2025 ACA Winter Conference Orlando_Program Book

Speaker 1: Melissa D. Caffes , MSN, BSN, RN, PHN, Jail Health Administrator, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office/Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota Speaker 2: Laura C. Peters , BSN, PHN, RN, CCN, Clinical Care Supervisor, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office/Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota Speaker 3: Shelley Gibson , PsyD, BSN, RN, PHN, RN Senior Mental Health, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office/Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota Overview: Correctional health care staff are inundated with information that is pertinent to providing care to our patients. There are guidelines and practice updates that are updated for the management of patients. However, there are new concepts, and new diseases are emerging that providers need to be abreast of to meet the demands for appropriate treatment of patients entering a correctional environment. This workshop will present new trends, guidelines and exemplary expected practices in the treatment of correctional populations. Learning Objectives: • Present new guidelines in the management of our patients. • New emerging diseases will be presented that will impact correctional health care. • Take pertinent information that will enhance their practice within the correctional settings. Moderator: Randolph O. Maul , M.D., Chief Medical Officer and Health Authority, Colorado Department of Corrections, Colorado Springs, Colorado Speaker 1: Harbans S. Deol , D.O., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer, VitalCore Health Strategies, Topeka, Kansas Emerging Trends in Correctional Healthcare [CE/CME/CERP] Room W230 B

Learning Objectives: • Explain the benefit of obtaining the

Correctional Behavioral Health Certification. • Identify the eligibility criteria for achieving the Correctional Behavioral Health Certification. • Explain the Correctional Behavioral Health Certification process. Moderator: Terri Catlett , Director of Correctional Health, American Correctional Association, Alexandria, Virginia Speaker 1: Dean Aufderheide , Ph.D., Director of Mental Health, American Correctional Association, Alexandria, Virginia Speaker 2: Terri Catlett , Director of Correctional Health, American Correctional Association, Alexandria, Virginia Speaker 3: Tony Wilkes , Chief of Corrections (Retired), Davidson County Sheriff’s Office, Henderson, Tennessee The Nurse’s Superpower: How Focused Assessments Can Save Lives in a Correctional Setting [CE/CERP] Room W230 C Overview: This workshop will empower nurses by developing in-depth physical assessment skills with a focus on GI and GU systems. We will walk you through a series of scenarios where you can apply your knowledge to improve your physical assessment skills. The emphasis is on depth rather than breadth of skills and your ability to interpret your physical assessment observations and develop clinical judgment. Learning Objectives: • Demonstrate improved physical assessment skills. • Assess for differential symptoms that identify unique types of GI/GU disease processes. • Identify critical labs that need to be ordered & interpreted. Moderator: Melissa D. Caffes , MSN, BSN, RN, PHN, Jail Health Administrator, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office/Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota

WORKSHOPS

Saturday, Jan. 11 ▼ 3–4:30 p.m.

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