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Speakers and Consultants Available

Please contact speakers/consultants directly.

Rita A. Frantz, PhD, RN
Professor and Dean of the College
The University of Iowa College of Nursing
319-335-7032
rita-frantz@uiowa.edu
Fax: 319-335-9990

Fees: as negotiated

Brief overview of experience:
- Twenty-five years of clinical practice and research on pressure ulcers and wound care
- Author of numerous publications on interventions to pressure ulcers; implementation of skin/wound care protocols; and pressure ulcer assessment and treatment
- Served as a member of AHCPR panel that developed national guidelines for pressure ulcer prevention and treatment

Areas prepared/willing to speak on
:
- Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment,
- Wound care including assessment; differentiating chronic wounds; and treatment modalities,
- Clinical practice guidelines and evidence based practice applied to skin/wound care.

Consulting areas:
- Implementation of skin/wound care protocols in clinical practice settings
- Conducting research on skin/wound care problems
- Evaluating new technologies for skin/wound care

 

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Jo Eland, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN
Associate Professor of Nursing
University of Iowa College of Nursing
319-335-7035
joann-eland@uiowa.edu
Fax: 319-335-9990

Fees: Per talk or keynote - $1,000.00 plus expenses.
Per day of workshop or consultation - $1,500.00 plus expenses

Brief overview of experience:
- More than 30 years of research, writing, teaching and lecturing on pain management
- Technology and nursing education

Areas prepared/willing to speak on:
Just about any area including assessment, standards of care, procedure pain, pharmacology, and non-pharmacologic methods
Implementing technology changes in schools of nursing

Consulting areas:
Pain knowlege implementation
Appropriate use of technology


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Edward S. Thompson, PhD, CRNA, ARNP
Director, Anesthesia Nursing program
6504-1 John W. Colloton Pavilion/384 Nursing Building
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
319-353-8069
Pager 319-356-7000, ID#7019
e-s-thompson@uiowa.edu
Fax: 319-384-9011

Fees :
- Per talk or keynote - $1,000 plus expenses
- Per day of workshop or consultation - $3,000 plus expenses
- Curriculum review - to be determined

Brief overview of experience:
- More than 30 years experience as a nurse anesthetist in academic health centers
- More than 20 years experience in nurse anesthesia education and program development in both corporate health care and university medical complex.
- Served as CRNA practitioner representative on AACN DNP Essentials Task Force; AANA DNP Task Force; and COA DNP Committee

Areas prepared/willing to speak on:
- Clinical doctorate
- Anesthesia considerations in the elderly
- Anesthesia considerations in the morbidly obese
- Basic principles of patient monitoring
- Job seeking strategies, interviewing, and negotiating

Consulting areas:
- Clinical doctorate (DNP) development
- Development of Anesthesia Nursing programs

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Teri Boese, MSN, BSN
Co-Director, Nursing Clinical Education Center
W415 GH
The University of Iowa College of Nursing
319-336-1581
teri-boese@uiowa.edu

Fees:
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Per talk or keynote - $300 plus expenses.
- For consultation - $500, plus expenses

Brief overview of experience:
- Director of the Clinical Simulation/Skills laboratory fr 11 years
- Co-founding president of the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning

Areas willing/prepared to speak on:
- Design of Nursing Simulation Centers
- Simulation Education

Consulting areas:

- Design of Nursing Simulation Centers
- Simulation Education

 

Contact

Bill Donahue

319/353-5520

william-donahue@uiowa.edu