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Kappa Tau Newsletter: December 2009

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December 2009 Symposium

Below are some of the 2009 Research and Evidence Based Practice Symposium verbal presentations. Some presentations were not appropriate to post, so you will only find the abstract. We appreciate the presenters making them available to us.

Thank you to all who participated, especially the Symposium Planning Committee. The next symposium will be held Friday, Nov. 5 and Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010.

A-1:
Learning from the past to create our future for EBP
Dec. 2009 (Power Point)

A-2: When to Refer Patients to Palliative Care
Dec. 2009 (Power Point)

B-1:Evidence-Based Preceptor Development (Power Point, .pptx)

B-2: E. Maish Cody, 2009 (Power Point)

C-1:Domestic Violence Kappa Tau DV Presentation (Power Point)

C-2:
Evidence Based Practice: Committee Modeling Evidence Based Practice
December 2, 2009 (Power Point)

E-1: Corporeality Kappa Tau
December 5, 2009 (Power Point)

F-1: Morris Research Symposium Health Literacy (Power Point)

I. Hamell-Bissell, Abstract: Elder Rural Vermont Women (Microsft Word doc)

M. Bosek, Abstract: Kidney Donor (Microsft Word)

D. Palumbo, Abstract: Excellent Health (Microsoft Word)

Vital Signs VERMONT (Power Point)

Keynote speaker Sandra Lewenson's References for Symposium; 11-30-09 (Microsoft Word doc)

President's Letter

“No wonder the time flew by so fast.....I feel
very grateful for belonging to such a great
chapter and having such a wonderful board.” -- Julie Jones

Dear Members:
I can not believe I have been President of Kappa Tau for a whole year. The time has flown by so quickly! It seems like we have made great strides for the chapter over the year. We could not have done this without our hard working Board Members! So if you happen to see any of the board members, please thank them for all their hard work!

Here is the list of our dedicated Board:

Ann Laramee, President-Elect
Sally Kerschner, Vice President
Susan Jacques, Treasurer
Gene Hicks, Secretary
Annie Parker, Leadership Succession Chair
Christina Melvin, Faculty Counselor Chair
Jean Beatson, Governance Committee Chair
Rycki Maltby, Leadership Succession
Louise Moon-Rosales, Leadership Succession
Mary Botter, Leadership Succession
Ruby Merali, Governance Committee
Chris Kasprisin, Faculty Counselor
Vicki Torsch, Awards Committee
Pat Donehower, Awards Committee
Nancy Morris, Awards Committee
Mari Cordes, Newsletter Editor

Our accomplishments over the past year have been:

1. Awarded the Regional Excellence Award for our 20th Anniversary celebration at the Annual Meeting.

2. Sent out member survey for which we had a 23% response rate!

3. We have increased our programming for our chapter by 50%. The programs that we offered for 2008-2009 are:

-Induction 2008 -Research Night
-Heart of Leadership Dinner
-Global Leadership Night (New!) -Annual Meeting
-Barbeque: look for upcoming details this summer! (New)
-Mentoring Workshop: September 22, 2009 6-7pm in Rowell 107 (New)
-Induction 2009 (Date: TBD)
-Research Symposium: Dec 4, 2009 Poster Presentation, Dec. 5, Evolution of Nursing Knowledge: Evidence And How We Use It. This is a full day of nursing research and evidence based practice! (New)
-Annual Meeting date set for 2010: May 12, 2010. President Carol Huston will be speaking.

4. We have applied for the International Award for Chapter Communications. Education Newsletter Welcome to the 1st edition of the Kappa Tau newsletter!

5. We will be placing our application for the Chapter Key Award this July. This is a prestigious award that is given to chapters that excel at chapter-related activities.

6. We have been working diligently to get our program planned well in advance to communicate to the rest of the nursing population of our upcoming events.

7. This year I have worked at increasing communication with Region 15, by serving as Region 15 Communications director. I also help to develop a Region 15 technology taskforce, which will assess the technology within our region (which includes VT, NH, RI, CT, MA, Plattsburgh, Nova Scotia, Sweden, Netherlands, Wales, and South Africa). This will help to provide programming from one place to the whole region.

8. To better understand the International Award Process, I volunteer to review the Nursing Media Awards for Sigma Theta Tau International. No wonder the time flew by so fast. As always, my door is always open if you want to share any concerns, suggestions, or tell us what we are doing right. I feel very grateful for belonging to such a great chapter and having a wonderful board.

Sincerely,
Julie Jones, Kappa Tau President
julie.jones@vtmednet.org
802-847-7790

 

Kappa Tau is the Vermont chapter of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, whose mission is to support learning, knowledge, and professional development of nurses committed to make a difference in health worldwide. Membership is by invitation to baccalaureate and graduate nursing students who demonstrate excellence in scholarship, and to nurse leaders exhibiting exceptional achievements in nursing.

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Events

Heart of Leadership Dinner
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010
5:30 -7:30 p.m.
Windjammer Restaurant

More info: Heart of Leadership Dinner 2010(pdf)


Save the date:
Global Leadership Night

April 13, 2010 at 6 p.m.

More info: Global Leadership Night (pdf)

Kappa Tau Annual Meeting
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

More info: Kappa Tau Annual Meeting (pdf)