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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA 1

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 2

BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS 3

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F I N A L M I N U T E S 5

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MEETING OF: 7

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STATE BOARD OF NURSING 9

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TIME: 9:09 A.M. 11

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Board Room B 13

One Penn Center 14

2601 North Third Street 15

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110 16

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Thursday, June 6, 2019 18

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State Board of Nursing 1 June 6, 2019 2

3 4 BOARD/COMMISSION MEMBERS: 5 6 Ann Michele Coughlin, MBA, MSN, RN, Chair 7 Kalonji Johnson, Acting Commissioner, 8 Professional and Occupational Affairs 9 Kristin Malady, BSN, RN – Vice Chair 10 Suzanne Hendricks, BSBH, RN, LPN 11 Sue E. Hertzler, LPN 12

Kessey J. Kieselhorst, MPA, RD, LDN, CPHQ 13 Linda L. Kmetz, PhD, RN 14 Sherri Luchs, RN 15 John M. O’Donnell, DrPH, RN, CRNA, MSN 16 Jason R. Owen, Esquire, Public Member 17 Bridget E. Vincent, MSN, CRNP, APN-BC, CCRN 18 19 20 BUREAU PERSONNEL: 21 22 Judith Pachter Schulder, Esquire, Board Counsel 23 Megan E. Castor, Esquire, Board Counsel 24 Carole Clarke Smith, Esquire, Board Counsel 25 Margaret A. Sheaffer, Esquire, Board Prosecution 26

Liaison 27 T'rese Evancho, Esquire, Board Prosecution Liaison 28 Anthony D. Cox, Jr., Esquire, Board Prosecutor 29 Alissa Harrison, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 30 Ricky Wayne Lewis, Board Prosecutor 31 William A. Newport, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 32 David J. Schertz, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 33 Matthew T. Sniscak, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 34 Laurette D. Keiser, MSN, RN, Executive Secretary 35 Cynthia K. Miller, Board Administrator 36 Kori Linn, Administrative Officer 37 Todette Holt, EdD, RN, Nursing Education Advisor 38 Sue Petula, Ph.D., MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FRE, Nursing 39 Education Advisor 40

Wendy Miller, MSN, RN, Nursing Practice Advisor 41 Matthew Eaton, Customer Relations, Department 42 of State 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50


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3 4 ALSO PRESENT: 5 6 Joan Campagna, RN, CCRN, President, Jersey Nurses 7 Economic Security Organization 8 Maria C. Battista, JD, EdD, Director of Policy and 9 Government Affairs, Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse 10 Practitioners 11 Cynthia Rish, Operations Manager, Rish Law Office, LLC 12

Alicia B. Lentz, MSN-Ed, RN, Practical Nursing 13 Coordinator, Mifflin County Academy of Science 14 & Technology Practical Nursing Program 15 Jennifer Fernandes, APRN, West Chester University 16 Doctoral Student 17 Lindsay Jones, RN, MSN, Assistant Director of 18 Practical Nursing, Lancaster County Career 19 & Technology Center 20 Josie Campbell, RN, BSN, Lancaster County Career 21 & Technology Center 22 Nancy K. Haughton, MSN, RN, Director, Chester County 23 Intermediate Unit Practical Nursing Program 24 Janyce Collier, Director, Franklin County Career 25 & Technology Center Practical Nursing Program 26

Andrew C. Harvan, Esquire, Pennsylvania Medical 27 Society 28 Liz Stout, Case Manager, Pennsylvania Nurse Peer 29 Assistance Program 30 Beth Shallenberger, Case Manager, Pennsylvania Nurse 31 Peer Assistance Program 32 Eric Olson, Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, 33

Cabrini University 34 Richard J. Thompson, PhD., Dean, Natural Sciences and 35 Allied Health, Cabrini University 36 Jennifer Specht, PhD, RN, Director, Nursing Program, 37 Cabrini University 38 Patty DeLucia, Lincoln Technical Institute Practical 39 Nursing Program, Allentown 40

Jennifer Eden, MSN, NC-OB, Director of Nursing, Fortis 41 School of Nursing 42 Lisa Ghiloni, PhD, MSN, RN, Director of New Programs 43 and Training, V&V Management Solutions 44 Jennifer Sporay, RDN-AP, CSO, LDN, CNSC, PA Academy of 45 Nutrition and Dietetics 46 Andrea Melcher, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital School of 47 Nursing Student 48 Ashby Baird, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital School 49 of Nursing Student 50


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3 4 ALSO PRESENT: (Continued) 5 6 Alexa Campbell, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital School of 7 Nursing Student 8 Lauren Breon, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital School of 9 Nursing Student 10 Carisa Kyle, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital School of 11 Nursing Student 12

Taylor Shultz, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital School of 13 Nursing Student 14 Sarah Renninger, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital School 15

of Nursing Student 16 Jordan Schmidt, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital School of 17 Nursing Student 18 Jessie Wagner, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital School of 19 Nursing Student 20 Makayla Reid, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital School of 21 Nursing Student 22 Deann Weaver, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital School of 23 Nursing Student 24 Tonya Cline, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital School of 25 Nursing Student 26

Nikki Renninger, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital School 27 of Nursing Student 28

Billie Jo Wilson, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital School 29 of Nursing Student 30 Logan Faema, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital School 31 of Nursing Student 32 Julie Doyle, EdD, RN, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital 33 School of Nursing Faculty 34 Danielle R. Wert, MSN, RN, CEN, Geisinger Lewistown 35 Hospital School of Nursing Faculty 36 Kimberly Stuck, MSN, RN, NHA, Geisinger Lewistown 37 Hospital School of Nursing Faculty 38 Kathleen Gray, DNP, RN, CRNP, FNP-C, Director, Nurse 39 Practitioner MSN Programs, Moravian College 40

Lori Hoffman, PhD., RN, Associate Professor/Director, 41 MSN Programs, Moravian College 42 Eric Ramsay, Director, Apprenticeship and Training 43 Office, Department of Labor & Industry 44 45

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State Board of Nursing 1

June 6, 2019 2

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The regularly scheduled meeting of the State 4

Board of Nursing was held on Thursday, June 6, 2019. 5

Ann Michele Coughlin, MBA, MSN, RN, Chair, called the 6

meeting to order at 9:09 a.m.] 7

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[Chair Coughlin requested members of the Board and 9

staff introduce themselves as well as visitors in 10

attendance. She welcomed students and professors from 11

the Geisinger Lewistown Hospital School of Nursing.] 12

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[Chair Coughlin advised those in attendance of the 14

emergency evacuation procedures.] 15

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Adoption of the Agenda 17

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 18

We have in front of us the agenda for 19

today’s meeting. Do we have any 20

changes? 21

MS. CLARKE SMITH: 22

I want to add under the Report of 23

Counsel for deliberations. I want to 24

talk about Vimary Rios again during 25


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Executive Session. 1

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 2

I would entertain a motion to adopt the 3

agenda. 4

MR. OWEN: 5

So moved. 6

DR. KMETZ: 7

Second. 8

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 9

All those in favor? Opposed? 10

Abstentions? 11

[The motion carried unanimously.] 12

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Adoption of January 17 and January 18 Minutes 14

