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Upcoming Conferences

2020

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  • Barb Bancroft
  • Donna “Iggy” Ignatavicius
  • Michele Deck
  • Loretta Manning & Lydia Zager
  • Cherie Rebar, Nicole Heimgartner and Carolyn Gersh
  • Deanne A Blach – Concept Map Workshops
  • Memphis Nurse Educator Institute
  • Branson Nurse Educator Institute

 

SEPTEMBER 2020

 

  1. September 17, 2020 s A Live Virtual Event s 8:30 AM – 2 PM  (Central Time Zone)
    Barb Bancroft’s Fall Seminars on Clinical Topics for Faculty, Nurses and Students

Physical Assessment: If You Only Have 5 Minutes Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP
The most important part of any physical exam is taking the patient HISTORY. Learn how to characterize the chief complaint by asking the right questions—the PQRST + AAA way. Barb provides examples of how to use this mnemonic to get the most information in the least amount of time. Barb will then guide you through assessment basics—where to “listen” if you only have a minute, where to “look” if you only have a minute, where to “feel” if you only have a minute. Barb correlates anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology for each major system discussed—the heart, the lungs, the abdomen, and the nervous system. You will also be amazed at the information you can glean from basic vital sign evaluation. Last, but not least, Barb discusses various drug classes and the side effects that can confound a physical exam.
Register online https://cvent.me/RqxndW


  OCTOBER 2020

 

  1. October 1, 2020  A Live Virtual Event s 1:00 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

    Using Concept Mapping To Promote Clinical Judgement: Making Connections! A Workshop for Faculty and Students  
     Deanne A. Blach, MSN, RN, CNE, NPD-BC
    This session provides a ‘how–to” approach for developing a concept map as an active teaching/learning tool  helping students ‘put the pieces of the puzzle  ”  Development, grading, repetition and barriers will be discussed. Concept Maps will be provided as examples for use for study or examples with teaching. Understanding how concept mapping really works in developing clinical judgement is an eye-opener for many.

Concept Mapping Workshops for Faculty and Students can be scheduled at your college.  Deanne has designed over 50 different concept maps which are available for purchase to use as examples for students and faculty. These CMs are appropriate for fundamentals courses to advanced Med/Surg.
Register online at: https://cvent.me/QRMxW1

 


  1. October 2, 2020  A Live Virtual Event s  11:50 AM to 2:45 PM (Central Time Zone)Linking Clinical Judgment to the Next Generation NCLEX®: A Guaranteed Success Plan!  (A Four-Part Series)  PART 1   The First Step in Developing Clinical Judgment and Decision Making  –  Loretta Manning, MSN, RN, GPN
    An 18-year “PROVEN” standard-based model will be used as a structure for the first step in linking clinical judgment to the Next Generation NCLEX®
    .  Teaching strategies aligned with the Next Generation NCLEX® will be demonstrated using innovative and interactive activities that can be incorporated immediately in the classroom, Zoom, and other online platforms for effective learning. This dynamic, down to earth inspirational “FIX” for the changing times will provide a guaranteed success plan with the first step in preparing students for success in clinical judgment and decision-making development for the Next Generation NCLEX®.
    Register online http://www.cvent.com/d/37q8cx

 


4. October 6-7, 2020 – A Live Virtual Event

Iggy’s Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Camp: The Road to Nursing Practice and NGN Success. Event  –
 Donna Ignatavicius, MS, RN, CNE, CNEcl, ANEF

The NGN (Next Generation NCLEX®) is expected to better prepare graduates for practice by measuring their ability to use clinical judgment. This interactive 2-day workshop is designed to help nursing faculty develop effective, high-cognitive level test items that assess clinical judgment. Participants will learn the latest available information on the NGN and practice writing test items with peer and workshop facilitator feedback.
Register online: https://www.cvent.com/d/byq3wc

 


5. October 9, 2020 A Live Virtual Event s 11:50 AM to 2:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

Linking Clinical Judgment to the Next Generation NCLEX
®: A Guaranteed Success Plan!  (A Four-Part Series) 
PART 2  – Item Writing: A Step-by-Step Approach to NGN Success Loretta Manning, MSN, RN, GPN

This interactive session will demonstrate an easy Step-by-Step Approach to item writing based on the “SAFETY” Model.  The tools provided will incorporate concepts and standards.  Faculty will learn how to use the Step-by-Step Approach during this practice session to write and transition traditional questions into the Next Generation NCLEX® format that can immediately be adapted.

