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Schedule At A Glance........................................4
Convention Pricing............................................6
General Session Information..............................8
Continuing Nursing Education..........................10
Pre-Convention Schedule.................................11
Convention Schedule.......................................13
Exhibitors.......................................................21
Hotel Information............................................24
Registration Information..................................25
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June 13–17
Schedule At A Glance
Saturday, June 13
Monday, June 15
Tuesday, June 16
Wednesday, June 17
Leadership Summit (Ticket Required)
General Session
General Session
Specialty Sessions/Papers (H)
8 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
8:30 – 9:45 a.m.
8 – 9:15 a.m.
8:15 – 9:45 a.m.
Pre-Convention Workshop (Ticket Required)
Specialty Sessions/Papers (A)
Expo Hall Open
Specialty Sessions/Papers (I)
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
10:15 – 11:45 a.m.
9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
10 – 11 a.m.
Pre-Convention Workshops (Ticket Required)
Expo Hall Open
Specialty Sessions (D)
Closing General Session
8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
9:45 – 10:45 a.m.
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Pre-Convention Workshops (Ticket Required)
Snack in the Expo Hall
Specialty Sessions (E)
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
(Repeat of D Sessions)
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
1 – 5 p.m.
Specialty Sessions (B)
Sunday, June 14
Pre-Convention Workshops
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. (Ticket Required)
Opening Ceremony
President’s Address, Awards and General Session
1 – 3 p.m.
Nursing Excellence Sessions
3:30 – 4:45 p.m.
Expo Hall—Opening Reception
5 – 8 p.m.
Poster Room Opening—Meet the Poster Presenters
7 – 9 p.m.
1:45 – 2:45 p.m.
Snack in the Expo Hall
Specialty Sessions (C)
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
(Repeat of B Sessions)
3 – 4 p.m.
Meet the Poster Presenters
12:30 – 1:15 p.m.
Symposia
Expo Hall Prize Drawing
4:15 – 5:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
FHM Instructors’ Reception (FHM Instructors Only)
Specialty Sessions (F)
5:45 – 6:45 p.m.
2:15 – 3:15 p.m.
Research Connections Reception
Specialty Sessions (G)
5:45 – 6:45 p.m.
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Dinner on Your Own
Movie Screening: The American Nurse
6:45 - 8 p.m.
4:45 – 6:15 p.m.
AWHONN President’s Party
8 – 10:30 p.m.
Registration Hours
Saturday, June 13
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday, June 13
7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday, June 14
8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday, June 14
7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Monday, June 15
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Monday, June 15
8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Tuesday, June 16
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuesday, June 16
7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
5 – 7 p.m.
Wednesday, June 17
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8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Poster Room Hours
Expo Hall Hours
Sunday, June 14
7 – 9 p.m.
Monday, June 15
7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Monday, June 15
11 a.m. – 3 p.m. (with light snack)
Tuesday, June 16
7 a.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday, June 16
9 a.m. – 2 p.m. (with light snack)
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Sunday, June 14 (Opening Reception)
5 – 8 p.m.
12:30 – 1:15 p.m.
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Early Bird Convention Pricing
2015
AWHONN
Convention
June 13–17
There are several ways to save money when you attend the AWHONN Annual Convention. Be sure to register by
the early-bird deadline, secure your room through one of the official Convention hotels for the best rates and take
advantage of discounts when you book through AWHONN’s travel agency. Not an AWHONN member? You can also
attend the Convention and join at a special rate.
AWHONN Member
$499
Non-Member Plus (Includes 1-Year AWHONN Membership)*$690
Non-Member
$749
AWHONN Student Member**
$199
Student Non-Member**
$299
Exhibitor***
$299
Great Value
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*Includes conference registration and one full year of AWHONN membership (a savings of $59).
**Students must provide proof of full-time enrollment in a nursing program.
***Exhibitor rate for conference educational sessions.
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The goal of the 2015 AWHONN Annual Convention
is to inspire nurses to navigate new horizons.
