About the Program
Although liver disease is a leading cause of death, little is taught about the liver during training for health professionals. This presentation will share unique and effective communication techniques, motivational strategies and basic medical facts about the liver and viral hepatitis to enable nurses to encourage and empower individuals to take responsibility for their own healthcare through understanding the importance of the liver and how viruses and drugs can damage its ability to keep them alive and healthy. Knowledge is the key to prevention.
What You Will Learn
Upon completion of this presentation, the learner will be able to:
- Describe five life-preserving functions of the liver using easy-to-relate-to analogies;
- Describe how drugs and viruses can damage the liver, the body's internal power plant;
- Identify types of viral hepatitis, transmission, symptoms, and treatments;
- Identify risk behaviors related to modes of transmission of viral hepatitis; and
- Use non-threatening communication techniques to motivate individuals to assess their own risk behaviors, to seek testing and evaluation of their liver status, to avoid liver damaging activities and to participate in their own healthcare.
About the Faculty
Thelma King Thiel, RN
Thelma King Thiel is a nationally and internationally recognized lecturer and has more than 36 years experience in promoting liver wellness and the prevention of viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases and substance abuse. She is founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Hepatitis Foundation International.
Ms. Thiel has served as President and COO of the American Liver Foundation, is co-founder of the Digestive Diseases National Coalition and founder of the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable, and National Nurses Advisory Council. She has also served on the National Commission of Digestive Diseases, National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board, National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Disease Council at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Recognized as “The Liver Lady,” Ms. Thiel was featured in a 1994 documentary as part of the PBS “Visionaries” television series.
Corinna Dan, BSN, MPH
Corinna Dan is a registered nurse and former Coordinator for the City of Chicago's Hepatitis C Program, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Viral Hepatitis. Ms. Dan has a Master’s Degree in Public Health with experience in developing a comprehensive hepatitis prevention program and has trained hundreds of health professionals about viral hepatitis prevention and the integration of prevention concepts.
How Does the Webcast Work?
The webcast is accessed entirely via the Web. No software downloads are required, and the webcast works with most computer systems (PC and Mac). The audio comes through your computer speakers, and slides will be presented over the Internet. Questions posed to faculty during the live program through a chat function will be answered in the last 10 minutes of the program. Questions not answered during the broadcast will be posted with answers in the online archive.
A high speed Internet connection (e.g. DSL, T1, cable modem) is recommended. Dial-up connections may cause a delay in loading the webcast’s slide images and lag behind the audio portion of the program.
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Get the Archived Webcast Now!
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about Liver Wellness and Viral Hepatitis and earn 1.0 CNE contact hour.
The cost for this archived webcast is $50 for AAOHN members and $75 for non-members. Purchasers of the archived webcast will be able to access the archived webcast an unlimited number of times for one year from the date of the live broadcast (January 9, 2008) at no additional cost.
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