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 15

We are going to move to the minutes from 16

the January 17 and January 18 meetings. 17

I would entertain a motion to adopt? 18

MS. HENDRICKS: 19

So moved. 20

MS. LUCHS: 21

Second. 22

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 23


Abstentions? 25


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[The motion carried. Member Owen abstained from 1

voting on the motion for the January 17 minutes. 2

Member Kieselhorst abstained from voting on the motion 3

for the January 17 and January 18 minutes.] 4

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Adoption of March Minutes 6

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 7

We have the March 1 meeting minutes. I 8

would entertain a motion to adopt? 9

MS. HENDRICKS: 10

So moved. 11

MS. MALADY: 12

Second. 13

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 14


Abstentions? 16

[The motion carried. Members Owen and Kieselhorst 17

abstained from voting on the motion.] 18

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Report of Acting Commissioner 20

[Kalonji Johnson, Acting Commissioner, Professional 21

and Occupational Affairs, thanked Board Counsel and 22

Board staff for their hard work. He stated the 23

nursing fee package is scheduled for review by the 24

Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) and 25


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expected to be approved and ready for the next cohort 1

cycle. 2

Acting Commissioner Johnson informed the Board 3

that Representative Hickernell’s bill on endorsement, 4

requiring Boards to review and endorse out-of-state 5

candidates for licensure where there is no record of 6

discipline or conviction was voted out of Committee 7

unanimously and expected to move.] 8

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Report of Prosecutorial Division 10

[Ann Michele Coughlin, MBA, MSN, RN, Chair, noted VRP 11

Consent Agreements, Item No. 2 through Item No. 33.] 12

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[Anthony D. Cox, Jr., Esquire, Board Prosecutor, 14

presented the Consent Agreement for Case No. 19-51-15

001043. 16

Chair Coughlin thanked Mr. Cox for his time with 17

the Board.] 18

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[T’rese Evancho, Esquire, Board Prosecution Liaison, 20

presented the Consent Agreements for Case No. 15-51-21

10037, Case No. 15-51-13269, Case No. 18-51-03403, 22

Case No. 18-51-006133, Case No. 18-51-006422, Case No. 23

18-51-008037, Case No. 18-51-008543, Case No. 18-51-24

011757, Case No. 19-51-000937, and Case Nos. 19-51-25


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002548 & 19-51-002171. 1

Members Hendricks and Kerns recused themselves 2

from the discussion regarding Case No. 18-51-006422 3

and Case No. 19-51-000937. 4

Members Hendricks, Kerns, and Luchs recused 5

themselves from the discussion regarding Case No. 18-6

51-008543 and Case No. 18-51-011757.] 7

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[Alissa Harrison, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, presented 9

the Consent Agreement for Case No. 19-51-003684.] 10

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[Ricky Lewis, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, presented the 12

Consent Agreements for Case No. 18-51-003978 and Case 13

No. 19-51-001027. 14

Chair Coughlin thanked Mr. Lewis for his time 15

spent with the Board and wished him luck.] 16

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[William A. Newport, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, 18


04508, Case No. 16-51-13530, Case No. 17-51-02367, 20

Case No. 18-51-005289, and Case No. 18-51-006577. 21



51-13530. 24

Members Hendricks and Kerns recused themselves 25


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from the discussion regarding Case No. 18-51-005289 1

and Case No. 18-51-006577.] 2

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[David J. Schertz, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, 4


010881 and Case No. 18-51-005923. 6



51-010881.] 9

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[Margaret A. Sheaffer, Esquire, Board Prosecution 11

Liaison, presented the Consent Agreements for Case No. 12

18-51-012132, Case No. 19-51-001080, Case No. 19-51-13

002568, Case No. 19-51-003052, and Case No. 19-51-14

003259. 15



51-012132. 18

Members Hendricks and Luchs recused themselves 19

from the discussion regarding Case No. 19-51-001080.] 20

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[Matthew T. Sniscak, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, 22


02370, Case No. 17-51-05392, and Case No. 17-51-07857. 24

Members Hendricks and Hertzler recused themselves 25


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from the discussion regarding Case No. 17-51-02370. 1

Members Hendricks, Hertzler, and Kerns recused 2


51-05392.] 4

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Regulation Update – Regulations Status Summary 6

[Judith Pachter Schulder, Esquire, Board Counsel, 7

noted nursing education program regulations for 8

discussion. 9

Ms. Pachter Schulder addressed fee regulations 10

awaiting approval by IRRC and then review and approval 11

by the Office of Attorney General that will be 12

published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin this summer if 13

approved. She stated biennial renewal fees will go 14

into effect for those who renew in October, and 15

application fees will go into effect as soon as 16

publication occurs. 17

Ms. Keiser will set up a meeting with the Deputy 18

Commissioner and others to work on a method to ensure 19

those fees are changed. 20

Ms. Pachter Schulder noted nothing to report on 21

child abuse or volunteer health license regulations. 22

Ms. Pachter Schulder stated work on the certified 23

registered nurse practitioner (CRNP) regulation is 24

going out to stakeholders, which will be separated 25


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into two packages. 1

Ms. Pachter Schulder commented that opioid 2

education regulations need to be written.] 3

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Legislative Update – Legislation Affecting 5

Nurses/Nursing 6


mentioned endorsement legislation that Acting 8

Commissioner Johnson spoke about. 9

Ms. Pachter Schulder discussed House Bill 811 10

concerning second chance employment opportunities, 11

where, unless the applicant has a felony or a violent 12

misdemeanor, the applicant’s offense must be 13

substantially related to the applicant’s license. 14

Acting Commissioner Johnson stated the 15

legislative intent is to substantially modify or do 16

away with moral turpitude as a factor in determining 17

suitability in licensure. He mentioned House Bill 194 18

that would require Boards to provide preliminary 19

opinions to determine whether or not that particular 20

criminal history would have an adverse effect on an 21

individual’s suitability for licensure. This Bill 22

would also add a bar for licensure of 5 years for 23

felony violators of the Controlled Substance, Drug, 24

Device and Cosmetic Act. This legislation addresses 25


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the issues raised in the McGrath decision. 1

