2013 National Nurses Health Institute Speakers

October 11– 12, 2013
Health Institute Speakers Series
2013 National Nurses
DB Productions
724 CR 670
Green Forest, AR 72638
www.DeanneBlach.com
Rock with Balance
2013 National Nurses
Health Institute
Speakers Series
FREE and Open to the Public!
Fee for Continuing
Education Units
October 11– 12, 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada
Red Rock Resort & Conference Center
Transforming Health Care Workers
into Ambassadors for Healthy Living
“Charting a course for change”
Being fit is the key to navigating the course, and getting fit is part of the fun!
www.NationalNursesHealthInstitute.com
Who We Are: The National Nurses Health Institute is an
empowering initiative launched by nurses, dedicated to improving the health of
the nation addressing a range of critically important issues and themes relating
to Health, Wellness and Community. To achieve a healthy nation… we are
starting with those providing the care.
Who Should Attend: Nurses, Physicians, Fitness Coaches,
Clinicians, Social Workers and anyone advocating for a healthier tomorrow!
Educational Format
The conference format includes lectures with Q & A, panel discussions, and a variety of
concurrent sessions.
Statement of Need: Your patients and community members increasingly call on your
advice for diet, nutrition and exercise strategies. Proper diet and exercise are fundamental
building blocks to good health, yet many practitioners lack the basic expertise in nutrition
and exercise to guide their patients.
To meet this growing need, our goal is to provide health practitioners an overview and
practical summary of the latest information on nutrition and health presented by leaders
and experts.
Poster Abstracts
Consider submitting a poster related to health, fitness wellness or evidence based clinical study with implications for nursing
practice on the theme of health fitness wellness of staff or your community. For questions, please email Deanne@deanneblach.com
or call 870-715-7508.
“Throughout
our time together,
you will learn
from and
alongside
like-minded
professionals
who realize the
value of an
integrative
approach to
health, fitness
and wellness.”
Deanne Blach
Hotel Check-in and Speakers Series Registration
• Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa is a diamond four-star luxury resort. Call for hotel block:
Local: (702) 797-7777
Toll Free: (866) 767-7773
https://redrock.sclv.com
• Speakers Series registration:
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Friday, October 11, 2013
11011 West Charleston Boulevard
Las Vegas, Nevada 89135
• Red Rock Resort offers free shuttle
to and from airport and the
Las Vegas strip
United Airlines Discount
Attendees of this conference can access a discount for airfare through United Airlines
of 2% to 10% off published fares. Discount is reserved through DB Productions.
Refer to Z Code ZQ4R and Agreement Code: 567565. Save an additional 3% off
by booking your own reservations at www.united.com. Choose your flight times,
and access your meeting discounts by inserting ZQ4R567565 in the Offer Code box.
Or call your travel professional or United Meetings at 800-426-1122 for reservations.
More than 500 flights daily land at McCarren Airport.
Helene Neville
Helene Neville, Founder of the National Nurses Half Marathon, 5K and National Nurses Health Institute.
A nurse and fitness coach for more than thirty years. In 2010, she wrote and self-published her first book,
Nurses In Shape: The Right Dose! With book in hand, on May 1, 2010, Helene started running from the Pacific
to the Atlantic Ocean. En route, she stopped at hospitals to talk to nurses about how exercise can improve one’s daily
life. On June 15, 2013, she completed her 1,500 mile 45 day run from Vancouver, British Columbia to Tijuana, Mexico.
Helene’s newest book One On The Run, 93 Days Across America shows Helene’s indomitable spirit as a solo female
runner who accomplished a record making – and record breaking – feat of athletic skill as she journeyed across
the southern United States. One on the Run gives people an honest glimpse into her character, leadership skills
and social conscience.
“The National Nurses 5K, Half Marathon and Health Institute Speakers Series is a weekend event by nurses for
everyone. Each day, nurses celebrate their profession for helping others. We recognize our reach is far and wide
which keeps our passion alive. For us, this is more than an investment in a healthy nation — it is an opportunity
to inspire and to be a catalyst for change in all the people we touch. This is a great reason to run or walk an
event founded by nurses.”
