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Dallas, TX on 11/09/2009

Education/CE Sessions

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM | November 9, 2009

Session Group I

Clinical

Wound Assessment

Accurate wound assessment is a critical component of effective wound management. This session will offer tips and techniques for ensuring wounds are managed correctly.

Professional Development

Dealing With Patients, Peers & Managers With Personality Deficits

Have you ever encountered a boss, co-worker, patient or in the case of a manager, a direct report who you are sure has a personality deficit? These individuals challenge your conflict management skills. This session will provide insights and strategies on how to deal with these individuals.

9:15 AM to 10:15 AM | November 9, 2009

Session Group II

Clinical

My Head Is Killing Me

About 16-17 percent of the population gets a migraine headache sometime in their life-that means more than a billion people worldwide have had a migraine. Education in the primary care setting can empower migraineurs to become partners in the management of their disorder.

Professional Development

A Practical Guide to Developing Your Personal Development Plan

How does personal development help you grow as an individual and a profession? Develop the steps necessary for taking charge of developing your own learning plan.

11:30 AM to 1:00 PM | November 9, 2009

Session Group III

Student Focus

Can Compassion Coexist in High-Tech Healthcare?

This interactive session explores the art of compassion, the main reason most caregivers chose healthcare as a career. Students, new grads and veteran healthcare caregivers will work in groups to discuss how you measure your own and your colleagues' compassion.

Clinical

Treatment Planning for Parkinson's Disease

Management of Parkinson's disease is a complex process that demands individualized and thoughtful treatment planning. This program will discuss pharmacological therapy, surgical options, multidisciplinary referrals, and psychosocial considerations in an effort to improve quality of life for the Parkinson community.

1:30 PM to 2:00 PM | November 9, 2009

Bonus Session

General

Build a Great Working Relationship With Your Boss

Your boss is key to your current on-the-job satisfaction and to your future success in the organization. So make your supervisor look good for hiring you. Efforts you make now toward a productive working relationship will pay off down the road - for your facility and for you.

2:30 PM to 3:30 PM | November 9, 2009

Session Group IV

Clinical

Diabetic Emergencies

Diabetic ketoacidosis, HHNK( hyperglycemic, hyperosmolar non-ketotic coma), and hypoglycemia constitute the three major diabetic emergencies patients may present. Discussion will be on how to assess and compare these acute complications. Prevention and treatments will be discussed.

Professional Development

Restoring Harmony & Reducing Stress

Whether you are a new healthcare professional or have many years of experience, you can avoid burnout by learning to balance your life.

Accreditation

Merion Publications Inc. is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the PA State Nurses Association (No.  008-O-07), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Merion Publications, Inc. is also approved as a provider by the New Jersey Board of Education, California Board of Registered Nursing  (No. 13230) and by the Florida Board of Nursing (No. 3298 & CE Broker Provider #50-2739).




Nurses can earn up to 5.0 contact hours.

Sessions are not pre-approved for non-nursing credit. Attendees receive a certificate of attendance. It is the individual's responsibility to validate contact hours with their accrediting body.


 

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Texas Hospital for Advanced Medicine

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Attendee Testimonials

As a radiology instructor, I have brought 80+ students to the ADVANCE Job Fair. It is without a doubt a must for all of our students to attend. I will continue to recommend to our administration that they support our students attending the ADVANCE Job Fair.

- Warren Parker, Radiology Instructor
 

Questions?

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