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CPP Associates

3100 N. Sheridan Rd

Suite 9C

Chicago IL 60657 USA

bbancr9271@aol.com

 

 

 

'Health Matters' was the best presentation that I have ever been too. There were so many

 comments/questions I thought of during your talk, but when the time came, I just couldn't remember them! I need to run out and get my B12 and vitamin D quickly!

Thank you for such an entertaining hour and a half.

Susan McGuire
Country Insurance & Financial Services
Bloomington, IL
 

 

 

40th Annual Advanced Practice in Primary & Acute Care conference

 October 26-28, 2017, Seattle, Washington

Thank you so much for presenting at the “40th Annual Advanced Practice in Primary & Acute Care” conference held on October 26-28, 2017, Seattle, Washington. The conference was a great success with 641 participants and an excellent overall rating of 4.1 (on a scale of 1 to 5)! Your session received an excellent 4.7 rating.

Barbara Bancroft (Friday Keynote)

  • I really liked the presenter who spoke on stress, I feel she introduced this hard subject in such an awesome way that I still remember a lot on that topic. I would love to see her do this presentation again next year.

  • Amazing! (5)

  • The keynote speaker was one of the best speakers I have heard in a long time. It was a great way to start the day. (2)

  •  Barb Bancroft is EXCELLENT !!!!!!! Very Funny.

  •  Barb Bancroft is hilarious. (5)

  • Barb Bancroft made me belly laugh. What a wonderful way to start the morning and remember to de-stress whenever possible, thank you.

  • Barb Bancroft’s presentation was delightful and healing. The belly laughter was a stress reducer!

  • Awesome! The right speaker for early morning session. (2)

  •  Always fun.

  • Fabulous (3)

  •  Barbara Bancroft by far the best speaker of the conference!!

  • Barbara Bancroft is an amazing speaker. She delivered a humorous and entertaining keynote speech that I truly enjoyed.

  • Barbara Bancroft is an excellent speaker -- she is very good at what she does and needs to come back. I could listen to her for hours.

  • Barbara Bancroft is one of the best speakers I have ever heard, regardless of type of talk.

  • Barbara Bancroft rocked it again!

  • Barbara Bancroft was absolutely delightful. Bring back (2)

  • Barbara Bancroft was my favorite part of the entire conference. (10)

  • Barbara Bancroft was amazing, lecture was applicable to practice and life! Her use of humor was wonderful!

  • Barbara Bancroft was excellent! Provided specific take-aways.

  • Barbara Bancroft was outstanding. I recall her being a keynote speaker a few years back and I purely enjoyed sitting in the audience and laughing. Remind me next time to practice my KEGEL's beforehand.

  • Barbara Bancroft was very funny and informative. 

  •  I laughed myself silly! Great speaker, wonderful storyteller. Again please!

  • Really great lecture, comes at a good time. We need a bit of humor.

  •  I really enjoyed the keynote speaker Barbara Bancroft. It was an excellent way to start the day. (2)

  • I would love to have a video of Barbara’s stress talk. It was a great way to start another day for another day in class. Thank you.

  • Keynote speaker Barbara was absolutely the very best message!! Wow she needs a podcast.

  • Keynote was outstanding!! I hope to hear her speak again. Informative and entertaining! (2)

  •  Keynote Bancroft was wonderful, made my day.

  • Keynote speaker Barbara Bancroft truly amazing presenter and should have her own TED talk!

  •  Keynote speaker was amazing! Wonderful presentation on a needed topic for nurses. Great to listen to, especially first thing in the morning.

  •  Laughter, and knowledge best way to learn. The group energy was lively. Loved it!!

  • Always a joy to listen to and loved how she presented this very important topic.

  • Keynote today was excellent--great balance of humor and serious contemplation of client and provider needs.

  • Keynote was worth the cost of the entire conference.

  •  Barbara Bancroft was the most humorous lecturer I have ever heard at this conference. I loved it! Her studies on stress and stress relief were also important to hear. She is down to earth and a wonderful speaker.

  • LOVE Barbara Bancroft. (2)

  • So fun, but hard to understand at times because she spoke so fast.

  • Barbara Bancroft was particularly good; I haven't enjoyed an educational presentation that much in a long time.

  • Bring Ms Brancroft back every year! (3)

  • The opening speaker for Friday was spectacular and so entertaining to listen to.

  • This was the perfect year to have Barbara Bancroft return. We are all experiencing an increase in our stress load and humor really helps drive home that particular topic.

  • You rocked having Barbara Bancroft for Keynote speaker.

  • Wonderful, made my day.

 

 

Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation

Evaluation—Diabetes and Labs Made Easy

February 6, 2017 

 

Title of educational activity:

Acute Care Conference: Diabetes and Labs Made Easy

Date(s):

February 6th, 2017

 

Please assist us in evaluating this educational activity and planning future activities by completing this evaluation form.

 

OBJECTIVES

Please use the following rating scale to evaluate the objectives by circling the corresponding number below.

 

To a Great Extent = 4            To a Moderate Extent = 3

To a Slight Extent = 2            Not at All = 1

 

I have achieved the following objectives as a result of this educational activity:

 

Objective # 1:

Develop an evidence-based plan of care for the patient with diabetes in an acute care setting.

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Objective # 2:

Describe prevention and treatment strategies for reducing the short- and long-term complications of all types of diabetes.

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Objective # 3:

Identify appropriate lab tests pertinent for acute/ critical clinical situations.

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Objective # 4:

Correlate abnormal lab values to patient clinical conditions.

