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CERTIFICATION REVIEW

SGNA Doris Barnie Certification Review Course

Current Courses Scheduled

- All 2008 course offerings have been completed. Please check back for 2009 dates and locations.

Course Pricing

$250 SGNA Member
$350 Nonmember

Hotel Reservations

Please reference SGNA when making your reservation to secure the special rate.

Overview

Certification is necessary in order to remain competitive in GI nursing today! SGNA has teamed up with Doris Barnie, MSN RN CGRN, to present her legendary certification review course to SGNA membership. Course content, written by Ms. Barnie, has been revised and is now being presented by faculty trained by Ms. Barnie.

Course Content

Faculty

Schedule-at-a-Glance

Refund/Cancellation Policy

Course Content

The SGNA Doris Barnie Certification Review Course covers the following topics over a two day period:

  1. How to Study
  2. A Historical Perspective
  3. The Gastroenterology Nurse and Associate
  4. Standards of Practice
  5. Performance Improvement
  6. Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology
  7. Pharmacology
  8. Moderate Sedation
  9. Endoscopic Principles
  10. Nursing Process and Physical Examination
  11. GI Bleeding, Emergencies and Complications
  12. GI Infectious Disease
  13. Infection Control
  14. Motility and Manometry
  15. Non-endoscopic GI Procedures and Other Tests
  16. Occupational Hazards
  17. Principles of Research
  18. How to Take a Test

Faculty

  • Margaret Coffey, MSN BSN RN CGRN BC
  • Cathy Dykes, MS RN CCRC CGRN
  • Peggy Gauthier, BSN MS RN CGRN
  • Leslie Stewart, BA RN CGRN
  • Theresa Vos, MS BSN RN CGRN

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Schedule-at-a-Glance

Day One

7:30 am - 8:00 am - Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 11:30 am - Review of Modules 1-4
11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Lunch
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Review of Modules 5-9

Day Two

7:30 am - 8:00 am - Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 11:30 am - Review of Modules 10-13
11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Lunch
12:30 pm - 4:00 pm - Review of Modules 14-18
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Course Evaluation and Distribution of Certificates

*Please Note: Schedule subject to change

Refund/Cancellation Policy

All cancellations and requests for refunds must be received in writing no later than the Friday one week prior to the specific course you are registered for and will be subject to a $100 processing fee. No refunds will be processed after that date.

Note: The SGNA Doris Barnie Certification Review 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 American Board of Certification for Gastroenterology Nurses. No guarantee of success is made or implied.

The Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurse's Credentialing Center 's Commission on Accreditation. 

14.0 (12.4 GI specific) contact hours will be awarded.  The SGNA is also accredited 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.

Made possible by the generous support of Olympus America Inc.

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