“Promoting a Continuum of Excellence”

Up to 12.8 Contact hours for 2 day registration

April 17-18, 2014

Cahaba Grand Conference Center 3660 Grandview Parkway

Birmingham, AL 35243

Knowledge that will change your world

OBJECTIVES – What’s in it for me? This conference offers participants a chance to:

Explore opportunities for optimizing patient-care delivery in health care environments.

Identify state-of-the-art interventions for selected acute-care patients.

Identify treatments supported by evidence-based practice for selected acute-care patient populations.

Examine the characteristics of leadership excellence, values, and current issues in health care delivery.

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

Attend this conference and you can earn up to 12.8 continuing nursing education credits. Interested in topics outside your specialty?

Feel free to mix and match your conference package. Each participant will receive credit for the actual number of hours attended,

allowing those who must arrive late and/or leave early to receive the correct number of contact hours.

UAB Hospital's Center for Nursing Excellence (CNE) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Alabama Board of Nursing (Provider Number: ABNP0055, Expiration date: June 1, 2017). The CNE is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Alabama State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation (Provider Number: 5-69) ABN approved contact hours: 12.8 ANCC approved contact hours: 10.66 Alabama nurses will need to scan their nursing licenses to obtain credit.

ACCOMMODATIONS Where do I stay? Reservations are available at The Birmingham Marriott in Birmingham, Alabama. There is a special rate of $ 139.95

single/double standard Marriott guestroom for conference participants. Rate available 4/16/14 through 4/18/14. Last date to book

and receive this rate is 4/3/14. Go online at www.marriott.com/bhmmc for more details and to reserve your room. To receive the

special rate, you must enter the group code when making reservations by clicking on “special rates & awards”, choosing “group code”, and entering the following code: cnccnca. Birmingham Marriott Hotel is located near numerous restaurants and shops.

REGISTRATION

Registration fee includes session attendance; contact hour certificates, continental breakfast, lunch and break refreshments.

Registration cannot be shared among participants. Registration postmarked or faxed after March 27, 2014 will be considered late

and an “at the door” registration. Registration at the door is pending available space. Registration fee at the door will be payable by

cash, money order, or institutional check only.

ONLINE REGISTRATION: www.uabnursing.org for credit / debit card

REGISTRATION BY Mail: Check must accompany registration. No credit cards accepted via mail.

Complete registration form and fax to 205-996-7410 or mail form and complete payment to:

2014 Comprehensive Nursing Conference

Center for Nursing Excellence

Jefferson Towers 1042

619 19th

Street South

Birmingham, AL 35249-6908

CANCELLATION AND TRANSFER POLICY

Refunds, minus a $25 administrative fee, will be issued for requests received in writing by March 27, 2014. Cancellations received

after March 27, 2014 will forfeit all fees. Refunds will be issued following the conference. Registration Transfer – payment for this

program can be transferred to another person without penalty. Please include a completed registration form for that person with

your written registration transfer request.

HANDOUTS

Visit us at www.uabnursing.org and link to conference brochure to select and print handouts. Conference handouts will be

available ONLY on the UAB Nursing website; you may print hardcopies from the website prior to the conference beginning March

31st

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2014 UAB Comprehensive Nursing Conference

Opening Session

David Becker, PhD

David Becker (PhD Economics, UC-Berkeley) is an Associate Professor in the Department

of Health Care Organization and Policy in the UAB School of Public Health. He specializes in health, labor and regulatory economics. Much of his research deals with issues in health care policy, including studies of Medicare fraud and abuse, malpractice pressure and physician supply, and the role of financial incentives in health care quality. He is currently working on a number of health services research projects including studies of ED utilization and continuity of primary care within the Alabama Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Dr. Becker co-authored a study which examined the potential effects of Medicaid expansion in Alabama under the ACA.

General Session

Kent Rader

Kent Rader is a professional speaker and comedian entertaining

people wanting to learn and experience how laughter matters in reducing stress. Mr. Radar graduated from William Jewell College in Liberty Missouri with a BS in Accounting. He has twelve years experience as a Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer for hospitals and a five-year sentence in public accounting. In 1998 Mr. Rader left the exciting and rewarding field of accounting to become a professional speaker and comedian sharing with audiences across the country how laughter matters in combating stress and building quality organizations. In 2002 he wrote the stress reduction book titled Let It Go, Just Let It Go.

General Session

Marcus Engel

Marcus Engel holds a B.S. in sociology from Missouri State University and an

M.S. in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University, NYC. Mr. Engel is a professional speaker and bestselling author who inspires and empowers audiences nationwide. His extraordinary story of recovery after being blinded and catastrophically injured by a drunk driver challenges individuals to achieve success by making intelligent choices.

