Ms. Hatton has spent her career in pediatric healthcare. She is a proud Purdue alumnus completing her undergraduate studies in 1992 with a BS in Nursing. She received her MSN – PNP from Indiana University in 2011. She currently practices at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis as a PNP with the palliative care team. Ms. Hatton completed training in the End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) pediatric APRN and instructor curriculum. She is trained as a VitalTalk instructor and is looking forward to teaching even more clinicians verbal tools to communicate empathically and effectively. Ms. Hatton is a certified hospice palliative pediatric nurse (CHPPN), certified diabetes educator (CDE) and a current item writer for the PNCB CPNP-PC exam. Ms. Hatton served on the NAPNAP Professional Issues committee (2012-2018) as well as the Pediatric Palliative Care SIG and has served on the Indiana NAPNAP chapter executive board.
Sessions
Empathic Communication 101: How to Approach Difficult Conversations in Any Setting