2008 National Conference Handouts

Please check back periodically for the handouts to be posted.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Workshop Day! - please note that each workshop will have handouts distributed on site for registrants.

Special thanks to Cardinal Health and Baxter for providing meals and refreshment breaks to our workshop attendees.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Keynote Address - Acute Pain Management in War Disaster -- Chester 'Trip' Buckenmaier, III, MD

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Breakfast Symposium* - Supported by Boston Scientific -- Application of Electrical Neuromodulation for Treatment of Chronic Pain -- Carolyn Jass, PhD, RN-BC, CNS, James E. Hagen, MS, Daniel S. Bennett, MD

General Session - The Hospitalized Older Patient with Pain -- Chris Pasero, MS, RN-BC, FAAN; Special Guest: Margo McCaffery, RN, MS, FAAN

General Session - Common Foundation-Uniting our Voices -- Micke Brown, BSN, RN

Lunch Symposium* - Supported by Cephalon -- Refining the Art of Assessment in the Patient with Chronic Pain: The Key to Minimizing Risk and Improving Outcomes -- Micke Brown, BSN, RN, Steve Stanos, DO, Steve Passik, PhD

Jean Guyvean Lecture: Supported by Purdue Pharma LP -- Escape Fire: Improving the Quality of Pain Care -- Debra Gordon, RN-BC, MS, FAAN, APRN-BC

Dinner Symposium* - Supported by Endo Pharmaceuticals -- Pain and Aging: The Imperative for Comprehensive Management -- Keela Herr, PhD, RN, FAAN, AGSF, Paul Arnstein, PhD, RN-BC, APRN-BC, Patricia Bruckenthal, PhD, RN, ANP

Friday, September 5, 2008

Breakfast Symposium* - Continuing Education Breakfast Symposium supported by Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -- Intrathecal Therapy: Evaluating the Evidence -- Anne Sapienza-Crawford, RN, MSN, CNP, Sharon Fiekowsky, RN, MSN, NP-C, Lisa Stearns, MD

Concurrent Session I

A.  Sickle Cell Disease Pain Management: Evidence Based Clinical Practice Guidelines Enhance Health-Related Quality of Life -- Phyllis Bazen, MS, FNP-BC

B. Managing Post-Op Pain - A Multimodal Approach -- Lois Pizzi, BSN, RN-BC

C.  Radiofrequency Ablation and Epidural Steriod Injections for Pain Related Degenerative Spine Disease -- Janette Elliott, RN-BC, MSN, AOCN

D. Tools of the Trade--Diane Santangelo, MS,RN,ANP-C

E.  Acute Pain Management in the Opioid-Tolerant -- Kathleen Colfer, MSN, RN-BC

F. ASPMN Grant Presentation - Deborah Dydyk, MA, BSN, RN-BC; June Eilers, PhD, RN, CS, BC

Lunch Symposium* - Supported by Hospira -- Challenges with PCA, Patient Safety and Technology -- JoAnne Phillips, RN, MSN, CCRN, Janet Moss, RN, MS, CPAN

Concurrent Session II

A. Blessing of Hands: A Celebration of Hands that Provide Competence and Caring to Those in Need -- Connie Luedtke, MA, RN-BC

B.  Integrative Medicine Practices at R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center -- Donna Audia, RN

C.  Neuropathic Pain -- CJ Cullinan, RN, BSN, CRRN, MHSA

D.  Interventional Pain Management Techniques in the Oncology Patient -- Linda Vanni, RN, MSN, CS

E.  Restless Leg Syndrome: Is this a Pain Issue? -- Kathy Lattavo, RN, MSN, RN-BC

F. ASPMN™ Advocacy Survey -- Laurie Ware, PhD, RN, Susan O'Connor-Von, DNSC, RN-BC, Patricia Bruckenthal, PhD, RN, ANP, Gail C. Davis, EdD, RN

Concurrent Session III

A.  Understanding Migraines and Treatment Options -- Deborah Zajac, RN-BC

B.  The Role of Pre-Emptive Analgesia in the Orthopedic Patient: Preventing Pain Before it Starts -- Lisa Rudolph, MS, RN, CNS, RN-BC

C.  Pain Technologies and Toraldol: Facing the Challenge in Pediatric Orthopedics -- Renee Manworren, MS, RN-BC, CNS, Trudi Nelson, RN-BC

D.  New Developments in Cannabinoid Research -- Jennifer Wagner, BS

E.  Development and Outcomes of an Advanced Practice Nurse Led In-Patient Pain Management Service -- Kimberly Rich, MS, APRN-NP, Randy Hudspeth, MS, APRN-NP/CNS

F.1. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Patients with Chronic Pain -- Carla Jungquist, MSN, FNP-BC, PhD,C

F.2. Chronic Stress and Quality of Life in Sickle Cell Diseased (SCD): Perspectives of Adult Patients -- Phyllis Bazen, MS, FNP-BC

