who is NOT a Massage

Therapist but provides vari-ous forms of Touch Therapies

to clients and/or patients.

Annual Fee: $50

International Membership open to any Nurse Massage

Therapist from the Interna-tional community. Annual Fee:

$50

Military Membership open

to any active duty RN, LPN, LVN meeting the criteria of

any NANMT membership category with required docu-mentation. Fee is 30% dis-

count the selected member-

ship category.

4. Changes to the current cate-

gories:

Active Category Member-

ship Renewal

Send in your renewal fee before December 31, 2012 and re-

ceived 10% discount off the usual $100.00. (Applicable to

Active Category only)

Bundle membership for 2 years

@ $175.00 a $25 savings

Bundle membership for 3 years @ $250.00 a $50 savings

Active Category Member-

ship: Initial Application Fee $100.00 if joining between Janu-

ary 1 and June 30th $ 50.00 if joining between July 1

and December 31st (Pro-rated fee applies only to the first year

of membership)

Bundled Fees applicable only

between January 1 and January

31st Bundle membership for 2 years

@ $175 ($25 savings)

(Continued on page 4)

When the current Board mem-

bers came into office in January, one of its charges was to review

and evaluate almost every com-ponent of the Association’s

activities. By now, you have received information to review

and make recommendations on the proposed changes for the

Standards of Care for the Nurse Massage Therapists.

If you haven’t, please access the website (www.nanmt.org), and

by using the Active membership password given to you in a re-

cent e-mail, access that page and add your comments so that we

can finalize the document and send it out for review and vote

by NANMT’s Active Category members.

Membership Renewal

By now, you may have received

your NANMT renewal invoices. I urge you to renew as our

voice as an Association as well as our Specialty as Nurse Mas-

sage Therapists are becoming stronger each day. This is sub-

stantiated by the increased num-ber of phone calls and emails

asking a variety of questions regarding NANMT. Some ques-

tions are giving birth to possible new services not currently of-

fered by any other Nursing Association. I will keep you

updated as NANMT moves ahead with potential program-

ming and services. As potential projects become reality, the

Board will be asking for your expertise depending on the

project, the amount of involve-ment, and whatever else is

needed to actively help take an idea from the drawing board to

fruition.

In keeping with the Board

Charge of Review, Evaluate and Implement, both the previous

initial and renewal membership processes were evaluated and

significant changes have oc-

curred.

Some of the changes resulted from my attendance at the

Leadership Conference in Louis-ville and others from the crea-

tive brainstorming sessions. The following changes are being

implemented now as well as in

January of 2013:

1. The renewal time frame for

any membership category has changed. It is now January 1 through January 31st. The 3

month grace period is no longer

an option.

2. NANMT will no longer re-

quire or ask for a copy of your Nursing Licensure. This is al-

ready a Public Record. If there is a concern, the staff will access

the State in which you have identified. We ask only for the

State in which you practice Nursing as well as Massage.

As fellow professionals, we respect your honesty and integ-

rity to abide by the laws of your State in which you practice.

Therefore, the responsibility of adhering to the State Statutes of

both Nursing and Massage Therapy, as identified within

your State, is now on your shoulders.

3. New Categories have been

added:

Associate Membership

open to any RN, LPN, LVN

From the Desk of the President

Inside this issue:

Personal Website 2 NANMT Executive Director Named

2

Social Networking—NANMT Style

3

AHNA Magazine Fo-cuses on Veterans

4

AMTA 2012 Convention

5

2012

Volume 11, Issue 4

Headquarters

PO Box 232 West Milton, OH 45383

855-366-2668

937-698-4128

Fax: 937-698-6153 info@nanmt.org

NANMT Board

Members

Judy Dean, President

jldrnc@comcast.net

Andy Bernay-Roman, Treasurer & Founding

Member

andy@deepfeeling.com

Cheryl Chapman, Director

touch2rn@aol.com

Shawn Hicks, Exec Dir shicks@longmgt.com

Has anybody ever said to you,

“Why Should I Receive a Mas-sage Today?” A member sub-

mitted theses top 10 reasons:

# 10 - Relieve Pain

# 9 - Reduce Stress

# 8 - Recover Fast from Injury

or Illness

# 7 - Prevent Future Injury or

Illness

# 6 - Be Successful

# 5 - Have More Fun

# 4 - Be All that You Can Be

# 3 - Relax and Enjoy

# 2 - Dare to Live Life to the

Fullest

# 1 - Give Yourself What You

Deserve and Need

Frequently Asked Questions

Page 2 NANMT NEWS

AMTA National Convention 2013

Early Bird Registration Fee

of $375.00. this special runs from October 4th through

November 1st. Be the first to

2013 AMTA National Con-

vention will be held on Septem-ber 25-28 in Fort Worth,

Texas. Take advantage of the

sign up for yet to be identified

classes. Contact AMTA at www.amtamassage.org for

additional information.

your name, contact phone

Number, a JPG head shot of yourself no larger than 5 MB,

your specialties and services, your rates, availability, any links

to your other websites and how long been in practice. Also

include professional accom-

plishments you wish to share.