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Objective # 5:

Correlates medications to their effects on lab tests.

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 PRESENTERS/CONTENT SPECIALISTS

Rate the teaching effectiveness/expertise of EACH presenter:

 

Please use this rating scale to evaluate the following by circling the corresponding number below.

 

Excellent = 4             Good= 3                        Fair = 2                         Poor= 1

 

Presenter/Content Specialist

Barb Bancroft RN, MSN, PNP

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What was the most important thing you learned today and why?

·         Primary focus in diabetes is reducing heart disease and decreasing lipids (LDL) did not know that!

·         All of the different lab results and what they might mean and what medications can cause the abnormal values.

·         Why you need (?) for diabetes.  She made sure we understood why.

·         #1 cause of heart disease is diabetes

·         Correlating abnormal lab levels in patient’s in the acute care setting (WBC’s, albumin, etc.)

·         You should take a statin if you have diabetes.  Metformin is a great drug.  All the different drug interactions.  What medications you should be on if diabetic.

·         New medications used for diabetes and new research because we see it a lot in the clinical setting and the research changes frequently.

·         Changes in diabetic  and lab practices

·         Different reasons for diabetes.  Correlation between cholesterol and diabetes.  Herbal and over-the-counter meds and platelet aggregation.

·         LIMA and RIMA don’t developed plague

·         I learned new information on medication interactions I did not previously know.  also, some medications affect a certain labs.  Very helpful!

·         How to care for my diabetic patients and what labs mean in specific cases.

·         The problems with long term PPI use.  The importance of Vit B12 and Vit D supplementation

·         Learned the importance of lab values, and diabetes importance and how to better take care of patients here at MMC.

·         Watching pts on PPI’s.  looking for other dx’s with s/s including DM. DM and heart health importance.

·         Diabetes and statins and metformin the diabetic kidney neutorphils

·         Different medication effects and relation to diabetes

·         About corresponding meds that pts should be on.  Focus on DM now and implications very important to practice.  Enjoyed the medications and cellular info

·         Importance of monitoring and treating high LDLs in pts with diabetes mellitus

·         Diabetes education

·         To buy Vt D, Vt B12, and estrogen J seriously – to question pts on all meds and supplement at admission.

·         Effects of diabetes on the various organs.  The effects of various diabetes meds on lab values

·         We aren’t providing the most recent advancements for care.  How come?  Barb exposed many deficiencies on what we do here.

·         Lots of things diabetes info mostly

·         Lose 1% of function each year after 30 years old.

·         Causes of type I diabetes; actions of newer drugs.

·         Labs and meds update better understanding

·         Diabetes and medications – especially with the interactions with foods and other medications.

·         Very informative speaker

·         That metformin is a great drug! Interpreting WC differentials

·         Mateformain the wonder drug.  Glipizide is bad.

·         I don’t’ know where to start. Excellent all the way around.

·         PEARLS involved in treatment decisions in DM many tidbits to pass onto patients as well.

·         PPI information, vt B12 info

·         Importance of lipids/diabetes

·         Medications

·         The elder pt on Coumadin can have increase bleeding tendency when taking sulfa drugs or monistat for vaginal yeast infection due to “knocking a drug warfarin off it’s binding sites, thus increase free drug warfarin in blood stream, and increase bleeding time.  This person’s PT/INR needs closer watching to adjust.

·         Comprehensive assessment and treatment of diabetes should not be underestimated.  Clinical manifestations and laboratory results interpretation must reconcile.

·         More understanding about why certain meds can affect diabetes and testing that clue us in early … because I am one! (diabetic)

·         B12 & Vt D deficiencies while taking PPI.  B12 helps ward off Alzheimer’s.  How diabetes and cardiovascular disease go hand in hand.  How metformin is now the new to go to drug.

·         Checking LDL levels that is correlated to having diabetes

·         Medications stacking – I like the way this was presented for ease of remembering.

·         Honestly too many to list!  hands down the best!  Thank you Memorial for having this for free!

·         Lots of Great Review

·         Barb continues to be able to take content and present it in a fun memorable way. I still remember her Polar Bear liver story from years ago and that is without taking my vitamin B12 J

·         That I enjoyed being exposed to knowledge just for the sake of learning something new and that I should do it more often.

·         Metformin = miracle drug – didn’t realize ALL side effects aside from tx of diabetes for tx other co-morbidities.

·         Importance of D3, stacking of meds for treating diabetes, and effects of using PPIs long term.

·         Lots of excellent take always for both diabetes and lab value.

·         The diabetic patient – multiple drugs treatment – diabetic patients should be starter on “statins”

·         The effects of pharmacology on labs will help me “look outside the box” when treating pts will also make me ask about herbals more when getting meds lists for pts.

·         Use of statins in diabetes heart disease prevention basal/bolus insulin treatment.

·         Always get a diff with WBC since it can establish what cause is for increase WBC

·         Estrogens role in females health

·         Learning much more about diabetes and how to care for the pt as we care for a lot of DKA on our floor

·         Multi drug treatment for DM is best

·         Bactrim and increase KT

·         The role of statins in diabetic patients.  diabetes is a complicated diagnosis and I feel muc more comfortable with it.

·         LDLs – diabetes is changing  use multiple meds to cover the many caveats of diabetes.

 

What can MHS do to support you in utilizing the most important thing you learned?

·         Have MDs hear this evidence and apply it – there’s only so much an RN can do without the MDs orders to back you up.

·         Provide inservices to help identify different diseases and how labs and medications can affect them and how to identify the diseases based on the lab work.

·         Make sure our (all of our) docs know this information.  Unbelievable what this woman knows!

