LAURA STROHMEYER
Employment
Clinical Director, GI
AmSurg Corp, Dallas, TX
Education
RN Diploma
Board Certifications: CGRN
Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC)
ABCGN/SGNA Involvement
National:
SGNA Board of Directors, 2006-2010
SGNA Member, 26 years
National SIG member, 13 years
SGNA mentor for board certification, 2 years
SGNA Lab Management Special Interest Group-Chair, May 00-01
SGNA Newsletter Editor, May 1999- May 2001
SGNA Web Site Committee May 1998-2001
ABCGN (formerly Certifying Board of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates CBGNA)
Board of Directors, 11/98-5/02
National House of Delegates 1995, 1997
Regional:
Board of Directors, SGNA Northern Texas Region, 2003-present
NTSGNA Regional Director 2008-present
NTSGNA Regional President 2003
LSGNA Regional President 1996, 1998
Other Involvement
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc., member: 2009present
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, member: 2007-2009
Texas Organization of Nurse Executives, member: 2003-2005
Louisiana Organization of Nurse Executives, member: 1998-2000
Crohn’s Colitis Foundation of America, Inc., 1998-2010
North Texas CCFA Board of Trustees 2002-2005
Founder and Co-Facilitator - Dallas CCFA Education and Self Help
Support
Group 04-09
Founder and Co-Facilitator - Plano CCFA Education and Self Help
Support Group 02-04
Publications
1. Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Not Just a Gut Feeling, 2009, Nursing Spectrum
2. Finding Support when you have Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome, May 09: Vol 14;
Salix-Online Patient Newsletter
3. The Scoop in the Scope- Prep Tips form a Pro, March 10: Vol 19; Salix-Online
Patient Newsletter
Presentations
Meeting CMS Conditions for Coverage
for Infection Control at Ambulatory
Endoscopy Centers
GI Bleeding: The Nurses Role
Endoscope Reprocessing: Are your
Patients at Risk?
Endoscope Reprocessing: Are your
Patients at Risk?
Sedation in the GI Lab for EUS and
ERCP
GI Management Workshop
The Endoscopy Manager: The Power to
Make a Difference
Sedation During ERCP & EUS
GI Bleeding
Working in Harmony in the GI Lab
GI Management Workshop
Introduction to ERCP Accessories
GI Manager on a Mission, or Mission
Impossible
The Role of Support Groups for the IBD
Patient
Working in Harmony in the GI Lab
GI Bleeding: The On-Call Nightmare
GI Bleeding- The On-Call Nightmare
US Standards for Endoscope
Reprocessing and Current Reprocessing
in China
Why Certify?
GI Bleeding: A Life or Death Situation
Pancreatitis and Bowel Obstruction
Cholecystitis/ Appendicitis/ GI Bleeding
Standards for Reprocessing Flexible
Endoscopes in the United States
GI Bleeding: A Life or Death Situation
Medications for Inflammatory Bowel
Disease
How To Survive JCAHO
GI Medications
Certification for the GI Nurse
GI Nurses Guide to the Internet
Managing Across the Miles, Multiple
Sites, Multiple Units
Dilators: What Kind, When, How?
APIC: Webinar
9/28/11
ASGE: Advancing the GI Team
AmSurg Center Director Conference
Oakbrook, IL
Nashville, TN
6/11/10
4/22/10
NTSGNA 3rd Annual Lone Star
Roundup
WNCSGNA Regional Spring Meeting
“Spring Symposium: Irish Style:
SGNA 36th Annual Education Course
SGNA 35th Annual Education Course
Dallas, TX
11/14/09
Mooresville,
NC
St. Louis, MO
Salt Lake City,
UT
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD
Dallas, TX
3/13/09
San Antonio,
TX
San Antonio,
TX
Cincinnati, OH
5/23/06
Cincinnati, OH
03/04/06
Minneapolis,
MN
Dallas, TX
05/17/05
6th Annual Clinical Nursing
Symposium, PHD
GFWSGNA 16th Annual Educational
Symposium
Medical Surgical/ Oncology/ Post
Acute Internship Course
Medical Surgical/ Oncology/ Post
Acute Internship Course
10th Congress of Chinese Society for
Hospital Infection Management
SGNA 30th Annual Education Course
CCFA Patient and Family IBD
Educational Symposium
NTSGNA GI Nursing Update
Digestive Health Seminar, Medical
Center of Plano
FWSGNA meeting
27th SGNA Annual Educational
Meeting
25th SGNA Annual Education Meeting
Dallas, TX
03/05/04
Fort Worth, TX
02/29/04
Dallas, TX
02/11/04
Dallas, TX
02/11/04
Hangzhou,
China
Atlanta, GA
Dallas, TX
10/22/03
Dallas, TX
Plano, TX
09/28/02
04/04/02
Fort Worth, TX
Anaheim, CA
08/10/00
05/22/00
Denver, CO
05/19/98
25th SGNA Annual Education Meeting
Denver, CO
05/19/98
UTSW 2nd Annual Endo Team Course
AACN- Dallas Chapter
SGNA 34th Annual Education Course
SGNA 34th Annual Education Course
UTSW EndoNurse/Tech Course in
ERCP/EUSSGNA 33rd Annual Education Course
SGNA 33rd Annual Education Course
OSGNA Annual Educational
Symposium
OSGNA Annual Educational
Symposium
SGNA 32nd Annual Education Course
NTSGNA Regional Meeting
5/21/09
05/17/08
1/12/08
8/7/07
5/22/07
5/19/07
1/13/07
5/22/06
03/04/06
03/26/04
05/20/03
04/05/03
Point of Service Testing for H. pylori
Colonic Tattooing
Dilators: What Kind, When, How?
