The 2007 OSGNA Genia Spaulding Service
Award Recipient: Betty Wabnitz

Congratulations to Betty Wabnitz, RN! Betty has been a nurse for 31 years, 29 of which have been at The University Hospital in Cincinnati. She has selflessly offered her assistance to many regional OSGNA meetings, often working behind the scenes. She is an excellent nurse, mentor, and GI professional. We are very fortunate to have her in our region. Betty was presented with a certificate, a gift and a $1,000.00 check. Congrats and thanks for all you've done!

The OSGNA Genia Spaulding Service Award

Genia Spaulding Honored: At the March 2007 OSGNA Regional Education Course, longtime OSGNA Board Member Genia Spaulding was honored for her many years of dedication and service to our region. The "OSGNA GI Nurse of the Year Award" has been renamed as the "OSGNA Genia Spaulding Service Award" She was presented with a gift and a certificate/plaque. Genia has been involved for over two decades with OSGNA. We are greatly appreciative of her tireless works. OSGNA would not be where it is today without Genia Spaulding.

Free Internet CEU offerings

Robert Michael Communications is offering free online or print CEU offerings to all. They also have "Live Lectures" available on a variety of health issues. Their current offering is titled " Management of Increasingly frequent and severe Clostridium difficile associated disease." Please go to www.rmei.com for more information.

VERUSMED with educational grants from TAP Pharmaceuticals also has free monthly internet CEU offerings related specifically to GI issues. These offerings can be found by logging onto http://cme.ucsd.edu/cmetests.

For registration questions or information call 1-888-229-6263. You may request to have articles faxed to your office or home on a monthly basis and may fax or use the internet to post results. Certificates may be downloaded after successful completion of the post-test.

Help Us Celebrate 30 Years

2008 Marks the 30th Anniversary of region. We are encouraging all GI staff to help us celebrate this milestone by joining the SGNA and participating in all that SGNA and OSGNA have to offer.

Nurses Day At The State House

OSGNA will be a sponsor again for this event. It always takes place in March. Plan on taking part in this very worthwhile day. We will keep you posted on the exact date when we find out.

OSGNA Membership Drive

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New Services for THE SCOPE - Please send us your ideas!

IN THE SPOTLIGHT
How about spotlighting your place of employment in a future newsletter? You can send us a picture of the staff and tell us about your unit/office.

GI ANECDOTES
What is the funniest thing you’ve experienced in GI?

GI SURVIVAL TIPS
Do you have any great survival tips for those of us short staffed or on call? How do you cope?

ASK AN EXPERT:
Is there a question that you have that we might be able to help with? Send your email to Debbie@osgna.org or go to our web site www.OSGNA.org and click on the “contact us” tab on the top right of the screen. Don’t forget to leave us your name and contact number.

2005 Course Objectives

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Last Updated 2/5/2009