Care Disparities and Inequities: Mobilizing a Regional Response
April 18, 2008 - Vancouver, Wa
The conference will focus on regional health issues in Washington and Oregon and in Clark and
Multnomah counties in particular, with emphasis on minority health issues and
culturally specific health care.
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Successful Strategies for Achieving Green Hospitals
April 23-25, 2008 - Boulder, Colorado
How Hospitals and Health Systems Can Implement Green Practices Creating Healthy
Environments for Patients, Employees and the World.
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Conference: Washington Elderlaw 2008
- Legal / Financial / Medicaid Today
April 25, 2008 - Seattle, WA
Today’s health care professional providing services to geriatric populations must develop and
maintain a familiarity with many aspects of elder law to understand the legal and regulatory maze
impacting on their organizations. To make necessary and appropriate referrals and to understand
the concerns of patients, residents, or clients and their families, providers of health care and
professionals working with elderly citizens are expected to have knowledge regarding advance
directive and guardianship issues; Medicare Part D and related topics; Medicaid eligibility; and
answers to commonly asked questions regarding the major changes in Medicaid. Ms. Vance, Mr.
Tartella, and Mr. Menashe will provide updated information regarding these issues.
The purpose of this intensive one-day program is to examine the legal issues of planning for disability/
incapacity and to provide current information crucial to care planning and case management of
geriatric clients. Ms. Vance, Mr. Tartella, and Mr. Menashe will focus on the legal and financial
issues, plus case law, which impact on everyday aspects of providing health care services.
At the conclusion of this program the learner will have the knowledge required to:
- Describe Financial & Medical Powers of Attorney, various guardianships, and Health Care
Directives.
- Discuss Medicare and related topics.
- Compare different Medicaid programs available.
- Identify the new rules affecting Medicaid Long-Term Care coverage.
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Looking Upstream:
Chemical Contaminants, the Threat to Breastmilk
and Connections to Breast Cancer Risk
April 30, 2008 - Lynnwood, WA
The Breast Cancer Fund and the Breastfeeding
Coalition of Washington present an in-depth look
at the links between toxic chemicals in our
environment, breastfeeding and breast cancer.
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Understanding Older Minds - Issues in Geriatric Health Care
May 13, 2008 - Lynnwood, WA
May 14, 2008 - Renton, WA
May 15, 2008 - Portland / Clackamas, OR
May 16, 2008 - Eugene, OR
The explosive growth of older people in our society has
been accompanied by a need for health care professionals,
especially mental health professionals, who are familiar
with the unique problems and challenges facing this
population. Effective treatment in the aged requires
an understanding of the interplay between the aging body, the aging brain, and
psychological well being.
The purpose of this program is to provide attendees with knowledge, tools, and
techniques that will enable them to deliver high-quality health treatment to older
adults. They will gain the skills necessary for the complex process of assessment and
intervention, including medical, psychological, environmental, and interpersonal
issues, and will be able to apply this knowledge to the diagnosis and treatment of
elderly clients.
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The Five Most Common Unnamed Elephants Roaming the Workplace
May 19, 2008 - Online
Sue Annis Hammond, the co-author of The Thin
Book of Naming Elephants will describe the 5 most common unnamed
elephants and give some tips of what to do about them. The elephants are:
- The Normalization of Deviance,
- The Role of the System,
- The Normalization of Arrogance,
- The Smart-Talk Trap, and
- The Intent/Impact Gap.
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Effective Retention Throughout the
Career Continuum
June 11-12, 2008 -
Denver, Colorado
Please see the attached announcement and registration form for the 6TH National Conference Nursing Workforce Leaders. This year’s conference focus is on nurse retention with a special emphasis on new graduates, frontline leaders and mature, experienced nurses. For further information please also see their website
www.nursingworkforcecenters.org
Join leaders, stakeholders and partners of state-based nursing workforce centers from
across the country to explore effective workforce solutions at the grassroots level. Learn
about evidence based strategies, innovations and promising practices in the retention
of nurses with a special focus on high risk groups including new graduates, frontline
managers and older, experienced nurses.
Sixth in an annual series, this conference will help build our capacity to retain a 21st
century workforce that is adequate in numbers and prepared for the complexities of
current and future practice.
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52 Practical Strategies for Asperger's Syndrome, Nonverbal Learning Disorder, & High-Functioning Autism
June 4, 2008 - Bothell, WA
June 5, 2008 - Kent, WA
June 6, 2008 - Portland, OR
The purpose of this workshop is to review and experience a bevy of strength-based,
practical strategies that have proven effective in addressing some of the more
typical concerns presented by children, adolescents, and adults with Asperger’s
Syndrome, Nonverbal Learning Disorder, and High-Functioning Autism. The
workshop will begin with a quick review of High-Functioning Autism, Asperger’s
Syndrome, and Nonverbal Learning Disability and proceed with a combination of
quick, “short-strike” interventions, mixed with more in-depth, interactive activities.
Participants will be encouraged to take part in these group and individual exercises.
Case studies, accompanied by open discussion and group networking, is used to
further complement your understanding and awareness of the notion of ‘Asperger,
HFA, and NLD perspectives’. The workshop will be continually updated, reflecting
ongoing research and clinical findings involving these populations, and will draw
from multi-therapeutic and multi-modal disciplines.
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10th Annual Northwest Nursing Education Institute:
Transforming Nursing Education: Leading Edge Models
June 16 - 19, 2008 - Portland, OR
From the OHSU School of Nursing.
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Spanish for Nurses
Free group study course with order of 20 or more.
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