Due to such high demand, the Westin Hilton Head Island Resort and Spa has extended the final date to make reservations for those of you who wish to come early or stay late for a little relaxation in Hilton Head, SC! The special rate of $179 single/double will be offered until 5:00 pm on August 2, 2010, but is based on availability, so be sure to make your reservations today! To make your reservation, call 1-800-WESTIN-1 and refer to the Academy of Neonatal Nurses or Mother Baby Nurses Conference. Please note: This is NOT a conference hotel. Rates are available prior to and immediately following the conference dates in Savannah, GA.

Neonatal Pharmacology (Rx=6.5)
Topics for this session include:

• Is Nitric Oxide the Answer for Preterm Lung Disease?
• What's Good for Mom is Good for Baby…Or Is it? Perinatal Complications Associated with Maternal Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) During Pregnancy
• Premedication for Rapid Sequence Intubation in the Neonate
• Neonatal Issues in Medication Safety
• Controversies in the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Neonates
• Update on Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prophylaxis
  

Practical Sim: Prepare for NRP 2012

Join your fellow NRP hospital-based instructors and regional trainers for information and hands-on learning about the 2012 NRP provider course curriculum. Create and conduct newborn resuscitation scenarios using simple manikins and low-tech methods suited to the community hospital setting. Practice the basics of debriefing and take home tools to build your skills.
Note: This is not an NRP Instructor course.

Stepping into REAL Patient Safety from the Front Line

Patient safety is on everyone's mind. It affects all of us yet we all have a different understanding of what it really means. Our speakers help you understand the Patient Safety movement and what it means to you on the "front line." They discuss some of the common improvement methodologies and look specifically at teamwork and communication skills that help you deliver a higher quality of care that is safe and consistent for every patient every day.

Caring for the Late Preterm Infant

Given the increasing rate of late preterm births in North America, many questions have arisen about what kinds of problems these infants experience and how best to care for them. Ms. Fraser examines the top six problems experienced by the late preterm infant and provides strategies to address these problems.

Kangaroo Care at Birth for All Healthy Infants; Lecture, Skills Lab, and Roundtable
(This workshop is designed for the mother baby nurse)

The why, when, where, who, and hows of providing Kangaroo Care at birth to all healthy infants for optimal development, breastfeeding, and attachment are presented for NSVD and cesarean births. Infant ecology, habitat, spontaneous behaviors, step-by-step procedure for skin-to-skin contact at birth (returned in skills lab), how to be sure the baby is doing well, and an opportunity to learn from and question nurses who have been giving kangaroo care at birth for years are components of this session provided by Dr. Susan Ludington, one of the world's leading experts on Kangaroo Care.

Avoiding the Talons of the Legal Eagles in Perinatal Nursing

Perinatal nurses are involved in the care of some of health care's most vulnerable patients. Today, individual nurses may be named in medical malpractice cases, either as agents of the hospitals in which they practice or as independent practitioners in their own right. Nurses must have a working knowledge of the legal issues surrounding their practice, and must be prepared to testify according to accepted standards of care. Dr. Juretschke reviews concepts implicit to all nursing practice and highlights the perinatal nurse's risk for legal liability in the practice setting. Steps in the legal process and the role of the nurse as fact witness, defendant, and nursing expert are discussed.

Writing for Publication

For some, publishing is a job requirement, for others, a personal or professional goal. Whatever your motivation, this workshop provides you with the tools you need to get started. Taught by the editor of Neonatal Network®, a broad range of issues related to getting your manuscript published are addressed. These issues include, but are not limited to: selecting a topic and journal, collecting your research, referencing, copyright ownership, permission to use the material of others, and the editing process. Questions are encouraged. Bring your ideas, outlines, or manuscripts for a consultation with one of our editors.

Reaching the Neonatal Nurse: Innovative and Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies

This fun-filled interactive workshop provides NICU nurse educators, CNSs, and preceptors with ideas for creating memorable learning activities for neonatal nurses. Participants acquire ready-to-implement innovative and evidence-based teaching strategies for training new nurses, providing continuing educational activities, and for competency assessment. The grand finale includes roundtable sharing of innovative ideas from the audience, so bring examples of your creative teaching techniques.

