Area of Practice
Other
Facilitator
Assistant Professor of Nursing & Biomedical Informatics
Vanderbilt University
Facilitator
About Alvin
Dr. Alvin Jeffery is an Assistant Professor of Nursing and Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University. He recently completed a Medical Informatics Post-Doctoral Fellowship with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Nashville, TN in collaboration with Vanderbilt University’s Department of Biomedical Informatics. He has a background in pediatric critical care nursing and as a staff educator at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He holds board certifications in nursing professional development, pediatric critical care nursing, and as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Jeffery completed his PhD (Nursing Science & Health Services Research) at Vanderbilt University’s School of Nursing in 2017 and is currently funded by an AHRQ K12 focused on Learning Healthcare Systems. He is participating in a 2-year term as an Emerging Leader with the Alliance of Nursing Informatics.
Sessions
Managing Detours and Conflicts in Nursing Orientation: Tips and Tricks for Preceptors and Educators
Orientation and onboarding of new employees takes a significant amount of time and resources, especially in specialty areas such as high-acuity and critical care units. If you’re involved in any aspect of a unit’s orientation or onboarding activities, you have probably encountered situations where a ...
5/5/2020 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Managing Detours and Conflicts in Nursing Orientation: Tips and Tricks for Preceptors and Educators
Orientation and onboarding of new employees takes a significant amount of time and resources, especially in specialty areas such as high-acuity and critical care units. If you’re involved in any aspect of a unit’s orientation or onboarding activities, you have probably encountered situations where a ...
5/6/2020 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Pediatric Sepsis and Shock: Identification, Management and Future Directions
From dehydration to sepsis, early recognition and intervention are essential to manage a child in shock. This session explores physical signs and diagnostic tests to identify a child in shock. Emphasizing sepsis, we cover pathophysiology and treatments for all shock types. Differences between adults ...
5/4/2020 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Predictive Analytics: Hype, Hope and How to Help Our Patients
The emergence of Big Data is helping us gain new insights. Whether predicting deterioration, adverse events or more, data’s ability to inform care is enormous. This session explores data science and predictive analytics for healthcare with an emphasis on critical care, using 3 illustrations to explo ...
5/6/2020 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Skills and Competencies for Emerging Nurse Leaders
Every nurse is a leader, with the potential to become masterful at leading others whether caring for patients or precepting. But we take insufficient time to consider own journey. In this session, we share AACN resources to grow your skills and improve practice environments. Using the AACN leadershi ...
5/6/2020 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Vasoactive Pharmacology for Pediatric Shock
Prompt management of shock is essential to pediatric survival. Adult sepsis changes have raised questions for pediatric APRNs. This session explores pharmacological management of pediatric shock, emphasizing vasoactive medications for sepsis. We provide a detailed review of pathophysiological, pharm ...
5/5/2020 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm