Feb. 18
"Health Promotion Through the Life Span," United Advanced Practice
Registered Nurses of Georgia's first annual Nurse Practitioner
CME day, will be held at Columbus Medical Center in Columbus.
Topics range from pediatrics to geriatrics, including nurse practitioner
contract negotiating, suturing workshop and BLS recertification.
For information, contact Patti Daly Sandak at 706-575-2867 or
dalyelia@earthlink.net.
March 11
"Advanced Practice Clinicians: Innovations in Primary Care 2006,"
sponsored by the Nurse Practitioner Council of Coastal Georgia,
will be held at the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort and Spa in
Savannah. A preconference dinner and program will be on March
10. For information, see www.npcouncilofcoastalga.org.
March 18
"ORL Nursing: March Madness - Learn from the Best," will be the
subject of the spring meeting of the Atlanta Regional Chapter of the
Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses. The conference
will be at the Winship Cancer Institute (Building C) at Emory
University in Atlanta. The cost will be $50 for members and $75 for
nonmembers (lunch included). A total of eight CEUs will be offered.
For information, contact aebigelow@aol.com.
March 24
"The Heart, Courage and Brains of Nursing Research," presented
by the Center for Health and Learning, will be held from 7:15 a.m.
to 2:10 p.m. at the Gwinnett Center meeting rooms in Duluth.
Speakers will include Melodie Chenevert, RN, MN, MS, and
Barbara McLean, MN, RN, CCRN, CCNS-NP, FCCM. The event is
a Piedmont Healthcare/Mercer University partnership. For information,
contact Judy Mosteller at 678-547-6793 or
mosteller_j@mercer.edu.
March 24-25
"Chronic Kidney Disease: The Role of Drug Therapy - 2006," will
be presented by the Dogwood Chapter of the American Nephrology
Nurses Association. The March 24 event will be a dinner presentation
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Atlanta Fish Market, 265 Pharr Road
in Atlanta. The March 25 program, which will be at Emory Crawford
Long Hospital (Glenn Building Auditorium), will start at 7:30 a.m.
Contact hours are available. If registration form is postmarked by
Feb. 28, the cost is $50 for ANNA members and $70 for nonmembers.
After Feb. 28, the cost is $70 for ANNA members and $90 for
nonmembers. On-site registration is $80 for ANNA members and
$100 for nonmembers. For information, contact Norma Heard at
404-616-4707 or nheard@gmh.edu.
April 7-8
Annual Pediatric Orthopaedic seminar, a course aimed at orthopedic
surgeons, fellows and residents, will be at the Crowne Plaza
Ravinia Perimeter in Atlanta. Case presentations will be designed to
focus on a variety of issues in pediatric orthopedics and will be followed
by brief discussions of evidence on the subject. Participants
are invited to bring interesting cases for discussion and analysis.For information,
contact Jane Darrish at 404-785-7842 or Nancy Richardson at 404-785-7843.
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