Sigma Region 15 Annual Symposium: "Nursing Between the Lines"
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Date & Location:
Friday, October 1, 2021, Virtual
Goal:
Sigma Theta Tau is an international community of nurses, dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, teaching, learning, and service through the cultivation of communities of practice, education, and research. Region 15, including Western Massachusetts, all New England States, and the Northeast Canadian Provinces, strives for excellence in Leadership, Research, Practice, Scholarship, and development of the whole of nursing.
Nursing Between the Lines will explore joy in the art and science of nursing.
Jointly Provided by:
Beta Zeta at-Large Chapter of Sigma, Baystate Center for Nursing Excellence and Innovation and Baystate Health Continuing Interprofessional Education
Target Audience
This course is designed for health care staff, primarily those in the nursing profession at any stage of their career.
Learning Objectives
The learner will be able to:
- Describe the benefits of nature exposure through a creative video presentation of nature images, videos, and sounds.
- Identify causes of racial disparities in infant mortality rate and the incidence of very low birth weight infants.
- Describe the impact of the bioactive components of human breastmilk on infant GI tract health
- Verbalize barriers of direct breastfeeding in the home, post NICU discharge including the impact of postpartum depression.
- Describe how informatics positively impact nurses during Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis
- Discuss staff nurses' perceived barriers to completing PCR and the importance of integrating a sustainability plan to implement change.
- Have tangible takeaway strategies to improve nursing retention in their practice area.
- Perceive the possible benefits for a wide range of psychiatric and medical conditions inherent in participating in community arts programs
- Describe one barrier and one benefit of educating college-aged students on following a plant-based diet.
- Discuss the need for periodic assessment of cancer-related fatigue and the role of non-pharmacological interventions.
- Verbalize the four steps of a fall prevention program that engages staff in order to increase compliance with evidence-based practice fall prevention measures and improve patient outcomes
- Describe the use of a standardized tool for bedside nursing shift report improves the patient experience
- Identify the potential benefits of contract grading and gain awareness of effective teaching interventions which promote the core nursing value of integrity for prelicensure nursing students.
- Identify the change in reported climate actions from nursing students after they have participated in a lecture on climate change consequences.
- Identify the value of pharmacogenomic testing in adults with Treatment-Resistant Major Depression
- Describe the impact that IV smart pump model, programmed flow rate, and IV bag height have on flow rate accuracy when administering secondary medications.
Faculty Disclosure
The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are mitigated before the educational activity.
Karen K. Guiliano is a consultant with Recovery Force and receives Grant Research Support from ICU Medical, Ivenix
Meeting Room temperatures will fluctuate.
Greg Durkin, M. Ed., RN, NPD-BC*
Director, Clinical Education & Informatics
Associate Director of Interprofessional Education
Boston Children’s Hospital
Saisha Cintron, BS, RN*
UMASS Memorial Hospital, Worcester, MA
Heather Kennedy, MSN, GNP-BC*
PhD Nursing student UMASS Medical school Worcester
Angela Latter, MS, RN*
PhD Nursing Student
William Mar, MSN, RN *
Donna Perry, PhD, RN*
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Nursing
University of Massachusetts
Lauri A. Toohey, MSN, GNP-BC, ANP-BC*
PhD Nursing student UMASS Medical school Worcester
Kyla Aldred, Nursing Student, BS(c)*
Annie Dolan, Nursing Student, BS(c)*
Karen Giuliano, PhD, RN
Associate Professor,
Institute for Applied Life Sciences & College of Nursing
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Karen K. Guiliano is a consultant with Recovery Force and receives Grant Research Support from ICU Medical, Ivenix
Clarissa Norton, Nursing Student, BS(c)*
Sarah L Marshall, DNP, MS, RN*
Patient/Community Educator
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, College of Nursing
Kimberly Velez, MSN, RN*
Senior Clinical Informatics TRAINER | Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY
Lauren Barry, Nursing Student, BS*
Hannah Bascomb, DNP, RN, CHES*
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Mississippi University for Women
Amy Beachy, MSN(c), BSN, RN*
Nurse Educator for Perioperative Services
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center,
Rachel Diamondstone, MA, MS, RN*
RN Commonwealth Care Alliance
Karen George, DNP, RN*
Assistant Professor, Coordinator RN to BSN Program
Mississippi University for Women
Everlyne Njoroge, DNP, RN*
Nurse Practitioner
HealthDrive Inc and UMASS Memorial Medical Center
Dr. Deborah Morill, EdD, MSN, BSN, RN*
Assistant Clinical Professor
Quinnipiac University
Debra Kramlich, PhD, RN, CNE, CCRN-K*
Leigh Ann Puckett, DNP, RN*
Associate Professor of Nursing
Mississippi University for Women
Caitlyn Riedl, Student Nurse BS*
Susan Westrick, JD, MS, RN, CNE*
Professor of Nursing
Southern Connecticut State University
Ilena Miranda-Velazquez, DNP, RN, PMH, CNS-BC*
Psychiatric Clinical Nurse
ServiceNet, Inc
Jeannine Blake, MS-NS, BSN, RN*
PhD Candidate
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Kenneth W. Dion, PhD, RN, MBA, FAAN*
Assistant Dean for Business Innovation and Strategic Relationships
John Hopkins School of Nursing
President-Elect of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
Teresa Cahill-Griffin, DNP, RNC-OB*
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Vermont
Donna M. Zucker, PhD, RN, FAAN*
Professor Emeritus
UMass Amherst
Bronte E. Naples, MSN, APRN, FNP-C*
Mary B Jackson*
Assistant Professor
UT Chattanooga
Jasmeen Mohammed, BS, RN*
Pediatric Surgery
Yale New Haven Hospital
Erin Murphy, BS, RN*
Student Nurse Associate
Berkshire Medical Center
Mia Ford, Nursing Student, BS(c)*
Anna Kemp, Nursing Student, BS(c)*
Faculty Disclosure
The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are mitigated before the educational activity.
Faculty and planners marked with an * have no commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by, or used on, patients.
Karen K. Guiliano is a consultant with Recovery Force and receives Grant Research Support from ICU Medical, Ivenix
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Available Credit
- 5.50 ANCC Contact Hours
Price
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In order to receive CREDIT, the evaluation must be completed by: | Fri, 12/31/2021 - 11:30pm |
We appreciate your business and sincerely wish to meet your educational needs. We understand that the schedule of a busy professional, like yourself, is subject to change. Therefore, we have included information about our refund/cancellation policies for your convenience below.
Cancellation:
If you must cancel, telephone Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education at 413-322-4242 and follow your call with a written/email request. All cancellations will incur a $25.00 fee. Please note that we cannot refund cancellations received less than two weeks (10 business days) before the program date.
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