NANMT announces another

FREE service for its Active & Senior Category members……

your own website within NANMT’s website. NANMT

will design, host and maintain your webpage for you. This

FREE web page will display your professional profile, your writ-

ten info about your services

and will be linked NANMT’s Community Accessed Referral

Directory and allows potential clients read about your ser-

vices.

Interested? Send NANMT an

e-mail with the following info:

Personal Website

Shawn Hicks has been ap-

pointed as the Executive Direc-tor of The National Association

of Nurse Massage Therapists. Shawn has been with Long &

Associates, an association man-agement firm for the past 8

years.

Shawn brings extensive experi-

ence to the Board, lives in Piqua, Ohio with his wife Elisha,

and their four children: Bren-

nan (14), Aidan (12), Evan (11), and Chasity(11). Some of his

favorite pastimes are watching college football, playing with his

kids, and spending quality time

with his wife.

The Board looks forward to a productive association with

Shawn as he takes on this new

role. Welcome, Shawn!

NANMT Executive Director Named

Page 3 Volume 11, Issue 4

new

mem

bers

Welcome to All Members

NEW MEMBERS

ACTIVE Members

Sheryl Ward, RN LMT, NCTMB, Carolina Beach, NC

ASSOCIATE Members

Lisa Fredrickson, RN MS, Santa Rosa, CA

SENIOR/RETIRED Members Betty McKisson, RN CRNP LMT RMT, Clarion, PA

ASSOCIATE Members

Betty McKisson, RN CRNP LMT RMT, Clarion, PA

SUPPORTING Member Lisa Romano, RN LMT, Clearwater, FL

STUDENT Members

Deborah Flynn Burdick BSN RN, Akron, OH

RETURNING MEMBERS

Jacquelyn Elder, RN LMT, Crayville, NY

Gail Kozlowski, LPN CMT LMT NCTMB, Scranton,

PA

Deborah R. Myers, RN LMT, Severna Park, MD Katharine F. Vallario, RN NCTMB CMT, Bernardsville,

NJ

Sandra K. Vinyard, RN LMT, Cheyenne, WY

Mary Grimme-Epps, RN CMT, Deforest, WI Mary Hutton, LMT NCTMB, Kennesaw, GA

If you want to contact one of these new members, please visit the member public referral section or the

member section. If you would like a listing mailed to you for those members in your state, just let us

know call 1.800.262.4017 or email info@nanmt.org.

Social Networking—NANMT Style

NANMT is only as strong as it’s membership and our membership is growing and each individual or institution

which renewed as a member of the various Categories -- The Board is grateful for your support.

Check out and 'like' our Face-

book page: The National Asso-ciation of Nurse Massage

Therapists! Invite your friends

to like our page!

And there's also our LinkedIn

page (linkedin.com), under

"Nurse Massage Therapists",

with 678 members! Join in, link in, share your story! See you

online!

Page 4 NANMT NEWS

The Board is in

the process of

reviewing the

current Bylaws.

Proposed

changes are

being discussed

so that a final

copy can be

presented to the

Active Category

membership for

review and vote.

Bundle membership for 3 years

@ $250 ($50 savings)

Submit a copy of your 500 Hour Massage Therapy pro-

gram and/or your NCBTMB #

and expiration date.

Student Category Mem-

bership: Fee: $55.00 if joining between

January 1 and June 30th

$45.00 if joining between July 1

and December 31st

Senior or Retired Member-ship: Age change from 65 to

62 years of age. Fee remains

the same.

Institution/Organization

Membership: Fee: $300 if joining between

January 1st and June 30th

$150 if joining between July 1st

and December 31st

All other Category Member-

ships remain the same.

5. NANMT’s Bylaws:

The Board is in the process of

reviewing the current Bylaws. Proposed changes are being discussed so that a final copy

can be presented to the Active Category membership for re-

view and vote.

And, speaking of voting, be sure to vote this coming No-

vember, but more importantly, attempt to personally talk to

those in your State who are either running for reelection or

for a new position and ask them directly what their posi-

tion is regarding Nursing; inte-grative health care, Massage Therapy and the proposed

changes in Federal funding for new innovative educational

programs for Nurses.

Educate as many of them as you can regarding the role we

Nurse Massage Therapist have at the table of health care. Our

dual body of knowledge and our expertise in both the fields

of Nursing and Massage Ther-

apy lend themselves perfectly

to the overall decrease in medical expenses, decreased

days of missed employment and improved personal manage-

ment of chronic disease and illnesses. The impact that we

as Nurse Massage Therapists have on our clients is a conver-

sation in itself. The more these individuals hear from you, the

more informed they will be regarding our role in the future

of American health care.

Until next time… Judy Dean,

RN,DSc.NCTMB,CHt

Ms. Tina Allen, LMT, was pre-

sented the Massage Therapy Foundation / Performance

Health 2012 Humanitarian Award at this year’s American

Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) convention held in

Raleigh, NC.