Register online http://www.cvent.com/d/37q8cx

 


 

6. October 15, 2020  –  A Live Virtual Event s 8:30 AM – 2 PM  (Central Time Zone)
Barb Bancroft’s Fall Seminars on Clinical Topics for Faculty, Nurses and Students

Fighting Back! Your Amazing Immune System: COVID-19, Sepsis, Autoimmune Diseases –  Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP  

Barb’s one-day overview and update of the immune system is packed with clinical pearls for the educator and practitioner. A & P is correlated with common drugs used to “manipulate” the system–immune boosters, immunosuppressors, vaccines, and even foods and “alternative” medicines. You will leave this seminar with a full appreciation of how inflammation and immunity go “hand-in-hand” to heal and, unfortunately, how inflammation can go “hand-in-hand” to hurt. Barb will discuss various immune system reactions from AIDS and anaphylaxis to systemic lupus erythematosus and mixed connective tissue disease. Monoclonal antibodies and other biological response modifiers will be discussed in the context of their effect on diseases including cancer and autoimmune diseases. 
Register online https://cvent.me/aQ5nKy

 


  1. October 23, 2020 – A Live Virtual Event s 11:50 AM to 2:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

    Linking Clinical Judgment to the Next Generation NCLEXÒ: A Guaranteed Success Plan!  (A Four-Part Series) PART 3  Setting the Stage for Developing Clinical Judgment and Decision Making  – Lydia Zager, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

    An engaging session to demonstrate how to develop clinical decision making and judgment using virtual, live simulations and NGN Case Studies.  The importance of setting expectations and structure based on standards will be established as the foundation for clinical, live, virtual simulations and NGN Case Studies.
    Register online http://www.cvent.com/d/37q8cx

 


8. October 26, 2020  –  A Live Virtual Event  – 1:00 – 7:00 PM (Central Time Zone)
Barb Bancroft’s Fall Seminars on Clinical Topics for Faculty, Nurses and Students
 Maui Nursing   Journey Through the GI Tract Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP.  


Join Barb for a day-long journey through 33 feet of gastrointestinal tract and a few associated structures. This seminar covers the anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of the GI tract from top to bottom. Beginning with the mouth and oropharynx, this lecture discusses the teeth, the tongue, the mouth, the gums, the esophagus, the stomach, and the small and large bowel. Specific clinical entities include the relationship between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease, tonsillitis and adenoiditis and growth disturbances, esophageal varices, eosinophilic esophagitis, the many causes of cirrhosis of the liver, GERD and Barrett’s esophagus, NSAID gastropathy, peptic ulcer disease and H. pylori, Celiac disease, long-term consequences of gastric surgery and gastric sleeves for weight loss, diabetes and the GI tract, the many causes of diarrhea including C. difficile, food borne pathogens and gastroenteritis, the microbiome and weight gain and loss, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, appendicitis, colon cancer and rectal foreign objects. Barb discusses disease presentations as well as the newest treatment modalities for the above clinical conditions. The journey is entertaining, enlightening, and educational.
Register Online at http://www.cvent.com/d/qnq7dr 

 


  1. October 27, 2020 A Live Virtual Event s 1:00 – 7:00 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Barb Bancroft’s Fall Seminars on Clinical Topics for Faculty, Nurses and Students
    Maui Nursing Conference s Renal Update: To Pee or Not to Pee Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN

    Join Barb for an entire day on everything you need to know about the kidney! Barb will refresh your memory on the structure and function of the kidney and correlate the numerous diseases and drugs that affect the renal system. She will discuss the kidney as an “innocent bystander” in diseases such as diabetes, lupus and heart failure. The lecture will also include an indepth discuss of the various lab tests used to interpret kidney function. You will leave this seminar with a much better understanding of the renal system and its clinical implications in health and disease.
    Register Online at http://www.cvent.com/d/qnq7dr

 


  1. October 30, 2020  – A Live Virtual Event s 11:50 AM to 2:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Linking Clinical Judgment to the Next Generation NCLEX® (A Four-Part Series) 
    PART 4 – Strategies for Clinical, Virtual and Live Simulation Debriefing and Evaluation  –   Lydia Zager, MSN, RN, NEA-BC 

    Experience and adapt engagement activities that assist with the evaluation process through meaningful learning tools.  A new tool “Simulation Debriefing Connection Guide” will be shared and demonstrated with the participants that connects debriefing and evaluation questions with standards and clinical reasoning strategies based on a proven “SAFETY” Model.
    Register online http://www.cvent.com/d/37q8cx

 

NOVEMBER 2020

 

November 3, Nov 10, Nov 19, Nov 24, 2020 –  Live Virtual Events s 1:00 AM to 3:30 PM (Central Time Zone).
The Evolving Role of the Nurse Educator: Shifting Delivery of Teaching/Learning into the Remove Environment.  Facilitated by: Cherie Rebar, PhD, MBA, RN, COI; Nicole Heimgartner, DNP, MSN, RN, COI, and Carolyn Gersch, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE

Nursing faculty in prelicensure programs are accustomed to delivering face-to-face education, because of the pandemic and social distancing, we  are now obligated to move learning into a remote setting, of which many of us are not accustomed.  Even if accustomed, no one was really “prepared” to make this shift in delivery.  These sessions will offer practical solutions for nurse educators to immediately implement in the  classroom, simulation, and alternate/remote clinical settings. Any one session can be attended separately.
Register online: https://cvent.me/7kgWN1

  1. November 3, 2020
    Teaching/Learning Strategies to Enhance Content Mastery in Remote/Online Learning Envir.
  2. November 10, 2020
    Engaging Students in Connectedness & Professional Relationships via Online Learning Platform
  3. November 19, 2020
    Learning Strategies to Foster Clinical Judgment via Remote/Online Learning Platform
  4. November  24, 2020
    Implementing Active Learning Strategies in the Remote/Online Learning Environment

 


 

  1. November 17, 2020 A Live Virtual Event s 8:30 AM – 2 PM  (Central Time Zone)
    Barb Bancroft’s Fall Seminars on Clinical Topics for Faculty, Nurses and Students
    Heart Failure: It’s Complicated!  –  Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP

    “HEART FAILURE…pathophysiology, pharmacology and physical assessment”–this one-day seminar will focus on the total assessment patient with heart failure. Barb will review risk factors, pertinent A & P, and correlate pathophysiology the pharmacologic treatment of heart failure. The physical assessment and laboratory interpretation will also be included–listening for extra heart sounds and the use of the BNP to evaluate prognosis and discharge from the hospital.
    Register online https://cvent.me/lVAM1P

 


16. November 18, 2020 A Live Virtual Event s  1 pm – 3:30 pm (Central Time Zone) Topics for Faculty, Nurses and Students
Legal Issues in Nursing: Avoiding the Pitfalls in Nursing Education and To Friend or Not to Friend: Implications for Nurses, Faculty and Students
Mark Hagemeier, Esq. U of A UAMS Counsel
Register online: Link coming soon.
Please check the website for updates. deanneblach.com

 


  1. November 20, 2020  – Currently a Live event in Fort Smith, AR but may be virtual.
    MLN/DB Nurse Educator Update: Item Writing: Step-by-Step Approach for the Next Generation NCLEX®(NGN) Success
    !    Loretta Manning, MSN, RN, GPN
    In this workshop, participants will examine best practices for facilitating learning in nursing students, with an emphasis on engagement and tapping into ways today’s students learn best. The session will explore solutions in the challenge in teaching, the future of nursing education, strategies to incorporate technology and how to teach students decision making, clinical reasoning for clinical judgement in preparation for the New Generation NCLEX® (NGN). The workshop includes group activities and a separate tract for nursing students to prepare them to be successful on the NCLEX® exam.
    Register online with the MLN https://www.mlnmonursing.org

 

18.  November 20, 2020 Currently a Live event in Fort Smith, AR but may ultimately be virtual. Student Sessions for Passing the NCLEX® THE FIRST TIME!  Doubletree by Hilton s Fort Smith, AR.  Students sessions: Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy; Fluids and Electrolytes,   Acid/Base Balance and Med/Surg Nursing Made Insanely Easy!
Register online with the MLN https://www.mlnmonursing.org

 

DECEMBER 2020

 

  1. December 1, 2020  – A Live Virtual Event s 8:30 AM – 2 PM  (Central Time Zone)
    Barb Bancroft’s Fall Seminars on Clinical Topics for Faculty, Nurses and Students
    Brain Attack: Stroke Overview and Update  –  Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP
    Join Barb for a day devoted to the understanding of hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes in patients of all ages. You will learn neuranatomy and the blood supply of the brain in order to understand the various signs and symptoms observed in stroke patients. Barb will also discuss the risk factors and prevention measures that can be taken to reduce the risk of stroke. Evidenced-based treatment modalities, both surgical and medical will also be discussed.
    Register online https://cvent.me/5VglGE

 

 

2021 Nursing Conferences

JANUARY 2021

  1. January 4, 2021 A Live Virtual Event s  12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Michele Deck’s Creative Teaching Strategies for Nurse Educators 
    Webinar 1:
      Virtual Teaching: What’s Your Destination?

