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ASPMN® Certification Preparation Course Offering
No courses being offered at this time.
ASPMN® Geriatric Pain Management Resource Nurse Course
April 20, 2012
Chicago Metropolitan Chapter
American Society for Pain Management Nursing and the Chicagoland Chapter Hospice and Palliative Nurse Association
Hilton Lisle Hotel
3003 Corporate Drive West
Lisle, IL 60532
Contact: Ellyn Schreiner
ellyn.schreiner@ahss.org
630-856-6983
Nurses Treating Pain - <--- Click
here to listen to podcast
Pamela Bennett
Ann Schreier
Nurses
play an important role in pain management. Two nurses -- Ann Schreier of the
American Society for Pain Management Nursing and Pamela Bennett of Purdue Pharma
-- talk about it in this edition of The Bioethics Channel.
American Society for Pain Management Nursing® Awarded Subcontract to Educate Prescribers in Effective Approaches to Treating Opioid Dependence and Chronic Pain
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.
Canadian Interventional Pain Course
Friday, March 30th at the Hamilton Convention Centre, 1 Summers Lane, Hamilton, Ontario
Saturday, March 31st at the McMaster Anatomy Lab, 1200 Main Street West, HSC 1R1, Hamilton, Ontario
There are 5 ways to register...REGISTER ONLINE @ https://chse.mcmaster.ca/eventschedule
REGISTER BY PHONE
Call 905-525-9140 ext 22671 or 26590 (Visa, MasterCard or AMEX are accepted)
REGISTER BY MAIL
Send your completed registration form to:
c/o Rose Galano
Continuing Health Sciences Education (CHSE)
McMaster University, MDCL 3510
1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON
L8S 4K1
REGISTER IN PERSON
Bring your completed registration form with Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, cheque or cash payments to the Continuing Health Sciences Education MDCL 3510 office, Monday to Friday between the hours of 9:30am-4:00pm
REGISTER BY FAX
Fax a completed registration form with a Visa, MasterCard or AMEX number to
905-572-7099
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.
5th Nursing Economic$ Summit
June 6-8, 2012
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Washington, DC
YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT TEAMS are invited to the 5th Nursing Economic$ Summit in Washington, DC. There is no place to hide. Accountability and responsibility are critical for nurses leading healthy organizations. “Restructuring and Aligning Health Care Practice to New Systems” will help you prepare for this leadership challenge in this
shifting paradigm.
For more information click here.
Advocacy, Access, Achievement: Making
the Connection
NASN 44th Annual Conference
San Francisco Marriott
June 23 - June 26, 2012
(pre-conference June 22nd)
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.
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!
19th International Congress on Palliative Care
October 9-12, 2012
Montreal, Canada
Presented by Palliative Care McGill, McGill University, this biennial Congress has grown to become one of the premier international events in palliative care. It offers a unique opportunity to meet, share experiences and exchange ideas with colleagues from 60 countries, representing all disciplines – nurses, physicians, social workers, physical and occupational therapists, music therapists, pharmacists, pastoral care persons, administrators, volunteers, psychologists… all those involved in palliative care come to renew themselves as providers of care and to obtain the inspiration that will help them shape the palliative care of the future.
Click here for the Preliminary Programme.
Current and Future Applications of Focused Ultrasound 2012
3rd International Symposium
October 14-17, 2012
Washington, DC
Organized by the Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation, the symposium will spotlight leading edge preclinical, translational and clinical research related to one of today’s most promising and innovative therapeutic technologies.
Targeted to scientists, clinicians and others interested in current and future applications of focused ultrasound, the conference will offer a multifaceted exploration of this emerging field and feature plenary sessions, panel discussions, poster presentations and technical exhibits.
More information coming.
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