Author: Kristin D Negley

2020 Virtual Conference
Year of the CNS 2020: Inspire, Influence, and Innovate

October 2, 2020

8:00am to 12:00pm

Virtual conference

Cost
MN NACNS Member $30
Non-Member $40
CNS Student $15

Conference Agenda

8:00-8:15	Welcome / Penny Messner, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC / President, MN NACNS
8:15-9:00	Future of CNS Practice: How We Raise Our Voices in Healthcare / Sean Reed, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, ACHPN / President, NACNS
9:00-9:10	Pause / Participants Stretch
9:10- / 9:55	Informatics and Big Data: How CNSs Can Use It To Solve Seemingly Unsolvable Problems / Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FNAP
9:55-10:05	Pause
10:05-10:50	Innovation through Virtual Care / Telehealth Panel Discussion / Moderator: Sue Cutshall, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC / Panel / Kati Cavanaugh, MS, APRN, ACNS-BC / Ben Hickox, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC / Diane Roach, MA, APRN, ACNS-BC / Tracy Udeen, MA, APRN, ACNS-BC
10:50-11:35	Unique Role of CNS in Long Term Care / Amy Tong, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, CNE
11:35-12 / Noon	Closing / Mary Fran Tracy Award / Pharmacology Symposium update / CE Information

conference purpose

Promote Clinical Nurse Specialist practice at all levels by outlining contributions to healthcare in a variety of roles. Provide a connecting opportunity for CNSs from across Minnesota in a virtual manner.

Learning outcomes

At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:
Describe activities to promote the CNS role while working in a challenging time period.
Identify the use of Big Data in problem solving within the CNS role.
Explore the CNS role in Telehealth today and in the future.
Appraise CNS involvement in Long Term Care in promotion of quality care.

INFORMATION

Website: www.mnnacns.org
Registration—please complete online registration at above website. Once registered a link will be sent to you.
Handouts of presentations are located on the MN NACNS Webpage (http://mnnacns.org). Events ® 2020 Conference Documents

Planning committee

Chair:
Ann Loth, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, APHN-BC, HWNC-BC
Members:
Ella Dohlin, MA, APRN, ACNS-BC
Jodi Hartwig, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC
Benjamin Hickox, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC
Mary Gerchman-Smith, MA, APRN, CCNS
Mary Gruber, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC
Jane Kirmse, MS, APRN, CNS
Christina Manyang, BSN, RN
Michael Petty, PhD, APRN, CCNS
Julie Ponto, PhD, APRN, AGCNS-BC, AOCNS®
Justin Smith, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC, NE-BC
Amy Tong, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, CNE
Linda Vogel, MA, APRN, CCNS

2020 Board members

President:
Penny Messner, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC
President Elect:
Mary Gruber, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC
Secretary:
Kelly Derby, MS, APRN, CNS
Treasurer:
Amy Moore, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC
Immediate Past President:
Shamsah Rehmatullah, MS, APRN, ACNS-BC
Student Representative:
Andrea Swenson, BSN, RN
Please consider serving as the President Elect or Secretary or Student Rep on the 2021 MN NACNS Board of Directors
Seeking volunteers to serve on the 2021 MN NACNS Planning Committee or Pharmacology Symposium

Thank You

In this year of the pandemic, the planning committee of the MN NACNS Annual Meeting recognize this is a new endeavor for us.
MN NACNS wishes to thank all
members of the audience who
participated to make this day possible.
Please plan to join us on October 2nd

Continuing Education Credit

Participants who attend the virtual conference on Friday will earn 3.0 accredited (ANCC) nursing contact hours. Nursing Professional Development at the University of Minnesota Medical Center is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

SPEAKER BIOS

Penny Messner, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC
Dr. Penny Messner is an Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist for Mayo Clinic, Rochester. Dr. Messner supports the Cardiovascular Surgery Progressive Care Nursing Practice and has been instrumental in the initial certification and recertification of the Destination Therapy Ventricular Assist Device Program by the Joint Commission. Dr. Messner also has provided CNS support to the Cardiovascular Health Clinic and Nuclear Echo practices. During her career, she has focused clinically on improving pain management for the cardiovascular surgery patient, reducing hospital length of stay, anticoagulation management, improving venous thromboembolism prevention, and anticoagulation management to name a few. She served as adjunct faculty in at Winona State University in teaching Health Care Policy and Finance 2010-2011. Over the years she has served as a preceptor and mentor to several of her CNS colleagues.

