1. North East Ohio Organization of Nurse Executives
September 15, 2017

2. WELCOME First Time MEMBERS

3. Attendance (Roll Call)

4. REVIEW / APPROVAL Meeting Minutes from June 30, 2017

5. TREASURER’S REPORT Susan Clark

6. Activity with Current Statement
As of July 31, 2017
Beginning balance: $15,086.62
Deposits & Additions
Checks Paid ,177.67
Fees
Ending Balance $12,906.95
*Note: Service fees are waived for balance exceeding $4,000.00

7. NEOONE Engagement (Membership) Susan Clark

8. Engagement (Membership) - NEOONE

9. ENAGAGEMENT – NEOONE 2009 – 2017 2 paid for 1-year membership
As of June 26, 2017
2017 Goal = Maintain/Increase Membership
2 paid for 1-year membership
106 paid for 2-year membership
76 are in second of 2 years paid

10. 2017 ENGAGEMENT - NEOONE (Membership)
131 Paid Members
24 New Members
CHMCA, 21 renew and 1 new
Alliance, 11 renew and 7 new
Aultman, 30 renew and 0 new
Aultman Orrville, 5 renew and 1 new
CCOC, 8 renew and 3 new
KSU, 1 renew and 0 new
Union Hospital, 1 renew
Mercy Canton, 5 renew and 0 new
Pomerene, 2 renew and 7 new
Select, 1 renew
Summa, 21 renew and 5 new
Other, 1 renew
Engagement Drive
Will Continue…
Please encourage
your peers
and colleagues!

11. 2017 NEOONE Engagement
131 Members Strong

12. 2017 Member Specialties Informatics – 1 Dean - 1 Administration – 5
Critical Care – 13
CNO-9
Women’s - 7
Supervision - 5
Service Excellence/Patient Experience – 1
Ambulatory 1
Hospice/Palliative Care - 1
Case Management/UM - 2
Cardiology – 3
Surgical Services– 9
Emergency Department – 5
Geriatrics-1
Quality-2
Occupational Health-1
Infection Prevention-1
Burn-1
Telemetry-2
Medical/Surgical-7
Informatics – 1
Dean - 1
Administration – 5
Pediatrics – 11
Operations/Regulatory–4
Orthopaedics – 9
Home Health – 2
Oncology – 1
Behavioral Health – 1
Professional Development – 3
NICU – 2
School Health – 1
Radiology/Imaging-1
Magnet-2
Neurology-2
Rehab-1
Staffing-2
Unknown-1
2017 Member Specialties

13. 2017 NEOONE Engagement Level of Leaders
n = 131 (11 = unspecified)

14. Engagement (Membership) - NEOONE

15. OONE Committee Reports
As of March 14, 2017

16. OONE Program Committee Jayme Wiggins / Susan Clark

17. Program Committee (OONE)
November 9-10 with Pre-conference on Nov. 8
Theme: Nursing Leadership: A Force for Change
Last meeting: Conference Call on August 25, 2017
Continue with favorites, i.e. CNO session, polling, bingo social event
Aspiring Nurse Leader and Nurse Leader nominations.
New this year: photo booth and more social media involvement
Next Meeting: TBD

18. OONE Bylaws Committee Pam Baker

19. Bylaws (OONE) Pam Baker
No recent updates
Reminder that recently approved OONE bylaws will be updated with changes approved at the June OONE Board meeting
Approval of changes made by membership to happen during annual meeting
Article X, Terms of Office – Change the OHA Board and Ohio Hospital Clinical Advisory Committee liaisons to four year appointments which may be affirmed one time for a total of 8 years.
Add the following to committee and chapter representative responsibilities
1. Submit written activity report at board meetings following approved format
2. Submit an annual report to the Secretary in advance of the board meeting as requested, following the approved format.

20. OONE Engagement Committee Sally Hartline

21. Engagement Committee (OONE) Sally Hartline
Last Engagement meeting held 7/21/17
OONE membership 1173 after a clean up of the roster for those that had left OHA organizations
The OONE Board approved the draft letter for graduate nursing programs invites for OONE membership, included in the letter was the affiliate chapter leaders and the OONE map showing chapter locations
AONE Fellows invitations sent for the OONE Board meeting in November, great opportunity to mentor future nurse leaders.
Leadership and Aspiring Nurse Leader nominations were due to Jackie Silvis by September 1st. The Engagement Committee will be meeting September 22nd to review. Aspiring Nurse Leaders chosen by the Chapter will be invited to the November OONE Board meeting, recommendation to Chapters to provide financial support to chosen Aspiring Nurse Leader nominee for the chapter to attend the conference.
The Nominating Committee presented the OONE Board will a potential slate of candidates for OONE Treasurer; candidates to submit bios and photo by September 1st. Ballot to be distributed electronically to members.
Request for baskets to support the OONE Fall Conference will be sent in September, requesting that NEOONE provide funding for basket donations. Baskets and 50/50 raffle following dinner awards on Thursday evening of the conference.