·         Improve diabetic teaching to our patients.  (?) diabetic educators to and in educating our pats.  Nurses on floor do not have ample time to adequate teach diabetic care.

·         HealthStream courses/modules

·         All diabetic educators should have to attend this.

·         I think that the information we were presented with would be extremely helpful and MHS if it was also presented to MDs and residents.

·         Continue education for changes in practices

·         Get physician to get up to (?) insulin orders

·         Hear the recommendations made through research and use it in practice for best patient outcomes.

·         Make the diabetes and Wh & (?) programs be more accessible to patients at a lower cost.  Patients have said “they are too hard to work with!”

·         Update all sites of diabetes regularly and have up to date info on it.

·         Send out online tidbits from conferences.

·         More free conference for employees

·         Encourage physicians to facilitate partnerships with nursing and treat as partners instead of subordinates.  Continue to have relevant nursing conferences for nursing.

·         More conferences with barb

·         Put into clinical practice the newest findings.

·         More information to use to teach patients about diabetes – time to do it. J

·         More like Barb such as trauma

·         Make diabetic educators and or diabetic teaching materials for staff and patients more readily available on Nursing units to hand out hand teach patients with.

·         Free community access to wellness for diabetics

·         Continue with more programming like this.

·         Continue education of staff and providers.

·         Have pharmacy red flag sulfa drugs use in the elderly who are on Coumadin and maybe MD could order a different med instead of using sulfa drugs

·         Patient education is a must…follow up in the community should also be available.

·         Review that education extends to the patient in some form.  Educational materials and provide this information to MDs who didn’t attend.  we seem to be a little behind in use of meds for diabetics.

·         Have physicians listen to her lecture.

·         It helps not only me, but also the people attended this diabetic conference. This up to date conferences taught us a lot not only for our patients as well as for the family and community as well.  Thank you very much.

·         More of these conferences.

·         Have her come back again! She is absolutely amazing!  Never had an instructor that I learned so much from! Puts in common sense terms, makes it so everyone truly understands!  A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

·         Allow time to share with others that we work with.

·         Continue to offer free CEUs by engaging, entertaining speakers.

·         Hire more diabetic educators

·         Continue to provide great conferences like this one.

·         Clinical updates

·         Spread this info via CBL on labs

·         Keep hosting conferences that provide useful information

·         Update diabetes medications used.

·         Encourage more clinical discussions in the unit

·         Get physicians on board/educated

 

Additional Comments:

·         Barb B. is awesome!  Bring her back!

·         Thank you!  Had a good day.  Barb was a great teacher!

·         More seminars?  This was great!

·         Awesome speaker!!  Very informative, interesting, and entertaining J

·         Great conference.  Very informative and entertaining.

·         Love her humor and enthusiasm

·         Really enjoyed her presentation!!!

·         Great, as always!

·         Wonderful presenter!  Kept me interested the entire day, and I feel I learned a lot of useful information I will be able to use.  Great!

·         Need larger print on the printed slides on paper

·         Barb is usually the only presenter I aggressively try to go to every year…she’s so smart and brings all the info to nursing care level with humor.

·         Barb was awesome

·         So so excited MMC sought out Barb Bancroft for education!

·         Barb Bancroft is the best speaker!  Fun, fantastic and makes labs much easier to understand.

·         Thanks for the education provided today – fantastic!

·         Wonderful speaker.  Extremely informative.

·         Barb was a great speaker.  She kept your attention the whole time.  She made the lecture interesting.

·         Barb Bancroft is excellent!  Please invite her back – once a month would be good J

·         Great speaker – thanks for lunch!

·         It is always good to hear B. Bancroft speak.  Thanks for bringing her to MMC

·         Barb made the lab test portion “come alive”

·         Excellence program

·         Barb Bancroft is a wonderful speaker.  She makes learning fun and interesting.

·         Thank you for the very educational yet entertaining lecture.

·         What a delightful speaker!

·         Thank you for giving this up to date conference!  God bless always!!

·         Please bring Barb back to MHS.

·         Thanks

·         I have been waiting to hear you speak for almost 19 years.  Finally it happened! J

·         Love Barb Bancroft!  She makes learning fun, is so entertaining, and a brilliant nurse practitioners.

·         Great speaker.  Made learning fun!

·         Thank you for the very educational and highly entertaining day! Loved it!!

·         Outstanding presenter! Thank you!

·         Barb is so interesting and such a great speaker.  She is so knowledgeable and keeps the audience interested.

·         Barb did a great job!  Really able to hold the audience attention

·         Thank you for an interesting and very educational day.

·         So enjoyed Barb! Bring her back – get the physicians to hear her. J

 

 

Evaluation—game changer

July 20-22, 2016 

1.       Please rate the impact of the following conference outcomes:

As a result of attending this activity, I am better able to:

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Discuss the neurodevelopmental issues that contribute to neurological disorders in the pediatric patient.

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Correlate the physiology of the brain to the tumultuous years of brain development in the teen.

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Discuss specific neurological conditions related to various age groups and genders.

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Disseminate information about new neurology developments for patients with spinal cord injuries and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Correlate common laboratory tests used for interpreting clinical conditions.

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Relate evolving global infectious disease trends to world health concerns and implications for nursing practice.

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Identify new developments in the world of medicine and nursing

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2.       Please rate the projected impact of this activity on your knowledge, competence, performance, and patient outcomes*: competence is defined as the ability to apply knowledge, skills, and judgment in practice (knowing how to do something).

 

Yes

No

No Change

If yes, please describe:

This activity increased my knowledge.

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·          Described new procedures and medications I was unaware of

·          increased knowledge of new trends.

·          increased my knowledge about different treatments and meds

·          It informed me of off label uses for medications, and which ones have shown to stimulate neuro-genesis. I learned how to reduce aging, and about inverse agonist.

·          learned many new things

·          Made me aware of new and updated information and techniques

·          Not aware of most of the changes, stimulated interest in knowing more

·          Signs and symptoms and the correlation of presentations,

·          Soltaire for clots. Quicker FDA.Hep C can be cured. Immune system in the brain,

·          what a great refresher!

This activity increased my competence.

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·          able to share information with students and coleagues

·          Increased knowledge of treatments and procedures

·          Information to disseminate to peers and students regarding new medications and procedures that are becoming available within medical practice

·          learning new things increase competence

·          More confident in my decision making in difficult siturations

·          no changes yet, too early to tell

·          Now I have more knowledge to share and to put into practice.

·          Understanding these changes will help in the future when they are brought to hospital.

This activity will improve my performance.

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·          as a nurse educator teaching pathophysiology

·          Be more aware if what to look for,

·          have new knowledge

·          I believe it will!

·          I hope this activity will improve my performance. I learned a lot, and I'm excited to use this in a clinical setting.

·          Increased knowledge of how to proceed in certain situations

·          Providing education to students on evidence based medical practice that will be seen within healthcare facilities

·          This has helped me to be able to educate other nurses. Quicker response to various areas eg immunization

·          Will include some in curriculum as appropriate

This activity will improve my patient outcomes.

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·          Able to discuss new treatments and medications with patients, families and students to disseminate information on new treatment modalities

·          as above

·          Quicker treatments and care in certain situations.

·          same as above

                      *We are required to analyze changes in learners’ competence, performance, or patient outcomes.

3.       Do you feel the activity was scientifically sound and free of commercial bias* or influence?  19  Yes 1   No,      If no, please explain:                                                                                                                                                *Commercial bias is defined as a personal judgment in favor of a specific product or service of a commercial interest. 

4.       Please identify how you will change your practice as a result of attending this activity (select all that apply).

            7   This activity validated my current practice; no changes will be made

5   Create/revise protocols, policies, and/or procedures

10  Change the management and/or treatment of my patients

1  Other, please specify:                                                                                                                                    

5.       Please indicate any barriers you perceive in implementing these changes.

2   Cost

3   Lack of experience

1   Lack of opportunity (patients)

2   Lack of resources (equipment)

4   Lack of administrative support

3   Lack of time to assess/counsel patients

2   Reimbursement/insurance issues

2   Patient compliance issues

1   Lack of consensus or professional guidelines

9   No barriers

1   Other, please specify:                                               

 

6.       Will you attempt to address these barriers in order to implement changes in your competence, performance, and/or patients’ outcomes?

8   N/A

4   No – Why not?                                                                                                                                       
6   Yes – How?       

·         Continue to review information provided and keep monitoring journals and CEU classes for new information to keep up-to-date on new information on medical treatments that are being released into medical practice

·         I am presently in management so I should be able to encourage new avenues.

·         Took concerns to hospital board meeting

7.       For the content presented, how might the format of this activity be improved (select all that apply)?

15   Format was appropriate; no changes needed       0  Add a hands-on instructional component   

 5   Include more case-based presentations                0   Schedule more time for Q and A

            0   Increase interactivity with attendees                     

Other, describe:                                                 

            1   Add breakouts for Subtopics                               

8.       Was Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP knowledgeable regarding the content? 17    Yes      2 No, please explain
Extremely knowledgeable!

Love Barb!!!

9.       Overall, was Barb’s presentation balanced, objective, and scientifically rigorous?

       18   Yes  1 No, please explain              And humorous which keeps the audience engaged!

10. Describe any portion of the presentation you felt was  exceptional: all of it

·        Barb is an exceptional speaker who knows how to balance humor, voice tones, and active motion to keep the audience engaged with the subject presented

·            Barb is one of the best speakers in North america

·            Everything was well-presented.

·            I enjoyed all of the presentation.

·            Loved it!  Barb was funny and informative!

·            Of course all of them.

·            Presentation was wonderful, it is difficult to sit thru some educational programs when the speaker if monotone, but Barb was fabulous

·            relating current teaching to personal experiances.

·            She is a motivational speaker!

·            She is like working with a coworker when she tells stories and how she relates to the way nurses feel.

·            This was by far my favorite conference ever! Really enjoyed hearing about all the new developments! Great stuff to come! Oh and Barb is fantastic!

 

 10.   Describe any portion of the presentation that did not meet your needs or expectations: 

The entire presentation was informational and completely helpful.

11.   For future educational activities, please describe any educational or clinical situations that you find difficult to manage or resolve that you would like to see addressed:

·         More presentations addressed toward care of the elderly.

·         Thyroid issues, particularly the new treatments and therapies for hyperthyroidism with pregnancy

·         I found this seminar very educational and enjoyable. Please keep up the good work.

·         none

·         Thank you for the information and wonderful presentation

·         Thank you so much for the sharing of your knowledge

 

Evaluation—LAB TESTS

July 20-22, 2016 

1.       Please rate the impact of the following conference outcomes:

As a result of attending this activity, I am better able to:

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Discuss the neurodevelopmental issues that contribute to neurological disorders in the pediatric patient.

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Correlate the physiology of the brain to the tumultuous years of brain development in the teen.

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Discuss specific neurological conditions related to various age groups and genders.

