• Develops nurse leaders;
• Promotes a professional practice environment that enhances quality and patient safety;
• Recognizes excellence;
• Serves as a “voice” for nursing issues;
• Promotes community partnerships; and
• Influences health policy.

Welcome to the Central San Joaquin Valley Nursing Leadership Coalition website!

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
January 13, 2012

Happy New Year and welcome to 2012! It is time to gear up for an exciting year as an R.N with many professional opportunities in the NLC Family. We had an extremely successful Fall Membership meeting last September with a standing room only crowd hosted by Saint Agnes Medical Center. It was invigorating to meet all of our new nursing leaders in the community as well as our continued mentor nursing leaders that have paved the way before us. In October NLC hosted the Fall Conference which was titled " Leading Transformational Change in an Electronic Health Care Environment" which was an extremely timely discussion with most of our facilities in the throngs of just completing the electronic health record go live or just about to begin. We were very fortunate to have very engaging and inspiring speakers joining us to discuss their implementation strategies of a successful EHR implementation.

Our goal in 2012 is to provide all of our members with educational and networking opportunities. Fresno Heart and Surgical Hospital will be hosting the first of our Lunch and Learn meetings January 19 with the topic of Legal Aspects of Nursing to be discussed. This will be a great opportunity to earn CE's as well as networking with our current and new members.

In February of 2012 the Association of California Nursing Leader's will be holding their annual conference in Rancho Mirage, Ca with a wonderful program " Where Nurse Leaders Make Dreams Come True" which will be featuring very useful topics such as incorporating the principles of innovation into your practice environment, examining health care reform and the opportunities and challenges for nursing leaders at the state and national levels, and describing strategies to maintain a constant state of readiness in the event of work stoppages. You won't want to miss this exciting annual event.

NLC will also be hosting the annual R.N of the Year Event on May 3 where we will be recognizing the contributions of our community nursing leaders in the various practice areas. Please check the website for the nomination information as well as for scholarships as you could be the next Honoree!

In May we will be hosting our annual End of the Year Celebration and Business breakfast where we will recap our contributions and accomplishments for the past year. We look forward to having you as an NLC member and getting to know you on our mission for developing nursing leaders.

Sincerely,
Vonnie Nunes
NLC President