Education/CE Sessions

Changing Your Case Management Model of Care

Jan Lear, RN, CMC

With limited resources and many challenges facing healthcare, the case management department is key to providing the balance between quality patient care and reimbursement. Having the right mix of skills to manage specific patient populations for either complex medical issues or psychosocial concerns is imperative to maintaining LOS, preventing readmissions, supporting the medical necessity of admissions and preventing denials.

It's Not Easy Being a Kid: Mood Disorders & Children

Marcie Ostroski, BSN, RN; Alicia Luna, BSN, RN; Rebecca Landreth, MS, ...

The discussion on mood disorders and children/teens will include statistics, signs and symptoms; interventions and treatment options; and suicidal risk assessment and self-injurious behaviors.

Medical Errors

Denise Ann Moore, MS, APRN-BC

Learn tricks and techniques to avoid common medical errors, such as missing the "5 rights" or confusing instructions, numbers and names. Take away resources and create new habits to help you be a more careful healthcare professional.

Stress Busters for Your Sanity

Rich Krisher

Stress is here to stay. But there are effective (and fun) ways you can manage stress and ensure a work/life balance.

Neurological Diseases

Gale M. Sauer, RN, FCN, MSN

There are more than 600 neurologic diseases. This session will review the more common ones, such as multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barre, Parkinson's disease and epilepsy.