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CONTACT HOURS: 5.4 KBN Contact Hours.  4.5 Contact Hours ANCC Credit.
(NOTE: Effective January 1, 2007, 60 minutes = 1 contact hour for ANCC Credit)

ANCC Accreditation. Eastern Kentucky University, the Division of Continuing Education and Development, is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

KBN Provider Offering #3-0007-12-12-100.

KBN Approval: Eastern Kentucky University, the Division of Continuing Education and Development, has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN). Provider #3-0007. Expiration Date December 31, 2012. Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing education program does not constitute endorsement of program content.

Nursing Home Administrators: ALL programs approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing are considered pre-approved by the KBLNHA.

FEE: $85; $42.50 for EKU students.  *Separate Supply Fee of $22.50. Not included in Registraion fee. This includes instruction, handout materials, contact hours, supplies, breaks, and lunch.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Nurse practitioners that work in primary care settings, or emergency departments.

FOCUS: The purpose of this offering is to present to Nurse Practitioners common musculoskeletal injuries-including fractures encountered in primary care. Focus will be on pertinent physical exam and x-ray findings along with appropriate management. The management plan will include appropriate splinting techniques in a hands-on splinting workshop.

FACULTY/PRESENTERS:
Delwin B. Jacoby, MSN, ARNP, Family Nurse practitioner, works as an FNP for Bluegrass Farmworker Health Center in Lexington, KY. She is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Larry S. Kelley, RN, C, MSN, PhD, works as an Associate Professor in Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Department at EKU.  Dr. Kelley has also taught physical assessment at the post-graduate level, undergraduate level and in workshop settings throughout the state and nationally.

OBJECTIVES:

PROGRAM SCHEDULE:
8:30    Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00    Common Injuries of Upper and Lower Extremities
        (includes X-ray and physical findings)
10:00 Break
10:15 Management Plans for Common Injuries
11:30 Lunch
12:30 Splinting Principles/Application of Common Splints
2:30   Evaluations and Awarding of Certificates
2:45   Awarding of Certificates

* Faculty/Staff and O’Donnell Scholarships do NOT cover supply fees

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CONTACT HOURS: KBN Contact Hours aproved by
Baptist East Regional Medical Center
2.25 ANCC Contact Hours for Feb. 28 & 7.5 ANCC Contact Hours for Feb. 29;
0.5 Contact Hour of Program dedicated to Pharmacology for Feb. 28 & 1.5 Contact Hour of Program dedicated to Pharmacology for Feb. 29.
(NOTE:  Effective January 1, 2007 60 minutes = 1 contact hour for ANCC Credit)

ANCC Accreditation.  Eastern Kentucky University, the Division of Continuing Education and Development, is an accredited provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

FEE:  FREE*.  This includes instruction, handout materials, contact hours, breaks and lunch.

FOCUS:  This program will present the latest developments in the recognition, treatment and anticipated outcomes with cardiovascular disease, including identification of risk factors.

TARGET AUDIENCE:  Physician, Pharmacist, Physician Assistant, Dentistry, Certified Medical Assistant, Dietitian, Respiratory, Nursing, Nurse Practitioner, Radiology and Sonographer.

FACULTY/PRESENTERS: 
L. Creed Pettigrew, MD, MPH
Baretta R. Casey, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Lisa Tannock, MD
Rashid Tayidi, RDCS, RDMS, RVT
Glen Farr, Pharm D, Professor, University of Tennessee
Rev. Bobby Joe Eaton, Chaplain BRMC
Judith A. Daniels, PhD, ARNP
Suresh Rekhrij, MD
Mark R. Bonnell, MD

*ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: This program is funded by unrestricted educational grants from: Baptist Regional Medical Center, Eastern Kentucky University-Division of Continuing Education and Development, Marymount Medical Center and Southern KY AHEC.  Vendor support also makes this program possible.

