Step Into Spring: CONTINUING EDUCATION Telephone Conferences
Here is a great way to participate in high quality continuing education
courses without the costs associated with travel. Learn at home or at the
office.

All you need is a telephone (a cell phone is acceptable) and a computer with
which you can print out or view our Power Point and Word document handouts.
All of these teleconferences are conducted by masters prepared educators
that are experts in their field. Contact hours (CEUs) as well as certificates
of
completion will be transmitted electronically immediately after the course,
or the series of courses, is done. Can’t make a class? Not a problem- we will
provide you with all the handouts and the audiotapes of the conference
call(s). Have a group? We offer discounts to groups using the same telephone.
Conference space is very limited so register now.
Below is a list of our scheduled teleconferences. Each has a designated
level of content noted after the title (B is beginner level, I is intermediate
level, A is advanced level). Simply select the courses you want to take and/or
the audiotapes you want to order using the attached Registration Form. If you
are waiting for your facility to process a check, simply send your
registration form to us with a notation that payment is being processed and we
will
reserve your seat pending payment.
There is No Such Thing as A Born Teacher- Learn How to Teach Patients &
Staff (B)
Dates: March 14, 2006 & Repeated Again on March 21, 2006
Times: 2 to 3:40 pm OR 7 to 8:40 pm (eastern time)
Contact Hours (CEUs): 2
Cost: $35 (1 Session)
Objectives:
1. Apply the principles of adult learning throughout staff development
and patient education activities.
2. Differentiate among the three (3) domains of learning in terms of
objectives, teaching strategies and evaluation methods.
3. Incorporate sound educational principles into the four (4) phases of
the teaching –learning process when designing and implementing effective
staff and patient educational activities.
4. Design and implement a sound educational activity using a curriculum
design template
Preventing Medical Errors (B to I)
Date: March 15, 2006 (Wednesday)
Times: 2 to 3:40 pm OR 7 to 8:40 pm (eastern time)
Contact Hours (CEUs): 2
Cost: $35 (1 Session)
Objectives:
1. Discuss JCAHO’s National Patient Safety Goals and the role that
healthcare providers play in the prevention of a wide variety of medical errors
and mistakes.
2. Identify commonly occurring medical errors and ways with which these
errors can, and must, be prevented.
3. Discuss the necessity of reporting errors and near misses in a “blame
free environment, various error reporting systems and the expected outcomes
of these systems.
Preceptorships and The Challenges of New Graduate Nurses (I)
Dates: March 23 and April 6, 2006 (Thursdays)
Times: 2 to 3:40 pm OR 7 to 8:40 pm (eastern time)
Contact Hours (CEUs): 4
Cost: $60 (2 Sessions)
Objectives:
1. Relate the educational needs and competencies of new graduate
nurses.
2. Discuss the characteristics of a good preceptor and how these
characteristics fulfill the needs of new graduate nurses.
3. Detail the components and methodology of an effective preceptorship
program.
4. List ways to provide ongoing support and coaching for both the
preceptor and the new nurse.
A Systematic Approach to the Management of Systolic and Diastolic Heart
Failure (A)
Dates: March 16 and March 30, 2006 (Thursdays)
Times: 2 to 3:40 pm OR 7 to 8:40 pm (eastern time)
Contact Hours (CEUs): 4
Cost: $60 (2 Sessions)
Objectives:
1. Detail normal cardiac anatomy, electrophysiology and echocardiogram
findings.
2. Define some hemodynamic terms in reference to heart failure.
3. Discuss systolic heart failure in terms of risk factors, etiology,
pathophysiology, classification, category and compensatory mechanisms.
4. Relate the care and treatment of systolic heart failure in terms of
assessment, diagnosis, pharmacological management and patient education.
5. Differentiate between systolic and diastolic heart failure.
6. Relate the care and treatment of diastolic heart failure in terms of
assessments, diagnosis, pharmacological management and patient education.
7. Summarize systolic and diastolic heart failure and the treatment of
these disorders.
Mathphobics Only: Cure the Phobia With Dimensional Analysis Pharmacology
Calculations (B)
Dates: March 27, 2006 & Repeated Again on April 3, 2006
Times: 2 to 3:40 pm OR 7 to 8:40 pm (eastern time)
Contact Hours (CEUs): 2
Cost: $35 (1 Session)
Objectives:
1. Apply dimensional analysis to solve a wide variety of dosage and
solution problems.
2. Calculate oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous dosages using
dimensional analysis.
3. Determine intravenous (IV) flow rates using dimensional analysis
and the one-step, no-rules method of calculation.
4. Teach your staff and students the dimensional analysis method of
calculation.
Diagnostic Testing: An Idiot’s Guide to Chest Radiography and Computed
Tomography Interpretation (I)
Dates: April 13 and April 20, 2006 (Thursdays)
Times: 2 to 3:40 pm OR 7 to 8:40 pm (eastern time)
Contact Hours (CEUs): 4
Cost: $60
Objectives:
1. List the purposes of chest radiography and computed tomography
2. Relate basic chest radiograph and computed tomography terminology
3. Differentiate among various chest radiographic positions and relate
the purpose of each type
4. Identify the common components of a chest radiograph
5. Identify the most common conditions found on a chest radiograph
6. Discuss computed tomography preparation
7. Identify common structures/components viewed with computed
tomography.
8. Discuss basic sequencing and the interpretation of the most common
types of computed tomography
Root Cause Analysis: The Path to Zero Errors (B-I)
Dates: April 4 and Repeated on April 11,2006 (Tuesdays)
Times: 11:00 to 12:40 pm (eastern time)
Contact Hours (CEUs): 2
Cost: $35 (1 Session)

