COURSE DESCRIPTION
Health information technology (HIT) has long been used
by healthcare corporations to undermine the skill and
professional judgment of registered nurses in an effort
to shift the responsibility of direct patient care onto nonnurses or even automated systems. In addition to deskilling, HIT reshapes the healthcare industry and redefines
what it means to be both a nurse and a patient. This class
will connect the dots between the redefinition of patient
care and the larger restructuring of the healthcare industry by focusing on the common role of HIT in both of these
transformations. We will relate these changes in healthcare to broader social, economic, and political trends.
For example, we will learn how the technological restructuring of nursing reflects a more general automation of
work and how this relates to rising social and economic
inequality. We will also consider the different meanings
and functions of HIT in a healthcare system that focuses
on patients rather than profits. The class will culminate in
a discussion of how to resist technological restructuring
at the bedside and beyond through a focus on systemic
healthcare reform.
TIME TO CARE:
RN Patient Advocacy in the Age of
Technological Healthcare Restructuring
TUESDAY, JUNE 9
COURSE OBJECTIVES
CHICO, CA
1. Articulate what healthcare restructuring is and how
it fundamentally transforms the relationship among
RNs, patients, access to care, care settings, and
healthcare/insurance companies in ways that could
eventually undermine the nursing profession.
2. Evaluate how health information technology — such
as electronic health records, clinical decision support,
and RN- and patient-tracking devices — facilitates
healthcare restructuring.
3.Identify the relationship between technological
health-care restructuring and wider social, economic,
and political trends.
2000 Franklin Street | Oakland CA 94612
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
FOR DIRECT- CARE AND STAFF RNs
Provider Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
Provider #000754 for 6 contact hours (CEHs)
DATES, TIME, & LOCATION
REGISTRATION & FEE INFORMATION
REGISTRATION FORM
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
9:00am – 4:00pm
Register early as space may be limited and pre-registration
is required. Please register no later than one week before
the class. Registrants should arrive 15 minutes prior to
class and sign-in.
Please register me for the class indicated below.
Optional: Additional hour of class available 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Oxford Suites Chico
2035 Business Lane
Chico, CA 95928
Chris Nielsen
Name: __________________________________________
CE Course: FREE to CNA/NNU members.
Street: __________________________________________
GENERAL INFORMATION
FACULTY
A completed form is necessary to insure registration. Please print legibly.
CNA/NNU reserves the right to substitute qualified faculty
for those listed. Free parking lot and street parking available.
Absolutely no recording or videotaping of courses allowed.
Attendees must remain for the full session to receive CE
credit (6 CEHs). Continental breakfast and lunch will be
served. CEHs will be mailed to your home address after
the class.
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❏ June 9, 2015 | Chico, California
MAIL, FAX, OR ONLINE REGISTRATION:
CNA/NNOC/NNU
Attn: Nursing Practice/CE
2000 Franklin Street, Oakland CA 94612
Fax: 510-663-2761
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