 OBJECTIVES:

PROGRAM SCHEDULE:
February 28th
6:00             Registration/Dinner/Vendors
6:30             Update on Cerebral Vascular Accidents
8:30             Evaluations
8:45             Adjournment

February 29th
7:30 am        Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:00 am        Cardiovascular Disease Burden in the Commonwealth
9:00 am        Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
10:00 am       Break
10:15 am       Echocardiography in 2008
11:15 am       Pharmacological and Therapeutic Development in the Management of Cardiovascular Conditions
12:15 pm       A Patient’s Perspective
12:30 pm       LUNCH/Vendors
1:15 pm        Obesity Management: Is it Mission Impossible
2:15 pm        Advances in Peripheral Vascular Diagnostics and Interventions
3:15 pm        Break
3:30 pm        The Surgical Perspective of Multi-vessel PCI versus CABG
4:30 pm        Evaluations
4:45 pm       Awarding of Certificates

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13th Annual Medical/Surgical Symposium:
Excellence Through Evidence:
A Celebration of Clinical Outcomes
In collaboration with Central Baptist Hospital
Thursday, March 27, 2008, 7:30 a.m. – 4:25 p.m.
Central Baptist Hospital, Education Center
1720 Nicholasville Rd., Lexinton, KY 40503
(Note: Education Center located in Lower Level of 1720 Building, Baptist Heart Institute)

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CONTACT HOURS: 6.6 KBN Contact Hours; 5.5 ANCC Contact Hours
(NOTE: Effective January 1, 2007, 60 minutes = 1 contact hour for ANCC Credit)

ANCC Accreditation. Eastern Kentucky University, the Division of Continuing Education and Development, is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

KBN Provider Offering #3-0007-12-12-101.

KBN Approval: Eastern Kentucky University, the Division of Continuing Education and Development, has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN). Provider #3-0007. Expiration Date December 31, 2012. Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing education program does not constitute endorsement of program content.

Nursing Home Administrators: ALL programs approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing are considered pre-approved by the KBLNHA.

FEE: $65.00; rate of $50 for Baptist Health Care System employees, $45.00 for nursing students, and no charge for Central Baptist Hospital employees. This includes instruction, handout materials, contact hours, break and luncheon. This special rate is provided through an unrestricted educational grant of supporting agencies.

TARGET AUDIENCE: RNs, LPNs, ARNPs, Nurse Educators, and other interested health care professionals are invited to examine evidence-based practice application and outcomes.

FOCUS: This program will examine evidence-based practice which is “an integration of the best evidence available, nursing expertise, and the values and preferences of the individuals, families, and communities who are served” – Sigma Theta Tau International 2005.

FACULTY/PRESENTERS:
Joanne R. Duffy, PhD, RN, CCRN is a tenured Associate Professor at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.  Dr. Duffy is best known for her leadership in maximizing patient outcomes and research relating to the measurement of caring.  Dr. Duffy pioneered a research program linking nurse caring to patient outcomes and designed the Caring Assessment Tool.  She also developed the Quality-Caring Model© which integrates the relationship-centered nature of nursing with the evidence-based culture of modern-day health care.  She was the first recipient of the Annual Health Care Research Award given by the National Institute of Health Care Management.  Dr. Duffy is a well published researcher whose work has led to changes in practice and policy for the improvement of patient outcomes.

Karen Hill, RN, MSN, CNAA, BC-FACHE
Vice President, Nurse Executive

Debra A. Lewis, RN, BSN-NICU Staff Nurse
Rhonda Byrd, RN, BSN-NICU Staff Nurse

Cyndi S. Baxter, RN, MSN, CCRN, CEN, CNA, BC
Emergency Department Director

Lonnie Wright, MSLS
Manager of Library Services

Paula Gisher, RN, BSN, MCS
Neuroscience Center, Administrative Director

Dee Beckman, RN, BSN, MBA, CNA, BC
Institutional Review Board Director

Laura Senn, RNC, BSN-Perinatal Educator
Kim Clark, RN, ADN-Mother Baby Staff Nurse

Susan G. Yackzan, RN, MSN, AOCN
Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Fontaine Sands, RN, MSN, CNAA, BC, FACHE
Nurse Epidemiologist
*A special poster session will be offered from 10:10-11:10 presenting information in both the academic and clinical settings. 

OBJECTIVES:

PROGRAM:

Simulation with the Experts:
Student Focused Learning
In Collaboration with EKU’s Clinical Nursing Center Advisory Committee
Friday, April 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Perkins Building, EKU Campus, Quads A & B

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CONTACT HOURS:  6.3 KBN Contact Hours; 5.25 ANCC Contact Hours
(NOTE:  Effective January 1, 2007 60 minutes = 1 contact hour for ANCC Credit)

ANCC Accreditation.  Eastern Kentucky University, the Division of Continuing Education and Development, is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

KBN Provider Offering #3-0007-12-12-102

KBN Approval: Eastern Kentucky University, the Division of Continuing Education and Development, has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN). Provider #3-0007. Expiration Date December 31, 2012. Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing education program does not constitute endorsement of program content.

