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Saturday, May 19, 2012
7:30 am - 4:00 pm
101 - Orthopaedic Nursing Review Course
7.0 category A CH
7:30 am - 2:15 pm
102 - Orthopaedic Nurse Practitioner (NP) Review Course
5.5 category A CH
7:30 am - 12:00 pm
103 - Clinical Practice Workshop: Hands-on Physical Assessment Techniques for the Advance Practice Nurse
4.0 Category A CH
104 - Education Workshop: Improving Your Authorship and Professional Presentation Skills
4.0 Category B CH
8:00 am - 10:15 am
105 - Leadership/Management Workshop: From the Front-line (Ground Zero) to the Boardroom (Helicopter View); Challenges and Opprtunities Faced by Today's Nurse Leaders
2.0 Category B CH
8:00 am - 11:15 am
106 - Research Workshop: Using Research 101 to Understand and Reduce Musculoskeletal and Arthritis Health Disparities
3.0 Category B CH
12:45 pm - 2:15 pm
107 - Clinical Practice SIG Presents: Strategies Used in Your Organization for Clinical Practice Improvement/Advancement
1.5 Category B CH
108 - Leadership SIG Presents: Facilitating Maximum Staff Performance in a Pay-for-fee Service Environment
1.5 Category B CH
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
109 - Education SIG Presents: Deciding Required Education for Patients
1.5 Category A CH
110 - Research SIG Presents: Pain Management and Its Impact on Patient Satisfaction
1.5 Category A CH
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Opening Ceremony
5:15 pm - 6:15 pm
111 - "The Healing Power of Laughter!" Women's Health Humor
1.0 Category B CH
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Exhibit Hall Grand Opening
Poster Presentations available for viewing
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Monitor/Moderator Orientation
**If you would like to become a monitor or moderator, please contact NAON at naon@smithbucklin.com
Sunday, May 20, 2012
7:30 am - 8:30 am
201 - Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach
1.0 Category B CH
8:45 am - 9:45 am
202 - Treatment of the Peri-prosthetic Fracture: When Good Total Joints Go Bad!
1.0 Category A CH
203 - Nursing Care of the Geriatric Fracture Patient
Category A CH
204 - Joint Ventures for Patients and the Healthcare Team
1.0 Category A CH
205 - Overview of the Institute For Healthcare Improvement: Reduce Avoidable Hospital Readmissions
1.0 Category B CH
206 - Initiating Performance Measurement and the Five Essential Tools
1.0 Category B CH
207 - Impact of Orthopaedic Product Recalls on Healthcare Providers and Patients
1.0 Category A CH
10:00 am - 12:15 pm
Exhibit Hall Open
Poster Presentations available for viewing
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Vendor Lunch Programs
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
208 - Certification and Patient Outcomes: An Evolving Research Agenda
1.5 Category B CH
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
209 - Mission Bones
1.0 Category B CH
210 - Under- Over Medication Effects of Portable Infusion Pain Pumps with Peripheral Nerve Blocks
1.0 Category A CH
211 - A Review of Orthopaedic Nursing Recertification Requirements or How to Avoid Ever Taking That Test Again
1.0 Category B CH
212 - What's next in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) Care?
1.0 Category A CH
213 - Performance Improvement Teams: Using Outcomes Data to Change Process
1.0 Category B CH
214 - Orthopaedic Spine Surgery Postoperative Flight Plan
1.0 Category A CH
4:15 pm - 6:15 pm
Exhibit Hall Open
Poster Presentaters Available
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Monday, May 21, 2012
7:30 am - 9:00 am
301 - Comprehensive Care of Warriors Injured in Military Combat
1.5 Category B CH
9:15 am - 10:15 am
302 - Who Needs a Rheumatoid Factor (RF)? A Review of the Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
1.0 Category A CH
303 - Give Me a Hand!
1.0 Category A CH
304 - The Evidence-based Practice (EBP) Academy: Bridging the Divide
1.0 Category B CH
305 - Joint Replacement Registries: Advancing Quality, Decreasing Cost
1.0 Category A CH
306 - Avoiding the Surprise Attack: Preoperative Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Nasal Screening and Decolonization
1.0 Category B CH
307 - Erectile Dysfunction in Men Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgeries
1.0 Category A CH
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Exhibit Hall Open
Poster Presenters Available
NAON Mall
12:45 pm - 2:15 pm
308 - Time and Faith: Healing the Mind, Body and Spirit of Patients with Multiple Traumatic Orthopaedic Injuries
1.5 Category A CH
309 - Excited Delirium Syndrome: Management of the OUT-OF-CONTROL Patient
1.5 Category B CH
310 - Get With the Guidelines: Meeting the Treatment Gap in Osteoporotic Care
1.5 Category A CH
311 - The Healthcare Reform Law: What Every Orthopaedic Nurse Needs To Know
1.5 Category B CH
312 - Direct Anterior Approach to Hip Replacement: An Old Approach is New Again
1.5 Category A CH
313 - Just For the Neck of It: Pain vs. Function
1.5 Category A CH
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
314 - Multidiciplinary Approach to the Prevention of Operating Room (OR) Positioning Injuries in the Orthopaedic Patient
1.0 Category A CH
315 - Safety of Outpatient Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: Selecting the Correct Patient
1.0 Category A CH
316 - Concussion Discussion: Education and Awareness Programs for Middle, High School and Community Leagues
1.0 Category B CH
317 - After the Amputation: The Next Steps
1.0 Category A CH
318 - A Pain(ful) Process: Pain Reassessment and Patient Outcomes
1.0 Category A CH
319 - A Multidisciplinary Approach to Enhance Patient Care and Bolster Nursing Morale
1.0 Category B CH
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
320 - Do You Want Your Care Under a Microscope? How to Keep the Plaintiff Attorney Out of Your Life
1.5 Category B CH
321 - Preventing, Diagnosing and Treating Osteoporotic Fractures
1.5 Category A CH
322 - Children and Adolescents Who Limp: What Do I Do With Them?
1.5 Category A CH
323 - Anterior Hip Replacement - Miraculous: Perspectives of Patients and Nurses
1.5 Category A CH
324 - Care of the Orthopaedic Patient Receiving a Peripheral Nerve Block in an Ambulatory Setting
1.5 Category A CH
325 - Exploring the Experiences of Patients with Osteoarthritis Awaiting Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Surgery
1.5 Category A CH
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
Annual Business Meeting
5:30 pm - 7:15 pm
NeXt Generation of Orthopaedic Nurses
6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
APN Networking Assembly
7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Annual Congress Party: Marti Gras!
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
8:00 am - 9:15 am
401 - Reversing Lateral Violence in the Workplace: Who Will Take Ownership?
1.25 Category B CH
9:30 am - 10:45 am
402 - Complementary Therapies: What are they? Can and Should They Be Added to Your Clinical Practice?
1.25 Category B CH
403 - The Bigger, the Better: Mega Prosthetics
1.25 Category A CH
404 - Utilization of National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) Data to Improve Orthopaedic Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Rates
1.25 Category A CH
405 - Achieving Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) Approval for Contact Hours
1.25 Category A CH
406 - Streamlining Anticoagulant Education For the Postoperative Orthopaedic Patient
1.25 Category A CH
407 - Is Bisphosphonate Usage Associated with Atypical Humeral Diaphyseal Fractures?
1.25 Category A CH
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Closing Ceremony
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
408 - One Step at at Time
1.0 Category B CH
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
409 - ONCB Item Writers' Workshop
3.0 Category B CH