2023 Annual Neuroscience Nursing Symposium

Houston, TX US
July 28, 2023

The Annual Neuroscience Nursing Symposium is a one-day event in which learners will explore the care of the neurological patient through the perspective of the Neuroscience Nurse.

Registration TypeFee
Houston Methodist Employee$25
Non-Houston Methodist Employee$50

All proceeds from this course benefit the Neuroscience Nursing Education Fund to provide educational opportunities for the bedside Neuroscience Nurses at Houston Methodist Hospital.

Target Audience

Registered Nurses

Learning Objectives

Nursing Learning Outcome:

On completion of this course, registered nurses will have enhanced knowledge and practical applications to the care of the neurological and neurosurgical patient. They will identify at least one new learning related to thrombolytic therapy and stroke that they can apply to personal practice as reflected in the post-activity survey.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 5.66 Nursing Contact Hours

    Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

    Houston Methodist will award 5.66 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.

Course opens: 
04/15/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
Event starts: 
07/28/2023 - 7:30am CDT
Event ends: 
07/28/2023 - 4:00pm CDT
Cost:
$25.00
Rating: 
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2023 Annual Neuroscience Nursing Symposium

Date: July 28, 2023

Location: Houston Methodist Research Institute

 

FRIDAY, JULY 28

TIME

TOPIC

SPEAKERS

7:55-8:00

Opening Remarks

 

8:00-8:30

Science of Mindfulness

James Bauman, MSN, RN, CPPS, CEN

8:30-9:00

EEG

Dr. Ahn Nguyen

9:00-9:30

Your Brain Never Sleeps

Jan Flewelling, BSN, Med, RN, CNRN

9:30-9:45

BREAK

9:45-10:15

Donor Care Suite

 

Katie Broadway, MSN, RN, CNRN, SCRN

Sunila Ali, BSN, MBA, RN, CCRN, CNML

10:15-10:45

Reducing Falls in Neurosurgical Acute Care Unit

Maria Boissonneault, BSN, RN

10:45-11:15

Simulation for Nursing Training EEG

Brian Mones, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN

11:15-12:00

LUNCH

12:00-12:30

Tenecteplase Conversion

Laura Blackburn, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM

12:30-1:00

Early Recovery After Stroke

Dr. Trask

1:00-1:30

Care Sense for Stroke

Ashleigh Kamencik Wright, MBA

1:30-1:45

BREAK

1:45-2:15

Early Mobilization

Vanessa Juarez and Missy Salazar

2:15-2:45

Post Acute Care

AJ Carouth

2:45-3:15

Patient Story

Kenneth Frank

 


 

Houston Methodist Research Institute
6670 Bertner Ave.
John F. Bookout, 2nd
Houston, TX 77030
United States
+1 (713) 790-3311

Travel

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Direction from nearest parking garages:

From Garage 1:

  • Take parking garage elevator to 3rd floor.
  • Exit and turn left and enter doors into the hospital on the right.
  • Take stairs down to ground level, walk straight past the Information Desk. This is the Crain Garden. Continue straight toward the Weiss Chapel, turn right and continue past the Gift Shop.
  • Turn right before the Dunn Tower Elevator bank and then a quick left (Starbucks will be on the right). Proceed down this hall toward the Market Café.
  • Turn Right, then a quick left to leave Dunn Tower and enter into the Research Institute.
  • Continue straight toward exit doors.
  • Turn right at the RI Information Desk. Proceed up the staircase and the John F. Bookout Auditorium will be on the right side.
  • Elevators to the second floor are also available, pass the staircase and proceed to end. Elevators will be on the right.

From Garage 7:

  • Take parking garage elevator to ground floor, exit and turn left to outer walkway.
  • Turn left and proceed to glass double doors on left, enter Walter Tower.
  • Proceed straight down hallway past the Fondren/Alkek elevators, then past the Dunn elevator bank.
  • Take a left (Starbucks will be on the right) and follow the directions from above to the Research Institute. 

From Garage 15 (McGovern Commons): 

  • located directly across the street from the Houston Methodist Research Institute

James E. Bauman, RN, MSN, CPPS, CEN
Professional Development Generalist
Provider Engagement and Resilience 
Houston Methodist System Quality & Patient Safety


Ahn T. Nguyen, MD
Neurointensivist
Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit
Houston Methodist Hospital


Jan Flewelling, BSN, MEd, CNRN
Stroke Outreach Coordinator
Neurological Institute
Houston Methodist Hospital


Katie Broadway, MSN, RN, CNRN, SCRN
Course Director
Professional Practice Leader
Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit
Houston Methodist Hospital


Sunila Ali MBA, BSN, RN, CCRN, CNML
Director
Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit
Houston Methodist Hospital


Maria Boissonneault, BSN, RN
Fall Champion
Walter Tower 17
Houston Methodist Hospital


Brian Mones, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN
Professional Practice Leader
Walter Tower 17 and 18
Houston Methodist Hospital


Laura M. Blackburn, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM
Pharmacy Administrative Specialist
Houston Methodist Hospital


Ashleigh Kamencik-Wright, MBA
Program Director, System Patient Experience
Houston Methodist System


Vanessa Juarez
Physical Therapist
Houston Methodist Hospital


Missy Salazar
Occupational Therapist
Houston Methodist Hospital


AJ Carouth BSN, RN, CCM
Case Manager
Houston Methodist Hospital


Kenneth Frank
Physical Therapy Department
Houston Methodist Hospital

Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Houston Methodist will award 5.66 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.

Available Credit

  • 5.66 Nursing Contact Hours

    Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

    Houston Methodist will award 5.66 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.

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Price

Cost:
$25.00
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All proceeds from this course benefit the Neuroscience Nursing Education Fund to provide educational opportunities for the bedside Neuroscience Nurses at Houston Methodist Hospital.

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