Keynote Speaker

Creative Teaching for Nursing Educators Conference

About the speaker

 

Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP, has provided more than 2000 continuing education seminars on topics pertaining to pathophysiology, physical assessment, and pharmacology to health care professionals throughout the United States and Canada.

 

She has been the keynote speaker for the Association of Practitioners for Infection Control, the National Association of Biology Teachers, the National Association of Orthopedic Nurses, the National Association of Emergency Nurses, and the National Association of Nurse Practitioners.

 

She has held faculty positions at the University of Virginia, the University of Arkansas,

Loyola University of Chicago, and St. Xavier University of Chicago.  She has provided courses on Advanced Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Physical Assessment to graduate and undergraduate students. 

 

Barb Bancroft is the author of Medical Minutiae, a humorous look at the fields of medicine and nursing and An Apple a Day: The ABCs of Diet and Disease and the newest release titled Live a Little, Laugh a Lot (August 2003).  Barb has also published a 2004 calendar to accompany the book Live a Little, Laugh a Lot. She is also a contributing editor to the 1998 edition of Beare and Myers Adult Health Nursing (Mosby, St. Louis).  She is currently working on Bite Me: The ABCs of Bites and Disease and Shampoos, Tattoos, and Barbeques: The ABCs of Infectious Disease.

 

Barb is a fascinating and highly informative speaker whose dynamic presentation style makes learning enjoyable.  She provides a wealth of clinical information that can be applied to everyday practice. 

 

Comments from previous seminars about Barb Bancroft:

 

“Barb makes every other in-service I’ve ever been to pale because of her vast knowledge, humor, and excellent presentation.  I would love to attend EVERY program she does.”

 

“Excellent—no other presenter can compare to Barb Bancroft.”

 

“An excellent seminar!  Barb’s knowledge is very impressive.  In the 13 years that I’ve been attending seminars, this was one of the best, if not the best.”

 

“Great sense of humor along with the solid knowledge base of the speaker made the session very enjoyable and informative.”

 

“Presented difficult information with laughter and ease.  I will be able to retain and use the information in my clinical practice.”

 

 

 

CTNE 2008