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Identify Your Knowledge and Skills
Course Content
Faculty
Schedule-at-a-Glance
Identify Your Knowledge and Skills
Are you planning to take the Certifying Board of Gastroenterology Nurses
and Associates (CBGNA) Certification Exam, but unsure of how to prepare?
Becoming certified is no small feat. The Society of Gastroenterology Nurses
and Associates, Inc., (SGNA), has designed a course for you. The
Certification Preparation Course will help to prepare the experienced GI
nurse for the exam by offering a one and a half day course dedicated to
helping you pass with flying colors!
Certification is necessary in order to remain competitive in GI nursing
today. Certified nurses can expect to earn more money and survive cutbacks
in addition to expanding their role in providing patient services. When you
take the course you will gain knowledge about your practice that will allow
you to become comfortable with the material on the exam. You will walk away
from the course with confidence in your test-taking abilities as well as a
workbook for further practice on your own.
Certification validates your commitment to GI nursing, reflects your
commitment to your field and rewards your continuing efforts to improve your
professional knowledge and skills.
Course Content
The Certification Preparation Course will provide an overview of the
areas covered on the exam and suggest resources for further study. Though
clinical content will not be reviewed in detail, this course will help
participants identify their knowledge, strengths and weaknesses, and assist
them in preparing a study plan. Case studies will be incorporated to
emphasize key concepts and test-taking strategies will be included. The
course is divided into five areas of concentration.
Certification
Preparation for the Exam
Test-Taking Strategies
Professional Issues
The Gastroenterology Nurse and Associate
Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice
The Gastroenterology Nurse’s Role in Drug Administration
Performance Improvement
Research
Pathophysiology
Esophagus
Stomach
Biliary System
Pancreas
Liver
Small Intestine
Large Intestine
Clinical Issues and Procedures
Infection Control in Endoscopy
Clinical Laboratory Blood Tests
Therapeutic Procedures
Complications and Emergencies
Questions, Discussion/Evaluation
Your registration also includes a workbook and a list of recommended
resources to assist you in your ongoing study.
Faculty- TBD
Dianna Burns, BS RN
CGRN has been a member of SGNA since 1981 and has been certified in
Gastroenterology Nursing since 1989.As
an active member of her region, she has held several positions including
president-elect for two terms, president for two terms and immediate past
president for two terms.Her
desire to educate and keep nurses updated in the gastroenterology specialty
is why she has been in the INSGNA Program Planning Committee for 15 years
and is one of the originators of the multi-regional conference held in the Midwest.Dianna finds pleasure in presenting and/or leading discussion
regarding endoscopic topics.
Margaret Coffey,
BSN RN CGRN served as SGNA President, 2001-2002.She has been a presenter at multiple programs for GI nurses
throughout the United States
on moderate sedation, colon cancer and the value of screening.She was the Program Chair of Georgia SGNA in 1994.Margaret was a reviewer for Gastroenterology Nursing: A Core
Curriculum.She became certified in 1991.
Schedule-at-a-Glance
Friday
12:30-1:00 pm- Check-in
1:00-2:45 pm- Part I- Certification
2:45-3:00 pm- Break
3:00-5:00 pm- Part II- Professional Issues
Saturday
8:00-8:30 am- Breakfast provided
8:30-10:00 am- Test-Taking Strategies
10:00-10:15 am- Break
10:15 am -12:15 pm- Anatomy and Physiology Overview
12:15-1:00 pm- Lunch provided
1:00-2:30 pm- Resources and Study Aids
2:30-2:45 pm- Break
2:45-3:45 pm- Clinical Issues and Procedures
3:45-4:30 pm- Questions, Discussion and Evaluation
Note: The SGNA Certification Preparation Course is
intended to assist the experienced gastroenterology nurse in designing an
individualized plan of study in preparation for the Certification Exam
offered by the Certifying Board of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates.
No guarantee of success is made or implied.
This educational activity, for 12.0 contact hours, is provided by the
Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc., which is accredited
as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation and by the California
Board of Registered Nursing (provider number CEP 11579). This accreditation
applies only to the programmatic content of the educational activity and in
no way implies endorsement by SGNA, ANCC or the California BRN of specific
products or services.
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