells, Michelle Munch]
dangerous condition. She also volunteers and provides medical care to homeless
persons through her work at Hope Warming Center in Pontiac, MI.
MICNP
member
Susan Sirianni,
DNP, ANP
-BC,
CCRN ac-
cepted the
Oakland
University
School of
Nursing Advanced Practice Nursing award
at OU’s 2015 Nightingale Awards for
Nursing Excellence. As the lead NP in
the surgical intensive care unit at Sinai
Grace Hospital in Detroit, MI, Dr. Siri-
anni implemented the Sepsis Identifica-
tion & Early Intervention Program and
has made many changes in how sepsis
patients are cared for (click HERE to
read more from DMC newsletter).
She also incorporated research initia-
tives and developed an interprofessional
early mobility protocol in their ICU and
assisted with guidelines to help eliminate
unnecessary phlebotomy and diagnostic
imaging with ICU patients.
MICNP member Mary Smania DNP, FNP-BC, AGN-BC received
the 2015 NP of the Year award at MIC-
NP’s annual conference. She currently
serves as the Champion of Clinical Prac-
MICNP MEMBERS – IN THE NEWS
MICNP member Jessica Diver,
MSN, CPNP received the 2014
NAPNAP Foundation Richardson DNP
Student Scholarship at this year’s na-
tional NAPNAP conference in Las Vegas, NV.
MICNP member Michelle Pard-
ee, DNP, FNP-BC was elected to
the 2015-17 Board of Directors of
the Michigan Primary Care Consorti-
um.
MICNP member Kim Fenbert,
DNP, CPNP received the Associa-
tion of Faculties of Pediatric Nurse Prac-
titioners 2014 Educator of the Year
award.
MICNP
member
Marlene
Mullin,
DNP,
APRN-BC
accepted the
Oakland
University
School of
Nursing Dis-
tinguished
Alumni award at OU’s 2015 Nightin-
gale Awards for Nursing Excellence.
Dr. Mullin found her passion after
her father was diagnosed with a deep
vein thrombosis and she has devoted
herself to bringing awareness to this
tice Development & Assistant Profes-
sor, Health Programs at Michigan
State University’s College of Nursing,
where she also precepts students and
has been integral in the development
of a student chapter there for
MICNP.
Dr. Smania
has been a
strong ad-
vocate for
improving
breast
health in
the mid-
Michigan
area for
several
years, and
has
organized free breast screening
clinics for women which have oc-
curred during October as national
Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
She has also been the recipient of a
Susan G. Komen for the Cure award
for several years that has been utilized
to improve breast health screening
and diagnostic services to under-
served women in the mid-Michigan
area, as well as a Susan G. Komen
award that supported the develop-
ment of a mobile health technology
application to increase provider
BRCA knowledge titled “BRCA Risk
Tool”, which is available for most elec-
tronic devices. Click HERE to see
her YouTube interview about this
exciting app.
MICNP 2014-2015 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
MICNP NEWS
The Nurses Service Organization
(NSO) is the preferred provider
of professional liability insurance
for MICNP and many other profes-
sional nursing associations professional
nursing associations, providing their
members with access to quality, af-
fordable professional liability insur-
ance. Together with their affiliate,
Healthcare Providers Service Organi-
zation (HPSO), they insure nearly 1
million individual healthcare profes-
sionals nationwide.
Click HERE for information on obtain-
ing a premium rate quote from NSO.
Once you have your quote, the appli-
cation process is simple – you may
either submit the application through
their secure online connection, or
print an application and mail or fax it
to their office for processing.
New NSO Legal Case Study
(below): Failure to properly evalu-
ate and document, failure to per-
form adequate and appropriate fol-
low-up, failure to order appropriate
treatment and failure to refer a pa-
tient to a specialist.
