Presentations

If you are planning an educational event and are looking for a speaker, Patrice has a number of presentations that she has given for multiple audiences, whether professional or lay. If you don't see what you need on the list below, she can work with you to customize a program for your specific needs.

Please contact her at rancour.1@osu.edu if you would like to inquire into developing a conference presentation, class lecture, web-based educational program or other educational service.

The Psycho-Spiritual Implications of Illness

  • Spirituality and Healing
  • Psycho-Oncology
  • Tales from the Pager Chronicles:Readings from the Bedside
  • The Impact of Grief on Those Left Behind
  • Courageous Conversations: Communication Skills for End of Life Care Decision-Making
  • Addressing the Psycho-Spiritual Issues of Physically Ill Patients

Worksite Wellness

  • Developing a Worksite Wellness Program: How to Get Started and Return on Investment
  • Health Coaching
  • Responding to Serious Illness in the Workplace

Other Selected Topics

  • Health Care Workers as Wounded Healers
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Working through Change and Transition
  • Finding Reliable Health Information on the Internet
  • Are You Sleeping? Sleep Management for Insomniacs
  • Advance Directives

Complementary and Alternative Therapies

  • Complementary and Alternative Therapy: An Overview
  • Integrating Complementary and Alternative Therapies into End of Life Care
  • Guided Imagery and Reiki
  • The Many Applications of Guided Imagery
  • Therapeutic Strategies for Working through Body Image Disturbances
  • A Matched Set: Using Letter-Writing a Means of Integrating an Altered Body Image
  • Tell Me What You See: Using Art Appreciation as Healing Modality
  • Using Archetypes and Transitions Theory to Assist Patients to Move from Active Treatment to Survivorship
  • From Ageing to Sageing: Making the End of Life Your Crowning Achievement

Patrice Rancour, MS, RN, PMHCNS-BC