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Ever find yourself in charge without adequate preparation?

Well, no more charge by fire! The Charge Nurse Intensive CE Series is a comprehensive learning experience that assists nurses to become effective charge nurses. Take control of your career and your future during this six-week program that combines online education with live webinars. Gain key insight into the significance of being in charge. Learn valuable information from national nurse experts on leadership, communication, conflict resolution, critical thinking, and delegation with emphasis on the role of the charge nurse. After each course, complete the online examination and earn 12.8 contact hours. Receive a certificate of completion upon attending the entire program.

ONLINE MODULE:
Developing Your Leadership Potential: Providing excellent patient care demands more than excellent clinical skills. Your skills as a leader greatly affect your ability to influence patient care and the profession of nursing. Leadership skills are the learned attributes that make you more effective in any job role and in all healthcare settings. The skills of communicating effectively; managing conflicts; delegating and evaluating the work of others; managing change, stress, and time; using critical thinking; and taking charge of your own career are important commodities in today’s healthcare environment. These skills are also prerequisites for any nurse interested in formal leadership positions. Nurses who develop a reputation for having effective leadership skills add greatly to their value as employees in any healthcare organization. On an individual level, nurses who develop their leadership skills can significantly increase their ability to provide outstanding patient care and will position themselves to achieve a high level of professional satisfaction.

WEBINAR COURSES:

• How to Manage Change Effectively While You're in Charge:  Change contributes to a high degree of professional satisfaction and is required to strengthen the image of nursing and ensure positive health outcomes for patients. Learn about economic and political forces driving changes in the healthcare system, commonly used change strategies, and how charge nurses can use change as a positive force.
• Charge Nurse Delegation Skills: Teamwork at the Bedside:  Ineffective bedside team leadership produces hazardous patient environments and substandard clinical outcomes. Omitted care leads to pressure ulcers, falls with injuries, readmissions, and unpaid “Never Events. Practical application of delegation and supervision principles has resulted in up to 37% improvement in professional practice and enhanced patient, physician, and staff satisfaction. Learn methods of assessing current departmental/unit skill level and step-by-step strategies for making The Five Rights of Delegation real in practice.
• Leadership & Communication Skills for the 21st Century Charge Nurse:  You’re in charge. Your skills as a leader greatly affect your ability to influence patient care and the profession of nursing. Staff now relies on you to be the cheerleader, advisor and, when necessary, the rule keeper. Leadership skills are the learned attributes that make you more effective in any job role and in all healthcare settings. Learn how to communicate effectively and use leadership skills while serving in the charge nurse role.
• Charge Nurses and Conflict in the Clinical Setting:  Conflict in the healthcare setting is inevitable. How conflict is dealt with has a direct impact on staff satisfaction and patient care.  The charge nurse must develop skills to use when dealing with conflict in their healthcare setting. Learn how to effectively resolve conflict occurring within the healthcare team or between departments.
• Critical Thinking: The Key to Being a Successful Charge Nurse:  Critical thinking is the capacity to focus thought to achieve results that are needed to succeed.  Learn the essentials of critical thinking, a skill that may determine whether charge nurses succeed or fail.
• Career Planning NOW: What Charge Nurses Need to Know:  Your in charge at work, now take charge of your career! Learn pathways to career growth including continuing education, achieving certification, participating in professional organizations, finding a mentor, and avoiding career-stopping mistakes.

Key course benefits:

Cost of the 6-week program: $399 (discounted group rate of 3 or more: $375)

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: April 9, 2012

Cancellation and Refund Policy:

Phone cancellations must be confirmed in writing. Cancellations received by March 16, 2012 will receive a full refund of the registration fee. Cancellations received between March 17, 2012 and April 9, 2012 will be assessed a $50 processing fee. Cancellations received after April 9, 2012 or “no shows” will not receive a refund. In the event that the program is cancelled, a full refund will be issued.

If you missed any webinars, you will have a chance to view the recording until June 13, 2012.

Cynthia Saver, RN, MS, has spent more than 20 years in publishing. She has held senior editorial positions, including executive vice president at Nursing Spectrum, a division of Gannett, Inc., which had a print circulation of nearly one million and two thriving websites. She currently writes and provides other editorial and continuing education services for many leading publishers. Cindy's articles have appeared in many national publications, including Nursing Spectrum, OR Manager, Nursing Management, AORN Journal, and American Nurse Today. She collaborated with many nurse writers and editors on the book Anatomy of Writing for Publication for Nurses, published by Sigma Theta Tau International.

