Barb Bancroft

Barb Bancroft Speaking Topics

Take this job and...LOVE IT!!

Barb presents a lively and humorous look at the wonderful world of the healthcare profession. Any healthcare professional can benefit as she shares her 40+ years of experience by weaving tales from yesteryear with current nursing, medical, and pharmacological progress. What was once called heartburn is the more sophisticated GERD in today’s world of nursing and medicine. Treatment used to be 2 ounces of milk alternating with 2 ounces of Maalox. We have come a long way. ED can designate an emergency department or erectile dysfunction—who knew? Dead neurons “back in the day” were never capable of regenerating—not true in today’s world. Strokes are treated differently, heart attacks are no longer called heart attacks, and “a touch of the flu” is no longer an issue—COVID-19 is a nightmare. Join Barb for a clinically relevant, fascinating and fun discussion – comparing what’s old, what’s new, and why healthcare profession is one of the most respected and trusted professions in the world. Barb's Take This Job and Love it will have you laughing your way to another healthy and prosperous year in nursing.

To Your Health!

Most of us are so focused on taking business endeavors and taking care of others, that we neglect to consider our own health as a priority. In this entertaining and educational presentation, Barb Bancroft will discuss the most important health concerns in today's workforce and the implications of self management. Topics include the use of humor and sunlight in boosting the immune system, how to prevent cardiovascular disease with therapeutic lifestyle changes, stress reduction techniques, and the importance of regular check-ups with your health care professional. Barb cleverly incorporates the latest findings on dietary influences and how to easily incorporate changes into your everyday routine. You will not only leave the seminar laughing your way to a healthier lifestyle, but you will take home practical pearls for health maintenance.

Live a Little, Laugh a Lot

This seminar is "vintage Barb"...chock-full of humorous tidbits about how we can use diet, exercise, sunlight, stress reduction, and other techniques to live a healthier lifestyle. Barb discusses the latest research on diet and disease prevention, the many benefits of exercise, the healing benefits of sunlight, techniques to reduce stress, and other alternative as well as traditional forms of medicine to live a long, productive, less stressful, happy life. Laugh your way to another healthy decade (and more!)

Neurology of Aging

Did you know that you reach your peak mental capacity at age 24? And then you have 6 good years. You are a mental giant between the ages of 24 and 30, and then the "party is over". But is it really? What happens the day after your 30th birthday? Pop a blueberry in your mouth and continue reading this blurb. Barb will discuss the changes occurring in the brain as it undergoes the process of senescence. What are considered to be normal age-related declines in cognitive function? What can you do NOW to delay this decline? Pop a blueberry in your mouth and continue reading this blurb.How can you boost the brain's ability to produce new neurons? New synapses? Barb will also discuss the common neurologic diseases associated with aging, including the epidemiology, pathophysiology, physical assessment, and pharmacologic management of each condition. Conditions to be included: Dementia of the Alzheimer Type (DAT), nutritional dementias, vascular dementias, Parkinson's disease, cerebrovascular disease, depression in the elderly, mild cognitive impairment, and more...What's new on the horizon for the treatment of neurologic conditions in the elderly? How might the "statin" drugs revolutionize the treatment of the aging brain? Will there be a vaccine against Alzheimer's disease in the near future? Join Barb for a delightful day of NEURO NUGGETS--for your own brain health and for the brain health of your aging friends, your aging family and your aging patients. And, don't forget to pop a blueberry in your mouth after you finish reading this blurb.

Autoimmune Disease

This 90-minute seminar provides an overview of autoimmunity and time way in which the process of inflammation and immunity relate to the “loss of self-recognition.” It explores the relationship of estrogen to autoimmune disease as well as inheritance factors. The discussion will include the mechanism of “immune attack” on the tissues, diagnostic laboratory tests, and the old and new treatment modalities including the biological response modifiers such as monocloral antibodies and TNF.

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Barb Bancroft Speaker Testimonials

You have made our event unforgettable for the past 3 years! Our nurses have loved having you at our event so many times and we consider ourselves very lucky for this. You are by far the best rated, most requested, one-of-a-kind speakers we have ever known!! Thank you, thank you, thank you Barb for being an amazing nurse, role model, educator and author! A very fond aloha.

- Amy Thomas, Chief Nursing Officer, Hawai’I Pacific Healthcare |

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hank you, Barb. The Carefree conference was terrific due to your good medicine "laughter," which I tried to share with the staff I manage but the delivery was not the same as you. You are dynamic, engage the audience and the laughter lasts much longer than the 2-hour presentation. Thank you so much. I cannot wait to share the DVD's with the staff! Be well. Be safe , and continue to share the laughter, it is a gift.

- Kelly Redding RN, BSN St . Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center |

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I just wanted to Thank You on behalf of myself as well as MHSTE! I am still laughing when I think about your presentations. I laughed until I cried actually during the presentations. As I am sure you already know, the evaluations were fabulous! Most of them said they want to see and hear you again next year. You might want to think about penciling in MHSTE (MHSE) Conference for next July. One of the best presentations I think I have ever heard. Thanks again!

- Barb Houk |

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All 10's across the board! Barb well-demonstrated her nursing leadership skills during the event!

- Western Kentucky University Nurses Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International |