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20th Annual Gerontology Nursing Conference
CE credit for nurses, social workers and nursing home administrators
Dec. 4 and 5
Conference cost
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David A. Fleming, MD, FACP, professor of clinical medicine and director, MU Center for Health Ethics
Fleming’s broad areas of expertise include internal medicine, health ethics, geriatrics, telehealth, end of life care, and home care for the elderly. He recently completed research at Georgetown University examining caregiver burden at the end-of-life. He has also published and given presentations addressing end of life care and the ethical concerns in the use of telehealth technology in the care and treatment of vulnerable populations. Board certified in both internal medicine and geriatrics, Fleming practiced as a community-based internist for 20 years prior to returning to academic medicine in 1995. In 2001 he completed a primary care research fellowship in the Center for Clinical Bioethics and the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, while also completing graduate studies in ethics and the professions in the schools of philosophy and liberal studies. He then returned to the University of Missouri to direct the newly formed Center for Health Ethics.
Joseph H. Flaherty, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, St. Louis University and St. Louis VA Medical Center
A leading expert in the field of geriatric medicine, Flaherty is passionate about the recognition and early intervention in delirium. He is listed among the Top Doctors in St. Louis, and has received the Father James M. Tobin Award from fourth year medical students at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Best Friend to Staff, Medical Staff Award, Saint Louis University Hospital and the Community Service Award, Saint Louis University Hospital and Tenet Hospital.
Rebecca Rengo, MA, MSW, LCSW, ACSW, owner, Transcending Life, president/ceo, Aging Consult, Inc. St. Louis
Rengo is a coach, psychotherapist, speaker and educator with 25 years of experience. Rebecca has master’s degrees in social work and public administration. She is the President of the Missouri Pain Initiative and a member of the American Pain Society and other related health and pain associations.
In addition to having her own chronic pain management practice, Rengo is on adjunct faculty at St. Louis University, Washington University and the University of Missouri-St. Louis Schools of Social Work. Rebecca was also an adjunct assistant professor in the psychiatry department at St. Louis University and on full-time faculty in the School of Medicine at Washington University.
Rengo’s mission is to educate the public and medical professionals on chronic pain and pain management issues. Rengo has been interviewed on radio and television programs across the country. She offers seminars nationally and internationally, as well as teleconferences. Rebecca also provides coaching using the concepts from her book, Beyond Chronic Pain, and is producing a series of tapes and CDs.
James R. Slaughter, MD, associate clinical professor, Department of Family and Community
Medicine, School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia
Slaughter serves as the attending psychiatrist, Lake Mental Health Consultants through the MU School of Medicine. He is Board Certified in both Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry, and serves on the Ethics Committee, Patient Rights Committee, and End-of Life Task Force, University of Missouri Health Care. A frequent speaker for MU Nursing Conferences, Slaughter has given over 200 presentations locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally related to neuropsychiatry, geropsychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. He is widely published and serves as a reviewer on a number of peer reviewed journals.
Reginald H. “Reg” Turnbull, JD, certified as an elder law attorney, Turnbull Law Office, P.C., Jefferson City
Turnbull concentrates his practice in the area of elder and disabilities law by representing older persons, disabled persons, their families, and their advocates. His life practice includes life care planning, financial and healthcare powers of attorney, healthcare directives, end-of-life planning, guardians and conservators, and special needs disability planning for persons with disabilities and their families. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and Missouri member of the Special Needs Alliance; Missouri End of Life Coalition, Samaritan Center Legal Panel, and the Capital Region Medical Center Ethics Committee. He is certified by the National Elder Law Foundation as an elder law attorney.
Nursing Outreach at the MU Sinclair School of Nursing is pleased to present the 20th Annual Gerontology Clinical Update Conference. We have planned two days of evidence-based and application-oriented educational programming based on a combination of suggestions from last year’s participants, hot topics suggested by the conference planning committee and common challenges encountered when caring for older adults, regardless of setting. Experienced gerontology nurses from long-term care, acute care, rehabilitation and home health, as well as gerontology nursing faculty and licensed nursing home administrators, have determined the topics for this year’s event. Every effort has been made to translate the latest evidence into practically useful knowledge for the gerontology practitioner.
The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum for gerontology healthcare providers to discuss complex care issues common to all who care for the elderly. There are two primary foci for each day:
7:45 a.m.
Check-in
8:15 a.m.
Welcome and introductions
Caregiving, Difficult Decisions and Relocation
8:30 a.m.
Making Sense Out of Do Not Attempt
Resuscitation and Limitations of Treatment
9:30 a.m.
Stretch break
9:35 a.m.
Legal and Ethical Consideration of Mandated
Reporting
10:35 a.m.
