Education
After nearly a year & a half, I finally ventured out from my cave (as my husband calls it) to attend my first in-person conference. This was my first NLN conference, so I don't have prior experience with this organization. This conference was structured heavily around lab sessions. Much more hands-on time than traditional conferences I've been to - & after 3 years of practicing by myself, I was very excited for this experience. The conference was ~4 days split between 10 labs, info sessions with vendors, & exhibit hall time. I was part of Betty Westbrook's team who taught labs on Pediatric Lymphedema. In total, we taught our lab 5 times, so each lab group was able to learn the same material. After a whirlwind weekend & definitely not enough sleep, I walked away with a lot of great new knowledge & a fantastic review of skills that I've let slide over the past couple years since my CLT course. So in today's episode, we're covering some of the takeaways from the recent NLN 2021 Conference: