Location | Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center
Cost | FREE for CAMC employees
Program Objectives
The CAMC Nursing Professional Development and Innovation Conference will feature lectures, case presentations and educational sessions on a variety of acute care issues facing nursing professionals today. This one-day conference will focus on future professional nursing trends, current legal issues in nursing and legislative updates. Posters from throughout the health system will be presented on current research, quality improvement and education. The program is designed for all professional nurses working in all areas of healthcare.
At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Adopt trauma-informed practices to create a healing environment that enhances patient engagement, improves health outcomes and supports compassionate, effective care.
- Promote well-being by using stress management strategies and fostering psychological safety to support caregivers and help prevent burnout in clinical settings.
- Provide an overview of current legal and legislative issues in nursing.
- Understand current and future trends of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
- Understand current legal issues and emerging concerns affecting healthcare.
- Understand the MAGNET® designation and the requirements for maintaining it.
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This offering has been approved for 7 contact hours (JA0026-26-CE1135).
The Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center is a municipal event complex located at 200 Civic Center Drive in downtown Charleston, WV. You'll be a short distance from notable local attractions, including the Haddad River Front Park and many restaurants and shops, all within walking distance.
Agenda
7:15 a.m. | Registration/Continental Breakfast
8 a.m. | Welcome/Introductions
Nicole Strimel, RN
Retention & Recognition Chair
Vandalia Health CAMC Nursing Shared Professional Governance
8:15 a.m. | Trauma Informed Care
Stephanne Thornton, MDiv, MSW, LICSW, MAC, CCTP, CSOTP
Clinical Director, WV Judicial and Lawyer Assistance Program
Consultant, Transform Legal
9:45 a.m. | Break: Poster Presentations/Exhibits
10 a.m. | Legislative Updates
Hallie Morgan
Vice President for Quality & Data Services, West Virginia Hospital Association
11 a.m. | Lunch/Poster Presentations
Noon | Sustaining Well-being
Kimberly Eagle, EdD
Health & Wellness Coach
Director of Nursing Retention, BridgeValley Community & Technical College
1:30 p.m. | Break: Poster Presentations/Exhibits
1:45 p.m. | AI in Healthcare
J. Polizzi, DO, FAAFP, DABPM-CI, CDH-E
Chief Health Informatics Officer, Vandalia Health
Jeff Cox
Director of Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, Vandalia Health
2:45 p.m. | Legal Rights and Current Cases in Healthcare
Barbara Utt, Attorney at Law
3:45 p.m. | MAGNET® - What’s Next? – Closing Remarks
Heidi Edwards, MSN, RN
VP & Administrator, Vandalia Health CAMC General Hospital
Chief Nursing Officer, CAMC
4:30 p.m. | Course Evaluation/Adjournment
Our Faculty
Stephanne Thornton, MDiv, MSW, LICSW, MAC, CCTP, CSOTP
Clinical Director, West Virginia Judicial and Lawyer Assistance Program
Consultant, Transform Legal
Charleston, WV
Hallie Morgan
Vice President for Quality and Data Services
West Virginia Hospital Association
Charleston, WV
Kimberly Eagle, EdD, Health & Wellness Coach
Director of Nursing Retention
Bridge Valley Community and Technical College
Charleston, WV
J. Polizzi, DO, FAAFP, DABPM-CI, CDH-E
Chief Health Informatics Officer, Vandalia Health
Charleston, WV
Jeff Cox
Director of Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, Vandalia Health
Charleston, WV
Barbara Utt
Attorney at Law
Charleston, WV
Heidi Edwards, RN, MSN
Vice President/Administrator, CAMC General Hospital
Chief Nursing Officer, CAMC
Charleston, WV
The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine controls the content and production of this CE activity and attempt to ensure the presentation of balanced, objective information. In accordance with the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education established by the ACCME, faculty, abstract reviewers, paper presenters/authors, planning committee members, staff and any others involved in planning the educational content must disclose any relationship they or their co-authors have with ineligible companies which may be related to their content. The ACCME defines "relevant financial relationships" as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 24 months that create a conflict of interest.
All presenters, the planning committee and the faculty have declared no financial interest with an ineligible company for this educational activity.
Every effort is made to have a comfortable temperature in the meeting room. However, we realize everyone's comfort zone is different, so please bring a sweater or light jacket.
