CME Credit Hours: 4
Advanced practice providers (APPs) and other allied health members have become a crucial part of health care teams and are providing front-line care to colorectal surgery patients. This symposium offers an opportunity for APPs to come together with their surgeon partners and other allied health members of the surgical team to further their knowledge on timely topics, as colorectal surgical teams become more diverse and utilize APPs in increasingly complex roles.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:
- Recognize the varied practice roles APPs have in colon and rectal Surgery
- Realize the importance of nutrition peri-operatively
- Describe APP practice models that exist within the inpatient, outpatient, or combination of settings
- Optimizing APP scope of practice and utilization can lead to increased patient access to care, increased productivity of the team and improved APP and patient satisfaction
- Gain insight and learn from other APP participants with facilitated round table discussions on APP roles, barriers to practice, job satisfaction and experience
- Promote and build a national network of colon and rectal surgery APP’s with a common mission, goals, and connection to ASCRS
Director
Michele Rubin, MSN, APN, CNS-BC, CGRN, Chicago, IL
Introductions
Michele Rubin, MSN, APN, CNS-BC, CGRN, Chicago, IL
Workup and Surgical Option for Chronic Constipation
Karrie Ann Driscoll MSN, ANP-BC
Case Presentation: Low Anterior Resection Syndrome
Samantha Wolff, PA-C, Milwaukee, WI
Perioperative Nutrition
Kelly Issokson MS, RD, CNSC, Los Angeles, CA
APP Practice Models/Scope of Practice
Michele Rubin APRN, CNS-BC, Chicago, IL
Panel Discussion and Questions
Condyloma and HRA Clinic
Daniel Worrall, APRN, NP-BC, Boston, MA
Benign Anorectal: Hemorrhoids, Fissures and Fistulas
Marcia A. Dinsmore, APRN, NP-BC, Rochester, NY
Ostomy Clinic
Janice Colwell APRN, CNS-BC, Chicago, IL
J-Pouch Assessment and Surveillance Clinic
Michele Rubin APRN, CNS-BC, Chicago, IL
Questions and Answer
Adjourn