WEBVTT 00:00:04.110 --> 00:00:07.557 position:50% align:middle - [Announcer] 2020 Exceptional Contribution Award. 00:00:09.790 --> 00:00:16.940 position:50% align:middle Mary Baroni is known as an extraordinarily gifted nursing clinician, educator, researcher, and leader. 00:00:16.940 --> 00:00:24.050 position:50% align:middle The 35-year legacy of significant contributions to the nursing profession, she was appointed to the Washington 00:00:24.050 --> 00:00:31.390 position:50% align:middle State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission in 2013 and currently holds the position of vice chair. 00:00:31.390 --> 00:00:35.490 position:50% align:middle Since her appointment, she has also served as the chair of the Nursing Program 00:00:35.490 --> 00:00:40.390 position:50% align:middle Approval Panel as well as a member of other committees and panels. 00:00:40.390 --> 00:00:47.640 position:50% align:middle Mary served in numerous capacities with NCSBN's Institute for Regulatory Excellence or IRE, 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:53.180 position:50% align:middle including as chair of the committee overseeing the institute, she was instrumental in selecting and 00:00:53.180 --> 00:00:57.290 position:50% align:middle mentoring fellows to be leaders in evidence-based nursing regulation. 00:00:57.290 --> 00:01:02.720 position:50% align:middle She also performed ongoing reviews and approvals of project proposals. 00:01:02.720 --> 00:01:07.610 position:50% align:middle Following her term as IRE chair, she was asked to participate in the advisory group 00:01:07.610 --> 00:01:14.270 position:50% align:middle for the International Center for Regulatory Scholarship and still serves in that capacity. 00:01:14.270 --> 00:01:19.600 position:50% align:middle Among her many accomplishments at the state level, she was the co-leader responsible for establishing a 00:01:19.600 --> 00:01:26.950 position:50% align:middle groundbreaking state-wide direct transfer agreement and educational pathway to assure seamless progression 00:01:26.950 --> 00:01:30.820 position:50% align:middle from ADN to BSN completion. 00:01:30.820 --> 00:01:36.500 position:50% align:middle For her consistent demonstration of regulatory excellence and support of NCSBN's mission, 00:01:36.500 --> 00:01:41.168 position:50% align:middle Mary was presented with the Exceptional Contribution Award in 2020. 00:01:43.654 --> 00:01:47.470 position:50% align:middle - [Mary] Good afternoon and greetings from Seattle, Washington. 00:01:47.470 --> 00:01:52.320 position:50% align:middle It's been my honor to have served as a member of the Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance 00:01:52.320 --> 00:01:54.420 position:50% align:middle Commission since 2013. 00:01:54.420 --> 00:01:59.660 position:50% align:middle And this summer, my second full four-year term will come to an end. 00:01:59.660 --> 00:02:05.540 position:50% align:middle While I will continue to serve in a pro-time capacity, including ongoing participation with the ICRS 00:02:05.540 --> 00:02:10.550 position:50% align:middle Advisory Panel, one chapter is closing while another unfolds. 00:02:10.550 --> 00:02:17.130 position:50% align:middle To be nominated for this Exceptional Contribution Award by Washington colleagues and then selected by NCSBN 00:02:17.130 --> 00:02:23.790 position:50% align:middle Awards Committee for this recognition is both a moving and a humbling experience for me. 00:02:23.790 --> 00:02:31.214 position:50% align:middle I feel incredibly proud to be one of several Washington recipients of awards from NCSBN beginning in 2013 when 00:02:31.214 --> 00:02:37.533 position:50% align:middle Dr. Susan Woods received the same award and then served as my mentor as I began my own journey 00:02:37.533 --> 00:02:40.410 position:50% align:middle into nursing regulation. 00:02:40.410 --> 00:02:46.040 position:50% align:middle We were elated in 2015 when Washington State reserved the Regulatory Achievement Award, 00:02:46.040 --> 00:02:53.020 position:50% align:middle and I follow in the footsteps of other esteemed Washington colleagues who have been similarly honored. 00:02:53.020 --> 00:03:01.860 position:50% align:middle These include Rhonda Taylor, Mindy Schaffner, Catherine Woodard, Lois Hoell, and Suellyn Masek. 00:03:01.860 --> 00:03:04.790 position:50% align:middle I've had some incredible role models along the way. 00:03:04.790 --> 00:03:09.379 position:50% align:middle And to my colleagues who are continuing to serve, I hope that I've provided you some of the same. 00:03:10.066 --> 00:03:16.980 position:50% align:middle In 2015, I began serving on the Institute for Regulatory Excellence Committee first as a member and 00:03:16.980 --> 00:03:18.930 position:50% align:middle then its chair. 00:03:18.930 --> 00:03:25.640 position:50% align:middle In 2018, '19, a new approach to supporting leadership development and regulatory excellence was emerging. 00:03:25.640 --> 00:03:29.440 position:50% align:middle And this is now known as the ICRS. 00:03:29.440 --> 00:03:35.620 position:50% align:middle The IRE committee was charged with phasing out and expediting the usual three-year pathway for the 00:03:35.620 --> 00:03:39.760 position:50% align:middle remaining fellows until approximately 12 months. 00:03:39.760 --> 00:03:44.658 position:50% align:middle The collaborative effort it took to accelerate this pathway was exceptional and could not have been 00:03:44.658 --> 00:03:50.870 position:50% align:middle realized without the remarkable efforts of my fellow IRE committee members with whom I share credit 00:03:50.870 --> 00:03:51.697 position:50% align:middle for this award. 00:03:51.697 --> 00:04:00.430 position:50% align:middle These include Dr. Natalie Baker, Alabama board member, Dr. Cynthia Bienemy, former Louisiana board member, 00:04:00.430 --> 00:04:06.370 position:50% align:middle Dr. Christine Penney, British Columbia College of Nursing and Midwives, 00:04:06.370 --> 00:04:13.510 position:50% align:middle Dr. Sue Petula, former nursing education advisor with Pennsylvania board, Dr. Susan VanBeuge, 00:04:13.510 --> 00:04:18.220 position:50% align:middle Nevada board member and current president, Dr. Patricia Sharpnack, 00:04:18.220 --> 00:04:22.450 position:50% align:middle Ohio board member and past president, and Dr. Pam Zickafoose, 00:04:22.450 --> 00:04:25.800 position:50% align:middle Delaware board executive director. 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:30.800 position:50% align:middle I am honored by this award and reminded that we are all part of something much larger and more important 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:37.830 position:50% align:middle than any one of us and that exceptional contributions most often occur when we share in a common good faith 00:04:37.830 --> 00:04:38.989 position:50% align:middle and a collaborative spirit. 00:04:40.015 --> 00:04:46.210 position:50% align:middle And to that end, I share this honor with my Washington colleagues both past and present as well as with the 00:04:46.210 --> 00:04:50.200 position:50% align:middle most amazing final IRE committee that could ever be imagined. 00:04:50.694 --> 00:04:51.600 position:50% align:middle Thank you so much.