CONFERENCE CORNER

14th Biennial World Congress on Brain Injury, Dublin Ireland

Jennifer Bath, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, CEN, TCRN CRMH Trauma Services was invited to present her work titled, Mortality Associated with Withdrawal of LifeSustaining Therapy for patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A retrospective singe - center study. This was a podium presentation.

NACNS Advocate Conference, Portland, Oregon

Monica Coles, DNP, APRN, MedSurg-BC, ACNS-BC, CDPCRMH Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist was accepted for a podium presentation at the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Forum at the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) 2023 national conference in Portland, Oregon. Monica presented alongside Jeanna Ford, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FCNS - University Of New Mexico Hospital System and Jerithea Tidwell, PhD, APRN, PNP-BC, PCNS-BC, FCNS - Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, TX.

December 2022 - April 2023 (& past presentations not noted prior to this edition)

Agyekum, A., Staykova, M., Jenks, J. March 2023. Prostate Cancer Management in Underserved Men. Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners, Roanoke, VA.

Miley, L., Weisz, V., Jenks, J., Keller, C., Reiter, L., Fish-Huson, C. March 2023. The Effect of Simulation for Persons Diagnosed with Type II Diabetes. Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners, Roanoke, VA.

Bath, J. Harvey, E., Locklear, T., Collier, B.R., Barylak, M., Martinez, M., Weppner, J. March/ April 2023. Mortality associated with withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy for patients with severe traumatic brain injury: A retrospective single-center study. 14th World Congress on Brain Injury, Dublin, Ireland. Ellen Harvey, DNP, RN, ACNSBC, CCRN, TCRN, FCCM - Neurotrauma CNS was a co-author of this project.

Bullins, C. March 2023. Passed the ELSO ECMO certification test and received ECMO certification.

Amos, S. March 2023. Passed the ELSO ECMO certification test and received ECMO certification.

Janney, L., & Cath Lab Team. March 2023. Received Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation through the American College of Cardiology (ACC).

Bath, J. April 2023. Became a Certified Brain Injury Specialist through the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists (ACBIS).

Bath, J. October 2022. Sticks and Stones WILL Break Your Bones. Virginia Annual Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference, Richmond, VA

Ramsey, K. February 2023. The Evolution of Surfactant Therapy: Helping Babies Breathe. Virginia Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists Annual Conference. Virtual Presentation

Harvey, E. March 2023. Recognize and Rescue of the Injured Patient. JPS Health Network, Fort Worth, TX. (invited speaker)

Coles, M. March 2023. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion within our organization. 2023 NACNS Conference - Forum, Portland, OR

Bowser, S., Tressler, A. April 2023. Code Lavender and Staff Support. VNA, VNF Healing the Divides 2023 Virtual Spring Conference.

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