    Did you wake up one day to find that the world changed overnight due to a pandemic?  Are you now journeying into the unknown of teaching in the virtual world?  Is your travel going smoothly, or are you stuck in “this trip is a nightmare” mode?  In this session experience some engaging, involving methods you can use with your learners.  Discover how to structure your teaching to accomplish your learning outcomes in new ways using Zoom and other online platforms for effective learning.
    Register online: https://cvent.me/NV2dOY

 


21. January 6, 2021 A Live Virtual Event s  12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
Michele Deck’s Creative Teaching Strategies for Nurse Educators Webinar 
A Live Virtual Event
Webinar 2: Virtual Teaching: What’s Your Destination: Plan Your Journey!


Has your job as an educator changed locations?  Are you now teaching learners in a variety of locations virtually?  How will you get where you need to be?  Explore some specialized teaching strategies you can incorporate immediately into your classes.  Direct new learning approaches whether you want to move quickly or slowly through your journey.
Register online: https://cvent.me/NV2dOY

 


  1. January 8, 2021 A Live Virtual Event s  12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Michele Deck’s Creative Teaching Strategies for Nurse Educators Webinar  

    Webinar 3: Virtual Teaching: What’s Your Destination: Are We There Yet?

    Every great trip has a terrific destination.  Are you there yet?  Have you gotten some “souvenir” strategies you will take back and use going forward?  When we return to a new normal, what will you find most valuable?  In this session learn some ways to pre and post assess learning.  Gain some teaching tools to translate 2020 into a valuable, memorable learning experience worth the wait.
    Register online: https://cvent.me/NV2dOY

 


January 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021 – A Live Virtual Event Time s  12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
Iggy’s 2.0 Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Camp  – Donna “Iggy” Ignatavicius, MS, RN, CNE.

This new webinar series will provide an update on the latest information about the NGN, how to incorporate the NCSBN Clinical Judgment cognitive skills into your curriculum, and how to write effective NGN test items to help students develop clinical reasoning.
Register online Links coming soon.
Please check the website for updates. www.deanneblach.com

 

  1. January 7, 2021  A Live Virtual Event Time s  12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Iggy’s 2.0 Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Camp Webinar #1
    This webinar provides an update on the Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN), which will be a combination of current NCLEX® and new NGN test item formats. Tips and insights into writing higher-cognitive level test items will help make test writing easier!
      • NGN update: What do we know and where are we going?
      • How to write higher- cognitive level test items
  1. January 14, 2021 A Live Virtual Event    12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Iggy’s 2.0 Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Camp Webinar #2
    This webinar focuses on how to establish the validity and reliability of your exams. You’ll learn how to differentiate key statistics, how to interpret them, and how to make data-driven decisions about which test items are “keepers!”
      • Establishing test validity using test blueprinting
      • Analyzing key statistics for reliability and test item decisions

25. January 21, 2021  A Live Virtual Event     12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
Iggy’s 2.0 Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Camp Webinar #3
This webinar will focus on how you can assist students in developing the essential cognitive skills of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (CJMM). Learn how to use selected curricular strategies for CJ development will be discussed for all learning environments!

      • Emphasizing clinical judgment in pre-licensure nursing curricula
      • Implementing strategies for developing clinical judgment skills
  1. January 28, 2021  A Live Virtual Event     12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Iggy’s 2.0 Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Camp Webinar #4 
    In this webinar, you will learn how to write effective and valid NGN test items using the five approved test item formats. Get ready to start practicing these new item types with your students to help them prepare for nursing practice and NGN success!
      • NGN test item types most appropriate for the 6 clinical judgment cognitive skills
      • How to develop and integrate the five types of NGN test items in clinical case studies

 


  1. January 15, 2021  sA Live Virtual Event s 8:30 AM – 2 PM  (Central Time Zone)
    Barb Bancroft’s Winter Seminars on Clinical Topics for Faculty, Nurses and Students

Interpretation of Lab Tests: Shaken and Stirred   Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP
Enjoy the latest update on the Interpretation of Lab Tests and their clinical relevance to disease and dietary interpretation. Barb will discuss serum proteins, including albumin and the lipoproteins and their relationship to nutritional assessment and dietary manipulation. Anemias will also be correlated to B12, folic acid and iron deficiency. The WBC and differential will be discussed as it relates to various infections and their clinical manifestations. Barb will also include the influence of common drugs on various lab tests.
Register online Links coming soon.
Please check the website for updates. www.deanneblach.com

 

 

February 2021

February 9, 16, 23, 2021 s A Live Virtual Event Series s 12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)  Michele Deck, BSN, RN, MEd, LCCE
Nurse Educator Need-To-Know!  Orchestrating the Dynamics of Student Learning to Foster Clinical Judgement: Attitudes, Motivation, Conflict Management, Generational Issues and More!  Do you ever feel challenged by the difficult learners you encounter?  Have you taught the know-it-all, the toxic twins, arguer or the high attention needs people?  Have you wished to know the secrets of experienced nurse educators who don’t seem to face this dilemma?  In this this series of workshops, you will learn specific ways to orchestrate your class dynamics so that everyone has a positive learning experience (including you)!  At the completion of this series, you will be able to:

  • Create an environment of collaboration, positive communication and teamwork
  • Use both proactive and reactive strategies to motivate your learners
  • Gain teaching strategies you can adapt and use to foster clinical judgement
  • Anticipate conflict and adopt strategies to prevent and/or manage it
  • Demonstrate seven things Millennials and IGen learners want from those who teach and manage them
  • Experience how to engage diverse populations of students with hands on activities

Register online Links coming soon.
Please check the website for updates. www.deanneblach.com

 

  1. February 9, 2021 s A Live Virtual Event Series s 12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)  Michele Deck, BSN, RN, MEd, LCCE. Nurse Educator Need-To-Know!  Orchestrating the Dynamics of Student Learning to Foster Clinical Judgement: Attitudes, Motivation, Conflict Management, Generational Issues and More!
    Part 1: Lions and Tigers and Bears: Oh My! 

Have you ever taught a class with unhappy learners? A class that was so challenging that you found yourself clicking your heels together and repeating, “I just want to go home?” If so, this session will share practical, simple, and easy to implement ideas you can use to alter the situation. Orchestrate the dynamics in your class so that it becomes a win-win for all.  Participants will be able to:

  • Utilize both proactive and reactive ways to motivate your participants to learn
  • Discuss the three talents needed to deal with negative or unexpected learner attitudes and situations.
  • Examine strategies to use to change mandated groups into happy and willing learners.
  • Contrast educator secrets that allow you to orchestrate your class dynamics so that everyone learns and everyone wins.
  • Analyze strategies to deal with the know it all, the high attention needs learner, the toxic twins, and the arguer.

 

  1. February 16, 2021 s A Live Virtual Event Series s 12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)  Michele Deck, BSN, RN, MEd, LCCE. Nurse Educator Need-To-Know!  Orchestrating the Dynamics of Student Learning to Foster Clinical Judgement: Attitudes, Motivation, Conflict Management, Generational Issues and More!
    Part 2: Know White And Her Seven Learners Plus One   Have you ever wondered how to make content memorable for a diverse group of learners? Are you teaching those of different ages, backgrounds, and culture?  Noticed that there are several different ways to reinforce important information for your learners? Let “Know” White introduce you to her learners.  This session compares eight cartoon characters to the eight frames of mind according to Dr David Lazear, et al., the recognized experts in learning styles. Participants will be able to:
  • Identify 8 ways adults process and remember information
  • Describe 8 creative ways to teach and reinforce learning
  • Plan your lesson using at least 3 different learning approaches
  • Assess your learner’s dominant style and plan your teaching method to match it.
  1. February 23, 2021 s A Live Virtual Event Series s 12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Michele Deck, BSN, RN, MEd, LCCE   Nurse Educator Need-To-Know!  Orchestrating the Dynamics of Student Learning to Foster Clinical Judgement: Attitudes, Motivation, Conflict Management, Generational Issues and More!
    Part 3: Building Bridges:  Spanning The Generations. In this session, examine what is of value and importance to the traditionalists, baby boomer, generation X, millennial generation, and iGen members and how those can sometimes be in conflict.  Discover the talents of everyone you work with and gain a deeper understanding of what motivates each group and how they react to different problems and situations. Participants will be able to:
  • Compare the seven things that the younger generations want from those who teach and manage them.
  • Discuss how each generation has different definitions of respect, leadership and how they are best taught content and skills.
  • Examine way to bridge the communication and expectation gaps when dealing with a variety of learners in a class setting.
  • Implement the seven strategies asked for and valued by younger generations.

 

  1. February 10, 2021  s A Live Virtual Event s 8:30 AM – 2 PM  (Central Time Zone)
    Barb Bancroft’s Winter Seminars on Clinical Topics for Faculty, Nurses and Students
    Diabetes: It’s Complicated!
       Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP
    This is a diabetes lecture that you have never heard before an done that you will never forget – it’s complicated, treatable and in many instances, preventable! Barb will discuss the various types of diabetes, risk factors, patho, lab tests & clinical manifiestions. Long term implications, blood sugar control, insulin and hypoglycemics will also be discussed as well as prevention and treatment strategies.
    Register online Links coming soon.
    Please check the website for updates. deanneblach.com

 

February 11, 18, 25, 2021 s  Live Virtual Series of Events s 12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
Iggy’s Best Practices in Curriculum Development Camp for Prelicensure Program Nurse Educators.
Donna “Iggy” Ignatavicius, MS, RN, CNE, CNEcl, ANEF

This new webinar series will focus on best practices for curriculum development and revision. Traditional, concept-based, and competency based curricular development will be addressed from conception to implementation for RN and PN/VN programs.

