PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Upon completion of this conference, the participant will:

• Identify resources and strategies related to the care of adults with chronic intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
  
• Summarize at least two details about the effects of sleep problems on chronic disease risk and management
  
• Discuss chronic pain control and the gaps in care that often exist for both patients and providers.
  
• Identify and apply increased knowledge of motivational interviewing best practices and examples of application to personal and professional practice to improve connections, reduce bias, and impact health inequity through strengthened conversations.
  

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This conference is designed to meet the continuing education needs of registered nurses, licensed social workers, case managers, and other healthcare professionals interested in case management and transitions of care across a variety of healthcare settings. Nurses and licensed social workers in all specialties and care settings will benefit from this experience.

WHY SHOULD I ATTEND?

Participants from a variety of settings will gain insights and ​share best practices surrounding bridging gaps in chronic care. ​Learn from the collective knowledge of experts and ​interactions with peers during this fast-paced conference ​experience – with the ease and convenience of a 100% virtual ​event. We hope you will join us!

Presenters

Patricia West, PhD, RN

Chronic Care Implications for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Adults

This session will focus on gaps in care for adults and older adults with chronic intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Topics covered will include providing an overview of concepts, health conditions, and strategies related to the care of adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, the application of the Alliance for Disability in Health Care Education’s core competencies in clinical practice with individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, and identification of community and professional resources and tools that can assist in the care of individuals with intellectual and /or developmental disabilities.

Dr. Patty West is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University College of Nursing. Her research focuses on supporting individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families who are adapting to assistive technologies to improve communication. Dr. West was a participant in a competitive traineeship program, the Michigan Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental & Related Disabilities (MI-LEND) through the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute. She is an experienced nurse educator, teaching in undergraduate nursing courses and co-teaches an interprofessional elective course developed to focus on team-based approaches for improving holistic outcomes of adults with chronic intellectual and/or developmental disabilities during care transitions.

1 contact hour

Robin Tucker, PhD, RD, FAND

Sleep and its Impact on Chronic Conditions

In this session, Dr. Tucker will identify ways that insufficient or poor sleep can contribute to chronic disease risk, discuss causes of sleep problems, and summarize approaches that healthcare providers can share with patients and clients that have been shown to reduce sleep issues. Upon completion of this activity, learners will state increased knowledge about the effects of sleep problems on chronic disease risk and management and be able to state examples of sleep hygiene best practices.

Dr. Robin Tucker is an associate professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Michigan State University. She studies the effects of sleep problems on diet-related chronic disease management. Dr. Tucker’s professional interests include developing the healthcare work force to identify and address behavior-based sleep issues to improve healthcare outcomes for patients and clients.

1 contact hour

Linda Vanni, MSN, PMGT-BC, ACNS-BC, NP, AP-PMN

Bridging Gaps in Chronic Pain Control

In this session, Linda will lead a discussion of chronic pain control and the gaps in care that often exist for ​both patients and providers. Chronic pain treatments that will be discussed include opioids, adjunctive ​therapies, under-utilized interventional pain control strategies, and an overall reflection of the resources ​available to health care providers in Michigan and beyond.

Linda is a licensed Nurse Practitioner specializing in pain management for the past 40 years, presenting ​over three thousand lectures. Linda received her undergraduate nursing degree from Wayne State ​University and her master’s degree in nursing from Madonna University. She is board certified as both a ​Clinical Nurse Specialist and Pain Management Nurse through the American Nurses Credentialing Center ​(ANCC). The American Society of Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN) has granted Linda recognition as an ​Advanced Practice Pain Management Nurse, only sixty in existence. Linda has co-authored the ASPMN ​core curriculum chapter on Cancer Pain and is ASPMN’s Director of Master Faculty for Advanced ​Pharmacology. She is a consultant, author, and clinician. Her awards include the Clinical Excellence Award ​from the Midwest Pain Society, the WSU College of Nursing Alumni of the Year, the ASPMN Nurse ​Exemplar Award and the prestigious Nightingale award.

1 contact hour: this session also meets the criteria for 1 hour of Michigan pain continuing education ​content credit.

Jonnae C. Tillman, DNP, ARNP, PMHNP-BC

Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Bias with Chronic Conditions

In these conference sessions, Dr. Tillman will not only redefine the current state of motivational interviewing theory and practice but will also lead an interactive workshop session for conference attendees to hone their motivational interviewing skills. Attendees will actively try out new approaches and leave the conference with actionable skills and improved confidence. Upon completion of these two conference sessions, participants will state increased knowledge of motivational interviewing best practices and examples of application to personal and professional practice to improve connections, reduce bias, and impact health inequity through strengthened conversations.

