2010 Advanced Practice Nursing Conference

Thursday, July 22, 2010

7:00 a.m.	Registration, Breakfast, and Exhibits
7:45 a.m.	Welcome and Introduction
8:00 a.m.	Cornerstones of Health Care Reform
	Jeffrey O. Korsmo, MS, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
9:00 a.m.	Obesity: Options for Treatment Across the Lifespan
	Wendy L. Wright, MS, RN, ARNP, FNP, FAANP, Wright & Associates Family Healthcare, Amherst, New Hampshire
10:00 a.m.	Break and Exhibits
10:30 a.m.	Concurrent I
	11 Virtual Connection: Innovative Care in Chronic Disease Management
	Susan E. Majerus, MSN, RN, C-FNP, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
	12 Violence Against Nurses in Health Care and Legal Implications
	Yvonne D. McKoy, PhD, APRN-BC, DABFN, FACFEI, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina
	13 Advanced Practice Nurse's Role in Obesity Management: Patient-Focused Strategies that Empower and Inspire Change
	Sharon J. Tucker, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
11:15 a.m.	Break
11:30 a.m.	Gasping, Gases, Volumes, Viewers, and Ventilators: Assessment of the Respiratory System
	Mark T. Keegan, MB, BCh, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
12:30 p.m.	Lunch and Exhibits
1:30 p.m.	Concurrent II
	21 Challenges of Managing the Patient with Headaches: A Look at Primary Headaches
	Wendy L. Wright, MS, RN, ARNP, FNP, FAANP, Wright & Associates Family Healthcare, Amherst, New Hampshire
	22 Reducing Heart Failure Readmissions
	Susan M. Halter, MSN, ARNP, BC, St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
	23 An Approach to the Management of Delirium in Geriatric Hospitalized Patients by a Nurse Practitioner Led Interdisciplinary Consult Team
	Maria Brenny-Fitzpatrick, MSN, RN, FNP-C, APNP, University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin
2:15 p.m.	Break
2:30 p.m.	Concurrent III
	31 Advocacy and Political Action: The State of Nursing in Minnesota
	Diane M. Twedell, DNP, RN, CENP, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
	32 Process Improvements in Hospital Diabetes Care at Mayo Clinic Rochester
	Patricia L. Scalzo, MSN, RN, CNP-BC, CDE, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota and Sarah A. Reiland, MS, RN, CNP, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
	33 Development of Sexuality Counseling Service in OB/GYN Clinic
	Mary Ellen West, MS, RN, CNM, Gundersen Clinic, LaCrosse, Wisconsin
3:15 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.	Proven Insider Tips for Effective Public Speaking: Secrets We Need to Know
	Edward T. Creagan, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
4:30 p.m.	Adjourn

 

Friday, July 23, 2010

7:00 a.m.	Registration, Breakfast and Posters
8:00 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions
8:10 a.m.	Postural Restoration: A Unique Approach to Evaluation of Muscle Imbalance Affecting Lower Extremity
	Carrie Langer, MPT, PRC, ATC, Kinetic Physical Therapy Institute, Woodbury, Minnesota
9:10 a.m.	Break
9:30 a.m.	Concurrent Session IV
	41 Women and Lung Disease: Gender Makes a Difference in Practice
	Patrice A. Hood, DNP, ARNP, CANP, CFNP, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York and Maureen P. Cardoza, PhD(c), MS, RN, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York
	42 The Electronic Personal Health Record (ePHR) – Fundamentals and Considerations for Advanced Practice Nurses
	Toni L. Hebda, PhD, MSIS, RN, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Carol M. Patton, DrPH, APRN, BC, CRNP, CNE, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
	43 The Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse Implementing an Evidence-Based Practice Delirium Nursing Guideline
	Lynnda Zibell Milsap, MS, RN, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin
10:15 a.m.	Break and Posters
10:45 a.m.	Concurrent Session V
	51 Sleeping with the Enemy: The Damaging Effects of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
	Pamela J. McCabe, MS, RN, CNS, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
	52 The Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse in Improving the Quality of Health Care: Enhancing Coordination, Continuity, and Access to Care
	Marilyn K. Szekendi, PhD, RN, APN, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
	53 Sexual Health Maintenance Over a Woman’s Lifetime
	Mary Ellen West, MS, RN, CNM, Gundersen Clinic, LaCrosse, Wisconsin
11:30 a.m.	Break
11:45 a.m.	Nursing Through Crisis: Helping Families in Times of Loss, Grief, and Change
	Barbara Coloroso, Kids Are Worth It! Inc., Littleton, Colorado
1:00 p.m.	Summary and Evaluation