The patient was a 49 year-old male
who was experiencing bleeding during
bowel movements. His wife made an
appointment for the patient due to his
rectal pain and bleeding. During the
first appointment with the defendant
nurse practitioner, the patient relayed
he had a past medical history of de-
pression, anxiety, heavy user of alcohol
and hypertension and a family medical
history positive for colon cancer and
cardiac disease. The patient was diag-
nosed with bleeding due to internal
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Will You Be Ready for the ICD-10 Transition? From MICNP attorney -
Donna Craig, RN, JD of The Health Law
Center, PLC: On October 1, 2015 phy-
sicians and other health care providers
will need to use the new ICD-10
Codes when billing for services ren-
dered to their patients. In order to be
ready, health care providers and IT
vendors need to work together to
ensure software systems are capable of
making the transition to the new ICD-
10. Health care providers and vendors
should jointly review all software sys-
tems in the office that use codes, this is
not limited to the practice management
software system. Since electronic
health records (EHR) systems use
codes, those also need to be evaluated.
Click HERE to contact The Health
Law Center to walk through a compli-
ance checklist for your practice.
MICNP apparel is now available on Land’s End
website!
It’s simple: 1) Click HERE to visit the
MICNP store link
http://business.landsend.com/store/micnp/ and choose from men’s, women’s or promotional products, then click on ‘Apply Logo’ , then follow the steps to place the MICNP logo on your merchandise before purchase.
2) Wear with pride!
MPRO is a Michigan non-
profit organization and national
leader in health care quality im-
provement with the goal of
helping health care get better. A
CMS-funded quality improve-
ment organization, they provide
medical consulting and review,
as well as data analysis to federal
agencies, state Medicaid and
public health organizations,
health care facilities, private
health plans and other third par-
ty payers.
Click HERE to read about their
current initiatives
(immunizations, diabetes, cardi-
ac, health IT meaningful use etc)
or to sign up for one of their
upcoming webinars.
www.mpro.org
hemorrhoids and advised to have a
colonoscopy to rule out other disease
processes, but the patient adamantly
refused any referral.
In this case, the patient continued to
see the nurse practitioner eleven
times over the next eighteen
months for various other com-
plaints, but never relayed any con-
cerns about continued rectal pain or
bleeding and the nurse practitioner
never had any further follow-up
discussions about a colonoscopy.
Approximately twenty months after
the patient’s initial office visit, a gas-
troenterologist found a four centi-
meter tumor in his rectum and the
patient was later diagnosis with dif-
ferentiated metastatic colon adeno-
carcinoma. The patient died one
year after his cancer diagnosis.
What would you do? Click
HERE to read the full case
study and outcome.
MICNP Advocacy Day October 7, 2015
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
$75 for APRNs $35 for Students
The day’s events will include:
Confirmed speak-
er: Barbara Safriet, J.D., attor-
ney, visiting professor of health
law at Lewis & Clark Law School, renown consultant who
has written legal opinions on
removing regulatory barriers to
NP practice and reimburse-
ment
Advocacy and Lobbying
101: Nancy George, MICNP PAC Chair and Heather
Nicholoff, MICNP Lobbyist
Legislative appoint-
ments: appointments made
on the attendees behalf with
their respective State Senator
and Representative
Capitol visit: Group will
walk over together for (1) possi-ble floor recognition if House is
still in session and then (2) pho-
tos on front East lawn steps
-Continental breakfast and lunch provided
-CEUs provided
MICNP Legislative
Reception Radisson Hotel
4:30-6:00 pm Tickets $25 per person
-Network with invited legislators
over cocktails and hors d'oeu-
vres
Click HERE to register for the
event(s), or call us at the MICNP
Business Office 734.432.9881.
We need YOU to donate to MICNP PAC!
Over the last year, we have received donations to MICNP PAC from just over 10% of MICNP members.
These donations allow MICNP PAC to support the fundraising events of targeted state legislators. Soon the
Michigan legislature will be returning from summer break to finish up the 2015 session, and we need funds to
continue supporting legislators who are important to our advocacy efforts.
The MICNP PAC committee make donations to the State Senators and Representatives that support issues
important to nurse practitioners so they recognize NPs not just as their constituents but as donors.
To help these efforts, we need everyone to make a donation to MICNP PAC. The money you donate provides
another opportunity for our voices to be heard. A donation in any amount helps MICNP to continue our ef-
forts, and it is now easier than ever to give on the MICNP website.
Click HERE for a link to the MICNP PAC page on www.micnp.org, where you can see a list of past donors,
and make a donation. Thank you for making a donation today!