Ms. Allen, a pioneer in the field

of pediatric massage, was hon-ored for her efforts in embrac-

ing the power of massage and the mission of the Massage

Therapy Foundation to pro-mote education and research

while serving others.

With over a decade of service to children and families, Ms. Allen, founder of Liddle

Kidz™ Foundation (LKF), a

leading children’s health and nurturing touch organization,

has become an internationally respected educator, author and

expert in the field of infant and pediatric massage therapy. She

is a Pediatric Massage Master Teacher and a Licensed Mas-

sage Therapist, who has dedi-cated her life to

sharing the nurtur-ing effects of touch

with compromised children around

the world. Ms. Allen managed the

United States’ first comprehensive

pediatric massage program at Chil-

dren’s Hospital Los Angeles

(CHLA) and developed pediat-ric massage programs at Mattel

Children’s Hospital at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Cen-

ter. She is currently consulting with a number of leading medi-

cal institutions internationally to implement safe and effective

pediatric massage programs.

Tina Allen Receives Massage Therapy Foundation Award

(Continued from page 1)

From the Desk of the President —cont’d

Page 5 Volume 11, Issue 4

Approximately 1,400 individu-

als descended on Raleigh, the Capital of North Carolina, to

attend the 2012 AMTA Con-vention. These individuals plus

speakers and the more than 60 exhibitor companies and per-

sonnel added to the event’s

ambiance.

The Opening Session consisted of the keynote speaker, Molly

Barker and the presentation of awards for achievements within

the past year. The following awards were presented: The

Distinguished Service Award given to Dianne Polseno

(posthumously) for her impact on the profession with her

writings and teaching; The President’s Award – Chris

Voitarel CA); Jerome Perlinski Teacher of the Year – David

Lauterstein (TX); Humanitarian Award – Ed Connor (MA) ;

Mentor of the Year – Riva Nai-mark (NY); Sports Massage

Achiever – Bruce Spicer (NJ); Maj-Lis Nash ( TN) Govern-

ment Relations Activist, and the National Meritorious

Award given posthumously to Elaine Calenda.

President Riberio announced that a new award was being

established to honor the excel-lence for a person’s body of

massage therapy work specifi-cally focusing on teaching and

education. This new award will be the Dianne Polseno Lifetime

Achievement Award. The room was packed to capacity

and the energy and excitement of the audience continued to

permeate the environment long after the room eventually emp-

tied. Attendees headed out to various locations, be it the’ first

timers’ luncheon to the open-ing of the Exhibit Market Place.

As president of NANMT, I had attempted to procure a booth

or table for AMTA’s Exhibitor’s Market Place and was unsuc-

cessful which turned out to be

the best response to NANMT’s request. Not being tied to a

booth or table allowed me to personally connect with as

many exhibitors and partici-pants to share NANMT’s goals.

Almost every individual I con-nected with were excited that

Nurses were also Massage Therapists. Most were not

only unaware of NANMT, but the thought that their nurse

friends could ease the path between members of the

Western Health Care System

and the Massage Therapists.

Along the way, I was able to connect with major publishing

companies of books, profes-sional journals and tabloid style

newspapers with the message that our association should be

the FIRST group to contact when a new text was to be

reviewed. Each company stated they did not have any

texts where the integration of Nursing and Touch Therapies –

Massage Therapy in particular - have not yet been written. My

suggestion is to begin to write articles integrating the Nursing

Process and the Manual Ther-apy approaches to certain con-

ditions…something for each member to think about. Con-

nection with the Massage Ther-apy Research Foundation rein-

forced the message that very few if any nurses conduct re-

search in relation to their Mas-sage Therapy clients. Another

suggestion was to have the Nurse Massage Therapist write articles with anecdotal findings

of strategies they implement

with their clients.

Overall, the exhibits reflected

various durable goods related to massage as well as products

to make the Massage Thera-pists’ practice unique - from

circular heated stones, shaped like small tires on a rolling pin

to creams and lotions address-

ing painful tissues. Several ex-

hibitors were extremely inter-ested in submitting articles for

our newsletters; one was inter-ested in possibly becoming a

Board member, and several requested further conversa-

tions as to how they could jointly connect with NANMT

for future projects.

Various state or

regional receptions were held and

attended as well as a Friday night

dance held outside the Convention

Hall hosted by the NC Chapter of

AMTA….Great music, great

crowd. Regardless of who I was talk-

ing to, the message was basically the

same – our basic mission, our news-

letter/ website advertising infor-

mation, brochures and exchange of

business cards, and how the Nurse

Massage Therapist is the strongest

link between the current health

care system and the CAM provider.

I wish to thank the Board and the

membership for supporting my

activities in Ra-leigh. Although

not a picture tak-ing person, I was

able to add photo-graphs taken by

others to give you a flavor of the

Convention.

Judy Dean

AMTA 2012 Convention

AMTA Opening Session

AMTA Dinner Dance

AMTA Board of Directors

AMTA Exhibitors

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