Barb Bancroft

Biography

Barb Bancroft is a widely acclaimed national speaker, noted for her humorous, entertaining and information packed seminars. She is author of the books Medical Minutiae, An Apple a Day—the ABCs of Diet and Disease and Live a Little, Laugh a Lot.

Many people can conduct health seminars, or write books on health, but very few can make them both thoroughly informative and entertaining. Barb Bancroft makes complex health topics easily understandable, appealing and hilarious.

Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP has provided more than 2000 educational and motivational seminars on clinical topics and health maintenance topics to healthcare professionals and corporations throughout the US and Canada. She has been the keynote/plenary speaker for corporate groups such as Smith Barney/Citicorp and the Million Dollar Round Table. She has provided keynote/plenary speeches for healthcare associations including the Association for Practitioners for Infection Control, The National Association of Biology Teachers, The Emergency Nurses' Association, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the Pacific Coast Dental Association, the Washington State Dental Association, and more.

Barb has held faculty positions at the University of Virginia, the University of Arkansas, Loyola University of Chicago, St. Xavier University of Chicago. She has provided courses on Advanced Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Physical Assessment to both graduate and undergraduate students. She is currently the Executive Director and President of CPP Associates, Inc., a continuing education firm for corporations and healthcare professionals based in Chicago, Illinois.

Publications

Live A Little, Laugh A Lot
Live a Little, Laugh a Lot succeeds in a way that few life/health tomes do. It is at once a genuine clinical reference manual and a cover-to-cover, funny read packed with riveting anecdotes, strange-but-true facts, medical misconceptions, and advice on disease prevention and treatment. The book is laugh-out-loud enjoyment for anyone who lives and breathes. Bancroft engages the reader with true, hilarious reports from the annals of medicine and quotes from actual patient charts describing clinical conditions. With chapters like Gender Benders, French Fries and Thunder Thighs, and Funny Pharm, the reader can laugh themselves healthy.

Titles

Take this job and ... LOVE IT!!
(Nurses' week motivational presentation)
To Your Health!
Live a Little, Laugh a Lot
An Apple a Day_the ABCs of Diet and Disease
Moon Pies, French Fries, and Thunder Thighs
Unstress for Success
Beating the Blues
Conquering cancer—what can YOU do?
Barb's Best Bets
Livin', Laughin', and Learnin'... through the Years
Kick the Tires, and Check under the Hood!
Hearty, Heart, Heart, Heart