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Get Involved
Members of NPI are encouraged to become involved by joining a committee, participating in grassroots efforts, becoming a preceptor and/or participating in our new Psych/Mental Health Forum.
Committees
The Finance Committee shall:
- Prepare an annual budget for the executive board and membership.
- Monitor the income and expenditures of the NPI monthly and report its findings to the executive board and membership.
The Legislative Committee shall:
- Recommend a legislative platform to the executive board and membership.
- Examine trends and developments in legislative and governmental areas as they relate to health care and advance practice nurse policy.
- Establish positions on legislative bills using the professional standards of other nursing and health care policy groups.
- Propose and work within an approved yearly budget for that committee.
- Advise the membership of pertinent legislative issues and actions.
The Membership Committee shall:
- Request qualified nominations from all geographic areas of the state as well as other sources.
- Prepare a slate of qualified candidates for each office to be filled.
- Attempt to assure geographic group representation.
- Implement policies and procedures for nominations and elections as established by the bylaws.
- Develop membership goals for the NPI.
- Develop guidelines for recruitment and retention of members.
- Coordinate with geographic areas for recruitment and retention efforts.
- Propose and work within the approved budget for that committee.
- Continuously update the list of current and prospective members.
- Update/improve NPI directory.
The Continuing Education Committee shall:
- Organize and implement programs as directed by the NPI.
- Implement program evaluations.
- Ensure approved CE credits on offerings.
- Provide for adequate publicity for programs.
- Propose and work within an approved budget for that committee.
The Conference Committee shall:
- Organize the annual NPI sponsored conference.
- Develop the curriculum for the annual conference.
- Ensure approval of CE credits for the conference.
- Provide for adequate publicity for the conference.
- Implement evaluation procedures for the conference.
- Propose and work within an approved budget for that committee.
The Publicity Committee shall:
- Promote the public image of advance practice nurses.
- Propose and work within an approved budget for that committee.
- Update/improve NPI website
Become a Preceptor
Are you interested in becoming a preceptor? As a member benefit, NPI has a listing of all members who have indicated that they would be willing to be a preceptor. If you would like to join this resource list, please contact Traci Jablonski.
The NPI Preceptor Program allows NPI members to participate in offering to precept an NP student and allows current NPI Student members to locate a preceptor. A preceptor is commonly defined as: 1. a teacher; an instructor or 2. An expert or specialist, who gives practical experience and training to a student, especially of nursing
The NP school where the student is enrolled establishes the preceptor requirements that must be met. The preceptor and student, after consultation with each other, will decide if they are a "good fit" and a preceptor-student relationship may then commence. The preceptor is expected to assess the student's needs and arrange for a preceptor-ship learning environment consistent with program goals and to evaluate the student's work. The preceptor is expected to provide day-to-day clinical teaching while meeting clinical practice expectations. The preceptor is expected to have current clinical skills and knowledge, help students recognize their assumptions and think through their management decisions, and model effective communication with clients that emphasizes psychosocial aspects of care. Preceptors can receive credit toward national recertification. Check with your certifying body for details.
To sign up to be a Preceptor - check the "preceptor" box when filling out your membership application form
To search for a Preceptor - go to the NP locator and search for "preceptor"
Join the Mental Health/Psych Forum
We are pleased to announce that Nurse Practitioners of Idaho is developing the first Membership Forum for Psychiatric/Mental Health Advanced Practice Nurses. The Forum has a structure similar to a committee and will address issues specific to Psychiatric/Mental Health advanced practice. NPI will act as a liaison with membership in regard to Psychiatric/Mental Health clinical practice. Current, regular (NP), associate (any licensed nurse), student or retired members of NPI are eligible to join the forum at no cost. The Psychiatric/Mental Health Forum members will provide quarterly articles for the NPI Newsletter and the website. A specific email directory listing the Forum members email addresses will be developed to facilitate efficient information sharing between Forum members. A dedicated area of NPI's website will be developed for the Psychiatric/Mental Health Forum.
If you would like to become of a member of the forum, please contact Beverlee Furner.
Become a Peer Review
As a membership benefit, Nurse Practitioners of Idaho offers a mechanism whereby volunteer NP members of NPI review a selected sample of patient records and offer an opinion on the care provided by Nurse Practitioners.
The Peer Review Process considers the regulatory requirements of the Idaho Board of Nursing specific to Advanced Practice Professional Nurses and the peer review standards established by national professional nursing organizations representing APRNs.
Program Components:
- Mechanism for NP members of NPI to volunteer their services as a Peer Reviewer.
- Criteria and forms to complete for the NP who needs to be Peer Reviewed to complete and submit to the NP Reviewer.
- Letters of initial request to be a Peer Reviewed and a Confidentiality Agreement to be signed by the Peer Review provider.
- Reporting mechanism for feedback.
- Documentation process void of patient identification that provides documentation that the Peer Review process was completed.
The Peer Review Committee is Kate Martin, MSN, NP and Randy Hudspeth, MS, NP, FAANP. Target date for project completion and process implementation is January, 2011. Check back for more information.