Ms. Pachter Schulder referred to House Bill 872 2

regarding telemedicine that is in the Insurance 3

Committee. 4

Ms. Pachter Schulder addressed House Bill 1064 5

regarding certified registered nurse anesthetists 6

(CRNA), noting that like the clinical nurse specialist 7

(CNS) provisions in that the Bill does not contain a 8

scope of practice. 9

Ms. Pachter Schulder discussed Senate Bill 25 10

regarding advanced practice registered nurse-certified 11

nurse practitioners (APRNP-CNPs). She mentioned that 12

the Consensus Model does not use the term APRNP-CNP, 13

but in Pennsylvania each of the Consensus Model 14

advanced practice groups are advancing separate 15

legislation. 16

Ms. Pachter Schulder referred to Senate Bill 560 17

regarding adrenal insufficiency medication 18

administered by school nurses or others taught by the 19

school nurse. 20

Ms. Pachter Schulder addressed Senate Bill 655 21

regarding the Nurse Licensure Compact. She mentioned 22

support from the National Council of State Boards of 23

Nursing (NCSBN). There is a similar bill in the 24

Legislature addressing a compact for psychologist 25


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licensure and discipline. She stated the Interstate 1

Medical Licensure Compact was passed by the 2

Legislature, but provisions are on hold awaiting 3

amendments to the background checks language based on 4

information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 5

Ms. Pachter Schulder noted Senate Resolution 96 6

recognizing “Nurses Week” from May 6 through May 12. 7

Ms. Pachter Schulder noted Senate Resolution 107 8

regarding recognition of World War II nurses.] 9

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Report of Board Chair – No Report 11

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Report of Committees – Probable Cause Screening 13

Committee 14

[Suzanne Hendricks, BSBH, RN, LPN, reported that the 15

Committee moved on 15 Petitions for Appropriate 16

Relief, 49 Petitions for Mental and Physical 17

Examinations, and two Petitions for Immediate 18

Temporary Suspension.] 19

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Application Review Committee 21

[Linda L. Kmetz, PhD, RN, noted that the Committee met 22

several times and reviewed many applications.] 23

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Advanced Practice Committee – No Report 25


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[Dietitian-Nutritionist Committee – No Report 2

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IT & Communication Issues Committee 4

[Suzanne Hendricks, BSBH, RN, LPN, reported no IT or 5

communication issues. 6

Ms. Hendricks requested clarification regarding 7

parking issues.] 8

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Report of Board Members Who Attended a Meeting on 10

Behalf of the Board 11

[Linda L. Kmetz, PhD, RN, noted her attendance at the 12

Model Act and Regulations Committee Meeting in 13

Chicago, IL. She commented that the Committee has 14

almost completed revising the Model Act and will 15

present that at Annual Meeting.] 16

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Report of Executive Secretary 18

[Laurette D. Keiser, MSN, RN, Executive Secretary, 19

noted agenda item 71 under New Business regarding the 20

NCSBN Annual Meeting August 21-23 in Chicago, IL. She 21

commented that the Meeting will include committee 22

updates and review of the proposed 2020 NCLEX-PN test 23

plan. 24

Ms. Keiser referred the Board to the Strategic 25


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Initiatives that have been revised from NCSBN and will 1

also be voted upon as well as APRN compact language.] 2

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CHAIR COUGHLIN: 4

I’ll entertain a motion to send up to 5

four people to the 2019 NCSBN Annual 6

Meeting. 7

MS. MALADY: 8

So moved. 9

MR. OWEN: 10

Second. 11

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 12


Abstentions? 14


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Report of Executive Secretary 17

[Laurette D. Keiser, MSN, RN, Executive Secretary, 18

noted item 72 on the agenda under New Business 19

concerning the 2019 Tri-Regulator Symposium September 20

26-27.] 21

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CHAIR COUGHLIN: 23

I’d like to entertain a motion to send 24

at least one person to the 2019 25


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Tri-Regulator Symposium. 1

DR. O’DONNELL: 2

So moved. 3

MR. OWEN: 4

Second. 5

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 6


Abstentions? 8


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Old Business – No Report 11

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New Business – No Report 13

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RN/PN Practice, Education, & Regulation Committee 15

Meeting 16


referred to 16A-5141 regarding nursing education 18

programs. She directed the Board to Paragraph (i)(I) 19

of the definition of controlling institution. The 20

Board discussed generic master’s degrees, where a 21

baccalaureate degree is not granted but the graduate 22

receives an RN and whether “baccalaureate or 23

associate” should be removed in favor of “a degree by 24

the Pennsylvania Department of Education to grant a 25


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degree in professional nursing.” 1

Sue Petula, Ph.D., MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FRE, Nursing 2

Education Advisor, referred to programs in neighboring 3

states, particularly Ohio with three such programs. 4

She mentioned looking for equivalency within the 5

program so it lines up with the qualifications for 6

licensure. 7

Wendy Miller, MSN, RN, Nursing Practice Advisor, 8

explained the difference between programs where the 9

master’s is the entry to professional nursing 10

practice, and others where the student has a 11

bachelor’s degree, spends a year achieving the courses 12

that make them eligible to sit for the licensure exam, 13

and then enters into graduate-level courses for often 14

intensive care nurse practitioners. She stated they 15

are qualified for licensure after they finish that RN 16

equivalency program but do not get a master’s degree 17

until they finish the advanced practice part of it. 18

Ms. Pachter Schulder referred to § 21.917(a)(1) 19

regarding minimum student admission requirements, 20

noting prior discussion of whether the Board wanted to 21

require a minimum amount of instruction in math and 22

physical science with a related lab or equivalent in 23

order to be admitted into the program. 24

Ms. Pachter Schulder also noted prior 25


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discussions, as well as Department of Labor & Industry 1

discussions, where several of the PN programs raised 2

concern for nontraditional students who would not have 3

a lab as part of their high school education or for 4

the current student who might have not had the math or 5

the science. 6

Ms. Pachter Schulder recommended changing “be 7

admitted to” to “commence.” She explained that while 8

a student may be admitted to a program, before they 9

actually begin any coursework for the program, they 10

have to satisfy that related lab or its equivalent. 11

Ms. Pachter Schulder informed the Board that the 12

Deputy Secretary from the Pennsylvania Department of 13

Labor & Industry has offered to speak with the Board 14

about programs that can be available with funding for 15

this kind of remediation. The nursing education 16

program themselves may be able to offer this 17

remediation-type course and avail themselves of the 18

money that Labor & Industry might have for them or it 19

might be through community colleges. 20

Ms. Pachter Schulder questioned whether the Board 21

agrees with the switch from “admitted” to “commence” 22

and should a line be added “that the remediation may 23

occur immediately prior to commencement of the 24

program.” 25


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Ms. Pachter Schulder noted that the addition of 1

