"Mind, Body, and Spirit: Improving your Work-Life Balance"
May 1, 2010
Soaring Eagle Casino & Conference Center
Mount Pleasant, MI
International Speaker:
LeAnn Thieman, LPN, CSP, CPAE
LeAnn is a nationally acclaimed professional speaker, author, and nurse who was “accidentally” caught up in the Vietnam Orphan Airlift in 1975. Her book, This Must Be My Brother, details her daring adventure of helping to rescue 300 babies as Saigon was falling to the Communists. An ordinary person, she struggled through extraordinary circumstances and found the courage to succeed.
LeAnn has been featured in Newsweek Magazine’s Voices of the Century issue, on Fox-TV, BBC, NPR, PBS, PAX-TV’s It’s A Miracle, and countless other radio and TV programs. She also writes a monthly column called Time Out for Nursing 2010 magazine.
After her story was featured in Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul, LeAnn became one of Chicken Soup’s most prolific writers. Her devotion to forty years of nursing, made her the ideal co-author for the New York Times Best-Seller, Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul. She went on to coauthor eight more Chicken Soup books including Chicken Soup for the Caregiver’s Soul, and Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul, Second Dose.
As a renowned motivational speaker, LeAnn shares life-changing lessons believing that we all have individual “war-zones.” She inspires people to balance their lives, live their priorities and make a difference. She is an expert in nurse recruitment and retention and inspires health professionals from coast to coast.
LeAnn earned the Certified Speaking Professional designation and in 2008 was inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame by her peers of the National Speakers Association.
Purpose/Goal:
Nursing encompasses diverse areas of practice. This day will allow each and
every nurse to:
Replenish your spirits & re-energize your soul
Recharge and renew
Assist in ensuring the future of nursing
Be more positive and productive
Appreciate the four generations of nursing
Recruit and retain nurses in your workplace
Target Audience:
This conference will provide the highest level of interest for all nurses
working in all disciplines, including perianesthesia nursing and management
levels in charge of recruitment and retention.
Accreditation:
This activity has been submitted to American Society of Perianesthesia
Nurses for approval to award contact hours. The American Society of
PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) is accredited as an approver of continuing
nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission
on Accreditation.
Application for contact hours in progress.
The conference runs from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Registration begins at 7:00 am.
Pre-registration is always recommended: registration will be taken at the door if space is available. Call Aida Santos for late registration information: 248.465.4316 or 248.465.3275 email Aida.Santos@stjohn.org
Registration fee includes: Conference Syllabus, continental breakfast, luncheon and breaks.
Cost: ASPAN/MAPAN Members: $100
Special Registration: Mail five (5) conference registrations together at the same time and all five receive a $20 discount off of conference fee.
Non-members: $150 (for info on becoming a member go to www.aspan.org )
Retired Member (must be registered as retired with ASPAN): $45
Students (Initial Program, must show ID): $60
Cancellation fee: $25 before 4/24/10. No refunds for cancellations after 4/25/10
Contact Dolly Ireland for further questions:
email: direland@mcgh.org
Phone: 586-662.2848
Disclosure: All faculty at nursing continuing education activities are required to disclose to the audience (1) any significant financial relationships with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial products, goods or services, and (2) any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices discussed in their presentations. Such disclosures will be made in writing in the course presentation materials.
