UPMC St. Margaret Hot Topics in Nursing Conference | 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
3:30 PM | Welcome and Conference Overview |
3:45 PM | Improving Patient Care Through PowerPlan Education and Inpatient Care Education in an ED Setting |
4:00 PM | Decreasing Post-operative Constipation in Total Knee/Hip Replacement Patients |
4:15 PM | Standardizing Nurse Residency Within a Large Health System |
4:30 PM | Leveraging Technology to Improve the Orientation Experience |
4:45 PM | Break |
5:00 PM | Have No Fear: The Team-Based Model of Care is Here! |
5:15 PM | The Implementation of a Break Nurse on a Medical-Surgical Unit |
5:30 PM | Health Literacy in Total Joint Replacement Surgery |
5:45 PM | Relationship-Based Leadership Approach to the Geriatric Graduate Nurse Residency Program |
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 |
6:45 PM | There’s a Sim for That! Transforming Didactic Education to Simulation-Based Learning |
7:00 PM | Nurses’ Perceptions of the Nurse-Patient Assignment Process in Critical Care: A Qualitative Study |
7:15 PM | Questions, Evaluation, and Closing Remarks |
7:30 PM | Adjournment |
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 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 3.25 Attendance