The GI Kaleidoscope 2013 was held in

Brooklyn Park, MN on October 11th-13th at

the Minneapolis Marriot Northwest. There

were over 250 attendees.

Our Friday evening event sponsored by

Cook Endoscopy & EndoChoice was well

attended. Food and beverages were provided as

well as educational offerings. ERCP Solutions: Nursing Considerations sponsored by Cook Endoscopy . Gastrointestinal Endoscope Reprocessing (Video Presentation) sponsored by EndoChoice.

Saturday speakers

were: Dr. David Feldshon, “Chronic Decompensated Liver Disease”

Dr. Peter Dahlberg, “Minimally

Invasive Surgery for Achalasia”

GI KALEIDOSCOPE 2013 Held in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

MN SGNA NEWS

GI KALEIDOSCOPE 2013 Held

in Brooklyn Park, MN

Meet your 20 13 Board

Members & Fall Conference

Planning Committee.

Message from MnSGNA

President

Election of New Board

Members.

MN SGNA

NEWSLETTER

December 2013

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Eva Paczkowski, RN President-Elect Regional Course

Coordinator Eva was in charge of

organizing our fall conference. That work

began in January 2013.

Dr. April Grudell, “Functional Bowel”

Dr. Sayeed Ikramuddin, “Bariatric Surgery Overview: Outcomes & Complications”

Dr. Scot Hutton, “Diarrhea, Small Bowel Overgrowth”

Dr. Isaac Felemovicius, “Colon Surgical Resection

Interventions”

Dr. Jake Matlock

“ERCP Biliary Interventions /

Complications”

Dr. Nice Toriz “Hemorrhoids”

Thank you to

the sponsors for

this event.

MnSGNA

sponsored a food

drive for a local

food shelf.

Tastefully Simple

donated their

profits from sales

at the fall

conference which

will be given to Pancreatic Cancer

Action Network .

Sunday speakers were:

Dr. Donald Zogg, “Fatty Liver Syndrome”

Dr. David

Stolpman, “Bowel Preparation”

Dr. Kirk

Wilson,

“Medical Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease”

Dr. Jeffrey Rank,

“Future of GI in the Affordable Care Act world”

Nurses attending this conference had the

opportunity to earn 12 Contact Hours

with 2 optional nursing contact hours (12

Hours were GI Specific).

GI KALEIDOSCOPE 2013 (continued) Many vendors came to our

conference to show us the

latest GI products.

We want to say a special thank

you to the following vendors

who gave financially to support

this annual MnSGNA education-

al event:

Aptalis Pharma US; Boston

Scientific; Cook Medical; Crohns

& Colitis Foundation of America;

Colon Cancer Alliance;

ConMed; Custom Ultrasonics,

Beale Company & DuraZyme;

Endo Choice; ERBE; Ferring;

Forest Pharmaceuticals; Genii;

Gilead Sciences; Janssen

Biotech; Janssen Specialty

Hepatitis Immunology;

MaxMed; Medivators; Merit

Medical Endotek; Olympus;

Pancreatic Cancer Action

Network; Prometheus; Provation;

Ruhof; Scanlon; Surgical Repair;

Salix; Surgical Concepts/

Cygnus; Takeda; Santarus; US

Endoscopy.

Vendors

JaNelle Dexheimer, Cathy Fiebiger

& Carol Ponsolle from Minnesota

Gastroenterology gave the oral

poster presentation they

presented at Nationals.

“Process Improvement Initiatives

to Decrease Abdominal Pressure

Application Injuries During

Colonoscopy”.

Minneapolis Marriott Northwest

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GI KALEIDOSCOPE 2013 (continued)

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Some of the Gift Basket & Prize Winners

Thank you to the Endo Centers & Vendors for the

wonderful prizes and baskets.

Thank you to all the MnSGNA Board & Planning Committee members for their hard work

behind the scenes. Without out these volunteers there would be no conference!!

Have you ever wondered

how these conferences

come together?

The MnSGNA Board

Members & Volunteer

Planning Committee

members get together

monthly starting early in

the year to begin the

process.

If you would like to

become more involved,

contact any board

member by e-mail.

E-mail addresses can be

found on the website.

www.mnsgna.com or

www.mnsgna.org or

Facebook—MnSGNA

We can answer any

questions & would

welcome your

involvement. Becoming a

Planning Committee

Member is an easy way to

gently begin & is an

opportunity to make

friends with a great group

of GI nurses.

MnSGNA 2013 Fall Conference Board Members & Planning Committee

Debra Kjeldahl RN, BS, CGRN

Treasurer

Fairview Ambulatory Surgery

Endoscopy Center –Maple Grove

Laura Danner RN

Director at Large North Memorial Medical Center

Susan Clark RN, CGRN

Director at Large

Allina Mercy

Hospital

Carl Schmidt RN, BSN, MPH

Director at Large Park Nicollet Clinic

Eva Paczkowski

President-Elect

Fall Course Coordinator

MNGI

Kathleen Arnell RN, CGRN

Secretary

Hennepin County Medical

Center

Planning Committee:

Karin Cierzan, RN Geri Nelson, RN Joanne Reinhart, RN

Jill Bendiske-Minor RN,BA,CGRN

Past-President

North Memorial Medical Center

Sharon Yorde RN,BSN,CGRN

President

Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital

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Free One Year

Renewal SGNA

Membership:

Carol

Dirkswager

Park Nicollet

Free Tuition

Fall

Conference:

2014

Krista Dunn

Free Tuition

Fall

Conference

2014

Bonnie

Brandon

SGNA Annual

Course 2014

Grand Prize

Certificate

Molly Winkels

MNGI

Free New

SGNA

Membership:

Holly Zelenak

2013

MnSGNA

Member Fall

Conference

Prize

Winners

One of the great benefits of MnSGNA Membership is

eligibility for prizes such as these won by members at

our fall conference. If you have thought about joining

go to the SGNA website for details.

www.sgna.org/MemberCenter/HowtoJoin.aspx

Free New

SGNA

Membership:

Renata Miller

Free Tuition

Fundamentals

Spring

Conference

2014

Nancy Stricherz

Park Nicollet

SGNA Annual

Course 2014

Grand Prize

Certificate

Donna Wamstad

Regions

Congratulations to our newest MnSGNA members who joined

during the fall conference!

GI KALEIDOSCOPE 2012 - Continued

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There were opportunities to meet other endoscopy nurses from all over the Upper Midwest. On Saturday evening several attendees headed to The Arbor Lakes shopping and dining

area in Maple Grove, MN.

, CGRN

Newly Elected

MnSGNA Board

Members

For 2014

Jill Bendiske-Minor

RN,BA,CGRN

President-Elect

North Memorial Medical

Center

Karin Cierzan, RN, CGRN Director at Large MNGI

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Upcoming Events

certified in nursing or to

re-certify. Please refer to our

website, MNSGNA for all the

scholarships we have to

offer.

Our MNSGNA website

continues to be a strong

communication tool for area

GI nurses. I have had emails

or have been approached

personally by nurses wanting

more information in the GI

There is excitement in the

air!

Yes, I am feeling some

excitement not only with the

holidays coming but within

the MNSGNA community of

nurses also. We had

wonderful attendance at

our fall conference. Around

250 nurses attended.

There were also a record

number of nurses, new &

experienced in GI,

becoming members &

Message from MN

SGNA President

Sharon Yorde

Please join us for the 2014 Twin

Cities Get Your Rear in Gear 5K

Run/Walk.

Date: Sunday, May 18

Registration: 7 a.m.

Opening Ceremony: 8 a.m.

Kids Fun Run: 8:30 a.m.

5K Timed Run: 9 a.m.

5k Walk: 9:05 a.m.

Closing Ceremony: 10:30 a.m.

Location: Southdale Center,

Edina

www.getyourrearingear.com

getting more involved with our

region. That was so exciting

to see. I think we had over

15 nurses sign up to become

volunteers or potentially run

for a board position next year.

There was a buzz within

groups of nurses, talking

about going to the SGNA

annual course in Nashville

next May. What was

everyone drinking that day?

No just kidding! I love to see

the desire of nurses, wanting

to learn more, help out more

and grow professionally by

becoming active in SGNA.

The MNSGNA board will work

on accommodating as many

nurses as we can, who are

interested in attending future

SGNA Annual Courses &

MNSGNA Fall Conferences.

We will also assist those

nurses wanting to become

Save the Date MnSGNA Fall

Conference 2014 October 10-12th

Arrowwood Resort &

Conference Center

Alexandria, Minnesota

Thank you to

all those

nurses who

made

themselves

available for

these

positions.

Location: Harriet Island

Date: June 1, 2014

Check-in and Festival Start: 4:00 PM

Walk Start: 5:00 PM

www.cctakesteps.org

field. I encourage all of

you as GI nurses, to use

the websites; sgna.org &

mnsgna.org in seeking

answers about your ques-

tions or concerns within

the GI nursing practice.

Also, next year we hope to

make more improvements

to the website. Ideas in the

works include a calendar

of events, and registration

on-line & more.

2013 has been a wonder-

ful year in MNSGNA. I am

very proud to be a part of a

professional group of

nurses on the board. This

group has worked very

hard giving our region the

best possible education we

can offer. Happy Holidays

to all. Sharon Yorde

MNSGNA President