22. OONE Legislative and Practice Committee Diane Sprankle

23. Legislative and Practice Committee (OONE)
NEOONE Member:
Diane Sprankle, RN, MSN, NE-BC Akron Children’s
OHA legislative Report
State budget summary:
Governor had $586 million cut to hospitals
Governor vetoed Medicaid cap/freeze on new enrollees-OHA supported veto
Legislation has not completed the override of the vetoes-process, so final outcome currently uncertain
Governor vetoed 47 items in budget, 12 items currently in legislative override process
State Medicaid director indicated a 7% cut to hospitals-meetings still being held between Medicaid and OHA to evaluate monies and hopefully reduce the 7% cut. Cuts will be in effect Jan 1st

24. Legislative and Practice Committee (OONE)
NEOONE Member:
Diane Sprankle, RN, MSN, NE-BC Akron Children’s
OHA budget amendments status:
Mandatory overtime not addressed-not including in budget
Nurse staffing report-did pass as an amendment. Every 2 years hospitals will need to provide staffing reports to ODH, in addition to still providing to ONA. This starts March 2018
CRNA bill currently in process, striving for independent practice-at this point OHA is neutral on the bill

25. Legislative and Practice Committee (OONE)
NEOONE Member:
Diane Sprankle, RN, MSN, NE-BC Akron Children’s
Transition to Practice-Residency program
L & P put out a CNO survey 5 years ago with questions related to CNO demographics, education, status of position, and residency programs at CNO’s facility.
L& P members developing a new survey that focuses on:
Cost of programs/education
RN turnover
RN job satisfaction
RN skill/competency level

26. EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE COMMITTEE (OONE) Kim Dougan

27. Evidence-Based Practice Committee (OONE)
NEOONE Member:
Kim Dougan RN, Aultman Hospital
Tracy Brewer and Lisa Long are confirmed to be our guest speakers for the pre- conference session on Wednesday afternoon 3-5pm on EBP.
40 Poster abstracts submitted and 25 of those were approved using a scoring matrix.
The committee did conclude that our this committee should provide education on how to write an abstract to our membership to those applying for poster and speaker presentations.
Two committee members are going to provide a poster on how to write an abstract.
Recommendations were also made to modify the formatting for the applications for the 2018 Conference to make it more user-friendly.
 Next Steps:
Phone call meeting to discuss poster setup and judging and identify a tool to be utilized to judge the posters. We currently have one but are trying to identify others.
We do have a third room in the hotel this year for poster presentations
The poster applicants who will be presenting posters are being notified by Jackie. Becky our Chair is working on sending out the notices of posters not accepted with brief constructive feedback.

28. COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE (OONE) Christina Young

29. Communication Committee (OONE)
DeAnna Hawkins, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Clinical Director, Cincinnati Children’s
Chair of the Communications Committee
Christine Young, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
Director of Nursing, Neonatal Services
Akron Children’s
Survey to assess member use of all communication mechanism
OONE website
Focus on social media outlets as a method to improve communication
Newsletters continue

30. OONE BOARD REPORT Nicole Kolacz
“OONE is recognized as the voice for nursing leadership in Ohio”

31. OONE BOARD HIGHLIGHTS August 11, 2017
Revised HCAHPS questions regarding patient’s pain / pain management
Discussed upcoming CNO Roundtable that will occur during Annual Meeting
Joan Clarke, AONE President, will be presenting at that luncheon to the CNOs as well as providing a general session earlier in the morning for all attendees
CNOs encouraged to attend – invitation forthcoming
Review of the letter sent by Linda Breedlove on behalf of OONE to Congressman David Joyce requesting with holding support of the proposed National Nurses Act legislation (HR 1651)
Reviewed ONA staffing series – staffing 101 and budgeting and the impact of nurse staffing
OAC preparing workgroup summary with future needs. OAC will discuss next steps and vote on possible solutions. Funding should carry over into OONE rep will continue to update progress.

32. OONE BOARD HIGHLIGHTS
Discussion and approval of proposed educational task force agenda and timeline which includes educational needs assessment
Board mentorship – solicited members to participate in workgroup to develop process
OBN nomination process– reviewed process for OBN nominations. Discussion on proposed ideas for OONE to nominate member to upcoming OBN seat. L&P leading this initiative and will make final recommendation to OONE Board. Work in progress but general support for initiative and process.
Revenue Task Force – discussion on items for sale as revenue source
OBN - >40% of RNs have renewed license
Mandatory OT legislation did not pass but staffing plan information passed
Hospital staffing plan to be reviewed every 2 years
Staffing plans must be submitted to ODH by March (even numbered years)

33. Board Highlights
Discussion on recent AG ruling on use of APRNs in acute care
Academia and Practice have differing thoughts on APRN in acute care – FNP vs Acute Care
APRN advisory committee will being to address issue and decide if there is agreement on the use of the Consensus Model
Continue to monitor
Opioid Repose – OHA initiative
Collaboration to identify evidence based best practices and disseminate throughout the state
Promote work that is being done in the state and identify resources and funding options
Decreasing use of opioids, increasing transition to treatment and counseling, decreasing death

34. NEOONE President Report

35. 2017 NEOONE Goals Strengthen Engagement of Nurse Leaders
Professional development access and opportunity
Increase chapter membership
Support Ohio Action Coalition
Continue to educate members on OAC Initiatives
Utilize various methods of communication
Promote Evidence-Based Practice
Endorse transformational nursing practice at all levels
Encourage member participation in poster and podium presentation at local, regional, and state forums
Assure value in NEOONE membership

36. Strengthening Nurse Leaders in Northeast Region
NEOONE Vision: To be recognized as the voice of nursing leaders in Northeast Ohio
2017 Priority Initiatives
Membership Networking
Getting To Know Our Members (Face-to-Face Contact)
Membership Participation
Chapter Committees
OONE Committees
CNO Membership and Participation
Educational Opportunities
Stay knowledgeable about Advocacy and Policy Discussions and Changes

37. 2017-2018 NEOONE GOALS/STRATEGIC INITIATIVES PROPOSAL
Ad hoc committee formed to review AONE, OONE, & NEOONE goals and propose any additions or revisions to NEOONE for approval
If anyone is interested in participating, please let me know
Plan to review and present recommendations to NEOONE group

38. Northeast Region Aspiring Nurse Leader Award Winner
Helen Vigh, RN, BSN
Certified Care Coordination &
Transition Management
Akron Children’s Hospital/Home Care
Other NEOONE Nominees
Matthew Mercer, MSN, CRNA, Aultman Hospital
Jayme Speight, MSN, RN-BC, Education Coordinator, Akron Children’s Hospital

39. Approval Item
Chapter to pay for Aspiring Nurse Leader Award Winner’s (Helen Vigh) Fall Conference registration

40. 2017 NEOONE Committee Reports

41. NEOONE 2017: 4th Annual Education Symposium Today, Tomorrow and the Future of Nursing
Education Task Force Committee Theresa Borodkin MSN, RN, CPON Heidi Burgettt RN Melissa Krager Admin Secretary Fran Lauriha BSN RN Christine Sadie, RN, BSN Kathryn Stoner MSN, RN, NEA-BC Anthony Suncire, MSN, RN, NE-BC

42. Education Task Force Committee
Theresa Borodkin MSN, RN, CPON
Heidi Burgettt RN
Melissa Krager Admin Secretary
Fran Lauriha BSN RN
Christine Sadie, RN, BSN
Kathryn Stoner MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Anthony Suncire, MSN, RN, NE-BC

43. Registration process 84 Preregistered via email/phone
Of those that pre-registered 13 were no shows
33 prepaid (1- paid but did not attend)
75 actually signed in attendance (many walk ins)
Only roughly 47 completed the electronic eval

44. Monies: Expenses: Income
$ (gift cards for presenters, and secretarial support)
$ total cost for La Pizzaria ($ deposit + $ )
Total Expense: $3,177.67
Income
$ Baskets
$3, Registrations
Total income $
Total gain/profit of: $ to date.

45. Evaluation summary If you want a copy of the actual summary please ask
Too cold
Liked all presenters
Future topics ideas
Workplace violence
Dr Smith for future talks
Effective communication
Education on the psychology aspect of managing
Brain fitness
How to teach, grow accountability in young nurses

46. Lessons Learned/Opportunities for improvement
Not schedule future events around holiday weekend
Had opportunity for posters but none registered. Do we continue?
Have registration/prepayment on line (to include dietary restrictions)
Difficult to preregister larger number of participants (some called individually some as a group so there were duplicates).
Evaluation process? Guess participants did not need CE’s

47. Best comments “This day was a gift”
“Great day for learning and networking”

48. NEOONE Communications Kathy Zimmer
Goal: Utilize various methods of communication
Website Designed & Implemented 2017
Website Address: (
Anyone can use, NOT password protected
Information on Website
About NEOONE, Resources, Meeting Information, Calendar, Contact, News- Upcoming Events
Information loaded (previous meeting minutes and presentations)
Questions: Contact Kathy Zimmer-

49. Try Out our NEOONE Website: www.neoone.info

50. Plan to Formalize Our Communication Amy Antonacci, President Elect
Ad Hoc Communications Committee was created in 2016 for website design
Kyle Anderson chaired the website initiative
Kathy Zimmer took the lead with website functionality
June 2017 meeting- approval received to add a Communications Committee and Communications Chairperson to the NEOONE Bylaws
Interim- Kathy Zimmer agreed to chair the committee until December 31, 2017
Review proposed amended Bylaws
Approve amended Bylaws
Nominate Communication Chairperson – vote scheduled for the November meeting

51. Proposed Bylaws

54. Bylaw Revision Approval
Respectfully ask for approval of revised NEOONE Bylaws
Nominations for Communication Chairperson accepted through November 10, 2017
Interested members should Amy Antonacci at

55. Next Meeting November 17th – Summa Health
2017 Meeting Dates
January 20 Akron Children’s
March Barrel Room, North Canton, 6p-8p
June th Annual Education Symposium, La Pizzeria
September 15 Pomerene Hospital
November 17 Summa Health
Next Meeting November 17th – Summa Health

56. Facility Sharing Hot Topics