Nursing Home Administrators: All programs approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing are considered pre-approved by the KBLNHA.

FEE:  $85.  Includes instruction, handout materials, contact hours, breaks, and networking luncheon at Perkins Building.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Nurse educators, nurses in staff development, staff nurses working with new graduates, and health care educators interested in learning the latest technology available for teaching case scenarios in a clinical lab setting.

FOCUS:  This program has been developed to provide an introduction to “(Advanced) Patient Simulation” as an instruction method.  Basics of simulation and integration into course curriculums will be discussed, including development of case scenarios and the infrastructure required to meet the needs of students and faculty for successful implementation.

FACULTY/PRESENTERS: 
Pamela R. Jeffries, DNS, RN, FAAN, associate professor and associate dean for undergraduate programs at the Indiana University School of Nursing, was the recipient of the National League in Nursing Education Research Award for 2007.  She is currently serving as the director of a three-year NLN faculty development initiative involving simulation modules into teaching.  She is nationally recognized for her work in this area in bringing practical application to this model in “how to” do it.

OBJECTIVES:

PROGRAM SCHEDULE:
8:30 am        Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am        Simulation 101 (Basics)
10:15 am      Break
10:30 am      Integrating Simulation into Courses
11:30 am      Educators Need Development Too!
12:15 pm      Lunch
1:00 pm        Debriefing/Reflection as a Teaching Tool
2:00 pm        Break
2:15 pm        Use of Simulation with Evidence Based Outcomes.
3:15 pm        Evaluations
3:30 pm        Awarding of Certificates

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Health Ministries and Faith Community Nursing:
An Introduction
Thursday, May 8, 2008, 8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea, 975 Walnut Meadow Road, Berea, KY 40403

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Faith Community Nursing Day II:
Serving Senior Adults in the Congregation
Friday, May 9, 2008, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea, 975 Walnut Meadow Road, Berea, KY 40403

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CONTACT HOURS: 6.6 KBN Contact Hours.  5.5 Contact Hours ANCC Credit.
(Note: Effective January 1, 2007, 60 minutes = 1.0 contact hour for ANCC Credit).

ANCC Accreditation. Eastern Kentucky University, the Division of Continuing Education and Development, is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

KBN Provider Offering #3-0007-12-12-105.

KBN Approval: Eastern Kentucky University, the Division of Continuing Education and Development, has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN). Provider #3-0007. Expiration Date December 31, 2012. Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing education program does not constitute endorsement of program content.

Nursing Home Administrators: All programs approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing are considered pre-approved by the KBLNHA.

FEE: $85. Includes instuction, handout materials, contact hours, break, and lunch at Kentucky Artisan Center.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Faith Community Nurses/Parish Nurses and others involved in Health Ministries

EACH PARTICIPANT IS ASKED TO BRING 25 COPIES OF A RESOURCE PERTAINING TO SENIOR ADULTS IN THE CONGREGATION TO SHARE DURING THE AFTERNOON SESSION.  (This can be a program, project, website, or anything of general interest to Health Ministries for Senior Adults.)

FOCUS: Health Ministry and Faith Community Nursing focuses on wellness across the lifespan.  This special day will present programs and resources specific to the safety, health and welfare of the Senior Adult population in our congregations and in the broader community we serve.

FACULTY/PRESENTERS:
Diane Carr Kiser, MSN, RN, Faith Community Nurse, Health Ministries Coordinator, Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. Diane is currently working with over fifty parish nurses in thirty-six church health ministry programs.

Terry Casey, FNP, MSN, BSN,Education Facilitator, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville, Kentucky.

OBJECTIVES:

PROGRAM SCHEDULE
8:00    Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30    Welcome/Introductions/Devotional
9:00    “Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions”     
10:15  Break
10:30  “The Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Senior Adult”
11:30  Luncheon
12:30  “Wholistic Health of Older Adults”
2:15    Break
2:30    Senior Adults Resources for Community Nurses
3:45    Evaluations
4:00    Awarding of Certificates

1. Recognize how HIV affects the human immune system.

1. Discuss testing, diagnosis, the disease process, and current medical treatment.
2. Describe some of the psychological and physical effects of HIV/AIDS, and the psychosocial impact of the disease on patients, families, and significant others, and caregivers.
3. Discuss the implications, appropriate attitudes, rewards, and benefits for health care and the helping professionals who provide care for persons with AIDS or HIV disease.
4. List services for the person with HIV/AIDS.