Dr. Pagana has been a leader in healthcare for more than 40 years, with experiences including college teaching, administration, clinical practice, business management, consulting, writing, and professional speaking. She is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP).
Among the 29 books she has written, she has co-authored the number one best-selling book on healthcare diagnostic and laboratory testing. This book (Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference) has sold almost two million copies and has been translated into seven languages. She began her professional career in the Army Nurse Corps, where she rose to the rank of Captain and combined military protocol with clinical expertise, leadership, teamwork, and patient care.
Kathy received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in Nursing Research, where she focused on how individuals respond to stress. She created a research instrument that is still in use around the world today.
Following completion of her PhD, she became a full professor in the Department of Nursing at Lycoming College and also held positions as Faculty Chairperson and Academic Dean. As the Academic Dean, the most common description of her leadership style was that she combined a broad knowledge base and strong management skills with excellent interpersonal communications.
Today she continues to serve Lycoming College as Professor Emeritus, the highest rank awarded to faculty who have advanced the college mission through meritorious teaching, scholarship, and service. Her most prestigious awards include the Army Commendation Medal, a Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence, and numerous accolades recognizing her articles and books.
Kathy and her husband, Tim, are the proud parents of 3 daughters. Kathy enjoys swimming, yoga, reading, golfing, weight lifting, running, biking, and competing in sprint triathlons. Working today as an independent author and speaker, her presentations, seminars, and retreats help businesses and not-for-profit organizations address the challenges of leadership. The 2nd edition of The Nurse's Etiquette Advantage: How Professional Etiquette Can Advance Your Nursing Career, was published in 2015 and received an AJN Book of the Year Award.
Among the 29 books she has written, she has co-authored the number one best-selling book on healthcare diagnostic and laboratory testing. This book (Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference) has sold almost two million copies and has been translated into seven languages. She began her professional career in the Army Nurse Corps, where she rose to the rank of Captain and combined military protocol with clinical expertise, leadership, teamwork, and patient care.
Kathy received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in Nursing Research, where she focused on how individuals respond to stress. She created a research instrument that is still in use around the world today.
Following completion of her PhD, she became a full professor in the Department of Nursing at Lycoming College and also held positions as Faculty Chairperson and Academic Dean. As the Academic Dean, the most common description of her leadership style was that she combined a broad knowledge base and strong management skills with excellent interpersonal communications.
Today she continues to serve Lycoming College as Professor Emeritus, the highest rank awarded to faculty who have advanced the college mission through meritorious teaching, scholarship, and service. Her most prestigious awards include the Army Commendation Medal, a Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence, and numerous accolades recognizing her articles and books.
Kathy and her husband, Tim, are the proud parents of 3 daughters. Kathy enjoys swimming, yoga, reading, golfing, weight lifting, running, biking, and competing in sprint triathlons. Working today as an independent author and speaker, her presentations, seminars, and retreats help businesses and not-for-profit organizations address the challenges of leadership. The 2nd edition of The Nurse's Etiquette Advantage: How Professional Etiquette Can Advance Your Nursing Career, was published in 2015 and received an AJN Book of the Year Award.
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Celebrating the Pride and Passion of Nursing
This uplifting and thought-provoking program is designed to remind nurses why they chose nursing and to inspire them to face each day with passion and purpose. It will them make proud to celebrate their contributions to the profession they entered as new graduates, the profession they are working in today, and the profession they are shaping for tomorrow's nurses. Learn how to:
Generating Momentum to Reach Personal and Professional Goals Do you ever feel like your career is stuck in a rut? Perhaps you want something different but do not know what it is or how to get it. This engaging and inspirational session supports this challenge by generating professional momentum and maximizing leadership opportunities. Participants will learn how to position themselves today for the position they want tomorrow. Learn how to:
Reinvesting in Your Potential: A Game Plan for Life and Work As Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams." However, believing is not enough to reach our dreams and maximize our potential. We need to be proactive and take action demonstrating the importance of investing in ourselves. We need to cross the bridge from 'saying and thinking' to actually 'doing and achieving'. If you're not for yourself, who else will be? This fun, interactive, and lively program provides the tools and techniques for building a career without sacrificing the importance of a personal life. Learn how to:
Momentum Leadership: Energizing Your Career with Purpose, Protocol & Passion Today's leaders are challenged to continually solve new problems. But they must also implement the creative solutions they conceive. By increasing and sustaining their leadership momentum, they can succeed at both. Learn how to:
Leveling the Playing Field: The Etiquette Advantage for Leaders & Upcoming Leaders While nursing education has focused on leadership, management and professional issues, etiquette has been the "missing link" for success in the workplace. This fun and entertaining session will prepare you to handle awkward and challenging situations that could diminish your confidence, tarnish your reputation, and derail your career aspirations. Learn how to:
Blunder-free Business Meals: A Fun & Practical Guide to Dining Etiquette When you think of essential business skills, knowing where to put your napkin when excusing yourself from the table may not come to mind. But, anyone seeking to expand career options would do well to brush up on dining etiquette. Many business discussions take place over meals. This fun and interactive session will provide you with the key tips to make the business meal work for you. Learn how to:
Balancing Your Life in the Midst of Change & Chaos Would you describe your life as sane and satisfying or chaotic and crazy? Overloaded people often abandon key self-care practices that bring relief and help them cope in stressful times. The resulting situation is unhealthy, unsustainable, and unnecessary. During this fun, lively, and interactive program, you'll find ways to make vital adjustments in your personal and professional lives to handle the multiple decisions and requests bombarding all aspects of your life. You'll learn that balance isn't a luxury but a necessity for an energizing personal life and a rewarding career. Learn how to:
Life in the Fast lane: Balancing Life & Work Today's high achieving individuals feel increased demands on their life, both socially and professionally. They increase the risk of living an "out of balance" life, stressing their health, and making them feel overwhelmed. By being more intentional about our time, we can increase both our productivity and sense of well-being. Learn how to:
How to Avoid the 7 Deadly Speaker Mistakes We have all used an occasional "ah" or "um" when speaking. These are minor problems that may diminish the effectiveness of a presentation but they do not doom the presentation to failure. However, speakers who make any of the 7 deadly speaking mistakes can doom their presentations. If you know the mistakes, you can avoid them. Learn how to:
Presenting with Power & Pizzazz Did you know that if your presentation skills are weak, you will probably appear less than competent even if you are a content expert? You will leave this fun and informative presentation knowing how to put power and pizzazz into your very next presentation. Highlights include tips for beginning, ending, transitioning, using stories, adding humor, and handling PowerPoint. You will be able to take your presentations up a notch by knowing how to handle questions and making nervousness work for you instead of against you. Learn how to:
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