Register online Links coming soon.
Please check the website for updates. www.deanneblach.com

  1. February 11, 2021 sA Live Virtual Event s 12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Iggy’s Best
    Practices in Curriculum Development Camp for Prelicensure Program Nurse Educators s Donna “Iggy” Ignatavicius, MS, RN, CNE, CNEcl, ANEF
    Part 1: This webinar describes the essential components of evidence-based contemporary nursing curricula for programs that prepare LPNs/LVNs, RNs, or APRNs. As part of this discussion, differentiation of student learning outcomes and how they should be measured will be outlined.
  • Essential components of an evidence-based contemporary nursing curriculum
  • Delineating student learning outcomes, objectives, and competencies
  1. February 18, 2021 sA Live Virtual Event s 12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Iggy’s Best Practices in Curriculum Development Camp for Prelicensure Program Nurse Educators
    s Donna “Iggy” Ignatavicius, MS, RN, CNE, CNEcl, ANEF
    Part 2: In this webinar, selected nursing curricular models used for structuring programs preparing LPNs/LVNs, RNs, and APRNs will be explored. Emphasis will be on competency-based, concept-based, and traditional curricular models.
  • Selected curricular models for nursing education
  • How to develop selected nursing curricular models

 

  1. February 25, 2021 sA Live Virtual Event s 12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Iggy’s Best Practices in Curriculum Development Camp for Prelicensure Program Nurse Educators
    s Donna “Iggy” Ignatavicius, MS, RN, CNE, CNEcl, ANEF

Part 3: This webinar will build on last week’s session and focus on the process of implementing evidence-based nursing curricula. Tips for active learning and thinking activities in classroom, online, laboratory, simulation, and clinical agency learning environments will be shared.

  • Determining the process of implementing nursing curricula
  • Tips for active learning and thinking activities for various educational environments
  1. February 24, 2021 sA Live Virtual Event s 8:30 AM – 2 PM  (Central Time Zone)
    Barb Bancroft’s Winter Seminars on Clinical Topics for Faculty, Nurses and Students
    Neuro for the Not-So-Neuro-Minded
    Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP
    It’s a great lecture for neuro novices as well as seasoned neuro nurses–everyone learns some new tidbits as well as refreshing some old tidbits. Nursing students will find this very helpful in preparation for answering those clinical judgement test items for NCLEX® success!

This seminar includes an overview and update of functional neuroanatomy and neuro assessment. Barb takes a “journey” through the brain–the Cerebral Cortex (all four lobes and their functions), and how to assess the 4 lobes as well as pathophysiology, including head injuries, brain tumors, and dementias; the basal ganglia and assessment, including the patient with a movement disorder–Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s chorea, and athetosis; the brain stem–assessment and clinical correlations including cranial nerves; spinal cord and the reflex arc.
Register online Register online Links coming soon.
Please check the website for updates. www.deanneblach.com

 

 

March 2021

March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2021 s Live Virtual Series of Events s 12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time)
Iggy’s
Best Practices in Curriculum Development Camp for Prelicensure Program Nurse Educators Donna “Iggy” Ignatavicius, MS, RN, CNE, CNEcl, ANEF s This webinar series will help nurse educators prepare for the Certified Nurse Educator (CNE®) examination and/or the Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE®cl) examination. Participants will have the opportunity to practice exam questions during each webinar and may attend the three webinars for CNE® prep and/or the two webinars for CNE®cl prep.

NOTE: Some of the content for Weeks 1-3 preparing for the CNE® exam and Weeks 4-5 preparing for the CNE®cl exam preparation overlap because the focus of some of the competencies for the two exams is similar. However, faculty are encouraged to take the entire 5-week webinar series for knowledge reinforcement. If qualified, a nurse educator may take both examinations to obtain two different certifications.

Register online Links coming soon.
Please check the website for updates. www.deanneblach.com

  1. March 2, 2021 sA Live Virtual Event s 12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Iggy’s Certified Nurse Educator (CNE®) and Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE®cl) Camp

PART 1: This webinar is the first in a series of three consecutive sessions that focus on preparing for the Certified Nurse Educator (CNE®) examination. Topics for this session include an exam introduction, a self-assessment, and a focus on the CNE® Competencies of Facilitate Learning and Facilitate Learner Development and Socialization.

  • Introduction and CNE® pretest/Focus on Facilitate Learning
  • Focus on Facilitate Learning/Facilitate Learner Development and Socialization
  1. March 9, 2021 sA Live Virtual Event s 12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Iggy’s Certified Nurse Educator (CNE®) and Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE®cl) Camp

    PART 2: In this webinar, the CNE® Competencies of Use Assessment and Evaluation Strategies, Participate in Curriculum Design and Evaluation of Program Outcomes, and Function as a Change Agent and Leader will be examined.
  • Focus on Use Assessment and Evaluation Strategies
  • Focus on Participate in Curriculum Design and Evaluation of Program Outcomes, and Function as a Change Agent and Leader
  1. March 16, 2021 sA Live Virtual Event s 12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Iggy’s Certified Nurse Educator (CNE®) and Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE®cl) Camp
    PART 3: This webinar will explore the CNE® Competencies of Pursue Continuous Quality Improvement, Engage in Scholarship, and Function Within the Educational Environment. Attendees will take the post-test to determine how well they improved in their nurse educator knowledge.
  • Focus on Competencies of Pursue Continuous Quality Improvement and Engage in Scholarship
  • Focus on Function Within the Educational Environment/CNE® post-test
  1. March 23, 2021 sA Live Virtual Event s 12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Iggy’s Certified Nurse Educator (CNE®) and Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE®cl) Camp

    PART 4: This webinar is the first of two consecutive sessions that focus on preparing for the Academic Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE®cl) examination. Topics for this session include an exam introduction, a self-assessment, and a focus on the CNE®cl Competencies of Function Within the Education and Health Care Environments, Facilitate Learning in the Health Care Environment, and Demonstrate Effective Interprofessional Communication and Collaborative Interprofessional Relationships.
  • Introduction and CNE®cl pretest/Focus on Function Within the Education and Health Care Environments
  • Focus on Facilitate Learning in the Health Care Environment and Demonstrate Effective Interprofessional Communication and Collaborative Interprofessional Relationships
  1. March 30, 2021 sA Live Virtual Event s 12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Iggy’s Certified Nurse Educator (CNE®) and Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE®cl) Camp

    PART 5: This webinar will explore the CNE®cl Competencies of Apply Clinical Expertise in the Health Care Environment, Facilitate Learner Development and Socialization, and Implement Effective Clinical Assessment and Evaluation Strategies. Attendees will take the post-test to determine how well they improved in their academic clinical nurse educator knowledge.
  • Focus on Apply Clinical Expertise in the Health Care Environment and Facilitate Learner Development and Socialization
  • Focus on Implement Effective Clinical Assessment and Evaluation Strategies/CNE®cl post-test

March 17, 2021  s A Live Virtual Event s 8:30 AM – 2 PM  (Central Time Zone)
Barb Bancroft’s Spring Clinical Topic Seminars for Faculty, Nurses and Students
Liver Logic: 50 Ways to Love Your Liver
Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP
Did you know that your liver has over 500 functions? The liver synthesizes proteins, stores blood, secretes bile, metabolizes hormones, drugs and alcohol, and it even has the capability to regenerate! Barb will discuss the signs and symptoms of liver disease, diseases specific to the liver, and the liver as an innocent bystander in conditions such as heart failure and autoimmune disease. Plus – Barb provides updated pharmacology related to the liver and GI tract.
Register online Links coming soon.
Please check the website for updates. www.deanneblach.com

 

March 24-25-26, 2021  s 5th Annual Memphis Nurse Educator Institute s  A Live Virtual Event s   More details coming soon!  Schedule subject to change.  

Register online Links coming soon.
Please check the website for updates. www.deanneblach.com

  1. March 24, 2021– s More details coming soon!
  2. March 25 , 2021- sMore details coming soon!
      – Didactic and Clinical Strategies to Enhance Clinical Judgment for NextGen Readiness
    Cherie Rebar, PhD, MBA, RN, COI and  Nicole Heimgartner, DNP, MSN, RN, COI
  3. March 26, 2021 – More details coming soon!

 

April 13-16, 202121st Annual NAPHE Nurse Educator Institute – Branson, MO s A Live Virtual Event s  More details coming soon! Schedule subject to change.
Register online Links coming soon.
Please check the website for updates. www.deanneblach.com

  1. Monday, April 12, 2021More details coming soon!
  2. Tuesday, April 13, 2021 – More details coming soon!
  3. Wednesday, April 14, 2021 – More details coming soon!
  4. Thursday, April 15, 2021
  • Avoiding Legal Pitfalls in Nursing Education Mark Hagemeier, Esq.
  • To Friend or Not to Friend: Social Media Implications for Students and Faculty Mark Hagemeier, Esq.
  1. Friday, April 16, 2021 – Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP More details coming soon!

