Wednesday, October 4, 2023
8:15 am CT	Login and Welcome
Concurrent Block 1
8:30 am CT	On-Site Occupational Case Management – Do you Have All the Pieces to the Puzzle?	Angela Day, BSN, RN, COHN-S/CM
8:30 am CT	Hot Topics in Pulmonary Medicine	Carolina Hewitt, FNP
Concurrent Block 2
9:45 am CT	APRN Compact Updates: Mobility for Occupational Advance Practice	Michelle Buck, MS, APRN, CNS
9:45 am CT	Temperature Related Emergencies	Evin S Parker, MSN, APRN, FNP, NP-C
Concurrent Block 3
11:00 am CT	Injuries That Can be Overlooked as Being Work-Related: Tennis Leg to Arterial Dissection	Sandra Domeracki, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, COHN-S, FAAOHN
11:00 am CT	It's All About the Question: Research Design	Dawn L. Denny, Ph.D., R.N.
12:00 pm CT	Lunch Break
1:00 pm CT	Login and Welcome Back
Concurrent Block 4
1:15 pm CT	You are a Certified Case Manager: Now What?	Donette Price, MBA, BSN, RN, CCM
1:15 pm CT	Diabetic Update of Occupational Health Professionals	Kim Olszewski DNP, CRNP, COHN-S/CM, FAAOHN, FAAN and Sheila Quinn, PhD, RN
Concurrent Block 5
2:30 pm CT	Development of Protocols for Occupational Health Practice	Carin Bennett Rizzo, RN, MSN, COHN-S
2:30 pm CT	Health Risk Management	Christina Butterworth, RN, SCPHN
3:30 pm CT	Closing Remarks

Concurrent Block 1

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

On-Site Occupational Case Management – Do you Have All the Pieces to the Puzzle

Angela R. Day, BSN, RN, COHN-S/CM

Have you ever wondered how to piece together an effective on-site case management program that the Occupational Health Nurse can manage? This session will provide a framework to help you put together a program that will enable you to bring together the many small, fragmented pieces of a workplace injury. Come join us to learn how to work the puzzle to create a clear picture for the benefit of your injured employee, your employer, and other stakeholders.

Hot Topics in Pulmonary Medicine

Carolina Hewitt, FNP

Do you need a refresh on your pulmonary medicine knowledge? This session has you covered from tobacco cessation, updated lung screening guidelines including for sleep apnea, and the diagnostics to screen for lung nodules. Our expert clinical NP provider will walk the OHN through important updates to increase your knowledge of appropriate tests and medications.

Concurrent Block 2

9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

APRN Compact Updates: Mobility for Occupational Advanced Practice (newly added session)

Michelle Buck, MS, APRN, CNS

Join our expert presenter for a discussion on the barriers that exist for APRNs in occupational health nursing practice around geographic scope of practice, and learn more about the current regulatory initiatives for licensure mobility.

Temperature Related Emergencies

Evin S Parker, MSN, APRN, FNP, NP-C

Do you want to learn more about temperature related illnesses? Our expert presenter will discuss prevention strategies both heat and cold, the identification of beginning symptoms with heat and cold related illnesses, the urgency and emergency differences in care, and treatment options.

Concurrent Block 3

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Injuries That Can be Overlooked as Being Work-Related: Tennis Leg to Arterial Dissection

Sandra Domeracki, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, COHN-S, FAAOHN

Join our expert presenter for a session on the concept of nosology, and the constructs of disease impact. She’ll review literature and provide case study example of the injuries related to the work setting as possible missed diagnoses and/or ineffective treatment plans as well as delayed recoveries.

It's All About the Question: Research Design

Dawn L. Denny, Ph.D., R.N.

The importance of evidence based projects and original research cannot be overlooked in any nursing specialty practice. Join this session for an engaging look at the application of research design within quantitative and qualitative paradigms. She’ll introduce a case scenario to walk participants through the selection of the appropriate research design and methodology for different types of research questions. Must see for any current or future DNPs with upcoming projects.

Concurrent Block 4

1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

You are a Certified Case Manager: Now What?

Donette Price, MBA, BSN, RN, CCM
Join this session for a discussion by our expert presenter, a certified case manager herself to learn more about the role. She’ll discuss light duty restrictions, job design accommodations, return to work limitations, and other worker’s compensation issues faced by OHNs. She’ll also provide insight into the CM certification process.

Diabetic Update for the Occupational Health Provider

Kim Olszewski, DNP, CRNP, COHN-S/CM, FAAOHN, FAAN & Sheila Quinn, PhD, RN

Join this session for clinical care and best practices of diabetes mellitus in primary care and occupational medicine. Presenters will discuss current treatment regimens, discuss technology and behavioral management support and review diabetic resources available to OHNS for use in their practice.

Concurrent Block 5

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Development of Protocols for Occupational Health Practice

Carin Bennett Rizzo, RN, MSN, COHN-S
Are you looking for new strategies to develop programs in your clinic, or starting a new practice? Occupational Health clinical practice is guided by evidence-based practices, regulatory guidelines, and institutional policy. Development of OHS protocols that blend Evidence Based Practice guidelines, Regulatory requirements, and Standard Operating Procedures specifics to an Occupational health clinicians. This is essential to ensuring safe, evidence-based care that is consistent with regulatory and institutional policy.

Health Risk Management

Christina Butterworth, RN, SCPHN, Hon.FFOM
Health risk management in the occupational setting is too often transactional ie. reactive to specific activities. Join this session presented by our invited guest speaker,  chair of the UK  Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing  and an OHN expert with pharmaceutical and manufacturing industry risk surveillance. In this session, attendees will learn hazard identification, risk assessment protocols, implementation of control measures and practices for control monitoring.