2011-02-14
Berlin VNA Nursing Board
February 14, 2011
Room A – 7:00 p.m.
Present: B. Luddy, J. Clark, P. Bobrowski, S. Lyons, L. Colella, C. Kuehn and
Dr. Chorzepa
Absent: D. Pindar, B. Constantine, N. Baccaro, E. Frederick, M. Chapman
Excused: M. Aresimowicz, P. Alkas, L. Williams
Call to Order
President Luddy called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m.
Audience of Citizens
None
Minutes
There was not a quorum present at tonight’s meeting. January minutes will be put on the
March agenda.
President’s Report
A list of members emails have been compiled and will be forwarded to the nursing office
and board members.
Treasurer’s Report
None Presented
Administrator’s Report
The following was presented –
L. Colella gave an overview of what the nurses, home health aides and therapy staff have
to go through to see the agency’s clients during the cold, snowy winter weather. It is a
challenging time but all clients’ were seen and needs met.
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One of the full time staff nurses is still out on leave. One of the per diem nurses is
working two days a week case managing patients to provide consistency in
nursing visits.
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New Medicare & Medicaid Mandate - Starting April 1, 2011 qualified therapists
will be required to perform periodical reassessments with documented
measureable goals at least every 30 days. It will be a challenge. We will be
working on the details of implementation.
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CCCI - This survey took placed on 1/20/11 and went well. Recommendations
have been implemented.
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Joint Commission – The final “Measurement of Success” plan has been submitted
in January to the Joint Commission. The plan has been accepted with full
accreditation of all services granted on August 26, 2010.
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School Health – The new medication regulations meeting with the school nurses
was canceled twice due to weather and will be held early spring. All new
regulations have been implemented. Also a meeting was held with Denise
McNair, Town Manager, Mr. Erwin, Superintendent of Schools, Roman Czuchta,
Director of Business Operations and Dave Evon, Board of Education Technology
Department and the Board of Education agreed to pay for the half of the SNAP
Program.
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Public Relations – The weather has postponed a few visits to skilled nursing
facilities and will be rescheduled in the near future. A meeting was held with the
Discharge Coordinator at the Hospital of Central Connecticut’s Emergency
Department. In an effort to lower re-hospitalizations the Hospital of Central
Connecticut has developed a CHF Care Path and they collaborate with area
skilled nursing facilities and home care agencies and they have offered Berlin
VNA to join this project.
Supervisor’s Report
C. Kuehn gave an overview of the surveyor’s visit. Also discussed the challenges of the
nurses’ and home health aides during the bad weather with scheduling and prioritizing
clients based on their needs.
Nominating Committee
Sharon Lyons, Chairperson of the Nominating Committee presented a slate of officers as
follows. The voting will be held at the March meeting because of the quorum not met at
tonight’s meeting.
President – Bernadine Luddy
Vice President – Pam Bobrowski
Treasurer – Robert Constantine
Secretary – Linda Williams
Old Business - None Presented
New Business - None Presented
Meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m.
Submitted by,
Dori Dyer
Commission Secretary