Mr. Engel’s keynotes have been witnessed by tens of thousands of audience members including major Healthcare Institutions, Corporations, Faith Based Organizations and many of the country’s top rated Universities and Colleges.

2014 UAB Comprehensive Nursing Conference

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Knowledge that will change your world

7:30 am – 8:00 am Registration & Breakfast

8:00 am – 8:15 am Welcome & Announcements 8:15 am – 9:15 am Opening Session: Healthcare Financing 2014, David Becker, PhD

9:30 am – 10:20 am Concurrent Sessions (1-5)

(1) Burning, Throbbing, Aching: Managing pain in elderly patients, Kelly Arashin, APRN, MSN, CCNS, ACNP-BC, CEN (2) Meaningful Recognition of Staff is Essential, Jeanne Dockery, RN, OCN, Robin Sutton, RN, Cheri Plasters, BSN, CCRN, and Chris Rhodes, BSN, RN (3) Diabetes: Treatment Regimens, Mary Annette Hess, PhD, FNP-BC, CNS (4) Oral Contraceptives: Aren’t they all the same?, Sabrina N. Wyatt, MD

(5) Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes, Paula Midyette, RN, MSN, CCRN, CCNS

10:20 am – 10:55 am Break - Vendors - Posters

10:55 am – 11:45 am Concurrent Sessions (6-10) (6) Spirituality and Health: A New Perspective, Moneka Thompson, MDiv, BCC

(7) A Structure to Engage and Empower Staff Nurses, Amanda Chambers, MSN, RN, CPAN (8) Dialysis Options in the ICU – What is the Buzz about CRRT?, David James, DNP, RN, CCRN, CCNS

(9) Hurting Healer: Analysis of the Helping Profession, Sophia Posey, MS, RN, TCN-B and Carolyn Curry, MSN, RN, CNL, PCCN (10) Advances to Improve Outcomes in the Critical Care Patient - Early Nutrition and Timely Removal of the Endotracheal Tube, Sam Windham, MD

11:45 am – 1:00 pm Lunch - Vendors - Posters

1:00 pm – 1:50 pm Concurrent Sessions (11-15)

(11) Rx for Safety: Promoting Safe Medication Outcomes in the Elderly, Kelly Arashin, APRN, MSN, CCNS, ACNP-BC, CEN (12) Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – Getting to the Thick of it, B. Davis Campbell, MSN, CRNP (13) Innovation in teaching - Simulation and Medical Rap to Engage Staff, Milea Eyer, MSN, RNC-OB and Craig Barton, RN (14) What Happens Behind the Blue Curtain – Understanding Anesthesia and the Role of the Nurse, Amanda Chambers, MSN, RN, CPAN (15) Money to Funny – Customer Service Lessons Learned on my Journey from Accounting to Comedy, Kent Rader

2:05 pm – 2:55 pm Concurrent Sessions (16-20)

(16) Innovations in Cardiovascular Disease Management, Carol Boykin, MSN, RN, CCRN, Mary Ann Degges, DNP, RN, CNL, CCNS, and Carolyn Curry, MSN, RN, CNL, PCCN (17) Helping the New RN Succeed – Tips and Strategies for Preceptor and Manager, David James, DNP, RN, CCRN, CCNS (18) Circadian and Homeostatic Control of Sleep – Impacting the Health of Shift Work Nurses, Karen Gamble, PhD

(19) Rehabilitation – Recovery and Reclaim, Stephanie Burnett, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, CRRN (20) Care of the Hospitalized Obstetric Patient, Lorie M. Harper, MD

2:55 pm – 3:25 pm Breaks - Vendors - Posters

3:25 pm – 4:25 pm General Session: Let it Go, Just Let it Go, Kent Rader

Conference Agenda – Thursday April 17, 2014 – Day 1

7:30 am – 8:00 am Registration - Breakfast

8:00 am – 9:00 am General Session: The Other End of the Stethoscope, Marcus Engel

9:15 am – 10:05 am Concurrent Sessions (21-25) (21) How to Use the CUS Technique to get Support for Quality Improvement, Cheri Plasters, BSN, CCRN (22) Tools, Rules, and Processes – How to Improve and How to Prove It, Kathy Thomas, BSN, PMP (23) Effect of Sweet Potato (Ipomoeabatas) in Lowering Blood Glucose Level among Type II Diabetic Patients, Abegail Surio (24) Tornado – Adapting and transforming PACU During a Natural Disaster, O. Larry Alred, BSN, RN, CPAN 25) New Tests for Genetic Disorders in Pregnancy, Joseph R. Biggio, MD

