2018 Odyssey ConferenceTuesday, March 13, 2018 | 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.The Westin Richmond Hotel6631 West Broad StreetRichmond, VA 23230(800) 937-8461

Educating the Acute and Critical Care Nurse

Featuring: Christine S. Schulman, MS, RN, CNS, CCRN-KAACN President 2017-2018

Jointly provided by Education & Professional Development at VCU Health and the Greater Richmond Area Chapter of AACN

OverviewThis year’s conference brings together professionals from diverse fields bringing information on wide-ranging topics relevant to quality patient centered care and critical nursing practice. The conference will cover this variety of topics via plenary and concurrent sessions, and poster sessions related to acute and critical care practice and trends in healthcare. We will have the opportunity to be inspired by the innovative and engaging presenters to continue our purposeful development of effective healthcare and to drive changes that matter for optimal patient and family outcomes.

Learning Outcomes• Understand how to use WHY as a tool to create a better future for health

care. • Understand the vulnerability of healthcare providers’ physical and

psychosocial well-being secondary to vicarious trauma. • Recognize clinical presentations and consequences of Alarm Fatigue.• Identify and evaluate benefits of interprofessional practice in medicine

and nursing teams. • Understand how exploring various creative strategies can provide room

for developing new procedures in surgery for better patient outcomes.• Understand the impact of animal assisted interventions on the social

and emotional well-being of patients.• Be better able to provide effective care to older patients. • Development of new knowledge and awareness of updates in the

diagnosis and treatment of heart failure.• Incorporate strategies to increase resilience in your healthcare

practice. • Understand the complexity of the disease of addiction and adapting

attitudes and interventions for effective treatment.

Call for Poster AbstractsWe are accepting applications for poster sessions to the 2018 Odyssey Conference! Poster abstract content must support interprofessional health topics in research, evidence-based practice, leadership, ethics, public policy and advanced practice. Deadline for receipt of Poster Session Application and Abstract is February 23, 2018. Any questions, please contact us at paul.swadley@vcuhealth.org.

HandoutsParticipants will receive an email prior to the event with instructions to access the conference materials.

Continuing EducationNursing: Up to 7.0 Contact Hours will be provided for full attendance at this conference, including interaction with poster presenters.

VCU Health is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Virginia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Registration InformationThe registration fee speaker handouts, continuing education credit, continental breakfast, break refreshments, and luncheon. Minimum and maximum numbers for attendance at this conference have been established, and we reserve the right to substitute speakers/topics, or cancel if necessary. Register early.

Cancellation PolicyFull refund, minus $15 processing fee for written cancellations postmarked by March 5, 2018. No refunds will be given for cancellations postmarked after this date.

ParkingYou can park at the Westin Hotel’s parking lot free of charge. Further information will be included with your confirmation letter.

AccommodationsArrangements have been made with the Westin Hotel to block overnight rooms for the Odyssey Conference. Participants can make their reservations by calling (888) 627-7786 and reference the “Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority” block to receive the discounted rate of $145/night for a Standard King room. Deadline for receiving the guest room block is Monday, February 19, 2018. This rate may not be available after this date.

Americans with Disabilities ActVCU Health System is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal or state law. If special accommodation is needed, please contact us at (804) 828-0418. Every attempt will be made to facilitate your participation in this conference.

Got Questions?Email: paul.swadley@vcuhealth.org Phone: 804.828.0418

2018 Odyssey Conference Information

8:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:15 am Keynote Address: Guided by Why

Christine Schulman, MS, RN, CNS, CCRN-K

9:15 am Miracle Man

Norris McMiller

9:30 am Vicarious Trauma

Mark Howard, MSSW

10:30 am Break with Exhibitors & Poster Presenters

11:00 am BREAKOUT SESSION 1

(a) Cerebral Concussion: A Stealthy Injury

Christine Schulman, MS, RN

(b) Alarm Fatigue

Mary Stonich, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, PCCN

(c) Interdisciplinary Rounding

Kristin Miller, MD & Amy Dean, MS, RN

12:00 pm Lunch with Exhibitors & Poster Presenters

1:00 pm BREAKOUT SESSION 2

(a) Robotic Surgery & Enhanced Recovery after Surgery

Andrew Vorenberg, MD

(b) Pediatric Trauma

Kelley Rumsey, MS, RN, TCRN, CEN,ACNP

(c) Resilience

Margaret Rittenhouse, LCSW

1:45 pm Break

2:00 pm BREAKOUT SESSION 3

(a) Geriatrics & Entering Their Reality

Donna Spainhour, MSN, RN, GCNS-BC

(b) Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI) in Palliative Care

Jessica Gray, MS, RN, BMTCN

(c) Hope for the Failing Heart: Lessons in Heart Failure

Linda Lee Hart, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC

3:00 pm Break

3:15 pm Perspective, Understanding, and Compassion: How Nurses Can Help Turn the Tide with Addiction

Omar Abubaker, PhD, DMD

James Thompson, MD

4:30 pm Closing Remarks

Agenda & Speakers

Special Faculty

A. Omar Abubaker, DMD, PhD, Professor, and S. Elmer Bear Chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, VCU School of Dentistry and VCU Medical Center

Amy Dean, MS, RN, CCRN, Nurse Manager, Internal Medicine Specialties Clinic, VCU Health

Jessica Gray, MS, RN, BMTCN, Nurse Manager, Thomas Palliative Care Unit, Massey Cancer Center, VCU Health

Linda Lee Hart DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, AACC, Bon Secours Advanced Heart Failure Clinic

Mark Howard, MSSW, Administrative Director of Clinical Operations, Tucker Pavilion, CJW Medical Centers - Chippenham campus

Norris McMiller, AS, guest presenter

Kristin B. Miller, MD, MS, Assistant Professor,

Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, VCU Health

Margaret Rittenhouse, LCSW, Clinical Director, HelpLink EAP, VCU Health

Kelley Rumsey, MS, RN, TCRN, CEN, ACNP, PNP, Program Coordinator, Children’s Trauma Center, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU

Donna Spainhour, MSN, RN, GCNS-BC, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital

Mary E. Stonich, MSN, RN, FNP-BC PCCN, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital

James Thompson, MD, Medical Director and co-founder of the Virginia Center for Addiction Medicine

Andrew Vorenberg, MD, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital.

Christine S. Schulman, MS, RN, CNS, CCRN-K, serves as president of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) board of directors from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018. Ms. Schulman is a critical care and trauma clinical nurse specialist at Legacy Health in Portland, Oregon. She was previously a trauma and critical care nursing consultant after working several years as a trauma and surgery clinical nurse specialist at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. She obtained most of her bedside clinical experience as a staff nurse in the surgical ICU at Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, and earlier in her career she held critical care and emergency nursing positions in Wyoming and Colorado.

Guest Faculty

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