Program List

This course is geared toward new charge nurses or charge nurses who would like to kick their skills up a notch. Most charge nurses are promoted because of their clinical skills but are lacking in the other basic skills they need to lead in today’s shifting healthcare environment. This course will cover basics, such as communication, conflict management, budgeting, relevant laws and other important concepts of leadership.

Program Learning Outcomes

This program prepares the learner to:

• Gain an increase in knowledge and confidence at an 80% rate to be more effective in the role as a nurse leader.

Agenda

Sign-in begins at 7:30 am. Each day includes a one-hour lunch (on your own), as well as a morning and afternoon break of 15 minutes each. The order of lectures presented and break times may vary according to speaker preference.

Day 1, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

• 10 Key Skills for Novice Nurse Leaders
  
  Capacity to Learn and Use Knowledge | Adaptability to Change | Communication | Conflict 
  Resolution | Delegation | Coaching/Precepting/ Mentoring | Decision Making and Problem Solving | 
  Prioritization and Time Management | Resilience | Self-Renewal
• Reflection and Discussion
• Leadership Styles and Theories of Leadership
  Situational | Transformational | Servant
• Emotional Intelligence
  Intrapersonal Domain | Interpersonal Domain | Why it Matters 
• Adaptability to Change
  Key Drivers | Models | Barriers
• Communication
  7 C’s | Barriers | Active Listening Skills
• Generational Diversity
  Workforce Today | Advantages to Multigenerational Workforce | How Do We Work Together?
• Conflict and Resolution
  Triggers | Management Styles | Fitting Strategy to Situation
• Teamwork
  High-Performance Teams | When to Use Team | Success | Failure
• Workplace Bullying/Lateral Violence
  
  Incivility | Bullying | Mobbing | Violence | Impact | Creating a Culture of Respect
• Discussion
  Handling Workplace Change | Recent Conflicts | Growing Successful Teams | Open Discussion

Day 2, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

• Patient Experience
• Delegation
  Span of Control | Authority vs. Responsibility | Five Rights of Delegation | Barriers to Effective Delegation
• Prioritization and Time Management
  Basics | Eisenhower Matrix | Time Wasters | Tips for Organization
• Coaching, Mentoring and Precepting
  Novice to Expert Continuum | Adult Learning Principles | Critical Thinking
• Advancing Your Career
  
  Envisioning Your Future | 5 P’s of Career Progression | Networking
• Coping with Stress and Burnout
  Causes | Consequences | Compassion Fatigue | Burnout | Discussion
• Discussion
  What Skills Are You Taking Back to Work?
• Self-Renewal
  Resilience | Self-Care | Meditation and Mindfulness
• Discussion
• Questions

This course will offer participants an opportunity to learn about generational diversity in the workplace. From discussing the different generations currently in the workforce to learning about communication styles, this course offers opportunity to reflect upon the way we treat those working alongside us and to embrace our generational differences.

Program Learning Outcomes

This program prepares the learner to:

• Self-report a shift in thinking regarding those of different generations in the workplace at a 90% rate.

Agenda

The order of lectures presented may vary according to speaker preference.

2.5-Hour Live Webinar

• Generations
  Traditionalists | Boomers | Generation X | Millennials | Generation Z
• Generational Intelligence
  Life Cycle Effects | Cohort Effects | Period Effects
• Benefits of a Multigenerational Team
• Communcations Tips | Managing Generations Successfully | Shifting Our Thinking

Program Learning Outcomes

This program prepares the learner to:

• Have the foundation for further study to work toward successful certification in orthopedic nursing.

Agenda

Sign-in begins at 7:30 am. Each day includes a one-hour lunch (on your own), as well as a morning and afternoon break of 15 minutes each. The order of lectures presented and break times may vary according to speaker preference.

Day 1, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

• Welcome and Introduction | Review of Exam
• Basic Principles of the Musculoskeletal System | Nursing Focus on Orthopedic History
• National Patient Safety Goals, Universal Protocol, SCIP Core Measures | Preop, Intraop and Postop Priorities
• Spectrum of Disorders Challenging a Child and Family
• Disease Processes that Alter Bone Formation | Assessments and Priority Care Implications
• Case Study | Specific Disorder Review | Care Implications for Joint Replacement

Day 2, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

• Surgical Priorities of Care | Fracture Management | Pain Management, Mobility and Complication Prevention
• Benign/Malignant Tumors and Treatment | Implications for Physical/Psychosocial Challenges
• Anatomical Structures/Degenerative Problems Leading to Spinal Surgery | Case Study
• Fat Embolism | VTE/Pulmonary Embolism | Acute Compartment Syndrome | Infection/Osteomyelitis | Pneumonia | Delirium | Hemorrhage/Anemia 
• Orthopedic Jeopardy | Practice Questions | Test-Taking Strategies

The purpose of this program is to enable the learner/nurse/orthopedic patient care provider to gain an introduction to the specialty of orthopedic nursing, which includes the study of the care of patients experiencing orthopedic trauma, frac-tures, total joint arthroplasty, spinal surgery or orthopedic complications. Participants will be able to identify the essential components of a thorough orthopedic-focused assessment for early recognition of complications, describe the breadth of orthopedic injuries and conditions, determine safe patient positioning and mobilization and define essential components for effective orthopedic patient education to achieve positive patient outcomes. The full-day course content is based on national orthopedic nursing practice standards and patient teaching implications.

