A new board chair and secretary have been appointed by the Board at the June meeting. Dr. Susan Weaver will assume the chair and will be replacing Linda Parry -Carney and Dr. Teri Wurmser will be replacing Dr.Aline Holmes in the secretary position, effective July, 2016. We wish to thank both Linda and Aline for their years of commitment to the Center. Without their leadership we would not be where we are today stated Dr. Edna Cadmus, Executive Director of NJCCN. We look forward to working with Susan and Teri as we continue to move the Center forward.
The NJCCN Board approved a one year funding of a post-acute care new nurse residency program. The board recognizes the importance of transitioning new nurses into practice. This program is modeled on the recent 2 year project conducted by the NJAC: Long Term Care Nurse Residency program funded by CMS. This program has been expanded to include other post acute settings beyond long term care. The requirements for participating in this program are: 1) new nurses are hired by a facility willing to participate in the program, and 2) the new nurse is in practice less than 12 months. The program is expected to begin in the fall of 2016. Agencies interested in participating should contact Katherine Black who is in charge of the program. E-mail contact:
