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CNovember 15, 2013Conference
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PCNP Announces 2013 Election Results!
President: Lorraine Bock, MSN, CRNP
Treasurer: Julia Roussos, MSN, CRNP
Best wishes to Mary Verderame, Immediate Past President. Mary served us well during her term and our association will be forever grateful for the passion and commitment she gave to PCNP! Please read her farewell message below.
Welcome To Our New President!
It has been my privilege to represent Pennsylvania Nurse Practitioners as your President for the past 4 years. Together we have accomplished a lot! Since I began my tenure as president, we have successfully removed the requirement for a physician co-signature in long term care and gained the ability to sign school teacher physicals and death certificates—all wins we could not have accomplished without your support. PCNP now offers on-line membership, a robust Career Center, strong regional groups with growing membership, and record conference attendance! We have representation on numerous health related committees in Pennsylvania. We are 8,000 strong and the fastest growing health profession in the United States. We are proud of what we do and know that we positively impact the health of those we serve. Studies show we provide evidence based, high quality, cost effective health care—and we continue to improve access to care every day in Pennsylvania!
Our “Putting Patients First” campaign is building and will help to move us towards “Full Practice Authority”. I am proud of our successes, but know the hard work continues. Unfortunately, rather than embrace us as partners in healthcare, organized medicine is resisting our efforts and will be opposing our legislation. We need to emphasize keeping the patient at the center to drive sound policy decisions.
I know that with your support, our new PCNP President, Lorraine Bock, can carry this campaign forward for our patients and the NP profession. Lorraine has been with PCNP since the 1990s serving in various leadership positions, most recently Vice President. She has monitored the Board of Medicine and Nursing meetings and represented us on the Multi-State Reimbursement Alliance. She has owned her own practice and is acutely aware of the challenges we face with insurers and health systems. Lorraine has been to every PCNP Lobby day and is passionate about our profession.
Thank you all for being members and supporting our profession in Pennsylvania. Please stay involved and help us spread the word about who we are and what we do. Talk with your physician and NP colleagues, family, neighbors, patients, legislators and promote our campaign. Together, we will achieve Full Practice Authority for Pennsylvania NPs.
Sincerely,
Mary Verderame MSN CRNP
Immediate Past President and A Proud member of PCNP