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ForwardThe 15th Annual Neonatal Nursing Conference - We've Come a Long Way Baby!
Date & Location:
Thursday, November 1, 2018, The Log Cabin and Banquet Meeting House, 500 Easthampton Road, Holyoke, MA 01040
Goal:
The goal of this educational activity is to support effective, effective, compassionate, patient-centered care that benefits the individual patients and the communities we serve.
Provided by:
The Davis Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Baystate Children's Hospital and Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education
Target Audience
This course is designed for all health care professionals working with neonates, including: neonatal nurses, labor and delivery nurses, newborn nursery nurses, respiratory therapists, neonatologists, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, physician assistans and case managers.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize general knowledge of significant historical factors/events that have contributed to the development and advances in neonatal care.
- Identify at least two momentous developments that had a significant impact on premature infant survival rates.
- Review ethically challenging cases from the NICU/MFM from the perspective of the care team using an interactive physician panel.
- Discuss and answer audience questions to help facilitate learning about ethically-charged situations, compassionate care, and team bonding.
- Define basic principles of palliative care and how they apply to caring for newborns with life-limiting disease.
- Recognize diagnoses and conditions of the newborn that would benefit from palliative care.
- Recognize the risk for long term cognitive impairment as part of the preterm behavioral phenotype.
- Summarize strategies to optimize neurodevelopment of preterm born children.
- Outline gaps/opportunities for growth of current support systems for preterm children and their families.
- Discuss the role of early intervention in the post-discharge care and development of the former preterm infant.
- Review the differing services that are available through Early Intervention, such as occupational, physical speech and behavioral therapies.
- Discuss and review common parental/familial concerns regarding having their sick neonate admitted to the NICU.
Program Schedule
| 8:00 | Registration, Continental Breakfast & Promotional Exhibits |
|---|---|
| 8:30 | An Historical Look at Neonatal Care Joanne DeStasio, BSN |
| 9:30 | Panel Discussion: Maternal Fetal Medicine, Neonatology and Ethics Perspectives on teh Edge of Viability Jaclyn Boulias, MD, Peter DePergola, PhD, MTS, Corina N. Schoen, MD |
10:45 | Coffee Break and Promotional Exhibits |
| 11:00 | Palliative Care in the NICU Mustafa Caylan, MD |
| 12:00 | Lunch and Promotional Exhibits |
| 1:00 | Neurodevelopment of the ELBW Infant Carmina Erdei, MD |
| 2:30 | Coffee Break and Promotional Exhibits and Raffle |
| 2:45 | Early Intervention and Developmental Follow Up for the ELBW Infant Marie Peirent |
| 3:15 | Panet Panel with Moderator |
| Laura Madore, MD | |
| 4:15 | Program Evaluation and Adjourn |
Faculty Disclosure
The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.
None of the members of the faculty or planning committee have commercial relationships with commercial companies providing goods or services used on patients.
There is free surface parking. Park in the upper half of the parking lot which is nearest the Education Center entrance. Enter through the glass foyer at the end of the building.
Meeting Room temperatures will fluctuate.
Joanne DeStasio, BSN
Assistant Nurse Manager NICU/CCN
Baystate Medical Center
Corina N. Schoen, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Perinatologist
Baystate Medical Center
Jaclyn Boulias, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
TUFTs University School of Medical
Neonatologist
TUFTs Medical Center
Peter DePergola, PhD, MTS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Director of Clinical Ethics
Baystate Medical Center
Mustafa Caylan, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Newborn Hospitalist
Baystate Medical Center
Carmina Erdei, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Neonatologist, Director of Growth and Development Unit
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Laura Madore, MD
Assistant Professor Pediatrics
University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Neonatologist
Baystate Medical Center
Marie Peirent, MSED
Program Director
Thom Springfield Infant Toddler Services
Heather Riggenbach, OT
Occupational Therapist
Thom Springfield Infant Toddler Services
Faculty Disclosure
The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.
None of the members of the faculty or planning committee have commercial relationships with commercial companies providing goods or services used on patients except Dr. Inzucchi. He is an consultant for Boeringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi/Lexicon, VTV Therapeutics and Eisai
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Available Credit
- 6.25 American Association of Respiratory Care (AARC CRCE)This program has been approved for a maximum of 6.25 contact hours Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd, Suite 100, Irving, TX 75063
Course - 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 6.25 ANCC Contact Hours
- 6.25 BCIPE Instructional Hours
Price
| Register Early and SAVE $10 |
Enter Coupon Code: NICU99 This coupon expires 14 days before the event. |
| In order to receive credit, the evaluation must be completed by: | Thu, 11/01/2018 - 8:00am |
We appreciate your business and sincerely wish to meet your educational needs. We understand that the schedule of a busy professional, like yourself, is subject to change. Therefore, we have included information about our refund/cancellation policies for your convenience below.
Cancellation:
If you must cancel, telephone Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education at 413-322-4242 and follow your call with a written/email request. All cancellations will incur a $25.00 fee. Please note that we cannot refund cancellations received less than two weeks (10 business days) before the program date.
Refund Policy:
Your refund, less a cancellation fee, will be processed within two (2) weeks from the date we receive the written notification. For credit card refunds, please allow one to two (1-2) billing cycles for the credit to appear on your statement.
Specific Aids or Services:
Please call Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education at 413-322-4242 if, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, you require specific aids or services during your visit to this continuing education program.