ROLL CALL

CALL TO ORDER:

Day: Tuesday

Date: September 22, 2009

Time: 9:30 A.M.

Place: Hudson Conference Room, 6th Floor
124 Halsey Street
Newark, N.J. 07102

Presiding: Patrica Ann Murphy, PhD, APN, C Board President

AGENDA APPROVAL:

A reading and approval of the September 22, 2009 Regular Open Board Meeting Agenda.

MINUTES: (READING AND APPROVAL)

June 16, 2009

REPORT OF BOARD PRESIDENT:

Patricia Ann Murphy, PhD, APN, C

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:

George J. Hebert

CORRESPONDENCE:

1. June 30, 2009 – letter from William A.B. Ditto, Director regarding periodic update of activities made by the New Jersey Delegation Pilot Project.

2. August 18, 2009 – letter from Patricia Gable Burke, BSN, RN, CWOCN, President, WOCNCB and Phyllis Bonham, PhD, MSN, RN, CWOCN, DPNAP, President, WOCN Society regarding Improving Patient Wound Care.

3. August 27, 2009 – memo from Susan Walsh, MD, FACP, Deputy Commissioner, Public Health Services regarding Updated H1N1 Vaccine Information.

4. September 1, 2009 – letter from Dawn Catrina Sparacio, RN, BSN, JD requesting an exemption from displaying full name on ID tags.

5. September 1, 2009 – memo from Susan G. Lorenz, Dr NP, RN, VP Patient Care Services and CNO, Princeton HealthCare System regarding Name and Licensure on ID tags.

INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES:

1. Legislative Affairs Report – Second Quarter April 1, 2009 – June 30, 2009

2. AARP Health Care Reform Priorities: Providing the Nurses we Need to Improve Health Care for All Americans

3. May 14, 2009 – letter from Teresa Veneziano, MSN, RN, Interim Chief Nursing Officer, Nursing and Patient Services, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital regarding a change in the Chief Nurse Officer.

3. July 1, 2009 – Commission on Higher Education Meeting Schedule for 2009-10 and meeting summary

4. July 8, 2009 – Board of Medical Examiners Agenda and Minutes

5. July 13, 2009 – Los Angles Times Article: Problem Nurses stay on the job as patients suffer

6. July 15, 2009 – correspondence from Brian Kanapkey, MA, CCC-SP, North Carolina Straight Talkers presenting a seminar entitled “Speaking Outside the Box.” This is a multidisciplinary seminar on the total rehabilitation of the laryngectomized patient.

7. August 6, 2009 – NCSBN Adds to its Body of Research with the Publication of Three New Research Briefs

8. August 17, 2009 – New Jersey Register: Application for Establishment of a New Program in Nursing, Proposed Amendment: N.J.A.C. 13:37-1.2

9. August 17, 2009 – New Jersey Register: Maintaining Accreditation: Criteria for Student Admission, Promotion and Completion of the Program, Proposed Amendment: N.J.A.C. 13:37-1.11

10. August 24, 2009 – email from Nancy Chormick, PhD, RN,CAE, Director, Outreach Services, NCSBN – comments regarding Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy.

11. September 1, 2009 – memo from Karen J. Wells, Supervisor, Administrative Rules Unit, Department of Corrections regarding Proposed Amendments at N.J.A.C. 10A:13-1.1 to 1.3, 13-2.1-2.3, 13-4.1-4.3, and 13-5.2 and 5.4, Inmate Jobs and Wages.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Education Committee

Recommendation(s):

2. Regulation Committee

Recommendation(s):

NEW BUSINESS: - Charles Manning, Regulatory Analyst will discuss the following issues:

1. Massage, Bodywork and Somatic Therapy - Department of Education adoption

2. Nursing - Renewal of FN-CSA certification proposal

OPEN FORUM:

Dr. Murphy will ask the public to share with the Board of Nursing any concerns, issues, or questions.

CLOSED SESSION:

ADJOURNMENT: