President Riza Mauricio

"Create and Transform, the Vision of our president for 2010 to 2011"

Dear Colleagues, Friends, and Family,

Greetings!

     I am fortunate to follow the footsteps of the past presidents who have made PNAMH a productive professional organization for three decades. This organization has consistently advocated for the Filipino nurses and the Filipino-American community. Indeed, we have etched a positive image of the Filipino nurses responsive, dedicated, competent, and caring.  However, we cannot be complacent with our success. We cannot be content with the status quo because it appears to be working. The explosion of technological advances, increasing awareness of global health disparity, growing nursing shortage, health care crisis and many more; can affect our nursing profession. We must have a vision for the future. A vision we can call our preferred future. We must have a clear picture of our destination before we can draw a map to get there. Let’s create our preferred future.  CREATE and TRANSFORM, will be our guiding themes as we advance ourselves to be a prime professional organization. I am focused and committed in leading our organization to greater heights as we face the challenges of the 21^st century. We will create programs that are in congruence with the mission and vision of PNAA; programs that will:

• Manage our organizational resources through the use of technology.
•  Develop sustainable health outreach programs based on the goals of Healthy People 2020 through partnership with community leaders.
•  Advocate and implement health promotion and disease prevention initiatives that will improve the health of our Filipino - American community, emphasizing the quality of life and the quality of care based on evidence/research.
• Increase chapter membership so that our voices can be bigger and louder as we position ourselves for an active role in our professional policy discussions and decision-making.
•   Enhance education programs among nurses and improve communication with members through the use of technological advancements.
•  Develop and mentor emerging nursing leaders that will guide us to our preferred future.

We have to work together as a team, focused and committed to transform our organization for the future. We have made a difference in the last 30 years, are you with us for another 30?

Sincerely,

Riza Viacrucis Mauricio, MSN, RN, CCRN, CPNP-AC