Michigan NAPNAP
2014-2015
BOARD MEMBERS:

President: Joanne Howard
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President Elect: Kristen
Upton
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Past President: Kim
Fenbert
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Treasurer: Andrea Kline
Tilford
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Secretary:
Donna
Marvicson
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Legislative Chair: Nicole
Boucher
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Constitution & Bylaws:
Lydia McBurrows
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Program Chair: Marissa
DaSilva
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Logo Wear Chair: Mary
Targosz
INSIDE
THIS ISSUE:
Legislative
Highlights
1
Calendar of
Events
2
Inside Story
2
Special
Recognition
2
Your Board
Members
3
Student Representatives
4
Our Chapter Mission
4
V O L U M E
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I S S U E
2
W I N T E R
I S S U E
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Legislative Highlights
The one and only thing that
stopped SB from passing during lame duck session was
Chairwoman Gail Haines.
The last night of session Governor Snyder got personally
involved and asked the
Speaker to discharge SB 2
from Rep. Haines committee
and take a vote on the floor.
In the end, the Speaker held to
his belief that he will not discharge a bill that isn’t supported by a committee chair.
Although SB 2 did not pass
the House of Representatives
during this year’s lame duck
session, the relationships that
were built with external organizations, nursing advocates, and legislators is something to be very proud of. For
the first time, these collaborative efforts showed through
not only to legislators, but in
the media as well- with editorials and stories written by Dr.
Potempa, Dr. McCurren (2),
Dr. Nancy George, Nurse
Practitioners, Dr. McMurtie
(physician in support of SB
2), the president of AARP,
and the President of the Economic Alliance of Michigan.
Many organizations, including AARP, MPCA, MONE,
MACN, School Community
Health Alliance of Michigan,
and the APRN Coalition sent
several call to actions at our
request to their membership
that also made a difference
and a huge impact. Lobbyists
for several organizations, including major health systems,
also came to our aid and per-
sonally asked for lawmakers
support of SB 2. This shows
the diversity in the support of
APRN scope of practice to
legislators and will be critically important in the next term.
There were thousands of
calls/emails/letters sent to
Rep. Haines, the Speaker, and
state representatives in the
last few months. Many
reached out to their State Representative(s) for the first time
to educate them on SB 2, and
were successful in garnering
their trust and their support.
Advocacy works. Because of
this, we had the majority of
votes to pass the legislation in
both the House Health Policy
Committee and on the House
Floor. Legislators on both
sides of the aisle and both
chambers worked tirelessly to
urge Rep. Haines for a vote in
committee, and tried to convince the Speaker for a discharge. Even though the
Michigan State Medical Society endorsed the Governor
(historical move by their organization) and provided him
with a war chest for his reelection, the Governor still
got involved and in the end,
committed to seeing a reintroduced version of SB 2
through by the Spring of
2015. That speaks volumes!
Some of our strongest advocates were term-limited
(Senator Jansen and Majority
Leader Richardville). The
new legislative year begins in
January with new leadership
and many freshman lawmakers in both the House and
Senate. Although it is uncertain as of yet who the new
Speaker of the House will
appoint as Chair of the House
Health Policy Committee, I
am happy to report that the
new Senate Majority Leader
Meekhof, who is a very
strong supporter of APRNs,
has appointed Senator Mike
Shirkey as the Chair of the
Senate Health Policy Committee. Mike Shirkey
(previous state rep) was our
champion on SB 2 in the
House, especially during the
lame duck session. He has
already requested SB 2 be
drafted for his sponsorship.
Advocates will need to build a
strong relationship with him
in the months to come. There
are also 2 physicians joining
the Michigan House as freshman lawmakers (as well as
one RN). I have been told by
several insiders to be prepared
to be on the defense this upcoming legislative session (in
the House).
The good news is that MSMS
lost their #1 advocate- Rep.
Haines was term limited!
As we move forward to the
new year, I believe we will be
stronger and more mobilized
than ever!
From:
Monika Miner
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Calendar of Events

NAPNAP Annual
Conference being
held in Las Vegas
March 11-14, 2015.

Michigan NAPNAP Annual Spring Conference being held at the Crown Plaza Hotel
in Lansing on April 17, 2015.
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Some highlights of the Spring Conference
include: Anxiety/Depression, Urology issues,
Screening for Congenital Heart Defects,
Sudden Cardiac Death, Technology and the
Family, Health Policy Update and more!!!
Inside Story Headline—New MICNP President
Dr. Ann Sheehan is a
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years
of experience working
with children and families in both private practice and community settings,and she currently
works in a private pediatric practice in Portage,
MI. Ann was a member
of the GVSU faculty from
2010 to 2014, where she
served as the Asst.
Dean for Practice and
was the director of the
GVSU Nurse-Managed
Health Center. She is
an experienced advocate working on APRN
and other health care
issues at both the state
and national levels. We
are also proud that Ann
is a member of MI
NAPNAP!
Special Recognitions
Special recognition to President-Elect, Kris Upton, for setting up
an information booth at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Evidence-Based Nursing Conference back in September. She also
put together two gift baskets that were given as door prizes to conference attendees. This was a great way to inform nurses about
our Michigan NAPNAP organization! Thank you, Kris!
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Your Board Members
President:: Joanne Howard,
CPNP
“No one
can do
everything,
but
everyone
can do
something”
President Elect: Kristen Upton
Past President: Kim Fenbert
Treasurer: Andrea Kline Tilford
Secretary: Donna Marvicson
Health Policy Chair: Nicole Boucher
Constitution & Bylaws: Lydia
McBurrows
Membership Chair: Vicki
Trabucchi
Program Chair: Marissa DaSilva
Logo Wear—Mary
Targosz
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Our Mission:
Please LIKE us on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/MichiganNAPNAP?
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Please FOLLOW us at our new website via:
https://minapnap.enpnetwork.com
The Michigan Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
(MINAPNAP), is committed to improving the quality of health care for infants, children, adolescents, and young
adults. We believe that the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner has a vital role in
the health care community and as such,
can have a definite impact on health care.
To this end, Michigan NAPNAP provides
pertinent educational programs for its
members and other Advanced Practice Nurses and strives to promote the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner role.
We’re on the Web!
https://minapnap.enpnetwork.com
Student Representatives:
Amanda Indrei—U of M
Ashley Eggleston—GVSU
Andrea Hill—U of M
Michael Mooney-WSU
Claudia Turkson-Ocran– GVSU
Esther Asika– WSU