Welcome Back! Check out the NEWSLETTER for information about the next few meetings, your new officers, and much more.
Also, the September meeting is right around the corner. Below are the basics:
Date: Wednesday September 15 2010
Location: Adventist Hospital Rockville, MD
Topic: From Specialty Hospital to Field Hospital
Presenters: Kathryn Inglefield & Parveen Peter
Its that time again. Wednesday, May 19 is our annual spring dinner.
This year is it as Romano’s Macaroni Grill in Columbia, MD. Please RSVP by May 14, see the flyer for details.
Don’t miss:
Volunteers for Medical Engineering, a small non-profit almost entirely volunteer based, invents and builds customized assistive technology for individuals with disabilities in Central Maryland. Volunteer engineers, with the help of volunteer physical/occupational therapists and nurses, develop one-of-a-kind AT that enables people with disabilities to live, work, and play more independently. We’re actually located in the DORS Workforce Technology Center –we’re in the basement near Maryland TAP!
VME is launching the second annual What I Wish for My Child campaign, through which families of children with disabilities are invited to submit a wish for their child. VEM volunteer engineers, therapists, and nurses will develop customized solutions for five winning families. Here is a link to last year’s winners: http://www.vmesolutions.org/images/stories/wiw%20approved%20list.09.pdf.
In general, volunteer nurses would likely do a home visit with a client (along with a VME engineer) to evaluate the client/the request and then act as a consultant as the engineers complete the project. VME takes requests from clients throughout the year, but in particular is looking for help with the What I Wish Campaign so volunteers would likely spend about 5-6 hours per project between April and July this year. And volunteers can choose to work on however many projects they’d like.
For more information, or to volunteer please contact Breanne Reynolds, Volunteer Coordinator for VME at breanne@vmesolutions.org or visit their website, http://www.vmesolutions.org/
Our next meeting is coming up soon! The details are below or click here for the flyer and RSVP information. See you there!
When: Wednesday March 17 2010 | 5:30pm light dinner | 6:30pm speaker
Where: Laurel Regional Hospital | 7300 Van Dusen Rd Laurel MD 20707
Topic: Pressure Ulcer Update | Prevention, assessment, and treatment
Presenter: Carolyn Sorensen
Check out this link for information on two jobs now available at Kernan Hospital.
We have a new newsletter and a new meeting flyer. Check them out for all the details.
The next meeting is at 5:30pm on January 20th at the Workforce and Technology Center in Baltimore. The subject of the meeting is “ARN Goes to Washington,” a discussion on ARN and possible changes in health care legislation.
The ARN November meeting will be a workshop and planning meeting.
It is scheduled for Wednesday, November 18 at 5:30 pm. The meeting will take place at Snyder’s Willow Grove Restaurant.
Please RSVP to Lou Dorsey by Monday, November 16th.
Flyer will be uploaded shortly…
Just incase you didn’t read the last newsletter (why would you not!), there is now new leadership at ARN Maryland. Here is the skinny. Personal contact information and biographies of each member can be found in said newsletter.
President – Char Koller
Past President – Carolyn Sorensen
President Elect – Elizabeth Siskey
Secretary – Cindy Farquar
Treasurer – Joan Oakjones
Board Member at Large – Elizabeth Martin
Board Member at Large – Erusa Onukwubiri
Board Member at Large – Deborah Self
You are all invited to join ARN Maryland for our fall2009 kickoff meeting.
Everything? Here.
Just the meat? Below…
Mild Head Injuries with Kevin Crutchfield
September 16 2009 @ Sinai Hospital, Mirowski Building, 3rd floor, Brain and Spine Injury Conference Room
Light dinner at 5:30pm, Speaker at 6pm.
We are back with this, newest, newsletter. It is brimming with info on upcoming ARN Maryland events. Check it out here.