At conclusion of the convention, learners will be able to:
•Implement evidence-based solutions that lead to nursing excellence.
•Transform quality of care by enhancing collaboration and partnerships.
•Integrate innovations into nursing practice.
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General Sessions
General Session #1
General Session #2
General Session #3
General Session #4
Sunday, June 14
Monday, June 15
Tuesday, June 16
Wednesday, June 17
1 – 3 p.m.
8:30 – 9:45 a.m.
8 – 9:15 a.m.
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Shed or You’re
Dead®: How to
Stay Alive & Thrive
in the Midst of
Healthcare Change
Transforming
Healthcare Quality
and Safety With
Evidence-Based
Practice and ARCC
Two Kisses
for Maddy
Kathy Dempsey
Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP,
FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
Millions of dollars and thousands of hours are lost
each year due to the inability to get employees to
move forward with healthcare changes. Why do 75%
of all change efforts fail? Largely because people feel
left out of the process and lack the skills, knowledge
and motivation to adapt to the organization’s new
systems, processes and procedures. Can you imagine
what your organization would be like if everyone could
lead and master change? Healthcare organizations
that equip their people to SHED faster and quicker will
be the ones that survive and thrive. This interactive
keynote session is packed with practical strategies
for immediate implementation!
This presentation will describe the state of EBP
across the U.S. and key strategies for advancing
and sustaining evidence-based care. Implications of
findings from a recent national study on EBP with
chief nurses also will be highlighted.
Matt and Liz Logelin were high school sweethearts.
After years of long-distance dating, the pair finally settled together in Los Angeles, and they had it
all: a perfect marriage, a gorgeous new home, and
a baby girl on the way. Liz’s pregnancy was rocky,
but they welcomed Madeline, beautiful and healthy,
into the world on March 24, 2008. Just 27 hours
later, Liz suffered a pulmonary embolism and died
instantly, without ever holding the daughter whose
arrival she had so eagerly awaited. Though confronted with devastating grief and the responsibilities of
a new and single father, Matt did not surrender to
devastation; he chose to keep moving forward—to
make a life for Maddy.
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Happy Crap:
Unleash Your
Positivity Power!
Erika Oliver, MPA-OMD
In his memoir, Two Kisses for Maddy, Matt shares
bittersweet and often humorous anecdotes of
his courtship and marriage to Liz, of relying on
his newborn daughter for the support that she
unknowingly provided, and of the extraordinary
online community of strangers who have become
his friends. In honoring Liz’s legacy, heartache has
become solace.
Register befo re Apr il 13 t h and save! Want to be more productive? How about more
accurate? How about having the ability to inspire
others? Unleash your positivity power and you will
get all of this and much more! Imagine yourself
teeming with energy and enthusiasm and no goal
out of reach, no matter what the circumstances.
Learn practical and simple positivity techniques
to navigate any situation in this dynamic, fun and
interactive session. Because the truth is, it’s all
crap so why not make it Happy Crap?! Erika Oliver
is a Positive Approach Coach.
As a recovering pessimist, Erika doesn’t ask
that you smile all of the time (that would just be
annoying) but that you tip the balance to positive.
You will leave energized and refueled but more
importantly with practical strategies that you will
use right away!
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Your Guide to CNE Offerings
The Leadership Summit (SS) is held on
Saturday. There is a separate fee for the Summit which
includes breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack.
Pre-Convention (PC) Workshops are
concurrent sessions held on Saturday and Sunday before
the official opening of the convention. There is an
additional fee which includes a continental breakfast
at morning workshops and beverages and snacks at
afternoon workshops.
General Sessions (GS) are one-hour keynote
sessions that are open to all convention attendees. Most
general sessions include brief acknowledgements of
members receiving awards for everything from extraordinary bedside nursing skills to excellence in writing,
research and advocacy.
Nursing Excellence Sessions (NE)
are four concurrent 75-minute sessions immediately
following the opening ceremony that are designed to get
your convention experience off to a great start.
