What's New

Kathy Kuehn, ISPN Executive Director since 2013, has notified the ISPN Board of her retirement as of December 31, 2018. 
The Board welcomes Jessica Retzlaff as ISPN Executive Director as of January 1, 2019. Jess has been with The Rees Group, ISPN’s management company, for several years working with volunteers of professional societies. She spearheaded ISPN’s new website and has worked with the ISPN Conference Committee the past two years on the abstracts, annual conference program, and continuing education application. Read more here

ISPN joined other nursing organizations recently and signed on to three letters initiated by the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC). Here is a summary from NCC's Monthly Roundup:

Letter Urging the Passage of Title VIII this Congress
November 15, 2018
Fifty-six NCC member organizations signed onto a letter requesting the Senate pass the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act this Congress. The letter reiterates that passing Title VIII Reauthorization is the Coalition’s top priority and requests that any new provision be time-limited with a study to assess its impact.

Letter to Appropriators for FY 2019
October 18, 2018
The Nursing Community Coalition sent a letter thanking appropriators for providing level funding ($249.472 million) for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and $162.992 million (a 3.16% increase) for the National Institute of Nursing Research. The Coalition remains committed to working with appropriators to see that continued, increased investments are made to support our nation's nursing workforce and research.  

Thank You Letters for Opioid Legislation
October 11, 2018
Forty-seven organizations signed onto a letter thanking Congressional leaders, committees, and champions for their efforts to have Section 3201, Allowing for more flexibility with respect to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders, in the final opioid package. This important provision provides permanent authorization for nurse practitioners and physician assistants to prescribe medication-assisted treatments (MATs), and a five-year authorization for the other three APRN roles, to help combat the opioid epidemic. 

SPAM email alert: Some ISPN members have received an email with the subject line: NEW LAWS TO PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL NURSES, claiming to be from Elizabeth Bonham, a former ISPN president, and on behalf of the ISPN Board and Directors. This is SPAM: Please block this sender's email from your email account. DO NOT click on the link provided for “NEW LAW & POLICY.”

Seed Global Health is looking for Nurse/Midwife Educators (including those with expertise in mental health) to serve in Uganda, Malawi, or Zambia for one year as faculty in 2019- 2020. Information is available here.

Reminder to subscribe to the new ISPN Listserv, "E-List": Make sure you are logged in as this is a member benefit, and then click here to read more. 

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