NAON has listed below our chapter and other regional educational offerings. NAON has over 80 chapters that offer a wide variety of networking and educational activities. If you are currently a member of a chapter, you will receive information about these events directly from your chapter leadership. If you are not currently a member of a chapter and are interested in learning what they are and how to join, please visit our Chapter page.

If your Chapter's Offering has been approved and you would like it to be publicized in the NAON News and the Orthopaedic Nursing Journal, as well as posted on the web site, please submit a publicity form containing all necessary information to Emily Palmer at the National Office according to the dates listed below. Please submit via fax at 312.527.6658 or e-mail to epalmer@smithbucklin.com.   

"ONC Review Course"
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Presented by The Queen's Medical Center
The Queen's Conference Center
Honolulu, HI

For more information, please contact Leatrice Nakashima via email at lnakashima@queens.org or via phone at 808.547.4667. 

"Orthopaedic Review Course"
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Presented by Texas Spine and Joint Hospital
MIT Building
3414 Golden Rd.
Tyler, TX 75701

For more information please contact Sally Stuart via email at sally.stuart@tsjh.org or via phone at 866.684.8754. 

"Orthopaedics: Basics and Beyond"
Friday, July 18, 2008
Presented by the Carolina Mountain Chapter
Mount Pisgah Academy/Pisgah Valley Retirement Community
Candler, NC (Near Asheville)

For more information, please contact Lisa Coffman via email at lisa.coffman@msj.org or via phone at 828.213.3485.

"Orthopaedic Certification Review Course"
Monday, October 6, 2008
Presented by Flagstaff Medical Center Joint Surgery Center
Northern Arizona Healthcare Education Center
1000 N. Humphreys
Flagstaff, AZ 86001

For more information, contact Gayle Kipnis via email at gayle.kipnis@nahealth.com or via phone at 928.214.2663.

"Potpourri of Orthopedic Trauma"
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Presented by Triangle Chapter of NAON
William and Ida Friday Center
Chapel Hill, NC

For more information, contact Donna Stinson at donnaonc@earthlink.net or via phone at 919.280.7466.

"Orthopaedic Trauma and Tumors: The Continuum of Care"
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Presented by Mayo Continuing Nursing Education
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

For more information, contact Mayo Continuing Nursing Education at cne@mayo.edu or via phone at 800-545-0357.

"Orthopaedic Festival of Learning"
Friday, October 17, 2008
Presented by the St. Louis Chapter
St. Luke's Hospital Auditorium, Emerson Auditorium

For more information, contact Jane Crane via email at jane.crane@stlukes-stl.com or via phone at 314.423.3459.

"Orthopedics 2008"
Monday, October 27, 2008
Presented by Swedish Orthopedic Institute
Swedish Medical Center
747 Broadway
Seattle, WA

For more information, contact Molly Hemingson via email at mollyhemingson@hotmail.com or via phone at 425.883.0522.

 "Fourth Annual BONES (Bonafide Orthopaedic Education Symposuim): Orthopaedics is a Team Sport"
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Presented by UCSD Medical Center, BONES Planning Committee
Sheraton Hotel
1433 Camino Del Rio South
San Diego, CA 92180

For more information, contact Marcella Lopez via email at nre@ucsd.edu or via phone at 619.543.6465.

Journal	Deadline to Submit Publicity Form
March/April 2008	January 15, 2007
May/June 2007	March 15, 2007
July/August 2007	May 15, 2007
September/October 2007	July 15, 2007
January/February 2007	November 15, 2006