1. Bridging the
Gap:
Enhancing
Communication
Thursday, June 2, 2016
8:00 a.m.—4:30 p.m.
Illinois State University
Bone Student Center
Prairie Room
100 N. University St.
Normal, IL 61761
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Institute Objectives
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Purpose:
 Meet the learning needs of nurses working
with children and families in school settings as
well as clinical nursing faculty utilizing the
school setting for learning purposes.
 Provide learners with knowledge and skills
needed to work effectively with multiple
stakeholders interested in the health and
wellness of school aged children and adoles-
cents.
Objectives:
 Describe the knowledge and skills needed to
be successful in high stakes conversations at
work and at home.
 Apply effective communication approaches to
selected high stakes school based scenarios.
 Construct persuasive health messages tai-
lored to key stakeholders; teachers, parents,
children, teens; incorporating criteria for
health literacy.
 Identify evidence based interventions to posi-
tively impact childhood obesity in a school
setting.
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Schedule of Events
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8:00: Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30: Welcome and Introductions
9:00: Keys to Success in High Stakes
Conversations—Janet Krejci, Ph.D., RN
10:30: Break
10:45: Effective Communication in the Virtual
World—Jim Peterson, MA
12:00: Lunch
1:00: Breakout Session:
Communication Simulation
Facilitators—
Lynn Kennell, MS, RN,
Susy Marcum, MSN, RN
Michelle Maurer, MSN, RN
2:00: Break Out Session: Health Literacy:
Tools for Your Practice
Jackie Lanier, DrPH, MCHES
3:00: Break
3:15: State of Practice Update: The Obesity
Epidemic in Children
Dana DeShon, MSN, CPNP
4:00: Closing: What is Next? 5 Years In:
America’s Promise School Project
Shelly Malin, PhD, RN
4:15: Door Prizes and Adjourn
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Continuing Education Credits
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Attendees will earn 6 contact hours
Advocate Health Care (OH-368, 10/1/2014) is an
approved provider of continuing nursing education
by the Ohio Nurses Association(OBN-001-91), an
accredited approver by the American Nurses Cre-
dentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
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Institute Presenters
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Janet Krejci, PhD, RN
Professor and Provost
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
Jim Peterson, MA
Director of Technology
District 87 School District
Bloomington, IL
Jackie Lanier, DrPH, MCHES
Assistant Professor, Health Sciences
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
Dana DeShon, MSN, CPNP
OSF Medical Group Peoria
Peoria, IL