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• Prescriptive Authority Renewal Information from The Oklahoma Board of Nursing

Welcome 2021 Board members

2021 OACNS Board of Directors

Officers: 

• President – Susan Dresser
• President-Elect – Lynette Gunn
• Treasurer - Kacy Aderhold
• Secretary – Rhonda Coleman-Jackson
• Immediate Past President – Stephanie Moore

  

Committee Chairs:

• Director-at-Large for Continuing Education Committee – Brittni Kline

• Director-at-Large for Membership – Karen Genzel
• Director-at-Large for Public Relations – Rachel Colina
• Chair of Nominations Committee- Empty
• Chair of Legislative Committee– Tammy Joplin

Unofficial Board: 

• Student Representative– Tori Hazel
• Student Representative– Kelsey Spitz
• Student Representative– Chris Mumford

Changes to

Prescriptive Authority Renewal Requirements

OACNS has been proactive and has offered the following if you attended the previous Conferences - and in 2020, we will strive to have 2 hours instead of one.

• 2018 Advanced Pharmacology Conference had 1 session on Saturday that will satisfy 1 pharm hour toward this…”Understanding Substance Use Disorder and Medication Assisted Treatment” Debbi McCullock, DNP, APRN-CNP, RN-BC”
•  2019 Advanced Pharmacology Conference had 1 session on Friday that will satisfy 1 pharm hour toward this…” Opioids: Managing Risk and Benefit, Teresa Etter, MS, ACNS-BC, CCNS”
• 2020, there will be at least 2 different sessions.

Did you know... OACNS Mission Statement 

• To enhance and promote the unique and multifaceted contribution of the Clinical Nurse Specialist to population health from wellness to acute care;

• to advance the practice of nursing;

• and to improve the effectiveness of healthcare systems