Speakers
Complete biography at www.NationalNursesHealthInstitute.com
Dr. Bill Andrews, PhD
Deanne Blach, MSN, RN
Elaine Doll-Dunn, PhD
Stacey Escalante
Tiffany Harris, BS
Kelly Hilcove, BSN, RN
Dr. Malea Jensen, DO
Jill Kliethermes, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Charles Maka, ASEP
Janice Muhammad, RN, CNM, MS
Molly Sheridan
Dr. Teddy B Sim, DC
John Steinberg
Phyllis Suiter, APN, FNP-C, CPNP
Janice Marie Wilson, MA
Angelina Yost and Sky McClain
Questions? Contact Deanne A. Blach, MSN, RN, Conference Chair,
Deanne@deanneblach.com . 870-715-7508 . www.DeanneBlach.com
Speakers Series Outcomes
Upon conclusion of this course, you will be able to:
1. Identify and apply strategies to integrate and adapt healthier lifestyles
2. Recognize the substantial influence nurses have on their patients, families and communities
3. Transform principals into practice personally and professionally
4. Become a catalyst for change for a health conscious community
5. Utilize the knowledge and tools to recruit core groups
6. Execute the National Nurses 5K within local communities on National Nurses Day
Nursing Contact Hours
This activity has been submitted to the Missouri
Nurses Association for approval to award nursing
contact hours. The Missouri Nurses Association is
accredited as an approver of continuing nursing
education by the American Nurses Credentialing
Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Participants can receive a maximum
of 10 contact hours.
For more information regarding contact hours, please call
Sara Fry, Continuing Education Coordinator, sara@missourinurses.org
2013 National Nurses
Health Institute Speakers Series
AGENDA
Friday, October 11, 2013
6:00 AM Optional One Mile Walk (meet in lobby of conference center)
8:00 AM *Half The Sky Documentary, Edna Adan, APN, CNM, CPNP
10:30 AM *Promoting Healthy Nurse, Janice Muhammad, RN, CNM, MS
11:30 AM *Leadership in Nursing, Jill Kliethermes, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
12:30 PM Break
1:30 PM *Taking care of our Needs, Phyllis Suiter, APN, FNP-C, CPNP
2:30 PM *Weight Loss, Nutrition, and Exercise, Dr. Malea Jensen, DO
3:30 PM Break
3:45 PM *Rx for Healthy and Active Outdoor Living, Angelina Yost and
Sky McClain
4:45 PM Break
5:00 PM *Integrating Holistic Nursing into Healthcare Environment,
Kelly Hilcove, RN, BSN
Our keynote speaker
is Edna Adan, world-renowned founder
of the Edna Adan University Hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland. An activist and
pioneer, she was Somalia’s first qualified nurse-midwife and first woman to drive
there; the former First Lady of Somalia; and the former Foreign Minister of
Somaliland. After her husband, the elected prime minister of Somalia, was
overthrown in a coup, she went to work for the World Health Organization. Upon
retirement she used her entire life savings to build the hospital on a site formerly
used as a garbage dump and, during the civil war, a killing field. Somaliland is an
area with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Over the past
decade, she was able to train several hundred nurses, midwives, and other health
workers so they can provide women with essential basic and comprehensive
obstetric care. Since opening in 2002 more than 14,000 babies have been
born in this non-profit facility. In 2010, she was awarded the French
“Teaching is one of the most empowering things that one
Legion of Honor. She was recently featured in the PBS documentary Half
can do for women. If God gives me time, I want to train one
thousand midwives to go to rural areas where the women
the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.
have nothing and there is no one to care for them.”
Edna is our modern day Florence Nightingale. www.ednahospital.org
– Edna Adan Ismail
Highlights Of This Year’s Conference
• Hear from Edna Adan, a nurse trail blazer preserving the health of women
and children in Somaliland.
• Discover the connection between health and fitness and incorporating
practical strategies into your clinical practice by Charles Maka.
• Learn from Dr. Elaine Doll-Dunn, PhD how her work translated into
powerful solutions for women beginning exercise after age 40.
• Explore new ideas with Jill Kliethermes, MSN, RN, FNP-BC on empowering
nurses to be professional, competent leaders in healthcare.
While getting credit for your professional development,
you will get expert, applicable and timely information
not covered at other conferences.
Vendor/Exhibitor
Vendor application available online — www.NationalNursesHalfMarathon.com
Be sure to check set-up/tear–down times/dates.
