In 2002 Mrs. Holbrook testified on Capitol Hill before a Senate Judicial Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs on behalf of the Bill that was signed into law in 2005 as the DNA Justice Act. She is the recipient of numerous international awards, including the ANCC Magnet International Nurse of the Year, the Delaware Nurse of the year, the International Association of Forensic Nurses Pioneer Award, the 2014 Most Influential Marylanders in Healthcare, Distinguished Fellow – Academy of Forensic Nursing, and the prestigious Fellow American Academy of Nursing. She serves on the Board of the National Strangulation Institute, has authored grants totaling over 11 million dollars to benefit victims of major person’s crimes and lectures nationally for the Office for Victims of Crime, educating medical professionals across the country. She has conducted over 200 pediatric and adult SANE educational offerings both nationally and internationally. 

Mrs. Holbrook has integrated comprehensive forensic practice into the SANE model and her Programs have cared for all patients of interpersonal violence including domestic, elder, child, institutional, vulnerable populations, gunshots, stabbings, non-accidental poisonings, and burns. She has pioneered the use of the Alternate Light Source in strangulation cases and set precedence in national court systems. She is currently Director of Forensic Nursing at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore which coordinates care to victims of interpersonal violence for all hospitals in Baltimore City.

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Speaker Lineup

• Jana Goodwin. PhD, RN - Bias, Culture and The Social Determinants of Health: The Healthcare Challenge
• Wendy Zhang, RN, DNP candidate - Social determinants of health screening in the primary care setting 
• Valerie Barnes, PharmD - Disparities in Medication Management: Methods to Foster Equality in Prescribing
• Andrew Miller, MS - Basics of LGBTQ+ Affirming Care
• Ginette Okoye, MD - Management of Acne in Skin of Color
• Charles Callahan, DO, FAAP - This is Baltimore: The impact of structural racism on population health
• Debra Holbrook FNE, FAAN - Human Trafficking: Clinical Presentation & Blue Dot Response Model

 

This activity is approved for 7.0 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 1.5 hours of pharmacology) by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Activity ID 21034780. This activity was planned in accordance with AANP Accreditation Standards and Policies. Physicians and PAs can claim 7.0 Category 2 CME for this webinar.

 

Pearls for Practice aka Lightning Talks (non-CE)

• Briana Walton, MD – Complex Pelvic Floor Disorders
• Sean Stewart, MD – Treating Veins in Skin of Color
• Heather Mikesell – Incorporating a Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment into Practice
• The Maryland Addiction Consultation Services – Support for Providers
• Charlton Cooper - ATI Physical Therapy: The Patient Experience
• Steven Horel – Zypitamag: A new pitavastatin option for lipid management
• University of Maryland DNP Students - Peer-Reviewed Scientific Poster Presentations