Concurrent Session IV

A.  The Power of a Healing Image in Pain Management -- Sandy Jost, PhD, MS

B.  Experiment in the Field: A Communicaty-Based Pain Project -- Patricia Rosier, MS, APRN-BC

C. End-of-Life Pain Management and the Ethical Principal of Double Effect -- Deborah Bourgeois, RN, BSN, CHPN

D. Pediatric Migraine -- Trisha Stuckey, MSN, FNP

E. Creative Methods for Teaching Pain Management Concepts in any Teaching/Learning Setting -- Agnes DiStasi, MSN, RN

F.1. Gender, Experience, Type of Hospital and Culture Are Associated with Pain Knowledge and Attitudes Among Registered Nurses: A Regional Study -- Patricia Bruckenthal, PhD, RN

F.2.  Pain in Children with Down Syndrome: Assessment and Intervention by Parents -- Roswitha Davis, MSN, RN

Dinner Symposium* - Supported by an educational grant from PriCara, Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., administered by Ortho-McNeil Scientific Affairs, LLC.-- Understanding the Pharmacology of Analgesics -- Chris Pasero, MS, RN-BC, FAAN, Rosemary Polomano, PhD, RN, FAAN, Debra Gordon, RN-BC, MS, FAAN, APRN-BC, Colleen Dunwoody, MS, RN-BC

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Breakfast Symposium* - Supported by Smiths Medical -- The Central Role of Nursing in the Assessment and Management of Patient Controlled Analgesia -- Claudia Campbell, BSN, RN-BC, Renee Manworren, MS, RN-BC, CNS

Concurrent Session V

A. Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy -- Judith A. Paice, PhD, RN, FAAN

B.  The Role of Massage Therapy and Other Integrative Medicine Therapies with the Comprehensive Pain Service in the Development of a Pediatric Integrative Medicine Pain Clinic -- Sharon Wrona, RN, MS, PNP-BC; Susan Edgar, LMT, LISW

C. Pain Management in the Chemically Dependent Patient -- Phyllis Bazen, MS, FNP-C

D.  Emergency Department Pain Management: A Joint Position Statement -- Joan Beard, RN-BC, MSN,

Colleen Dunwoody, RN-BC, MS, Karen Sikorski, RN, MSN

E.  Pain Management for the Wounded Warrior -- Christine Rupprecht, MSN, RN, CNS

F.1. Piloting Music, Imagery, and Massage as Non-Drug Enhancements in Post-Operative Pain Management -- Suzanne Tracy, PhD, RN

F2.  Guided Imagery with Relaxation for Reduction of Symptoms and Medication Use for Osteoarthritis -- Carol Baird, DNS, APRN, BC

Concurrent Session VI

A.  Fibromyalgia (FMS) The "Invisible" Disease and Effective Natural Therapies -- Karen Kowal, RN, LMT, NCTMB

B.  Pain Management for the Hospitalized Client with Delirium -- Ann Schreier, RN, PhD

C.  Unraveling the Myth, Mysteries of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) -- Helen DeCorte, RN-BC, MSN, FNP

D.  Use of Acupressure to Relieve Low Back Pain -- Guy McCormack, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

E.  Let's Talk Pain Coalition - APF, AAPM, ASPMN™

F.1.  The Impact of a Structured Opioid Renewal Clinic on Aberrant Drug Behavior Outcomes at a Northeastern VA Medical Center -- Salimah Meghani, PhD, MBE, CRNP, RN

F.2.  Prior Conditions Influencing Nurses' Decisions to Adopt Evidence Based Post-Operative Pain Assessment Practices -- Cathy Carlson, PhD, RN

Lunch Symposium* - Supported by Alpharma Pharmaceuticals LLC -- Emerging Technologies: A Focus on Safety -- Susan Pendergrass, MSN, Med, APRN-BC, FNP, Steven Stanos, DO, Jennifer Schneider, MD, PhD

General Session - Pain Advocacy in Action: The Role of the Pain Management Nurse in the Media and the Plan to Communicate the Message - ASPMN™ Media Task Force

General Session - Urine Drug Testing: Everything You Need to Know -- Elaine Swope, MSN, RN-BC, CNP

Closing Key Note: Pain Control: The Essence of Humanity -- Judith A. Paice, PhD, RN, FAAN

Complimentary Dinner Presentation* - NEO PATHWAYS: New Directions in Pain -- Ali Nemat, MD--

Moderate to severe acute pain is frequently undertreated and has potential to progress to chronic pain. A multimodal approach targeting receptors along ascending and descending pathways of pain signaling may be an effective strategy.  This program discusses effective pain management barriers, inadequate management consequences, and suggestions to optimize analgesic therapy. 

Sponsored by PriCara® a division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Facilitated by Haymarket.

Note:  If the session is not linked, the speaker has not yet provided us with a presentation. We will be updating this page as we receive them.