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** Call to action ** a few more responses needed please

Posted over 2 years ago by Michelle Wade

Call to action

Hi All,

I am meeting with Representative William J. Lippert Jr. (Chittenden) in an attempt to pave the way to amend S. 45, An Act Relating to Providing Meals to Health Care Providers at Conferences

I need statements from NPs who have run up against the food rules for Vermont providers at both instate and out of state conference. I need this by Tuesday.

Sample:

I was at a national conference and was called out by name that I needed to leave the room for the Lunch session as a pharma company was a partial sponsor, not only was this embarrassing, I missed very important content that assists me in caring for my patients.  

Another example:

I have traveled 100’s of miles to attend a conference in another part of rural Vermont and there are no on site food options I had to leave the conference site, travel and eat then return, due to the rural nature of the location in Vermont I missed another lecture that was a required topic for renewal of my License, forcing me to pay additional money to attend another in-service.

I am also interested in any example that conference organizers or Vendors have had in relation to this bill that prevents financial support at conferences from vendors.

Please send all responses to me  vermontnp@gmail.com

 

Michelle

 

Michelle Wade MSN/Ed, APRN, NP-C, ACNPC-AG 

President Vermont Nurse Practitioners Association 

Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP 

mwadenp@gmail.com 

cell 802-236-0683