Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, NP will be the presenter at the University of Southern Indiana’s 26th annual Advanced Practice Registered Nursing (APRN) Symposium on Friday, March 15. She has provided more than 3,000 continuing education events on clinical topics pertaining to pathophysiology, physical assessment, nutrition and pharmacology to healthcare professionals throughout the United States and Canada.
Bancroft has held faculty positions at the University of Virginia, the University of Arkansas, Loyola University of Chicago and St. Xavier University of Chicago. She has provided courses on advanced pathophysiology, pharmacology, and physical assessment to graduate and undergraduate students and is the author of eight books: Medical Minutiae (1999), An Apple a Day: The ABCs of Diet and Disease (2002), Live a Little, Laugh a Lot (2004), Kiss My Asparagus (2012), Geriatric Gems (2018), Focus on Pharmacology (2019), Plants or Pills? (2019), Laughing My Aspirin Off (2019) and her latest release, A Bacteria, a Virus and a Parasite Walk Into a Bar (2023).
USI’s APRN Symposium is designed to provide current, practical information that will strengthen assessment skills and expand knowledge of patient management strategies. Topics this year include autoimmune diseases, secondary diabetes and neuro assessment. The content is appropriate for nurses, advanced practice registered nurses and other healthcare providers in ambulatory and acute care settings.
The University of Southern Indiana designates this activity for 6.25 contact hours. CE hours will be available for nurses, physicians, pharmacists, social workers and health facility administrators. CE hours will also be available for Indiana licensed marriage and family therapists, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants and dental professionals. Select content will qualify for pharmacotherapeutic hours.
The registration cost is $130 for professionals; $60 for current graduate students; and $20 for undergraduate students.