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Disseminate information about new neurology developments for patients with spinal cord injuries and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Correlate common laboratory tests used for interpreting clinical conditions.

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Relate evolving global infectious disease trends to world health concerns and implications for nursing practice.

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Identify new developments in the world of medicine and nursing

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2.       Please rate the projected impact of this activity on your knowledge, competence, performance, and patient outcomes*: competence is defined as the ability to apply knowledge, skills, and judgment in practice (knowing how to do something).

 

Yes

No

No Change

If yes, please describe:

This activity increased my knowledge.

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·          I learned a lot about different lab values and how long it takes for vitamin b12 to be depleted. Even though I learned in school about the CBC w/differential, hearing Barb talk about it definitely made more sense to me and now I can apply it during clinicals and exams.

·          I used to think I had some knowledge but obviously in all areas Barb taught me more things to watch for. Thank you!

·          in all aspects

·          Learned several new things and refreshed my knowledge on others

·          Provided the latest evidence for the use of diagnostic laboratory testing.

·          This activity did increase my knowledge. I had no idea how  electrophoresis worked, or that acute liver failure could happen due to drinking and spraying spot cleaner.

·          understanding of the meaning of lab values

This activity increased my competence.

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·          I always feel more competent when I learn new things and refresh my knowledge

·          I am now able to identify certain lab tests and immediately know if it is critical.

·          Increased awareness of S&S to look for or suspect

·          Increased my competence in teaching students about lab tests

·          This has increased my knowledge base and, hopefully, will increase my competence.

This activity will improve my performance.

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·          I feel stronger talking about labs and knowing some of the latest changes in medicine

·          I will be able to work faster since I can quickly assess lab values and I will not have to stop and look it up in a textbook.

·          Knowledge of treatments and teaching

·          Teaching in clinical settings especially

·          Will be able to question Dr.s in regards to lab results and know what I am talking about.

This activity will improve my patient outcomes.

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·          better care for the pts.

·          Increased knowledge of treatment and prevention

·          This will help me during my NCLEX.

                      *We are required to analyze changes in learners’ competence, performance, or patient outcomes.

3.       Do you feel the activity was scientifically sound and free of commercial bias* or influence?  22  Yes 0  No,      If no, please explain:                                                                  

*Commercial bias is defined as a personal judgment in favor of a specific product or service of a commercial interest. 

4.       Please identify how you will change your practice as a result of attending this activity (select all that apply).

            9  This activity validated my current practice; no changes will be made

6  Create/revise protocols, policies, and/or procedures

8  Change the management and/or treatment of my patients

2  Other, please specify:                                                                                                                       

 

5.       Please indicate any barriers you perceive in implementing these changes.

2  Cost

3  Lack of experience

2  Lack of opportunity (patients)

1  Lack of resources (equipment)

4  Lack of administrative support

1  Lack of time to assess/counsel patients

1   Reimbursement/insurance issues

2  Patient compliance issues

1   Lack of consensus or professional guidelines

12   No barriers

0 Other, please specify:                                     

 

6.       Will you attempt to address these barriers in order to implement changes in your competence, performance, and/or patients’ outcomes?

13  N/A

 2  No – Why not?                                                                                                                                       
6   Yes – How?
As a student I feel there are barriers to make changes as far as policy and procedures that professors and program administrators set in place.

 

7.       For the content presented, how might the format of this activity be improved (select all that apply)?

15  Format was appropriate; no changes needed       

4  Add a hands-on instructional component   

3  Include more case-based presentations                 

0   Schedule more time for Q and A

            0 Increase interactivity with attendees                       

 Other, describe:                                                 

            1  Add breakouts for Subtopics                                

·         A whole day on labs was overwhelming even though the information was good.  Maybe it could be broke up a little differently so that it wasn't so long.  Barb did a great job presenting and I enjoyed it but would have preferred it in smaller doses

·         I like how interactive the presentations are.

8.       Was Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP knowledgeable regarding the content?

       22  Yes  0   No, please explain

9.       Overall, was Barb’s presentation balanced, objective, and scientifically rigorous? 20 Yes
1   No, please explain:   Great

10.   Describe any portion of the presentation you felt was exceptional:

·            all

·            All of it was great!

·            All of it!

·            All of them!

·            CBC w/differential

·            I enjoyed the entire presentation. It was very helpful.

·            Loved learning about all the new treatments and breakthroughs

·            none

·            Presentation

·            presentation skills were exceptional and very engaging!

·            The whole dam thing was exceptional

 

11.   Describe any portion of the presentation that did not meet your needs or expectations: 

·        Everything met my expectations.

·        lab presentation was long—good but long

 

12.   For future educational activities, please describe any educational or clinical situations that you find difficult to manage or resolve that you would like to see addressed:

·         cultural barriers to compliance

·         Learned a lot. Thank you!

 

Evaluation—Neuro

July 20-22, 2016

 

1.       Please rate the impact of the following conference outcomes:
 

As a result of attending this activity, I am better able to:

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Discuss the neurodevelopmental issues that contribute to neurological disorders in the pediatric patient.

11

6

0

0

0

Correlate the physiology of the brain to the tumultuous years of brain development in the teen.

12

5

0

0

0

Discuss specific neurological conditions related to various age groups and genders.

12

5

0

0

0

Disseminate information about new neurology developments for patients with spinal cord injuries and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.

11

6

0

0

0

Correlate common laboratory tests used for interpreting clinical conditions.

 □

 □

 □

 □

 □

Relate evolving global infectious disease trends to world health concerns and implications for nursing practice.

