Health First Hosts ‘Preparing Our Nurses For Tomorrow’ Sept. 25-26
By Space Coast Daily // August 28, 2013
Michele Deck keynote speaker
ABOVE MAP: The Melbourne Area of Realtors, located at 1450 Sarno Road in Melbourne, will be the site of Health First’s nursing conference.
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA — Health First will host a nursing conference, “The Art of Precepting: Preparing Our Nurses for Tomorrow,” on Wednesday, Sept. 25 and Thursday, Sept. 26.
The conference will be held at the Melbourne Area of Realtors, located at 1450 Sarno Road in Melbourne from 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The event is free to Health First nurses and is $49 for non-Health First associates.
The keynote speaker will be President & CEO of G.A.M.E.S., Michele Deck, who is a world-renowned nursing educator and speaker.
This program has been approved for 4.0 hours of continuing nursing education through the Health First Center for Learning, CE Broker No. 50-873.
For more information, contact the Health First Clinical Education Coordinator Chelsea Lecuyer at 321-434-1902. The registration deadline is September 19.
Registration and breakfast are at 7:30 a.m. on both days. Participants need to attend only one day. Breakfast and snacks are included.
Health First Foundation and The Means/Garrison Endowment Fund for Nursing Excellence are sponsoring the conference.
Set up in 2011 to honor healthcare leaders Mike Means and Larry Garrison, charitable donations may be made to the Endowment Fund in support of nursing.
Keynote speaker Michele Deck, M.Ed, RN, LCCE, FACCE presents nationally and internationally on innovative teaching methods in the field of health care education and training.
Her honors include the National Nursing Staff Development Organization’s prestigious Belinda E. Puetz Award (2000), election to Sigma Theta Tau National Nursing Honor Society, Business Woman of the Year (2003) by the National Business Council and Best Overall Trainer by Creative Training Techniques Companies.
She is co-founder and CEO of G.A.M.E.S., a company that specializes in seminars on adult learning and interactive teaching methods.
HEALTH FIRST FULLY INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEM
Founded in 1995, Health First is a not-for-profit and is Central Florida’s only fully integrated health system and employs more than 7,500 people and has four hospitals (including Holmes Regional Medical Center, Palm Bay Hospital, Cape Canaveral Hospital and Viera Hospital).
Keynote speaker Michele Deck, M.Ed, RN, LCCE, FACCE presents nationally and internationally on innovative teaching methods in the field of health care education and training.
Health First Health Plans also offers a wide variety of health insurance plan options for Brevard and Indian River Counties.
In addition, Health First is home to Brevard County’s only Trauma Center. Health First Medical Group is the largest multi-specialty physician group on the Space Coast.
Health First offers numerous outpatient and wellness services, including four Pro-Health and Fitness Centers.
For more information Health-First.org
