Brochures,
CD in the works too
Nurses planning
lobby day, conference events for May
By TRACY SCHOLZ
If you want to make meaningful changes in conditions for
yourselves and your patients, plan now to head to Albany
on May 5 for the PEF Nurses Lobby Day.
“Nurses In Crisis is the theme for our 2003 Lobby
Day,” said June Edwards, co-chair of the PEF
Statewide Nurses Committee. “We’ve accomplished
a lot with our previous lobbying events, and we hope this
one will be even more successful.” Watch the PEF
Website, Information Line and your next Communicator for
details on this important event.
“We are also organizing a PEF Nurses Conference Day
for May 15-16 at the PEF New York City office,” said
Debbie Egel, also co-chair of the Nurses Committee.
“The conference will deal with topics such as
smallpox vaccinations for health care workers, infection
control, injured workers, the Employees Assistance
Program (EAP) and other issues.”
 A second conference day is planned
for the fall in the Syracuse area.
In addition to planning the lobbying and conferences, the
committee is preparing a brochure on nursing issues. This
brochure will contain information about actions PEF has
taken or plans to take on the issues of mandatory
overtime, staffing levels and occupational health and
safety. This brochure will be distributed to all PEF
nurses.
The Joint PEF-NYS Committee on Nursing Issues also has
been working diligently on various nursing issues since
December 2001. This joint committee has made progress
addressing recruitment, retention and retraining for
nurses, by establishing specific access to the state
Career Mobility Office.
And the the joint committee has suggested topics, as well
as alternative approaches to workshop design and
delivery, for the Public Service Workshop Program.
The joint committee is also taking a close look at issues
such as compensation, best practices in various state
facilities, reward and recognition programs and an
“Abandonment in Nursing” memo sent out by the
state Education Department’s Office of the
Professions. PEF and the state recently approved a Health
Workforce Retraining Initiative grant, which they are
funding through the joint Professional Development
Committee. This grant is being used to create a brochure
and CD that will focus on retaining and recruiting more
nurses into state service.
Stay informed about all of these activities and more that
may affect you and your colleagues! Get on PEF’s RN
e-mail distribution list today. Send your name, e-mail
address and home address to PEFNurses@pef.org. Editor’s note: Tracy Scholz is
PEF’s nurse organizer.
NEW COORDINATOR — Doris (Dee) Dodson receives the
oath of office for Region 12 coordinator from PEF
President Roger Benson. Dodson was sworn in at PEF
headquarters in Albany in January. She will serve the
remaining unexpired term of Ruth Gaines who retired last
fall. That term ends in July. No further special
elections will be held to fill any vacancies that occur
on current terms for statewide, regional or Executive
Board offices. New terms for all of these offices will
begin following the regular PEF triennial elections being
held this spring. — Photo by Stephen Chamberlain
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