Pediatric Advanced Practice Conference & Acute Care PNP Review Course

Join Melnic Consulting Group at the

9th Annual Advanced Practice Conference & Acute Care PNP Board Review Course
October 22-23, 2015 | Grapevine, TX
Hosted by Children's Health Dallas

ONLY 6 WEEKS AWAY - REGISTER TODAY!

What's Under the Mask?
Diseases difficult to identify in pediatrics.

Join Melnic Consulting Group at the 9th Annual Advanced Practice Conference aimed at educating health care providers on a variety of topics specific to the pediatric population. Information gained will help providers broaden their scope of knowledge in a variety of areas such as health care reform, radiology, hospital-acquired conditions and infectious diseases.

The target audience includes physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses and registered nurses within primary care, acute care and specialty roles.

CME: Earn up to 12 PRA Category 1 Credits™
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Learn more about the 9th Annual AP Conference

Take advantage of this year's special Acute Care PNP Board Review Course!
(Did we mention the instructor has a 100% pass rate?)
 
You won't want to miss this exceptional course uniquely taught by instructor, Lindy Moake, RN, MSN, PCCNP.  Lindy is the Clinical Manager of Advanced Practice Services in the Heart Center at Children's Health Dallas.  Her engaging teaching techniques and profound knowledge have led to a 100% pass rate for all students who have taken her course!

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Melnic is Now Offering an AC-PNP Board Exam Fee Reimbursement Program!
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To inquire about these jobs visit Melnic Consulting Group or contact: Jill Gilliland 800-886-7906 jill@melnic.com

Pediatric Cardiac Nurse Practitioner Model and Orientation

In an effort to provide more effective, efficient and higher quality patient care, children’s hospitals across the U.S. are turning toward a collaborative practice model.  During the 2014 NAPNAP Conference, featured speaker, Lindy Moake, RN, MSN, PCCNP, from Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, shared the benefits they have experienced from a collaborative practice model in the Heart Center at CMCD.

Lindy Moake is the Heart Center APS Manager at CMCD and has been a driving force in the collaborative practice model transition.  Working very closely with the Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Chief of Cardiology, and Medical Director of the CVICU, Lindy and the leadership team at CMCD developed a sustainable collaborative practice model that starts with a standardized 6 month orientation process for Advanced Practice Providers.  An orientation manual outlines weekly guidelines and recommendations for patient assignments and readings, and each newly hired Advanced Practice Provider is matched with two primary preceptors.

View the presentation given by: Lindy Moake, RN, MSN, PCCNP

Pediatric Cardiac Nurse Practitioner Model and Orientation Presentation

Examples of measurable outcomes achieved by using Advanced Practice Providers include:

• Decrease in major complications (i.e., ECMO)
• Decrease in inpatient CPR events 
• Hospital LOS has decreased dramatically
• 2013 LOS for infants with SV physiology decreased from 63.1 days to 45.4 days a difference of 17.7 days 
• Interstage mortality in this same patient population has decreased from 17% (2009) to < 2% 
• Dramatic increase in family satisfaction scores. 

Learn more about the APP Orientation Process in the Heart Center at Children’s Medical Center Dallas.

Join the Advanced Practice Provider team in the 

Heart Center at Children’s Medical Center Dallas.  

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, CVICU and CCU – Dallas, TX  

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Heart Transplant - Dallas TX

To inquire about these jobs visit Melnic Consulting Group or contact: Jill Gilliland 800-886-7906 jill@melnic.com

Evolving Roles of Advanced Practice Nurses and the Structures that Work

During the 2014 NAPNAP Conference, Melnic Consulting Group President Jill Gilliland moderated a two part panel discussion on the “Evolving Roles of Advanced Practice Nurses and the Structures that Work.”  Presenters represented many of the country’s leading children’s hospitals who shared their experiences and impressions of the advantages, challenges and strategies of developing or growing a structured program in a hospital setting.  Three models for success were presented that included some components of a strong model: An effective orientation program, cultivating advanced practice leaders and identifying outcomes impacted by nurse practitioner care.  Discussion also included multidisciplinary teams, their role, relationships and influence and how the contribution of the Advanced Practice Nurse impacts patient care delivery.  At the end of the presentations, panel members participated in a lively discussion with attendees who shared some very thoughtful questions and observations regarding structured programs and the evolving role of the advanced practice nurse.

Access Session Presentations Here

(Listed in the Advanced Practice Structure Section)

View Video from the NAPNAP Presentation

(More video from this session coming soon!)

A big thanks to the panel members who participated in this insightful session:

Colleen Miller, Director of Advanced Practice, Phoenix Children's
Lindy Moake, APS Clinical Manager, Heart Center, Children's Medical Center Dallas
Carmel McComiskey, Director, Nurse Practitioners, University of Maryland Medical Center
Suzette Stone, Assistant Director of Advanced Practice Providers, Acute Care, Texas Children's
Shannon Fitzgerald, Chief, Advanced Practice Services, Seattle Children's Hospital
April Kapu, Assistant Director of APN Practice - Critical Care, Vanderbilt University Hospital

To inquire about PNP jobs visit Melnic Consulting Group or contact: Jill Gilliland 800-886-7906 jill@melnic.com