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Conference Agenda

PALLIATIVE PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Pre-conference Objectives

 

Upon completion of the conference, the participant will more effectively…

1. promote communication between all members of the palliative care team, including medicine, nursing,
    social work, chaplaincy, nutrition and pharmacy to provide high quality palliative care for patients and

    their families.

2. provide education to palliative care team members so that they can become an information resource 

    for patients and their families.

3. understand the psychosocial and spiritual concerns arising for individuals and families dealing with end

    of life issues.

4. affirm the life of the patient by enhancing the quality of palliative care provided.

Agenda

7:30 – 8:15 am

Registration – Continental Breakfast

8:15 – 8:25 am

Welcome and Announcements

8:25 – 8:45 am

Kindness is a Poem

Sarah Legett, MD

8:45 – 9:35 am

Bedside Nursing of Dying Infants

Alayne Berge, RN, BSN

9:35 – 9:55 am

Break – Exhibits Open

9:55 – 10:45 am

Neonatal Ethics

Anne Simpson, MD and UNM Legal Department

10:45 – 11:35 am

Where is the line? Offering Withdrawal of Nutrition and Hydration

Tricia Romesberg, MSN, CNNP

11:35 – 1:05 pm

Lunch – Exhibits Open

1:05 – 1:55 pm

Sibling Loss: A Family Affair

Paul Clements, PhD, APRN, BC, DF-IAFN

1:55 – 2:45 pm

Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease: When Surgery is Not an Option

Beth Goens, MD

2:45 – 3:05 pm

Break – Exhibits Open

3:05 – 4:35 pm

Parent Panel

Tricia Romesberg, MSN, CNNP, Moderator

 

Parents of children who have died share their stories and answer questions from the audience.

4:35 – 5:05pm

Working in a Thin Space and the Practice of Humility

Sarah Legett, MD

5:05 pm               

Adjourn

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Wednesday, November 7 & Thursday, November 8 , 2007

Conference Objectives

Upon completion of the conference, the participant will more effectively…

1.    Discuss the emerging trends in maternal, neonatal, and pediatric care.

2.    Describe common morbidities, treatment strategies, and current research associated with 

       prematurity.

3.    Apply learned clinical skills to the care of maternal, neonatal, pediatric patients and their families.

Agenda

Wednesday, November 7

7:30 – 8:30 am

Registration – Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:40 am

Welcome and Announcements

8:40 – 9:10 am

Palliative Care Update

Rebecca Moran, MD and Tricia Romesberg, MSN, CNNP

9:10 – 10:00 am

Stabilization of the Newborn prior to transport

Staci Harris, MS, PA-C

10:00 – 10:20 am

Break – Exhibits Open

10:20 – 11:10 am

The Hypotonic Infant

Nader Bishara, MD

11:10 – 12:00 pm

Prevention of Preterm Birth: Huge challenges

Karla Damus, RN, MSPH, PhD

12:00 – 1:30 pm

Lunch – Exhibits Open

1:30 – 2:20 pm

The Phaonmneal Pweor of Cmmounaiction (sic)

Julie Bacon, RN, BA

2:20 – 3:10 pm

Late Preterm Birth: Rates, Risk and Impact

Karla Damus, RN, MSPH, PhD

3:10 – 3:30 pm

Break – Exhibits Open

3:30 – 4:20 pm

Preventing Fetal Alcohol Syndrome with Your Help

Jerome Romero

4:20 – 5:00 pm

State of the Child in the State

Lance Chilton, MD

 

5:00 pm               

Adjourn

Thursday, November 8

7:30 am – 8:30 am

         Continental Breakfast

8:30 am – 9:30 am

Breakout Session  1

 

Feeding Behavior of Preterm infant:  Breast and bottle

 

Sabrina Hamel- Green, BSN, IBCLC and Kathy Esquibel, BACA, MS, CCC-SLP

 

(This is a two hour block)

 

Dysmorphology/Genetics and Palliative Care

Tom Cushing, MD, JD

 

Drug Exposed Infants

Rebecca Moran, MD and

Dawn Ehrhard-Wingard, OT, DOM

 

 

 

9:30 am – 10:30 am

Breakout Session 2

You, Me and “Them”--
Challenge to Neonatal/perinatal Collaboration

Elaine DiFederico, MD

Pregnancy after a loss

Julie Bacon, RN, BA

10:30 am – 11:30 am

Breakout Session 3

 

Sweet! Infant of Diabetic Mother

Vlad Ianus, MD

 

 

 

You, Me and “Them”--
Challenge to Neonatal/Perinatal Collaboration

Elaine DiFederico MD

Parent panel: How to start Grief Support at your Hospital

Jamie Church, Moderator