LOCATIONHarbor Side Hotel 55 West Street Bar Harbor, Maine 04609

BAR HARBOR, MAINE HARBOR SIDE HOTEL

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REGISTRATION DEADLINE

All registrations must be received by MSNA by April 25, 2016.

Mail to: Maine State Nurses Association 23 Water Street, Suite 301 Bangor, Maine 04401

Or register online: www.nationalnursesunited.org/maine

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The 2016 MSNA/NNOC/NNU Educational Conference is dedicated to the power of nursing values. In a period of economic downturn and unemployment, this conference will consider how RN advocacy for caring, compassion, and community can improve healthcare in the United States and strengthen our society as a whole. To that end, the conference program will examine the mission of RN advocates in a variety of contexts. Presentations will document new opportunities for advocacy and report on the ongoing work of local RN leaders who are standing up for nursing values at the bedside, in their communities, in the nation’s capital, and in the world at large.

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Define the meaning and practice of nursing values in a social context.

2. Describe specific examples of RNs taking action to strengthen caring, compassion, and community in their local facilities and consider the national impact of their work.

3. Evaluate ethical challenges and patient advocacy goals in ongoing debates over healthcare reform, patient privacy, and quality nursing practice.

LODGINGPlease do not call the hotel directly to book your room as you must complete this form for accommodations. Double occupancy rooms are provided Thursday and Friday nights. Single rooms are available; however, they are limited and you will pay the hotel directly. If you select this option, we will contact you with booking instructions.

FOR DIRECT- CARE AND STAFF RNS

Provider Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing.

Provider #000754 for 10 contact hours (CEHs)

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HEIDI HOECHSTNNOC Education Department

TERRYLYN BRADBURY, RN MSNA/NNOC/NNU

DR. LAWRENCE RICCI, MDPediatrician, South Portland, Maine

DR. JAMES VANKIRK, MDEastern Maine Health Systems

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2016

7:30 a.m. Registration & Breakfast

8:45 a.m. Welcome

9:00 a.m. Review of Palliative Care Dr. James VanKirk

10:00 a.m. Vulnerable Places (Pt. 1) Heidi Hoechst

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. Vulnerable Places (Pt. 2) Heidi Hoechst

6:00 p.m. Reception

6:30 p.m. Dinner

❏ Please register me for the class indicated below. (A completed form is necessary to ensure registration. Please print legibly.)

Name:

RN#

Address:

City: Zip:

Phone: ( )

Personal Email:

Employer:

MSNA/NNOC Member? ❏ Yes ❏ No

I plan to attend: ❏ Fri ❏ Sat ❏ Both

I will attend Friday’s Dinner: ❏ Yes ❏ No

Meal Selection: ❏ Steak ❏ Chicken ❏ Fish ❏ Vegetarian

Hotel Reservations needed? ❏ Yes ❏ No

Arrival Date: ❏ Thursday, May 12 ❏ Saturday, May 14

Other Arrival Date:

Departure Date: ❏ Friday, May 13 ❏ Saturday, May 14

Other Departure Date: Charges apply for extra nights at the hotel; please see section below

and sign.

I understand that if I reserve a hotel room or request travel before or after the event dates (May 13–May 14), I am fully responsible for all of my lodging arrangements, charges, and other arrangements.

Signature:

❏ Double OccupancyRoommate Name (optional) :

If no roommate is requested, one will be assigned to you. If for any reason your requested roommate cannot attend one will be assigned to you.

❏ Single OccupancyI understand I will be charged one-half the applicable room and tax for all nights of my stay upon checkout

REGISTRATION FORM

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

COMPLETE REGISTRATION FORM AND RETURN TO:Maine State Nurses Association2016 Educational Conference 23 Water Street, Suite 301 Bangor, Maine 04401

Or register online: www.nationalnursesunited.org/maine

For more information, contact Vanessa Sylvester at 207–441–6762 or by email: vsylvester@nationalnursesunited.org

Vulnerable Places: Health Inequality and the Ethics of Nursing (5 CEH) | Speaker: Heidi Hoechst

How does where people live impact their health? Why are some patients more susceptible to sicknesses caused by environmental disaster and economic inequality than others? Do nurses have an ethical role to respond to health disparity? Where can nurses intervene to protect human rights, promote health, and reduce geographically concentrated illnesses? Should nurse advocates take on the challenge of mapping new landscapes for healthy communities?

This class assesses why where people live makes a difference for whether they are vulnerable to illness and early morbidity. It considers the historical, social, and economic circumstances that make some patients vulnerable to higher rates of sickness, malnutrition, chronic conditions, and toxic environmental exposures. The class will explore myriad ways that geographic health disparity puts pressures on hospitals—especially safety-net facilities—and how the current model of corporate healthcare limits nurses’ ability to treat and care for vulnerable patients. The course will offer historical perspectives on how geographic health disparities impact different scales of health intervention. In exploring local, national, and global differences, the course will highlight common symptoms of economic, environmental, and social injustice that consistently contribute to geographically disparate poor health outcomes. It will culminate in a discussion of the importance of creating social movements to improve human health.

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

1. Discuss how historical, social, and economic forces contribute to geographically concentrated environmental and health risks on local, national, and global scales.

2. Identify and map geographic risk factors and inadequate health-related resources that contribute to higher rates of environmental toxicity, economic inequality, and health inequality in various locations.

3. Evaluate how community engagement, public health infrastructures, and a single-payer healthcare system can be used to mitigate geographic health disparities.

SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2016

7:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast

9:00 a.m. MSNA Annual Meeting

10:00 a.m. Answering the Call Terrylyn Bradbury, RN; Heidi Hoechst

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. Recognizing & Responding to Child Abuse Dr. Lawrence Ricci

RNRN: Answering the Call (2 CEHs) | Speakers: Terrylyn Bradbury, RN and Heidi Hoechst

RN skills fill a unique role in disaster relief and humanitarian assistance. NNU’s disaster relief program, the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), sends nurse volunteers to help when and where they are needed most, including responses to Hurricane Katrina, the Haiti earthquake and Typhoon Haiyan. RNRN volunteer Terrylynn Bradbury will share her experience aboard the USNS Comfort as part of Continuing Promise 2015, a joint military and civilian mission that provided care to over 122,000 patients in 11 countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean.

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

1. Compare and contrast how RN skills are applied in disaster relief and humanitarian assistance with how they are applied at the patient’s bedside.

2. Identify underlying political, economic and envi-ronmental inequities that exacerbate the need for RNRN’s disaster relief and humanitarian assistance.

Review of Palliative Care (1 CEH) | Speaker: Dr. James VanKirk, MD

Review of palliative care and its place in caring for terminally ill patients. Emphasis on team approach and symptom control, including pain and appropriate use of narcotics, but also emotional, psychological, and spiritual suffering.

After completing this course, participants will be able to identify the appropriate use of narcotics for pain control as well as how to deal with other forms of suffering.

Recognizing and Responding to Child Abuse for the Clinical Nurse (2 CEH) | Speaker: Dr. Lawrence Ricci

The purpose of this course is to enable healthcare professionals in all practice settings to define child abuse and identify the children who are affected by violence. This course describes how a victim can be accurately diagnosed and identifies the community resources available for child abuse victims.

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

1. Define child abuse and identify children who are affected by violence.

2. Identify community resources available for child abuse victims.