DNA Spring Conference 2012

DNA Spring Conference 2012 and
General Membership Meeting

Geriatric Update 2012

6.25 Continuing Nursing Education
4.0 Pharmacology CNE

All Pharma Session are FULL

The Delaware Nurses Association will be holding a General Membership Meeting during the lunch break.

This CNE activity is provided by the Delaware Nurses Association with co-providership by the Geriatric Advanced Practice Nurses Association.

Poster Sessions

Peer reviewed posters will be available at this conference for continuing nursing education credits. Each poster will count as .20 contact hour (must complete 5 posters minimum for contact hours). Opportunity to review the posters will be during registration (7:00am-8:00am), morning breaks (9:00am-9:15am and 10:30am-11:00am) and during lunch (12:00pm-1:30pm). A separate certificate will be issued.

Opportunities for visiting with vendors are during registration, breaks and lunch. Thank you to all of our vendors.

Agenda
Subject to change without notice.

7:00am-8:00am
Registration/Continental Breakfast/Poster Session

8:00am-8:15am Welcome/Overview of the Day

8:15am-9:15am 
Healthcare Reform and its Effects on Patients and Providers Sharon Anderson

9:15am-9:30am Break and Room Change

Track A-Transition of Care

9:30am-10:30am Anorexia of Aging
Rae Jean Versagli RD, CN and Suvi Einola MS, RD

10:30am-11:00am Break and Poster Session

11:00am-Noon Discharge to Home-What Happens Next? Facilitating a Good Transition from Hospital to Home for Patients and Their Families Karen Hirschman PhD, MSN

12:00pm-1:30pm Lunch/General Membership Meeting/Poster Session

1:30pm-2:30pm Seriously...Really...Back to the Hospital
Stacie Eadie MSN, CRNP

2:30pm-2:45pm Break and Room Change

2:45pm-3:45pm Caring for the Care Giver
Evelyn Hayes PhD, FNP-BC and Cynthia Diefenbeck PhD, APRN-BC

Track B-Alternation in Function in Related to Aging

9:30am-10:30am Wound Care:Lower Extremity Ulcers and Complications DeSales Foster MSN, CWOCN, CRNP, GNP-BC

10:30am-11:00am Break and Poster Session

11:00am-Noon Geriatric Incontinence: A Holistic Approach for Assessment and Management
Donna L. Thompson MSN, CRNP, FNP-BC

12:00pm-1:30pm Lunch/General Membership Meeting/Poster Session

1:30pm-2:30pm Management of Vision and Hearing Impairments of Older Adults Pamela Z. Cacchione PhD, APRN-BC

2:30pm-2:45pm Break and Room Change

2:45pm-3:45pm Safety in the Acute Care Setting for the Elder Patient
Kelly Briggs MBA, RN, NE-BC

Track C-Pharmacology

9:30am-10:30am The Aging Heart: Managing Heart Failure in the Elderly Elizabeth Walls, MSN, ANP-BC
This session is FULL.

10:30am-11:00am Break and Poster Session

11:00am-Noon Dementia, Delirium, Depression: Diagnosis and Treatment Suzanne Ransehousen MA, GNP-BC
This session is FULL.

12:00pm-1:30pm Lunch/General Membership Meeting/Poster Session

1:30pm-2:30pm Palliative Care: Opioid Use in Older Adults
Maria Ash, MSN, GNP-BC and Cindy Jones MSN, GNP-BC, ACHPA
This session is FULL.

2:30pm-2:45pm Break and Room Change

2:45pm-3:45pm PolyPharm-A Necessary Evil?
Barbara Sartell EdD, RN, CANP This session is FULL.

4:00pm-5:00pm
Abuse in the Elderly
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden and  Christina Showalter, Delaware Director of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit

5:00pm-5:15pm Evaluation and Certificates

Continuing Education

The Delaware Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.

The Delaware Nurses Association designates this continuing nursing education activity for 6.25 nursing contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. It is the policy of the Delaware Nurses Association to comply with the ANCC Standards for Disclosure and Commercial Support. In keeping with these standards, all faculty participating in Delaware Nurses Association sponsored events are expected to disclose to the activity audience any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content of their presentation.

Cancellation Policy

Please note the cut-off date for cancellation is
March 2, 2012. All cancellations must be received in writing and post-marked by that date. Full registration less a $25 processing fee will be refunded only to cancellations received before the above date. No refunds will be issued after March 2, 2012. Registrations ARE transferable at any time.