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Page 1: AWHONN Members Named to American Academy of Nursing

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

October | November 2003 AWHONN Lifelines 455

This year’s slate of

nominees of

exceptional nursing

leaders are educators,

researchers,

entrepreneurs and

association executives

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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.”

456 AWHONN Lifelines Volume 7 Issue 5