Advocate Seminars and Events - Information and Registration

Advocate Health Care is an approved provider of continuing education by the Illinois Nurse’s Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Below are links to seminar activities for which online registration is available. Please note that location, length and costs are different for each event.

View or download the event brochure by clicking on the event title below.

Online registration for classes offering CME credit is available at www.advocatehealth.com/cme

2008 Events

May

Introduction to Critical Care Nursing Course

Objective:
The purpose of this 7-day course is to provide participants with a core foundation of knowledge that will contribute to their ability to competently practice nursing in critical care settings. Expert speakers from across the Advocate Health Care system cover essentials of critical care nursing practice.

When:
May 15, 16, 22, 29, 2008
June 5, 12, 19, 2008
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Where:
Advocate's IBS Building
2625 Butterfield Rd.
Suite 208S
Oak Brook, IL

Registration:
Advocate Nurses: No Cost - Register for the event

Non-Advocate Nurses: $595.00 - Register for the event

Only on-line registration, with a credit card, will be accepted.

Contact Hours: This 7-day course is approved for 49.0 INA contact hours.

For any questions, contact Pat Juarez, APN at 630.575.3262

June

Nursing / Physician Forum: Working Together Side by Side

All Advocate Christ Medical Center and Advocate Hope Children's Hospital nurses are invited to participate in a physician-sponsored Nursing/Physician Forum to enhance quality, communication, transparency and patient satisfaction.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Registration: 10:45 a.m.
Forum: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Lunch: 12:30 p.m.

Location: Advocate Christ Medical Center's Auditorium
4440 W. 95th Street
Oak Lawn, Illinois

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3rd Annual Med/Surg and Telemetry Nursing Conference: Rescue Me!

Presented by the Med/Surg and Telemetry Professional Practice Council Advocate Health Care

This year's conference is titled "Rescue Me" with the session including topics from the Rapid Response Team and those clinical conditions that most often trigger the RRT call. The conference will be highlighted with an afternoon session with Barb Bancroft presenting on the Pearls in the lab.

View brochure and program agenda

Thursday June 12, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.- Conference
7:00 a.m.- Registration & Continental Breakfast
Lunch will be provided

Location: Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace
100 Drury Lane
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
For Directions, click here.

Conference Fees:
Advocate Employee - $30.00
Non-Advocate Employee - $75.00

Register online for this event.

For further information, contact Joanne LaMantia at 630-990-5432 or joanne.lamantia@advocatehealth.com.

July

The 5th Annual Advocate Children's Hospitals Nursing Conference

Presented by the Advocate Children's Hospitals: Advocate Hope Children's Hospital and Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital

Course Objectives:

• Provide networking and communication opportunities for professional pediatric nurses.
• Expand the knowledge base of pediatric nurses in a variety of pediatric clinical setting.
• Explore the health care challenges affecting children, their families and the nurses who care for them.

View brochure and program agenda

Date: Friday, July 11, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.- Conference
7:00 a.m.- Registration, Exhibitors, Posters, and Continental Breakfast
Lunch will be provided

Location:
Hamburger University
McDonald's Office Campus
2815 Jorie Boulevard
Oak Brook, IL 60523
For Directions, click here.

Conference Fees:
Advocate Associate - $75.00
Other - $125.00
**Attendance is limited; and registration will be taken on a first come first served basis**
Fees include continental breakfast, program materials, refreshment breaks and sit-down lunch.

Register online for this event.

For questions regarding the conference or registration, contact Kelley Sava at 847.723.1500 or e-mail kelly.sava@advocatehealth.com.