**National Nurse Executive Council**

**(NNEC) Conference Call**

**1-800-767-1750, Access Code 19267**

#  September 8, 2005

> Roll Call:

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| **LAST     | * |      | **FACILITY**        | ** |             |   |
| NAME**     | * |      |                     | VI |             |   |
|            | F |      |                     | SN |             |   |
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|            | * |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | * |      |                     |    |             |   |
+------------+---+------+---------------------+----+-------------+---+
| RICK       | C |      | VACO, Wash, DC      | HQ |             |   |
|            | a |      |                     |    |             |   |
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|            | h |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | y |      |                     |    |             |   |
+------------+---+------+---------------------+----+-------------+---+
| DRAKE      | A |      | VACO, Wash, DC      | HQ |             |   |
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+------------+---+------+---------------------+----+-------------+---+
| PARADIS    | R |      | VACO, Wash, DC      | HQ |             |   |
|            | o |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | s |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | e |      |                     |    |             |   |
+------------+---+------+---------------------+----+-------------+---+
| OTT        | K |      | VACO, Wash, DC      | HQ |             |   |
|            | a |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | r |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | e |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | n |      |                     |    |             |   |
+------------+---+------+---------------------+----+-------------+---+
| MOORER     | O |      | VACO, Wash, DC      | HQ |             |   |
|            | y |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | w |      |                     |    |             |   |
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|            | d |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | a |      |                     |    |             |   |
+------------+---+------+---------------------+----+-------------+---+
| ALT-WHITE  | A |      | VACO, Wash, DC      | HQ |             |   |
|            | n |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | n |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | a |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| KELLEN     | B |      | VACO, Wash, DC      | HQ |             |   |
|            | e |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | c |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | k |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | y |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| GROVE      | M |      | VACO, Wash, DC      | HQ |             |   |
|            | i |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | k |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | e |      |                     |    |             |   |
+------------+---+------+---------------------+----+-------------+---+
| KASPER     | C |      | VACO, Wash, DC      | HQ |             |   |
|            | h |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | r |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | i |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | s |      |                     |    |             |   |
+------------+---+------+---------------------+----+-------------+---+
| HARTY      | K |      | VAMC White River    | 1  | (Margo      |   |
|            | a |      | Junction, VT        |    | Veasey)     |   |
|            | t |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | e |      |                     |    |             |   |
+------------+---+------+---------------------+----+-------------+---+
| WEISS      | L |      | VA WNYHCS, Buffalo  | 2  | X (Pat      |   |
|            | i |      |                     |    | Lind)       |   |
|            | z |      |                     |    |             |   |
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|            | h |      |                     |    |             |   |
+------------+---+------+---------------------+----+-------------+---+
| GRIFFIN    | S |      | VA HVHCS Montrose,  | 3  | (Patrick    |   |
|            | a |      | NY                  |    | Troy)       |   |
|            | n |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | d |      |                     |    |             |   |
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|            | a |      |                     |    |             |   |
+------------+---+------+---------------------+----+-------------+---+
| WETZEL     | D |      | VAMC Erie, PA       | 4  | X           |   |
|            | o |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | n |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | a |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | l |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | d |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| COYLE      | G |      | VAMC Martinsburg,   | 5  | X           |   |
|            | e |      | WV                  |    |             |   |
|            | r |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | a |      |                     |    |             |   |
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|            | i |      |                     |    |             |   |
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|            | e |      |                     |    |             |   |
+------------+---+------+---------------------+----+-------------+---+
| MOORE      | A |      | VAMC Hampton, VA    | 6  | X           |   |
|            | u |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | d |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | r |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | e |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | y |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| EAGERTON   | G |      | VAMC Birmingham, AL | 7  | X           |   |
|            | r |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | e |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | g |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | o |      |                     |    |             |   |
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|            | y |      |                     |    |             |   |
+------------+---+------+---------------------+----+-------------+---+
| WA         | K |      | VAMC Miami, FL      | 8  | X (Sandy    |   |
| RD-PRESSON | a |      |                     |    | Janzen)     |   |
|            | t |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| HARRIS     | J |      | VAMC Nashville, TN  | 9  | X           |   |
|            | a |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | m |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | e |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | s |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| YERARDI    | R |      | VAMC Chillicothe,   | 10 | X           |   |
|            | u |      | OH                  |    |             |   |
|            | t |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | h |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| TIRONE     | J |      | VAMC Ann Arbor, MI  | 11 | X           |   |
|            | o |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| GORDON     | C |      | VAMC Iron Mountain, | 12 | X           |   |
|            | y |      | MI                  |    |             |   |
|            | n |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | t |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| GREGORY    | C |      | VA CIHCS, Des       | 23 | X           |   |
|            | h |      | Moines, IA          |    |             |   |
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| COOPER     | L |      | VAMC Columbia, MO   | 15 | X           |   |
|            | y |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | n |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | n |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| KNIGHT     | R |      | VAMC Oklahoma City  | 16 | X           |   |
|            | o |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | s |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | e |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | l |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | l |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| BERRIGAN   | S |      | ST\`VHCS, San       | 17 | X           |   |
|            | a |      | Antonio             |    |             |   |
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|            | a |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| WALTERS    | M |      | VAMC Tucson, AZ     | 18 | X           |   |
|            | a |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | r |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | y |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| SNYDER     | C |      | VA Montana HCS, MT  | 19 | X           |   |
|            | h |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| ALLEN      | K |      | VAD White City, OR  | 20 | X           |   |
|            | a |      |                     |    |             |   |
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|            | n |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| IATAROLA   | D |      | VANCHS, Mather' CA  | 21 | X           |   |
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|            | a |      |                     |    |             |   |
+------------+---+------+---------------------+----+-------------+---+
