Directions

Parking

Hotel Information

Chemical Sensitivity

From the North:

Take Rt. 495-S. Get off at Exit 25B. Take Rt. 290-W. Get off at Exit 18. Follow signs to the DCU Center.

From the East:

Take I-90-W (Mass. Turnpike West) to Rt. 495-N to Rt. 290-W. Get off at Exit 18. Follow signs to the DCU Center.

From the South:

Take Rt. 495-N to Rt. 290-W. Get off at Exit 18. Follow signs to the DCU Center.

From the West:

Take I-90-E. (the Mass. Turnpike East) to Exit 10 (Auburn). After the tollbooth, bear left at the fork. Take Rt. 290-E. Get off at Exit 16. Take a left at the bottom of the ramp (there is a light). At the 3rd set of lights (Major Taylor Boulevard), the DCU Center is on your left.

The preferred parking garage of the DCU Center is the Worcester Municipal Parking Garage located at 30 Major Taylor Boulevard on the corner of Major Taylor Boulevard and Central Street off of Exit 16 from Rt. 290. Bring your ticket to the conference for a stamp to receive a reduced parking rate for this garage only. The garage is open Monday through Sunday from 6 a.m. until 2 a.m.

The MNA has secured several extra single and double rooms for $102, plus tax, at the Hilton Garden Inn, Worcester, MA. It is adjacent to the DCU center. Parking is $8.95 per night. For reservations call 508-753-5700.

Attendees are requested to avoid wearing scented personal products when attending the Fourth Annual MNA Clinical Nursing Conference. Scents may trigger responses in those with chemical sensitivity.

This full-day clinical program is designed to update registered

nurses on a variety of current clinical topics and relevant issues pertinent

to today’s nursing practice.

Placeholder Fee

Contact Hours

Registration is by mail only.A check for $75 must be submitted with your registration. Payment by credit cards is not acceptable for this conference. Your check will be returned upon attendance.

Continuing nursing education contact hours will be provided.

To successfully complete a program and receive contact hours, you must: 1) sign in, 2) be present for the entire time period of the sessions, and 3) complete and submit the evaluation.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

FREE$75 placeholder fee required

As an MNA member, you are invited to attend a

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Registration and Continental Breakfast

Keynote Address

Communicating with Difficult PeopleNorm BossioThis presentation will explore approaches to managing conflict both inside the healthcare domain and beyond. A variety of communication issues and skills will be addressed as well as modes of behavior that tend to inhibit collaborative and productive healthcare.

WARNING: This presentation may hit very close to home.

Concurrent Sessions

Interventional Cardiology – Update on the Latest ModalitiesTerri Mazzarelli, RN, MS, ACNPThis program will explore the pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes and current treatment modalities related to invasive/interventional cardiology. Evidence-based indications for coronary stenting as well as the types of coronary stents currently in use will be included. The program will conclude with a discussion of the complications of coronary interventions as well as adjunctive therapies.

Pancreatic, Lung and Breast Cancers: Current Treatments and Research ProtocolsKerry A. Mahar RN, MSN, AOCNThis presentation will address pancreatic, lung and breast cancers including relevant epidemiology, current treatments and implications for nursing care. Current research protocols will be discussed.

Geriatric Nursing Challenges Across the Health Care ContinuumKathy J. Fabiszewski, PhD, A/GNP-BCThis program will provide participants with an opportu-nity to explore geriatric nursing challenges in acute care, primary care, and extended care (home care and

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Margaret Bauman, MDThis program will present an overview of a comprehen-sive and collaborative approach to the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of children diagnosed with autism, pervasive and other developmental disorders.

Lunch

Concurrent Sessions

Current Trends and Challenges in Pain ManagementPat Rosier, MS, RN, ACNS-BCCertified Pain Management NurseThis session will discuss issues and challenges in the assessment of pain, assessment tools available, and current trends in the management of pain. Assessment and treatment of pain in patients with substance abuse issues will also be included.

Hypertension in PregnancyLori Johnson RNC-HROB, BSN, MSThis program will differentiate the types of hypertension associated with pregnancy, describe the steps necessary to ensure accurate blood pressure evaluation, and describe the pathophysiology of preeclampsia-eclampsia. The management of hypertension in pregnancy will be discussed using case studies.

Wound Care: From Outside In to Inside Out! Speaker TBAThis program will present the phases of wound healing. Strategies for wound assessment and staging will be

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for the Patient with Schizophrenia, Bipolar and Depression DisordersLee Murray, RN, MS, CS, CADACThis program will define and identify behaviors related to Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder and Major Depression. It will include treatment modalities and nursing strategies relevant to the nurse in practice today.

Closing Session

Legal Issues in Nursing DocumentationEdie Brous, RN, BSN, MS, MPH, JDThis program will discuss the potential liability of documentation for nurses. It will include the necessary elements of nursing entries and their analysis for exposure reduction of nursing entries.

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2:55 – 4:00 p.m. p.m.

Program Cancellation

Refunds

MNA reserves the right to change speakers or cancel programs for extenuating circum-stances.

Refund of the placeholder fee will be issued up to two weeks before the program date minus a 25% processing fee. No refunds are made less than 14 days prior to the program.

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