Objectives:
1. Relate the importance of root cause analysis in the reduction and/or
elimination of medical errors in health care facilities.
2. Describe how to effectively participate in and lead a root cause
analysis team.
3. Generate an action plan with corrective and preventative actions.
4. Evaluate the outcomes of process changes and improvements, as found
in the action plan.
Competency & Education Organization Wide: Structure and Process, Using Data
to Assess Educational Needs & To Evaluate the Outcomes of Education In Terms
of Patient Outcomes (I)
Dates: April 4, April 11 and April 18,2006 (Tuesdays)
Times: 2 to 3:40 pm (eastern time) OR 7:00 to 8:40 pm
Contact Hours (CEUs): 6
Cost: $80 (3 Sessions)

Objectives:
1. Differentiate among and discuss the inter-relationships of
structure, process and outcome.
2. Relate the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organization’s (JCAHO) requirements in terms of education and competency.
3. Describe the components of thorough, complete and timely
orientation, transfer training and cross training programs within the entire
organization.
4. Initiate and employ equipment competency, job role competency
checklists and a compressed position description/competency checklist to
replace
old job descriptions for the purpose of evaluation and performance improvement
purposes.
5. Establish the “baseline” of education and competency and generate
items for a needs assessment survey using focus group, qualitative research.
6. Identify some existing sources of data that can be used to assess
and identify educational needs as well as evaluate the effectiveness of
education in terms of the patient outcome(s).
7. Define and differentiate among various methods of evaluation that
measure the effectiveness of education.
8. Identify and address high frequency competencies, problem prone and
low frequency/high risk areas of concern for the entire organization, a
department or area and an individual.
9. Detail why education should be driven by needs data and not
traditions, such as annual mandatory training episodes.
10. Relate some of the weaknesses found in one’s orientation processes
(organization wide, departmental and job specific), transfer and cross
training process and continuing education activities and strategies that can be
employed to correct these weaknesses.
11. Discuss the components of your organization’s current Annual Report
of Competency and what additional competency measurements can be added to it.
Heart Failure: An Indepth View of Current and Emerging Pharmacological and
Surgical Treatments (I)
Dates: April 27 and May 4, 2006 (Thursdays)
Times: 2 to 3:40 pm OR 7 to 8:40 pm (eastern time)
Contact Hours (CEUs): 4
Cost: $60
Objectives:
1. Detail pharmacological agents that have been the cornerstone of
heart failure management.
2. Discuss new pharmacological agents and trends for heart failure
management.
3. Describe the types and purposes of implanted devices used to treat
heart failure.
4. Relate some surgical alternatives to pharmacological/conventional
heart failure management.
Please contact me at _aleneb1@..._ (mailto:aleneb1@...) with any
questions and be sure to spread the word about these courses with your
colleagues and others at your facility. (I am attaching this announcement as
well as
the registration form to this email for your copying and distribution)
Alene Burke RN, MSN
(813) 453-4335
.

Alene Burke & Associates is approved as a provider of Continuing Education
by the Florida Board of Nursing and the District of Columbia Board of Nursing,
the Florida Board of Pharmacy, Social Work, Mental Health, Marriage and
Family Counseling, Athletic Training.
Provider # 50-2502




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