About ANA-MAINE
 Mission
The mission of ANA-MAINE is to work for the improvement of health standards and availability of health care services for all Maine people, to foster high standards for nursing, and to stimulate and promote the professional development of nurses. We advocate for financial and environmental conditions that promote recruitment and retention of nurses in the health care systems of Maine. ANA-MAINE supports the American Nurses Association's Standards of Nursing Practice and the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses.
Principles
We believe in:
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Health Care as a Basic Human Right |
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Advocate for universal access to quality, affordable health care, regardless of ability to pay. |
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Safe Working Environments |
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Promote financial and environmental conditions that support the recruitment and retention of nurses in the health care systems of Maine. |
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Nursing in the State based on inclusivity and collaboration |
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Develop the infrastructure of ANA-MAINE that promotes inclusivity and collaboration among Maine Registered Nurses. |
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Fiscal responsibility and support operating within available human and financial resources |
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Promote fiscal responsibility in health care settings while using holistic theory and nurse-sensitive outcomes. |
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Involvement of the Registered Nurse in health policy formation as essential in developing quality health care systems |
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Promote RN involvement in state and national health policy formation. |
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Treating nurses with dignity and respect |
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Advocate for supportive work environments including staffing patterns, workflow design, personal/social factors, physical environments and organizational cultures . |
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Developing nursing knowledge essential to advances in quality patient care |
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Promote evidence-based nursing practice. |
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The RN as an essential provider in all health care settings |
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Establish data that links positive patient outcomes to nursing interventions . |
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Fostering trust, integrity and respect in all our relationships and activities |
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Utilize the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Definative Statements as a guide for our behavior . |
Contact ANA-MAINE
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ANA-MAINE
P.O. Box 3000
PMB #280
York, ME 03909
NEW: info@anamaine.org
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ANA-MAINE Board of Directors
Sue Henderson, MA, RN (South Portland)
President
Susan has an MA in Nursing from New York University and a MA in Public Policy and Management from the University of Southern Maine. As a longtime member of ANA, she was ANA-MAINE’s first Board secretary and has served on the Board of Directors since 2001. Susan is a member of the faculty at Saint Joseph's College of Maine. In addition to working with on campus undergraduate students, she has worked with RN’s from around the country and the world in the RN to BSN program. Through her years as a faculty member, Susan has maintained her practice as a per diem staff nurse, working most recently at Maine Medical Center until leaving to assume the responsibilities of president.
susan.henderson@anamaine.org
Sue McLeod, BSN, RN,BC (Smithfield)
First Vice President
Sue is a Maine native, though she spent ten years in 'exile' in Pennsylvania. She is a staff development specialist at Maine General Medical Center and has been one of Judy Gerrish's ACLS instructors since 1985. She has served on the Board as director and secretary. She has facilitated the work of several committees, including the membership, conference planning, transition team task force and the annual awards ceremony.
susan.mccleod@anamaine.org
Nancy Mattis, BSN, RN.C ( Portland)
Second Vice President
Nancy is the chairperson of the ANA-MAINE Editorial Committee, the group responsible for editing the materials published quarterly in the ANA-MAINE Journal. She is a business owner, author and independent educator serving Maine hospitals. Her company, Informa Health, publishes the Informa CE , a peer-reviewed online journal for nurses and healthcare professionals in any setting who care for older adults. www.informahealth.com.
nancy.mattis@anamaine.org
Elaine McCarty, MSN, RN (Auburn)
Treasurer
Elaine has been a member of ANA for many years. She helped in the start-up activities for ANA-MAINE organizing the finance data. Since the beginning of ANA-MAINE she has served on the finance committee. She had been acting treasurer and was elected in 2005 for a 2 year term. Elaine worked for many years in community health and as a nurse practitioner. Since her retirement from active nursing in 1999, she has been an active hospice volunteer at Androscoggin Home Health Care in Auburn.
elaine.mccarty@anamaine.org
Paul Chamberland, MSN, APRN,BC, CMSRN (Scarborough)
Secretary
Since he served as one of ANA-MAINE's first Board secretaries, Paul has assisted the work of several key committees and initiatives, including the nominations, bylaws, membership, and finance committees; the web site; and the policy and procedure and transition team task forces. Paul is a clinical nurse specialist at Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford.
paul.chamberland@anamaine.org
Gail Dudley, RN (Belfast)
Director
Gail is a perianesthesia nurse at Waldo County Hospital in Belfast.
gail.dudley@anamaine.org
Anita Hakala, MSN, RN ( Norway )
Director
Anita is a healthcare instructor at Oxford Hill Technical School in Norway ..
anita.hakala@anamaine.org
Bettie Kettell, RN, HEM (Durham)
Director
Bettie has spent the majority of her clinical practice in the operating room. She is currently employed at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick in the Operating Room and as the Pollution Prevention Coordinator. Her passion has become the environmental impact of healthcare on patients, staff and the community. She was first drawn to health care waste management and pollution prevention by observing the vast quantities of waste, much of it clean and basically sterile that is sent to the landfill. Healthcare impacts the environment from many directions. The direction that Bettie sees as a priority is the enormous numbers of products we use to deliver healthcare that are toxic to all parties. Management needs to adopt the practice of seeking safer alternatives to the products and practices. Bettie attended the ANA RN NO Harm Train-the-Trainer program in 2003. Her goal is to bring this information to Maine nurses.
bettie.kettell@anamaine.org
Ed Latham, RN, FNGNA (South Portland)
Director
Ed has worked in Maine's long-term care facilities since 1980 as a C.N.A., LPN, and RN. He has served in all areas including staff nursing, supervisory, staff development, human resources, and infection control. Currently he is Director of Nursing Services at Cedars Nursing Care Center in Portland, Maine. He is a popular national convention/meeting speaker and consultant. He is a past president of the National Gerontological Nursing Association was named a fellow of that organization in 2003. He also served NGNA as a section editor in the journal, "Geriatric Nursing". Locally, he has been Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Volunteers of America Northern New England, and a member of the Rural Health Consortium Geriatric Conference Planning Committee. He is a member of the board of ANA-MAINE and a founding member of the coordinating team of the Nursing Organizations Alliance, an alliance of 80 national nursing organizations representing 600,000 paid members.
ed.latham@anamaine.org
Noreen Byrne Vincent, MS, RN ( South Portland )
Director
Prior to completing her appointment on Nominations, Noreen previously served on the Board as a Director and Secretary. She is currently an alternate ANA-Maine representative to the ANA House of Delegates. Noreen is employed full time on the nursing faculty of the University of Southern Maine College of Nursing and Health Professions. She also serves as a Faculty Counselor on the Board of the Kappa Zeta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society. She is also a clinical nurse (per diem) at Maine Medical Center in Portland .
noreen.vincent@anamaine.org
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