NAON - Program at a Glance

10:45 am – 11:45 am
302 –	Nurse Case Management: A Recipe for Success
303 –	Narcotic Diversion Among Nurses
304 –	Is One Mode of Charting Better than Others?
305 –	Perioperative Management of the Orthopaedic Oncology Patient
306 –	2007 Updates in Unicondylar Knee Replacements and Minimally Invasive Quad Sparing
307 –	Gateway to Certification: Promoting Certification in your Workplace
308 –	Diabetic Foot
309 –	Straight Talk on Scoliosis

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
NAON Member Forum

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
310 –	Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty Restores Movement in Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears
311 –	Soft Tissue and Bone Infections: Update on the War with Bugs
312 –	Autopsy of a Malpractice Case...You be the Jury
313 –	Update on Treatment of Pediatric Benign Musculoskeletal Tumors
314 –	Beyond the Morphine PCA and Epidurals: What's New for Pain Management in Total Joint Patients?
315 –	E-KNEE Evolution: What We Are Learning From the Electonic Knee
316 –	Costume Drama Cough: Tuberculosis (TB) in the UK, Then and Now
317 –	Reaching for the Stars: Improving Your Orthopaedic Unit Patient Satisfaction Scores

2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Exhibit Hall Open
- Research Posters Present
- Vendor Presentation Theater

4:45 pm - 5:45 pm
318 –	Global Impact of the Ponseti Method of Clubfoot Treatment
319 –	Continuing the Challange: How Informatics is Bringing Evidence to the Bedside in Orthopaedics
320 –	Avoiding Legal Pitfalls from Admission Assessment to Discharge Instructions
321 –	Tissue Banking: Current and Future Practice 2007
322 –	Taking the Mystery Out of Research
323 –	Web Chats: Embarking on a Journey to Bridge the Information and Emotional Gaps Between Children, Parents and Providers - UPDATE
324 –	The Effects of Autologous Blood Donation and Transfusion on Outcomes Following Unilateral Total Knee
325 –	Designing an Orthopaedic Learning Center: Powerful Self-paced Staff Education

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Registration Open

8:00 am – 9:00 am
401 – General Session: Pediatric and Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery in 2006: "Extreme Makeover"

9:15 am – 10:15 am
402–	Rapid Communication Workshop: Assertive and Effective Communication
403 –	One Group's Experience Using New Technology to Limit Intraoperative Blood Loss - UPDATE
404 –	Using the Six Sigma Process to Influence Length of Stay on an Orthopaedic Unit
405 –	Brace Yourself: Fashionable Orthotics
406 –	The Joint State of Affairs!
407 –	Development of Cauda Equina Syndrome in the Postoperative Patient
408 –	Pressure Ulcers: Managing the Challenges Across the Continuum of Care
409 –	The Fabric of a Research Poster

10:15 am - 11:45 am
Exhibit Hall Open
- Vendor Presentation Theater
- NAON Mall

11:45 am – 12:45 am
410–	Essential Communication: For Me to Know and You to Find Out
411 –	Putting the Patient First in Clicnical Trials
412 –	Fracture Prevention in Osteoporosis
413 –	The Effects of Administrative Decisions on Patient Care and Nursing Practice
414 –	Common Knee Problems in the Sports medicine Clinic
415 –	From Paper to Poster - An Interactive Session
416 –	If We are Called to Heal, Why Do We Hurt?
417 –	A Day in the Life of an Orthopaedic/Trauma APRN

1:15 am – 2:15 pm
NAON Annual Business Meeting

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
418–	Influence of Companion Animals Across the Life Span and Impact on Individuals with Orthopaedic Health Issues
419 –	Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replactment (TKR) Surgery
420 –	Men in Nursing, Why Orthopaedics?
421 –	Pain: Issues of Mobility
422 –	An Accident Waiting to Happen
423 –	Save Your Energy, Avoid the Burnout of Nursing
424 –	Limb Salvage Technique Using Vacuum-assisted Closure
425 –	Reducing Preventable Postoperative Complication in Orthpaedic Patients

3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
426–	The Heel - A Model for All Problems
427 –	Managing Your Joint Replacement Program to a 5-Star Status
428 –	The Generation Gap - It is Everywhere!
429 –	Patient Safety in the Perioperative Environment: The Effects of Cold on Postoperative Outcomes
430 –	Pin Site Infection and Pin Site Care
431 –	The Navajo Nation - An Energizing Transcultural Orthopaedic Experience
432 –	Forensic Investigation
433 –	Childhood Obesity and Parenting Styles - NEW!

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
434–	Me and My Joints - A Historical Journey
435 –	Bringing TCAB to an Orthopaedic Unit: "Transforming Care at the Bedside"
436 –	Multi-modal Pain Management in the Post-op Total Joint Patient - A Nursing Perspective
437 –	Development of a Standardized Approach to Implementing the National Safety Goal: Safe Hand-off of Patients
438 –	Voluntary Services Enhancing Pre-hospital Care
439 –	Creating Teams of Distiniction in an Orthopaedic Setting
440 –	Teaching the Person Having a Total Joint Arthroplasty: Putting the Puzzle Together
441 –	Managing Orthopaedic Complications in Stroke Patients

7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Annual Congress Party: A Night of a Thousand NAON Stars

Wednesday, May, 23, 2007

7:30 am – 11:30 am
Registration Open

8:00 am – 9:30 am
501 – General Session: Resurfacing Cutting-Edge Technology: Sports Medicine for the Nurse and Soccer Mom

9:45 am – 11:15 am
502–	Charcot Reconstruction in the Diabetic
503 –	Building and Maintaining a Successful NAON Chapter
504 –	Degeneration of the Lumbar Spine - NEW!!
505 –	Developing an Algorithm to Manage Pain in Patients with Wounds and Wound Vacs
506 –	Orthopaedic Trauma Complications
507 –	"No Bones About It:" A Unique Approach to the Care of the Joint Replacement Patient
508 –	Dynamics of Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) and Implications for External Drain Management in the Spine Patient
509 –	Scientific Abstracts

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
510–	Management of High Energy Tibia Fractures
511 –	The Habit of Personal Leadership...Understanding Our Values at Work
512 –	Creating a Healing Environment for Orthopaedic Patients
513 –	Sports Injuries in Children and Adolescents
514 –	Models and Myths: Managing Orthopaedic Patients with Alcohol Withdrawal
515 –	Collaborative Practice: The Driving Force for Successful Evaluation of Total Joint Arthroplasty Rehabilitation
516 –	Implementing a Fracture Care Program in a Magnet Hospital
517 –	Breaking Out of the Box: New Strategies for Creating a Culture of Assertiveness

1:45 pm – 2:45 pm
518–	Lessons Learned from Mother Florence (Nightingale)
519 –	Total Hip Replacement : The MIS Anterolateral Approach
520 –	Orthopaedic Management of Metastatic Bone Disease
521 –	Childhood Obesity: Medical and Orthopaedic Implications
522 –	NICHE - Nurses Improving Care of the Health System Elderly
523 –	The Outcomes of a Nurse Consultant-led Postoperative Six-week Review Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Clinic
524 –	The Nuts and Bolts of Orthopaedic Coding and Documentation
525 –	How to Increase Membership in Your Local NAON Chapter

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Closing Ceremony

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
526 – Closing Keynote Session: Get What You Want With What You've Got