Patient Care Technician Education Day

June 25, 2025
This is a hybrid educational activity. Activity topics are relevant to unlicensed nursing clinical practice and range from workplace safety to self-care. Learners will gain knowledge that they can apply to enhance their clinical practice, patient care, and workplace safety. 

Target Audience

This activity is designed for patient care technicians, unlicensed support staff, and students including nursing interns, nursing externs, and nursing co-ops responsible for providing patient care.  Other learner groups such as medical assistants and other unlicensed technician staff responsible for providing patient care would also benefit from this education. 

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, the participant should be able to:

  • discuss infection prevention and control measures to protect patients and staff
  • discuss nursing sensitive quality indicators and quality data benchmarking
  • examine Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer prevention strategies
  • discuss community resources available to trauma survivors and their families
  • identify the purpose and goals of the Trauma Survivor Network
  • explore strategies to improve personal safety in the workplace
  • discover professional development and continuing education opportunities for employees
  • discuss nursing leadership goals and advancements
Refund Policy
A full refund will be given for any cancellations received up to one week prior to the course.  No refunds for no-shows. 
 
Course Cancellation Policy
In the unusual circumstance that this course is cancelled, you will be called and/or emailed, and any tuition fees received would be refunded in full.  Geisinger is not responsible for any airfare, hotel or other costs incurred.
 
Attendance
Attendance will be recorded within three to four days of the conclusion of the activity.  Credit will display on your continuing education transcript once the activity evaluation is completed.  
 
Virtual Information
All details pertaining to the links for this activity will be sent once you are registered for the activity. 
    Course summary
    Available credit: 
    • 5.00 ANCC
    • 5.00 Participation Credit
    Course opens: 
    04/16/2025
    Course expires: 
    07/09/2025
    Event starts: 
    06/25/2025 - 7:00am EDT
    Event ends: 
    06/25/2025 - 3:30pm EDT
    Cost:
    $100.00
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    Schedule

    7:00 am            
    Registration/Continental Breakfast 
     
    7:30 am            
    Welcome and Introductions
     
    7:45 am            
    Children and Adolescent Domestic Violence 
    Zoe Swisher, Healthcare Outreach Coordinator
     
    8:45 am           
    Body Mechanics
    Austin Kerstetter PT, DPT  
     
    9:15 am           
    Morning Break                                         
     
    9:30 am            
    Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury Prevention & Nursing Quality
    Lauren Murphy DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, CFPS
    Gordon Cole MSN, RN, CPHQ
     
    10:00 am         
    Nursing Leadership Update 
    Kimberly Gummel MSN, RN, MBA, CPN, NEA-BC
     
    10:15 am         
    Caring for Our People
    Stephanie Andreacci LSW
     
    11:00 am         
    Education Opportunities
    Erica Campbell MSN, RN, NEA-BC
    Katie Berger, MSN, RN, OCN
     
    11:30 am         
    Lunch (Will be provided)
     
    12:30 pm         
    Infection Prevention  
    Bridget Yablonski MBA, BSHM, MLT, ASCP, CIC
     
    1:00 pm            
    Trauma Survivor Network
    Melissa Hlavaty RN, BSN, CCRN
    Devon Manney PhD, RN
     
    1:45 pm            
    Afternoon Break   
     
    2:00 pm            
    Personal Safety
    Mark Allred MSN, RN, NPD-BC
     
    2:30 pm            
    Closing Comments and Wrap-up
    Evaluations/Adjournment
     
    *Topics/speaker are subject to change.
    Henry Hood Center for Health Research and via Microsoft Teams
    100 North Academy Avenue
    Danville, PA
    United States

    All visitors to the Geisinger campus, please park in the patient parking lot. A shuttle bus will take you to the Henry Hood Center for Health Research, please notify the driver when boarding the bus of your final destination.

    Travel

    Henry Hood Center for Health Research is located on the Geisinger Campus in Danville, Pennsylvania (Montour County), Exit 224 on Interstate 80. Routes 11 and 54 also intersect in Danville.

    Geisinger Faculty

    Mark Allred, MSN, RN, NPD-BC
    Registered Nurse Security Liason
     
    Stephanie Andreacci, LSW
    Program Manager Peer Support, Center for Well Being
     
    Katie Berger, MSN, RN, OCN
    Manager Ambulatory Nursing Development
     
    Erica Campbell, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
    Director Ambulatory Nursing
     
    Gordon Cole, MSN, RN, CPHQ
    Manager Nursing Quality
     
    Kimberly Gummel, MSN, RN, MBA, CPN, NEA-BC
    Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer
     
    Melissa Hlavaty, RN, BSN, CCRN
    Case Manager Trauma
     
    Austin Kerstetter, PT, DPT
    Encompass Health
     
    Devon Manney, PhD, RN
    Clinical Risk and Patient Safety 
     
    Lauren Murphy, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, CFPS
    Manager Nursing Quality
     
    Zoe Swisher
    Healthcare Outreach Coordinator
     
    Tami Underhill, MSN, APRN, CMSRN, EBP-C
    Manager, Evidence Based Practice
     
    Bridget Yablonski, MBA, BSHM, MLT, ASCP, CIC
    Infection Prevention and Control Team Coordinator
     

     Content Disclosure

    The faculty has attested that their presentations and/or content are HIPAA compliant.  
     
    Individuals in a position to control educational content for this activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships. 
     
    CE Committee Members/Content Reviewer(s) have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. 
     
    *Any/All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.  

    Accreditation 

    In support of improving patient care, Geisinger College of Health Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

     

     

     

     

    Credit Designation 

    Geisinger College of Health Sciences designates this live activity for 5 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity. 

    Disclosure Policy 

    Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing education activity sponsored by Geisinger College of Health Sciences must disclose to the program audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s). 

    Commercial Support

    None

    Available Credit

    • 5.00 ANCC
    • 5.00 Participation Credit

    Price

    Cost:
    $100.00
    Please login or register to take this course.

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