Specialty Sessions
are 60- or 90-minute
presentations. These presentations offer the opportunity
to hear experts present the most current information on
nursing topics.
Pre-Convention Schedule • Sat., June 13
Oral Paper Presentations are included
during the concurrent sessions. These presentations will
focus on either an Innovative Program (IP), Case Study
(CS), Original Research (R) or Evidence-Based Quality
Improvement Research Project (EB).
8 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. (6.25 contact hours, registration is limited; additional fee required)
SS15 - Leadership Summit on Perinatal Staffing and Quality
For details, see page 27.
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (8.0 contact hours, registration is limited; additional fee required)
The Poster Room is an independent study
of Innovative Program, Case Study, Evidence-Based
Quality Improvement Projects and Research Posters.
Poster presenters will be available to discuss their work
at specified times. If you elect to visit at other times you
are invited to contact the presenter directly if you have
questions.
Symposia (S) are 75-minute sessions conducted
PC1 - AWHONN's Advanced Fetal Monitoring Course
Luann Beacom, FNP, CNS, MPH, MSN and Eileen Vido, RN, BSN
This session is designed for clinicians who previously completed the AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Course,
a comparable fetal monitoring educational program and/or who hold certification or added credentials in fetal heart
monitoring. This session is designed to prepare you to care for patients with complex fetal heart monitoring tracings by
applying advanced principles of maternal-fetal physiology and evidence-based interventions.
by AWHONN staff, leaders or partners such as
representatives from the March of Dimes.
Movie Screening is a presentation of a movie,
usually a documentary, with relevance for all attendees.
Following the screening, there will be facilitated Q&A
with faculty knowledgeable in the film’s topic. Contact
hours will be offered for viewing the film in its entirety
and participating in the follow-up discussion.
Attendance at educational programs is included in
the price of registration, with the exception of preconvention workshops.
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. (3.75 contact hours, registration is limited; additional fee required)
PC2 - Cardiac Complications During
Pregnancy
PC3 - Perinatal Substance Use Disorders:
Impact on Women and Infants
Afshan Hameed, MD
Ursula A. Pritham, PhD, WHNP-BC, FNP-BC
Cardiac complications are a leading cause of maternal
mortality. In this workshop the most common maternal
cardiac complications will be reviewed. Identification of
signs and symptoms, evidenced-based treatments and
interventions will be the core of the course. The participants will learn about current strategies for optimizing
maternal outcomes.
This session will cover perinatal substance use disorders and
effects on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes. Emphasis will
be on the risks and benefits of long-term opioid use for chronic
pain and/or opioid dependence in pregnancy and the postpartum period as more women become pregnant while on longacting opioids. Effects of in-utero opioid exposure on fetal/infant
development and benefits of breastfeeding to reduce neonatal abstinence syndrome will be discussed. Future considerations for opioid detoxification in pregnancy will be explored.
1 – 5 p.m. (3.75 contact hours, registration is limited; additional fee required)
AWHONN Contact Hours
At this time, the maximum CNE that can be earned while attending the 2015 pre-convention and convention
educational activities is 34.75 contact hours. This number includes CNE offered for poster review and attendance
at optional ticketed events requiring additional fees. To obtain contact hours you must attend the entire session and
complete an online evaluation.
ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education
by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Accredited Status does not imply endorsement by AWHONN or the American Nurses Credentialing Center of any commercial
products displayed or discussed in conjunction with an educational activity.
AWHONN is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP580.
AWHONN has received the ANCC Premier Program Award for innovation and excellence in continuing nursing education.
PC4 - What Is the Evidence?
Vitamins, Supplements and
Herbs in Women’s Health
PC5 - OB Anesthesia
Emergencies and Disaster
Preparedness
PC6 - Topics in Neonatal
Simulation
Heidi Collins Fantasia, PhD, RN,
WHNP-BC
Gillian Hilton, MD
Dr. Anderson is associate professor
of neonatology at Oregon Health and
Science University in Portland, Oregon,
where she is also medical director of the
hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.
As an advocate of inter-professional
training for neonatal resuscitation teams,
she has developed learning tools to
improve team behaviors. She has more
than 16 years of experience in simulation and has developed inter-professional simulation curricula to improve
the performance of inter-professional
teams in high-risk environments. Dr.
Anderson will be sharing her passion for
improving outcomes for newborns and
teaching inter-professional teams how to
interact and communicate successfully.
Use of dietary supplements, vitamins and herbs to treat and manage
health conditions among women is
a growing trend. This program will
focus on the current evidence for the
use of complementary and alternative
medications, including effectiveness,
adverse reactions, drug interactions
and safety.
American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) CEU Credit
Several obstetric anesthesia emergencies will be covered in these lectures,
including: failed intubation, local
anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST)
and maternal cardiac arrest. Disaster
preparedness for the obstetric unit
will also be discussed. Come along to
learn more about obstetric anesthesia
and how your knowledge can improve
patient care in labor and delivery, and
ask those questions that you have
always wanted to ask.
An application for continuing education credit will be filed with ACNM.
Pharmacology Content
AWHONN broadly defines pharmacology content as reference to the origin, nature, effects and uses of drugs.
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Pre-Convention Schedule • Sun., June 14
Convention Schedule • Sun., June 14
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. (3.75 contact hours, registration is limited; additional fee required)
PC7 - Key Strategies for
Successful Grant Writing
and Funding
PC8 - From Bedside to
Boardroom: Legal Issues in
Perinatal Nursing
PC9 - Critical Care Obstetrics
Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN,
CPNP/PMHNP, FAANP,
FNAP, FAAN
Lisa A. Miller, CNM, JD
Critical care obstetrics is now a
subspecialty of both medicine and
nursing, with its own unique accompanying body of knowledge and clinical practice issues. This presentation
will provide an overview of essential
concepts and current issues related
to critical care obstetric nursing. Emphasis will be placed on a collaborative model of care and the role of the
OB nurse. In addition, this course will
provide information on the most common diagnoses and pathophysiology
in women who become critically ill
during pregnancy. Case examples will
be presented to illustrate application
of critical care concepts to clinical
nursing practice. Finally, education,
simulation and strategies to prepare
for care of critically ill pregnant
women will be discussed.
This workshop will describe key
strategies for developing a successful
grant application to a variety of funding agencies, including professional
organizations, foundations and the
National Institutes of Health. Fatal
flaws in grant applications and pearls
for resubmission will be highlighted.
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Whether you are a staff nurse or a
nurse executive, liability in perinatal
nursing is an issue that deserves your
attention. This session will address
legal issues in perinatal nursing
and provide a focus on both risk
reduction and risk mitigation. Actual
case studies will be reviewed, and
lessons from deposition and trial will
be highlighted. Individual practice
as well as leadership concerns will
be addressed in this interactive
workshop. Specific topics covered
will include key areas of obstetric and
neonatal litigation: standard of care,
chain of command, informed consent,
and scope of employment vs. scope
of practice. Special attention will
be given to documentation issues,
including policies and protocols.
Learn to think like a lawyer and
protect your patients and your
practice, from bedside to boardroom!
1 – 3 p.m.
(1.0 contact hour)
GS1 - Shed or You’re Dead®: How to Stay Alive & Thrive in the Midst of
Healthcare Change
Suzanne McMurtry Baird, DNP,
MSN, RN
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Kathy Dempsey
For details, see page 8.
3:30 – 4:45 p.m. (1.25 contact hours)
NE1 - Women’s Heart Health
Throughout the Life Cycle
NE3 - Maternal Health
Initiatives
Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD
Michael C. Lu, MD, MS, MPH
This session will focus on cardiovascular health in women across the
lifespan. Highlights will include discussion of cardiovascular vulnerabilities in women at all ages, the impact
of lifestyle interventions and the role
of pharmacotherapies in treatment of
cardiovascular disease.
Approximately 4 million women give
birth annually in the United States.
