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ASPMN Certification Preparation Course Offering
December 16, 2011
Flagler Hospital
St. Augustine, FL
Contact: Jennifer Davis
Jennifer.Davis@flaglerhospital.org
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Pamela Bennett
Ann Schreier
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Upcoming Events:
ASPMN is dedicated to providing its members with the most pertinent, up-to-date information available concerning pain management. The events below are part of that initiative. If you have an event that would benefit our members, please contact the National Office at aspmn@goamp.com.
The 14th Annual Pain Management Symposium
M Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada
January 21 - 25, 2012
Tremendous changes have affected the practice of pain management, particularly therapeutic advances. This 5-day Symposium will promote a better understanding of the pathophysiology of acute and chronic pain, enhance knowledge regarding various chronic neuropathic pain conditions, and critically review novel state-of-the-art interventional and noninterventional techniques in diagnosis and management of chronic pain, cancer pain, and headache. A nationally renowned faculty will provide insightful assessment and clinical practice evaluation of the topics.
Click here for the conference brochure or go to www.ccfcme.org/pain12 for more information.
Virginia Nursing Students’ Association
Annual State Convention 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Univ. of Virginia School of Nursing
Charlottesville, VA
The Virginia Nursing Students’ Association invites you to exhibit at our 2012 Annual Convention in the state’s beautiful campus of UVA in Charlottesville, VA. This is an outstanding opportunity to recruit the brightest nursing students in Virginia. In past years, they have had approximately 600 students in attendance.
This event will provide students insight into the opportunities available for them in nursing – both traditional and non-traditional. The convention will be a daylong event comprised of a keynote speech and focus sessions with speakers from different avenues of the nursing field. They offer an optional NCLEX review for interested attendees.
Click here for more information or go to their website at www.vnsa.us.
The 6th WIP World Pain Congress
February 4-6, 2012
Miami Beach, Florida, USA
The 6th WIP World Pain Congress aims to advance the management of pain centers to a level of excellence and to implement the knowledge continuously provided by various pain associations. This furthers WIP’s main goal - to better educate pain physicians for the 21st century. Click here for more information.
60th Annual Convention
“The Brilliance of Nursing: Celebrating 60 Years of NJNS, Inc.”
Bally’s Atlantic City
1900 Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ
February 16 & 17, 2012
NJNS is a state-level constituent of the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) that represents over 1800 nursing students in New Jersey. The convention is recognized for the number of attendees, both students and faculty. At the 2011 annual convention, there were over 2000 attendees.
Email 1stvp@njnsinc.org for more information.
8TH Annual Sarasota Memorial Winter Pain Medicine Symposium
February 18th & 19th 2012
Longboat Key Club & Resort
301 Gulf of Mexico Drive
Longboat Key, FL 34228
The Sarasota Winter Pain Symposium is an Interdisciplinary Conference which offers 15 CME hours provided by a formal didactic lectures and physical examination workshops. The meeting is directed to pain medicine and related discipline physicians who wish to increase their knowledge base and diagnostic skills in managing chronic pain related problems, ARNP’s and RN’s, PA’s, OT/PT’s and related pain care providers will also benefit from the lectures and physical exam workshops.
Click here to view the brochure. Click here for the agenda. For more information email kara-boling@smh.com.
Palliative Medicine and Supportive Oncology 2012
The 15th International Symposium
February 23-25, 2012
Key Largo Marriot Bay
Key Largo, Florida
Course Description:
This symposium provides an in-depth look at the fields of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Oncology. It will enable attendees to analyze and improve their patient treatment strategies. Utilizing research data, case studies, parallel workshops and group discussions, national and international experts will challenge the audience to explore new options with the goal of improving patient outcomes.
This Activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.
Contact Information & Registration: 800.238.6750 or 216.448.0770
Click here for the event website.
Pain Medicine for the Non-Pain Specialist
Marriott, Marco Island, Florida
March 8-10, 2012
Course Objective: There is an increasing need for primary care physicians to have more understanding of pain management and to be able to work in collaboration with pain management specialists and better understand how, when, and why to refer their patients for specialized pain care. This course will provide an update on critical issues in the management of chronic pain to address the national and international movement toward improved pain control in chronic non-cancer and cancer pain. Click here for more information or to register.
The Seventh National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics
April 26-28, 2012
Tucson, AZ
Mark your calendar now and join us at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort hotel in Tucson for leading accredited educational conference on cannabis therapeutics.
This conferences feature an international faculty of cannabis researchers and clinicians who will bring attendees up to date on the state-of-the-art cannabis science. The theme for the 2012 conference is: The Endocannabinoid System: Clinical Implications for Health Care.
www.medicalcannabis.com
19th Annual National Evidence-Based Practice Conference: Remaking Health Care
Iowa City, IA
May 4, 2012 with Pre-Conference afternoon of May 3, 2012
Abstracts for poster or oral presentation accepted through November 7, 2011
Purpose: This program will address evidence-based practices as they relate to redesigning health care, nursing leadership for change, new models of care, and the future of nursing. A variety of perspectives will be presented by a clinically-focused evidence-based practice expert, health policy expert, and member of the Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative of the Future of Nursing at the Institute of Medicine. Implications for practice, education and research will be discussed from a lens in which nurses from all roles can relate, including staff nurses, specialty and organizational leaders, faculty and program directors, and those responsible for developing, implementing, teaching, and evaluating evidence-based nursing care of the future. Opportunities for networking and sharing ideas will be available.
Click here for more information or email Grace Rempel at grace-rempel@uiowa.edu.
Advocacy, Access, Achievement: Making
the Connection
NASN 44th Annual Conference
San Francisco Marriott
June 23 - June 26, 2012
(pre-conference June 22nd)
Oral presentation submission deadline: 09/23/11
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES:
Summarize research and evaluation findings related to school nursing practice. Describe federal, state, territorial, tribal or local efforts to promote health or prevent disease and disability in the school community. Discuss collaborative practices to support prevention policies, programs, or campaigns (physical activity, healthy diet, medical screenings, and healthy choices).
Explain prevention strategies that use multidisciplinary approaches for addressing wellness issues facing school communities. Facilitate interaction on a professional and social level.
Click here to submit an abstract for the oral presentation.
NANDA-I 2012 Biennial Conference
May 23-26, 2012
Houston, TX, USA
Contact: nanda@nanda.org
Website: http://www.nanda.org
Join us for our 40th anniversary celebration and 4-day educational event. More information at the NANDA-I website – join our conference mailing list for updates!
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