Saturday, October 12, 2013
6:00 AM Optional One Mile Walk (meet in lobby of conference center)
8:00 AM Pilates, Tiffany Harris
9:00 AM Break
9:30 AM *Teaching your Body to Work for You, Charles Maka
10:30 AM *Living the Life you were meant to Live, Dr. Elaine Doll-Dunn, PhD
11:30 AM Break
12:00 PM Relax with Yoga, Kelly Hilcove, RN, BSN
12:30 PM Rethink your own Impossible, Helene Neville
1:00 PM Taking Care of You First, Stacey Escalante
1:30 PM A Life worth living is a life of Adventure, Molly Sheridan
2:00 PM *Life Extension, Dr. Bill Andrews
3:00 PM Break
3:15 PM Realizing and harnessing the value of social media, Deanne Blach, MSN, RN
3:45 PM Panel Discussion Charting Your Own Course for Change with
Cancer Survivors Helene Neville, Elaine Doll-Dunn and Stacey Escalante
(John Steinberg, Moderator)
4:45 PM Break
5:00 PM Zumba, Dr. Teddy B. Sim, DC
Sunday, October 13, 2013
4:00 AM Shuttle Ride to Race (Conference attendee receives 50% off race registration)
5:30 AM Race Announcer, Jance Marie Wilson
* Indicates continuing nursing unit/credit)
Helene Neville
Helene Neville, Founder of the National Nurses Half Marathon, 5K and National Nurses Health Institute.
A nurse and fitness coach for more than thirty years. In 2010, she wrote and self-published her first book,
Nurses In Shape: The Right Dose! With book in hand, on May 1, 2010, Helene started running from the Pacific
to the Atlantic Ocean. En route, she stopped at hospitals to talk to nurses about how exercise can improve one’s daily
life. On June 15, 2013, she completed her 1,500 mile 45 day run from Vancouver, British Columbia to Tijuana, Mexico.
Helene’s newest book One On The Run, 93 Days Across America shows Helene’s indomitable spirit as a solo female
runner who accomplished a record making – and record breaking – feat of athletic skill as she journeyed across
the southern United States. One on the Run gives people an honest glimpse into her character, leadership skills
and social conscience.
“The National Nurses 5K, Half Marathon and Health Institute Speakers Series is a weekend event by nurses for
everyone. Each day, nurses celebrate their profession for helping others. We recognize our reach is far and wide
which keeps our passion alive. For us, this is more than an investment in a healthy nation — it is an opportunity
to inspire and to be a catalyst for change in all the people we touch. This is a great reason to run or walk an
event founded by nurses.”
Speakers
Complete biography at www.NationalNursesHealthInstitute.com
Dr. Bill Andrews, PhD
Deanne Blach, MSN, RN
Elaine Doll-Dunn, PhD
Stacey Escalante
Tiffany Harris, BS
Kelly Hilcove, BSN, RN
Dr. Malea Jensen, DO
Jill Kliethermes, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Charles Maka, ASEP
Janice Muhammad, RN, CNM, MS
Molly Sheridan
Dr. Teddy B Sim, DC
John Steinberg
Phyllis Suiter, APN, FNP-C, CPNP
Janice Marie Wilson, MA
Angelina Yost and Sky McClain
Questions? Contact Deanne A. Blach, MSN, RN, Conference Chair,
Deanne@deanneblach.com . 870-715-7508 . www.DeanneBlach.com
Speakers Series Outcomes
Upon conclusion of this course, you will be able to:
1. Identify and apply strategies to integrate and adapt healthier lifestyles
2. Recognize the substantial influence nurses have on their patients, families and communities
3. Transform principals into practice personally and professionally
4. Become a catalyst for change for a health conscious community
5. Utilize the knowledge and tools to recruit core groups
6. Execute the National Nurses 5K within local communities on National Nurses Day
Nursing Contact Hours
This activity has been submitted to the Missouri
Nurses Association for approval to award nursing
contact hours. The Missouri Nurses Association is
accredited as an approver of continuing nursing
education by the American Nurses Credentialing
Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Participants can receive a maximum
of 10 contact hours.
For more information regarding contact hours, please call
Sara Fry, Continuing Education Coordinator, sara@missourinurses.org
2013 National Nurses
Health Institute Speakers Series
AGENDA
Friday, October 11, 2013
6:00 AM Optional One Mile Walk (meet in lobby of conference center)
8:00 AM *Half The Sky Documentary, Edna Adan, APN, CNM, CPNP
10:30 AM *Promoting Healthy Nurse, Janice Muhammad, RN, CNM, MS
11:30 AM *Leadership in Nursing, Jill Kliethermes, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
12:30 PM Break
1:30 PM *Taking care of our Needs, Phyllis Suiter, APN, FNP-C, CPNP
2:30 PM *Weight Loss, Nutrition, and Exercise, Dr. Malea Jensen, DO
3:30 PM Break
3:45 PM *Rx for Healthy and Active Outdoor Living, Angelina Yost and
Sky McClain
4:45 PM Break
5:00 PM *Integrating Holistic Nursing into Healthcare Environment,
Kelly Hilcove, RN, BSN
Our keynote speaker
is Edna Adan, world-renowned founder
of the Edna Adan University Hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland. An activist and
pioneer, she was Somalia’s first qualified nurse-midwife and first woman to drive
there; the former First Lady of Somalia; and the former Foreign Minister of
Somaliland. After her husband, the elected prime minister of Somalia, was
overthrown in a coup, she went to work for the World Health Organization. Upon
retirement she used her entire life savings to build the hospital on a site formerly
used as a garbage dump and, during the civil war, a killing field. Somaliland is an
area with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Over the past
decade, she was able to train several hundred nurses, midwives, and other health
workers so they can provide women with essential basic and comprehensive
obstetric care. Since opening in 2002 more than 14,000 babies have been
born in this non-profit facility. In 2010, she was awarded the French
“Teaching is one of the most empowering things that one
Legion of Honor. She was recently featured in the PBS documentary Half
can do for women. If God gives me time, I want to train one
thousand midwives to go to rural areas where the women
the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.
