2020 Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Symposium

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Target Audience

Licensed Practical Nurses, MAs, or any healthcare professionals who are interested in the topics.

Description

The role of the LPN is vitally important to quality patient care. Please join us at this interactive event celebrating that role and enhancing the practice of the Licensed Practical Nurse!

Topics & Speakers

Human Trafficking
Alexa Nagy, MS
Lily Pad Haven

Delegation Updates
Joyce Winstead MSN, RN, FRE
Education and Practice Consultant
North Carolina Board of Nursing

Generational Diversity, It's Everywhere!
Lisa Foster, DNP, RN, NPD-BC
Atrium Health - Pineville

Implicit Bias in Healthcare
Sigrid L. Smith, CSSGB, PCMH CCE, CDP
Charlotte AHEC

Wound Care Management
Amy Bandelier, BSN, RN CWON
Atrium Health - Pineville

An Effective Communication Strategies with Dementia and Alzheimer’s patients
Elizabeth Novak, MPH, CHES Alzheimer’s Association – Western Carolina Chapter

Learning Outcome:
Participants will be able to gain knowledge about the responsibility and accountability of nursing practice and a variety of evidence-based topics which are relevant to his/her practice.

Live Webinar Information
This Live Webinar will be broadcast with Zoom. Instructions to join the Live Webinar will be emailed prior to the event. You can test your computer by going to the Zoom Test Page

Objectives

• Discuss different forms of human trafficking.
• Discuss the efforts of advocacy groups in providing an integrated system of care in collaboration with community partners.
• Describe the roles and responsibilities of the RN, LPN, & UAP (unlicensed assistive personnel)in the delegation process.
• Discuss nursing delegation of medication administration to UAP.
• Discuss generational differences
• Identify communication methodologies to implement in the work environment
• Define implicit bias and how it is manifested in healthcare.
• Recognize how implicit bias may be operating in the clinical setting.
• Discuss strategies that can be used to minimize the impact of implicit bias.
• Discuss basic principles of wound care and when to implement the use of wound care products and devices.
• Discuss education needs of patient with ostomy.
• Discuss recommendations for successful communication during all stages of Alzheimer’s disease.

Contact

Yuen Cheung DNP, RN, NPD-BC, 704-512-6523

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