Education

Building a Great Team in a Multigenerational Workforce

Workers from different generations bring different expectations and life experiences to the workplace. This can be particularly challenging for managers and teams attempting to maximize each generation. It’s not just about how to get the most out of your employees – it’s about making sure everyone has a satisfying experience at work and building collaborative teams. This session will discuss how to use various strategies to resolve any differences and build a productive team.

Frisky Fractures & Hidden Problems – Nursing Care of the Orthopedic Trauma Patient

This presentation will help OR teams and providers that care for orthopedic patients understand topics ranging from the mechanisms of injury to common repairs to nursing assessments to find the hidden problems that can develop with this population. We will discuss the topics and facts that help to define orthopedic trauma cases as some of the most exciting types of surgeries to be a part of. Throughout the discussion, an emphasis on evidence-based approaches to care will be prioritized and respect for the importance of a multi-disciplinary team will be emphasized.

Socially Acceptable: Harnessing the Power of Social Media

The world around us is changing, and social media is quickly becoming a source of information. How do we use social media properly as health care professionals? How can we embrace the growth of social media, and use it to our advantage? In this presentation we’ll discuss the do’s and don’ts of social media use for health care professionals, we’ll look at the astronomical reach that social media has, and we’ll discover how we can harness the power that social media holds.

Career Fatigue: Reinvigorate Professional Development

We’ve heard time and time again that career growth is a continuous process. If we want to achieve our goals and maintain our results, we must contribute to that continuous cycle every day. Well, “every day”… IS A LONG TIME. In this presentation, we’ll create the custom motivation that we need to combat health care career fatigue. If you have ever been stuck, stagnant, or frustrated in the pursuit of your career goals, unsure where to go in your professional development journey, or ready to give up on your vision, this presentation is ready to provide you with the actionable steps necessary to take you from where you are to who you want to be. Let’s kick career fatigue out of our way and get back on track to achieving our goals and growing into the professionals we have always wanted to be.

Bringing Shadow Behavior into the Light of Day: Understanding and Effectively Addressing Bullying Behavior

Skills and knowledge are not enough to ensure the consistent level of staff engagement needed to achieve customer satisfaction and organizational outcomes necessary for the 21st century. Positive mindsets and collegial behaviors are vital to realizing strategic benchmarks and goals. The distraction of laboring within an unhealthy work environment will handicap the staff’s ability to make a genuine connection with your customers or patients. This presentation will provide leaders with a guideline for assessing and managing the disruptive behaviors of bullying and chronic incivility and provide leaders with the tools to create and sustain the foundation of a healthy workplace where talent thrives.

The Heart of Nursing: A Global Perspective on Surgical Missions

Attendees will gain knowledge of the methods of participating in humanitarian surgical missions domestically and globally in underdeveloped countries. There has been a continual increase in the interest of health care professionals participating in international surgical missions, however, there are many ethical considerations that individual humanitarian volunteers must consider prior to participation to promote safe surgery outside of selfish ambition. This educational program will bring awareness to the increased need for education on this topic to include reflections on a humanitarian volunteer’s personal ethical considerations in relation to their personal readiness and role on a surgical team.

How the VACT PACU Nurses Led a Sustainable PICC Program: A Success Story

The VACT PACU Nursing PICC Team is a nurse-led initiative started after identifying the need to decrease the wait times for PICC line insertions and decrease the in-patient length of stay.

To improve the veteran patients’ satisfaction and flow, the PACU nurses trained and were the point of care provider versus the interventional radiologist, utilizing the unit down times to place PICC lines for the veterans. Before its inception, the average wait time from consult to PICC insertion was 3.2 days. It decreased to 0.5 days and grew significantly with the increased number of Veteran patients served (n= 1,627 from 2011-2022).

The most significant benefit is the $4 Million approximate return of investment cumulatively and continues to be the nursing gold standard of practice.

I’m Not Limping. That’s Swagger!

A two-time pediatric brain tumor and stroke survivor, the story of Kelsey’s journey back and her relationship with her nurses along the way, is both remarkable and inspiring. Kelsey gives an amazing patient account while offering a unique and actionable message on gratitude and perspective. Her story is a nice reminder of what a difference nurses make in the lives of patients. Armed with her quirky sense of humor, engaging stories and relevant message, audiences walk away with a resilient new mindset and a fresh appreciation for the gift of work, accomplishment and relationships we share.