Region 1 Events

2010 MNA Convention

10.13.2010 - 10.15.2010

Shaping Our Future Together


2010 Speakers

Sal Roselli is the interim President of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, a rapidly growing union representing healthcare workers in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and other facilities in California.

Norm Bossio is a motivational speaker and the sole proprietor of Norm Bossio Enterprises. He is back by popular demand with his new program “Burnout is a Terrible Way to Stay Warm.”

Donna Barry, NP, MPH is currently the Advocacy and Policy Director at Partner’s in Health (PIH) where she began working in 2001. A Nurse Practitioner with certifications in Women’s and adult health, Donna also coordinates PIH’s nursing activities and provides clinical and program advice to PIH’s women’s health programs.

Michael Savoy, RN, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Kathy Reardon, RN, Norwood Hospital, ER nurses, with Betty Sparks, RN, an Operating Room nurse from Newton Wellesley Hospital will describe their experiences with relief work in Haiti.

Edie Ann Brous, RN, Esq is a nurse and attorney in solo practice in New York City and the Coordinator of Legal Clinic. She will discuss common HIPAA misperceptions, potential penalties, implications to privacy violations and the potential liability issues related to social networking.

Donna White RN, PhD, CS, CADAC is an Addictions Specialist at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital. Donna will be sharing her knowledge on a topic of great interest to members titled “Impaired Practice, What am I supposed to do?”

 

Schedule
 
 

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Tuesday, October 12
       
  6:00 – 11:00 p.m.  

Pre-Convention Event
"Welcome to Worcester"
Sponsored by Region 2
Join us for a Convention kick-off
RSVP – 508.756.5800 or Region2@mnarn.org
Download Flyer
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Wednesday, October 13
       
 

7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

  

Labor Program's Continental Breakfast, Registration & Silent Auctions
 

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

  

Welcome from Worcester’s Mayor: Joseph O’Brien
  9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m  

Keynote: Organizing and Building a Member-Driven Union, Sal Rosselli
  10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m  

Break
  10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m  

Bargaining Unit Reports
 

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

  

State of the Health Care Industry
 

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

  

Lunch
 

1:30 – 4:00 p.m.

  

Labor Action Event
  4:00 – 6:00 p.m.  

Reception @ Viva Bene Restaurant
  6:00 – 7:00 p.m.  

Awards Dinner Reception, Beechwood Restaurant
 

7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

  

Awards Dinner
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Thursday, October 14
       
 

7:00 – 8:30 a.m.

  

Registration/Continental Breakfast, Exhibits
 

8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

  

Keynote: Burnout is a Terrible Way to Stay Warm - Norm Bossio
 

10:00 - 10:45 a.m.

  

Coffee, Exhibits, Silent Auction
 

10:45 - 11:45 a.m.

  

Nurses on the World Stage: The Haiti Experience - Donna Barry, Partners in Health; MNA members Betty Sparks, Michael Savoy,
Kathy Reardon
 

11:45 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

  

Lunch, Exhibits, Silent Auction
 

12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

  

Unit 7 lunch and meeting
 

2:00 p.m.

  

Exhibits close
 

2:00 p.m.

  

MNA Business Meeting

Buses available to the Business Meeting from all regions!!

Learn how to reserve one
 

7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

  

President’s Reception
 

8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

  

Maxwell’s Union Station: cash bar, eating station • Entertainment: Freddie and the
Maybellines
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Friday, October 15
       
 

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

  

Silent Auction closes, Registration, Breakfast

  7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.   MNA PAC Meeting
 

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

  

Plenary: What You Should Know about HIPAA and Social Networking - Edie Brous, RN, Esq
 

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

  

Break
 

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

  

A Colleague Has Impaired Practice, What Am I Supposed To Do - Donna White, RN, Ph.D
 

1:00 p.m.

  

Tower Hill Luncheon sponsored by Region 2
       

 

 

Information

Accomodations

Hilton Garden Inn
35 Major Taylor Boulevard
Worcester, MA
The Hilton Garden Inn is located across the street from the DCU Center. Room rates are $104.00 plus $15.02 for state and local taxes. The room choices are single and double rooms. Selection is based on early reservation. Reservations can be made by calling 508.753.5700 and identifying yourself as a MNA member. Parking is available across the street at the Major Taylor Parking Garage. Parking is $8.95 per night. The deadline for room registration is September 21, 2010

Reservations can also be made at the

Courtyard Marriott
72 Grove Street
Worcester, MA
The rate is 114.00. There is no charge for parking. A van will be made available for transportation to and from the Convention (DCU Center) It is also a ten minute walk. Reservations can be made by calling 508.363.0300 and referencing MNA Convention 2010 or simply by clicking below.

Courtyard Worcester >>

Courtyard

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/boswr?groupCode=mnamnaa&app=resvlink&fromDate=10/13/10&toDate=10/14/10

Chemical Sensitivity: Attendees are requested to avoid wearing scented personal products when attending the 2010 MNA Convention. Scents may trigger responses in those with chemical sensitivity.

Contact Hours: Continuing nursing education contact hours will be awarded by the Massachusetts Nurses Association.

The MNA is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

To successfully complete a program and receive contact hours, you must: 1) sign in, 2) be present for the entire time period of the sessions, and 3) complete the evaluation.

Questions: call the MNA's Division of Nursing at: 800.882.2056 x727.

Reimbursement from the Regions:

Many of the regions reimburse their members for convention registration and housing. Save your receipts!

Download a Region 5 reimbursement form.

Download a flyer about Region 4's convention benefit.

Download a Region 3 form.
Be one of the first 66 to send it in and get your registration fee and hotel reimbursed.

Download a Region 1 form.

Contact your Regional Office for more details.

 

 

 

DCUDirections

DCU Center
50 Foster Street
Worcester , MA 01608

From the North:
Take Rt. 495-S. Get off at Exit 25B. Take Rt. 290-W. Get off at Exit 18. Follow signs to the DCU Center.

From the East:
Take I-90-W (Mass. Turnpike West) to Rt. 495-N to Rt. 290-W. Get off at Exit 18. Follow signs to the DCU Center.

From the South:
Take Rt. 495-N to Rt. 290-W. Get off at Exit 18. Follow signs to the DCU Center.

From the West:
Take I-90-E. (the Mass. Turnpike East) to Exit 10 (Auburn). After the tollbooth, bear left at the fork. Take Rt. 290-E. Get off at Exit 16. Take a left at the bottom of the ramp (there is a light). At the 3rd set of lights (Major Taylor Boulevard), the DCU Center is on your left.

 

Registration

Online Registration is no longer available.  Registration will be available at the door.

 


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