Pediatric Nursing meetings & conferences

28th Annual Pediatric Nursing Conference

The 28th Annual Pediatric Nursing Conference will be held July 19-21, 2012, at the Westin Boston Waterfront in Boston, Masachusetts.

Third Annual International Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference

Sponsored by Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

May 31 - June 1, 2012 Kansas City, Missouri

Meeting Topics

May 31st

Nuts and bolts: Initiation and implementation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP)

June 1st

Stewardship strategies in the outpatient setting
Empiric disease specific antimicrobial utilization
Utilization of microbiology laboratory data to guide ASP decisions
International efforts involving ASPs
Useful Strategies for inpatient antimicrobial stewardship
ASP evaluation and outcome metrics

Learning Objectives

At the completion of the course, healthcare professionals will be able to:

Implement and evaluate a pediatric ASP
Understand the importance of Pediatric ASPs on a global scale
Identify strategies to improve outpatient antibiotic use
Design evaluation strategies for your ASP
Identify barriers to and potential stategies to optimize ASP outcomes

Meeting Location

The meeting will occur at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, MO.

Interested in Meeting

Please contact Jason Newland at jnewland1@cmh.edu or Christy Phillips at cphillips@idsociety.org if you are interested in attending the meeting

The Thin Ethical Line: When Professional Boundaries and Personal Interests Collide--Eighth Annual Pediatric Bioethics Conference

Friday and Saturday, July 27 and 28, 2012 Seattle, Washington

Healthcare providers have professional responsibilities to care for their patients. Yet physicians, nurses, social workers and trainees face daily choices when their professional responsibilities are not congruent with personal interests, beliefs and values. How should providers navigate these boundaries? We will explore these issues as we discuss the ethical concerns that may arise when personal interests and values challenge traditional professional responsibilities.

Can healthcare professionals conscientiously object to providing certain kinds of healthcare services?
Should healthcare providers perform procedures or prescribe medications for their own family members?
Is it ever acceptable for healthcare professionals to lie on behalf of their patients?
Is it OK to ask patients to sign a political petition in the office or hospital setting?
Should healthcare professionals become “friends” with their patients or their patients’ parents on Facebook?
Should healthcare professionals engage with families in non-medical settings or accept gifts or invitations to personal events?

Contact Information

For questions about the conference, please contact Kathie Kohorn at 206-987-5379.

For questions about the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, please contact Jill Webster at 206-884-8355.

27th International Pediatric Association Congress of Pediatrics--IPA 2013

August 24-29, 2013 Melbourne, Australia

IPA 2013 is the global meeting place for Physicians, Researchers, Nurses and Health Care Workers in the field of Pediatrics and its sub-specialties. Dedicated to promoting and improving child health and setting it as a high priority on the world agenda professionals in the field will convene in Melbourne for a high-level scientific program focused specifically on “Bridging the Gaps in Child & Adolescent Health.” Join leading experts to explore different opinions, treatment methodologies, and practices of pediatric and adolescent care.

2012 UICC World Cancer Congress

August 27-30, 2012 Montreal, Canada

The 2012 UICC World Cancer Congress will focus on providing education and training opportunities throughout the programme including interactive meetings, forums, workshops and sessions.

Connecting for Global Impact

The theme for the 2012 UICC World Cancer Congress is Connecting for Global Impact – and highlights the need for continued support and momentum in translating the benefits of knowledge gained through research and practice to those living with and affected by cancer.

UICC believes this can be achieved through global actions, which will result through connections and partnerships made through the international cancer control community at the Congress.

The 2012 Congress will provide education and training opportunities throughout the programme including plenary, interactive sessions, meetings, forums, workshops and symposia. The programme consists of four tracks each directly linked to one or more of the World Cancer Declaration targets and representing the many different segments of the cancer control participants.

Track 1: Prevention and early detection (including tobacco control)
The standard definition of primary and secondary prevention sets the scope for this track, methods targetting behavioural risk factors as well as underlying factors such as social and economic disadvantage will be explored in these sessions. Tobacco control is a vital and specialised aspect of cancer control, and is an established field with knowledge and experience that can be transferred to other risk factors. Including tobacco control in a broader sense will facilitate an important exchange between participants with the goal of improving prevention outcomes for all risk factors.

