2010 Advanced Practice Nursing Conference

Thursday and Friday, July 22-23, 2010

Conference description and goals
Mayo Continuing Nursing Education is pleased to present an important conference
planned by and for advanced practice nurses. The conference is designed to address
issues around advanced nursing practice related to care of patients of all ages. This
year’s conference will focus on the advanced practice nurse’s role in healthcare reform and innovative practice strategies for chronic disease management, physical assessment, effective communication, and professional development.
The goals of the conference are to:
• Provide a forum for discussion of national and local healthcare agendas.
• Provide education for advanced practice nurses to promote and support continual
advancement of evidence into practice.
• Identify resources to assist advanced practice nurses in serving patients and families throughout their life spans and within different settings.

Target audience
The program is designed for all advanced practice nurses and other healthcare
professionals interested in care of patients across the life span. This includes anyone
who is interested in learning about the advanced practice nursing role, and expanding their knowledge and clinical practice.

About the provider
Mayo is committed to advancing the knowledge and skills of healthcare professionals.
Mayo Continuing Nursing Education conducts educational conferences that will
advance nursing practice.

View the conference brochure

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

 

Featured faculty

Barbara Coloroso is an internationally recognized speaker and consultant on parenting, teaching, school discipline, positive school climate, bullying, grieving, nonviolent conflict resolution, and restorative justice. She has appeared on Oprah, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, and NPR, and has been featured in the New York Times, Time, U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, and other national and international publications. Coloroso’s uniquely effective parenting and teaching strategies were developed through her years of training in sociology, special education, and philosophy, as well as field-tested through her experiences as a classroom teacher, laboratory school instructor, university instructor, seminar leader, volunteer in Rwanda, and mother of three grown children. She is the author of four international bestsellers and has two critically acclaimed video programs.

Edward T. Creagan, MD, is the Rouse Professor of Humanism in Medicine and a
professor of oncology at the College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
He is board certified in hospice medicine and palliative care. Creagan has received
the Distinguished Clinician Award, Mayo Clinic’s highest honor. He is the author of
approximately 400 scientific papers and has given approximately 700 presentations
throughout the world. Creagan recently received the International Toastmaster’s
Award for speaking skills and showmanship.

Mark T. Keegan, MB, BCh, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Divisions of Critical Care and South Division of Anesthesiology, is a
graduate of Trinity College Medical School in Dublin, Ireland. After completing a
residency in Internal Medicine in Ireland and becoming a Member of the Royal College
of Physicians of Ireland, Keegan moved to Mayo Clinic Rochester. He completed a
residency in Anesthesiology and a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine as a Mayo
Special Clinical Scholar. His clinical interests include critical care medicine and
liver transplant anesthesia. Keegan has won numerous clinical and teaching honors
including the Mayo Brothers Distinguished Fellowship Award, multiple Critical Care
Clinician of the Year and Teacher of the Year awards, and the Department of Anesthesia Distinguished Clinician Award. He has published more than 60 original manuscripts and 10 book chapters and presented more than 100 abstracts at academic meetings.

Jeffrey O. Korsmo, MS, is executive director of Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center. He has served in many leadership roles, including chief administrative officer at Mayo Clinic in Rochester and chief financial officer of Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville and Rochester. He is active in healthcare finance and other policy issues for Mayo Clinic and its patients on a national level. Korsmo is a member of Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees. Through the Health Policy Center, Korsmo leads Mayo Clinic in its convening role, seeking consensus to achieve crucial reforms in the American healthcare system.

Carrie Langer, MPT, PRC, ATC, has a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from South Dakota State University and a master’s degree in physical therapy from St. Ambrose University. She is a certified athletic trainer, as well as a practicing physical therapist. Langer has worked in outpatient orthopedics since 1993 and covers for local high school athletic events. For the last four years, she has been developing her skills in postural restoration, consulting and responding to referrals from therapists and physicians in a large geographic area. Langer participates in the Physician Residency Program for the University of Minnesota, including shadowing, which involves weekly observation. She has earned the designation of Postural Restoration Certified (PRC) as a result of advanced training and extraordinary interest in the science of postural adaptations, asymmetrical patterns, and the influence of polyarticular chains of muscles on the human body as defined by the Postural Restoration Institute™.

Wendy L. Wright, MS, RN, ARNP, FNP, FAANP, is an adult/family nurse practitioner,
co-owner of Wright & Associates Family Healthcare in Amherst, New Hampshire,
and a board member of the National Heartburn Alliance. Wright’s day-to-day
responsibilities in Amherst include assessing, diagnosing, and managing healthcare
issues for infant to elderly patients. She is a partner with Partners in Health Care
Education, a company founded by Wright and colleague, Lane Edwards that
provides continuing education for medical/healthcare professionals. Previously,
she was the president of the board of directors for the Nurse Practitioner Associates
for Continuing Education (NPACE). Wright is a nationally-known lecturer and has
given talks at hundreds of clinical presentations in more than 42 states. She is a
senior lecturer with Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, a distinguished nursing
continuing education company. She serves as faculty on Medscape’s Ask the Expert
Nurse Practitioner web site and is an editorial board member on Medscape’s e-journal. Wright has received numerous awards and accolades for excellence in various disciplines within the nursing field, including the Excellence in Research Award and the Excellence in Clinical Practice Award through the department of graduate nursing at her alma mater, Simmons College in Boston. Notably, in 1999, she received the New Hampshire Nurse Practitioner of the Year Award from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and in 2005, she was inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Continuing education credit

Mayo Continuing Nursing Education is accredited as a provider of continuing
nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on
Accreditation. Participants can earn up to 11 accredited nursing contact hours.

Application for approval of CRNA continuing education credits has been submitted
to the NBCRNA. A list of presentations approved by NBCRNA for CE credit will be
provided to CRNAs at the start of the meeting.

Registration

To register, click the Register Now button below. The registration fee of $190 includes all conference materials, breakfast, break refreshments, and lunch on Thursday, and breakfast and break refreshments on Friday. A student rate of $125 is available. Proof of current student status must be provided at the conference.

Pre-registration is required and preferred by Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Registrations received after June 30th will be accepted on a space-available basis. Refunds, minus an administrative fee, will be given upon notification of cancellation received prior to Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Mayo Continuing Nursing Education reserves the right to cancel this program.

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Lodging

Rooms have been reserved for conference participants and their guests at the Marriott Hotel (877-623-7775 or 507-280-6000) at a rate of $135 per night and the Doubletree Hotel Downtown (507-281-8000) at a rate of $109 per night. The rates listed may be extended before and after the conference based on availability. To ensure accommodations, please make your reservation by Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Reservation requests received after this date will be accepted on a space-available basis.

Travel

Rochester, Minnesota greets thousands of visitors from around the world each year.
A modern international airport services Rochester with multiple flights daily from
Chicago and Minneapolis via American and Delta/Northwest Airlines. Access to
and from the airport is provided by taxi cab and shuttle service. The airport is located
approximately ten miles from downtown Rochester and the Mayo Clinic campus.
To schedule shuttle service to and from the Minneapolis Airport using GO Rochester
Direct, call 507-280-9270 and indicate that you are with Mayo Continuing Nursing
Education to receive the discounted price.

Parking

Visit the Rochester Convention and Visitors Bureau page for a map indicating the location of downtown parking facilities. The cost of parking is not included in the registration fee.