2016 Nursing Perspectives Program

BREAKOUT SESSIONS
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
CONCURRENT SESSION (F1)
Friday, September 30, 1:15 - 2:15p.m.
Ethically Complex Perinatal Care:
Recognizing the Contribution to Provider Moral Distress
Jason Lesandrini, PhD
Jason Lesandrini is the Ethicist at Wellstar where his role involves clinical ethics consultation, ethics-based
organizational policy analysis, ethics infrastructure development and support and ongoing ethics education
and programming. Jason has worked at numerous health institutions across the country including the
Veterans Health Administration and St. Johns Mercy in St. Louis, MO. He has served as the ethicist for the Mass Fatality planning commission for
the State of Georgia and currently holds a faculty appointment in the Physician’s Assistant program at Mercer University . Jason is an experienced
speaker, having done numerous workshops and presentations across Georgia and the United States on issues of ethics and health ethics both for
academic audiences and to health care administrators, providers, patients and the lay public. Jason's academic background is in health care
ethics and philosophy. He soon to be Doctorate will be from the St. Louis University. He holds a Master's degree in Philosophy, specializing in
Applied Ethics, from Georgia State University. His research interests include decision making for incapacitated patients, ethics at the end-of-life,
health care resource allocation, and the work of ethics resources in clinical and organizational ethics. He has published in a variety of peer
reviewed journals and written chapters on numerous ethics topics.
CONCURRENT SESSION (F2)
Friday, September 30, 1:15 - 2:15p.m.
Leadership and the Art of Communication
Rob Levit
The number one issue facing leaders today is the ability to communicate clearly, authentically and in a
timely way with peers, employees, and stakeholders. Far too often, leaders do not have the self-awareness
to realize the major gaps in their communication style and how they are perceived by those they serve and
lead. This can lead to isolation, misunderstandings and externalizing issues that are more than likely selfgenerated
and entirely avoidable. The Prosci Communication Checklist, based on a study of 900 participants,
includes active listening and “why” questions as best practices and yet easy strategies like this are frequently overlooked in the rush to be
productive and maintain authority.
In this fast-paced and interactive breakout session, participants will identify barriers and gaps to great communication, learn the techniques of
active listening and engage in activities designed to add clarity, accountability and power to leadership skills. With a compelling mixture of
experiential activities, discussion and question and answer, participants will gain the confidence to communicate more effectively with those they
serve and lead.