Program Learning Outcomes

This program prepares the learner to:

• Through a comprehensive review of basic orthopedic patient-centered care, have the foundation for provision of safe and effective patient care and state confidence in the promotion of positive orthopedic patient outcomes.

Agenda

Sign-in begins at 7:30 am. The day includes a one-hour lunch (on your own), as well as a morning and afternoon break of 15 minutes each. The order of lectures presented and break times may vary according to speaker preference.

8:00 am to 5:00 pm

• Welcome, Review and Overview of Subspecialties

• Basic Principles of Musculoskeletal System and Nursing Focus in Orthopedic History
  Structures | Growth, Metabolism | Aging | Culture, Dietary Considerations | Basic Nursing Principles

• Orthopedic Priorities of Care
  Tendonitis, Carpel Tunnel Syndrome | Hallux Valgus, Digit Contractures | Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis | Osteosarcoma, Multiple Myeloma | Joints and Mobility | Degenerative Joint Diseases | Metabolic Bone Diseases | Pediatric Conditions

• Orthopedic Trauma and Fractures
  Strains, Strains, Subluxation, Dislocation | Causes and Classification of Fractures | Bone Healing | Priori-ties and Key Assessments | Fracture Management | Cast Care | Traction | Transfers/Mobility | Equipment

• Benefits of Total Joint Arthroplasty
  Priorities | Hip | Knee | Other Procedures | Venous Thromboembolism Threat | New Technologies

• Amputation
  Causes | Level | Patient Care

• Spinal Surgery
  Case Study | Diagnostic Tests | Care | Decision Making | Priorities | Instrumentation | Monitoring

• Complications
  Signs/Symptoms | Tests | Strategies | Nursing Implications

• Resources for Professional Advancement
  National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses | Orthopaedic Nurses Certification Board | Practice Questions

This course is designed for the nurse acting as a preceptor in a clinical environment. Principles of adult learning, clinical judgement and reasoning will be presented in depth along with current, evidence-based strategies.

Program Learning Outcomes

This program prepares the learner to:

• Self-report at an 80% rate an increase in knowledge and confidence to be successful as a nurse preceptor.

Agenda

Sign-in begins at 7:30 am. The day includes a one-hour lunch (on your own), as well as a morning and afternoon break of 15 minutes each. The order of lectures presented and break times may vary according to speaker preference. 

8:00 am to 4:30 pm

• Welcome and Introductions | Understanding Ourselves
  
  Key Skills for Preceptors | Learning Style Inventory
• Characteristics of Adult Learners
  Transformational Larning Model | Generational Diversity
• Tanner’s Clinical Judgement Model
  
  Noticing | Interpreting | Responding | Reflecting
• Measuring Competency
• Creating Psychological Safety
  Building Trust | Barriers to Psychological Safety | Strategies for Safe Learning Environment
• Key Communication Skills
  Barriers | Providing Feedback
• Implications on Self-Care and Burnout of Preceptor
  
  Prioritization and Time-Management | Self-Care Strategies
• Open Discussion/Evaluation
  Lessons Learned | Impending Actions

This course is designed for healthcare professionals who are caring for adult hospitalized patients with a time sensitive emergency. Through the use of case scenarios, the focus is on the rapid assessment, triage and treatment of the three most time sensitive emergencies in hospitalized adults: acute coronary syndrome, stroke and sepsis. The program will address the process of moving the patient quickly through assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment protocols, along with discussion of patient safety data, measurable patient outcome criteria and improved communication with the medical-surgical staff.

Program Learning Outcomes

This program prepares the learner to:

• Provide safe and competent care to patients experiencing rapid deterioration from conditions that include acute coronary syndrome, stroke and sepsis.

Agenda

Sign-in begins at 7:30 am. The day includes a one-hour lunch (on your own), as well as a morning and afternoon break of 15 minutes each. The order of lectures presented and break times may vary according to speaker preference.

8:00 am to 5:00 pm

• Stabilization of In-Hospital Emergencies
  Patient Safety | Airway, Breathing, Circulation

• Rapid Response Team
  Composition | High-Performing Team Communication

• Acute Chest Pain, STEMI
  Spectrum of Acute Coronary Syndrome | Early Assessment and Diagnosis of STEMI

• ST-Elevation MI
  Medical Stabilization | Definitive Treatment of STEMI

• Early Phases of Acute Stroke
  Spectrum | Pathophysiology and Brain Vascular Anatomy | Early Treatment

• Acute Ischemic Stroke Plan of Care
  Treatment with tPA, Interventional Radiology

• Early Phases of Sepsis
  Recognition | Pathophysiology | Assessement and Diagnosis

• Sepsis Plan of Care
  Surviving Sepsis Campaign | Early Source Identification and Control | Early Antibiotics | Fluid Resuscitation

• Patient Deterioration
  Case Scenario Questions

Participants will learn definitions and pronouns related to the LGBTQIA and transgender patient population. Participants will also be given information that can assist in looking inwardly at judgements/biases toward this patient population.

Program Learning Outcomes

This program prepares the learner to:

• Self-report an increased knowledge regarding terms in the LGBTQIA and transgender communities at a 90% rate.

Agenda

The order of lectures presented may vary according to speaker preference.

2-Hour Live Webinar

• "So You Thought You Knew the Alphabet?"
  Definitions of LGBTQIA Community Terms
• "What Pronouns Do You Use?"
  Proper Wording for the Transgender Patient