LIST OF SEMINAR TOPICS

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MOTIVATIONAL TOPICS

• Take this job and ... LOVE IT!! * (Nurses' week motivational presentation)

• To Your Health! *

• Live a Little, Laugh a Lot *

• An Apple a Day_the ABCs of Diet and Disease *

• Moon Pies, French Fries, and Thunder Thighs *

• Unstress for Success*

• Beating the Blues

• Conquering cancer—what can YOU do?

• Barb's Best Bets*

• Livin', Laughin', and Learnin'... through the Years*

• Kick the Tires, and Check under the Hood! *

• Hearty, Heart, Heart, Heart *

PEDIATRIC TOPICS

• Pediatric Physical Assessment

• Pediatric Potpourri

• Recognizing Child Abuse

• Embryology and Teratology

NEUROLOGY TOPICS

• Functional Neuroanatomy

• Neuro Assessment

• Neuro-for-the-not-so-Neuro-Minded *

• Neurology of Aging

• Neuropharmacology

• Neurotransmitters in Health and Disease

• Who is Sara and why does she make you so happy?

• Who Put the Dope in Dopamine? *

• The Teenage Brain—an Oxymoron *

• Neuro for ER Nurses *
   

IMMUNOLOGY and INFECTIOUS DISEASE TOPICS

• Autoimmune Disease *

• Immunology from A to Z *

• Immunology Simplified *

• Shampoos, Tattoos, and Barbeques:What’s New in the world of Infectious diseases *

• Bite Me *

GERIATRIC TOPICS

• Geriatric Pharmacology

• Geriatric Physical Assessment

• The Aging Heart *

• Geriatric Pharmacology—Polypharmacy

• Neurology of Aging*

• Geriatric Gems *

PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT TOPICS     

• Adult Physical Assessment *

• Geriatric Physical Assessment *

• Neuro Assessment

• Pediatric Physical Assessment

DIABETES TOPICS

• Diabetes Update and Overview *

• Diabetes the Surgical Patient

• Diabetes Pharmacologic management

• Diabetes Standards of Care

• Diabetes the Diabetic Heart, the Diabetic Kidney, the Diabetic nervous system

Interpretation of Lab Tests *

• WBC and Differential

• RBCs and anemias

• Serum enzyme interpretation

• Inflammation and Immunity

• Lipid Logic *

WOMEN'S AND MEN'S HEALTH

• Gender Benders Gender Differences in Clinical Practice*

• Women's Health Issues--from womb to tomb *

• Pizza, Pasta, and Prostates–what's new in men's health?

• Hormonal chaos *

• Who Put the Men in Menopause?

GI TOPICS

• Journey through the GI tract

• Liver Logic

PHARMACOLOGY TOPICS

• Polypharmacy in the Elderly

• Pharmacology—a class act

• Pharmacology Update and Overview

• Who is ACE and why do we want to inhibit him?

MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS

• Cancer Pathophysiology *

• Endocrine Pathophysiology

• Forensic Pathology

• Renal Update and Overview *
   

Any of the above seminars can be tailored to the needs of the specific group—Nurse Practitioners, Primary Care Nurses, Critical Care Nurses, Infection Control Nurses, etc.

Barb’s seminars are up-to-date, down-to-earth, and provide ready-to-use clinical information that can be applied to your clinical practice immediately.  References are available.

Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP

3100 N. Sheridan Road #1C

Chicago IL 60657

www.barbbancroft.com