NJ
Association of Sleep
Technologists NJAST
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9/27/2008
NJ Bill Affects Ambulatory Care Centers
November 15, 2008
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4/8/07 - Job posted. See the Help Wanted page!
REGISTRATION CLOSED! We have reached the limit for symposium registrations as of today, 3/12/07. Thanks to everyone who registered. Please pay your membership dues if you have not already done so! 3/10/07 Registration for the NJAST Symposium will be cut off shortly. Capacity is 80, and we are very close to that number now. Please submit your member dues if you have not done so already. Click here to submit your dues via Paypal. On 3/30/07 your email address will be removed from the NJAST Member email list and you will no longer be able to post to the member email list server. 2/17/07 NJAST MEMBER List and NJAST Symposium List have been updated. Registration is limited for the April 20th Educational Symposium - register now to assure your place. 2/7/07 New jobs posted link here to view the help wanted page! 1/31/07 NJAST Members - Please renew your membership! Please submit dues by 3-1-07
Notice to all members - Please check the member list. If your name is not on the current member list it is time to renew your NJAST membership. Renewals are due by 3/1/07. Click here to renew online or to print a renewal form and renew by mail. OR Click here to renew and register for the NJAST Education Symposium at the same time! Click here for a current list of Registrants for the April 20th Symposium. 1/13/07 NJAST's first Education Symposium will take place on Friday, April 20, 2007 at Capital Health System in Hamilton. Click here for symposium information, directions and registration forms. This program was specifically developed for sleep technologists and technicians and offers seven (7) CEC's. All registered technologists are now required to attain a minimum of 10 CEC's per year in order to maintain their RPSGT status. For further information regarding the new BRPT educational requirements for RPSGT's see the posted article on the AAST website. 1/13/07 - Please note the ADVANTAGE SLEEP CENTERS, Cherry Hill, NJ job posted on 11/4/06 has been filled! 11/24/06 - New job posted. Click here for the help wanted page. 11/4/06 - New job posted. Click here for the help wanted page. SAVE THE DATE!! Friday, April 20, 2007
NJAST Educational Symposium
Capital Health System in Hamilton 1445 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road Hamilton Township, NJ 08619
CEU’s for Sleep Technologists
8:15-8:45 Registration
8:45-9:00 Welcome
9:00-10:00 Fisher & Paykel Humidification Workshop
10:00-11:00 R. Zozularo Medications and Effects on Sleep
11:00-12:00 ResMed Overlap Syndrome Workshop
12:00-!:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 E. Mazza Cardiovascular Morbidity and OSA
2:00-4:00 Respironics First Impression Workshop
Directions:
From the North (New Brunswick and Princeton): Follow Route 1 South to Quakerbridge Rd. Take the Quakerbridge Rd. Exit East. Go through approximately seven lights before you come to Route 33. Go through the intersection of Route 33 (Applebee's Restaurant will be on left corner). Street name changes to Whitehorse-Mercerville Rd. Go through three lights. CHS in Hamilton is on the left, immediately following third light.
From South Jersey: Take Route 295 North to Exit 61 (Arena Drive). At the third light, make a left onto Whitehorse Avenue. Whitehorse Avenue changes to Whitehorse-Mercerville Road. Proceed on road for three lights. CHS in Hamilton is located on the right after the fourth light (#1445).
From the East (Freehold/Jackson): Take Route 195 West towards Trenton. Exit at Hamilton Square. At the traffic light, make a left onto Kuser Rd. Follow Kuser Rd. for approximately two miles. The K-Mart Shopping Center will be on your left. Make a right onto Whitehorse-Mercerville Road. Proceed on Whitehorse-Mercerville Rd. through one more traffic light. CHS in Hamilton is on the right.
From the West (Ewing/Trenton): Follow Olden Ave. East to Whitehorse Ave. Make a left onto Whitehorse Ave. Proceed on Whitehorse Ave. to Kuser Rd. (K-Mart Shopping Center). Go through the intersection of Whitehorse Ave. and Kuser Rd. The name of the road will change to Whitehorse-Mercerville Rd. Proceed on Whitehorse-Mercerville Rd. through one more traffic light. CHS in Hamilton is on the right.
From Pennsylvania (Route 95): Take Route 95 North to Route 295 South to Route 33 East (Mercerville Exit). Follow to traffic light. Make a left onto Nottingham Way. You will need to be in right lane on Nottingham Way Make a right onto Quakerbridge Rd. Go through traffic light at Route 33 (Applebee's Restaurant will be on left corner). Street name changes to Whitehorse-Mercerville Rd. Go through three lights. CHS in Hamilton is on the left, immediately following third light.
From Pennsylvania (Route 1): Follow Route 1 North into New Jersey. Follow Route 1 North to Whitehead Rd. East. Make a right at the end of the ramp. Go to the traffic light and make a left onto Sloan Ave. At the fourth traffic light, make a right onto Quakerbridge Rd. Proceed straight passing through a 5-points intersection to Route 33 (Applebee's Restaurant will be on left corner). Street name changes to Whitehorse-Mercerville Rd. Go through three lights. CHS in Hamilton is on the left, immediately following third light.
10/13/06 - New job posted! Click on the help wanted page for more information! 9/16/06 - NJSS Meeting November 18, 2006 Click here for information, brochure and a registration form!! NJAST will hold it's annual meeting during lunch in conjunction with this NJSS meeting. We will provide an update on technologist licensing in NJ at this meeting. 7/5/06 - Educational Information for NJ Sleep Techs! To Whom It May Concern: NJAST is planning an educational symposium for technicians working in the field of sleep medicine. This program will give technicians a possibility to earn CEC’s approved by the APT. The new BRPT recertification regulations for RPSGT’s may be achieved either by retaking and passing the exam every five years or accumulating fifty CEC’s every five years.
We would like to obtain some feedback and suggestions from our fellow technicians and responses to the following: 1. Best meeting time (AM, PM?)________________________ 2. Best day (day of week?)___________________________ 3. Location (north, central, south New Jersey?)______________________ 4. Season/time of year (spring, fall, winter, summer?)
Please provide suggestions for symposium topics of education and discussion. Here are a few that the board has already proposed: 1. CPAP titration 2. Pediatrics (event scoring rules, ETCO2 monitoring, techniques) 3. Medications and sleep 4. Artifact recognition and troubleshooting
Please provide your own suggestions in the space provided: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
NJAST’s mission is to assist its members with an affordable, convenient way to obtain the necessary education that will assist you in the process of renewing or obtaining your registry status as a sleep technologist. The fee for this educational symposium for existing members of NJAST is $10. The fee for non-members seeking membership is $30 (this fee includes symposium and membership).
Please provide your name, facility address; phone number fax number and email address in the spaces below so that we may keep you informed of any upcoming events or pertinent information.
Name: _________________________________ Facility: __________________________________
Facility Address: ___________________________________________________________________
Phone Number: __________________________ Fax Number::_____________________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: ___________________________________
Please fax or email responses to Tish Pitcherello, RPSGT at: Fax # : (609) 599-6275 or TGalloway@CHE-East.org
Thank you for taking the time to help us increase the educational opportunities for fellow sleep technicians. 6/14/06 New job opening posted today. See the Help Wanted Page! 6/2/06 New job opening posted today. See the Help Wanted Page! 5/25/06 See the Help Wanted page for a new job posting! 5/12/06 David Goldstein, MD, DABSM has graciously agreed to serve as Medical Advisor for NJAST. Welcome Dr. Goldstein, and thank you! There is a new job posting for the Sleep Center of the JFK Neuroscience Institute at JFK Medical Center in Edison, NJ. See the Help Wanted page. 4/15/06 Maryland's legislature has just passed a licensure bill! The bill passed the assembly on March 21st and the state senate on April 5th. Once the bill is signed by Governor Ehrlich, Maryland will become the third state to independently license polysomnographic technologists! An unofficial copy of the bill can be viewed at http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/bills/hb/hb0957t.pdf More information can be found on the AASM website government pages at http://www.aasmnet.org/GovernmentIssues.aspx?id=22&State=MD 3/26/06 CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! To the new Board of Directors New Jersey Association of Sleep Technologists 2006
President: Agata Kolaski, RPSGT
Past President: Rita Brooks, BSBA, REEG/EPT, RPSGT, CNIM
Vice President: Nancy Keiluhn, RPSGT
Secretary: Mary Sommers, RPSGT
Treasurer: Jon Gray, RPSGT
Directors at Large * George Evans, RPSGT * Paula Gallagher, RPSGT * Michele Martin, RPSGT * Vincent Scoles, RPSGT 1-21-06 ELECTIONS ARE UNDERWAY! PLEASE PARTICIPATE! NJAST NEEDS YOUR PARTICIPATION! Nominations are open for all board positions. All nominations must be received by February 17, 2006. Click here to reach the nominations form. Email or fax all nominations!
1-8-05
Please note - this meeting has been rescheduled from Friday, January 13th to Wednesday January 18th!
An NJAST Board Meeting and a celebration of enactment of the Polysomnography Practice Act is scheduled for Wednesday, January 18th at 2:00 pm at Katmandu on Rt. 29 in Trenton, NJ.
All members are welcome to attend!
12-29-05
The Polysomnography Practice Act (P.L.2005, c.244) has been posted on the NJ Legislature website. To access the statute on the website go to http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/Default.asp and click on Statutes or click on the hyperlink below and search for: "45:14G-1".
Statutes
I have also posted the law on the NJAST website. Click here or on the PSG Practice Act links to access the text of the law.
12-29-05
New Job Opening Posted. Click here to access the help wanted page.
12-24-05
Merry Christmas Everyone!
The Polysomnography Practice Act has been signed into law in New Jersey as P.L.2005, c.244. New Jersey is the second state in the nation to independently license polysomnographic technologists. We are grateful to our legislative sponsors, Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, Assemblyman Ronald Dancer, Senator Robert Singer, Senator Barbara Buono, and Senator Joseph Vitale as well as the AASM, the APT, and the NJAST members and supporters of this legislation who worked so hard to make this happen.
The Polysomnography Practice Act requires that all trainees, technicians and technologists performing polysomnography be licensed.
The grandfather clause:
The State Board of Polysomnography will include 11 members appointed by the Governor:
Members will serve for a term of three years, except of the first six RPSGT members appointed, two will serve for three years, two will serve for two years and two will serve for one year.
The board is expected to organize itself as soon as at least a quorum of members is appointed, provided that at least a majority of the members appointed are polysomnographic technologists.
Our staunch
supporter, the Honorable Senator Robert Singer, strongly suggests that
all polysomnographic technologists in New Jersey join NJAST. NJAST will serve
as a member organization for New Jersey sleep technologists and an advisory
group to the new State Board of Polysomnography. It is very important that
NJAST be a strong organization representative of the sleep community in New
Jersey! 12-24-05 RESCHEDULED! RESCHEDULED! An NJAST Board Meeting and a celebration of enactment of the Polysomnography Practice Act is scheduled for Friday, January 13th at 1:00 p.m. at Katmandu on Rt. 29 in Trenton, NJ.
All members are welcome to attend!
12-24-05 New position posted on the Help wanted page!
December 18, 2005 We did it!
The Polysomnography Practice Act becomes law in New Jersey!
The bill passed both houses December 8, 2005! Click here to see the Senate photos!
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