CONTINUING EDUCATION
Sunday, March 22, 2009
April 17-18
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and the American Society of Echocardiography are co-sponsoring “Pediatric Echo for the Adult Sonographer,” a conference for pediatric and adult cardiologists and sonographers. The conference will be at the Buckhead Hotel Atlanta. The program has been approved for a maximum of 11 CME credits by the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers. For information, call Alesia Winters at 404-785-7016 or go to CHOA.
April 19
“Identifying Injuries of Abuse Across the Lifespan” will be presented by the Conasauga Chapter of the Georgia Nurses Association at the Brown Conference Center at Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton from 9 a.m. to noon. Nurses, elderly care personnel, personal care aids, emergency service workers, social workers, DFCS employees, law enforcement officers and public health workers are encouraged to attend. The cost of the event is $10. To register by e-mail, contact jbernice34@yahoo.com. To complete registration, send payment to Bernice Whaley, 388 Beaverdale Road N.E., Dalton, Ga. 30721.
April 22-25
“Set for Success: Celebrating 20 Years,” will be the theme of the 2009 American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants national education conference. The event, which celebrates the AALNC’s 20th anniversary, will be at the Renaissance Glendale Hotel in Phoenix. The cost for the four-day conference is $595. Continuing education credits are available. For information, go to AALNC.
May 15-16
Northside Hospital will host its second annual oncology nursing symposium at The Crowne Plaza Ravinia Hotel (4355 Ashford-Dunwoody Road in Atlanta). The focus of the event will be “Merging High Tech and High Touch.” It will include presentations on cancer survivorship, complementary therapies, familial colorectal cancer, management of acute leukemia and stereotactic radiosurgery. Cost of the event is $40 before April 15, $50 after April 15 and $25 for students. Breakfast and lunch on both days and dinner on May 15 are included. Eleven contact hours have been applied for through the Georgia Nurses Association. To register, go to Northside. For information, contact Aaron Thomas at 404-845-5578 or aaron.thomas@northside.com.
June 14-19
A congregational nurse preparation course will be held at St. Ignatius House in Atlanta. The retreat-style educational program is designed to prepare registered nurses to establish and grow a parish nurse/congregational nurse-led health ministry within a faith community. The faculty will include professors from Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University, the parish nurses of Gwinnett Medical Center and others who are established in parish nursing, grief care, palliative care, health promotion and spiritual care. The cost of the conference is $925 after April 15 and $850 before April 15. Meals, accommodations, course materials and curriculum are included. Forty Georgia Nurses Association contact hours are available. For information, contact Linda Hughes (678-312-2423, lghughes@gwinnettmedicalcenter.org) or Jean Holley (678-312-2467, jholley@gwinnettmedical
center.org).
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