Calendar of Events 

Saturday, March 6, 2010

NPASP Pharmacology Conference
West Penn Hospital 7am-1pm

Brochure and Registration Information

Three Rivers NAPNAP Presents:

Tuesday, March 30, 2009

Orthopedic Potpourri for the Primary Care Practitioner

Linda Trail, CRNP

Followed by: Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners, Susan Schrand, Executive Director

Where: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Lawrenceville, Rangos Auditorium, Conference Room B

When: March 30, 2010 from 6:30 to 8:00pm

Parking: Free Parking in the North Garage at CHP

(There are entrances on 44th and 45th streets. If the parking garage gate is down, push the red button and let the parking person know you are with Three Rivers NAPNAP)

RSVP: mary.hill@chp.edu

The first 20 NAPNAP members to RSVP will have a free dinner; After the first 20 members to RSVP, there will be a $10 fee for dinner. Nonmembers will be charged $15 at the door

Objectives: To improve the ability of Nurse Practitioner (NP) to make an Orthopedic Diagnosis. To enhance the NP’s knowledge of orthopedic conditions in primary care. To improve the NP’s decision making related to referral of patients with orthopedic conditions.

This program is approved for 1 NAPNAP contact hour 0 of which contain pharmacology (Rx) content per the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Continuing Education Guidelines.

April 2009

04/14/09 - 4/18/09: NAPNAP Annual Conference - Chicago

June 23-27, 2010

AANP National Conference - AANP.org
Phoenix, Arizona

November 12 & 13, 2010

PCNP Annual Conference - PCNP.org
Sheraton Harrisburg/Hershey

PRIOR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES:

2010

Friday, February 5, 2010

The 14th Annual Three Rivers NAPNAP Winter Symposium

West Penn Hospital, 7:30am until 4:30pm

Pediatric Pharmacology and Legislative Update: Change that will impact your practice

Target Audience:

Healthcare providers who work with infants, children and adolescents in a variety of health care settings.

Six pharmacology contact hours from NAPNAP.

Full Brochure and Registration Information

2009

February 6, 2009

Three Rivers NAPNAP Annual Spring Symposium

West Penn Hospital Conference Center

Pharmacology Update - Full Details: Symposium Brochure

March 19-22, 2009

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners

30th Annual Conference on Pediatric Health Care

Town and Country Resort & Convention Center

San Diego, CA

Click Here: Conference Details

April 20-24, 2009

37th Annual Pediatric Trends

Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, Maryland

www.HopkinsCME.edu

May 7-8, 2009

10th Annual Advanced Practice Nurse Conference

Bridging Past to Future: Gathering Experience, Adavancing Practice

The Union League of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Contact: Hollidaydm@email.chop.edu

May 12, 2009

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 6 pm

NAPNAP- THREE RIVERS CHAPTER PRESENTS:

“Management of Pediatric Headaches”

Robyn Neft, MSN, CRNP

Division of Child Neurology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Total of 1 CEU (0.5 is pharmacology)

The Children's Institute, 1407 Shady Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217

June 6, 2009

8:30 AM- 12:30 PM

THREE RIVERS NAPNAP PRESENTS:

Workshop for Nurse Practitioners on the Evaluation and Treatment of ADHD, Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Presented by: Susan Van Cleve, MSN, CRNP and Sheree Shafer, MSN, CRNP, PMHCNS-BC

3.75 CEUs (1.5 Pharm CEUs)

Robert Morris University, Benjamin Rush Building, 400 Pennsylvania Ave. Moon Township, PA 15108

June 17-21, 2009

AANP 24th NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

HEMATOLOGY FOR THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER

Michael R Wollman, MD, CHP Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Where: Siba Market Caffé

Approved for 1 Contact Hour

Learning Objectives:

Increase Ability to Interpret Complete Blood Count Values
Identify the Clinical Presentation of a Child with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia
List Common Causes of Iron Deficiency Anemia and Appropriate Treatments.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

DERMATOLOGY IN THE OFFICE SETTING

Dr. Robin Gehris, Chief of Dermatology, Children’s Hospital of Pitsburgh of UPMC

Blue Water Tavern

Approved for 1 Contact Hour

Objectives:

1. To improve the ability of pediatric nurse practitioners to make a dermatologic diagnosis.

2. To enhance PNP’s knowledge of dermatologic conditions in primary care.

3. To improve the PNP’s decision making related to referral of patients with dermatologic conditions.