Board Meetings - 2009

Regular Meeting - January 22-23, 2009

The Board's agendas, minutes and materials are available in Adobe Acrobat format. The Regular Board Meeting minutes are available for review in the next regular meetings agenda.

CALL TO ORDER - 8:30 a.m.

REVIEW OF AGENDA

REVIEW OF THE MINUTES: October 22, 2008 Board Retreat and October 23-24, 2008 Board Meeting

CONSENT AGENDA:

2.1. Financial Statement - 1st Quarter, Fiscal Year 2009 - MM
2.2. Continuing Education Pre-Renewal Audit Report/1st Quarter, Fiscal Year 2009 - MM
3.2.1. Petition to Request Extension of Faculty Waiver - Weatherford College in Weatherford, Texas, Associate Degree Nursing Educational Program - VA
3.2.2. Continuation of Initial Approval Status and Report of Survey Visit - St. Michael’s School of Nursing and Technology in Weslaco, Texas, Vocational Nursing Educational Program - RW
3.2.3. Report of Survey Visit
3.2.4. Status Report on the Innovative Professional Education Pilot Program from Victoria College in Victoria, Texas, Associate Degree Nursing Educational Program - PW
5.1.1. Eligibility and Disciplinary Committee - JWJ
5.1.2. Strategic Planning/1st Quarter, Fiscal Year 2009 - MM/KT
6.2. Adoption of Amendments to 22 Tex. Admin. Code, Section 211.6, Pertaining to Committees of the Board - JWJ
6.3. Adoption of Amendments to 22 Tex. Admin. Code, Section 217.16, Pertaining to Reporting of Minor Incidents - JWJ
7.1.1. TPAPN Quarterly Report
8.1. ALJ Proposals for Decision
8.2. Agreed Orders
8.3. Reinstatement Agreed Orders
8.4. Eligibility Agreed Orders

1. ADMINISTRATION

*1.1. Executive Director's Report - KT
1.2. Legal - JWJ

2. OPERATIONS

C - *2.1. Financial Statement - 1st Quarter, Fiscal Year 2009 - MM
C - *2.2. Continuing Education Pre-Renewal Audit Report - 1st Quarter, Fiscal Year 2009 - MM
*2.3. Post Payment Audit for June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2008 - Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts - MM/KH

3. NURSING

3.1. Practice

C - *3.1.1. Workshop Report - DB

3.2. Education

C - *3.2.1. Petition to Request Extension of Faculty Waiver - Weatherford College in Weatherford, Texas, Associate Degree Nursing Educational Program - VA
C - *3.2.2. Continuation of Initial Approval Status and Report of Survey Visit - St. Michael’s School of Nursing and Technology in Weslaco, Texas, Vocational Nursing Educational Program-RW
C - 3.2.3. Report of Survey Visit

C - *3.2.3.a. Clarendon College in Clarendon, Texas, Vocational Nursing Educational Program - VA/VH
C - *3.2.3.b. Texas Careers, Incorporated in San Antonio, Texas, Vocational Nursing Educational Program-VA/PW

C - *3.2.4. Status Report on the Innovative Professional Education Pilot Program from Victoria College in Victoria, Texas, Associate Degree Nursing Educational Program - PW
*3.2.5. Public Hearing for Proposal to Establish a New Nursing Educational Program - Baptist Health System in San Antonio, Texas - Associate Degree Nursing Educational Program - PW/JH

4. ENFORCEMENT

5. COMMITTEE REPORTS

5.1. Board Committees

C - *5.1.1. Eligibility and Disciplinary Committee - JWJ
C - *5.1.2. Strategic Planning/1st Quarter Report - MM/KT
5.1.3. Development and Evaluation - RaG

5.2. Advisory Committees/Task Forces

5.2.1. Advanced Practice Nursing Advisory Committee - LR/JZ
5.2.2. Nursing Practice Advisory Committee - BN/MD/DB
*5.2.3. Advisory Committee on Education - EC/BJ/RW

5.2.3.a. Advisory Committee on Education - Differentiated Entry Level Competencies (DELC) Work Group-VA/PW

5.2.4. Advisory Committee on Licensure, Eligibility and Discipline - JWJ

5.3. Collaboration with Outside Agencies/Stakeholders

5.3.1. Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses Advisory Committee - RW
5.3.2. Nursing Competency Initiatives - MBT
5.3.3. Statewide Health Coordinating Council Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies Advisory Committee - KT
5.3.4. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Updates - MBT
*5.3.5. Taxonomy of Error Root Cause Analysis of Practice Responsibilities (TERCAP) - MBT
*5.3.6. Health Alliance Safety Partnership Updates - MBT
5.3.7. Report of Meeting with the Texas Department of Public Safety Advisory Committee for the Improvement of the Texas Prescription Program - JZ
*5.3.8. Texas Team Report, Robert Wood Johnson Nursing Education Capacity Expansion - KT

