Nursing Education and Professional Development
Aprilfest 2013
Nursing Education and Professional Development presents
APRILFEST 2013: A WEEK-LONG EDUCATION GALA!
Monday, April 15 - Thursday April 18, 2013
(click on graphic for printable Aprilfest 2013 schedule)
Events for licensed and non-licensed care providers, including Nurses and Care Partners
For VUMC Staff Members only
Contact Hours offered varies by event
All events are free to attend, but registration is required
To register for an event, click on the presentation's title
Monday, April 15, 2013
| Time | Title/Speaker | Description | Location | Contact Hours |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | Meaningful Use and the Path of 2014 presented by Daniel Bonn, MMHC-Masters of Management Healthcare Administrator Director HITECH/Meaningful Use Department JUST ADDED! Click to register to view event live online through webex (includes Contact Hour) |
How healthcare will impact the way we give care. | MCN Ballroom | 1.0 |
| 12:00pm - 4:00pm | Leading During Change and Transition Sponsored by Shared Governance presented by Tammy Key, BS, RCC, CTT+ Consultant Organizational Effectiveness Team, Vanderbilt University Human Resources (due to program length, live online webex not available) |
Improving outcomes by effectively leading change. | MCN Ballroom | 4.0 |
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
| Time | Title/Speaker | Description | Location | Contact Hours |
| 8:00am - 11:30am | Spanish I presented by Ed Gumucio, President Hablemos Hispanic Communication Solutions |
Provide tools needed to build rapport and communicate at a basic level with your Spanish-speaking patients. |
MCN Ballroom | 3.5 |
| 12:30pm - 4:00pm | Spanish II presented by Ed Gumucio, President Hablemos Hispanic Communication Solutions |
Build on your Spanish I skills. | MCN Ballroom | 3.5 |
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
| Time | Title/Speaker | Description | Location | Contact Hours |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | Who's the Health Care Decision Maker? The Nurse's Role When there are Questions presented by Joe Fanning, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Associate Director of the Clinical Ethics Service, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society JUST ADDED! Click to register to view event live online through webex (includes Contact Hours) |
Supporting families during difficult decision making | MCN Ballroom | 1.5 |
Thursday, April 18, 2013
| Time | Title/Speaker | Description | Location | Contact Hours |
| 9:30am - 11:00am | Patient and Family Engagement presented by Terrell Smith, MSN, RN Director of Patient and Family Education JUST ADDED! Click to register to view event live online through webex (includes Contact Hours) |
Getting Patients and family involved with their care. | MCN Ballroom | 1.5 |
| 11:15am - 12:15pm | Krames Patient Education (Registration not required for this event) presented by Lane Stiles - Krames Rep Director, Patient Education JUST ADDED! Click to register to view event live online through webex (includes Contact Hours) |
Learn more about the new Krames patient education resources and tools we have available at our fingertips to contribute to optimal patient education and outcomes | MCN Ballroom | 0 |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Strategies and Tactics for Advancing a Safety Culture presented by Michael Cull, PhD, PMHNP-BC Director, Education & Dissemination Office of Quality & Patient Safety JUST ADDED! Click to register to view event live online through webex (includes Contact Hour) |
MCN Ballroom | 1.0 | |
| 2:15pm - 3:15pm | Wellness, Impairment, and Addiction presented by Shannon Schulz Webb, BSN, RN Manager, Patient Care Services, VPH 3 and Float Pool JUST ADDED! Click to register to view event live online through webex (includes Contact Hour) |
Identify alternative and genuine forms of wellness for self and others, signs and symptoms of impairment, and differences between self-medicating, dependence and addiction. | MCN Ballroom | 1.0 |
 |
Sheketha Davis, Program Coordinator |
Vanderbilt Medical Center, Department of Nursing Education and Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Tennessee Nurses Association, an accredited approver Vanderbilt Medical Center, Department of Nursing Education and Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Tennessee Nurses Association, an accredited approver.