| GILLESPIE  | A |      | VAMC Loma Linda, CA | 22 | X           |   |
|            | n |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | n |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | e |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| DOUGLAS    | M |      | VAMC Palo Alto, CA  | RS | X           |   |
|            | a |      |                     | CH |             |   |
|            | r |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | t |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | y |      |                     |    |             |   |
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| EINHORN    | C |      | VAMC Chicago, IL    | A  | X           |   |
|            | a |      |                     | PN |             |   |
|            | r |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            | o |      |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   |  be  |                     |    |             |   |
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| ouncements |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | stem |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | Kat  |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | rina |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | 16.  |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | elle |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | Kni  |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | ght, |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | VAMC |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | Okla |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | homa |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | C    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | ity, |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | OK,  |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | prov |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | an   |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | tors |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | ignm |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | sing |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > S  |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | trat |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | egic |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > G  |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | oals |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > cr |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | ossw |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | alk. |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > W  |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | vide |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | oals |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | ross |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | alk. |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | CREW |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | ment |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | tive |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | dire |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | cted |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > by |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |  NLB |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > HR |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > C  |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | ommi |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | ttee |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > to |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |  ONS |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | tiat |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | ive. |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | NNEC |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |  and |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | will |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |  par |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | tici |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | pate |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > in |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   |  Sur |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | vey. |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |  NLB |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |  HRC |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | will |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > re |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | port |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | lts. |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |  **A |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | ctio |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | n:** |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | Will |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |  inc |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | lude |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > t  |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | opic |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   |  the |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | Nove |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | mber |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | face |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | -to- |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | face |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > ag |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | enda |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |  for |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > di |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | scus |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | sion |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > if |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | time |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | perm |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | its. |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |  **E |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | xecu |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | tive |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > T  |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | rack |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |  for |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > Ve |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | HU** |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | defe |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | rred |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > u  |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | ntil |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |  the |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | next |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | >    |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | NNEC |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > co |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | nfer |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | ence |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | > c  |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | all. |                     |    |             |   |
+------------+---+------+---------------------+----+-------------+---+
| ##         |   | -    |                     |    |             |   |
|  Future Ag |   |  Wha |                     |    |             |   |
| enda Items |   | rton |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | gram |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | Brie |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | fing |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | aria |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | tric |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | Care |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   |    W |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | orkg |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | roup |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | orts |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |    c |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | ross |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | walk |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |    i |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | tems |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | avel |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | urse |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |    C |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | orps |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |  EDM |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | orkg |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | roup |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |  key |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |    t |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | opic |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |  for |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   | 2006 |                     |    |             |   |
|            |   |      |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | nual |                     |    |             |   |
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|            |   | port |                     |    |             |   |
+------------+---+------+---------------------+----+-------------+---+

**Next NNEC Conference Call October 13, 2005**

**1-800-767-1750, access 19267**

### 

### Face-to-Face NNEC Meeting, November 3-4, 2005

**Nashville, TN**