the math and science requirement stemmed from 2

discussions with programs on provisional status and 3

statistical information on the relationship between 4

lower admission standards and the lack of math and 5

science and test performance. 6

Ms. Pachter Schulder explained that the course 7

could possibly be offered by the practical nursing 8

program and will be discussed further with L&I at next 9

month’s Board meeting. 10

Janyce L. Collier, MSN, RN, CNE, Nurse 11

Administrator/Financial Aid Administrator, Franklin 12

County Career & Technology Center Practical Nursing 13

Program, noted the importance of being careful with 14

accreditation once prerequisites are required, noting 15

the need to extend clock-hours for the program. Ms. 16

Pachter Schulder noted that the remediation courses 17

would not be included within the 1500 hours or the 18

contents of the courses. 19

Nancy K. Haughton, MNS, RN, Director, Chester 20

County Intermediate Unit Practical Nursing Program, 21

stated the math and science prerequisite would cause a 22

barrier for students, involving more time and costing 23

more money on their part. She also noted concern with 24

the nursing shortage in her region and the rest of the 25


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state. 1

Josie Campbell, RN, BSN, Lancaster County Career 2

& Technology Center, addressed a faculty shortage 3

barrier for their program that has limited their 4

enrollment. She commented that indeed.com has over 5

800 LPN positions open within a 50-mile radius of 6

their program in Lancaster. 7

Alicia B. Lentz, MSN-ED, RN, Practical Nursing 8

Coordinator, Mifflin County Academy of Science & 9

Technology Practical Nursing Program, also noted a 10

faculty issue and will be limiting admissions 11

slightly. She noted the school to be on provisional 12

status related to many issues in addition to admission 13

criteria. 14

Ms. Lentz noted a large percentage of students 15

who would not have been admitted under the new 16

criteria, noting that the majority of students would 17

not have taken the math and sciences courses if they 18

had been a requirement before coming to PN programs. 19

Acting Commissioner Johnson discussed the 20

Keystone Economic Development and Workforce Command 21

Center that Governor Wolf has just instituted. He 22

stated the mission is to bridge the gap between 23

government initiatives and actual programs and trying 24

to match resources to needs. Acting Commissioner 25


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Johnson stated there are federal funds available. He 1

recommended having a discussion with L&I to discuss 2

available resources. 3

Todette Holt, EdD, RN, Nursing Education Advisor, 4

commented that people who come to the PN programs are 5

nontraditional students who are not going to take the 6

more academically rigorous courses, and the 7

requirement will lower the number of students normally 8

admitted if this goes into effect. 9

Maria C. Battista, JD, EdD, Director of Policy 10

and Government Affairs, Pennsylvania Coalition of 11

Nurse Practitioners, addressed the rural area of 12

Clarion County and suggested L&I address funding for 13

students to have transportation, laptops, or handheld 14

devices where they could study from home and still 15

participate. 16

Chair Coughlin noted that the general consensus 17

of the Board was to wait to make a decision about 18

§ 21.917(a)(1) until after the L&I presentation. 19

Ms. Pachter Schulder referred to proposed § 21.933 20

regarding administrator qualifications. She 21

questioned whether the administrator of a program 22

should have current national certification in a 23

specialty. She stated the current requirement is that 24

the administrator must hold certification as a CRNP in 25


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the Commonwealth. At the same time, proposed 1

§ 21.934(b)(2) requires the faculty to hold and 2

maintain current national certification in a specialty 3

being taught when national certification is available. 4

Ms. Wendy Miller noted language in the current 5

regulations for faculty to obtain national 6

certification by a certain date. She stated nurse 7

practitioners who were certified by the state prior to 8

February 2005 were not required to hold national 9

certification. She noted that clinical faculty are 10

required to have it, but it is not in the current 11

language for administrators. She commented that 12

administrators who have been certified in the state 13

prior to that date can have state certification but 14

not national certification. 15

The Board decided to amend §21.933(c)(2) by 16

extending the effective date for five years and 17

excluding CRNPs who got their national certification 18

before that date. 19

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[Kalonji Johnson, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of 21

Professional and Occupational Affairs, exited the 22

meeting at 10:20 a.m.] 23

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Ms. Pachter Schulder addressed faculty 25


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qualifications in proposed §21.934(a)(3) and (b)(3) 1

requiring CRNPs to have expertise in their area of 2

instruction, teach clinical courses, and have a 3

current practice in the areas in which they teach. 4

She noted that is not a requirement for RN or PN 5

programs. She questioned what impact requiring 6

concurrent clinical practice would have on programs. 7

Ms. Haughton stated probably half of all the 8

program instructors would be affected. She commented 9

that over half of the faculty entered the PN program 10

as a nursing instructor with a BSN and allows them to 11

test the waters before they are ready to have that 12

master’s without the requirement. 13

Ms. Collier stated most of her faculty teach in 14

the classroom as well as practice clinically. She 15

commented that their job description prefers a 16

master’s degree but that it is difficult finding 17

people with even a bachelor’s degree. She described 18

this as a catch-22 situation. 19

Wendy Miller stated CRNPs are required to have a 20

clinical practice in order to maintain their national 21

certification. She stated it is more likely for an 22

RN/PN faculty member teaching a clinical course to 23

have feet on the ground at the bedside with the 24

students as opposed to a CRNP faculty member who is 25


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teaching a clinical course that may be available by 1

telecommunication and not necessarily feet on the 2

ground. 3

Dr. O’Donnell discussed barriers, noting that if 4

there is no faculty practice plan for individuals to 5

be able to participate in practice, then it is a 6

problem because a component of practice is required 7

for maintenance of certification as a CRNP. He stated 8

it often depends on external accrediting pieces to 9

determine whether or not someone would have to hold 10

that. He stated that if the Board’s requirement is 11

greater than the accrediting body’s requirement for 12

NPs, it could be a potential problem. 13

Ms. Pachter Schulder addressed proposed 14

§21.934(a)(2) and (b)(1) requiring that all 15

instructors hold at least one graduate degree in 16

nursing or obtain one within five years of appointment 17

for faculty members. 18

Ms. Hendricks preferred not to have the master’s 19

degree as a requirement to be an instructor in an LPN 20

program. She believes that a BSN is sufficient for 21

instructors at LPN programs because the instructor is 22

one educational step higher than the LPN licensure 23

requirement; many are continuing their active practice 24

as well as teaching, and it would not negatively 25


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impact the programs. She referred to the nursing 1

crisis, noting the possibility of further decreasing 2

the number of PNs. 3

Dr. Kmetz noted better outcomes with higher 4

faculty degrees and higher education for students but 5

is concerned that limiting the applicant and faculty 6

pool may cause schools not to be able to maintain any 7

enrollment at all. 8

Dr. O’Donnell stated a bachelor’s degree 9

requirement for instructors with PN programs seems 10

like a reasonable request and avoids more faculty 11

shortages and turning away students and the ability to 12

provide quality education. Because of the potential 13

impact on nursing programs and the nursing faculty 14

shortage, he requested that the Board review the 15

report from the National Council of State Boards of 16

Nursing to see data from a national perspective. 17

The Board decided to have a different minimum 18

education requirement for faculty depending on the 19

program type with the RN programs requiring a graduate 20

degree, PN programs requiring a bachelor’s degree, and 21

CRNPs requiring a doctoral degree. 22

Ms. Pachter Schulder directed the Board to 23

proposed 21.915 regarding minimum standards for 24

programs. She questioned whether the Board desires to 25


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revise previously discussed standards. 1

Ms. Malady commented that NCSBN has been putting 2

out a lot of information on what makes a good nursing 3

program, including admission standards and clinical 4

practice. She noted that it is a balancing act 5

between lowering the standards and hearing that is 6

what makes a good program. 7

Ms. Pachter Schulder noted further discussion on 8

this matter in September. She also informed the Board 9

that Eric Ramsay, Director of Apprenticeships, 10

Department of Labor and Industry, will be briefly 11

addressing the Board and meeting with nursing 12

education programs about nurse apprenticeships later 13

in the meeting.] 14

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[Linda L. Kmetz, PhD, RN, exited the meeting at 16

10:51 a.m. and reentered during recess.] 17

*** 18

The Board recessed from 10:53 p.m. until 11:09 p.m.] 19

*** 20

Appointment – Moravian College Proposal Presentation 21

for a Family/Individual Across the Lifespan CRNP 22

Program – MSN and Post-Master’s Certificate, Adult-23

Gerontology Acute Care CRNP Program – Post-Master’s 24

Certificate, and Adult-Gerontology Primary Care CRNP 25


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Program Post-Master’s Certificate 1

Appointment – Moravian College Proposal Presentation 2

for a Family/Individual Across the Lifespan CRNP 3

Program – MSN and Post-Master’s Certificate, Adult-4

Gerontology Acute Care CRNP Program – Post-Master’s 5

Certificate, and Adult-Gerontology Primary Care CRNP 6

Program Post-Master’s Certificate 7

[Kathleen Gray, DNP, RN, CRNP, FNP-C, Director, Nurse 8

Practitioner MSN Programs, and Lori Hoffman, PhD, RN, 9

Associate Professor and Director, MSN Programs, 10

addressed the Board on behalf of the proposed 11

Program. Dr. Gray noted the proposal for a family 12

nurse practitioner program would complement the 13

existing adult-gerontology primary care CRNP program 14

and train students to take care of patients across the 15

lifespan. She also commented on the demand for post-16

master’s certificates in each of the population 17

specialties to meet the needs of students seeking 18

certification in an additional population specialty in 19

order to take advantage of job opportunities. 20

Dr. Gray remarked on the availability of clinical 21

placements in family practice within the St. Luke’s 22

University Health Network and, if necessary, the 23

Lehigh Valley Health Network. 24


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Dr. Hoffman commented that their primary concern 1

was not being able to hire faculty until the program 2

was approved. 3

Mr. Owen requested clarification regarding the 4

difference between the two budgets entitled “FNP 5

Operating Budget.” 6

Dr. Gray explained that the first budget was only 7

for the FNP program and the second budget included the 8

adult-gerontology CRNP programs. She also clarified 9

that their current CRNP programs had access to 10

excellent library resources, including UpToDate, and 11

the “Library” expense item was for the enhancement of 12

those resources. 13

Dr. Hoffman provided information on financial aid, 14

commenting that students had access to Stafford Loans 15

through the College, and as employees of St. Luke’s 16

and Lehigh Valley Health Networks, most of their 17

students were eligible for tuition discounts and 18

reimbursement. 19

Dr. Gray referenced a starting salary of 20

approximately $95,000 to $99,000 a year for 21

graduates. She also explained how Moravian College 22

reinvested profits from the CRNP programs. 23


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Dr. O’Donnell asked how much community interest 1

has been expressed for the adult-gerontology post-2

master’s certificate options. 3

Dr. Gray stated there has been a lot of interest 4

in the adult-gerontology post-master’s certificates. 5

Because of the overlap in acute and primary care 6

roles, CRNPs want to become certified in both. For 7

example, adult-gerontology primary care CRNPs working 8

as hospitalists want more clinical experience in acute 9

care to augment their primary care focus. 10

Dr. Hoffman discussed simulation and the use of 11

standardized patients employed within the network for 12

different simulation scenarios. 13

Dr. O’Donnell questioned whether the Association 14

of Standardized Patient Educators’ Standards of Best 15

Practice are taken into consideration when integrating 16

standardized patients into simulation experiences. 17

Dr. Gray commented that the Standards of Best 18

Practice are being followed, and a faculty member 19

enrolled in a doctoral program is conducting research 20

on the use of standardized patients. She also noted 21

that the standardized patients are very experienced 22

and work extensively with residents and nurse 23

practitioners.] 24

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Appointment - Cabrini University Proposal Presentation 1

for a Generic Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing 2

Program 3

[Jennifer Specht, PhD, RN, Director, Nursing Program, 4

Cabrini University; Richard J. Thompson, PhD., Dean, 5

Natural Sciences and Allied Health, Cabrini 6

University; and Eric J. Olson, Vice President of 7

Finance and Treasurer, Cabrini University, introduced 8

themselves. 9

Dr. Specht provided an overview of the new 10

Generic Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing Program, 11

consisting of a four-year BSN program, including two 12

years covering the core curriculum of liberal arts and 13

two years almost exclusively of nursing. 14

Dr. Specht stated Main Line Health, Jefferson 15

Health - North East, and Tower Health are willing to 16

let their students come, as well as a myriad of 17

community health organizations. 18

Dr. Specht noted renovation of space within their 19

science building to house a clinical simulation center 20

to include a six-bed skilled lab as well as two 21

low-fidelity simulation programs and two high-fidelity 22

simulation programs. 23

Dr. Specht addressed concerns of being so close 24

to Villanova and other programs, stating that 25


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Villanova has been gracious and does not view Cabrini 1

as a threat. She stated she feels confident and wants 2

to eventually get Commission on Collegiate Nursing 3

Education (CCNE) accreditation. 4

Mr. Olson discussed financial aid options that 5

included Stafford guaranteed student loans, Pell 6

Grants, and Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance 7

Agency (PHEAA). 8

Mr. Olson discussed the budget. He noted that 9

the plan is to stay and reinvest wherever is needed. 10

He mentioned that appropriate facilities, equipment, 11

and resources will be addressed with growth. 12

Ms. Kieselhorst complemented Cabrini on their 13

emphasis on teamwork, noting it to be exciting for all 14

health professionals. 15

Dr. Specht mentioned smaller degree programs at 16

Cabrini related to exercise and nutrition. She noted 17

roundtable discussions where the chief academic 18

officer from Main Line Health System offered a 19

partnership in terms of bringing respiratory 20

therapists, nutritionists, physical therapists, 21

physicians, and nurses together and having a case 22

study to understand each other’s language and work 23

together.] 24

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Miscellaneous 1


noted the request from Connie Corrigan, RN, EdD, CNOR, 3

CST, to serve as interim director of Bucks County 4

Community College Nursing Programs. 5

Ms. Pachter also noted the request of Deborah 6

Christie, BSN, RN, for a faculty extension, both of 7

which will be deliberated on in Executive Session.] 8

*** 9

Nurse Apprenticeship Presentation 10

[Eric Ramsay, Director, Apprenticeship and Training 11

Office, Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, 12

noted that his goal is to increase the number of 13

apprentices in Pennsylvania. He defined 14

apprenticeship as on-the-job training or work-based 15

learning and mentioned clearinghouse-type data that is 16

available to substantiate information to employers. 17

Mr. Ramsay addressed how the apprenticeship model 18

could fit in with licensed health care positions. He 19

stated connecting to an apprenticeship makes 20

organizations a workforce development initiative that 21

allows them to be eligible for workforce development 22

funding. He mentioned PAsmart, a $7 million line item 23

that was put out specifically to go toward 24

apprenticeship initiatives to develop apprenticeships, 25


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pre-apprenticeships, and an ambassador network. 1

Mr. Ramsay discussed funding to support delivery 2

of a program, equipment or supplies, curriculum 3

development, and on-the-job training plans. He stated 4

involvement with a registered apprenticeship program 5

allows you to have funding to do some of the things 6

you are constricted by with your current funding 7

stream. 8

Mr. Ramsay noted the Keystone Economic 9

Development and Workforce Command Center where 10

workforce development and economic development come 11

together to develop the best workforce development 12

system to drive the best economic system in the 13

country. He also mentioned the Department of Labor & 14

Industry, Department of Community and Economic 15

Development, and the Department of State, where 16

conversations were had early on with the Department of 17

State about these health care apprenticeships. 18

Mr. Ramsay noted interest in developing 19

relationships with the Keystone Economic Development 20

and Workforce Command Center, the PA Chamber of 21

Commerce, the Pennsylvania American Federation of 22

Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (PA 23

AFL-CIO), and Team Pennsylvania regarding workforce. 24

Mr. Ramsay commented that the PAsmart initiative 25


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and the Department of Community and Economic 1

Development have money for apprentices to offset 2

tuition cost. He noted local Workforce Development 3

Boards that are supporting apprenticeship initiatives 4

and a federal push for apprenticeships as well, noting 5

that organizations could be tied into those 6

opportunities. 7

Mr. Ramsay discussed pre-apprenticeship 8

opportunities for students who may want to be a nurse 9

in terms of students coming into nursing programs 10

having the appropriate amount of math and sciences. 11

He stated school districts have a part in that as 12

well, so they can absorb some of that funding of those 13

exposure elements.] 14

*** 15

[Pursuant to Section 708(a)(5) of the Sunshine Act, 16

the Board entered into Executive Session with Judith 17

Pachter Schulder, Esquire; Megan E. Castor, Esquire; 18

and Carole Clarke Smith, Esquire, at 12:02 p.m. for 19

the purpose of conducting quasi-judicial deliberations 20

on matters that are pending before the Board. The 21

Board returned to Open Session at 12:58 p.m.] 22

*** 23

MOTIONS 24

MS. PACHTER SCHULDER: 25


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During Executive Session, the Board 1

engaged in quasi-judicial deliberations 2

on the items on the agenda listed under 3

the Report of Prosecutorial Division, 4

Report of Counsel, as well as the four 5

applications that are before the Board; 6

two for program proposals, one for 7

interim director, and one for faculty 8

extension. 9

Board members will identify 10

themselves where the recusals are 11

appropriate. 12

In addition, in Executive Session 13

the Board further discussed the matter 14

of Mr. Rios, and that was previously 15

deliberated upon, so we would not be 16

making a motion there. 17

Is there a motion to adopt all of 18

the VRP Consent Agreements at items 2 19

through 33? 20

DR. O’DONNELL: 21

So moved. 22

MS. HENDRICKS: 23

Second. 24

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 25


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Abstentions? 2


*** 4


Is there a motion to adopt the following 6

Consent Agreements for which there are 7

no recusals: Case No. 19-51-001043, 8

Case No. 15-51-10037, Case No. 15-51-9

13269, Case No. 18-51-03403, Case No. 10

18-51-006133, Case No. 18-51-008037, 11

Case Nos. 19-51-002548 & 19-51-002171, 12

Case No. 19-51-003684, Case No. 18-51-13

003978, Case No. 19-51-001027, Case No. 14

16-51-04508, Case No. 17-51-02367, Case 15

No. 18-51-005923, Case No. 19-51-002568, 16

Case No. 19-51-003259, and Case No. 17-17

51-07857? 18

MS. HENDRICKS: 19

So moved. 20

DR. KMETZ: 21

Second. 22

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 23


Abstentions? 25


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[The motion carried unanimously. The Respondent’s 1

name in Case No. 19-51-001043 is Barbara A. Moreland, 2

RN; Case No. 15-51-10037, Susan M. Major, RN; Case No. 3

15-51-13269, Kim Lee Mansueto, RN; Case No. 18-51-4

03403, Darla Albertson Moore, LPN; Case No. 18-51-5

006133, Jean Kathryn Thibeault, RN; Case No. 18-51-6

008037, Catherine Carey Stepien, RN; Case Nos. 19-51-7

002548 & 19-51-002171, Susan Pauline Raivo, RN; Case 8

No. 19-51-003684, Keesha Corinne Allen, LPN; Case No. 9

18-51-003978, Katlyn Taylor Listopad, RN; Case No. 19-10

51-001027, Donald J. Novicki, RN, LPN; Case No. 16-51-11

04508; ReginaMarie Valentino, RN; Case No. 17-51-12

02367, Ramonita Soto Hammond, LPN; Case No. 18-51-13

005923, Lora Reynolds Allen, RN; Case No. 19-51-14

002568, Courtney Lynn Jones, RN; Case No. 19-51-15

003259, Melinda Mae Douglas, RN; and Case 17-51-07857, 16

Vikki L. Blue, RN aka Vikki Blue Benson, RN.] 17

*** 18



Consent Agreement for which member 21

O’Donnell is recused: Case No. 19-51-22

003052? 23

MR. OWEN: 24

So moved. 25


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MS. HENDRICKS: 1

Second. 2

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 3


Abstentions? 5

[The motion carried. Member O’Donnell recused himself 6

from deliberations and voting on the motion. The 7

Respondent’s name is Anthony Lasica, RN.] 8

*** 9



Consent Agreements for which members 12

Hendricks and Kerns are recused: Case 13

No. 18-51-006422, Case No. 18-51-005289, 14

and Case No. 18-51-006577? 15

MR. OWEN: 16

So moved. 17

DR. O’DONNELL: 18

Second. 19

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 20


Abstentions? 22

[The motion carried. Members Hendricks and Kerns 23

recused themselves from deliberations and voting on 24

the motion. The Respondent’s name in Case No. 18-51-25


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006422 is Katie B. Maringelli, LPN; Case No. 18-51-1

005289, Kristen Haag Whitaker, RN; and Case No. 18-51-2

006577, Kelly Lynn Baxter, RN.] 3

*** 4



Consent Agreements for which members 7

Hendricks, Kerns, and Luchs are recused: 8

Case No. 18-51-008543, Case No. 18-51-9

011757, Case No. 16-51-13530, Case No. 10

17-51-010881, Case No. 18-51-012132? 11

MR. OWEN: 12

So moved. 13

DR. KMETZ: 14

Second. 15

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 16


Abstentions? 18

[The motion carried. Members Hendricks, Kerns, and 19

Luchs recused themselves from deliberations and voting 20

on the motion. The Respondent in Case No. 18-51-21

008543 is Melissa Jean Butcher, RN; Case No. 18-51-22

011757; Tina Michele Cunningham, RN; Case No. 16-51-23

13530, Anna B. Davidowski, LPN; Case No. 17-51-010881, 24

Lauren M. Duryea, LPN; Case No. 18-51-012132, Hailey 25


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Valenica, RN.] 1

*** 2


Is there a motion to adopt the Consent 4

Agreements in Case No. 19-51-000937 and 5

Case No. 19-51-001080 for which members 6

Hendricks and Luchs are recused? 7

DR. O’DONNELL: 8

So moved. 9

DR. KMETZ: 10

Second. 11

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 12


Abstentions? 14

[The motion carried. Members Hendricks and Luchs 15


the motion. The Respondent’s name in Case No. 19-51-17

000937 is Jaclyn Partyka, LPN. The Respondent’s name 18

in Case No. 19-51-001080 is Sharaya Dunson, LPN.] 19

*** 20



Agreement in Case No. 17-51-02370 for 23

which members Hendricks and Hertzler are 24

recused? 25


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MR. OWEN: 1

So moved. 2

MS. LUCHS: 3

Second. 4

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 5


Abstentions? 7

[The motion carried. Members Hendricks and Hertzler 8


the motion. The Respondent’s name is Jacqueline Marie 10

Costy, LPN.] 11

*** 12



Agreement for which members Hendricks, 15

Hertzler, and Kerns are recused, Case 16

No. 17-51-05392? 17

MR. OWEN: 18

So moved. 19

DR. O’DONNELL: 20

Second. 21

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 22


Abstentions? 24

[The motion carried. Members Hendricks, Hertzler, and 25


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Kerns recused themselves from deliberations and voting 1

on the motion. The Respondent’s name is Donna M. 2

Flinn, LPN.] 3

*** 4


Is there a motion to grant the Motion 6

for Judgement on the Pleadings in the 7

matter of Adenlyl Adeche Saiki, LPN, 8

Case No. 16-51-13716? 9

DR. KMETZ: 10

So moved. 11

MS. LUCHS: 12

Second. 13

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 14


Abstentions? 16


*** 18


Is there a motion to authorize counsel 20

to proceed in litigation per your 21

instruction in the matter of Awurasi 22

Baido Apprey, RN, Case No. 15-51-04695? 23

DR. KMETZ: 24

So moved. 25


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DR. O’DONNELL: 1

Second. 2

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 3


Abstentions? 5


*** 7


Is there a Motion to Enter Default and 9

Deem Facts Admitted and to authorize 10

counsel to prepare Adjudications and 11

Orders in the matters of Tammy Josephine 12

Jones, LPN, Case No. 18-51-02466; Laura 13

Jane Kelley, LPN, Case No. 18-51-07209; 14

Terri Diane Murray, RN, Case No. 18-51-15

00808; Gary W. Rankin, LPN, Case No. 17-16

51-10734; James M. Rocanella Jr., RN, 17

Case No. 19-51-01733; Douglas Davies, 18

LPN, Case No. 16-51-12493; Stephanie 19

George, RN, LPN, Case No. 18-51-005497; 20

Connie Hulslander, LPN, Case No. 18-51-21

006236; Susan Ickes, LPN, Case No. 18-22

51-008251; Shannon Sipes, LPN, Case No. 23

16-51-09796; and Gifty Teppeh, RN, Case 24

No. 17-51-02348? 25


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DR. KMETZ: 1

So moved. 2

MS. LUCHS: 3

Second. 4

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 5


Abstentions? 7


*** 9



Deem Facts Admitted and authorize 12

counsel to prepare Adjudications and 13

Orders in the matters of Alexandria 14

Getz, LPN, Case No. 18-51-002865; 15

Melissa Swank, LPN, Case No. 18-51-16

01229; and Nicole Tomich, RN, Case No. 17

17-51-11587, for which members 18

Hendricks, Kerns, and Luchs are recused? 19

MR. OWEN: 20

So moved. 21

DR. KMETZ: 22

Second. 23

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 24



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Abstentions? 1



on the motion.] 4

*** 5



Deem Facts Admitted and authorize 8

counsel to prepare an Adjudication and 9

Order in the matter of Holly Jo Thrush, 10

LPN, Case No. 18-51-00625, for which 11

members Hendricks, Hertzler, and Kerns 12

recused? 13

DR. KMETZ: 14

So moved. 15

DR. O’DONNELL: 16

Second. 17

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 18

All in favor? Opposed? Abstentions? 19



on the motion.] 22

*** 23




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to prepare Adjudications and Orders in 1

the matters of Justine Marie 2

Kirkpatrick, LPN, Case No. 17-51-02320; 3

Rasheem Mosley, RN, Case No. 17-51-4

01015; and Margaret Webster, RN, Case 5

No. 17-51-13265? 6

DR. KMETZ: 7

So moved. 8

MR. OWEN: 9

Second. 10

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 11


Abstentions? 13


*** 15



to prepare an Adjudication and Order in 18

the matter of Lisa M. Doffin, LPN, Case 19

No. 17-51-10470, for which members 20

Hendricks and Luchs recused? 21

DR. KMETZ: 22

So moved. 23

MR. OWEN: 24

Second. 25


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CHAIR COUGHLIN: 1


Abstentions? 3

[The motion carried. Members Hendricks and Luchs 4


the motion.] 6

*** 7


Is there motion to authorize counsel to 9

prepare an Adjudication and Order in the 10

matter of Ruth Williams, RN, Case No. 11

18-51-004687, for which members 12

Hendricks, Kerns, and Luchs are recused? 13

DR. O’DONNELL: 14

So moved. 15

DR. KMETZ: 16

Second. 17

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 18


Abstentions? 20



on the motion.] 23

*** 24



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Is there a motion to adopt the Hearing 1

Examiner’s Proposals in the matters of 2

Shannon McGrath, RN, Case No. 18-51-3

011391; Brooke Lynn Rosenthal, LPN, Case 4

No. 18-51-010475; Victoria Agbakey, LPN, 5

Case No. 17-51-03953; Thomas Dincher, 6

RN, Case No. 16-51-04585; and Bonnie 7

Gardner, RN, Case No. 19-51-000282? 8

MR. OWEN: 9

So moved. 10

DR. KMETZ: 11

Second. 12

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 13


Abstentions? 15


*** 17



Examiner’s Proposal and substitute a 20

Board Order in the matter of Michelle 21

Calorio, RN, Case No. 17-51-04837, for 22

which members Hendricks and Hertzler are 23

recused? 24

MR. OWEN: 25


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So moved. 1

DR. KMETZ: 2

Second. 3

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 4


Abstentions? 6

[The motion carried. Members Hendricks and Hertzler 7


the motion.] 9

*** 10



Examiner’s Proposal and substitute a 13

Board Order in the matter of Darlita 14

Stephens, LPN, Case No. 18-51-005327? 15

DR. KMETZ: 16

So moved. 17

DR. O’DONNELL: 18

Second. 19

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 20


Abstentions? 22


*** 24



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Examiner’s Proposal in the matter of 2

Keith Schmocker, RN, Case No. 16-51-3

10330, for which member Kmetz is 4

recused? 5

DR. O’DONNELL: 6

So moved. 7

MS. HENDRICKS: 8

Second. 9

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 10


Abstentions? 12

[The motion carried. Member Kmetz recused herself 13

from deliberations and voting on the motion.] 14

*** 15



Draft Adjudications and Orders: 18

Jonathan McGrath, LPN, Case No. 15-51-19

07503; Margaret Jane Lutz, RN, Case No. 20

16-51-14981; Susan Laura Lutz, LPN, Case 21

No. 14-51-08428; Katelynn Suzanne 22

Larson, LPN, Case No. 18-51-00615; and 23

Sharon Holmes, RN, Case No. 18-51-00673? 24

MR. OWEN: 25


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So moved. 1

MS. HENDRICKS: 2

Second. 3

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 4


Abstentions? 6


*** 8


Is there a motion to adopt the Draft 10

Adjudications and Orders in the matters 11

of Jessica Lynn Maring, LPN, Case No. 12

17-51-06269; Rachel Ann King, LPN, Case 13

No. 18-51-005251, for which members 14

Hendricks and Kerns are recused? 15

DR. KMETZ: 16

So moved. 17

MS. LUCHS: 18

Second. 19

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 20


Abstentions? 22

[The motion carried. Members Hendricks and Kerns 23


the motion.] 25


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Adjudications and Orders in the matters 4

of Kelly J. Peterson, RN, Case No. 18-5

51-02746; William Jacob Lurwick Jr., RN, 6

Case No. 17-51-04667; and Michelle Ann 7

Rodriguez, LPN, Case No. 17-51-08953, 8

for which members Hendricks, Kerns, and 9

Luchs are recused? 10

MR. OWEN: 11

So moved. 12

DR. O’DONNELL: 13

Second. 14

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 15


Abstentions? 17



on the motion.] 20

*** 21



Adjudication and Order for Jeffrey W. 24

Judson, RN, Case No. 18-51-00005, for 25


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which members Hendricks, Hertzler, and 1

Kerns are recused? 2

DR. KMETZ: 3

So moved. 4

DR. O’DONNELL: 5

Second. 6

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 7


Abstentions? 9



on the motion.] 12

*** 13



Adjudication and Order in the matter of 16

Carrie Nicole Counterman, LPN, Case No. 17

15-51-05183, for which member Hendricks 18

is recused? 19

DR. KMETZ: 20

So moved. 21

MR. OWEN: 22

Second. 23

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 24



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Abstentions? 1

[The motion carried. Member Hendricks recused herself 2

from deliberations and voting on the motion.] 3

*** 4


Is there a motion to approve Moravian 6

College’s proposal for a 7

Family/Individual Across the Lifespan 8

CRNP Program for MSN and Post-Master’s 9

Certificate, Adult-Gerontology Acute 10

Care CRNP Program Post-Master’s 11

Certificate, and Adult-Gerontology 12

Primary Care CRNP Program Post-Master’s 13

Certificate? 14

MR. OWEN: 15

So moved. 16

MS. HENDRICKS: 17

Second. 18

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 19


Abstentions? 21


*** 23


Is there a motion to approve the 25


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proposal from Cabrini University for a 1

Generic Bachelor of Science Degree in 2

Nursing? 3

MR. OWEN: 4

So moved. 5

MS. HENDRICKS: 6

Second. 7

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 8


Abstentions? 10


*** 12


Is there a motion to grant the request 14

for appointment of Dr. Connie Corrigan 15

to serve as interim director of Bucks 16

County Community College Nursing 17

Programs? 18

MS. HENDRICKS: 19

So moved. 20

DR. KMETZ: 21

Second. 22

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 23


Abstentions? 25


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*** 2


Is there a motion to approve the request 4

of Deborah Christie, BSN, RN, for a 5

faculty extension? 6

MS. HENDRICKS: 7

So moved. 8

DR. O’DONNELL: 9

Second. 10

CHAIR COUGHLIN: 11


Abstentions? 13


*** 15

[Linda L. Kmetz, Ph.D., RN, requested an addition to 16

the July agenda under Old Business to resolve language 17

discussed by Ms. Simpson.] 18

*** 19

Adjournment 20

[There being no further business, the State Board of 21

Nursing Meeting adjourned at 1:13 p.m.] 22

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minutes of the State Board of Nursing meeting, was 6

reduced to writing by me or under my supervision, and 7

that the minutes accurately summarize the substance of 8

the State Board of Nursing meeting. 9

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Minute Clerk 14

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STATE BOARD OF NURSING 1 REFERENCE INDEX 2

3 June 6, 2019 4

5 TIME AGENDA 6 7 9:09 Official Call to Order 8 9 9:10 Introduction of Board Members/Audience 10 11 9:12 Approval of Minutes 12

13 9:15 Report of Acting Commissioner 14 15 9:17 Report of Prosecutorial Division 16 17 9:25 Regulation Update 18 19 9:27 Legislative Update 20 21 9:33 Report of Board Chair 22 23 9:34 Report of Committees 24 25 9:37 Report of Executive Secretary 26

27 9:40 Committee Meetings 28 29 10:53 Recess 30 11:09 Return to Open Session 31 32 11:09 Appointment – Moravian College Proposal 33 Presentation 34 35 11:24 Appointment – Cabrini University 36 Proposal Presentation 37 38 11:45 Miscellaneous 39 40

11:49 Pennsylvania Department of Labor 41 & Industry Presentation 42 43 12:02 Executive Session 44 12:58 Return to Open Session 45 46 12:58 Motions 47 48 1:13 Adjournment 49 50

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