2015 MICNP ADVOCACY DAY - REGISTER NOW!
MICNP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PAC)
MICNP News Summer Newsletter
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Check out how some of our
MICNP chapters have found
ways to give back to their
local communities:
Ann Arbor Chapter will be
participating in the Stay in the
Shade run which fundraises for
research and supports melano-
ma survivors on November
8th in Highland, MI.
Metro Chapter donated a
heart defibrillator to the Hope
Warming Center in Pontiac, MI
this February after hearing that
the staff there had to perform
CPR on homeless guests on
several recent occasions. An
article and photo appeared in
the Oakland Press (click HERE
to read the full version).
Northeast Chapter served
as a sponsor of a Safe Sitter
class through Alpena Regional
Medical Center in April. They
also donated a boys & girls
bike with helmets for a raffle at
the popular community con-
cert event Summertime.
MICNP CHAPTER CORNER
MICNP BOARD REPRESENTED AT NATIONAL AANP 2015 CONFERENCES
[Below left: MICNP PAC Chair Nancy George and MICNP member/AANP State Rep Beth Kuzma at AANP’s March
2015 Health Policy Conference in Washington, DC. Below right: MICNP President Ann Sheehan, MICNP Treasurer
MaryAnne McCoy and MICNP Secretary Mary Serowoky at AANP’s June 2015 National Conference in New Orleans]
MICNP SPOTLIGHT MICNP member Michelle Witkop helps run the local bleeding disorder center at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, MI, where she and another nurse practitioner coordinate care for more than 200 patients from a 27-county region - all without an in-house blood disorder specialist. The Northern Regional Bleeding Disorder Center is the lone nurse practitioner-led bleeding disorder clinic in the country, and they collaborate with distant physicians to provide care locally on time-sensitive medical cases. The center secured a USDA grant to help them upgrade their telemedicine system to improve com-munication between specialists, nurses and patients. Click HERE to see an article printed in the Traverse City Record-Eagle. Kudos to Michelle for your innovation and dedication
to quality care for MI patients!
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MICNP News Summer Newsletter
New MICNP student affiliate chapters
UM Flint, Madonna & UM Ann Arbor NP students along with their faculty advisors at
the University of Michigan-Flint, Madonna Uni-
versity and the University of Michigan-Ann Ar-
bor have launched MICNP student affiliate
chapters this past year. We are very excited to
see this membership segment grow so that we
can increase participation from NP student
members at MICNP and better serve them now
and in the future!
September 19, 2015 MICNP State Board
meeting in Lansing, MI.
October 7, 2015
MICNP Advocacy Day & evening legislative
reception at the Radis-son Hotel in Lansing,
MI.
November 7, 2015
The MICNP Capital
Area Chapter Pharma-cology Conference will
be held on Saturday,
November 7th at MSU’s Bott Building in
East Lansing, MI.
December 7, 2015 The MICNP Ann Ar-
bor & Metro Chapter
CEU Saturday will be held at Joy Manor in
Westland, MI.
SAVE THE DATE! MICNP 15th Annual Advanced Practice Nursing Conference: March 11-13, 2016 Lansing Center in Lansing, MI
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UPCOMING EVENTS
WWW.MICNP.ORG
MICNP BUSINESS Votes will be tabulated and re-
sults announced on October
16th. Eligible candidates are cur-rent, regular members of MICNP
in good standing.
If you are interested in running
for MICNP Secretary or Treas-
urer, submit your CV and a com-pleted ‘Nomination’ form
(click HERE) to MICNP Execu-
tive Director Olivia McLaughlin
via email to [email protected].
Please note that information tak-
en directly from the nominations
form is used as part of the bal-
lot.
To learn more about the new Re-
gional Representative positions,
click HERE for the job description and nomination forms.
_____________
MICNP nomination period for Secretary, Treasurer &
Regional Representative
positions now open!
The nomination period for the
positions of MICNP Secretary,
Treasurer and five Regional
Representatives is now open through September 16th at
5:00pm. After the nominations
committee reviews the submis-
sions, they will organize the
slate and voting will take place from September 22-October
13, 2015.
MICNP NEWS
Did you know? MICNP and MICNP leadership
have been quoted in several news articles this year related to
increased advocacy efforts
around APRN scope of practice
legislation. Keep updated on the latest news on MICNP’s homep-
age News link (click HERE).