Greater North Carolina Chapter of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses

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Presidents Message

December 2008

Greeting to my Rehab Peers,

It has been a very busy fall. I was able to attend the National Conference in San Francisco and it was a wonderful time to recharge our rehab batteries!! The conference was wonderful and as always there was a lot of networking going on. Our own Donna Jernigan was installed as our new President for National ARN. Way to go Donna!! At our last Board Meeting it was reported the Educational Committee is working hard on the Spring Conference which is in Carolina Beach, and the last I heard all the speakers were confirmed. It looks like it is going to be another great one. Please save the dates April 23-24. The Board is working hard on recruiting new members for our Chapter so I would like to challenge all members to think of one person that you work with that are not a member of GNCCARN and invite them to join. We have great educational programs and it is such a good time to network with other professionals across the state. We will be offering some scholarships for the upcoming Spring Conference to Rehab Professionals that may wish to join our organization. So pass the word…...

Finally as the holiday season approaches take a moment to be thankful for all we are blessed with, and take a few moments to pat yourself on the back for the wonderful job you do and the difference you make in patients lives every day as they recover.

Happy Holidays
CIndy

Greetings Rehab Nurses
July 2008

As we begin a new GNCCARN year let me say welcome to my year as President of the organization. We have already gotten off to a great start with the Conference "Spreading Our Wings into the Community" in July at Wake Med. There was a wonderful turnout and it appeared that everyone enjoyed the day. Thank-you to everyone who planned and attended the program. As I sat and listened to the speakers I realized that they all mentioned working in the rehabilitation profession that they had to "build relationships and communicate." That is so true and as nurses in the rehab arena we all have to be good communicators no matter what our role is in the rehab process. As we look forward at the year to come, I think that we need to look within our organization and try and build relationships and communicate to other rehab nurses why we continue to be an active member of ARN and what benefits we get from the organization.

I look forward to an exciting year...Speaking of which we have another one-day conference coming up in Greensboro at Moses Cone on November 7, 2008 and our 2-day BEACH getaway April 23 & 24 of 2009....so save these dates and there will be more info to follow.

Take care,

Cindy