Schedule

Pre-Conference: Thursday, July 15, 2010

7:00 am - 9:00 amRegistration Open
8:00 am - 4:00 pm 010 Two-Day Pre-Conference Workshop (Day 1) -
The Pediatric Nursing Certification Review Course: Unlocking the Door to Success...
4:00 am - 6:00 pm Registration Open
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Main Conference: Friday, July 16, 2010

7:00 am - 7:30 pmRegistration Open
8:00 am - 4:00 pm 010 Two-Day Pre-Conference Workshop (Day 2) -
The Pediatric Nursing Certification Review Course: Unlocking the Door to Success...
8:00 am - 4:00 pm 020 Pre-Conference Workshop - Sharpening Your Leadership Skills to Lead Effectively
030 Pre-Conference Workshop - Pediatric Ethics Today
5:15 pm - 5:45 pm Welcome Address
5:45 pm - 7:00 pm Opening Session - Update on Childhood Immunizations and H1N1 Influenza
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Opening Reception in Exhibit Hall/View Posters
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Main Conference: Saturday, July 17, 2010

7:00 am - 5:30 pm Registration Open
7:00 am - 7:45 am Continental Breakfast
7:45 am - 8:15 am Welcome/Announcements/Humanitarian Award Presentation
8:15 am - 9:45 am Keynote Session - The Great Recession and Beyond: Near- and Intermediate-Term Challenges Facing the Nursing Profession and What to Do about Them
9:45 am - 10:45 am Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall/View Posters
10:45 am - 12:15 pm Concurrent Sessions
111 Belly Pain and Vomiting: When to Worry? (Track I)
112 The Pediatric Anorexia Patient Who Refuses Care (Track II)
113 Writing with Influence: Leading with the "Pen" (Track III)
114 Pediatric Cardiac Rhythm Analysis for the Non-Cardiac Nurse (Track IV)
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Dessert Break in Exhibit Hall/View Posters
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
121 Sharpen Your Pediatric Laboratory Interpretation Skills (Track I)
122 Fatigue in Community-Dwelling Children (Track II)
123 The Art and Science of Nursing in Palliative Care (Track III)
124 Pediatric Trauma (Track IV)
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Break
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm Concurrent Sessions
131 The Quality of Life of Primary Caregivers of Children with Chronic Illness (Track II)
132 Bruises, Dots, and Spots...Petechiae and Purpura in the Pediatric Patient (Track I)
133 Pediatric Nurses Attaining, Maintaining, and Retaining ANCC Magnet Recognition (Track III)
134 Tourette Syndrome in the Pediatric Population (Track IV)
5:30 pm Special Tour of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Main Conference: Sunday, July 18, 2010

6:15 am - 8:15 am Sponsored Satellite Breakfast Symposium - Preventing RSV Infection for Infants at Risk: Current and Emerging Strategies
Supported by an educational grant from MedImmune
Sponsored by Montefiore Medical Center
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Open
8:30 am - 9:00 am Welcome/Announcements/Awards
9:00 am - 10:15 am General Session - Top 10 Issues in Pediatrics
10:15 am - 10:30 am Break
10:30 am - 12:30 pm Special Sessions
211 Pediatric Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances: A Case Study Approach (Track I)
212 Moving Evidence to Policy and Practice (Track II)
213 Keys to Dealing with Emotionally Difficult People (Track III)
214 Autism Spectrum Disorders: Challenges and Opportunities (Track IV)
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Concurrent Sessions
221 Pushing the Edge in Body Decoration: Tattoos, Piercings, and More (Track I)
222 Nurses' Perceptions of Unaccompanied Hospitalized Children (Track II)
223 There Is a Researcher in Every Nurse: Engaging the Bedside Nurse in Research through a Nursing Research Council (Track III)
224 Asthma Update: Pharmacologic and Educational Strategies for Managing Asthma (Track IV)
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm Concurrent Sessions
231 Preventing Codes Outside of the ICU: Is it Possible? (Track I)
232 A Nursing Perspective on Caregivers' Mealtime Management in In-Patients with New Onset of Diabetes (Track II)
233 It's the Hard-Knock Life: The Plight of Orphaned and "Feeble-Minded" Children as Subjects in Medical Research throughout the 20th Century (Track III)
234 Pediatric Nurses Need to Receive Grant Funding to Address ANCC 2007 Magnet Model Component IV (Track IV)
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Pediatric Nursing Conference Tracks

Track I: Physical Assessment and Laboratory Interpretation Track II: Evidence-Based Practice and Research
Track III: Leadership at the Point of Care Track IV: Clinical Potpourri