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AWHONN Launches Certification Recognition Awards
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A W O N N Launches Certification Recognition Awards
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his year, AWHONN will grant ten certification awards of $300 each to laud nurses who have enhanced their careers through voluntary specialty area certification. Awards will be granted based on the following criteria: Full or associate AWHONN membership for at least one year before the year of application Verification of successful completion of certification during the previous calendar year by a nationally o r inte iationally recognized certifying agency (e.g., NCC, ANCC, IBCLC) Application deadline for the 1999 Although AWHONN recognizes scholarship awards is May 26, the importance and value of demon1999. Complete eligibility criteria stration of competence via compleand application materials are availtion of programs such as ACLS, able from AWHONN’s FAX-ONATLS, and NRP, these are excluded DEMAND at (800)395-7373, docfrom eligibility. AHA and AAP, for ument #521, and on AWHONNS example, don’t view themselves as web site (www.awhonn.org). certifying agencies. Certification recognition awards will be chosen via random selection Laughlines to ensure equal opportunity for all Cheek to cheek.. . applicants. The deadline for submisAs nurses, we sometimes forget how sion of applications is May 26, alien and strange hospitals seem to 1999. Complete eligibility criteria other people. Sometimes parents are and application materials are availasked to do so many strange things able from AWHONN’s FAX-ONin connection with childbirth, they DEMAND at (800) 395-7373, docnever question the appropriateness ument #522, and on the AWHONN of some of our instructions-or ask web site (www.awhonn.org). what’s actually being asked of them.
New Scholarship Program AWHONN this year will award six $1,000 scholarships to AWHONN members working toward a baccalaureate or master’s degree in nursing, a doctorate in nursing or a related field; or post-graduate practitioner or expanded role preparation in women’s health or neonatal nursing. Awards will be based on specific eligibility criteria and the applicant’s: Personal philosophy of education Goals to improve patient care through educational experience Active involvement in AWHONN, such as participation in meetings and conferences Appointment to chapter, section, or national committees Election to chapter, section, or national offices Community and professional involvement Professional achievement commensurate with educational level ApriVMay 1999
Consider this: A new father had just been through the long and tiring birth of his first-born child. What an experience to actually participatehe had been dressed in booties, clothing that looked like pajamas, and, to top it off, a mask. He had been told what to do, what to say, and where to stand. Hospital environments were new to him, but his newborn had been born, the mother was doing well, and now was a time of jubilation. He was tired but exhilarated. His wife had been transferred from the delivery room to the postpartum unit, and the nurse was orienting the couple. She acquainted them with the room’s amenities, described visiting hours, and finished up her information with the mandate, “If you want to hold the baby, you have to put on a cover-up gown.” The nurse then left the room to gather supplies for the mother’s care. When she returned, the father was indeed dressed in a cover-upholding his baby and beaming. She glanced into the bathroom and saw a neatly folded stack of the father’s clothes-including jockey shorts, socks, and shoes!-Submitted by Annette Gupton. R N , PhD (Did we tickle your funny bone? lf you have a funny story to share, fax or email “Laughlines at (2 I 9) 744-7443 or [email protected]. I f we use Your storv. ..we’ll send YOU a‘ Lifelines mug!) ”
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5/21
Long Island, NY
Breastfeeding: Age-old Challenges, Innovative Solutions; State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Nursing; (516) 587-1197
6/44
New Orleans. LA
Issues and Answers in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology; Thirteenth Annual Clinical Meeting; North American Socciety; (215) 955-6331
659
Miami, FL
National League for Nursing Convention; 18001669-1565; w.nln.org
6/13-15
Washington, DC
Third Biennial Osteoporosis Public Policy Leadership Forum; National Osteoporosis Foundation, 12021 223-2226.
6/13-16
Chicago. IL
“BUILDING A BRIGHTER TOMORROW,’ the 1999 AWHONN Convention; AWHONN 30TH ANNIVERSARY; (8001673-8499
718-1 1
Keystone. CO
NPs: Health Care Leaders into the N e w Millennium; University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, (3031 315-7436
On-going
Call for location
The AWHONN Fetal Heart Monitoring Principles and Practices Workshop; call AWHONN FAX-ON-DEMAND ISW) 395-7373 to request FAX document 1610.; for information about the Instructor Enhancement Course, request document 1611.