Time Keeps on Slipping…Into the Future

Neonatology is hitting "middle age" as it celebrates its 35th year as a subspecialty, and many neonatal nurses have "grown-up" alongside this fascinating clinical area. Long time leaders in expanded roles and extended practice, neonatal nurses and neonatal nursing must complete their own professional arc, solidifying their place in the ever-expanding health care arena. In this timely presentation, focus on the new "script" for neonatal nursing and the role we all play in both our individual and collective professional growth and development.

Evidence-Based Medicine

There has been much discussion recently concerning the concepts of "Evidence-Based Medicine" and "Process Improvement." Dr. Ohning addresses the concept of basing a neonatal practice on the evidence and the practical aspects of how this often alters the dynamics within the NICU setting. Process Improvement and other similar concepts are reviewed with respect to how they are able to be incorporated into the NICU practice setting.

Hypoxic Respiratory Failure Leading to PPHN

Diagnosis and management of hypoxic respiratory failure in the newborn requires a thorough understanding of respiratory transition physiology. Dr. Jain clarifies critical issues in the pathophysiology of HRF and suggests management strategies.

Too Much, Too Little, Too Late: Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury in the Neonate

Hypoxic-ischemic injuries remain a major cause of mortality and morbidity in both term and preterm infants. The secondary insult from reperfusion events can result in additional end-organ injury. Ms. Johnson explains the pathophysiology of hypoxic-ischemic injuries, including the systemic and cerebral hemodynamics of the preterm infant. Current definitions, emerging diagnostics, and evolving therapies are described.

NRP 2012: Raising the Bar

NRP 2012 moves the NRP instructor from "teacher" to "learning facilitator" and demands that course participants take responsibility for much of their own learning. Find out how NRP 2012 will develop instructor skills, change the course curriculum, and engage all participants in enhanced learning through simulation and debriefing.

Genetics Primer

Dr. Coleman describes the main patterns of genetic inheritance including chromosomal (common microdeletion syndromes), Mendelian, and multifactorial inheritance. New technologies in genetic testing are included.

Drugs, Bugs and Sloughs: The Inside Story of Neonatal IV Therapy (Rx=.25)

Neonates often suffer long-term consequences as a result of adverse events from peripheral IV therapy. Our speaker explains rationale to prevent complications, that are the most important component of peripheral IV therapy, as well as describes strategies to treat complications should they occur.

Case Studies in Palliative Care

Ms. Youmans uses a case study approach to illustrate the principles and implementation of palliative care in the perinatal/neonatal setting. Content includes commonly encountered fetal and neonatal conditions that precipitate palliative care discussions, shared decision making between parents and health care staff, issues of moral distress, and the focus of nursing care at the end of life.

The Late Preterm Infant

Late preterm infants (34 0/7 to 36 6/7) are prone to a variety of complications in spite of their relative size and maturity. Dr. Jain addresses the physiologic basis for these problems and proposes practical approaches for their management.

An Overview of Renal and GU Systems and Their Associated Anomalies

Dr. Juretschke discusses the embryologic development of the kidneys and renal system. Major regulatory mechanisms are examined, and the physiologic features, management, and long-term outcomes for infants with common renal and genitourinary disorders are discussed.

The Basics of Neonatal EKG Interpretation

Can you rapidly identify atrial, junctional, and ventricular rhythms? How about the different types of heart blocks? Dr. Pilcher discusses identifying parameters, incidence, etiology, treatment, and complications associated with arrhythmias in the neonatal population. Hints will be provided on how to identify and remember the less common rhythms.

Neonatal Pharmacokinetics: The Ins and Outs and Hows and Whys (Rx=1)

The concepts underlying pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics are addressed by our speaker. Dr. Ohning discusses how drugs can be administered, how they work (drug action), and how they leave the body (drug elimination). He relates the concepts utilized to customize pharmacotherapy for an individual neonatal patient.

Podium Abstract Presentations

Deadline for Submissions July 1, 2010

Human Milk Feeding in the NICU: State of the Science, State of the Art

The American Academy of Pediatrics states that human milk is recognized as the ideal source of feeding for all infants, even the premature infant in the NICU. Human milk-fed premature infants receive significant benefit with respect to host protection, improved developmental outcomes, and prevention of late-onset sepsis and NEC. Ms. Johnson discusses human milk composition as well as feeding strategies for the NICU, including the use milk analysis, fortification options, vitamin D supplementation, and handling, and delivery guidelines.

Playing Detective with the Lab

Develop your critical eye as you learn to correctly evaluate the laboratory tests used in the NICU on a regular basis. Learn the appropriate laboratory tests used to investigate a variety of clinical findings.

