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ASTDN Executive Director June 2011-April 2012

ASTDN Executive Director June 2011-April 2012. Karen O’Brien, DNP, MN, RN. Executive Director Focus Areas. Business Management Resource Development Grants ASTHO Liaison Strengthening Existing and Building National Partnerships. Business Management.

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ASTDN Executive Director June 2011-April 2012

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  1. ASTDN Executive DirectorJune 2011-April 2012 Karen O’Brien, DNP, MN, RN

  2. Executive Director Focus Areas • Business Management • Resource Development • Grants • ASTHO Liaison • Strengthening Existing and Building National Partnerships

  3. Business Management • Officer and Director Liability Insurance (includes independent contractors) July 1, 2011-12 • Business Planning Retreat September 2011 APHL in Silver Springs, Maryland • Collaboration with CPA & Executive Board to transition toward APHN and nonprofit c)3 • Secured Attorney to assist with APHN Incorporation, bylaws, resolution and nonprofit

  4. Ain’t Nothin……

  5. RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT • ASTHO/ACA partnership on The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide) • ASTHO/CDC partnership on Community Health Improvement Project • RWJF PH Services and Systems Research (University of Minnesota with Linda Olson Keller) • The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) CDC Cooperative Agreement (Quad Council)

  6. …but a

  7. Grants Awarded or Pending • HRSA grant awarded to Rush University with ASTDN participation $10,000 March/2012- 2014 • The University of Michigan RWJF Enumeration and Characterization of PHN project $29,280 April-Oct ‘12 • National Association of Chronic Disease Directors $199,405 (pending) Oct/2012-Sept/2013 • RWJ Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action Research Agenda $337,595 (pending) ACHNE

  8. Enumeration and Characterization of the Public Health Nursing Workforce 2 on-line survey instruments: 1. Organizational Public Health (state and local) Governmental agencies in all 50 states (lead ASTDN member in each state) 2. Individual PHN- in state and local agencies SUMMER 2012

  9. RWJF- University of Michigan subcontracted with ASTDN to assist with marketing, dissemination and follow-up to increase response rate • Attend QUAD Council organization meetings in May and June 2012 to engage partners, deliver announcements and provide marketing materials • National PH organizations will be contacted (ASTHO, NACCHO, PHN Section-APHA, ACHNE, and ANA) • Incentives will be offered

  10. Enumeration and Characterization of the PHN Workforce Project Public Health Nurses

  11. ASTHO Affiliate • ASTHO Affiliate or ASTHO Government Relations weekly meetings • ASTHO Affiliate and ASTHO annual meeting in Portland, Oregon October 18-21, 2011 • Public Health and Primary Care Strategic Mapping Session July 25-26, 2012 at the ASTHO Offices in Arlington, VA • ASTHO Health Equity Workgroup Juanita Graham

  12. Letters of Support-2011 • May/ June WIC FY12 funding, National Public Health Information Coalition, and Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs • JulyAPRN Reducing Regulatory Burden, Nursing Community brochure, and the Safe Chemicals Act • August Medicare Home Healthcare HR 2267, and Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses Act S 56

  13. Letters of Support- 2011 • September: ASTHO Prevent Block grant • October: Letter to President Obama and to the “Super Committee” for support of the nursing profession in the FY 13 budget; DHHS in support of provider neutral language; QUAD Council support to AACN for CDC funding • December: Marilyn Tavenner, RN Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

  14. Letters of Support-2012 • Senate and House Appropriations for 302 (b) allocation to DHHS within the Budget Control Act • Joining Forces with First Lady Obama and ANA to encourage nurses to provide care to returning service military and families with warning signs for Post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury

  15. Letters of Support-2012 • DHHS Secretary Sebeliusto ensure the National Plan to address Alzheimer’s disease includes public health • Title V Maternal Child Health Services support for Block Grant Funding to Senate and the House Appropriations Committees • Title VIII Public Health Service Act; increased funding for Nursing Workforce Development in FY 2013 to the US President, House of Representatives, and Senate

  16. Partnerships • ANA: Participated with Glynnis in an interview resulting inThe American Nurse articles Sept/Oct 2011 and Jan 2012 on the National Prevention Strategy; call with Karen Daley, ANA President • RWJ: Public Health Nursing Workforce Advisory Committee and the RWJF Forum on the Future of Public Health Nursing February 7 – 8, 2012 in Princeton, New Jersey. • CDC: Three follow up conference calls with Judy Monroe, CDC Deputy Director. Purpose: relationship building and CDC program contacts.

  17. Committees/Workgroups • RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT WORKGROUP Tom Engle, Juanita Graham, Ramona Rusinak, and Michelle Cravetz • COMMUNICATIONS- Glenda Kelly website contractor interviews members only link • BYLAWS COMMITTEE- John Hankins • 14 CONFERENCE CALL REGIONAL MEETINGS

  18. LESSONS LEARNED • We are a National Voice for Public Health Nursing • Relationships bring opportunities, and • It takes risk to embrace opportunity • Patience is a virtue • A team of diverse individuals make the best decisions • The Role of the PHN is evolving and so is our National Organization

  19. THANK YOU

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