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DATE: July 24, 2015
To: Brian McDougal, City Manager
From: Judith A. Smith, RN, BSN, Director of Health Services
RE: AFFILIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR
HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND LAMAR UNIVERSITY,BEAUMONT,TEXAS
Nature of the Request: This is an affiliation agreement between the City of Port Arthur Health
Department and Lamar University Department of Nursing, Beaumont, Texas. This agreement
allows the health department to provide clinical experience for students enrolled in the
University's nursing program. Under this agreement, nursing students gain educational
experience and learn community and public health nursing techniques by working with public
health nurses, immunization nurses and Nurse-Home Visitor.
Staff Analysis, Considerations: None
Recommendations: It is recommended that the City Council approve P.R. No.19082,
authorizing the City Manager and the City Health Director to execute the affiliation agreement
between the city of Port Arthur Health Department and Lamar University Department of
Nursing, Beaumont, Texas, to provide educational experience to students enrolled in the Lamar
University's nursing program.
Budget Considerations: None
"REMEMBER WE ARE HERE TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR"
P.O.BOX 1089•PORT ARTHUR,TX 77641-1089.409/983-8101•FAX 409/982-6743
P.R. NO. 19082
07/24/2015-j s
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AFFILIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND LAMAR
UNIVERSITY, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, FOR THE USE OF COMMUNITY-BASED
CLINICAL FACILITIES FOR THE EDUCATION
OF NURSING STUDENTS
WHEREAS, this Affiliation Agreement between the City of Port Arthur and Lamar University,
Beaumont, Texas, is for the purpose of providing clinical experience for nursing students; now
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PORT ARTHUR:
SECTION 1. That,the facts and preamble are true and correct.
SECTION 2. That, the City Council of the City of Port Arthur hereby authorizes the City
Manager and Director of Health to execute said Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit"A."
SECTION 3. That, a copy of the caption of this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the
City Council.
READ, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED this day of August, 2015, AD., at a
Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas by the following vote: AYES:
Mayor: ,
Councilmembers:
NOES:
P.R. NO. 19082
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Mayor
ATTEST:
Sherri Bellard, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Val Tizeno, Ci Attorney
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
Brian McDougal, City Manager
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Ju th Smith, RN, BSN, Director of Health Services
EXHIBIT "A"
LU C COLLEGE OF ARTS&SCIENCES
01 LAMAR UNIVERSITY.
s,I'JJoAnne Gay Dishman Department of Nursing
June 15, 2015
Mr. Brian McDougal Please beep this copy
City Manager
Port Arthur City Health Department for your records.
P. O. Box 1089
Port Arthur, TX 77641
Dear Mr. McDougal:
On behalf of Lamar University Dishman Department of Nursing faculty and students, we sincerely thank
you and your staff for supporting our nursing programs. We appreciate the time, energy and expertise you
and your agency share with n°rur students. We look fcrNard to contin'!'ng a ctrnng reiatinnshin with your
facility, as we educate students for the future nurse workforce.
This letter verifies continuation of our ongoing Clinical Affiliation Agreement with Port Arthur City Health
Department. The Texas Board of Nursing requires us to renew the agreements on an annual basis. The
Dishman Department of Nursing does not perceive a need to alter the basic components of the contract
with your agency at this time. If you are in agreement with continuing our affiliation, please have your
current authorized representative sign the bottom portion of this letter to extend our existing agreement
through August 31, 2016. Please return one signed renewal by August 15, 2015.
Thank you,
CEW C
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Cynthia Stinson, PhD, APRN, CNS, RN-BC JUN 2'6 2015
Interim Chair, Dishman Department of Nursing
OK R ^OF ,'
2015-2016
ANNUAL REVIEW OF AFFILIATION AGREEMENT
between
Lamar University, College of Arts & Sciences, JoAnne Gay Dishman Department of Nursing
and
Port Arthur City Health Department
The Affiliation Agreement existing between the above agency and the
Dishman Department of Nursing continues to be satisfactory.
Name Signature Title Date
PLEASE SIGN BOTH COPIES. KEEP ONE FOR YOUR RECORDS,
AND RETURN ONE ORIGINAL TO THE NURSING DEPARTMENT BY AUGUST 15, 2015.
THANK YOU.
JoAnne Gay Dishman Department of Nursing
P.0.Box 10081 Beaumont,Texas 77710
www.lamar.edu/nursing
Undergraduate Nursing Information:409-880-8868 Graduate Program Information:409-880-7720 Administration:409-880-8817
