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Daily Schedule

Pre-Symposium

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

12:30-1:00 PM   Pre-symposium Registration
1:00-2:15 PM   Making Difficult Decisions (Pelvic Exenteration vs. Chemotherapy):
Stage IB Cervical Cancer (Case Presentation)
Carol Prone, RN, BSN
Diane Ward-Dooner, RN, AD, BA
2:15-2:30 PM   Break
2:30-3:30 PM   Optimizing Communication: Identifying and Understanding Psychosocial Issues
That Impact Satisfactory Intimate Relationships for Gynecologic Oncology
Bobbi Allison, MA, MSW, LICSW
3:30-4:30 PM   What Should I Say? Responsibilities of Nurses in Ethically Complex Decision Making
Joseph P. Fanning, PhD
4:30-5:30 PM   Panel Discussion/Question & Answer
4:45-5:45 PM   Symposium Registration

Keynote Address

6:15-6:30 PM   Welcome/Opening Remarks
6:30-8:00 PM   Offering Hope in a Helpless Situation
Peter Bjerkerot, RN, BSN, OCN
8:00-9:00 PM   Opening Reception

Main Symposium

Thursday, April 5, 2012

7:00-7:45 AM   Registration/Breakfast
7:00-5:00 PM   Exhibits Open
7:50-8:00 AM   Opening Remarks
8:00-8:45 AM   Karnikos to Carcinoma: A Brief History of Cancer
Summer Dewdney, MD
8:45-8:55 AM   Questions & Answers
8:55-9:40 AM   Assessing and Addressing Health Care Disparities in Cancer Prevention
And Treatment: Perspectives on the use of a Nurse Initiated Community
Assessment in an Underdeveloped Country and in the U.S.
Stella Dike, RN, MSN
9:40-9:50 AM   Questions & Answers
9:50-10:05 AM   Break
10:05-10:50 AM   Care of the Transgendered Patient
BJ Rimel, MD
10:50-11:00 AM   Questions & Answers
11:00-11:45 AM   APN Orientation and Retention
Verne Lee J. Nagle, MHA, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
11:45-11:55 AM   Questions & Answers
12:00-1:00 PM   Lunch & Business Meeting
1:00-1:45 PM   Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
Rosemary Polomano, PhD, RN, FAAN
1:45-1:55 PM   Questions & Answers
1:55-2:10 PM   Break
2:10-2:55 PM   The Joyful Nurse
Amy Brown, RN, OCN
2:55-3:05 PM   Questions & Answers
3:05-3:50 PM   Vaginal Reconstruction After Pelvic Exenteration
Bruce Shack, MD
3:50-4:00 PM   Questions & Answers
4:00-4:45 PM   New Strategies in the Management of Ovarian Cancer
Robert Alvarez, MD
4:45-4:55 PM   Questions & Answers
5:00-6:00 PM   Board Meeting
6:30-7:30 PM   Social Hour (Meet & Greet with the Board)

Friday, April 6, 2012

6:15-7:15 AM   Walk – Centennial Park
7:00-7:30 AM   Registration
7:00-5:00 PM   Exhibits Open
7:30-8:20 AM   Breakfast
8:20-8:30 AM   Opening Remarks
8:30-9:15 AM   HPV: It’s Not Just About Cervical Cancer Anymore
Beth Colvin Huff, MSN, FNP-BC
9:15-9:25 AM   Questions & Answers
9:25-10:10 AM   Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia (GTN)
David Tait, MD
10:10-10:20 AM   Questions & Answers
10:20-10:35 AM   Break
10:35-11:20 AM   The Affordable Care Act and Oncology Care: A Health Policy Update
Margaret C. Wilmoth, PhD, MSS, RN, FAAN
11:20-11:30 AM   Questions & Answers
11:30-12:00 PM   PAULA MAJOR LECTURESHIP
Communication at the End of Life
LaKeisha Lovings, MS, MBA, RN, WHNP-BC
12:00-12:15 PM   Questions & Answers
12:15-2:00 PM   Roundtable Discussion & Lunch
    Pulse Dose Radiation: An Enhanced Treatment Option for Gynecologic Cancer Patient
Cynae Johnson, RN, BSN, OCN
Margie Trojanowsky, RN, BSN, OCN
    Psychosocial Needs of Gynecologic Oncology Patients
Kristin Johnson, RN, BSN, OCN
    Outpatient Symptom Management for the Gynecologic Oncology Patient
Claudia Howe, RN, BSN
    Lessons Learned While Utilizing a Survivorship Care Plan
Terri Wheeler, RN, MSN, WHNP-BC
    Strategies for Keeping A Viable Inpatient Gynecologic Oncology Unit
Lauren Willard, RN, MSN, OCN
Doreen Landry, RN, BSN
    Work-Life Balance: Share How You Maintain Yours
Vicky Willis, RN, BSN, OCN
    Leading a Team Through the Process of The Joint Commission Disease Specific Care Certification
Tina Ralyea, MSN, MBA, CRRN, NE-BC
    Tube Fest – Drain Management in Gynecologic Oncology
Amy Brown, RN, OCN
    Hypersensitivity Reaction Management
Nancy J. Tecu, RN, WHNP, BC, MSN, AOCNP
2:00-2:45 PM   Improving Clinical Efficient in the Uterine-Ovarian Oncology Population
Dana C. Bell, RN, BSN
Angela Hosking, RN, BSN
2:45-2:55 PM   Questions & Answers
2: 55-3:40 PM   Genetics of Cancer, Inherited Cancer Syndromes and Genetic Testing
Sarah Svendsen-Lewis, MS, LCGC
3:40-3:50 PM   Questions & Answers

Saturday, April 7, 2012

7:00-8:00 AM   Breakfast
7:00-12:00 PM Exhibits Open
8:00-8:45 AM What’s Your Target: Patient-Centered Pain Management
Melissa Wilson, BSN, RN, CMSRN
8:45-8:55 AM Questions & Answers
8:55-9:40 AM GOG: A Step into the Future
Chrisann Winslow, RN, MSN, AOCN
9:40-9:50 AM Questions & Answers
9:50-10:35 AM The Passion for Compassion: Preventing Nurse Care Fatigue
LaKeisha Lovings, MS, MBA, RN, WHNP-BC
10:35-10:45 AM Questions & Answers
10:45-11:30 AM Evaluations and CEU Forms