Details of the meeting
I watched an online meeting that centered on several Advanced Practice Registered Nursing Advisory Committee. The meeting was held on Wednesday 11th march 2020 in line with recommendation from my instructor. The meeting was not held on a physical location due to the provisions of provisions of Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive. Therefore, the meeting was held via a teleconference platform. The meeting was chaired by Mitchell Erickson.
The agendas of the meeting included reviewing the term length of APRN advisory committee members, review of the voting procedures, review on the recommendations regarding APRN practice advisories, discussion on the administrative process for the implementation of legislation, discussion on the Physician Ownership and Referral Act of 1993 (PORA), discussion on how to report to the Board of Registered Nursing’s (BRN) under business and professions code section 805, discussion on nurse practitioner mode of transition to practice, discussion on possible requirements of supplemental exam, discussion on Board’s recognition of national nurse practitioner certifying bodies, they also discussed the requirement of years of practice in good standing for nurse practitioners having a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) and the last discussion was on APRN continuing education. Within the agenda, it was stated that the committee will not be allowed to discuss or rake action on any issue that was not raised in the course of public comment section that is not incorporated in the agenda.
The committee members who were present included Karyn Karp, CRNA-Vice Chair Charlotte Gullap-Moore, DNP, MSN, ANP-BC Garrett Chan, CNS Jane Perlas, NP Sandra Bordi, CRNA Danielle Blum, CNM Elissa Brown, CNS Hilary Reyes, CNM and Ruth Rosenblum, NP. On the other hand, the BRN Staff representatives present during the meeting comprise of Evon Lenerd-Tapps, Assistant Executive Officer Reza Pejuhesh, BRN Legal Attorney Janette Wackerly, MBA, BSN, RN, Supervising Nursing Education Consultant and McCaulie Feusahrens, Chief of Licensing Division Evon Len (California Department of Consumer Affairs, 2020).
Behavioral Traits of Group Leader
The chair of the meeting was Mitchell Erickson who is the Nursing practice chair. From his speech, there are several behavioral traits that can be deduced. One of the good traits that he possesses is the ability to speak clearly and succinctly. During the meeting, he was audible enough, he spoke clearly and was always straight to the point. Also, he spoke with authority which is a good things since it shows that he is the head of the discussion under the agenda. He was able to control the members while they took turns during the discussion.
These management and administrative skills played a significant role in ensuring the meeting is a success. Additionally, he was impartial and objective. In the course of the meeting, he was always objective and made sure that none of the members went out of the key agendas stated for the meeting. While doing so he treated all members equally ensuring that none of the members had more privileges than others, for instance, all members were given a chance to air their views while none was accorded more time unfairly.
The stated leadership skills were imperative in creating a friendly and fair environment whereby all the participants were confident enough to argue their points. Moreover, since the meeting required coverage of many issues, it would have been challenging if the chair would not have been organized. However, Erickson was very organized and covered the different subjects and ensured that each member had an ample time to present their views. Therefore, it can be ascertained that Erickson was able to guide the participants in a good way throughout the meeting.
On the other hand, there are no many negative characteristics that can be deduced from the chair apart from the fact that he was not very involved the discussions. Even though this might not be a negative feature entirely since it gives the members confidence to conduct the meeting in their preference, it denotes a negative image probably the chair was not very interested or rather passionate with the meeting.
Discussion Points
Several issues were discussed during the meeting. The chair presented a discussion which required a course of action on the issues of board’s practice and guidance on the implementation of home healthcare planning improvement act. Another discussion was on how to improve the process of evaluation and election of committee members. Moreover, a plan to engage in upcoming APRN workforce surveys and the prevailing budgetary support was discussed. Moreover, there were suggestions of having meetings dates and locations rearranged to incorporate physical meetings. The process of handling likely urgent issues within the meeting and making recommendations was also discussed during the meeting. Furthermore, the members discussed on how to come up with a periodic process review of the board’s present advisories and relations that are associated with APRN. The role of the APRN Advisory Committee was also discussed.
Analysis of the meeting
From the meeting proceeding, there was consensus on most of the issues. Majority of the members supported the implementation of the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act. Garrent Chan noted that there is nothing in the CNS statutes that talks about Home Care services. He recommended for advisory to be done so that the information can be of help to the public. On the other hand, Hilary Reyes asserted that he was confused of the standardized procedure associated with healthcare planning. The chair also reiterated that many people were confused on the care act particularly on how to create advisory (California Department of Consumer Affairs, 2020).
The discussion on improving evaluation and election of committee members’ process, majority of the participants inclusive of Elissa Brown, Elissa Brown, Jane Parlas and Hilary Reyes among others agreed with the status quo on the issue. Discussion on engage in future APRN workforce surveys and the existence of budgetary support also received a consensus stating that the surveys are to be shared with the public (California Department of Consumer Affairs, 2020).
References
California Department of Consumer Affairs. (2020). Board of Registered Nursing Meeting – March 11, 2020. [Youtube]. Retrieved from Board of Registered Nursing Meeting
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