Session topics include:
- Digital media in cancer prevention and tobacco control
- Countering the tobacco industry
- Education and communication for tobacco control
- Plain packaging
- Diet, physical activity and cancer risk
- Food policy interventions
- Bowel cancer screening
- Cervical cancer prevention and screening
- Alcohol and cancer

Who should attend? Professionals in cancer control, research and programme implementation who wish to expand their knowledge on new prevention and early detection strategies.

Track 2: Cancer care and survivorship
This track includes proven medical treatment of the disease in the context of a desire to provide active treatment and comprehensive care for those affected by cancer, including measures to improve side-effects of treatment, psychosocial assessment and support and rehabilitation. This track will explore in depth what ‘survivorship’ means to people affected by cancer, what they want and need, how the health system can meet those needs, and what survivors themselves can contribute.

Session topics include:
- Costs of cancer
- Improving the patient journey
- Telepathology
- Oncogeriatrics
- International responses to cancer survivorship
- Personalised therapy
- Social media in cancer care and support

Who should attend? Individuals engaged in cancer care including researchers, healthcare professionals, volunteers, patient support teams, advocacy groups, cancer networks and survivors.

Track 3: Palliation and pain control
As over one third of patients die within 5 years of a diagnosis (even in the most advanced health systems), dying, and humane methods to ease the psychological and physical burden of impending death will be explored, as will the challenges (and benefits) of an early introduction of palliative care into the patient’s journey. In terms of equity, giving palliation and pain control importance helps address the inequity arising in resource-constrained countries where end of life interventions are often all that can be offered.

Session topics include:
- Global access to pain relief
- International efforts in palliative care
- Advances in cancer pain assessment and management
- Strategies for improving global palliative care
- Media and advocacy for global pain relief
- Pain relief as a human right
- Paediatric cancer pain

Who should attend? Professionals and volunteers engaged in palliative care, symptom and pain control.

Track 4: Systems in cancer control
Emphasising systems solutions builds upon the theme of the 2010 Congress -‘Systems to make it happen’ - and is a priority for those who wish to make an impact at a community level to improve the access to care. A broad definition of the term ‘system’ will be used to allow for the discussion of issues, and solutions for improving national, regional and local health systems. Surveillance systems, including cancer registries, and population risk factor monitoring will be a key focus, as will how to advocate for the cancer cause, creating an infrastructure around fundraising and the distribution of resources.

Session topics include:
- Global surveillance of survival
- Partnerships for prevention
- Cancer registration in low and middle income countries
- Workforce solutions
- Cancer control in indigenous populations
- Advocacy for cancer control
- Legal strategies in cancer control

Who should attend? Cancer control researchers and programme implementers. Professionals and volunteers, engaged in programme monitoring and evaluation, fundraising, advocacy, policy work or governance will also find value in attending.

6th Asian Congress of Paediatric Infectious Diseases

28th November-December 1, 2012 Colombo, Sri Lanka

The 6th Asian Congress of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ACPID 2012) is the largest gathering of pediatricians, researchers, academics, nurses, allied health professionals, virologists, epidemiologists, and other specialists in the field of infectious diseases from all over Asia Pacific.

The theme of the congress is “Rational Management of Infectious Diseases – A Path to a Safer Childhood.” It is envisaged that the dissemination of new knowledge from experts in the field will help safeguard our children by a rational approach to the prevention and management of paediatric infectious diseases.

Subject categories:

• Antimicrobial resistance and new antibiotic
• Influenza
• Bacterial Infection
• Dengue
• Fungal infection
• Enteric Infection
• Respiratory tract Infection
• Hospital Infection
• HIV
• Other viral infection
• Pathogenetic mechanisms
• Malaria
• Central nervous system infection
• Neonatal infection
• Enterovirus, Poliomyelitis
• Pneumococcal Diseases
• Urinary tract infection
• Sepsis
• Tuberculosis, Leprosy
• Vaccination
• Epidemiology
• Laboratory diagnosis
• Others

ACPID 2012 Conference Secretariat
Kenes Asia
5th Floor, PICO Creative Centre
20 Kallang Avenue, Singapore 339411
Tel: +65 6292 0723; Fax: +65 6292 4721
E-mail: acpid2012@kenes.com

8th World Stroke Congress

October 10-13, 2012 Brasilia, Brazil

The 8th World Stroke Congress will be held in Brasilia October 10 to 13, 2012. This is the first time that the World Stroke Congress is held in Latin America.