have nothing and there is no one to care for them.”
Edna is our modern day Florence Nightingale. www.ednahospital.org
– Edna Adan Ismail
Highlights Of This Year’s Conference
• Hear from Edna Adan, a nurse trail blazer preserving the health of women
and children in Somaliland.
• Discover the connection between health and fitness and incorporating
practical strategies into your clinical practice by Charles Maka.
• Learn from Dr. Elaine Doll-Dunn, PhD how her work translated into
powerful solutions for women beginning exercise after age 40.
• Explore new ideas with Jill Kliethermes, MSN, RN, FNP-BC on empowering
nurses to be professional, competent leaders in healthcare.
While getting credit for your professional development,
you will get expert, applicable and timely information
not covered at other conferences.
Vendor/Exhibitor
Vendor application available online — www.NationalNursesHalfMarathon.com
Be sure to check set-up/tear–down times/dates.
Saturday, October 12, 2013
6:00 AM Optional One Mile Walk (meet in lobby of conference center)
8:00 AM Pilates, Tiffany Harris
9:00 AM Break
9:30 AM *Teaching your Body to Work for You, Charles Maka
10:30 AM *Living the Life you were meant to Live, Dr. Elaine Doll-Dunn, PhD
11:30 AM Break
12:00 PM Relax with Yoga, Kelly Hilcove, RN, BSN
12:30 PM Rethink your own Impossible, Helene Neville
1:00 PM Taking Care of You First, Stacey Escalante
1:30 PM A Life worth living is a life of Adventure, Molly Sheridan
2:00 PM *Life Extension, Dr. Bill Andrews
3:00 PM Break
3:15 PM Realizing and harnessing the value of social media, Deanne Blach, MSN, RN
3:45 PM Panel Discussion Charting Your Own Course for Change with
Cancer Survivors Helene Neville, Elaine Doll-Dunn and Stacey Escalante
(John Steinberg, Moderator)
4:45 PM Break
5:00 PM Zumba, Dr. Teddy B. Sim, DC
Sunday, October 13, 2013
4:00 AM Shuttle Ride to Race (Conference attendee receives 50% off race registration)
5:30 AM Race Announcer, Jance Marie Wilson
* Indicates continuing nursing unit/credit)
Who We Are: The National Nurses Health Institute is an
empowering initiative launched by nurses, dedicated to improving the health of
the nation addressing a range of critically important issues and themes relating
to Health, Wellness and Community. To achieve a healthy nation… we are
starting with those providing the care.
Who Should Attend: Nurses, Physicians, Fitness Coaches,
Clinicians, Social Workers and anyone advocating for a healthier tomorrow!
Educational Format
The conference format includes lectures with Q & A, panel discussions, and a variety of
concurrent sessions.
Statement of Need: Your patients and community members increasingly call on your
advice for diet, nutrition and exercise strategies. Proper diet and exercise are fundamental
building blocks to good health, yet many practitioners lack the basic expertise in nutrition
and exercise to guide their patients.
To meet this growing need, our goal is to provide health practitioners an overview and
practical summary of the latest information on nutrition and health presented by leaders
and experts.
Poster Abstracts
Consider submitting a poster related to health, fitness wellness or evidence based clinical study with implications for nursing
practice on the theme of health fitness wellness of staff or your community. For questions, please email Deanne@deanneblach.com
or call 870-715-7508.
“Throughout
our time together,
you will learn
from and
alongside
like-minded
professionals
who realize the
value of an
integrative
approach to
health, fitness
and wellness.”
