UPMC St. Margaret Hot Topics in Nursing Conference | 2023

Pittsburgh, PA US
November 30, 2023

This annual nursing conference showcases the newest, hottest topics in nursing and healthcare.

Target Audience

This conference is open to all nurses interested in learning about current and upcoming topics in healthcare.

Learning Objectives

• Describe new and innovative ways to improve patient safety
• Explain various methods to improve interdisciplinary and patient communication
• Understand new opportunities for professional development

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 3.25 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/02/2023
Course expires: 
12/14/2023
Event starts: 
11/30/2023 - 3:30pm EST
Event ends: 
11/30/2023 - 7:30pm EST
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3:30 PM

Welcome and Conference Overview
Kendallyn White

3:45 PM

Improving Patient Care Through PowerPlan Education and Inpatient Care Education in an ED Setting
Courtney Ross, Jennifer Vonada, & Amber Cole

4:00 PM

Decreasing Post-operative Constipation in Total Knee/Hip Replacement Patients
Lisa Kolodziejski

4:15 PM

Standardizing Nurse Residency Within a Large Health System
Lisa Sheehan, Nancy Miller, Courtney Nyoh, Johanna Sanders, Delancy Zeller, Jan Zillman, Amy Popp, & Sarah Ziccardi

4:30 PM

Leveraging Technology to Improve the Orientation Experience
Casey Green & Kendallyn White

4:45 PM

Break

5:00 PM

Have No Fear: The Team-Based Model of Care is Here!
Alexandra Mikulis, Judy Shovel, & Jennifer Hicks

5:15 PM

The Implementation of a Break Nurse on a Medical-Surgical Unit
Allison Gier

5:30 PM

Health Literacy in Total Joint Replacement Surgery
Barbara Lawrence

5:45 PM

Relationship-Based Leadership Approach to the Geriatric Graduate Nurse Residency Program
Alexandria Pantoja & Julie Glass

6:00 PM

Dinner and Networking

6:30 PM

A Tri-Method Process Implemented by Clinical Nursing Leadership to Reduce Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries in an Intensive Care Unit
Brianne Falkowski

6:45 PM

There’s a Sim for That! Transforming Didactic Education to Simulation-Based Learning
Kristen Killian & Kendallyn White

7:00 PM

Nurses’ Perceptions of the Nurse-Patient Assignment Process in Critical Care: A Qualitative Study
Kathryn Riman

7:15 PM

Questions, Evaluation, and Closing Remarks
Kendallyn White

7:30 PM

Adjournment

UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15215
United States

This conference is presented by UPMC St. Margaret Nursing Education and Professional Development.

Planning Committee

Nicolette Corrado, BSN, RN, ENLS
Nurse Educator
UPMC St. Margaret

Catherine Green, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CMSRN
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist
UPMC St. Margaret

Jennifer Hicks, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CEN
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist
UPMC St. Margaret

Kristen Killian, DNP, BS, RN, NPD-BC, ENLS
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist
UPMC St. Margaret

Julie Teribery, MSN, RN, CCRN
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist
UPMC St. Margaret

Jennifer Vonada, BSN, RN, PCCN, CNIM
Senior Professional Staff Nurse II, 3B
UPMC St. Margaret

Kendallyn White, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CMSRN
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist
UPMC St. Margaret

Presenters

Amber Cole, BSN, RN, PCCN
Unit Director

Brianne Falkowski, MSN, RN
Sr. Clinician Educator

Allison Gier, BSN, RN
Professional Staff Nurse

Julie Glass, MSN, MBA, RN, CMSRN
Unit Director

Casey Green, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CMSRN
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist

Jennifer Hicks, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CEN
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist

Kristen Killian, DNP, BS, RN, NPD-BC, ENLS
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist

Lisa Kolodziejski, MSN, RN
Orthopedic Nurse Navigator

Barbara Lawrence, MEd, BSN, RN
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist

Alexandra Mikulis, BSN, RN
Improvement Specialist

Nancy Miller, MSN, RN, ONC
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist

Courtney Nyoh, DNP, RN, CCRN, NPD-BC
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist

Alexandria Pantoja, RN, CMSRN
Clinician Educator Fellow

Amy Popp, BSN, RN, OCN
Nurse Educator

Kathryn Riman, PhD, RN
Sr. Professional Staff Nurse

Courtney Ross, MSN, RN, CEN
Sr. Clinician

Johanna Sanders, MSN, RN
Clinical Education Specialist

Lisa Sheehan, MSN, RN, VA-BC
Programmatic Nurse Specialist

Judy Shovel, RN
Improvement Specialist

Jennifer Vonada, BSN, RN, PCCN, CNIM
Nurse Educator

Kendallyn White, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CMSRN
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist

Delancy Zeller, MSN, RN, NPD-BC
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist

Sarah Ziccardi, DNP, RN-BC, NPD-BC
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist

Janice Zillman, MSN, RN
Clinical Education Specialist

No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This activity is approved for the following credit: ANCC.  Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 3.25 contact hours.

Available Credit

  • 3.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 3.25 Attendance
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