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CPP
Associates
3100 N.
Sheridan Rd
Suite
9C
Chicago IL 60657
USA
bbancr9271@aol.com
Thank you Barb. The
Carefree conference
was terrific due to
your good medicine
"laughter," which I
tried to share with
the staff I manage
but the delivery was
not the same as you.
You are dynamic,
engage the audience
and the laughter
lasts much longer
than the 2 hour
presentation. Thank
you so much. I can
not wait to share
the DVD's with the
staff! Be
well. Be safe , and
continue to share
the laughter, it is
a gift.
Kelly
Redding RN, BSN
St .
Joseph's Hospital
and Medical Center
I truly enjoyed your
workshop…I hope that in
my 42 years, I have
touched my patients with
as much humor as you
have given me. Good
job! Well done!
LB, Edmonton AB
Thank you so much for
coming to give the
keynote address at last
week's AACN Midwest
Conference. I signed up
and attended the
conference because as
our unit's educator, I
knew it was the right
thing to do. I have so
many piles on my desk,
that I wasn't sure how I
actually had time to do
it, but I knew I had to
be a good example. Your
presentation was my
present to myself for
doing the right thing
and going. I do not
recall the last time I
laughed that hard and
learned so much at the
same time. You helped me
renew my spirit and
drive in this wonderful
career. Thank you for
doing what you obviously
do so well.
Amy Rowe BSN, RN, CCRN
Clinical Educator,
Cardiac-Neuro ICU and
Adult Central Resource
Team
Edward Hospital and
Health Services
Never have I attended a
seminar that I didn't
want to be over, and I
must say you are
amazing. I was so into
your lecture and learned
so much information I
want to go back and reteach some of the
things I forgot. Thank
you so very much for
sharing the way you do
with all of us
educators, and I sure
wish my professors in my
MSN program would teach
like that, lol. I must
admit I'm almost done
and it won't come too
soon for me. Thank you,
thank you thank
you!!!!!!! Hope to be
able to see you again.
Debbie Wax BSN,RN,
Nursing Instructor, East
Central College
I just
wanted to Thank You on behalf of myself as
well as MHSTE! I am
still laughing when I
think about your
presentations. I laughed
until I cried actually
during the
presentations. As I am
sure you already know,
the evaluations were
fabulous! Most of them
said they want to see
and hear you again next
year. You might want to
think about penciling in
MHSTE (MHSE) Conference
for next July. One of
the best presentations I
think I have ever heard.
Thanks again!
Barb Houk
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"It’s been such a privilege and a pleasure to teach all of
you over the past 40 years." |
Hi everyone!!
Can you believe it? It’s been over 50
years of the most exciting, entertaining, and satisfying job
that I could ever have imagined. With over 3,000 seminars
provided to thousands of nursing professionals, students,
and anyone else who was brave enough listen, it’s time to
close up the podium, dust off the golf
clubs, open a 487-page mystery novel, take my Shih-poo out
for an hour of Frisbee and long walks, and enter the whole
new world of retirement. Of course, while I will keep up
with everything new and exciting in the Nursing and Medical
literature, I just won’t be gallivanting all over the United
States and Canada, traipsing through airports, schlepping
bags and boxes from one city to another, and checking into
hotels at whatever o’clock in the morning.
I can’t thank all of you enough for
your continued backing of my presentations, your laughter,
your questions, your comments, your purchases of my books,
DVDs, and CDs, your cards, letters, funny jokes, and
never-ending support of “all things Barb”. It’s been such a
privilege and a pleasure to teach all of you over the past
40 years.
Check back on my website on occasion…I
might be doing a blog, I am certainly going to write at
least ONE more book, I could consider a podcast, who knows,
a keynote speech may be in my future? Drop me an email
whenever you get the urge. Questions, comments,
observations, a fun story, case studies will all be
welcome…and of course, I will get back to you in a timely
fashion. For now, though, I will take a deep breath and
enjoy R & R with my phenomenal friends and family.
Wishing all of you the best possible
years ahead…stay healthy, stay happy, and stay focused on
the things you love the most.
Thank you again,
Barb
Bbancr9271@aol.com
barbbanc@gmail.com
312-543-7688 (please text as I don’t answer calls if I don’t
recognize the number) |
Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, NP, has
provided more than 3000 continuing education
events on clinical topics pertaining to pathophysiology, physical assessment, and
pharmacology to health care professionals
throughout the United States and Canada. She has
been the motivational keynote speaker on health
maintenance topics for numerous nursing
associations, medical associations and dental
associations as well as for corporate groups and
events.
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 nine books: Medical
Minutiae (1999),
An Apple a Day: The ABCs of Diet and Disease (2002),
Live a Little, Laugh a Lot (2004),
Kiss My Asparagus (2012),
Geriatric Gems (2018), Focus
on Pharmacology (2019), Plants
or Pills? (2019, Laughing
My Aspirin Off
(2019) and
her latest release —
A Bacteria, a Virus and a Parasite Walk Into a
Bar
(2023).
Barb is a
fascinating, highly informative speaker whose
dynamic and humorous presentation style makes
learning enjoyable. She provides a wealth of
clinical information that can be applied to
everyday practice.
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Check out Barb's Newest Book...
A Bacteria, a Virus
and a
Parasite Walk Into a
Bar
This is NOT your “run-of-the-mill Lab Test
book.” Of course, it’s not—it’s written by
the “not your run-of-the-mill” nursing
educator, Barb Bancroft. What is the best
way to describe this book? It’s
“lab-a-palooza” of a tome, with full
explanations of every day lab tests,
interspersed with clinical quips, timely
tips, case studies, pharmacology pearls,
historical highlights, practical pointers,
and peppered with a few giggles and laughs
along the way. Barb blends physiology,
pathophysiology, pharmacology, and physical
assessment pearls seamlessly throughout each
of the 12 chapters. The first chapter, named
after the title of the book, A Bacteria, a
Virus, and a Parasite Walk Into a Bar…
discusses the lab tests used to diagnose
infections with a thorough explanation of
the WBC and differential. The second chapter
covers RBCs and a thorough review of the
myriad of anemias. Bloody Hell is Chapter 3
– all about the tests used for clotting and
bleeding. Other chapters include Read My
Lipids, A Touch of the Sugar, Liver Logic,
To Pee or Not to Pee, Breath, Sweat, and
TearSSSSSS, The Land of the Gland—Thyroid,
that is, Enzymes Galore and So Much More,
and a few more on Electrolytes and Tumor
Markers. Piqued your interest? It's
educational, entertaining, and
enlightening...what more could you want in a
book on Lab Tests?
Piqued your
interest? It's educational, entertaining,
and enlightening...what more could you want
in a book on Lab Tests?
Back Cover
Buy it on
Amazon.com today!
Order from this
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SEE ALL BARB'S BOOKS
HERE.
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From an attendee of the
November 2016
Maui Nursing Conference:
Thank you for
the outstanding conference! Ms. Bancroft is brilliant, current & up-to-date
with her practice & lectures. She was informative and had me laughing so much
because of her practical sense of humor. I have been a nurse for 33 years and I
practice in critical care, I find myself learning so much from her lectures!
I love the
Marriot Wailea Beach Resort!
Thank you for the hotel special group rate! The
lunch and dessert were outstanding!
Susan Chan
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