Sean Reed, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, ACHPN
Sean M. Reed, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, ACHPN, is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Health and Hospice and Palliative Care. He has over 16 years experience in acute, post-acute, ambulatory, systems, and academic settings. Dr. Reed has an extensive background with the integration of expert clinical practice, consultation, leadership, research and implementation of evidence-based practices, and education. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, College of Nursing where he teaches in the PhD and DNP programs, and the School of Medicine. Dr. Reed is the President of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists.

Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FNAP
Dr. Delaney serves as Professor & Dean, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, and is the Knowledge Generation Lead for the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. She is the first Fellow in the College of Medical Informatics to serve as a Dean of Nursing. She is an active researcher in data and information technology standards for nursing, health care, & interprofessional practice and education; big data science; and integrative informatics. She serves on numerous health, business/industry and policy boards/advisory committees. She is recognized as a leader and visionary with unique organizational ability to re-create/co-create integrative communities, partnerships, programs, systems and collectives.

Kati Cavanaugh, MS, APRN, ACNS-BC
Kati received a BS in Nursing degree from the University of Minnesota and a MS in Nursing degree with a clinical focus on Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist from Winona State University. Her clinical experience includes a RN in Neurology Surgery and CNS in the ambulatory care setting. For the past four years, she has supported multiple medical specialties in the ambulatory care setting, leading and assisting with the development and refinement of telehealth services. She resides in Stewartville, MN and enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and three children.

SPEAKER BIOS

Benjamin Hickox, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC
Benjamin Hickox is an Adult and Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist that supports the Primary Care practice at Mayo Clinic in Southeast Minnesota. He has been a Registered Nurse for over fifteen years. He is certified as an Adult and Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist and holds an academic appointment as an Assistant Professor of Nursing in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Diane Roach, MS, APRN, ACNS-BC
Diane Roach is an Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist for Essentia Health, Duluth, MN. She specializes in caring for stroke patients and has 25 years’ experience in the Neurosciences. Diane is leading the stroke program, supports the Interventional and Vascular Neurology program, and is instrumental in the efforts for Joint Commission accreditation as a stoke center. In addition, she is responsible for coordinating tele stroke practices for the stroke program across the continuum of care to include EMS, ER, Hospital and Clinic. She serves as a consultant at 6 hospital sites within the Essentia system.

Tracy Flynn Udeen, MA, APRN, ACNS-BC
Tracy Flynn Udeen is an Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist for Essentia Health in Duluth, Minnesota. She works in the Interventional and Vascular Neurology Department caring for stroke patients. She divides her time between the hospital service and ambulatory services. In addition, Tracy co-facilitates the Transition of Care Program where she sees patients in the hospital and follows them through their stoke recovery. In addition, Tracy has been instrumental in the development and implementation of stroke virtual care visits withing Duluth and our rural communities.

Amy Tong, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, CNE
Amy Tong is an Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist and graduate of the University of Minnesota Post-Masters DNP program. She has worked as a nurse in acute care, home care, and as faculty in a BSN nursing program prior to working with CareChoice. At CareChoice she is the Project Director for the Resident Centered Behavioral Health project. During the duration of this two year project she and her team are responsible for creating behavioral health focused interventions and education, leading work with Project Managers at 20 skilled Nursing Facilities, and developing tools to measure progress and interventions.