10:05 am – 10:40 am Break - Vendors - Posters

10:40 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Sessions (26-30) (26) Nutrition is Critical in Acutely Ill Patients, Steve Dupont, RN, LD (27) Identifying Needs of Dementia Caregivers in Rural Alabama – Psychosocial Support Through Telephone Based Services, Amy Mitchell, MSW

(28) Oral care for Elders – A Win-Win Situation, Katherine Ciarrocca, DMD, MSEd (29) Understanding Breast Cancer in 2014, Marynell Winslow, CRNP

(30) Narrative Nursing, Marcus Engel

11:30 am – 12:45 pm Lunch - Vendors - Posters

12:45 pm – 1:35 pm Concurrent Sessions (31-35)

(31) Is Cost Effective Care Really Cost Effective in Terms of Quality of Care in Older Adult Women, Ayasha Stewart, MSNc, WHNP-BC, APN (32) Promoting a Safe Clinical Environment Through the Use of an Evidence Based Protocol to Reduce Alarm Fatigue, Richard Meeks, DNP, RN, COI (33) Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Cora Gipson Prude, CRNP

(34) A Different Type of Playground – Bullying in Hospitals, Deborah Walker, BSN, MA, NE-BC (35) Sepsis – How Early Recognition Impacts Outcomes, Marlena Barginere, MSN, RN-BC and Margot Andison, PhD, BSN, RN, CCRN

1:50 pm – 2:40 pm Concurrent Sessions (36-40) (36) Journey to Excellence – An Interdisciplinary Acute Pain Management Service, Diane Scheb, RN, MSN (37) Who Do You See? Obesity and the Stigma, Deborah Thedford Zimmerman, MSN, RN, CWOCN (38) Risk Identification of Psychiatric Patients in a Medical Setting, Zelia Baugh, MSW, LCSW (39) Hypothermia, Henry Wang, MD, MS, and Michael Kurz, MD (40) Aquaphoresis, Salpy Pamboukian, MD

2:40 pm – 3:00 pm Break - Vendors - Posters

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Closing Session: Schwartz Center Rounds – Building Compassion Too Young to Die, Wendy Walters,

LCSW, OSW-C

Conference Agenda – Friday April 18, 2014 – Day 2

PLEASE PRINT or TYPE registration information and return to: UAB Hospital Center for Nursing Excellence/CE Offering:

Jefferson Towers 1042; 619 19th Street South; Birmingham, AL 35249-6908 or Fax to (205) 996-7410.

Confirmation will be emailed or faxed to those who complete the registration form by March 27, 2014. Payment must

accompany all registrations. For questions, call (205) 996-5713. Fax # (205) 996-7410. Attention: Christy McDougal.

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Registration: Please check which date(s) you will be attending.

April 17 One Day Registration fee $175 ($225 if received after March 27, 2014)

April 18 One Day Registration fee $175 ($225 if received after March 27, 2014)

April 17 & 18 Two Day Registration fee $300 ($350 if received after March 27, 2014)

April 17 & 18 Group Registration of 3 or more, Two Day Registration fee $275 ($325 if received after March 27)

**$50.00 off undergraduate school of nursing student with proof of current enrollment status. Student IDs will be checked on site. For online registration, enter the PROMO code: STUDENT Make check/money order payable to UAB Hospital c/o 2014 Nursing Conference

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Concurrent Sessions: Please indicate which concurrent sessions you are most likely to attend by

filling in the session numbers in the space below.

Thursday, April 17, 2014 Select ONE Session # per time slot

Friday, April 18, 2014 Select ONE Session # per time slot

9:30 am – 10:20 am Session 1- 5

9:15 – 10:05 am Session 21-25

10:55 am – 11:45 am Session 6-10

10:40 am – 11:30 am Session 26-30

1:00 pm – 1:50 pm Session 11-15

12:45 pm – 1:35 pm Session 31-35

2:05 pm – 2:55 pm Sessions 16-20

1:50 pm – 2:40 pm Session 36-40

UAB reserves the right to make substitutions and to cancel sessions when warranted.

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Brochure created by Bernadette Langford, Administrative Support Specialist, UAB Hospital, January 2010; Updated by Erica Lumpkin, MSN, RN, OCN, UAB Hospital, December 2011

UAB Medicine 2014 Comprehensive Nursing Conference

UAB Hospital Center for Nursing Excellence Jefferson Towers 1042 619 19th Street South

Birmingham, Alabama 35249-6908

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