Nebraska Society Of Respiratory Care-NSRC

Nebraska Society of Respiratory Care-NSRCState Affiliate of the American Association for Respiratory Care-AARCBoard ofDirectorsPresident: Lil O’NeillWe are excited toannounce that the 2020NSRC Conference will beback in Kearney, NE. Theconference will be held onApril 22nd-April 24th at thenewly renovated HolidayInn. Our Keynote Speakerthis year will be GarryKauffman. Gary has manyaccomplishmentsthroughout the time he hasbeen a respiratorytherapist.President-Elect: Jill SandPast President: Lisa FuchsVice President: AndyMarkingVice President-Elect: JoeRushTreasurer: Brian BroddSecretary: Melissa GuliziaDelegate A: Corey MohnikeDelegate B: ShannonHoffmanDirector – Omaha: TadAndersonDirector – Lincoln: AngiePoppenhagenDirector – OutstateNebraska: Kristin NarjesPhysician liaison: AdamHighley, M.D.Garry owns and operateshis own consulting firm,Kauffman Consulting; LLChelping respiratory therapyleaders improve theirservices and healthsystems. He will bepresenting twice for us atthe conference. HisKeynote will be “CreatingValue Proposition for Youand Your Department”.Registration information willbe coming to you soon!Make sure you payattention as you areregistering since its 3 daysthis year. Want to ensureyou get registered for whatyou are wanting to!Last year we realized thatmany of the emails thatwere sent out, hit people’sjunk mail. There werechanges this past year onhow email notifications goout. Make sure you have allemails from AARC andAARC Connect marked assafe within your email toensure you are getting thecommunication being sentout. You will see some nicetouches to the conferencethis year and hope that youcan take advantage ofthem!Newsletter DateDecember 30, 2019The NSRC Board Ballot is outand voting is now LIVE!Ensure that you are takingthis opportunity to readabout the great nomineesand do your voting! Votinggoes until March 21st.www.surveymonkey.com/r/W26YBL2

Nebraska Society of Respiratory Care-NSRCJoin in the JanuaryCampaign!We want to encouragerespiratory therapists fromacross the State ofNebraska to get involved.Our goal is to increase ourmembership numbers by10%. Contact anyNebraska Society forRespiratory Care Boardmember with yourquestions.Thank you,Lil O’NeillNSRC PresidentLicense Renewal!One way to do this is bybecoming a member ofthe American Associationfor Respiratory Care(AARC). What does theAARC membership DO forYOU? It will help youbecome a betterrespiratory therapist.There are manymembership benefits andservices offered that canbe accessed to supportyou throughout yourcareer. The AARC careerservices offers you joblistings to interview advice.There are webcasts, aCRCE lookup system, andAARC University that offerquality continuingrespiratory care educationso you can provide thebest care possible. Inaddition, you will receivethe latest respiratory carenews and informationwhich promotesprofessional developmentand networking with othercolleagues and peers.Get involved by becominga contributing member ofthe AARC at the state andnational levels. If you join asa new member in January,your name will be enteredinto the drawing for a 100.00 Amazon gift card.We just wanted to remindyou that renewal forRespiratory Care licensesoccurs this year with theexpiration date of June 1,2020. Irene from DHHSwanted us to remind youthat if your mailing addresshas changed to please call(402) 471-2299 to updateover the phone so that wecan make sure you getyour renewal notices totheir current mailingaddress.With License Renewalmeans ensuring you haveall your CEUs! yCare.aspx to reviewspecific needs. CEUopportunities attachedbelow. At any time, anyone of us could beaudited. Ensure you arekeeping a file/folder of allyour CEU activity year afteryear incase this happens.It’s much easier to gatherwhen it’s all togetherinstead of trying to figure itall out in a quick timeline.Recruit for ourProfession!We have asked and theAARC has delivered! WeNEED more RT’s to join usand we need YOU to help!Know of a high schoolputting on a career fair?Use this tool to help youout! Have a FB Page orTwitter? Paste this websiteon there! We need moregreat people to join in ourprofession to push it into thefuture!The “Be An RT” website ishere! The AARC hasdelivered a fantasticproduct. Check out theAARC's new recruitmentinitiative, Be an RT!Be an RT provides theopportunity to learn aboutthe respiratory therapyprofession from actualrespiratory therapists andtheir authentic stories. Thewebsite contains greatinformation about how toexplore the profession,contact educationalprograms, and decide ifthe profession is a good fitfor them. It also containsmaterials JUST FOR US(AARC Education Sectionmembers) in the Educatorsarea of the website. TheAARC is dedicated toupdating and addingcontent on a regular basisto keep this a robust,relevant resource.Check it out at https://bean-rt.org. Also please follow(and promote!) the new Bean RT Twitter account@be an rt.

Nebraska Society of Respiratory Care-NSRC3State Affiliate of the American Association for Respiratory Care-AARCNSRC-2019 AARC Summit Award Winner!Nebraska Society for RespiratoryCare Wins National RecognitionNovember 10, 2019 – The AARC ispleased to announce that theNebraska Society for Respiratory Carewas awarded the 2019 Summit Awardduring the Annual Business Meetingheld at AARC Congress in NewOrleans, Louisiana on Nov. 10, 2019.Each year, the AARC’s House ofDelegates recognizes one affiliate fortheir efforts, achievements andcontributions toward the promotion ofthe respiratory care field and infurthering the level the professionalismfor respiratory care and the respiratorytherapist.The House of Delegates is comprised ofelected representatives from 50affiliate societies. Representativesreview the activities conducted by thesocieties over a 12-month period,analyzing their efforts in 7 categories:Education, Membership, Advocacy,Public Awareness, Member Benefits,Collaboration and Student Activities.The Nebraska Society received highmarks in all 7 categories."I want to express our sincereappreciation and thanks to thecommittee for recognizing theNebraska Society for Respiratory Carefor the 2019 Summit Award," said LilO'Neill, Nebraska Society president.“This was the collaborative effort bymany dedicated respiratory careprofessionals who contributed toachieving this award. It is very excitingto be recognized nationally by ourpeers.”This is the Nebraska Society’s firstSummit Award.Board Members Pictured AboveBack Row: Kristen Narjes-Outstate Director, Corey Mohnike-DelegateFront Row: Lil O’Neill-President, Lisa Fuchs-Past President, and Shannon HoffmanDelegate.Board Members Pictured AboveBack Row: Kristen Narjes-Outstate Director, Shannon Hoffman-DelegateFront Row: Lil O’Neill-President, Lisa Fuchs-Past President, and two AARCrepresentatives, Lanny Inabnit-AARC Chartered Affiliate Committee and Karen SchellAARC PresidentWe want to give a shout out to RT’s across the state for doingactivities that contributed to this award. Special thanks to ChristineVillegas-NSRC Committee Member and Lisa Fuchs-Past President forall their hard work in achieving this goal. Nebraska has been close towinning several years in the past, but FINALLY our hard work paid off .

Nebraska Society of Respiratory Care-NSRCState Affiliate of the American Association for Respiratory Care-AARCCredentialing Updates!The NBRC has changed a little in regardsto Credentialing! Ensure you are up todate on what maintenance yourcredentials behind your name need! Visithttps://www.nbrc.org/resources/faqs/ forall your questions!CEU http://freecme4me.com/sleep-technologistImportant Website ges/Respiratory-Care.aspx

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Jan 01, 2020 · specific needs. CEU opportunities attached below. At any time, any one of us could be audited. Ensure you are keeping a file/folder of all your CEU activity year after year incase this happens. It’s much easier to gather when it’s all together instead of trying to figure it al