Nurse Educational Symposium 2025: Day 2
This conference is to build collaboration within our patient care teams. We are looking to strengthen the relationships between the physicians and the nursing staff through an educational platform. We will have physicians presenting on healthcare topics to strengthening nursing knowledge and understanding of topics. During this conference we are excited to build relationship between care team providers.
This conference is being held in person.
NOTE: Please note this activity will be 7:30 am-3:30 pm CST
Target Audience
This course is intended for nurses and other interested healthcare professionals.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, learners should be able to:
- Identify how to be able to communicate with other team member
- Integrate a collaborate team with utilizing physicians, nurses, and their patients
- Develop different topics to be discussed while providing patient care
7:30 am-7:45 am
Welcome Address - Daniel Haslett, MD
7:45 am-8:45 am
Updates on Cardiac Devices and Lead Management - Mouyyad Rahaby, MD
8:45 am-8:55 am BREAK
8:55 am-9:55 am
Perioperative Care - Phillip Zaret, MD
9:55 am-10:05 am BREAK
10:05 am-11:05 am
Complex Care Management - Michael Pearlman, MD, MBA, FACEP and Elena Ochakovski, MSN, RN, CCM
11:05 am-11:15 am BREAK
11:15 am-12:15 pm
What a Hospitalist Wants the Average Bedside Nurse to Know - Brain Varghese, MD
12:15 pm-1:00 pm LUNCH
1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Peritoneal Dialysis - Nino Alapishvilli, MD
2:00 pm-2:10 pm BREAK
2:10 pm-3:10 pm
Intrathecal Pain Pumps: Best Practice Management - William Rittmeyer, DO
3:10 pm-3:30 pm
Dismissal Day 2
Faculty
- Mouyyad Rahaby, MD, Electrophysiology, Advocate Condell Medical Center
- Phillip Zaret, MD, General Surgery, Advocate Condell Medical Center
- Michael Pearlman, MD, MBA, FACEP, Care Management, Advocate Condell Medical Center
- Elena Ochakovski, MSN, RN, CCM, Inpatient Care Manager Lead, Care Management, Advocate Condell Medical Center
- Brian Varghese, MD, Hospitalist, Advocate Condell Medical Center
- Nino Alapishvilli, MD, Nephrology, Advocate Condell Medical Center
- William Rittmeyer, DO, Pain Management, Advocate Condell Medical Center
- Jessica Verenski MSN, RN, ECRN, TNCC, CEN, Nursing Professional Development Generalist, Advocate Condell Medical Center
- Scott Miller, MD, Gerneral Surgery, Advocate Condell Medical Center
- Beth Sylvanus BSN, RN, Clinical Resources Unit, Advocate Condell Medical Center
Disclosure
Faculty disclosures are being reviewed and will be presented to the audience in advance of the program.

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statement(s)
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 6.00 AttendanceAttendance Credit
- 6.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 6.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
Price
How to Register
Click “Take Course” to register and/or claim credit for this program.
Participation Options
This course is available to Advocate Health providers (employed and independent) and team members only.
For Further Information
If you have any questions regarding the conference, please contact Jessica Verenski at [email protected]
If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact the IPCE Office at [email protected]

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