TO:
All NYONE Members

SUBJECT:
CRRN Course to be offered at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

On May 1, 2, and 3, 2008 a CRRN Review Course will be offered at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains, New York.  This three-day, very intense course will be given by various disciplines discussing topics in their area of expertise.

This course is for professional nurses to earn or maintain CRRN certification.  Allied health professionals dealing with rehabilitation will also benefit from this program.

• Burke is an approved provider of continuing education in nursing by the NYS Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

• 24 contact hours will be awarded for the full three days Topics include: Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab., Skin Integrity, Case Management, Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Neuromuscular Diseases, CVA, Pediatrics, Pain Management, Aging Population, Ortho & Amputee, Speech & Swallowing, Neuropsychology, Pharmacology, Nutrition, Practice Models & Legislative Policies, Coping & Spirituality, Test Taking Skills.

• Full three day is $495   OR   Daily fee of $250

• For further information or a brochure, please call Nursing Administration at    914-597-2383 or e-mail:  mspencer@burke.org

TO:
All NYONE Members

SUBJECT:
Isabel Maitland Stewart Conference On Research in Nursing

Nursing Education Alumni Association
Teachers College Columbia University

Presents:  The 45th Annual Isabel Maitland Stewart Conference On Research in Nursing

RESTRUCTURING THE NURSING ENVIRONMENT: SELF SUFFICIENCY, INNOVATION AND NEW DIRECTIONS

April 18th, 2008
Teachers College Columbia University
525 West 120th Street, New York, NY

Learn latest……
- Ensuring Educational Competence
- Transforming Care at The Bedside (TCAB)
- Impact and Implications of a National Nurse Residency Program
- Returning Civility to Classroom and Workplace
- Redesigning the Learning Environment
- Perspective and Possibilities for Nursing Education New Programs and New Roles

Come back to TC, the birthplace of nursing education.

The Stewart conference provides a forum for all nurses, including TC students and alumni and health care professionals to share their research with nursing’s scholarly community.

Today you can hardly read a newspaper or listen to television without hearing about the nursing shortage.  We all know the stats from turnover to vacancy rates to turning away potential students.  But very little, if anything, is ever presented on developing an approach for assuring sustainability of the US nursing workforce.  Learn the latest on TCAB, nation’s largest RN Residency Program, nurse educator certification, to new programs and new roles to a changing environment of learning and network with the leaders.  Our keynote speaker is Dr Karen Miller, SV Chancellor and Dean, Kansas University Medical Center.  Our expert speakers include: Maureen White SVP/CNO NSLIJ, and, Charles Krozek, Tracy A.Ortelli and Doctors Mary Ann Rizzolo, Jeannie Clemonts, and Patrick Coonan.  Come back to TC.

For more information about the exciting program, and how to register, please visit http://www.tcneaa.org/stewartconference.html or contact Diana Newman at dianadoc@comcast.net

TO:
All NYONE Members

SUBJECT:
NYONE Best Practice Award Program

The NYONE Board of Directors is pleased to offer the fourth annual NYONE Best Practice Awards Program.  This program was a huge success last year with our winners and applicants presenting either orally or in poster presentations at our Annual Meeting.  We again look forward to hearing about the creative initiatives our members have undertaken.

This year our program is promoting initiatives that support “Best Practices in Leadership Transformation.”  The program is open to any member practicing in any setting, e.g. clinical practice, research, education, and administration.  We will recognize one award winner from each region with up to $1,000.  Multiple submissions from each region are encouraged.  

Scoring criteria, format for submissions and application forms may be downloaded from the NYONE website www.nyone.org   

Important Update:
The deadline for the 2008 Best Practice Awards Program has been extended until May 12, 2008.