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CALIFORNIA
Surviving or Thriving? Making a Difference in Your Workplace
Conference and Retreat
Dates: October 10-12, 2008
Location: Mt Hermon Conference Center, near Santa Cruz, CA, www.mounthermon.org
Description: The purpose of this educational activity is to address significant issues nurses face in a variety of healthcare settings where they work.
Speakers: Pat Emery, MSN, RN and Carrie Dameron, MSN, RN
CNE credit: 6 contact hours
Sponsored by: Nurses Christian Fellowship
Online Brochure: Surviving or Thriving? (brochure to download as pdf)
For more information: Contact Diane Stegmeir at (831) 644-9136 or email Diane.
2008 West Coast Healthcare Missions
and Ministry Conference
Dates: September 18-20, 2008
Location: Pasadena, CA
Description: This three day conference is geared to meeting the educational and networking needs of Christian physicians, dentists, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, pharmacists, physical therapists, public health workers, mission pastors, parachurch workers, students and all other healthcare professionals, who are interested in local and/or global and healthcare (medical) missions.
CNE credit: 16.5 CME/CEU/CE hours
For more information: http://healthcaremissions.org/
MICHIGAN
Christian Nursing in Today’s World
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008
Location: Ward Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Northville, MI
Description: The purpose of this conference is to explore today’s healthcare environment and ways to apply a biblical perspective to nursing practice.
Speaker: Kathy Schoonover-Shoffner, PhD, RN
CNE credit: 6 contact hours
Sponsored by: Nurses Christian Fellowship
Online brochure: Christian Nursing (brochure to download as pdf)
For more information: Contact Paula Grohman at (248) 357-9177 or Email Paula.
NORTH DAKOTA
Forgiveness: Implications for Nursing
Dates: September 26, 2008
Location: Fargo, ND
Description: The purpose of this educational activity is to examine areas of hurt, related physical problems, barriers, benefits and healing process of forgiveness and apply these concepts to the nurse's role in caring for persons who need to give or receive forgiveness.
CNE credit: 6 contact hours
Speaker: Verna Carson, PhD, APRN/PMH
Sponsored by: Nurses Christian Fellowship
Online Brochure: Forgiveness (brochure to download as pdf)
More information: Contact Marsha Hendrickson at (701) 372-3675 or Email Marsha.
OHIO
The Faces of Spiritual Care
Date: October 18, 2008
Location: First Friends Church, Canton, OH
Description: The purpose of this seminar is to explore ways nurses can adapt spiritual care to specific patient populations.
CNE credit: 2 contact hours
Sponsored by: Nurses Christian Fellowship
Online Brochure: The Faces of Spiritual Care (brochure to download as pdf)
More information: Contact Rose Day at (330) 477-5689 or Email Rose.
Light Your Candle: A Christian Perspective on Workplace Challenges
Date: October 25, 2008
Location: Cleveland, OH
Description: To examine the relevance of being a Christian nurse in today’s difficult healthcare environment and identify how a Christian worldview impacts practice.
Speaker: Pat Emery, MSN, RN
CNE credit: 2.5 contact hours
Sponsored by: Nurses Christian Fellowship
Online Brochure: Light Your Candle (brochure to download as pdf)
More information: Contact Harriet Coeling at 440-871-2619 or Email Harriet.
PENNSYLVANIA
Helping Patients Overcome Fear and Anxiety
Retreat to Follow
Fill My Cup Lord: Finding Peace with God in a 24/7 Wireless World
Dates: October 10-11, 2008
Location: National Christian Conference Center, Valley Forge, PA
Description: At the conference, nurses will explore the physical, spiritual, mental, and social problems that arise from fear and anxiety and discover therapeutic nursing interventions and biblical approaches to
help people experiencing anxiety.
Conference Speaker: Kathie Rickman, DrPH, MSN, RN, CNS, LCDC
Retreat Speaker: Judy Shelly, DMin, RN
CNE credit: 5.5 contact hours
Sponsored by: Nurses Christian Fellowship
Online Brochure: Helping Patients and Fill My Cup Retreat
More information: Contact Audrey Hay at (610) 286-7550 or Email Audrey.
WYOMING
Their Voices Matter: A New Look at Long-Term Care
Date: Saturday, August 16, 2008, 2:00 – 3:10 p.m.
Location: VA Medical Center Auditorium, Cheyenne, WY
Description: To evaluate current thinking about aging and elder care and explore ways care must change to meet present and future needs.
CNE credit: 1 contact hour
Sponsored by: Nurses Christian Fellowship
Online brochure: Their Voices Matter (brochure to download as pdf)
For more information: Contact Frankie Warner at (307) 635-3544 or Email Frankie.
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