The 2025 Nurse Aide Instructor Update: "It's an Edventure Out There!" features, Steve Fredlund, known as the "Safari Dude."
With a rich background spanning three decades as an actuary, nonprofit founder, entrepreneur, and leader of African safaris, Steve is no stranger to navigating complex paths. Steve is an award-winning actuary with 25 years of experience in Fortune 500s including leadership roles in investments, product management and HR Workforce Analytics, where his research uncovered disruptive truths about the real drivers of productivity, engagement and retention. He is now a sought-after speaker and coach empowering others toward greater success and happiness.
Concerned that he is a former actuary who delivers keynotes? Well, worry no more! Steve is an actuarial unicorn: funny, engaging and deeply connects with his audience -- he was once referred to as "The only actuary you actually WANT to sit next to at a dinner party!"
Discover how Steve can help you do “The Unright Thing™ to move beyond “fine” and achieve breakthrough in your life, work, and leadership.
Audience: Nurse Aide classroom and clinical instructors, supervisors, evaluators, and community college coordinators. Also open to long-term and other health care staff responsible for supervision, orientation, and staff development.
Nursing instructors will:
You will hear about updates from Linda Kellen, RN, MSAS, Bureau Chief, Health and Safety Division, Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing. SHe will cover NATCEP updates and a broad overview on deficient practice trends in long-term care facilities. University of Iowa updates provided by Shalome Tonelli, PhD, RN, Instructional Track Faculty Lecturer, Certification Center Director University of Iowa College of Nursing, Jonas-Hartford Nurse Scholar in Gerontological Nursing, Edmond J. Safra Visiting Nurse Faculty at the Parkinson’s Foundation will cover nurse aide state testing updates and you will learn a few teaching techniques. During the breakout sessions, you will review oral health as it applies to LTC and special needs of individuals living with Dementia, Role play strategies for instruction, discuss and review common deficiencies in nurse aide skills, DIscuss best practices for utilization and implementation of Canvas for instruction. Send off will be"Doing the Unright Thing" as a catalyst to the extraordinary and inspiring you and your team to do your best work individually and collectively as teams. 7.0 Contact Hours (based on a 60-minute hour) are provided through Iowa Valley Business and Community Solutions. Please note that as of 6/4/25, changes to the Board of Nursing Continuing Education have taken effect. All attendees will need to retain their documents for license renewal to verify completion of required continuing education. Licensees will need to choose offerings for license renewal that meet appropriate subject matter found in Iowa Administrative Code 655, Chapter 5.2(3). 100% attendance is required for Contact Hour credit, no partial credit given.
Sponsors: Iowa Valley Business and Community Solutions, Certification Center, University of Iowa, the Iowa Nurse Aide Curriculum and Testing Committees, and Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals.
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