2004 NJ Convention Featured Speakers

New Jersey Nurse, Mar 2004

Keynote Speaker: DIANE SIEG, RN

"Are You Living Your Life Like An Emergency"

If your life is full of stress and you are always moving at warp speed, please join us at the NJ Nursing Convention and hear our keynote speaker, Diane Sieg.

Diane has over twenty years experience as an emergency room nurse where she saw all kinds of life-threatening emergencies and learned her survival skills. She is an Author, Certified Lifestyle Counselor (CLC) and Health Fitness Instructor. She is a nationally recognized speaker who will share her survival skills and life lessons to help you stay out of the emergency room of life.

Diane's latest book, Stop Living Life Like An Emergency, has received positive national attention and rave reviews. In the book Diane tells us about "emergency living" and how it is full of chaos, crises and panic. She also shares her strategies for coping, giving us tips for slowing down and helps us learn to say "no."

If you are living with tight deadlines, too much stress, and your to-do list is taller than you are, it is time to change your life. If you find yourself moving faster and faster these days, always running and never catching up, you need to join us at the NJ Nursing Convention and hear our keynote speaker, Diane Sieg.

Institute for Nursing Research Luncheon

Speaker: Dana Weinberg

The Institute for Nursing will be hosting their Research Luncheon on Friday, April 2nd. Our guest speaker is Dana Weinberg, a researcher at Brandeis University. She will be discussing her latest research and the implications of her findings on her new book entitled, "Code Green: Money Driven Hospitals and the Dismantling of Nursing." The book examines hospitals, their money-focus management plans and the dismantling of nurses. Through a careful look at the effect of restructuring strategies chosen and implemented by Beth Israel Medical Center, the author examines management's efforts to balance service and survival.

The Institute for Nursing will honor the 2004 Research Awardee, as well as select the winners of our Silent Auction. Join us!

Luncheon Speaker:

VICKI LACHMAN, R.N., PH.D.

"Taking Care of Ourselves: The Basics and Beyond"

The New Jersey Nursing Convention is honored to have Ms. Vicki D. Lachman, RN, Ph.D. as our 2004 Luncheon Speaker. Ms. Lachman is president of V.L. Associates, a consulting and training firm specializing in the changing needs of the health care industry.

Have you ever wondered why nurses are so good at caring for others, but not good at caring for themselves? Why is it so hard to do what we know is best for ourselves? How can we get beyond the guilt of taking time for ourselves? These questions and others will be the central focus of the luncheon talk by Vicki D. Lachman, R.N., Ph.D.

Dr. Lachman holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Development from Temple University and a Masters degree in Psychiatric Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania. Most recently, she completed a Masters in Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania. Her forthcoming book, on Conversations Ethics in Nursing, is due for release in January 2004.

Dr. Lachman challenges nurses to take care of themselves as well as take care of others. She explores why it is so hard to do what we know is best for ourselves. She helps us get beyond the guilt of taking time for ourselves.

Come and join us at the NJ Nursing Convention Luncheon to hear Dr. Lachman's practical, dynamic and thought-provoking presentation.