2017 Annual Conference

2017 Annual Conference

Tomorrow Belongs to Us: The Clinical Nurse Specialist Conquering Change in the Healthcare Environment

March 9-11, 2017
Loews Atlanta Hotel
Atlanta, GA

2017 Conference Handouts


Schedule Highlights

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2017

– Full Day Pharmacology Pre-Conference Workshop

8:00am – 11:30am

– Practical Aspects of using Direct Oral Anticoagulants
Adele Robbins, PharmD, BCPS, Emory University Hospital

– Evidence-Based Management of Uncomplicated Sickle Cell Disease Vaso-Occlusive Crisis
Jasmine Jones, PharmD, CGP, WellStar-Kennestone Hospital & Donna Hunter, MS, RN-BC,
ACNS-BC, ANP-BC, WellStar Health System

1:00pm – 4:30pm

– Opiate Sparing Techniques in the Critically Ill
Andrea Sikora Newsome, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, Augusta University

– Better Prescribing (or at least Less Bad) for Older Adults
Carolyn Clevenger, PharmD, Emory University

THURSDAY MARCH 9, 2017

– Opening Keynote Address – “Know It, Drive It, Own It: Healthcare’s Change Agent Now and In the Future”
Kathleen M. Vollman, MSN, RN, CCNS, FCCM, FAAN, Advancing Nursing LLC
– 23 Concurrent Sessions
– New Member & First Time Attendee Orientation/Luncheon
– Student Breakfast with the NACNS President
– Poster Presentations
– Opening Reception

FRIDAY MARCH 10, 2017

– General Session Speaker – “Changing Outcomes One Chest Pain at a Time”
Barbara McLean, MN, RN, CCRN, CCNS-NP, FCCM, Grady Health System
– 22 Concurrent Sessions
– Poster Presentations
– Incoming President’s Luncheon

SATURDAY MARCH 11, 2017

– Closing General Session – “Silence: A Never Event”
Michael H. Ackerman, DNS, RN, APRN-BC, FCCM, FNAP, FAANP, Ackerman Consulting
– 8 Concurrent Sessions


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