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Board of Registered Board of Registered NursingNursing

Louise Bailey, MEd, RN, EO

Presented by Janette Wackerly, MBA, RN,

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Board MembersBoard Members

Raymond Mallel, has been a private investor since 2001; director of marketing and operations at Long Beach Mortgage Company and Ameriquest Bank from 1991 to 2001; and vice president of Loubella Extendables Inc. from 1971 to 1991. He served as vice president of the State Bar of California Board of Governors from 1983 to 1986 and was chair of the Client Security Fund at the State Bar of California from 1986 to 1990. During the period of 1982 to 1994, Mr. Mallel served three consecutive terms on the Medical Board of California. This service included time spent as president and vice president. Mr. Mallel is a co-founder and member of the International Executive Board for the Sephardic Educational Center in Jerusalem, Israel. He also serves as president of the Raymond Mallel Foundation.

Reappointed: February 6, 2014 by Governor Jerry Brown Term Expires: June 1, 2017


Cindy Cipres Klein, RN, is a registered nurse in population care management with Kaiser Permanente Medical Group since 2005. She has served in multiple positions with Kaiser, including as the RN charge nurse in urgent care from 2003 to 2005 and as an ambulatory care RN team leader in family medicine, pediatrics, allergy and obstetrics and gynecology from 1998 to 2003. Ms. Klein worked as RN supervisor for U.S. Family Care West from 1997 to 1998, as a general pediatric floor nurse at Miller’s Children’s Hospital in 1996 and as RN lead for the Universal Care Medical Group from 1992 to 1995. She was a medical records clerk at St. Jude’s Medical Center from 1991 to 1992.

Appointed: May 10, 2012 by Governor Jerry Brown

Term Expires: June 1, 2014


Erin Niemela, was Chief of Staff to former President Pro Tem Don Perata and worked for Perata for 13 years. Prior to her tenure with Perata, she worked for Assembly Democratic Leader Richard Katz, Speaker Willie Brown and served as an intern to former Assembly members Steve Peace and Tom Bates. She is a graduate of UC San Diego. She now owns her own lobbying and consulting firm in Sacramento. She served one term as a Board of Registered Nursing Board Member from July 2009 to December 2011.

Appointed: March 1, 2012 by Senate Rules CommitteeTerm Expires: June 1, 2016


Michael Deangelo Jackson, MSN, RN, is a clinical nurse II in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center since 2000 and served as an extern there from 1999 to 2000. He has been an adjunct clinical faculty member in the registered nursing program at Southwestern Community College and an operations supervisor at Scripps Mercy Medical Center since 2007. He was a mental health worker at Scripps Mercy Medical Center from 1992 to 2000 and served as a lance corporal in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1989 to 1993.

Appointed: May 10, 2012 by Governor Jerry Brown Term Expires: June 1, 2016


Trande Phillips, RN, has been a registered nurse at Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center in the pediatric-flex unit and the medical, surgical, hospice and oncology unit since 1983. She was a registered nurse at the Merrithew Memorial Hospital in Contra Costa County from 1979 to 1981 and the Wichita General Hospital in Texas from 1971 to 1972.

Appointed: May 10, 2012 by Governor Jerry BrownTerm Expires: June 1, 2015

BOARD MEMBERSBOARD MEMBERS

Jeanette Dong is a public member and has been involved in public policy for over 25 years. She is currently the Chief of Staff for Wilma Chan, Supervisor of District 3 of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors.

Appointed: November 14, 2012 by the Speaker of the Assembly



Beverly Hayden-Pugh, MA, RN is vice president and chief nursing officer at Children's Hospital Central California. She has served in a variety of positions at the Hospital, including gastroenterology and multispecialty clinic manager, administrative director of subspecialty clinics, and executive director of the ambulatory care division. Beverly has a bachelor of science degree in health science and nursing from California State University, Fresno, and a master's degree in organizational behavior from California School of Professional Psychology, also in Fresno.

Appointed: August 20, 2013 by Governor Jerry Brown



Elizabeth Woods, RN, MSN, FNP, of Sonoma, CA has been a registered nurse at Hillcrest Hospital ICU from 1966-1976; family nurse practitioner for Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Santa Rosa from 1976-1994; nurse practitioner and sexual assault examiner at Sonoma Community Hospital from 1982 to 1988. She was an adjunct clinical professor at Sonoma State University from 1984 to 1995; registered nurse labor representative at the California Nurses Association from 1994 to 2007; and has been a nurse practitioner at the Jewish Community Free Clinic since 2005. Ms. Woods received her Master of Science degree in nursing from Sonoma State University.

Appointed: February 6, 2014 by Governor Jerry Brown



Imelda Ceja-Butkiewicz, of Bakersfield was legal secretary to Daniel Rodriguez, Esq. from 1986 to 1988 and a legal secretary for Chain Younger Stiles and Cohn from 1988 to 1995. Ms. Ceja-Butkiewicz has held various positions with the Kern County Economic Opportunity Corporation from 1995 to 1998 including immunization coordinator, health educator and Medi-Cal outreach coordinator. Since 1999 she has held multiple positions within the Kern County Health Department including project specialist for the Refugee Health Assessment Program and for the Kern Access to Children’s Health Program.

Appointed: February 6, 2014 by Governor Jerry Brown


StatisticsStatistics

BOARD OF REGISTERED NURSING

MONTHLY STATUS REPORT

September 30, 2013

DESCRIPTION ACTIVE INACTIVE TOTAL

REGISTERED NURSES 392,458 15,955 408,413

CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST 3,407 29 3,436

NURSE ANESTHETISTS 2,206 38 2,244

NURSE-MIDWIVES 1,253 27 1,280

NURSE-MIDWIVES FURNISHING 847 8 855

NURSE PRACTITIONERS 18,541 401 18,942

NURSE PRACTITIONER FURNISHING 14,382 111 14,493

PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH 355 16 371

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES 54,870 2,499 57,369

CONTINUING EDUCATION PROVIDERS (CEP'S) 3,475 - 3,475

License Renewal License Renewal RegulationRegulation

There is a regulatory proposal that increases the fine level for traffic violations that registered nurses are required to report at the time of license renewal from $300 to $1000.

License Renewal License Renewal Regulation Regulation con’tcon’t..

Documents were sent to Agency for review on January 28, 2014. Agency may take approximately 2-4 weeks to complete their review. Upon completion of the review the documents are returned to the Board for any changes and then sent on to the Office of Administrative Law where they will be acted upon.

BRN Report NewsletterBRN Report Newsletter

The 2013 winter edition of the BRN Report Newsletter is now available on the BRN

website. It can be found under the Forms/Publications tab or in the

“What’s New “ section.

What’s New?What’s New?BRN Report – Winter 2013

RN Renewal Fees Help Fund Student Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs

May be reviewed on our website: www.rn.ca.gov

E-Notify System - NCSBNKeeps Employers InformedMore information may be found on

www.nursys.com

BRN Annual School Report Relevant information and statistics

May be reviewed on our website: http://www.rn.ca.gov/schools/reports.shtml

Scholarship and Loan Repayment

Foundation: www.healthprofessions.ca.gov

Facebook:www.facebook.com/calhealthworkforce

Twitter: www.twitter.com/healthprofcagov

BRN Website:www.rn.ca.gov/careers/financial-aid.shtml

BRN Enforcement Program is currently recruiting RNs to:

•Review Materials•Prepare written opinions and•To possibly testify

ADDICTION & THE ADDICTION & THE REGISTERED NURSEREGISTERED NURSE

If you would like to obtain more information regarding this intervention program, please visit our website:

www.rn.ca.gov/diversion/index.shmtl

or call the BRNs Diversion Program at 916-574-7692. To reach the program 24 hours a day, via the BRN’s contractor, call 800-522-9198

Multi State Licensure

“Compact”

Multi-State Licensure Multi-State Licensure CompactCompact

During the November Board meeting, these concerns, relative to the “Compact”, were expressed:

Fingerprints and background checks are not required in 14 states, and 5 of these states are currently in the” Compact”.

CompactCompact

Enforcement of disciplinary actions varies from state-to-state.

Educational standards are not the same in all states.

Continuing Education requirement is not required in all states.

CompactCompactFiscal Impact:The 2012 Survey of registered Nurses in

California, published in October, 2013, documents that nearly 15 percent (52,978) of RNs with active California Licenses live in other states. There would be a loss of $7,948,050 ($7,416,920 for renewals and $529,780 for the RN Scholarship Program) each renewal period.

BreEZeBreEZe

The Department of Consumer Affairs’ New Computer System went “live” with the Board of Registered Nursing on October 8 2013.

This system will allow for consumers, applicants, and licensees to acquire more online information once fully implemented.

BreEZeBreEZeHealing Arts Boards involved in the initial roll-out of BreEZe include the following:Board of Barbering and CosmetologyMedical Board of CaliforniaCalifornia Board of PsychologyBoard of Behavioral SciencesOsteopathic Medical BoardNaturopathic Medicine CommitteeBoard of Podiatric MedicinePhysician Assistant BoardRespiratory Care Board

BreEZeBreEZeApplicants will have the ability to track the location

of an application during the licensing process. Create a logon and look at progress of their application.

Consumers will be able to track the location of their complaint as it moves through the complaint process. Create a logon and follow the progress of the complaint.

A logon is not required to file a complaint, although without one, following the progress of the complaint filed is not possible.

BreEZeBreEZe

The BRN has experienced technical issues since the roll-out of BreEZe.

The BRN has been working closely with DCA Executive staff and the BreEZe team to address the issues.

Department of Consumer Department of Consumer AffairsAffairs

The BRN has requested and will be receiving additional temporary staff from DCA to assist with the processing of renewals and applications.

Additional staff has been made available to the BRN February 14 – March 7, 2014 to assist with this task.

BRN STAFFBRN STAFF

The staff has been working in the evenings and on the weekends in an effort to reduce the time it takes to license an applicant, and to reduce the backlog that exists.

BRN has trained 6 additional BRN and 4 DCA staff to evaluate applications.

RenewalsRenewals

It is important that the licensee read and answer all of the questions on the online and paper renewal forms.

If all of the questions are not answered, the licensing will be delayed.

Prevent an Emergency!Prevent an Emergency!

Answer TheseAnswer TheseFrequently Missed QuestionsFrequently Missed Questions

Active: Yes or No(if you say no, the license will be issued in an inactive

status)

Address Change: Yes or NoConviction question: Yes or NoFingerprint Compliance: Yes or NoCheck last box “Under penalty of

perjury”, all answered questions are true.

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