Get your next meeting or educational session listed in AWHONN Lifelines by faxing your information to AWHONN Lifelines-Save These Dates 12191 744-7443 Announcements are included on a space-available basis
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B O A R D
A W O N N Launches Certification Recognition Awards
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his year, AWHONN will grant ten certification awards of $300 each to laud nurses who have enhanced their careers through voluntary specialty area certification. Awards will be granted based on the following criteria: Full or associate AWHONN membership for at least one year before the year of application Verification of successful completion of certification during the previous calendar year by a nationally o r inte iationally recognized certifying agency (e.g., NCC, ANCC, IBCLC) Application deadline for the 1999 Although AWHONN recognizes scholarship awards is May 26, the importance and value of demon1999. Complete eligibility criteria stration of competence via compleand application materials are availtion of programs such as ACLS, able from AWHONN’s FAX-ONATLS, and NRP, these are excluded DEMAND at (800)395-7373, docfrom eligibility. AHA and AAP, for ument #521, and on AWHONNS example, don’t view themselves as web site (www.awhonn.org). certifying agencies. Certification recognition awards will be chosen via random selection Laughlines to ensure equal opportunity for all Cheek to cheek.. . applicants. The deadline for submisAs nurses, we sometimes forget how sion of applications is May 26, alien and strange hospitals seem to 1999. Complete eligibility criteria other people. Sometimes parents are and application materials are availasked to do so many strange things able from AWHONN’s FAX-ONin connection with childbirth, they DEMAND at (800) 395-7373, docnever question the appropriateness ument #522, and on the AWHONN of some of our instructions-or ask web site (www.awhonn.org). what’s actually being asked of them.
New Scholarship Program AWHONN this year will award six $1,000 scholarships to AWHONN members working toward a baccalaureate or master’s degree in nursing, a doctorate in nursing or a related field; or post-graduate practitioner or expanded role preparation in women’s health or neonatal nursing. Awards will be based on specific eligibility criteria and the applicant’s: Personal philosophy of education Goals to improve patient care through educational experience Active involvement in AWHONN, such as participation in meetings and conferences Appointment to chapter, section, or national committees Election to chapter, section, or national offices Community and professional involvement Professional achievement commensurate with educational level ApriVMay 1999
Consider this: A new father had just been through the long and tiring birth of his first-born child. What an experience to actually participatehe had been dressed in booties, clothing that looked like pajamas, and, to top it off, a mask. He had been told what to do, what to say, and where to stand. Hospital environments were new to him, but his newborn had been born, the mother was doing well, and now was a time of jubilation. He was tired but exhilarated. His wife had been transferred from the delivery room to the postpartum unit, and the nurse was orienting the couple. She acquainted them with the room’s amenities, described visiting hours, and finished up her information with the mandate, “If you want to hold the baby, you have to put on a cover-up gown.” The nurse then left the room to gather supplies for the mother’s care. When she returned, the father was indeed dressed in a cover-upholding his baby and beaming. She glanced into the bathroom and saw a neatly folded stack of the father’s clothes-including jockey shorts, socks, and shoes!-Submitted by Annette Gupton. R N , PhD (Did we tickle your funny bone? lf you have a funny story to share, fax or email “Laughlines at (2 I 9) 744-7443 or [email protected]. I f we use Your storv. ..we’ll send YOU a‘ Lifelines mug!) ”
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Save These Dates! DATE
LOCATION
EVENT
5/21
Long Island, NY
Breastfeeding: Age-old Challenges, Innovative Solutions; State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Nursing; (516) 587-1197
6/44
New Orleans. LA
Issues and Answers in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology; Thirteenth Annual Clinical Meeting; North American Socciety; (215) 955-6331
659
Miami, FL
National League for Nursing Convention; 18001669-1565; w.nln.org
6/13-15
Washington, DC
Third Biennial Osteoporosis Public Policy Leadership Forum; National Osteoporosis Foundation, 12021 223-2226.
6/13-16
Chicago. IL
“BUILDING A BRIGHTER TOMORROW,’ the 1999 AWHONN Convention; AWHONN 30TH ANNIVERSARY; (8001673-8499
718-1 1
Keystone. CO
NPs: Health Care Leaders into the N e w Millennium; University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, (3031 315-7436
On-going
Call for location
The AWHONN Fetal Heart Monitoring Principles and Practices Workshop; call AWHONN FAX-ON-DEMAND ISW) 395-7373 to request FAX document 1610.; for information about the Instructor Enhancement Course, request document 1611.
Get your next meeting or educational session listed in AWHONN Lifelines by faxing your information to AWHONN Lifelines-Save These Dates 12191 744-7443 Announcements are included on a space-available basis
AWHONN Lifelines
57