Deanne Blach
Hotel Check-in and Speakers Series Registration
• Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa is a diamond four-star luxury resort. Call for hotel block:
Local: (702) 797-7777
Toll Free: (866) 767-7773
https://redrock.sclv.com
• Speakers Series registration:
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Friday, October 11, 2013
11011 West Charleston Boulevard
Las Vegas, Nevada 89135
• Red Rock Resort offers free shuttle
to and from airport and the
Las Vegas strip
United Airlines Discount
Attendees of this conference can access a discount for airfare through United Airlines
of 2% to 10% off published fares. Discount is reserved through DB Productions.
Refer to Z Code ZQ4R and Agreement Code: 567565. Save an additional 3% off
by booking your own reservations at www.united.com. Choose your flight times,
and access your meeting discounts by inserting ZQ4R567565 in the Offer Code box.
Or call your travel professional or United Meetings at 800-426-1122 for reservations.
More than 500 flights daily land at McCarren Airport.
Come For The Speakers Series, Stay For The Race!
• Half price entry into 5K or the Half Marathon for attendee earning 10 credits.
• Free shuttle for runners and walkers in 5k or half marathon.
NationalNursesHalfMarathon.COM
NationalNursesHealthInstitute.COM
National-Nurses-Half-Marathon
@nurseshalf
The speakers series is FREE with an option for anyone interested
to receive up to 10 credits at $10 each.
Please register for credits online at www.DeanneBlach.com/register
if you are receiving nursing credit. Otherwise, FREE and open to the public.
Mail-in registration must be received by October 1, 2013.
If attending speakers series without receiving credit — no need to register and we will see you there!
If mailing registration: Fill out form below and mail with payment to: 724 CR 670 Green Forest, AR 72638
Make checks payable to DB Productions (After October 1, please call for availability)
$10 per Nursing Contact Hour — 10 Nursing Contact Hours Available. Total $100.00
How many Nursing Contact Hour registering for?______________
Total Amount Due
$ ____________
First Name: _____________________ Last Name: _____________________________
Home Address: __________________________________________________________
City: ________________________________ County: __________________________
State/ZIP: ______________________________________________________________
Home Phone: _________________________ Work Phone: ______________________
*Email (to send confirmation):_____________________________________________
*Be sure your mailing and email addresses are correct and legible to ensure you receive the
confirmation letter.
o Check here if you will you be entering the 5K or Half Marathon on Sunday, October 13.
Half price race entry for two-day conference attendee. Amount due at speakers series check-in.
Indicate T-Shirt size: o S o M o L o XL o XXL
Come For The Speakers Series, Stay For The Race!
• Half price entry into 5K or the Half Marathon for attendee earning 10 credits.
• Free shuttle for runners and walkers in 5k or half marathon.
NationalNursesHalfMarathon.COM
NationalNursesHealthInstitute.COM
National-Nurses-Half-Marathon
@nurseshalf
The speakers series is FREE with an option for anyone interested
to receive up to 10 credits at $10 each.
Please register for credits online at www.DeanneBlach.com/register
if you are receiving nursing credit. Otherwise, FREE and open to the public.
Mail-in registration must be received by October 1, 2013.
If attending speakers series without receiving credit — no need to register and we will see you there!
If mailing registration: Fill out form below and mail with payment to: 724 CR 670 Green Forest, AR 72638
Make checks payable to DB Productions (After October 1, please call for availability)
$10 per Nursing Contact Hour — 10 Nursing Contact Hours Available. Total $100.00
How many Nursing Contact Hour registering for?______________
Total Amount Due
$ ____________
First Name: _____________________ Last Name: _____________________________
Home Address: __________________________________________________________
City: ________________________________ County: __________________________
State/ZIP: ______________________________________________________________
Home Phone: _________________________ Work Phone: ______________________
*Email (to send confirmation):_____________________________________________
*Be sure your mailing and email addresses are correct and legible to ensure you receive the
confirmation letter.
o Check here if you will you be entering the 5K or Half Marathon on Sunday, October 13.
Half price race entry for two-day conference attendee. Amount due at speakers series check-in.
Indicate T-Shirt size: o S o M o L o XL o XXL
2013 National Nurses
Health Institute
Speakers Series
FREE and Open to the Public!
Fee for Continuing
Education Units
October 11– 12, 2013
Health Institute Speakers Series
2013 National Nurses
DB Productions
724 CR 670
Green Forest, AR 72638
www.DeanneBlach.com
Rock with Balance
October 11– 12, 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada
Red Rock Resort & Conference Center
Transforming Health Care Workers
into Ambassadors for Healthy Living
“Charting a course for change”
Being fit is the key to navigating the course, and getting fit is part of the fun!
www.NationalNursesHealthInstitute.com