OFFICERS FOR 2001

President:  Mike Chamberlain

President elect: Roanne Rogerson

Secretary: Ruth Sedgwick

Treasurer: Lorraine Heslop 

Board of Directors: Above officers

Plus

Eva Daniels

Monte Wasileski

 Nominating Committee: Marianne Thines & Joyce Hurd

 SPOTLIGHT

 This month’s spotlight focuses on Mike Chamberlain, our current president.

  Mike began his operating room career as a scrub tech at Sturdy Hospital in Attleboro, Mass. He worked as a tech for fourteen years until graduating with an ADN from Broward Community College, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. He then went on to complete his BSN at Norwich University in Northfield, VT. Mike has over twenty years experience as an OR nurse, working in Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Rhode Island and California before coming to New Hampshire. Presently, Mike is the Nurse Manager of the operating room at Alice Peck Day Hospital in Lebanon, NH. 

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Hello there!

   I hope you had a nice summer. It has certainly been a long dry one. The only green I have in my front lawn is that tenacious crabgrass! And how about those armyworms? Some folks had quite a battle with them! The weather has been quite interesting this year and one can only wonder what’s in store for us this winter. Thank heaven for the beautiful interlude of autumn.

   My husband and I were camping up in the North Country and already we noticed some of the leaves are turning red. Pumpkins and mums as well as apples are for sale now.

   It occurs to me that nature has given us this season as an opportunity to pause and reflect. With our hectic & chaotic jobs, we need to take time out to relax and take care of ourselves so we can take better care of our patients.

   Wander down some country road, listen to the rustling leaves, inhale the fragrances of fall, and absorb the many colors of nature’s palette.

    You owe it to yourself, after all, you are a Nurse, and like Donna Sumner’s song says, “You work hard for your money!”       

Ruth Sedgwick, R.N.,CNOR 

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, October 6^th,  DHMC celebrates it's 10th anniversary with an open house for the public.

Saturday, October 13^th, “Applications of Holistic Medicine in the Perioperative Setting" Sponsored by our chapter at DHMC. It will be from 9:00-12:00. Registration at 8:30. $10.00 fee collected at the door. 3 CEU's offered. Business meeting will follow.       

Saturday, January 12^th 2002  “Cultivating Quality" In the Dwinell Room at Alice Peck Day Hospital. Business meeting will follow. More info later.

Saturday, March 23, 2002   “Herbal Medicine” at DHMC. Business meeting will follow. More info later.

May 2002    NH Walk for Nurses. Sponsored by NHNA to raise public awareness about nurses and nursing.