awhonn members named to american academy of nursing
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tThe American
Academy of
Nursing has nomi-
nated 82 new fel-
lows for induction
this year, eight of
whom are active
AWHONN mem-
bers:
• Anita Joy Catlin, DNSc, FNP
• Clare E. Hastings, PhD, RN
• Phyllis W. Sharps, PhD, RN
• Rachel F. Schiffman, PhD, RN
• Merry K. Moos, MPH, BSN, FNP
• Gail C. McCain, PhD, RN
• Nancy K. Lowe, PhD, RN, CNM
• Ellen F. Olshansky, DNSc, RNC
• Lynn Clark Callister, PhD, RN
Three of the eight nominees are actively
involved in AWHONN’s publications: Lowe
is the editor of the Journal of Obstetric,
Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN);
Moos serves on the editorial advisory board
of AWHONN Lifelines, and Callister is a
member of the editorial advisory board for
Every Woman: The Essential Guide for Healthy
Living.
The 2003 nominees represent a variety of
disciplines within the field of nursing. One of
the criterion for Academy membership is
recognition by one’s peers of having made out-
standing contributions to nursing over and
above those which are required in one’s posi-
tion of employment. Each nominee also must
be sponsored for membership by two Academy
fellows. This year’s slate of nominees of excep-
tional nursing leaders are educators,
researchers, entrepreneurs and association
executives.
The new fellows will be formally inducted
into the American Academy of Nursing on
Saturday, November 15, 2003, during the
Academy’s 30th Annual Meeting and
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This year’s slate of
nominees of
exceptional nursing
leaders are educators,
researchers,
entrepreneurs and
association executives
AWHONN Members
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Nursingof
Conference in San Diego, CA. There are cur-
rently some 1,500 fellows in the Academy.
Nursing Groups Urge LaborDepartment to Exempt HealthCare Professionals FromOvertime Pay Regulations
Warning that it could exacerbate an
already dangerous shortage of nurses in
the U.S., 10 leading nursing associations this
week urged the U.S. Department of Labor to
exempt health care professionals from a pro-
posed regulation that could result in a large
number of registered nurses losing access to
overtime pay.
The regulation, Defining and Delimiting the
Exemptions for Executive, Administrative,
Professional, Outside Sales and Computer
Employees, could create situations where “a
cluster of nurses over the salary threshold will
not receive payment for their overtime, where-
as others in the same unit, who are paid less,
will receive payment for their overtime. If this
occurs, these situations will create extreme dis-
satisfaction, likely resulting in the loss of more
experienced nurses from the health care sys-
tem,” the groups warned.
The 10 associations that urged the Labor
Department to alter the regulation are the:
• Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric
and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
• American College of Nurse Practitioners
• American Nephrology Nurses Association
• Association of periOperative Registered
Nurses
• Emergency Nurses Association
• National Association of Pediatric Nurse Prac-
titioners
• National Black Nurses Association, Inc.
• Nurse Practitioner in Women’s Health
The groups also asked the Department to
engage in a discussion with the nursing com-
munity to determine how the regulation can be
modernized.
“This regulation will very likely alter the
working conditions and benefits of registered
nurses in very significant ways,” said
AWHONN Executive Director Gail Kincaide.
“It could have a sweeping effect on salaries, job
practices, patient safety and, as a result, the
number of nurses who are willing to remain in
the profession. Changes in the long-standing
practice of paid overtime for nurses will create
job dissatisfaction in the nurse workforce and
many more early retirements and career
changes will result. That is not what America
needs.”
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