Jonnae Tillman is in her 21st year as a trainer, researcher, and consultant in Motivational Interviewing (MI) and is a member of MINT (Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers), an international organization committed to research, training, and practice. Dr. Tillman is a psychiatric nurse practitioner (PMHNP) and has earned degrees in psychology, addiction medicine, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). Jonnae is the Director of the PMHNP program at Seattle University and has trained and coached emergency department practitioners at NYU/Bellevue Hospital, Miami’s Jackson Memorial, and Massachusetts General in Boston. Jonnae is a former Clinical Director of Research at the University of Washington, where she provided M.I. training, supervision, and fidelity adherence. For over ten years, Jonnae’s work has intersected with diverse organizations and populations such as Nurse Family Partnership, Washington State Department of Corrections, Migrant Head Start, Homeless Persons Healthcare, Domestic Violence Response Team and Tribal Healthcare for Lower Elwha Klallam / Tulalip Tribes of Washington.

2 contact hours: these sessions also meet the criteria for 2 hours of Michigan implicit bias continuing education content credit.

CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, ​AND CASE MANAGEMENT CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS

Nursing: Up to 5.75 continuing education (CE) & continuing nursing education (CNE) contact ​hours.

Michigan State University College of Nursing is accredited with distinction as a provider of ​nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s ​Commission on Accreditation.

Social Work: Up to 5.5 continuing education contact hours.

Michigan State University School of Social Work, an accredited social work education program, ​is authorized by the Michigan Licensure Law Administrative Rule 338.2965 to award Michigan ​social work continuing education contact hours. We are also an approved Michigan Social Work ​Continuing Education Collaborative Provider (provider #0001) for all programs through August ​2025, renewed annually. Criteria for successful completion includes attendance of the full ​conference, following an online verification of attendance and submission of a completed online ​evaluation. For ADA requests and for questions regarding the continuing education portion of ​your day, please contact swkce@msu.edu or (517) 353-3060.

Pain CE contact hours for Nursing and Social Work:

The Bridging Gaps In Pain Control session will provide 1 contact hour for pain and pain symptom ​management (Pharmacotherapeutic content, relevant for advanced practice nursing, will not be ​provided). CE certificates will include pain CE content completion information.

Implicit Bias CE contact hours for Healthcare Providers:

The Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Bias with Chronic Conditions sessions will each provide ​1 contact hour (total of 2 implicit bias contact hours) that meets the Michigan Licensing and ​Regulatory Affairs (LARA) content requirement for implicit bias training. CE certificates will ​include implicit bias CE content completion information.

Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC) contact hours:

Contact hours for preapproved continuing education are pending through the Commission for ​Case Manager Certification.

Disclosures:

No one with the ability to control the content of this activity has any relevant financial ​relationship(s) with an ineligible company to disclose. There are no commercial interests to ​disclose.

Criteria for successful completion of this continuing education activity are registration for the ​event, signing into the webinar, attestation of participation in conference sessions, and ​completion/submission of a session and post-conference evaluation survey at the end of the ​conference day. Participants should plan to complete the evaluation immediately following the ​conference with the link that will be shared in the last live session.

2024 PLANNING COMMITTEE

Michigan State University College of Nursing

Co-Chairs:

Larissa Miller, PhD, RN, BC-NPD, CNE, CNS

Adrianne Wilkerson, DNP, RN, FNP-BC

Katherine Kowalski, DNP, RN, AGACNP-BC, CEN

Michigan State University School of Social Work

Gina Tremonti Gembel, MSW

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Institute for Healthcare Policy

Debra Darling, BSN, RN

Christine Karl, BA, RN

Children’s Special Health Care Services (CSHCS)

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)

Detroit Health Department, City of Detroit

Crystal Hepburn BScN, RN, CCM

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Lansing

Margaret Keeler, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC

McLaren Medical Group

Michele Milam, BSN, RN, CCM (retired)

Tri-County Office on Aging

Judy Wernert, BSN, RN

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)

Suzette Burkitt-Wesolek, BSN, RN (retired)

Bridging Gaps

in Chronic Care

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2024 Case Management Conference

Brought to you by the Michigan State University College of Nursing and School of Social Work.