The scope of the World Stroke Congress is broader than other international stroke conferences: besides first class presentations on research findings, overviews of current state of the art, lectures of excellence, and teaching courses there will also be a strong focus on parts of the chain of care like primary prevention, organization of services and rehabilitation. Global issues will be much addressed including global burden of stroke, specific features of stroke in low to middle income countries and priority settings when resources are low. A substantial part of the programme will focus on nursing and multidisciplinary networking. Another substantial part is directed to stroke support organizations.

Possible Topics

1. Acute Stroke Management
2. Acute Reperfusion Treatment
3. Acute Stroke: new treatments concepts
4. Acute Neuroimaging
5. Neurocritical Management
6. Hemorrhage – Intraparenchymal
7. Aneurysm and Vascular Malformations
8. Venous diseases
9. TIA and minor Stroke
10. Cerebrovascular Occlusive Disease
11. Heart and Brain
12. Infections Diseases and Stroke
13. Vascular Cognitive Impairment/ Vascular Dementia
14. Uncommon Stroke Disorders
15. Experimental and Translational Neuroscience
16. Genetics
17. Epidemiology of stroke
18. Pediatric Stroke
19. Preventive Stroke Strategies
20. Diagnosis
21. Large Clinical Trials
22. On-going Clinical Trials
23. Outcomes and Quality of Care
24. Stroke Care Systems
25. Multidisciplinary Clinical Rehabilitation
26. Public Awareness/Advocacy
27. Nursing

World Stroke Congress Secretariat
1-3 Rue de Chantepoulet
PO Box 1726
CH-1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
Tel: + 41 22 908 0488
Fax: + 41 22 906 9140
E-mail: stroke2012@kenes.com

MASCC/ISOO 2012 International Symposium--International Symposium on Supportive Care in Cancer

June 28-30, 2012 New York, New York

The MASCC/ISOO 2012 International Symposium focuses on the clinical management of supportive care in oncology. It is essential that all oncology specialists, care-givers and cancer policy makers are fully updated as to the latest available physical and psychological treatments to prevent, control, or relieve complications and side effects of cancer and its treatments — including antineoplastic approaches. This advanced scientific oncology congress is endorsed by the leading Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer and the International Society of Oral Oncology.

Let’s meet in the exhilarating city of New York to combine our efforts and knowledge to explore how we can all improve patient's comfort and quality of life

Topics:

Bone Metastases
Cancer Pain
Cutaneous Toxicity
Dyspnea
Education in Supportive Care
End-Stage Disease
Fatigue
Future Trends in Research in Supportive Medicine
Hematologic Toxicity
Lymphedema Prophylaxis and Treatment in Gynecologic Cancer
Mucositis
Nausea-Vomiting
Neurological Complications
Neutropenia-Infections
Nutrition
Oral Complications Associated with Cancer Therapies
Paediatrics
Palliative Care
Palliative Interventions
Psychooncology
Prophylaxis and Treatment of Thromboembolic Events in Cancer Patients
Quality of Life
Survivorship
Treatment of Specific Toxicities
Other Supportive Care

Congress Organizers

Kenes International
Global Congress Organizers
and Association Management Services
17 Rue du Cendrier,
PO Box 1726, CH-1211,
Geneva 1, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 908 0488
Fax: +41 22 906 9140
E-mail: mascc@kenes.com

2012 National School-Based Health Care Convention

Every year the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC) brings together more than 700 child and adolescent health providers and advocates for the National School-Based Health Care Convention.

The 2012 National School-Based Health Care Convention will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico June 24 – 27, 2012.

NASBHC's mission is to improve the health status of children and youth by advancing and advocating for school-based health care

NASBHC
1010 Vermont Ave. NW Ste. 600
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 638-5872
Fax: (202)638-5879
Email: info@nasbhc.org

National Nurse Practitioner Symposium

The 2012 National Nurse Practitioner Symposium will take place July 12-15, 2012, at the Copper Conference Center in Copper Mountain Colorado. The 4-day symposium will consist of approximately 100 sessions and workshops, offering over 30 contact/CE hours for Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Midwives and Physician Assistants, through ACCME, ANCC and AANP, with acceptance of pertinent content by ACNM, AAPA and NAPNAP.

Content will include clinical topics, innovative practice settings, research, professional development and other topics related to advanced practice nursing in primary care and acute care. Please join us in continuing the tradition of excellence in continuing education and professional development in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado.