Tuesday May 31, 2022

Nurse Leadership Program Pre-Sessions

(Additional Registration Fee Required)

8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Attendee Registration

9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

NIPP 2.0©

NIPP 2.0© is for the nursing home infection preventionist who has previously taken NIPP© Nursing Home Infection Prevention Program, NIPPing Infections in the Bud or other specialized training in infection prevention and control. This training revisits key concepts from the original NIPP© training such as meaningful outcome measures for infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship and examples of how to present data to drive decision making. NIPP© 2.0 also reviews the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines that have been updated since 2019, discusses the epidemiology of organisms that may cause infections and foodborne illness in long term care settings, and identifies the steps of an outbreak investigation. Small group activities include playing the game of “What Bug Am I?” and conducting an outbreak investigation. Please note this training does not include information about SARS-CoV-2. Lunch will be included with this program.

Presenter: Jonathan Teter, Director of Epidemiology and Analytics, RB Health Partners, Inc.

1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Introduction to the Administrative Nursing Role

This pre-session will discuss the fundamentals of a day in the life of an administrative nurse leader. Using the foundation of strengths already developed and seeking guidance and coaching along the way, nurse leaders can be successful in their new role. Learn techniques needed to be successful as you manage a team, prepare for survey, and move forward in your leadership role.

Presenters: Amina Dubuisson, Vice President of Clinical Services, Ventura Services of Florida, Inc. and Anabelle Locsin, Director of Education, RB Health Partners, Inc.