SVSU's 1st Annual
"Pain Management Making a Difference"
Pain Management Seminar
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Hosted by SVSU Office of Continuing Ed & Professional Development and Nursing Department
Conference Objectives:
- Describe evidence-based care practices for management of pain for clients.
- Discuss multidisciplinary approaches for the management of pain for clients across the lifespan.
- Identify complementary/alternative care practices for the management of pain for clients in community and institutional contexts.
Seminar Agenda:
8:15 -8:45 Registration and refreshments8:45 -9:00 Welcome/Introductions
9:00 -10:00 Pain Management On The “Cutting Edge.”
What’s new? Marcie Welker,
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Pain Pharmacology: Right Patient,
Right Drug-- Right On, Marcie Welker
11:15-12:00 Breakout session 1: “Specific Populations”
Geriatric: Julie Fagerlie
Neuropathic Issues Judy DeCorte
Post-mastectomy Syndrome
Carolyn Leadholm-Wittke
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1: 45 Breakout session 2: Integrative Therapies
OT Don Earley
Acupuncture Lyn Behnke
Therapeutic touch Mary Ann Jordan
1:45-2:30 “Palliative Care” Diane Welker
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:30 Massage Therapy for Pain Debra Doyle
3:30-4:15 “Making a Difference/Long- Term Affects”
Kathy Fox
4:15-4:30 Evaluation
DATE: Tuesday, October 28, 2008
TIME: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
REGISTRATION FEE: (fee includes lunch and handouts)
$100 early registration through August 27, 2008
$120 after October 10, 2008
No refunds after October 7, 2008
How to Register
Phone: 989-964-4048.
Please be prepared to provide credit card information.
8 Online: click here to register
Mail: Complete registration form and credit card information to
OCEPD of SVSU,
7400 Bay Road,
University Center, MI 48710
Presenting - Marcie Welker, APRN, CNP
Marcie graduated from Hurley School of Nursing in 1988 and immediately began her career at Hurley Medical Center in the Emergency Department. She earned a BSN from University of Michigan-Flint in 1993 and an MSN from Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) in 1999 while continuing her career at Hurley in areas such as Nuclear Medicine, Critical care, and Case Management. Upon completion of her MSN in the area of Family Nurse Practitioner she soon began practicing at Matrix Pain Management, a multidisciplinary pain management center in Saginaw, which at that time was in its infancy employing only one physician and herself. She has been there over 8 years and the practice has grown to include 3 doctors, 5 nurse practitioners, and over 16,000 patients. Other interests include adjunct facility at SVSU teaching courses in nursing, lecturing at conferences and community meetings regarding pain management, and conducting the research program at Matrix. She is an active member in many organizations including American Association of Nurse Practitioners, MICNP, American Association of Pain Management Nurses being one of the first to successfully pass a national certification exam in pain management, Hurley School of Nursing Alumni Association acting as treasurer, and Pi Delta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International.