The Southeast Florida local NANN Chapter SEFANN was established in January 1994 and is a local leader in neonatal nursing education and community service. South Florida neonatal nursing professionals join SEFANN to keep up to date with the latest developments in the field as well as to enjoy networking with the community of Neonatal nurses from Dade, Broward and the Southeast Florida area.
SEFANN wishes everyone a Happy Healthy Prosperous New Year 2024
SEFANN EVENTS:
SEFANN's annual Christmas Party Luncheon and Toy Drive was Saturday December 9th at Bahama Breeze Restaurant in Kendall. SEFANN members got together for a nice luncheon and enjoyed catching up with friends at this annual gathering.
The toys and items we collected were delivered to Kristi House Miami on December 14 by SEFANN Community leader Derek, (pictured above).
Kristi House liaison Ashley received our gifts and contributions and thanked all of our SEFANN members for their support.
The Kristi House mission is to treat, and prevent trauma, sexual abuse and trafficking of children. You can learn more at about the Kristi House mission and their work to provide support and many services to vulnerable kids in south Florida. Go to their website at Kristihouse.org.
SEFANN NEWS:
Zoom Meeting Held...
SEFANN's final Chapter Meeting of 2023 took place on December 20 at 6 PM. Minutes can be found under the Communications Tab. Members discussed current SEFANN events and offered to send pictures from our latest happenings.
We are planning a restaurant meeting for January with a tentative date of 1/23. Details to follow.
Our summary for the October Hot Topics Conference will be the focus of a separate board meeting next month.
Our new Secretary Nancy Martinez was voted into office at the Zoom meeting.
Congratulations Nancy and thank you for volunteering to fill the open position.
There are several open committee positions at SEFANN this year. If you are interested in becoming active in our Chapter Leadership please email:
Schedule of events:
Restaurant meeting planned for 1/23-
tentative date! We will let everyone know soon.
SEFANN meetings planned every other month in 2023. Meetings will include virtual and restaurant meetings alternately. There was a virtual business meeting for SEFANN members on June 27, followed by a restaurant CE dinner SEFANN meeting in August at Bulla Gastrobar.
Our Hot Topics Neonatal Nursing Conference took place on October 13, 2023. The Christmas Toy Drive Luncheon was December 9 at Bahama Breeze in Kendall.
A Virtual SEFANN meeting took place on 12/20/23 at 6PM.
Details for all meetings will be emailed to members as soon as they are scheduled.
Ask about NANN Southeast Florida Chapter SEFANN and join today!
Email RNssefann@gmail.com
Our mailing address is:
SEFANN
PO Box 163535
Miami, FL 33116
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The latest Episode is from October 3, 2023:
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Resources for NICU Families
ICU Baby is a local non profit whose goal is to support NICU parents during their infant's hospital stay. You can learn more about ICU Baby and their work in our community. We want to spread the word and support their mission to help our families.