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Work Place Practices 2025

co sponsor: Kentucky Lakes Region Occupational Health Nurse Association

Objectives:

1. Summarize current vaccine recommendations and discuss vaccine hesitancy.
2. Describe the use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and stem cell treatment for injuries.
3. Recognize the importance of therapy in mental health.
4. Discuss current physical therapy impacting the core and pelvic floor.
5. Explain the science behind short fitness bursts.

Agenda

Registration

Current vaccine recommendations/Vaccine hesitancy description/Strategies to improve vaccine uptake-Melinda Joyce, Pharm. D

 Break

 Platelet-rich plasma/Stem cells/Guidelines for injury treatment- Brian Macy, MD

Lunch

Role of therapy/Barriers to therapy/Effective methods of therapy/Current trends and the future of therapy-Georgena Brackett RHIA, LCSW, FACHE, MBA

 Disorders of the core and pelvic floor/Physical therapy applications-Emily Davenport, DPT, Board certifided in Women's Health

 Evidence for microbursts of exercise efficacy/Microburst example strategies/Motivation of exercise-Elaine Williams BS, ACE, NHE

 Cost to Attend:  If member $25, If non member $40

Registration at Door.

KBN contact hours: 7.4. Participant must attend the entire event, sign the registration sheet and complete the required evaluation. 

The South Central Kentucky Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN) as a provider of continuing education under the Provider Numbers 5-0026, expiration date 12-31-25. 7.4 contact hours will be awarded after attending the offering and completing evaluations. 0 of those hours is approved for Pharmacology credit.    KBN# 5-0026-12-25-1421

Pharmacology Review 2025

WKU School of Nursing and Allied Health

September 27, 2025

Agenda

8:30 – 9:00 Registration

Welcome from the School of Nursing and Allied Health

9:00 – 10:30 Oral Chemotherapy Agents – More Common Than You Think

Melinda Joyce, PharmD, FAPhA, FACHE

10:30 – 10:40 Break

10:40 – 12:00 Navigating the Myriad of Biologic Treatments

Melinda Joyce, PharmD, FAPhA, FACHE

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch and Learn

1:00 – 2:00 Pharmacological Management of Movement Disorders

Jessica Estes DNP, APRN-PMHNP

2:10 – 3:10 Metabolic Syndrome Management: Deprescribing or Adjunctive Treatment

Jessica Estes DNP, APRN-PMHNP

3:10 – 3:20 Access evaluation link for certificates

KBN contact hours: 6/6 of those pharmacology credit

The South Central Kentucky Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN) as a provider of continuing education under the Provider Numbers 5-0026, expiration date 12-31-25. 6 contact hours will be awarded after attending the offering and completing evaluations. 6 of those hours is approved for Pharmacology credit.    KBN# 5-0026-12-25-1422