10 th Annual BCNPA Conference Nurse Practitioners: Access, Innovation & Outcomes Draft Program June 12 14, 2015 Hyatt Regency Hotel Vancouver, BC
Please note that while we will do our best to adhere to the time frames noted below, items may change as details are finalized. Please check back often as we update the program. Day 1 Fri. June 12/15 0900-1000 Registration Workshops 1000-1200 Chronic Pain, Chronic Opiod Prescribing Lessons learned, trips and traps Dr. Paul Farnan, M.B.,B.Ch. Suturing for Dummies Dr. Sarah Pawlovich, MD & Dr. John Pawlovich, MD, CCF, FCP Note: This is a hands on workshop. Please refer to the workshop information that includes a list of items you must bring. Legal Issues for NPs Part I: Understanding your legal risks: what every NP needs to know Part II: When circumstances conspire against you: the standard of care of the NP in the follow-up of diagnostic tests Chantal Leonard, LLB & CEO, Canadian Nurses Protective Society 1200-1300 Lunch on your own Workshops 1300-1500 Embracing the Now! Mindfulness to Promote Resilience with Adolescents and Health Providers Dr. Dzung X Vo, MD, FAAP Note: this workshop starts at 1330 due to Dr. Vo s schedule Wound Care and Vascular Disease What you need to know when they walk in your office! Wendy Bowles, MN NP F CCN(c) CKD Management in Primary Care A practical approach to CKD screening and management including when to refer and when to reassure. Dr. Monica Beaulieu, MD, FRCPC, MHA 1500-1530 Break 1530 1830 BCNPA Annual General Meeting 1830 2000 Welcome Reception
Day 2 Sat. June 13/15 0730 0830 Registration, Breakfast and Sponsor Exhibits Open 0830 1000 Welcome Opening Prayer First Nations Representative Keynote Address: Nurse Practitioners In Canada: Reflecting on Our Past to Navigate Our Future Ruth Martin-Misener RN-NP, PhD 1000-1020 Break/Exhibits Plenary Session 1030-1130 Time to say goodbye: Legal and risk management considerations surrounding patient discharge Chantal Leonard, LLB & CEO, Canadian Nurses Protective Society 1145 1245 Lunch Served/Networking/Exhibits 1245 1345 Bounce Back, Living Life to the Full, and Enjoy Your Baby 3 low barrier community programs Marie Dussault, MPP Murli Soni, MA RCC Cardiac Oncology - What You Need to Know Nola Wurtele, BSN, MN, NP(A) How to Prepare a Successful Abstract Presentation Minna Miller, DNP(c), MSN, RN, NP(F) The Counterpoint Project & Elder Abuse Raissa Dickinson, MPH Georgia Room A 1355-1455 Providing Care for Women with Disabilities Lenore Riddell, MSN, NP(F) Diane Middagh, MSN(F) Pearls for Precepting & Mentoring Family NP Students in BC: Paying it Forward Jennifer Beaveridge, MSN, NP-F Linda Van Pelt, MScN, FNP Addiction Medicine Update for Nurse Practitioners Monica Gregory, BSN, BSc, Pharmacology, MSN 1455-1515 Break & Exhibits 1515-1645 BC Women s NP Community Clinic Reducing Barriers to Primary Care Lenore Riddell, MSN, NP(F) April Stewart, MSN(F) Capturing the Wisdom & the Resilience: How the Pinnacle Program Fosters Connections for Alternative High School Students Susan Shumay, NP (Family) Genieve Creighton, Post Doctoral Student, UBC Cardiac Surgery Nurse Practitioner Program (CSNPP) Jennifer Watters, NP(A) Carol Galte, NP(F) Sandy Juneja, NP(F)
1645-1800 Watch this space - details being finalized 1900 2300 Gala Networking Dinner English Bay Room 34 th Floor Day 3 Sun. June 14, 2015 0715-0800 Breakfast served Sponsor Exhibits Open 0800-0900 BC NPs & Prescribing of Controled Medications in the Context of Addictions Barb Eddy, MN, NP(F), CHPCNC Preventative Health Visits for Children & Adolescents Amra Dizdarevic, BSc, BSN, MN-NP(F) Heart Failure: A Palliative Approach Timing, Treatment, Transparency Davina Banner,PhD RN Alison Chesters Fiona Hutchison,MSc NP(F) Tammy McLean,MScN-FNP Note: 2 hours 0905-1015 Stress Difficile - An NP/MD Team Approach to the Management of Stress Difficile Patients Dr. Murray Woods, MD 1015-1030 Break - Visit Sponsors 1030 11:30 Caterpillar to Butterfly: The Nurse Practitioner role in HIV Women and Family Health Laura Vicol, NP(F) Alicia Hornsberger NP(F) Overview of Current Cdn. Atrial Fibrillation Anticoagulation Guidelines Liz Mulvaney, MSN, NP(F) Adherence to physical Activity for Adults with Depression Mary Pickering, RN MSN Linda Van Pelt, MScN, NP-F Davina Banner, PhD, RN 11:30-12:30 Lunch served 12:30 13:30 NP Encounter Codes Update E. Sangster-Gormley, PhD, RN, APRN (Florida, US) & Karla Biagioni, MA, Sr. Policy Analyst, Min of Health Workforce Planning and Management 13:30 14:30 Nutrition and the Evidence Conundrum - what we know (very little) and what we will likely never know (a lot) about nutrition Dr. James McCormack, PharmD
1430-1445 Break 1445-1515 Aboriginal Health Tania Dick, RN, Director at Large, ARNBC, Board of Directors, Aboriginal Nurses Assoc. of Canada 1515-1615 Watch this space details being confirmed 1615 1645 Conference Closing