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Professional Rehabilitation Nursing Course (PRN Course)

May 2-5, 2012
Chicago, IL

Register opening soon!

The Professional Rehabilitation Nursing Course (PRN Course) 4-day intensive course covers rehabilitation nursing concepts and clinical skills that are essential to all rehabilitation nurses.  If you are new to the field of rehabilitation nursing, float to rehabilitation units, or plan on taking the CRRN® exam, this live course will provide you with extensive information on rehabilitation nursing concepts and current practices from experts in the field. Multiple opportunities to network and ask questions are offered throughout this course to meet with the expert faculty with clinical and teaching backgrounds, in a relaxed environment. 

Continuing Education Credit
You can earn 1 nursing contact hour for every 60 minutes of educational time. You must complete and submit an evaluation form for each session you attend to receive contact hours. There is a maximum of 25.25 nursing contact hours available for this course.

ARN is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Upon completion of the course, attendees learn to:  

• incorporate rehabilitation principles as an integral part of your nursing practice
• describe the major pathophysiological and sociological states associated with prolonged illness and disability
• appreciate the importance of the interdisciplinary team in today’s healthcare environment
• identify effective evidence-based nursing interventions that meet individual needs and promote positive client outcomes
• describe rehabilitation and nursing management of common long-term health alterations
• examine strategies for care and education of patients and families in various settings across the life span.

Course Fee  

	On or before 4/1/2012	On or after 4/2/2012
ARN Members	$575	$675
Team member discount*	$550	$650
Join/renew-and-register	$690	$790
Nonmember	$725	$825
Optional event	No fee	No fee

 

The course registration fee includes

• up to 25.25 nursing contact hours
• a comprehensive course manual
• three continental breakfasts
• networking lunch and snacks.

 Course Instructors

Michele Cournan, MS CNS RN APRN-BC CRRN Rehabilitation Clinical Nurse Specialist Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital Schenectady, NY
Kristen Mauk, PhD DNP RN CRRN GCNS Professor of Nursing Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN

Schedule
Wednesday, May 2, 1:30–6 pm

• Course Introduction and Networking
• Functional Assessment
• Neuroanatomy
• Rehabilitation Across the Continuum of Care
• Patient and Family Education

Thursday, May 3, 7:30 am–5:45 pm

• Bowel and Bladder
• Neuropsychological Function
• Sensory and Perceptual Patterns
• Swallowing
• Skin Integrity
• Sexuality
• Communication

Friday, May 4, 7:30 am–5 pm

• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Cancer
• Stroke
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Spinal Cord Anatomy, Spinal Cord Injury, and Function
• Neurological
• Musculoskeletal

Saturday, May 5, 8 am–12:45 pm

• Safety and Quality
• Coping Skills for Adjusting/Adapting to Disability
• Rehabilitation and the Community: Barriers and Resources
• Rehabilitation and the Family
• Rehabilitation in Older Adults
• Rehabilitation in Children

Hotel Information
The DoubleTree by Hilton
Magnificent Mile
300 E. Ohio Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312.787.6100
Rate: $163 single/double, plus applicable taxes
Cutoff date: Sunday, March 25, 2012

ARN has secured a limited number of sleeping rooms at a special rate at the DoubleTree by Hilton Magnificent Mile. Once these rooms are booked, higher room rates may apply. Make your reservations early to ensure that you obtain the special room rate and be sure to indicate that you are attending the Professional Nursing Course or that you are with ARN. After the cutoff date of March 25, 2012, reservations will be taken on a space-and rate-available basis only.

Special Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Tour 
Thursday, May 3, 6–7:30 pm
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to visit The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), the #1 ranked Rehabilitation Hospital in America.  RIC provides comprehensive physical medicine and rehabilitation care to patients from around the world.  RIC is the leader in research and development of the cutting-edge treatments and technologies in its field. Be a part of the unveiling of RIC’s newest Patient Recovery Unit, a novel treatment environment where an amalgamation of clinicians and scientists surround inpatients in a cutting edge space including revolutionary equipment and smart technology that that inspires recovery. Treating the most catastrophic injuries such as brain and spinal cord injuries, stroke and cerebral palsy to the more everyday conditions like chronic pain, muscle, bone and joint conditions and women’s health issues, RIC is Advancing Ability™. To learn more, visit www.ric.org

The following resources may be referenced during the course, but are not required:

• The Specialty Practice of Rehabilitation Nursing: A Core Curriculum (6th ed.) 
• Standards and Scope of Rehabilitation Nursing Practice (4th ed.) 

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The Professional Rehabilitation Nursing (PRN) Course Now Available Online
Essential Knowledge and Best Practices for the Rehabilitation Nurse

The Professional Rehabilitation Nursing (PRN) Course is designed for nurses new to rehabilitation nursing or who may float to rehabilitation units.  It also provides a thorough overview of the rehabilitation specialty for experienced nurses studying to take the CRRN Exam. PRN Online provides a comprehensive education in rehabilitation nursing concepts and clinical skills.  Session slides are presented with voice over instruction by expert faculty with clinical and teaching backgrounds. Essential knowledge and best practices for the rehabilitation nurse are taught in 3 modules covering 25 different topic areas. Each teaching module can be done incrementally. Upon successfully completing the three posttests, students will earn 23 contact hours (CEs).

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