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The GI Kaleidoscope 2013 was held in
Brooklyn Park, MN on October 11th-13th at
the Minneapolis Marriot Northwest. There
were over 250 attendees.
Our Friday evening event sponsored by
Cook Endoscopy & EndoChoice was well
attended. Food and beverages were provided as
well as educational offerings. ERCP Solutions: Nursing Considerations sponsored by Cook Endoscopy . Gastrointestinal Endoscope Reprocessing (Video Presentation) sponsored by EndoChoice.
Saturday speakers
were: Dr. David Feldshon, “Chronic Decompensated Liver Disease”
Dr. Peter Dahlberg, “Minimally
Invasive Surgery for Achalasia”
GI KALEIDOSCOPE 2013 Held in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
MN SGNA NEWS
GI KALEIDOSCOPE 2013 Held
in Brooklyn Park, MN
Meet your 20 13 Board
Members & Fall Conference
Planning Committee.
Message from MnSGNA
President
Election of New Board
Members.
MN SGNA
NEWSLETTER
December 2013
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Eva Paczkowski, RN President-Elect Regional Course
Coordinator Eva was in charge of
organizing our fall conference. That work
began in January 2013.
Dr. April Grudell, “Functional Bowel”
Dr. Sayeed Ikramuddin, “Bariatric Surgery Overview: Outcomes & Complications”
Dr. Scot Hutton, “Diarrhea, Small Bowel Overgrowth”
Dr. Isaac Felemovicius, “Colon Surgical Resection
Interventions”
Dr. Jake Matlock
“ERCP Biliary Interventions /
Complications”
Dr. Nice Toriz “Hemorrhoids”
Thank you to
the sponsors for
this event.
MnSGNA
sponsored a food
drive for a local
food shelf.
Tastefully Simple
donated their
profits from sales
at the fall
conference which
will be given to Pancreatic Cancer
Action Network .
Sunday speakers were:
Dr. Donald Zogg, “Fatty Liver Syndrome”
Dr. David
Stolpman, “Bowel Preparation”
Dr. Kirk
Wilson,
“Medical Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease”
Dr. Jeffrey Rank,
“Future of GI in the Affordable Care Act world”
Nurses attending this conference had the
opportunity to earn 12 Contact Hours
with 2 optional nursing contact hours (12
Hours were GI Specific).
GI KALEIDOSCOPE 2013 (continued) Many vendors came to our
conference to show us the
latest GI products.
We want to say a special thank
you to the following vendors
who gave financially to support
this annual MnSGNA education-
al event:
Aptalis Pharma US; Boston
Scientific; Cook Medical; Crohns
& Colitis Foundation of America;
Colon Cancer Alliance;
ConMed; Custom Ultrasonics,
Beale Company & DuraZyme;
Endo Choice; ERBE; Ferring;
Forest Pharmaceuticals; Genii;
Gilead Sciences; Janssen
Biotech; Janssen Specialty
Hepatitis Immunology;
MaxMed; Medivators; Merit
Medical Endotek; Olympus;
Pancreatic Cancer Action
Network; Prometheus; Provation;
Ruhof; Scanlon; Surgical Repair;
Salix; Surgical Concepts/
Cygnus; Takeda; Santarus; US
Endoscopy.
Vendors
JaNelle Dexheimer, Cathy Fiebiger
& Carol Ponsolle from Minnesota
Gastroenterology gave the oral
poster presentation they
presented at Nationals.
“Process Improvement Initiatives
to Decrease Abdominal Pressure
Application Injuries During
Colonoscopy”.
Minneapolis Marriott Northwest
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GI KALEIDOSCOPE 2013 (continued)
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Some of the Gift Basket & Prize Winners
Thank you to the Endo Centers & Vendors for the
wonderful prizes and baskets.
Thank you to all the MnSGNA Board & Planning Committee members for their hard work
behind the scenes. Without out these volunteers there would be no conference!!
Have you ever wondered
how these conferences
come together?
The MnSGNA Board
Members & Volunteer
Planning Committee
members get together
monthly starting early in
the year to begin the
process.
If you would like to
become more involved,
contact any board
member by e-mail.
E-mail addresses can be
found on the website.
www.mnsgna.com or
www.mnsgna.org or
Facebook—MnSGNA
We can answer any
questions & would
welcome your
involvement. Becoming a
Planning Committee
Member is an easy way to
gently begin & is an
opportunity to make
friends with a great group
of GI nurses.
