February 2025 Update!

Hello APRNCCG Members with a special welcome to our new members! We are so glad you have decided to join our group, and can't wait to meet you in person - please don't hesitate to reach out at any time!

Hi everyone!

Please accept my apology for the delay in getting this announcement out. I am in the final stages of completing my DNP through Georgia Southern, and life is a bit busy right now - May 2025 is almost here! Between now and then, please give me a bit of grace if I am slow to respond or get these announcements out / minutes updated while I focus on completing my final project. :) I can't wait to share it with you!

We had a wonderful casual get together last month for our January meeting at Shuk - we had an excellent turnout and great conversations with brainstorming about our 2025 plans.

For our upcoming meetings, Analicia has been working hard with our sponsors and we have details to share with you.

While we don't have a sponsor for our February meeting, we have meetings planned for the next few months:

• March 13 at 6:30pm - local pulmonologist Dr. Ryan Moody is presenting on Early Recognition of Interstitial Lung Disease." The location is pending.
  • Please RSVP here through our website
• April 10 at 6:30pm - Dr. Kavita Kongara is presenting on GI Motility Disorders and Voquenza. This will be held at Local 11Ten.
  • Please see the attached flyer for RSVP through the sponsor 
  • Please RSVP here through our website as well so we have an accurate number of participants
• May 8 at 6:30pm - "Agitation in Alzheimer's Dementia." Speaker and location is pending.
  • Please RSVP here through our website
• Summer 2025 plans
  • Starland Yard family and friends get together

We will:

• Not have a February meeting as we don't have a sponsor and the APRNCCG sponsored the January meeting
• Will be reaching out to our colleagues at the UAPRN to see how we can help support them during legislative session - you may periodically see blast communications come across about this
• We are going to hold on the planned in person GSU "Advice for the New Grad APRN" meeting for our soon to be graduated APRN peers! We instead will be offering a webinar with a panel discussion - more to come!
• We are going to hold on our planned May nurses week get together at Starland Yard as we have a sponsor who really wanted that date. We will instead move our get together to some time over the summer at Starland Yard.
• We are super excited about our member gift for Nurses Week - more to come!
• We have several members interested in serving our community in a variety of ways:
  • Walk with a Doc / NP initiative - Lisa, executive council, is leading on this
  • Volunteering at Fresh Air home on Tybee - Sarah is the point of contact for this, let me know if you want her contact information
    • Fresh Air Home website: http://www.freshairhometybee.org/
    • Summer Camp Nurse job description: see below
      • link to nurse application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSel4NHJjKA7G-Yn8Xivezxr8nMUAsVk9_Poy_---flXWjzwRg/viewform?usp=sf_link
      • Dates of the 2025 summer camp sessions:
        • Session 1  June 2 - June 12
        • Session 2  June 16 - June 26
        • Session 3  June 30 - July 10
        • Session 4  July 14 - July 18 (Campers aged 11-12)