{"id":4929,"date":"2024-04-05T02:09:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T06:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=4929"},"modified":"2024-05-06T16:05:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T20:05:31","slug":"pef-nurse-coordinator-position-established-in-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-42-no-4\/pef-nurse-coordinator-position-established-in-1998\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF Nurse Organizer position established in 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4150 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/BlastFromThePast.jpg\" alt=\"Blast from the past\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/BlastFromThePast.jpg 400w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/BlastFromThePast-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/BlastFromThePast-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/BlastFromThePast-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>May 7, 2024 &#8212;<\/em> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nurses have always been one of the largest single job groups in PEF, working across several agencies from DOCCS to all the \u201cO\u201d agencies like OASAS, OCFS, OMH, OPWDD, and of course the three SUNY hospitals. However, it wasn\u2019t until 1998 under PEF President Roger Benson, that PEF established the position of Nurse Organizer.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Today Nora Higgins holds the title of PEF nurse coordinator, but 26 years ago, Lenore Boris became PEF\u2019s first nurse organizer.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Boris was tasked with working with the Statewide Nurses Committee and Organizing Committee to bring together PEF\u2019s nurses across the state and across all agencies. As Higgins does now, Boris worked to help further the union\u2019s state and federal legislative priorities and communicated them to PEF nurses.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Though Boris has moved on from PEF, the importance of the position is still evident, as PEF nurses recently gathered in Albany for their annual <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-42-no-4\/nurses-lobby-day\/?link_id=6&amp;can_id=ca591c212e223248a17c2960ff0ba638&amp;source=email-pef-persistence-pays-off&amp;email_referrer=email_2285446&amp;email_subject=the-pulse-from-buffalo-pc-assault-to-nurse-lobby-day\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Nurse Lobby Day<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, talking directly to legislators about issues that impact their profession.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">See below for <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Communicator <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">story from May 1998 announcing Boris\u2019 appointment as the first PEF Nurse Organizer.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4932\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/MAY_Blast-from-the-Past.jpg\" alt=\"PEF to nurses: Help is on the way\" width=\"1200\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/MAY_Blast-from-the-Past.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/MAY_Blast-from-the-Past-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/MAY_Blast-from-the-Past-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/MAY_Blast-from-the-Past-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 7, 2024 &#8212; 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