Neonatal Skin Care

Neonates, whether premature or term, must have very specific needs met to maintain healthy skin. Ms. Davis' presentation is based upon AWHONN's Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline and she provides recommendations for optimizing neonatal skin integrity and discusses the principles used for best product selection.

Dysmorphology Assessment

Our speaker discusses physical assessment and the correct descriptive terms for a dysmorphic patient.

The Management of Neonatal Withdrawal (Rx=1)

Dr. Ohning discusses how to recognize the neonatal patient undergoing narcotic and non-narcotic withdrawal and the decision-making process leading to initiation of treatment, including choosing a therapeutic agent, when to begin therapy, and how to approach dosing escalation to a steady state. Management issues relating to weaning treatment while avoiding withdrawal are also discussed.

Inspector Gadget! Technology in the NICU

We are constantly bombarded with new technologies in the NICU. Deciding which are useful and which are harmful can be a bit perplexing. Come see some promising and useful new advances in neonatal care.

Bryan K. Darling, MD, FAAP

Lung Injury: How Do We Avoid Causing It? (Rx=.25)

Dr. Clark addresses the mechanisms of acute lung injury and strategies for preventing lung injury. Specifically, three areas are discussed: lung injury caused by lung collapse and the importance of optimizing lung volume, volutrauma and ways of minimizing volutrauma and barotrauma, and inflammatory lung injury and how to minimize the degree of inflammatory storm.

The Black and White of Neonatal X-Ray Interpretation

Find your inner-radiologist during this "how to" lecture on the interpretation of common and uncommon radiologic findings.

Non-Invasive Respiratory Support in the NICU

Dr. Clark discusses the role of non-invasive forms of respiratory support in the neonatal intensive care unit and the role of surfactant and CPAP in reducing the need for intubation and prevention of lung injury.

The Neonatal Golden Hour

Ms. Reynolds describes an approach to care of the LBW infant during the first hour of life that encourages consistency and collaboration with the overall goal of minimizing long-term complications. She addresses neonatal complications that may be affected by care practices during the first hour of life and makes evidence-based recommendations for care from practice.

Ionotropic Support for the Neonate (Rx=.25)

Dr. O'Donnell Maher describes inotropic support currently used in neonatal intensive care units, including mechanism of action and duration of action. Ideal inotropic support of the neonate with specific disease states is discussed and novel inotropic medications for cardiac support are introduced.

Current Controversies in Neonatal Bioethics

Dr. Williams addresses current controversies in neonatal bioethics including resuscitation at the margins of viability, withdrawal of medical hydration and nutrition, resource allocation, and palliative care.

ROP Prevention and Treatment: Current Therapies

Dr. Williams presents the causes of ROP and discusses strategies for prevention. Current medical and surgical therapeutic options are discussed.

Killer NEC: What Can You Really Do?

Dr. Bhatia presents a case illustrating the title of this workshop, followed by a discussion of the presentation of NEC and its incidence, causes, and treatment options. Prevention strategies are also addressed.

The Neonatal Golden Hour (repeat of #213)

Ms. Reynolds describes an approach to care of the LBW infant during the first hour of life that encourages consistency and collaboration with the overall goal of minimizing long-term complications. She addresses neonatal complications that may be affected by care practices during the first hour of life and makes evidence-based recommendations for care from practice.

Update on Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (Rx=.25)

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) remains one of the most challenging of all congenital heart defects, with high rates of morbidity and mortality when compared to several other types of pediatric heart disease. A number of medical and surgical advances in the care of these patients are discussed, as well as the results of a multi-institutional study on the surgical treatment of HLHS.

Podium Abstract Presentations

Deadline for Submissions is July 1, 2010

Nutrition in the NICU

The need for aggressive nutrition, both early parenteral and enteral feeding, is emphasized in this session, along with the rationale for it. Dr. Bhatia outlines feeding strategies during and after hospitalization and expected growth trajectories. Concerns about excessive or inadequate weight gain during this critical time of neonatal growth are addressed.

Refreshment Break (Coffee, Tea)

The 5 Ws of Antibiotics and Infection (Rx=.25)

Who is a candidate for treatment with antibiotics? When should we start antibiotics, and when should we stop? Which antibiotic(s) should we use? Why should we measure antibiotic blood levels? What are the consequences to overtreatment with antibiotics? Dr. Sacks will answer these and many more of your questions.