□

 □

 □

 □

□

Identify new developments in the world of medicine and nursing

 □

 □

 □

□

□

 

2.       Please rate the projected impact of this activity on your knowledge, competence, performance, and patient outcomes*: competence is defined as the ability to apply knowledge, skills, and judgment in practice (knowing how to do something).

 

Yes

No

No Change

If yes, please describe:

This activity increased my knowledge.

17

0

0

2A

This activity increased my competence.

14

0

3

2B

This activity will improve my performance.

14

2

1

2C

This activity will improve my patient outcomes.

14

0

3

2D

 

 

2A

·         Explained newer treatments and use of medications for different insults to the brain

·         How each area is connected and how the particular areas are affected.

·         I enjoyed learning more about dementia

·         Increased knowledge regarding pathophysiology of changes in the brain during growth prior to gerontologic years, ability to apply knowledge of medications and treatments aimed at neurologic conditions and new research regarding neurological events in the education of nursing students preparing to enter the healthcare field.

·         understanding about FAS. Autism. Tired kids. and I always knew I needed more sleep.

2B

 

•          Able to explain neuro meds including SSRI and antidepressants working mechanisms better

·         Increased ability to disseminate new research and evidence-based treatment regarding neurological care for patients across the lifespan to nursing students preparing to enter the healthcare field.

·         Understanding what is happening with pts makes easier to look after.

 

2C

 

•          Because I will be able to utilize this knowledge in caring for the labor and delivery patient.

•          Improved ability to disseminate new nursing practitioners in the healthcare field.

 

2D

•          Better care will improve the pts. outcome

•          Improved education for nursing students

 

3.       Do you feel the activity was scientifically sound and free of commercial bias* or influence?  17  Yes 0  No,      If no, please explain:                                                                                        

*Commercial bias is defined as a personal judgment in favor of a specific product or service of a commercial interest.

4.       Please identify how you will change your practice as a result of attending this activity (select all that apply).

             4  This activity validated my current practice; no changes will be made

 4  Create/revise protocols, policies, and/or procedures

11 Change the management and/or treatment of my patients

  0  Other, please specify:                                                                                              

 

5.       Please indicate any barriers you perceive in implementing these changes.

2   Cost

3   Lack of experience

3   Lack of opportunity (patients)

2   Lack of resources (equipment)

2   Lack of administrative support

0   Lack of time to assess/counsel patients

0   Reimbursement/insurance issues

2   Compliance issues

0   Lack of consensus or professional guidelines

10  No barriers

0  Other, please specify:                        

 

6.       Will you attempt to address these barriers in order to implement changes in your competence, performance, and/or patients’ outcomes?

10  N/A

2   No – Why not?                                                                                                                                             
5   Yes – How?

·         Keep reviewing the infromation presented and watching materials within journals for updates on new information regarding neurological changes within medical practice

·         Practice model with other practitioners

 

7.       For the content presented, how might the format of this activity be improved (select all that apply)?

15  Format was appropriate; no changes needed       

1   Add a hands-on instructional component  

1    Include more case-based presentations               

0   Schedule more time for Q and A

            0    Increase interactivity with attendees                    

0   Other, describe: Free pens, keychains, etc.

            0  Add breakouts for Subtopics                                

 

8.       Was Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP knowledgeable regarding the content?

16  Yes 1   No, please explain
Extremely knowledgeable

 

9.       Overall, was Barb’s presentation balanced, objective, and scientifically rigorous?

17  Yes  □ No, please explain   And humorous which kept the audience engaged!     

 

10.   Describe any portion of the presentation you felt was exceptional:

"pruning" and Alzheimers

All of it! Barb is an exceptional speaker.

All of it! Barb was fantastic!!!

Barb is an exceptional presenter. She is knowledgeable and competent in the course content. I love that she includes humor in the presentations!

Barbara's ability to make the information interesting is outstanding

new advancements

New information regarding glymphatic system

The content was all exceptional

 

11.   Describe any portion of the presentation that did not meet your needs or expectations: 
the lab area was information known, but still good.

 

12.   For future educational activities, please describe any educational or clinical situations that you find difficult to manage or resolve that you would like to see addressed:

  • Please add content on neuro effect of street drugs

  • Maybe do socrative quizs to engage participant.

  • Thanks!

  • Loved this topic

  • It was a wonderful session. Thanks!

 

Mayo Clinic 2014 Nursing Conference
 

As a result of this activity, please share at least one action you will take to change your professional practice/performance:

  • Laugh.

  • Take more time for myself and incorporate technique such as meditation.

  • I can't be effective for my patients if I don't take care of myself first.

  • Look inward and change some of my practices to decrease stress.

  • Find a way to incorporate humor into the patient experience.

  • Recognize that my stress levels are increasing and take measures to reduce it.

  • Begin to focus on self-stress relief and signs of stress.

  • The effects of chronic stress and ways to change it before it worsens.

  • I will try to engage in stress relief activities such as exercise and meditation.

  • Continue taking omega's - increase dose and check out Inderal.

  • More exercise, meditation.

  • I need to sleep more and exercise more, increase my oral calcium intake, and consider taking an antidepressant.

  • I will share stress-reducing techniques with others (patients, nurses, peers, etc). I will attempt to take more measures to reduce my own personal stress so that I can perform better at work.

  • I will try to get more sleep so that I can be a better professional.

  • Meditate daily, laugh more and exercise.

  • Meditate 10 minutes daily.

  • Take back info to work and stress the importance of adding to our daily work flow to help reduce low morale - high turnover in our clinic.

  • Will more of a break, take time for myself at work.

  • I will exercise more - well at least 3 minutes. Read about rat sex - so I can laugh more. Regenerate my neurons by smelling everything! Except belly button fingers.

  • Try to meditate a couple times per week. Read nursing journals.

  • Laugh more and avoid negativity!

  • Alter patterns, abdominal fat 1/2 of height.

  • Use humor!

  • I will try my very best to steer clear from negativity. Try laughter first - as the best medicine.

  • Laugh more; take things easy.

  • Will try daily to take 10 minutes for myself to sit quietly and meditate.

  • Try to lower cortisol level. Try meditation.

  • See the humor.

  • Add humor into my work.

  • Laugh more at work!

  • Get more sleep. Chew gum while studying.

  • Meditate, incorporate into everyday life.

  • Laugh more and walk some.

  • Meditate; [propranolol].

  • Being more mindful - present in the moment.

  • Meditation daily to lower cortisol/stress.

  • Meditation.

  • Laugh more.

  • Excellent reminder to laugh and [ ] it to others to decrease stress.

  • Look into metformin for myself.

  • Bringing even more humor to the work place.

  • It helped me to be more aware what I need to do.

  • Add more humor.

  • I will make a point of practicing the many ways presented to decrease my stress level.

  • Try to laugh more.

  • Be more patient.

  • Teach and implement laughter.

  • Will consider smell and memory in my dementia patients.

  • I will be more aware of my own stress/anxiety levels and act on them appropriately. Exercise, meditation, laughter.

  • Increase laughter.

  • Begin practicing meditation.

  • Laugh more!

  • Incorporate meditation daily to evoke relaxation and reduce stress.

  • Meditation and "spurt" exercise breaks.

  • Incorporate humor into daily practice. The ability to lighten the mood.

  • Watch more TV land, look at use of Inderal, take omega 3s.

  • Take time outs to do the stairs to help de-stress.

  • A breath of fresh air and humor to start off the morning conference. Will do all the above in speech.

  • Laugh more!

  • Try to have humor. Engage brain in normal daily activity.

  • Incorporate more laughter in the workplace.

  • Try to find more humor in my work day and avoid mirroring negativity.

  • Get up and move - exercise to decrease stress. Use of metformin.

  • Add more humor into the workplace.

  • Personally I am going to try to make meditation a part of my weekly/daily practice.

  • I am going to laugh!

  • Increase sleep.

  • Humor - every day! More positivity, especially in the AM.

  • I will take more time to focus on reducing stress.

  • Use humor to diffuse stress.

  • Going to try to meditate.

  • Use humor to reduce stress.

  • Increase self-care to promote myself as an inpatient nurse.

  • We need to laugh more to take care of ourselves and others!

  • Use laughter and meditation to decrease stress.

  • Meditation and laughter.

  • Exercise and sleeping 7-9 hours.

  • Step outside more often.

  • Self-care practices, exercise and meditation.

  • Meditate!

  • Sleep more, exercise more, learn to meditate.

  • Take breaks from computer tasks: step away.

  • Taking time for 10 minutes of meditation prior to or after stressful meetings.

  • Try meditation.

  • Try as much as possible to have my own personal time.

  • Try to avoid negativity in work place. Incorporate more humor, meditate and get more sleep if possible.

  • I will try and use humor during my practice.

  • More laughter and sleep.

Comments:

  • Amazing presenter.

  • Barb's presentation was great! I loved her enthusiastic style!

  • Excellent speaker.

  • Such a great speaker, very informative and entertaining.

  • Really enjoyed all the information provided and will use in my life as well as my work performance.

  • I do not believe I have heard so many nurses gathered in unity LAUGHING! What a lovely change. Thank you.!

  • Excellent speaker. Presentation was very well done, good information and presented with great humor!

  • Extremely engaging speaker, had a captive audience. Very knowledgeable on the science and latest research behind stress. Provided me with new information that I had not heard before.

  • Great engaging presentation with lots of ways to decrease stress and create a more up beat life.

  • Barb is the best speaker I have ever heard during my nursing career!!

  • Very dynamic. Lots of useful information. Practical.

  • I really enjoyed this presentation!

  • Good session, very uplifting.

  • Excellent speaker! Best speaker this conference has e v e r had.

  • This presentation was wonderful! Please bring her back next year!

  • Really enjoyed presentation.

  • Excellent speaker. Engaging. Informative.

  • Best speaker ever!

  • She was amazing! Great speaker! Would love to see her 2015.

  • Excellent speaker!!

  • Great keynote speaker. Humor and information presented was perfect.

  • Excellent speaker. Hope to have her again next year. She engaged and captured the audience.

  • Phenomenal presenter!

  • Very informative and kept the audience engaged; made it fun.

  • Enjoyed every minute. Laughed a lot.

  • Phenomenal speaker! Enjoyed the entire presentation and learned so much about stress. Very engaging and funny as well. Bring her again please.

  • Entertaining! Good for afternoon when sleepy. Presenters put significant effort into making a fun engaging presentation.

  • Such a great speaker. Enjoyed presentation. Very funny! Kept my interest.

  • Barb was fantastic! I really enjoyed her presentation.

  • Wonderful engaging speaker. I hope we can have her back.

  • What a great way to start the day!

  • Barb was a wonderful speaker! Would love to hear her again!

  • Fabulous presentation.

  • One of the best speakers I have ever heard.

  • Really fun presentation. Thanks! Nobody said not to wear mascara because it'll smudge when you're crying from laughing.

  • Wonderful!! The best speaker!!! Love to hear more of her.