Nursing Considerations for PEG’s
LSGNA Spring GI Educational
Seminar
LSGNA Spring GI Educational
Seminar
LSGNA Fall Fest 95
LSGNA- The ABC’s of PEG’s
Baton Rouge,
LA
Baton Rouge,
LA
Hammond, LA
Baton Rouge,
LA
Research
1. Clinical Study Coordinator: GHBA/Janssen-JR051:619/1203 : Clinical Evaluation
of Cisapride in the Treatment of Chronic Gastroesophageal Reflux disease-A
Multicenter Dose-Response Trial-1989-1990
2. Clinical Study Coordinator: GHBA-170 : A 42 Day, Double-Blind Parallel
Groupmulti center Study to Compare the Safety and Efficacy of Three Dose
Levels of Budenoside with Placebo in Adults Patients with Distal Ulcerative
Colitis/Proctitis-1991.
3. Clinical Study Coordinator: GHBA/Glaxo-H2B-302 : A Multi center, Randomized,
Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Evaluation of Healing and Relapse Rates
Following Oral GR122311X Compared with GR88502X, Ranitidine and Placebo
in Patients with Duodenal Ulcer-1992-94.
1. 4.
Clinical Study Coordinator: -GHBA/Glaxo-H2B-312 : A Multicenter,
Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Evaluation of Healing and Rates
Following Oral GR122311X Compared with GR88502X,Ranitidine and Placebo
in
Patients with Benign Gastric Ulcer-1992-95.
4. Clinical Study Coordinator -CTMS/Glaxo- H2B-306: A Multi center, Randomized,
Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Evaluation of Healing and Relapse Rates
Following Oral GR122311X in Combination with Clarithromycin, Compared with
GR122311X, Clarithromycin, and Placebo in Patients with Duodenal Ulcer-199394.
5. Clinical Study Coordinator -GHBA/Astra Hässle-I-1002a.b. and QL-Healing and
Prevention of Gastroduodenal Lesions Induced by Non-Steroidal, Antiinflammatory Drugs During Oral Treatment with Omeprazole or Misoprostal in
Patients with Arthritic Disease-1993-1994.
6. Clinical Study Coordinator- Janssen- CIS-USA-52A-Clinical Evaluation of
Propulsid (cisapride)Tablets, 20 mg B.I.D., in the Treatment of Subjects with
Symptoms of Chronic Esophageal Reflux Disease 1994-1995.
7. Clinical Study Coordinator- Glaxo-H2BA3001 -A Randomized, Double-Blind,
Multi-Center, Evaluation of H.Pylori Eradication Rates following Oral GR122311X
PlusClarithromycin 500 mg T.I.D. Compared to Oral GR122311X Plus
Clarithromycin500mg BID in Subjects with Duodenal Ulcer. 1995-1996.
Awards
CBGNA- 2007 Certified Professional of the Year, 5/22/07
Texas Nurses Association: Great 100 Nurses, 5/9/2007
Proctor & Gamble- PHD GI Professional of the Year- 3/06
2000 Edith LoBue Leadership Award, Baton Rouge General Med Ctr., 5/11/00
Essay
I have worked in GI Endoscopy for over 28 years and have been a certified GI
RN for 21 years. The field of GI Nursing has offered me numerous opportunities to help
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patients, educate the public, motivate my peers, participate in professional organizations
and achieve my professional goals.
I have participated in numerous health fairs and programs to promote colon
cancer awareness and treatment of GI diseases. My most rewarding experience
working with the public was facilitating an IBD Support Group for seven years. When I
participate in direct patient care, I think it is important to think of each patient as an
individual and work with physicians to meet all patient need during each procedure.
I believe that certification in your specialty is not only a means of personal
satisfaction, but a way to encourage certification to your peers. I have given numerous
presentations on the importance of certification and organized study groups for those
preparing for certification. It has been rewarding making a difference in this profession
through leadership positions with SGNA (regional and national) and ABCGN.
In the last two years I have started working in the ambulatory setting, and I work
closely with 16 ambulatory endoscopy centers. I enjoy the opportunity to share my
passion for GI nursing, and encouraging others to get all they can from GI nursing.