 

  1. April 27-28, 2021 s A 2 day Live Virtual Event s 9:00 AM – 3 PM
    Pharmacology: A Class Act  s Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP
    This session will enable the learner to apply evidence-based practice in pharmacology as it relates to care of the patient across the lifespan. Additionally, the information gained in this program can improve patient outcomes through enhanced medication safety. This conference is designed for nurses in all settings. Nursing students will find this very helpful in preparation for answering those clinical judgement test items for NCLEX® success! Learn about the latest guidelines on med administration when caring for patients.Barb will discuss various classes of pharmacological agents in relation to treatment of common clinical conditions and the associated lab values, interactions with food and alternative therapy. Antimicrobial and other drug therapy is discussed in the prevention and treatment of infectious disease and the pros and cons of hormonal therapy with related nursing implications.
    Register online Links coming soon.
    Please check the website for updates. deanneblach.com
  2. May 7, 2021 s A Live Virtual Event s 8:30 AM – 2 PM  (Central Time Zone)
    Physical Assessment: If You Only Have 5 Minutes  s Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP
    This conference is designed for nurses in all settings. Nursing students will find this very helpful in preparation for answering those clinical judgement test items for NCLEX® success! Learn about the latest guidelines on med administration when caring for patients.

 

The most important part of any physical exam is taking the patient HISTORY. Learn how to characterize the chief complaint by asking the right questions—the PQRST + AAA way. Barb provides examples of how to use this mnemonic to get the most information in the least amount of time. Barb will then guide you through assessment basics—where to “listen” if you only have a minute, where to “look” if you only have a minute, where to “feel” if you only have a minute. Barb correlates anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology for each major system discussed—the heart, the lungs, the abdomen, and the nervous system. You will also be amazed at the information you can glean from basic vital sign evaluation. Last, but not least, Barb discusses various drug classes and the side effects that can confound a physical exam.
Register online Links coming soon.

June 2021

  1. June 7-10, 2021 s A Live Virtual Event s 9:00 AM – 3 PM
    Southeast Nursing Faculty Development Conference Myrtle Beach – Loretta Manning, MSN, RN, GNP, Lydia Zager, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
    More details coming soon!

 

  1. June 11, 2021 s A Live Virtual Event s 8:00 AM – 2 PM
    Fighting Back! Your Amazing Immune System s Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP
    This one-day seminar provides an up-to-the minute overview and update on inflammation and immunity. Barb will discuss the three major principles of the immune system and correlate the innate immune response with the adaptive immune response. You’ll hear all about neutrophils, B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes, antibodies and cytokines. The “cytokine storm” observed in severely ill COVID-19 patients will be discussed. Vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, anti-inflammatory drugs will all be correlated with a myriad of infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases. Allergies, anaphylaxis, asthma, allergic rhinitis are IgE-mediated diseases—their symptoms and treatment will be discussed. Immunology can be fun!! Join Barb for an entertaining and informative day!
    Register online Links coming soon.
    Please check the website for updates. deanneblach.com

 

  1. June 25, 2021 sA Live Virtual Event s  1:00 – 3:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
    Using Concept Mapping To Promote Clinical Judgement: Making Connections! A Workshop for Faculty and Students
    Deanne A. Blach, MSN, RN, CNE, NPD-BC
    This session provides a ‘how–to” approach for developing a concept map as an active teaching/learning tool  helping students ‘put the pieces of the puzzle  ”  Development, grading, repetition and barriers will be discussed. Concept Maps will be provided as examples for use for study or examples with teaching. Understanding how concept mapping really works in developing clinical judgement is an eye-opener for many.
    Register online Links coming soon.
    Please check the website for updates. www.deanneblach.com

Concept Mapping Workshops for Faculty and Students can be scheduled at your college.  Deanne has designed over 50 different concept maps which are available for purchase to use as examples for students and faculty. These CMs are appropriate for fundamentals courses to advanced Med/Surg.

  1. July 15-17, 2020 s  LIVE EVENT and Virtual Live Event at the Sheraton Uptown in Albuquerque, NM – Iggy’s Boot Camp for Nurse Educators ® – Donna Ignatavicius, MS, RN, CNE, CNEcl, ANEF; Marilyn Oermann, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN and Deanne A. Blach, MSN, RN, CNE, NPD-BC
  2. July 23, 2021 s  A Live Virtual Event s 9:00 AM – 3 PM
    Plants or Pill: A Practical Approach for Alternative Therapies s Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP
  3. November 15 – 16, 2021 s  LIVE EVENT and Virtual Live Event – to be held at the Wealea Beach Marriott Resort on Maui  s Maui Nursing and Allied Health Conference TOPICS TBA – Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP

 

November 19, 2021s  A Live Event TBA
MLN Nurse Educator and Student Nurse NCLEX ® Review

 

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