  • Excellent speaker.

  • Wonderful topic and speaker!

  • This was a wonderful speaker - informational, yet very entertaining and engaging.

  • Barb Bancroft was engaging and informative - loved her talk!

  • Really engaging. Enjoyed her talk.

  • Not a typical Mayo speaker. What a breath of fresh air. Enjoyed her talk very much!

  • Would love for her to be at next year's conference. The best by far.

  • Very enjoyable.

  • Speaker was phenomenal! She was very fun and engaging.

  • Best speaker I have ever listened to.

  • Loved the humor and lightheartedness, enjoyed all the personal anecdotes, great energy, great info, clearly intelligent speaker that knows her audience and how to connect with them.

  • Wonderful.

  • Barb is a wonderful speaker; very enjoyable to listen to.

  • Excellent.

  • Very funny - enjoyed this presentation immensely.

  • PLEASE bring her back again!

  • She was AMAZING!!! Please have her back every year!

  • An awesome teacher and inspirational being.

  • Barb was a fantastic speaker. She related to us and her humor was great.

  • Barb's presentation was great! She presented the information in a new way that engaged the audience.

  • Amazing presentation - very uplifting. I felt my hippocampus growing!!

  • Exceptional speaker - exactly what I needed for personal/professional life.

  • Excellent, engaging speaker - could listen to her all day!

  • Enjoyed Barb Bancroft so much. She is a wonderful speaker and it felt so good to laugh and learn at the same time.

  • Extremely funny. Wonderful speaker.

 

3rd Annual Wound Care Institute

Diabetes Update: A Touch of Sugar

March 16, 2014

 

 

Please assist us in evaluating this educational activity and planning future activities by completing this evaluation form.

 

Please choose Yes or No.

Has the provider of the activity disclosed in writing the absence or presence conflict of interest or lack thereof declared by the planners and presenters/content specialist?

Yes

42

No

2

 

Was the content presented without bias of any commercial product or drug?

Yes

43

No

1

 

Was the environment appropriate to promote learning?

Yes

44

No

0

 

Upon completion of this educational event, the participant will be able to:

Describe the various types of diabetes, including type 1, type 2, gestational diabetes and secondary diabetes.

Yes

42

No

2

 

Discuss the long-term implications of each of the above types of diabetes.

Yes

42

No

2

 

Describe the control of blood sugar in each of the above types of diabetes.

Yes

41

No

3

 

Discuss the prevention and treatment of the long-term complications of each type of diabetes.

Yes

42

No

2

 

Discuss the various tests used to follow all types of diabetics.

Yes

41

No

2

 

Please evaluate the following instructor: Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP

The instructional methods and techniques were appropriate.

Yes

44

No

0

 

The learning materials were effective (website content, articles, handouts, resources).

Yes

44

No

0

 

The learning materials were easy to use (website content, articles, handouts, resources).

Yes

31

No

1

 

The presenter demonstrated mastery of the content.

Yes

44

No

0

 

The content was presented without bias of any commercial product or drug.

Yes

42

No

2

 

Disclosure

The provider of the activity has disclosed in writing or verbally the conflict of interest or lack thereof declared by the planners and presenters.

Yes

43

No

1

 

Comments

  • Excellent presentation of information and speaker knowledgeable and "entertaining"

  • Barbara is a terrific speaker and great teacher. I would have liked a little more time, unfortunately the weather seemed to be a factor in rushing through the presentation. I would have like more time to discuss BS patterns and appropriate treatment to manage and more discussion on types of Insulin to use as economic alternatives and appropriate use of the less expensive Insulins. This could easily be a 2 day presentation.

  • I think this was a great learning opportunity and I am glad to have gotten to be a part of it.

  • Great conference and Barb made the content fun and memorable!

  • This was a great presentation. Barb Bancroft is an awesome speaker. Lots of good information that we can apply in our daily practices.

  • Barb is terrific! she has such a gift of explaining content.

  • The speaker was awesome! I had just finished two double shifts at work and was dragging but she managed to keep me interested and I learned a lot from the experience!

  • Barbara was wonderful!

  • excellent bravo bravo!

  • Second time I have heard this speaker...different topics...great speaker. enjoyed the presentation

  • Wonderful speaker, interesting and informative. Made learning fun.

  • Barb is always a breath of fresh air and her DM update was new and exciting to learn about.

  • As I am not a wound care specialist I was on a great learning curve. The content was clear and concise and I found much theory that will help me in my roles of educator and missionary, I was very glad I came! thank you!

  • Great presentation.

  • Absolutely one of the best educational trainings that I have done for nursing!

  • I am so happy to have been a part of this informative presentation. I love Barb's integration of cutting edge medical knowledge and humor. Thank you Northark!

  • She was an excellent speaker and I will be back to hear her speak again. very informative.

  • Terrific presentation. really enjoyed speaker. will come back for her presentation again.

  • Great discussion!!!

  • easy to understand manner.

  • The room was very very cold. Thank you for the free meals but I believe they could have been better.

  • This was my first time to hear Ms. Bancroft and she is a wonderful speaker, she is energetic and entertaining while giving great information that is as up to date as can be in the world of medicine, I appreciate her dedication to educating her fellow nurses and look forward to hearing her again in the future. I learned things that I didn't know about the diabetic process.

  • Thank you very much for putting this on! I really enjoyed listening to Barb Bancroft!

  • I loved hearing Barb Bancroft!

  • Always enjoy Barb's presentations!

  • Your speakers were wonderful. Thank you for giving us an opportunity to hear and interact with each of them!

 

 
 
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