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Critical Care
Update!®
Mark Your Calendars!! April 13th - 16th, 2009!!
Who Should Attend?
This is a powerful, exciting conference designed to increase knowledge and expertise in the area of Critical Care and Emergency Care. Critical Care Professionals from all practice settings (Intensive or Coronary Care, Emergency Services, Telemetry, Step-down or Recovery Room), and nurses who wish to prepare for employment in the Critical Care Unit, will receive valuable, up-to-date information related to their areas of practice.
Program Objectives:
• To provide course content which demonstrates the multi-disciplinary approach to the care of the critically ill or injured.
• To enable the participant to relate to pathological concepts or critical illness and trauma, nursing observations, nursing diagnosis and anticipated interventions to be taken.
• To disseminate the newest concepts and trends, along with social implications related to nursing per se, and critical care nursing, specifically.
• To provide clinical care focus as well as content concerning ethics and administration
2009 Critical Care Update General Conference Program Schedule |
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| Tuesday, April 14th | Wednesday, April 15th | Thursday, April 16th |
8:00-9:00 Opening Keynote 400 Engaging the Leader Within You: 9:30-11:00 Concurrent Sessions 401 GI Surgery: Post-Op Care and
Management of Complications 11:15-12:30 Concurrent Sessions 405 The Worst Ways to Die:
Drowning and Drugs 1:30-2:30 Concurrent Sessions 409 Ensuring Patient Safety:
Infection Prevention in Acute
Care Environments 2:45-4:00 Concurrent Sessions 413 Pediatric Pearls and Jeopardy
Jewels |
8:00-9:15 General Session 417 A Sabbatical For Your Soul: Re-Creational Strategies for Living Well 9:30-11:00 Concurrent Sessions 418 When The Lytes Go Out In The ICS: Managing the Metabolic Mess of Electrolyte Imbalances* 12:00-1:00 Concurrent Sessions 422 Up, Up and Away:
Hypertensive Crisis 1:30-2:30 Concurrent Sessions 426 The Big Chill: Hypothermia Post
Resuscitation- A New Treatment
Option Post Code Arrest 2:45-4:00 Concurrent Sessions 430 Fatal Fat: Interpreting the Deadly
Language of Adipose (And
Making it Shut Up!) |
8:00-9:15 General Session 434 What Would Florence Do? Nursing Past, Present and Future 9:30-11:00 Concurrent Sessions 435 Too Much Fluid or Not Enough? 11:15-12:30 Concurrent Sessions 439 Sick at Heart:
The Devastation of Endocarditis 1:30-2:30 Concurrent Sessions 443 The Nightmare of Nightshift:
Chronobiology in Health and
Illness 2:45-4:00 Closing Keynote 447 You Are More Important Than Your Job!
*Class #'s 418 & 438 have changed since brochure printing (click for more info) |
For more detailed information on our sessions, please download and view our brochure!
| Pre-Conference I | Pre-Conference II | Pre-Conference III |
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The Truth About Retention In case you haven't heard…we're in trouble as a profession, and retaining the best of the best is our top priority. The top reasons people leave are known; the predictors of turnover have been studied and identified. Surveys regarding retention tell what nurses want from their work. Are we listening? Are we brave enough to approach these truths with genuine action? Nurse leaders and healthcare organizations struggle to devise a high-leverage approach to retain their staff. However, the important questions remain unanswered. We have the power to unite our hearts, engage our minds, and create a compassionate plan for retaining staff, forging trusting relationships, and creating a resilient, respected work culture. The work will not be easy, but it most certainly will be worthwhile. This session provides an evidence-based approach to retention, resilience, and relationship integration. Join us on this voyage of discovery & intense dialogue. The time for SYNERGY and SPIRITED inquiry has never been more critical. |
The Alphabet Soup of Critical Care: This pre-conference will take a look at the alphabet soup of critical care covering four different topics: (1) IIRS, SIRS and MODS (sepsis and septic shock); (2) Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF) and ARDS (3) Trauma and burns (4) and from the endocrine system DI (diabetes insipidus), SIADH (Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH) DKA (Diabetic Ketoacidosis), HHNC (Hyperglycemic Hypersomolar Non-Ketotic Coma) and AI (adrenal insufficiency). The recipes for successful management of these potential life-threatening disease processes will be discussed. A special dessert will provide some quick stress reduction strategies for patients, families and care givers!! |
Stabotage! Dealing with the Pit Bulls, Skunks, Snakes, Scorpions & Slugs in Your Workplace Every workplace has them—the pit bulls that hide behind lipstick and designer clothes; snakes who flick their abrasive tongue and voice at any and all, the scorpions who sting you with a slap of their heavy backhand and the slugs…those who are just there and breathing. The effect is that huge amounts of money are lost in productivity, turnover related costs and patient safety factors. Based on 9 national studies released in Zapping Conflict in the Health Care Workplace, The Briles Report on Women in Health Care, Woman to Woman: From Sabotage to Support, and the forthcoming book, 'Is There a Staboteur in Your Midst?… Pit Bulls, Snakes, Scorpions and Slugs in the Workplace'. Participants will learn how to effectively deal with the bad boys and girls of the workplace. |
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