OPEN FORUM: Thursday, 1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

6. OLD BUSINESS

*6.1. Nurse Licensure Compact Update - KT
C - *6.2. Adoption of Amendments to 22 Tex. Admin. Code - 211.6, Pertaining to Committees of the Board - JWJ
C - *6.3. Adoption of Amendments to 22 Tex. Admin. Code - 217.16, Pertaining to Reporting of Minor Incidents - JWJ

7. NEW BUSINESS

7.1. Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses (TPAPN)

C - **7.1.1. Quarterly Report - MVD

7.2. Review of Position Statements - DB

*7.2.1. Current Position Statements with Editorial Changes

15.1 Nurses Carrying Out Orders From Physician's Assistants
15.2 Role of the Licensed Vocational Nurse in the Pronouncement of Death
15.3 LVNs Engaging in Intravenous Therapy, Venipuncture, or PICC Lines
15.4 Educational Mobility
15.5 Nurses with the Responsibility for Initiating Physician Standing Orders
15.6 Board Rules Associated With Alleged Patient "Abandonment"
15.7 The Role of LVNs & RNs in Management and/or Administration of Medications via Epidural or Intrathecal Catheter Routes
15.8 The Role of the Nurse in Moderate Sedation
15.9 Performance of Laser Therapy by RNs or LVNs
15.10 Continuing Education: Limitations for Expanding Scope of Practice
15.11 Delegated Medical Acts
15.12 Use of American Psychiatric Association Diagnoses by LVNs, RNs, or APNs
15.13 Role of the LVNs & RNs As School Nurses
15.14 Duty of a Nurse in Any Practice Setting
15.15 Board's Jurisdiction Over Nursing Titles and Practice
15.16 Development of Nursing Educational Programs
15.17 Texas Board of Nursing/Board of Pharmacy, Joint Position Statement, Medication Error
15.18 Nurses Carrying out orders from Advance Practice Nurses
15.19 Nurses Carrying Out Orders from Pharmacists for Drug Therapy Management
15.20 Registered Nurses in the Management of an Unwitnessed Arrest in a Resident in a Long Term Care Facility
15.21 Deleted 01/2005
15.22 APNs Providing Medical Aspects of Care for Themselves or Others With Whom There is a Close Personal Relationship
15.23 The RNs Use of Complementary Modalities
15.24 Nurses Engaging In Reinsertion of Permanently Placed Feeding Tubes
15.25 Administration of Medication & Treatments by LVNs

*7.3. Consideration of Proposed Amendments to 22 Tex. Admin. Code, Section 217.2 (a)(4)(B), Pertaining to Licensure by Examination for Graduates of Nursing Education Programs Within the United States, its Territories, or Possessions and to 22 Tex. Admin. Code, Section 217.4(a)(1)(B) Pertaining to Requirements for Initial Licensure by Examination for Nurses Who Graduate from Nursing Education Program Outside of the United States’ Jurisdictions - RW/MM/JWJ
*7.4. Consideration of Proposed Amendments to 22 Tex. Admin. Code, Section 217.4, Pertaining to Accustomation Permits for Internationally Educated Nurses to Participate in Supervised Clinical Experiences - MM
*7.5. Report on Survey of Other States Pertaining to Failure to Renew License After a Significant Passage of Time - JWJ
*7.6. Consideration of Proposed Amendments to 22 Tex. Admin. Code, Section 220, Pertaining to the Nurse Licensure Compact - KT
*7.7. Consideration of Proposed Amendments to 22 Tex. Admin. Code, Section 223.1, Pertaining to Fees - MM
*7.8. Consideration of Rule Reviews for Chapters 214, 215, 222 and 223 - JWJ

