GREETINGS
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dear Chapter Members
I would like to take this opportunity
to let you know what the Board has been
up to and also an update on what's new
at "National"
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Just a reminder..... You won't want to
miss the May 20th Chapter meeting when
Kelly Shanley will be presenting on Risk
Management and serious reportable
events. Check the our web site for
details (sne-aalnc.org)
and be sure to RSVP to Rachael Arruda @
rachael@dwlaw.us in order for us to
order enough food. Please feel free to
bring a friend....The more the merrier!
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John will be adding another link to our
web site in order for us to post meeting
minutes. The newly added minutes will be
from 1. January's meeting 2.March Board
meeting & 3. May's Board meeting. John
will also be adding the membership list
and specialty list that Cie Galloway has
kept updated for us.
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The contents of the lending library are
posted on the web site. I will be adding
to the library soon and if any other
members have items that they would like
to add please let me know and we can
arrange to make them available. I would
like to have the library contents
available at each meeting for members to
utilize. The exception to this will be
the contents owned by Jane Mihalich.
These items are individually marked and
can be borrowed by contacting Marion R.
Ead @
Marian.Ead@state.ma.us
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Educational Seminar: As you know,
we were unable to put a full day program
together in April due to lack of time. I
am pleased to announce that we have set
a date for October 22, 2010, to do a
full day conference on "Nurse Protect
Thyself" Many of our members are fairly
new and the Board agreed that this was a
topic that will appeal to all facets of
nursing.
We will need much member
participation and encourage all members
to choose a committee to work on in
order for our conference to be a success
Committees:
Coordinator:
Linda Fagan
Venue:
Rachael Arruda
Speakers:
Eileen Allosso
Advertising:
Cie Galloway/John Flattery
Vendors:
Catherine Brown
Registration:
MaryLouise Butler
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Facebook: We will soon have a
Southern New England Chapter of AALNC
group. We hope that the visibility from
a group such as this will not only
increase membership but enable us, as a
group, to educate and converse about
legal nurse consulting. Stay tuned!
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Northeast Cruise Conference:
While at the national conference
in Pittsburgh I ran into Julie Dickerson
& Tammy Dickinson. Their Connecticut
Chapter is off & running and doing
well...Congratulations to them! Some of
the chapter presidents from the
Northeast(Conn,Delaware,New York, New
Jersey and Maryland), with Julie taking
the lead,have come up with the idea of
putting together an educational cruise
for the fall of 2011. I think it could
be very exciting and quite a bit of fun
and I'm definitely in! Julie is asking
for volunteers from each Chapter to help
organize and help the cruise become a
reality. Please email Julie Dickerson @
Jdickinson204@yahoo.com to become
involved
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Back by Popular Demand!!
Boot Pond Summer Outing
Tammy Murphy has once again
graciously offered her families cottage
on Boot Pond in Plymouth, Ma. for a
summer get-together and networking
event.
As previous attendee's will tell you,
so much fun was had by all!! The food
was great, the Pond was ideal and even
some BIG fish were caught!!
So...Save the Date!!! Saturday,
August 21, 2010- Details to follow
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NATIONAL
While attendance was down from
previous years conference, it was one of
the best that I have attended! Seminar
selection was good/speakers were great
and, surprise to me, Pittsburgh was a
terrific place to see and do fun things.
And, as always, catching up with old
friends and making new ones was the
highlight.
New AALNC President
KAREN J. HUFF, BSN RN LNCC
I am the current President of the
American Association of Legal Nurse
Consultants. I have been an in house
legal nurse consultant since 1996, and
have been certified as an LNCC since
1999. I work for a large defense firm in
Charleston, WV, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC.
Follow her Blog @
aalnc.org
Next years conference will be in
Maryland and for the first time, it will
be an abbreviated one conference....as
of now
Well folks...that's it for now!
Please don't hesitate to contact me with
any suggestions that you may have that
will enhance our Chapter's benefit!
Looking forward to seeing you all May
20th!
Linda
