Evolving Issues In Solid Organ Transplant
This conference will provide participants with unique perspectives in the care of transplant patients, providing current clinical information and promoting successful strategies to improve patient outcomes. Participants will have the opportunity to collaborate and network with with other transplant professionals from across the state.
Program Objectives:
1. Discuss efforts to enhance donation rates and to expand the use of available organs.
2. Identify emotional stressors when caring for transplant patients.
3. Identify physiologic changes of pulmonary hypertension and their impact upon transplantation.
4. Explore the patient perspective of recovery after transplant
5. Discuss recent advances in transplant immunosuppression regimens, and implications for patient care and education.
Target Audience:
Transplant professionals including staff nurses, clinical transplant coordinators, procurement transplant coordinators, clinical pharmacists, and social workers.
5.0 Contact hours will be provided through the American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) and the ABTC (American Board of Transplant Coordinators).
Program Agenda
AGENDA
8:30 am Registration, Continental Breakfast & Sponsor Exhibits
9:30 am Immunosuppression Update: Present State, Future Options
Speaker TBA
10:30 am Pulmonary Hypertension: A Transplant Showstopper?
Jimmy Ford, MD
Department of Medicine
UNC Hospitals
11:30 am Lunch (provided)
12:30 pm Spotlight on Success: Transplant Recipients Go for the Gold
Transplant Recipient Panel
1:30 pm Break and Sponsor Exhibits
2:00 pm Breakthrough Collaborative: Where are we and where are we going?
Donna Croezen
Director of Clinical Services
Carolina Donor Services
3:00 pm Compassion Fatigue: Caring for Ourselves
Julie Hudson, RN, MSN
Liver Transplant Coordinator
Duke University Hospital
4:00 pm Evaluation & Conclusion
Early Registration Postmark Deadline: February 10, 2007
Questions about the program: Darla Phillips,RN, MSN darla.phillips@duke.edu
919-681-9857
The Friday Center
The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education provides an ideal setting for continuing education programs of all descriptions. The Friday Center is located at 100 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, approximately three miles east of the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, just off Highway 54 East (Raleigh Road). The Center is a short distance from Interstate 40 (from Raleigh, I-40 exit 273A; from Greensboro, I-40 exit 273).
Please visit the Friday Center Website for detailed directions:
http://www.fridaycenter.unc.edu/
Courtyard By Marriott is adjacent (walking distance) to the Friday Center. Reservations may be made at 919-883-0700 - ask for the UNC Rate ($149) or the "Best Available" discount.
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