8. PROPOSED BOARD ORDERS

C - *8.1. ALJ Proposals for Decision

Griffin, Linda Faye LVN #80807

C - *8.2. Agreed Orders

Baird, Peggy Norene RN# 579072
Beauchamp, Stephanie Louise LVN# 128057
Corley, Kyle Rafe RN# 636864
Dominguez, Melinda LVN# 203498
Ellington, Natalie Gail RN# 666873
Frigo, Deborah Kayleen RN# 607519
Fullen, Dona Cain RN# 642959
Gallegos, Jose Alfredo RN# 666540
Gallo, Joe RN# 636470
Hanratty, Carin Gale RN# 460014
Harris, Pamela Jeanne RN# 527964
Hathaway, Jason Michael RN# 746816
Hodges, Brenda Rene LVN# 137352
Hollis, Vanessa Dawn LVN# 163302
Huston, Carolyn J. RN# 526546
Jacob, Thankam K. RN# 681345
Jimenez, Trinidad S. LVN# 49316
Joseph, Rakhi Anto RN# 726109 / LVN# 185136
King, Melinda Nicole MSR Privilege New Mexico RN# R59988
Longworth, Judith Carol RN# 633826
Maddox, Sandra Kay LVN# 94531
Martinez, Jorge Alberto RN# 686783
Morgan, Rebecca Kay LVN# 46911
Morris, Gayle A. LVN# 119607
Moudachirou (Adams), Quinette Cyane RN# 664900
Oakley, Windel RN# 648969
Riley, Lee Ann LVN# 129996
Saleh, Ayoub Mirghani RN# 575195
Taylor, Serena Kay LVN# 40168
Thompson, Darcy MSR Privilege Virginia RN# 1124088
Tomsic, Beverly Jean RN# 742068
Wrinkle, Beverly J. RN# 530033

C - *8.3. Reinstatement Agreed Orders

Banks, Kathleen Michelle RN# 561722
Murphy, Michael Patrick RN# 645644 / LVN# 159367

C - *8.4. Eligibility Agreed Orders

Braswell, Slade RN
Hawkins, Arnitra Shawnte RN
Parks, Melody Jane RN

*8.5. Docket No. 507-08-1862, In the Matter of Permanent Certificates LVN #143403/RN #605302, Issued to AMY E. BAGLEY - JWJ

8.5.1. Consideration of the Administrative Law Judges Proposal for Decision in Docket No. 507-08-1862
8.5.2. Consideration of Staffs Recommendations for Disposition of Docket No. 507-08-1862, Including Adoption of the Proposal for Decisions Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law with Modifications Consistent with the Boards Opinion
8.5.3. Consideration of Recommendation by AMY E. BAGLEY, Docket No. 507-08-1862
8.5.4. Executive Session pursuant to 551.071(1), Texas Government Code, to discuss pending or contemplated litigation; In the Matter of Permanent Certificates LVN #143403/RN#605302 Issued to AMY E. BAGLEY
8.5.5. Convene in Open Session to consider recommendations and take action: In the Matter of Permanent Certificates LVN #143403/RN#605302 Issued to AMY E. BAGLEY

*8.6. Docket No. 507-09-0618, In the Matter of Permanent Certificate LVN #125410, Issued to JUAN A. MORALES - JWJ

8.6.1. Consideration of the Administrative Law Judges Proposal for Decision in Docket No. 507-09-0618
8.6.2. Consideration of Staffs Recommendations for Disposition of Docket No. 507-09-0618, Including Adoption of the Proposal for Decisions Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law with Modifications Consistent with the Boards Opinion
8.6.3. Consideration of Recommendation by JUAN A. MORALES, Docket No. 507-09-0618
8.6.4. Executive Session pursuant to 551.071(1), Texas Government Code, to discuss pending or contemplated litigation; In the Matter of Permanent Certificate LVN #125410 Issued to JUAN A. MORALES
8.6.5. Convene in Open Session to consider recommendations and take action: In the Matter of Permanent Certificate LVN #125410 Issued to JUAN A. MORALES

*8.7. Docket No. 507-08-1738, In the Matter of Permanent Certificate RN #696649, Issued to TRACI LYNN RHODE - JWJ

8.7.1. Consideration of the Administrative Law Judges Proposal for Decision in Docket No. 507-08-1738
8.7.2. Consideration of Staffs Recommendations for Disposition of Docket No. 507-08-1738, Including Adoption of the Proposal for Decisions Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law with Modifications Consistent with the Boards Opinion
8.7.3. Consideration of Recommendation by TRACI LYNN RHODE, Docket No. 507-08-1738
8.7.4. Executive Session pursuant to 551.071(1), Texas Government Code, to discuss pending or contemplated litigation; In the Matter of Permanent Certificate RN#696649 Issued to TRACI LYNN RHODE
8.7.5. Convene in Open Session to consider recommendations and take action: In the Matter of Permanent Certificate RN#696649 Issued to TRACI LYNN RHODE

9. MISCELLANEOUS

9.1. Board Items of Interest for Future Board Meetings
9.2. Board Development: Mock Eligibility and Disciplinary Committee Presentation - JWJ
*9.3. Review of the Board Quarterly Meeting Evaluation - LR
9.4. Appointment of Task Force to Review and Make Recommendations Regarding the Annual Board and Executive Director Evaluations - LR
9.5. Appointment of Task Force to Review and Make Recommendations Regarding the Role of the Board Vice-President - LR
9.6. Appointment of Board Member to Attend National Council Mid-Year Meeting, March 2-4, 2009 to be held in Chicago, Illinois - LR

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