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Quest for Excellence™ Alaska Cruise

Celebrity Cruises' Infinity

Alaska cruise conference sailing from Seattle, Washington
July 20 - 27, 2012

20 CEUs for California licensed health care professionals including: RN, LVN, LCSW, MFT, Nursing Home and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators (NHA, RCFE, ARF, GH). Check with your state licensing agency for CEU reciprocity.

Faculty

Bill Clawson, RN, Ph.D., CLNC
Bill has been a professional educator, lecturer, author and consultant since 1983. He is the founder and President of Quest for Excellence™. Actively practicing in health care for over 25 years, Bill has an extensive clinical background as a registered nurse practitioner in critical care and elder care, along with a wealth of administrative experience in medical staff development and health care administration.

He is a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant, and routinely presents seminars and advises clients on standards of care. In that role, he works with attorneys, insurance companies, government agencies, and private companies to evaluate cases for merit. He currently serves on numerous California State and local boards and committees dedicated to excellence in long term care.

Terri Clark, B.A.
A graduate of Humboldt State University, Terri has worked in Finance and Human Resources most of her professional career. She worked for Open Door Clinics for 15 years and then spent 5 years at a Eureka public accounting firm. After nearly 5 years as HR Manager for the North Coast Cooperative, she became Executive Director of Mobile Medical Office. Medical care for uninsured and under-insured patients is particularly challenging at this time in California; at Mobile Medical Office, she has found a home for both her heart and her mind.

She became a Rotarian in 1992 and served as 2002-2003 District 5130 Governor. She is extremely active in fund-raising, and the Governor's education and training programs.

She has been married to Marty Lay, a civil engineer, since 1982. He is also a Rotarian and they enjoy traveling and working on projects. They share their home with a talented tabby cat named Hampton.

Terri continues to serve on the Board of Directors since 2009, and was recently elected as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer.

Rhonda Lofing, B.A.
Rhonda is well known throughout California for her over 25 years of practice as an insurance broker in the long term care industry. She is a highly regarded subject matter expert in long term care for her many years of service as the business manager of the Residential Care Society, a state-wide education and lobbying membership organization for residential care providers that ceased operations a few years ago.

Additionally, she has service as Vice President and Senior Account Executive for a large, national insurance firm through 2009. Since then, she serves as the Vice President of New Beginnings Insurance Services and directly serves the specialty market of residential care and social service agencies.

Rhonda was elected to our Board of Directors in October 2010, and also serves as Secretary to the Board.

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This educational program is designed for Residential Care and Nursing Home Administrators, Executive Directors, Personnel Officers and HR Professionals, Professional Nurses, Licensed Therapists, owners and stakeholders practicing in every setting across the continuing care continuum. 20 accredited hours of professional continuing education are available for California RCFE, ARF, AND GH Administrators, Registered and Licensed Nurses, Nursing Home Administrators, and LCSW & MFT clinicians.

Friday, July 20:
Registration Table: 1:00 – 4:00pm
Welcome Reception 6:00 – 7:00pm

Saturday, July 21:
9:00am - 12noon: Who's Got the Power? YOU! (Effective Advocacy with Regulators and Legislators)
Speakers: Bill Clawson, RN, PhD, CLNC, Rhonda Lofing, BA
1:00pm - 4:00pm: Risk Management and Mitigation
Speaker: Rhonda Lofing, BA

Monday, July 23:
10:00am - 12noon: Ethics and Ethical Decision-Making in the Continuum of Care Industry: a 3-dimensional framework
Speaker: Bill Clawson, RN, PhD, CLNC

Wednesday, July 25:
10:00am - 12noon: Fox in the Henhouse: dashboard indicators for preventing fraud, errors, and loss
Speaker: Terri Clark, BA
1:00pm - 5:00pm: Dementia and Evolving Risks with Traumatic Brain Injury
Speaker: Bill Clawson, RN, PhD, CLNC

Thursday, July 26:
10:00am - 12noon: Jeopardy – Gaming your Risk (Risk Management - Reduction and Transfer)
Speaker: Rhonda Lofing, BA
1:00pm - 4:00pm: Wage Order 5, Wage Order 15, and how to make the AWS Election work for you
Speaker: Terri Clark, BA
4:00pm – 5:00pm: Panel on Best Practices: Clinical Care, HR, and Risk Management
Speakers: Bill Clawson, RN, PhD, CLNC, Rhonda Lofing, BA, Terri Clark, BA

Farewell Reception 6:00 – 7:00pm


We are a certified provider of professional continuing education for the California Board of Registered Nursing, BRN provider number CEP 11897; the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, BBS provider number PCE 2013; California Nursing Home Administrator Program, Provider #1634; and the Department of Social Services, for Administrators of Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, Vendor #1000075-7402, Administrators of Group Homes, Vendor #1000075-7302, and Administrators of Adult Residential Facilities, Vendor #1000075-7352.

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Conference Sessions generally take place during the days at Sea (depends on program and itinerary) so that conflict with any Ports of Call or evening entertainment is minimized.

(A Convenient Calendar to Check Your Dates)

DATE	PORT	ARRIVE	DEPART
Fri Jul 20	Seattle, Washington	-	4:00pm
Sat Jul 21	At Sea Cruising	-	-
Sun Jul 22	Ketchikan, Alaska	7:00am	4:00pm
Mon Jul 23	Tracy Arm Fjord Scenic Cruising Juneau, Alaska	6:00am 2:30pm	10:00am 10:00pm
Tue Jul 24	Skagway, Alaska Inside Passage Scenic Cruising	7:00am 6:30pm	6:00pm 10:30pm
Wed Jul 25	At Sea Cruising	-	-
Thu Jul 26	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	6:00pm	11:59pm
Fri Jul 27	Seattle, Washington	7:00am	-

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