MnSGNA 2013 Fall Conference Board Members & Planning Committee
Debra Kjeldahl RN, BS, CGRN
Treasurer
Fairview Ambulatory Surgery
Endoscopy Center –Maple Grove
Laura Danner RN
Director at Large North Memorial Medical Center
Susan Clark RN, CGRN
Director at Large
Allina Mercy
Hospital
Carl Schmidt RN, BSN, MPH
Director at Large Park Nicollet Clinic
Eva Paczkowski
President-Elect
Fall Course Coordinator
MNGI
Kathleen Arnell RN, CGRN
Secretary
Hennepin County Medical
Center
Planning Committee:
Karin Cierzan, RN Geri Nelson, RN Joanne Reinhart, RN
Jill Bendiske-Minor RN,BA,CGRN
Past-President
North Memorial Medical Center
Sharon Yorde RN,BSN,CGRN
President
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
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Free One Year
Renewal SGNA
Membership:
Carol
Dirkswager
Park Nicollet
Free Tuition
Fall
Conference:
2014
Krista Dunn
Free Tuition
Fall
Conference
2014
Bonnie
Brandon
SGNA Annual
Course 2014
Grand Prize
Certificate
Molly Winkels
MNGI
Free New
SGNA
Membership:
Holly Zelenak
2013
MnSGNA
Member Fall
Conference
Prize
Winners
One of the great benefits of MnSGNA Membership is
eligibility for prizes such as these won by members at
our fall conference. If you have thought about joining
go to the SGNA website for details.
www.sgna.org/MemberCenter/HowtoJoin.aspx
Free New
SGNA
Membership:
Renata Miller
Free Tuition
Fundamentals
Spring
Conference
2014
Nancy Stricherz
Park Nicollet
SGNA Annual
Course 2014
Grand Prize
Certificate
Donna Wamstad
Regions
Congratulations to our newest MnSGNA members who joined
during the fall conference!
GI KALEIDOSCOPE 2012 - Continued
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There were opportunities to meet other endoscopy nurses from all over the Upper Midwest. On Saturday evening several attendees headed to The Arbor Lakes shopping and dining
area in Maple Grove, MN.
, CGRN
Newly Elected
MnSGNA Board
Members
For 2014
Jill Bendiske-Minor
RN,BA,CGRN
President-Elect
North Memorial Medical
Center
Karin Cierzan, RN, CGRN Director at Large MNGI
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Upcoming Events
certified in nursing or to
re-certify. Please refer to our
website, MNSGNA for all the
scholarships we have to
offer.
Our MNSGNA website
continues to be a strong
communication tool for area
GI nurses. I have had emails
or have been approached
personally by nurses wanting
more information in the GI
There is excitement in the
air!
Yes, I am feeling some
excitement not only with the
holidays coming but within
the MNSGNA community of
nurses also. We had
wonderful attendance at
our fall conference. Around
250 nurses attended.
There were also a record
number of nurses, new &
experienced in GI,
becoming members &
Message from MN
SGNA President
Sharon Yorde
Please join us for the 2014 Twin
Cities Get Your Rear in Gear 5K
Run/Walk.
Date: Sunday, May 18
Registration: 7 a.m.
Opening Ceremony: 8 a.m.
Kids Fun Run: 8:30 a.m.
5K Timed Run: 9 a.m.
5k Walk: 9:05 a.m.
Closing Ceremony: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Southdale Center,
Edina
www.getyourrearingear.com
getting more involved with our
region. That was so exciting
to see. I think we had over
15 nurses sign up to become
volunteers or potentially run
for a board position next year.
There was a buzz within
groups of nurses, talking
about going to the SGNA
annual course in Nashville
next May. What was
everyone drinking that day?
No just kidding! I love to see
the desire of nurses, wanting
to learn more, help out more
and grow professionally by
becoming active in SGNA.
The MNSGNA board will work
on accommodating as many
nurses as we can, who are
interested in attending future
SGNA Annual Courses &
MNSGNA Fall Conferences.
We will also assist those
nurses wanting to become
Save the Date MnSGNA Fall
Conference 2014 October 10-12th
Arrowwood Resort &
Conference Center
Alexandria, Minnesota
Thank you to
all those
nurses who
made
themselves
available for
these
positions.
Location: Harriet Island
Date: June 1, 2014
Check-in and Festival Start: 4:00 PM
Walk Start: 5:00 PM
www.cctakesteps.org
field. I encourage all of
you as GI nurses, to use
the websites; sgna.org &
mnsgna.org in seeking
answers about your ques-
tions or concerns within
the GI nursing practice.
Also, next year we hope to
make more improvements
to the website. Ideas in the
works include a calendar
of events, and registration
on-line & more.
2013 has been a wonder-
ful year in MNSGNA. I am
very proud to be a part of a
professional group of
nurses on the board. This
group has worked very
hard giving our region the
best possible education we
can offer. Happy Holidays
to all. Sharon Yorde
MNSGNA President