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 Second
Annual
Teaching Pharmacology
for Nurse educators!
Since last year's Pharmacology seminar in
Chicago was such a smashing success, we thought we would put on another
show! We have changed the topics this year hoping that some of you
will return for the second round and that you will encourage your
colleagues to come for the first time! As with last year, you can choose
to attend the entire seminar (all four days) or you can just attend one
day, or you can pick and choose your days. Bring your family as you will
also have plenty of time to hop on the train and explore the one of most
beautiful cities in North America!
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Conference Outcomes
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The purpose of this
conference is to help nursing faculty Implement a variety of
teaching strategies to facilitate mastery of pharmacology content
for students.
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Apply the latest
evidence-based information on medications and their clinical
indications for the treatment of disease and its complications.
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Discuss the myriad of clinical
implications for polypharmacy in geriatric patients.
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Describe the interpretation of
laboratory tests specifically related to pharmaceutical products,
including alternative therapies.
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Day 1 Tuesday, August 3
Polypharmacy--The Pearls,
the Perils, and the Pitfalls of Pharmaceuticals in the Aging Population
The whole new world of Geriatric
Pharmacology awaits you! It has been estimated that 28% of all
hospitalizations in the elderly are due to adverse drug reactions. And
right along with that fact it has been estimated that each older patient
has 6.5 chronic conditions with an average of 3-5 drugs prescribed to
treat each condition. YOU DO THE MATH. So, how can Barb help you to
provide the information that your students need to approach geriatric
pharmacology with vigor instead of trepidation? Barb will discuss the
normal physiologic changes of aging that play a major role in drug
absorption, distribution, and excretion. You will learn the most common
disastrous drug combinations and how to avoid them--and you will learn
what drugs can be substituted, deleted, and/or added to avoid
drug-related disasters. How can something as simple as ibuprofen throw
an 80-year-old into renal failure? How can a single dose of cimetidine
send a 90-year-old into a state of delirium?
Day 2 Wednesday, August 4
Alpha Receptors, Beta
Receptors, Kappa Receptors--It's All Greek To Me!
How many types of receptors are there?
Alpha receptors, beta receptors, kappa, mu, sigma receptors, muscarinic
and nicotinic receptors, dopaminergic and serotonergic receptors,
cannabis receptors, estrogen, progesterone and testosterone
receptors--and other "sub" receptors that you didn't even know you had!!
Whereas, manipulating receptors makes a pharmacologist squeal with
delight it makes a nursing student scream in frustration. Why does
boosting one receptor block another receptor which in turn boosts
another receptor only to block another receptor? Why does one type of
receptor have 16 different subtypes? Why can't they all just get along?
Barb will sort, resort, and sort again, the myriad of receptors involved
with drug therapy today. Pain medications and blood pressure
medications; medications for the prostate gland and the thyroid gland;
appetite boosters and appetite suppressants; estrogen agonists and
estrogen antagonists; anti-depressants for depression, anti-depressants
for pain; dopamine boosters and dopamine blockers; mushrooms, LSD,
nicotine and marijuana effects on various receptors--for pleasure and/or
for pharmacy.
Day 3 Thursday, August 5
Interpretation of Lab
Tests with a Pharmaceutical Focus
White counts, liver function tests, TSH,
electrolytes, platelets, serum creatinine...how do drugs change the
interpretation of lab tests in a patient and how do we monitor specific
drugs based on lab test changes? What drugs cause low sodium? Can
prescription drugs as well as complementary therapies wreak havoc with
potassium levels? What should the sed rate do when antibiotic treatment
is initiated? What drugs "kill" the thyroid? A myriad of drugs induce
direct liver injury--what are the most common prescription and
non-prescription drugs that cause liver damage? What drugs and
supplements affect lipid metabolism? What should the TSH do once a
patient begins thyroid replacement? Why do ACE inhibitors increase the
serum creatinine? Which lab test should be used tomonitor muscle aches
and pains in patients on "statin" therapy? What drugs are notorious for
reducing platelet counts? What drugs cause megaloblastic anemia? Heck,
what IS megaloblastic anemia? Which drugs induce life threatening
neutropenia? How does Neulasta work? You'll not only understand the
effects of drugs on lab tests--you'll also finally understand LAB TESTS!
Postconference Overview
Friday, August 6
Strategies for Teaching
Pharmacology
Teaching pharmacology got you down? Need a
pick-me-up? This postconference provides relief for the "Teaching
Pharmacology Blues". Teaching and learning pharmacology is often
considered tedious and dry. This presentation provides learning
strategies that are meaningful and
engaging. Participants will learn these new strategies and plan ways to
implement them in their courses. These plans for implementation will be
shared with the group.