Beverage break
11 a.m.
Nightmare in Elder Care -- Who’s in Charge when
the Family Squabbles
Noon
Hosted luncheon
Pressure Ulcers -- Evidenced Based Approach to the Prevention, Assessment, Recognition and Treatment
Laurel A. Wiersema-Bryant, MS, RN, BC, ANP, adult nurse practitioner, Wound/Ostomy Center, Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis; editorial board, Ostomy/Wound Management
1 p.m.
Skin assessment and pressure ulcer staging update
2 p.m.
Stretch break
2:05 p.m.
Prevention and treatment of early changes
3 p.m.
Refreshment break
3:15 p.m.
Collaboration for success
Lori Garrett, OTR, Manager of the University Therapy, University of Missouri Health Care, Columbia
4 p.m.
Acute care rehab and home considerations
including positioning and seating, sheering
phenomenon and fit of wheel chair
4:30 p.m.
Adjourn
7:30 a.m.
Check-in
8:15 a.m.
Welcome and introductions
6th Vital Sign: Mental Status
8:30 a.m.
Mental Status, the 6th Vital Sign: Recognizing,
Preventing and Managing Delirium
9:30 a.m.
Beverage break
9:45 a.m.
Principles of Pharmacologic Pain Management
in the Elderly
10:30 a.m.
Stretch break
10:35 a.m.
Geriatric Pain Syndromes
11:20 a.m.
Assessment and Non-pharmacologic Management
of Chronic Pain in the Elderly
12:30 p.m.
Hosted luncheon
6th Vital Sign: Mental Status
1:30 p.m.
Behavioral and Pharmacologic Management
in Dementia
2:15 p.m.
Stretch break
2:20 p.m.
Dementia (continued)
3:10 p.m.
Refreshment break
3:30 p.m.
Depression in the Elderly
4:15 p.m.
Adjourn
A block of rooms at the special rate of $73 has been reserved until Nov. 3, 2008 at the Stoney Creek Inn, located at 2601 S. Providence Road, Columbia, MO, 65201. After this date, rooms will be on a space available basis only. To make reservations, please call 573-442-6400. The hotel is located just off Providence Road, 1.5 miles north of the Peachtree Banquet Center where the conference will be held. Be sure to ask for the MU NURSING CONFERENCE room block. Participants are responsible for making their own reservations and guaranteeing reservations with a credit card.
Nurses
MU Sinclair School of Nursing is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Missouri Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Up to 6.2 contact hours (Day 1-Dec. 4) and 6.0 contact hours (Day 2-Dec. 5) will be awarded to all individuals who attend, complete the evaluation form and are paid in full. Number 710-IV.
Nursing home administrators
Clock hours have been applied for through the Missouri Board of Nursing Home Administrators. TA#073-909.
Social work
CEUs have been applied for from the University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Social Work. If you wish to have your credit on file with the MU School of Social Work, there is an additional $10 fee that must be submitted upon check-in.
A certificate of completion will be provided to all conference participants who attend the offering, complete the evaluation form and are paid in full. If you are not paid in full, your CE credit will be officially recorded upon receipt of payment. Lost certificates may be replaced through a written request to the Nursing Outreach office for a fee of $10 per certificate. We will need your name, last four digits of your social security number (or customer ID from the mailing label of your conference brochure) and the title of the conference you attended.
MU complies with the guidelines set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you have special needs as addressed by the ADA and need special assistance with this or any portion of the learning process, please notify us as soon as possible. Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate your needs.
Taping by attendees is not allowed at any educational activities sponsored by Nursing Outreach.
We understand that circumstances may arise that require you to cancel or send a substitute. If you cancel your attendance five or more working days before the conference, your registration fee will be refunded, less a $25 processing fee. You may send a substitute at any time. Please notify the Nursing Outreach office of any registration changes prior to the conference to ease the check-in process.
Nursing Outreach reserves the right to make changes in content and speakers, or to cancel programs if enrollment criteria are not met or when conditions beyond our control prevail. Every effort will be made to contact each enrollee if a program is canceled. In the event of cancellation, registration fees are automatically refunded in full. MU will not be responsible for any losses incurred by registrants including, but not limited to, airline cancellation charges or hotel deposits.
Your expenditure for this activity may qualify you for a Lifetime Learning federal tax credit. Tax deduction information regarding continuing education expenses is available from the IRS or tax advisors (Treasury Regulation 1.162.5).
Updated 6/17/09
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Please contact the Nursing Outreach office if you need special dietary arrangements.
Participants are asked to set their cell phones on vibrate or silent and to exit the meeting room for all calls.
Participants are asked to refrain from smoking in the conference facility.
Please bring a sweater or jacket due to variations in temperature and personal preferences.
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