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Ambulatory/Office Nursing Special Interest Group
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Date: Thursday, May 17, 2001 Attendees: (List of attendees attached)
Place: Congress Meeting – San Diego, CA
San Diego Convention Center – Room 19
Begin Adjourn
5 PM (PT) 6:30 PM (PT) Recorder: Jean Rosiak
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TOPIC DISCUSSION
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Introductions
Those attending introduced themselves.
Approval of Minutes Congress 2000
The minutes were reviewed and moved for approval and seconded.
Newsletter Editor
J. Rosiak and M. Weidman have been co-editors for 8 years. The opportunity was offered for another SIG member to take over this role.
Coordinator-Editor Position
We are recruiting members to run for the Coordinator-Elect position.
Needs of Membership:
Telephone Triage
Members expressed a need for formal guidelines for doing telephone triage: if form not practical at least content should be addressed.
J. Golick and C. Quirch offered to lead a work group to look into telephone triage. Need to identify areas to be sensitive in when developing guidelines i.e. licensure if crossing state lines, billable services, permission to use copyrighted material. Keep components of documentation are also needed.
Documentation
Issue of documentation format and needs discussed again. Reviewed history of this SIGs’ former subgroup activities.
Salary Survey
Need frequently expressed for information regarding what nurses are paid. Salary survey of SIG members again suggested. Possibility of SIG project funding or project request should be pursued.
Ambulatory Acuity System
J. Rohaly Davis doing survey.
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Date: Thursday, May 17, 2001 Ambulatory/Office Nursing Special Interest Group
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TOPIC DISCUSSION
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Needs of Membership:
Computer Scheduling
Member’s state still may be most effective to count chairs as acuity varies so greatly. Need to find effective computer systems.
Pain Documentation
Need for outpatient documentation that fulfills JCAHO requirements is needed.
Mixing Chemotherapy
Several nurses still mix own chemotherapy drugs. Expressed need for training in this area. Frustrations in finding nurses to fill in to replace staff for vacations, ONS, etc. was expressed by those in small practices.
Intellidose – free service intended to decrease medication errors. Database of common protocols as requirement of service download information and send it in once per week.
SIG-Sponsored Sessions
Requests for topic submission ideas are available. Telephone triage suggested.
Sandostatin LAR
Members expressed problem with needle clogging. Recommendation 19g needle – training session for nurses.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 PM.
List of attendees at Ambulatory/Office Nursing SIG Planning/Networking Meeting at Congress 2001
SIG Members
F. Brzezinski
L. Gafney
A. Ireland
L. McCracken
* J. Moore Sheehan
J. Rosiak
M. Turner
J. Williamson
Non-SIG Members
* Shirley Blanton, 2158 Worthingwoods Blvd, Powell, OH 43065-9235
* Janet Golick, 804 Colfax Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126-4533
Christine Quirch, 1900 Belleview Ave, Westchester, IL 60154-4345
* Interested in being in a Work Group.