VOL 25/NO 1
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PENS
eporter
A quarterly publication of the Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society
President’s
Report
Dear Members:
I In This Issue: 1 President’s Report 3 The Highlights of PENS Las Vegas 2013 4 Thank You to Our PENS Sponsors 5 Letter From Your Editor 6 Research Committee 6 Education Committee 7 Nominating Committee 7 Conference Planning Committee 8 PENS E-Community Now Available 10 PENS Recognizes Select Members
come to you having just returned from our Annual Conference in Las Vegas. It was an experience not soon forgotten during which we learned more about pediatric endocrinology and diabetes as novices, diabetes educators and advanced practice. We also found time to network with our colleagues and meet new members as well as first time attendees. We introduced for the first time this year the Nursing Excellence Awards. Our recipients this year were Rebecca Crespi for Excellence in Clinical Practice and Irena Hozjan for Excellence in Advanced Practice. I applaud these talented colleagues and look forward to our continued support of these awards at our next conference. Our conference was well planned this year under the leadership of Maryann Johnson, Conference Planning Chair, and her committee. Many thanks to them for bringing together premium topics and speakers in our field of expertise. Our Annual Conference does continue to be a great success and going into the future we will continue to offer those educational needs of our organization. I must also say that much work was accomplished by the Board of Directors prior to the start of our conference this year. Our newest board members, President Elect Nicole Kirouac, Treasurer Linda Burkett and Director Carol VanRyzin, participated with our current and outgoing board members in our strategic planning session which will bring us a realistic plan to follow for the future of our organization. There is more work to be done, and we will be sharing all with our membership once we have a final plan in place. As I returned from our conference, I felt energized and ready to share my knowledge with my daily working colleagues as well as take on the challenges ahead in our organization. I am humbled and honored to say the very least at those leaders that have come before me and I would be remiss if I did not thank Isabel Couto, our outgoing president, for all of her support this year as I have transitioned into my new role as president on the board. Her guidance has been priceless and has assisted in a smooth transition. I wish to continue to work with the board this year on providing more value to our current membership and increase our membership numbers. I wish to embrace the direction our organization needs to take to be the strongest it can be for our pediatric endocrinology community. Our knowledge and strength then benefits those patients and families that we care for each day. continued on page 2
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