2023 Annual Neuroscience Nursing Symposium
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 Type | Fee |
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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:
Registered nurses attending this activity will report increased confidence in their ability to provide high quality care based on enhanced knowledge related to the management of patients with neurological issues. They will identify at least one new learning that they intend to put into personal practice as reflected in the post-activity survey.
2023 Annual Neuroscience Nursing Symposium
Date: July 28, 2023
Location: Houston Methodist Research Institute
| FRIDAY, JULY 28 | |
TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKERS |
7:00-7:40 | Registration & Breakfast | |
7:55-8:00 | Opening Remarks | Barbara L. Johnson DNP, MBA, BSN, CNRN, NE-BC |
8:00-8:30 | The Science of Mindfulness | James Bauman, MSN, RN, CPPS, CEN |
8:30-9:00 | cEEG in the ICU: Indications and Interpretation of the Data | Anh Nguyen, MD |
9:00-9:30 | The Brain Never Sleeps | Jan Flewelling, BSN, Med, RN, CNRN |
9:30-9:45 | BREAK | |
9:45-10:15 | Management of the Brain-Dead Organ Donor | Katie Broadway, MSN, RN, CNRN, SCRN |
10:15-10:45 | Reducing Falls in Neurosurgical Acute Care Unit | Maria Boissonneault, BSN, RN |
10:45-11:15 | Scenario-Based Simulation as an Immersive Training Strategy Among New Staff Nurses in a Neuro Intensive Care Unit | Brian Mones, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, CMSRN |
11:15-12:00 | LUNCH | |
12:00-12:30 | Thrombolytic Conversion for Acute Ischemic Stroke | Laura Blackburn, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM |
12:30-1:00 | Early Recovery After Stroke | Samuel Asante, MD |
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 | A Conversation with Kenneth | Kenneth Frank |
Travel
Houston Methodist Way Finder Map
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
Anh T. Nguyen, MD
Neurointensivist
Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit
Houston Methodist Hospital
Samuel Asante, MD
Chief Neurosurgery Resident
Department of Neurosurgery
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
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 6.25 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
- 6.25 Attendance
- 6.25 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 6.25 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.
Thank you to our Exhibitors!
Exhibitors
Price
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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