An estimated 52,000 will experience
severe complications, including 500
and 600 maternal deaths, of which
half have been identified as preventable. Also troubling are the significant racial and ethnic disparities in
maternal mortality which have persisted for more than 60 years. During
this session Dr. Lu will review current
initiatives that address these very
alarming and costly trends in maternal morbidity and mortality. Improved
systems of maternity care, public
awareness and education related to
the familial and societal burdens of
maternal morbidity and mortality,
and use of clinical guidelines and
protocols for obstetric emergencies
are part of the maternal health initiatives that are intended to improve
the health, safety and well-being of
mothers in the United States.
NE2 - Professional Issues
More details to follow.
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Care: The Golden Hour
and Resuscitation and
Stabilization of the Very
Low Birthweight Infant
Cynthia Jensen, RN, MS, CNS
This session focuses on the key
aspects of care for the very low
birthweight infant during the first
minutes to hours of life. Highlights
will include the importance of
teamwork and communication,
unique physiological needs of the
very preterm baby and measures to
promote normothermia, respiratory
stabilization and neuroprotection.
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Convention Schedule • Mon., June 15
Convention Schedule • Mon., June 15
8:30 – 9:45 a.m. (1.0 contact hour)
GS2 - Transforming Healthcare Quality and Safety with Evidence-Based
Practice and ARCC
Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
B1/C1 - Improving Newborn
Clinical Outcomes with
Delayed Bathing
10:15 – 11:45 a.m. (1.5 contact hours)
A1 - Cases for Concern: Liability in the
Intrapartum Setting
Lisa A. Miller, CNM, JD
A2 - Breast Milk Sharing: A Road Map to
Navigate the Characteristics of Milk Sharing
Rebecca Law, MA, RN, IBCLC, ANLC, LCCE, FACCE
A3 - When a Baby Dies: Multidisciplinary
Collaborative Care for Women and Families
Experiencing an Intrauterine Fetal Demise or
Planning to Deliver Via Palliative Care
A4 - Why Do Nurses Make Errors?
Everybody’s Human
Cheryl K. Roth, PhD, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB, RNFA
A5 (A, B, C) - Oral Presentations on Intimate Partner Violence
A - Forced Sex, Alcohol Use,
and Sexual Consent Among
College Women
B - Reproductive Coercion
and Partner Violence Among
College Women
Heidi Collins Fantasia, PhD,
RN, WHNP-BC
Heidi Collins Fantasia, PhD,
RN, WHNP-BC
C - Intimate Partner Violence,
Depression, and the Quality
of Life Among Thai Women:
A Path Analysis
Ratchneewan Ross, PhD, RN
A6 (A, B, C) - Oral Presentations on Infant Feeding
B - Factors Contributing to
Infant Overfeeding in LowIncome Immigrant Hispanic
Mothers
Diana C. Cartagena, PhD, RN, CPNP
C - Beyond Baby Friendly:
Implementation of the
Power Hour!
Becky Gams, MS, RN, CNP
Roxanne Rana Flynn, RN, BSN, IBCLC
Caitlin C. Conroy, DNP, FNP-BC,
BSN, RN, CLC
B5/C5 - Checking the Foundation: Looking at Processes
and Systems to Improve
Emergency Response
Amy J. Levi, RN, PhD, CNM,
WHNP-BC, FACNM, FAAN
B4/C4 - A, B, C’s and
1, 2, 3’s: Recognizing
Pharmacological Risk
When Your Patient Is
Pregnant or Breastfeeding
B2/C2 - Eclampsia! New
Guidelines and Practice
Algorithms
Carol J. Harvey, MS, BSN, RNC-OB,
C-EFM, CS
Joanna CM Cole, PhD, CD (DONA)
Susan R. Miesnik, RNC-OB, MSN, CRNP
(1.0 contact hour per time slot)
B3/C3 - Managing Early
Pregnancy Loss
Raquel Kelly Walker, MSN,
RNC-MNN, RN-BC
Anita Fort, RNC-LRN, IBCLC, BSN
For details, see page 8.
