Area of Practice
Medical-Surgical ICU
Facilitator
Clinical Nurse Educator - Adult Critical Care
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Facilitator
About Eugene
I am a Clinical Nurse Educator in a 27 bed adult medical/surgical/trauma Critical Care Unit at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. I am a certified Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Rapid Response Team (RRT) Instructor. I have published in Dynamics, The Canadian Nurse, and American Journal of Critical Care, appeared on CBC Radio’s White Coat, Black Art with Dr. Brian Goldman, and most recently, contributed to Sharon Lewis' Medical-Surgical Nursing (10th edition, 2017), and, Urden, Stacy, and Lough's Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management (8th edition, 2017) and Priorities in Critical Care Nursing (8th edition, 2019). I am passionate about Critical Care, Critical Care nursing, and subscribe to the motto “learn something new every day.” I am extremely honored to have been invited to present at this year's NTI in Orlando, Florida.
Sessions
Building Confidence with Mechanical Ventilation in Critical Care
APRNs and Critical Care nurses are frequently assuming greater responsibility for mechanical ventilation in ICU. Optimal care of the ventilated patient requires a sound knowledge base and ability to think critically when issues arise. Join this session to gain a greater understanding of ventilator s ...
5/3/2020 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Game Changers in Critical Care: Management of Critically Ill Patients with Acute Opioid Overdose
More than 70,000 drug-related deaths occur in the U.S. each year. Of patients that who survive, over 40% will require critical care. Few guidelines exist, however, to aid practitioners to care for these unpredictable patients. This session highlights strategies which facilitate management and preven ...
5/5/2020 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Game Changers in Critical Care: Management of Critically Ill Patients with Acute Opioid Overdose
More than 70,000 drug-related deaths occur in the U.S. each year. Of patients that who survive, over 40% will require critical care. Few guidelines exist, however, to aid practitioners to care for these unpredictable patients. This session highlights strategies which facilitate management and preven ...
5/4/2020 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm