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WHO WE ARE
Career Nurse Assistants’ Programs, Inc is also known as the
National Network of Career Nursing Assistants, a non-profit, tax
exempt, educational organization promoting recognition, education,
research, advocacy and peer support development for nursing
assistants in nursing homes and other long term care settings. (EIN
# 34-1782518).
PROGRAMS
National programs include: National Nursing Assistants’
Week celebrating its 32nd anniversary in 2010, the National Twenty
Year Club and Most Service Years Awards for Nursing Assistants, the
Nursing Assistants as Authors Program, and Male NA Task Force on
Adequacy of Staffing. Members also develop Position Statements and
testimonies for legislative and public policy use. Ohio based
programs provide a ready field testing arena for programs to be
disseminated across the country and include: NA Training, Train the
Trainer, Trainers Connections workshops; the Ohio 20 year Club; and
the NA Authors Group
Other collaborative projects include: The Annual National Forums
on Nursing Assisting and The National Leadership Training Programs
are held in conjunction with The National Citizens’ Coalition for
Nursing Home Reform’s Annual Meeting in the fall in Washington DC
(1994-2001).
The annual observance of Career Nursing Assistants’ Day and
Nursing Assistants’ Week began in Ohio in 1977 as the Ten Year Club,
and expanded nationwide by request in 1985. Since that time, this
popular nursing assistant recognition program has grown to include
thousands of facilities and organizations joining together each year
to recognize and honor nursing assistants in long-term care
services.
The title, Career Nursing Assistant © was developed by the
Nursing Assistants' Representatives' Committee of NE Ohio in 1977.
Today's nursing assistant is proud to be designated as a Career
Nursing Assistant, and the terminology is now in common usage to
identify the experienced nursing assistant.
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AWARDS
The Career Nurse Assistants' Programs is the Recipient of
the American Society on Aging and Brookdale Center on Aging of
Hunter College National Best Practice Award for Human Resources in
Aging 1998, and Recipient of the American College of Health Care
Administrators Public Service Award 1997. The Program also is
endorsed by The American Medical Director’s Association, National
Association of Directors of Nursing, The National Citizens’
Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, and others. CNAP is listed as one
of "Twenty Who Made a Difference in Long Term Care," Contemporary
Long Term Care, June 1998.
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CALENDARS & PUBLICATIONS
Projects and Programs are listed each year in the following
calendars and publications:
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Chases Annual Events, Contemporary
Books - since 1985
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The Advocate, the National Citizens' Coalition
for Nursing Home Reform
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Contemporary Long-Term Care Journal -
Events Calendar
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American Health Care Association
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Nursing
Assistants’ Monthly, Frontline Publishing - Recognition Calendar
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The American Hospital Association - Health Observances and
Recognition Days Calendar
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The American Society for Health Care
Marketing and Public Relations
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... and many others.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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Genevieve Gipson NA RN MEd RNC - Director
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Mary
Harrison BA
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Colleen C. Hughes NA RN PHD
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Laura McElroy NA M.
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Jeanne
Flossie NA BA, LNHA
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ADVISORS
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William Painter BA, ADC
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Katherine Kasper MA, Ravenna
Public Schools
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Sam McCoy LSW, Director, ElderRights, Area Agency On
Aging
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Harvey Sterns PHD, Dir, Institute for Life Span Development
and Gerontology, The University of Akron
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Sarah Berger RN MPH, Co
Director, National Citizen’s Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
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Martha Mohler RN MPH Policy Analyst, National Comm to Preserve
Social Security and Medicare
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Patsy Harris, former Director, Direct
Care Alliance
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Clarissa Allega, JD.
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Remembering Mary Harper PHD FAAN,
Former Dir LTC for NIMH, with gratitude for her many years of
support and encouragement
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IMPERATIVES
FOR ACTION,
THE "NA TO DO" LIST for 2010-11
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The Imperatives are the "to
do" list developed by nursing assistants for nursing assistants with input from NAs
in surveys, focus groups, questionnaires, email, message boards and
other means.
The Imperatives are a series
of statements about what is possible and some ways we
will do accomplish this goal. The Imperatives provide direction for our joint efforts.
We count on you to implement these projects and programs in your
area and to share this important info with other NAs.
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To
continue to create a National Voice for Nursing Assistants
Action:
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Foster self-directed
groups.
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Foster NA
participation on planning or policy committees for local,
state and national policy groups and in inservice meetings
or workshops.
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Develop guidelines
and dialogues for nursing assistant responder panels.
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Create additional
Position Statements on Safe Lifting and other topics relating to NAs.
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Involve additional
chapters and groups in planning for the National Nursing
Assistants Week and other local and national projects.
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Expand the Nursing
Assistant as Authors Program.
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Develop a
comprehensive plan for contributing to journals and other
publications
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Publish or
disseminate the findings of the Position Statement Project
by Nursing Assistants.
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To
promote career development programs and ethical foundations for
nursing assistant care
Action:
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Continue to develop
the "National Code of Ethics for Nursing Assistants"
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Develop Standards of
Practice, a hierarchy of skills and competencies actually
required of the nursing assistant in performance of daily
tasks of care.
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Seek avenues to
redefine the role, responsibilities, training needs and
unique position of the nursing assistant in the health care
system
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Provide Leadership
Training and promote Chapter development on local, state and
national levels
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Develop guidelines
for a Nursing Assistants Speakers Bureau.
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To
facilitate networking and collaborative projects among nursing
assistants related groups, organizations, educators, physicians,
researchers, publishers, and others.
Action:
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Work with Coalitions
of National Associations, organizations, etc., for Safe
Lifting legislation and education.
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Continue to develop
the Task Lists for Individual Members, Chapters, Twenty Year
Club, Savvy Authors Group, and other groups of the NNCNA.
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Develop collaborative
projects and liaison between the Network and other related
organizations.
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Disseminate
information to help nursing assistants use NA related
Internet connections.
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Foster continued
development of the Nursing Assistant Internet Committee and
the Male NA Task Force on Staffing.
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Increase visibility
of the National Network of Career Nursing Assistants with
other professional and funding organizations.
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To
foster peer group development on local, state and national
levels.
Action:
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Promote peer support,
group development for nursing assistants on facility, local,
state and national levels.
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Develop on-going
programs for mentoring for Chapter development.
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Maintain regular
contact with chapters and the Nursing Assistant Leadership
Council.
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Develop strategies
for funding for Task Force and Chapter Development.
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To
develop additional resources for career growth and program
development.
Action:
For more information
contact:
Genevieve Gipson RN M.Ed. RNC
National Network of Career Nursing Assistants
Career Nurse Assistants Programs, Inc
(330) 825 9342 (330) 825 9378-fax
cnajeni@aol.com – email.
www.cna-network.org – web
site
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