Mindy G. Spigel, RN, MSN, is a nurse with more than 30 years of clinical experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She currently works as the coordinator of Organizational Effectiveness for CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System where she provides training to staff, primarily nurses, on various topics, and manages special projects. Spigel earned a bachelor’s in nursing from the University of South Florida and a master’s degree in pediatric nursing from the University of Alabama. She has taught in both hospital education programs and in the academic setting, and has presented numerous national, state and local programs.

Maureen Habel, RN, MA, has been a director of nursing staff development and a director of clinical nursing services. She has taught healthcare management and leadership courses, and has played a key role as an American Red Cross disaster nurse. She continually provides leadership for community-based disaster preparation and response efforts in her community. An award-winning nursing writer, Maureen currently lives in Seal Beach, CA.

Barbara Pierce, RN, MSN, has over 35 years of nursing experience with 25 years in emergency department and hospital leadership. Barb is active with the Emergency Nurse's Association at the local and national level. She is active in leading dynamic change activities with proven successful outcomes and has a particular passion for improving efficiency, operations, work environment and quality of care. Her current role is the Director of Emergency Services at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine.

Ruth Hansten, RN, PhD, MBA, FACHE, is the author of six books and numerous articles. Her mission is to promote healing and wholeness, transforming organizations through relationship enhancement and skills development. With 36 years of experience in nursing, she brings both a practical and humorous approach to the essential work that nurses do. For the past 20 years her national consulting practice has worked with nursing care delivery models, critical thinking, delegation and leadership skills, and interdisciplinary team development. She has developed a care delivery model and philosophy called Relationship and Results Oriented Healthcare™ (RROHC) and this model had resulted in improved patient outcomes, clinical indicators, employee engagement, provider satisfaction, and healthcare employee retention. Her doctoral research focused on critical thinking and clinical judgment and she incorporates her research into her teaching and consulting strategies. In 2008 the 4th edition of her Clinical Delegation Skills: A Handbook for Professional Practice book was published, as was her Relationship & Results Oriented Healthcare™ Planning & Implementation Manual. She has served as adjunct faculty for the University of Washington and Seattle University School of Nursing, and has lectured or consulted at 160 organizations. She currently serves as a Board of Directors trustee at a Pacific NW medical center. 

Donna Cardillo, RN, MA, has been speaking and entertaining for over a decade. Her sense of humor and animated style bring her presentations to life. She has a passion for speaking and compassion for her audiences. Donna presents in a down to earth style that hits the mark with any audience.

Donna's speaking style is consistently described as inspirational and dynamic. She has been characterized as motivational, down to earth, funny, approachable, upbeat, knowledgeable, professional, and a good role model.

Experience the energy and enthusiasm of a live presentation by Donna. She will ignite a fire under you and start you on a journey of exploration and discovery that will enable you to avail yourself of all that life has to offer. Donna is practicing what she preaches and is living her dream. Donna is author of the book, Your First Year as a Nurse - Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional and The ULTIMATE Career Guide for Nurses.

QUESTIONS?
CONTACT THE FACILITOR OF THIS PROGRAM
JENNIFER CHAIKIN, RN-BC, MSN/MHA, CCRN
jchaikin@gannetthg.com | 703-241-3312

"You're in Charge! Whether you're new or a veteran, be confident in your ability to lead! This series reviews essential leadership skills and communication techniques for the 21st century charge nurse. Learn how to positive influence staff, management conflict, and facilitate change through critical thinking and appropriate delegation."

- Jennifer Chaikin  

ONLINE MODULE:
60106: Developing Your Leadership Potential - April 16, 2012

WEBINARS:

Disclosures

Webinars must be attended in their entirety and the evaluation form must be completed.

The planners and presenter(s)/author(s) of this course have declared no real or perceived conflicts of interest that relate to this educational activity, with the exception of Ruth Hansten, RN, MBA, PhD, FACHE, who has disclosed that she works as a consultant and has written books on how to improve care delivery at the bedside.

Gannett Education guarantees that the content of these educational activities are free from bias.

Accredited status does not imply endorsement by the provider or ANCC of any commercial products displayed in conjunction with this activity.

These CNE activities do not include any unannounced information about off-label use of a product for a purpose other than that for which is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Accreditation

Nurse.com educational events are provided by Gannett Education. Gannett Education is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Gannett Education is also accredited by the Florida Board of Nursing (provider no. FBN 50-1489) and the California Board of Registered Nursing (provider no. CEP 13213).