Final preparations are underway for Nurse Lobby Day on Wednesday, February 11 -- this includes handout packets, snack bags, and the always present Lifesavers to give to legislators with our sticker: "Save one life, you're a hero. Save 1,000 lives, you're a nurse." We are looking forward to seeing many familiar faces, as well as eager new faces, included in the 50 nurses registered to attend. Registration for this event is closed, but if you're interest, please register for APRN Lobby Day on March 4.

Robin Schaeffer, Executive Director, was involved in a conference call with other executive directors of Multi-State Divisions of ANA around the country. Arizona is a part of the Western Multi-State Division. The Western MSD website is set to go live at the end of this month, and preparations are underway to make the Continuing Education Credit Application process an online option. We're crossing all of our fingers and toes for that happening this summer!

Robin had networking opportunities to begin talks about public health nursing with state-based thought leaders and also enjoyed a lunch meeting on Thursday with Melissa Stafford Jones, U.S. Health and Human Services Region 9 Director, Matt Heinz, Director of Provider Outreach for the Health and Human Services Department, and Rory Hays, JD, AzNA Lobbyist.

Left to Right: Matt Heinz, Director of Provider Outreach for Health and Human Services; Robin Schaeffer, RN, MSN, CNE, CAE, Executive Director of AzNA; Melissa Stafford Jones, Region 9 Director, Health and Human Services, Rory Hays, JD, AzNA Lobbyist

Friday was the second time the AzNA Board of Directors has met for 2015. Topics of discussion included review of the survey results for the AzNA Mission Statement and Convention 2015. A Big Thank You to all 150 members who participated in the survey. Your feedback was invaluable. 

Debby Wood, Office Manager, met with the Convention Planning Committee and a title for Convention has finally been nailed down. We look forward to seeing you at 2015 AzNA Convention - The Changing Landscape of Healthcare: Trends in Nursing Leadership, Practice and Education. Registration will open later this spring. This year Convention will offer three different tracks focused on Leadership, Clinical Practice, and Nurse Educators.  If you have any thoughts about these topics, we’d love to hear from you in the comments or via email at info@aznurse.org.

Debby also has been working on the Approved Provider Annual Reports for review in the area of Continuing Education. Additionally, she deftly removed one dead roach from the front office.

Wendy Schulz, Communications Manager, has been busy with theme-based branding for multiple events, communications timelines for marketing, and a revised Event Task List to help the office keep organized and ahead of the game for events. It doesn’t sound exciting, but we in the office are especially looking forward to an organized event planning process for 2015 and onward.

Debbie Blanchard, Administrative Assistant, has spent much of her last week on the phone with the offices of various AZ Representatives and Senators scheduling appointments for Nurse Lobby Day Participants to speak with their legislators. She’s looking forward to doing it all again next month to schedule appointments for APRN Lobby Day!

The office took a brief bit of time on Monday between meetings to celebrate birthdays for Robin (Dec 31), Debby (Feb 1) AND Debbie (Feb 7). We wish them all a wonderful year filled with love and happiness.

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