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Conference Agenda
Tuesday, August 3
Polypharmacy-- The Pearls,
the Perils, and the Pitfalls of Pharmaceuticals in the Aging Population
7:30--8:00 Registration and coffee
8:00--9:30 The process of senescence and
the 1% rule
9:30--10:00 Break with exhibitors
10:00--11:30 The Beers Criteria--What NOT
to use if at all possible
11:30--12:30 Lunch provided
12:30--1:30 Common combinations--pearls
and perils
1:30--2:00 Break with exhibitors
2:00--3:00 Complementary therapies on top
of it all
3:00--3:15 Questions / answers, wrap-up
Wednesday, August 4
Alpha Receptors, Beta
Receptors, Kappa Receptors--It's
All GREEK To Me
7:30--8:00 Registration and coffee
8:00--9:30 Alpha, beta, kappa, alpha, mu...what
the heck do all these do?
9:30--10:00 Break with exhibitors
10:00--11:30 Dopaminergic, serotonergic,
cannaboid receptors--blockers and boosters
11:30--12:30 Lunch provided
12:30--1:30 Hormone receptors--agonists
and antagonists
1:30--2:00 Break with exhibitors
2:00--3:00 More, more, more...
3:00--3:15 Questions/answers, wrap-up
Thursday, August 5
Interpretation of Lab
Tests with a Pharmaceutical Focus
7:30--8:00 Registration and coffee
8:00--9:30 Drugs/alternative therapies
that cause changes in the WBC and differential
9:30--10:00 Break
10:00--11:30 Drugs/alternative therapies
that affect the platelet counts, clotting factors, and RBCs
11:30--12:30 Lunch provided
12:30--1:30 Drugs/alternative therapies
and liver function tests
1:30--2:00 Break
2:00--3:00 Drugs/alternative therapies and
electrolytes/serum creatinine/serum glucose
3:00--3:15 Questions/answers, wrap-up
Friday, August 6th
Postconference
Strategies for Teaching Pharmacology
Linda Caputi, MSN, EdD,
RN, CNE
7:30--8:00 Registration and coffee
8:00--9:30 The basics: teaching
pharmacology and the NCLEXR test plan
9:30--10:00 Break
10:00--11:30 Active learning strategies
for teaching pharmacology
11:30--12:30 Lunch provided
12:30--1:30 Active learning strategies for
teaching pharmacology (cont.)
Group work
1:30--1:45 Break
1:45--2:45 Group work and sharing results
2:45--3:00 Summary/evaluations
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SPEAKERS
Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP
 Barb is a widely acclaimed national speaker, noted
for her humorous, entertaining and information packed seminars. She is
author of the books Medical Minutiae, An Apple a Day--the ABCs of Diet
and Disease and Live a Little, Laugh a Lot. Many people can conduct
health seminars, or write books on health, but very few can make them
both thoroughly informative and entertaining. Barb Bancroft makes
complex health topics easily understandable, appealing and hilarious.
Barb has over 25 years of teaching experience: teaching teachers,
teaching practitioners, and teaching lay audiences throughout the U.S.
and Canada. She also has 25 years of "feeling the pulse" of nursing
education, as she has provided over 2,400 continuing education seminars
to nursing students, professional nurses, and nurse educators. Barb has
been the keynote speaker for many prestigious nursing conferences and
has held graduate faculty positions at the University of Virginia and
the University of Arkansas. She has provided courses on Advanced Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Physical Assessment to both graduate
and undergraduate students. She is currently the Executive Director and
President of CPP Associates, Inc., a continuing education firm for
corporations and healthcare professionals based in Chicago, Illinois.
Linda Caputi, MSN, edD, RN, CNe
Linda is Professor Emeritus at College of DuPage in
Glen Ellyn, Illinois with over 25 years of teaching experience. She
teaches online Masters in Nursing Education courses and has authored
educational multimedia programs, nursing education books, videotapes,
book chapters, journal articles, and board games for nursing education.
Linda is editor of the second edition of Teaching Nursing: The Art and
Science and coauthor of Teaching Nursing: The Art and Science, and
It's
All About Student Success. She serves on the editorial staff for NLN's
Nursing Education Perspectives, as the editor of the column QuickReads.
Linda has presented her work nationally for over 15 years on many
nursing education topics and won numerous awards. Linda was acknowledged
for teaching excellence and named Educator of the Year by NOADN. Linda
recently served on the NLN Board of Governors and was an invited member
to the NLN's Think Tank on Transformation of Clinical Instruction.
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Registration Deadline July
28th
Since conference registration
and hotel rooms are limited, please register early.
Confirmation is sent if your registration form and payment
are received two weeks before the conference begins.
Cancellation Policy
An administrative fee of $100
will be charged for changes to registrations (cancellations
and refunds) prior to July 28th.
Photography
We reserve the right to
photograph attendees for use in promotional materials.
Vendors
This conference has received
commercial support from a variety of vendors. This
commercial support shall not influence the design and
scientific objectivity of this educational activity. A
complete list of vendors will be available at the conference
in the printed materials. The educational event will be kept
separate from promotional activities.
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