A - Behind the Curtain:
Skin-to-Skin Contact after
Cesarean Section and
Influences on Breastfeeding
Rates, Infant Feeding
Responses, and Maternal
Satisfaction
1:45 – 2:45 p.m. and repeating 3 – 4 p.m.
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Suzanne McMurtry Baird, DNP,
MSN, RN
Julie Arafeh, MSN, RN
B6/C6 - Obstetric Triage:
State of the Science
Catherine Ruhl, CNM, MS
Elisabeth Howard, PhD, CNM,
FACNM
Kathleen Mahoney, APN
4:15 – 5:30 p.m. (1.25 contact hours)
S1 (A, B, C) - Research Symposium: Findings from AWHONN Grant Recipients
A - The Dietary Choices
of Low-Income, Pregnant
African-American Women
B - Hepcidin, Iron
Bioavailability, and Its Role
in Birth Outcomes
C - Pathway to Shortened
Gestation Among Black
Women
Susan W. Groth, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC
Mary Dawn Koenig, PhD, RN, CNM
Shannon Gillespie, MS, RN
S2 - Write It Right: Editors Share the
Insider’s Track to Getting Published
Carolyn Davis Cockey, MLS
Marilyn Stringer, PhD, WHCNP-BC, RDMS
Angela Hartley, MPhil, ELS
Mary C. Brucker, CNM, PhD, FACNM
Nancy K. Lowe, CNM, PhD, FACNM, FAAN
S3 - Legislative Forum: Criminalization
of Pregnant Women with Substance
Use Disorders
Ursula A. Pritham, PhD, WHNP-BC, FNP-BC
Catherine H. Ivory, PhD, RNC-OB
S4 - March of Dimes Partner Symposium
March of Dimes Foundation is accredited as a provider
of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Speaker and topic coming soon.
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Convention Schedule • Tues., June 16
Convention Schedule • Tues., June 16
8 – 9:15 a.m. (1.0 contact hour)
GS3 - Two Kisses for Maddy
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. (1.0 contact hour)
Matt Logelin
G1 - Conscientious Objection: The Nurse’s
Role and Current Challenges
G4 - Clostridium Difficile: An Emerging
Threat to Pregnant Women
For details, see page 9.
Theresa A. Kyzar, MSN, MBA, RN
Dina Viscount, MSN, CNS, RNC-OB
G2 - Making Sense of Women’s Health
Cancer Screenings: A Straightforward
Approach
G5 - Having It All: The Compelling Evidence
for Neonatal Resuscitation with an Intact
Cord
Nalo Hamilton, PhD, MSN, WHNP/ANP-BC
Mayri Sagady Leslie, CNM, MSN, EdD
G3 - Improving Interprofessional
Collaboration: Best Practice Guidelines
for Transfer from Planned Homebirth to
Hospital Care
G6 - Safe Prevention of the Primary
Cesarean
9:45 – 10:45 a.m. and repeating 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
D1/E1 - Let’s Talk About Sex Baby: Gender
and Inclusivity
Clifton J. Kenon, DNP, RN, IBCLC, RLC
Lisa A. Miller, CNM, JD
D2/E2 - The Multi-System Organ Effects of
Severe Preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome:
Case Studies
Suzanne McMurtry Baird, DNP, MSN, RN
D3/E3 - Intrauterine Drug Exposure and
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Carla Worley Saunders, APN, NNP-BC
(1.0 contact hour per time slot)
D4/E4 - Safe Sleep: Balancing Skin to
Skin Contact with the Risk of Sudden
Unexpected Postnatal Collapse
Susan Faron, MN, RNC-OB, CNS
Jacqueline B. Hiner, MSN/Ed, RNC-OB, CNS
F1 - Enhancing Patient Centered Care
Through Communication Skills Team Training
Kim L. Armour, PhD, NP-BC, RDMS, NEA-BC
F2 - Effects of Military Service on Women’s
Reproductive Health: Opportunities to
Transform the Quality of Care for 2.2 Million
Women Veterans
Mimi Pomerleau, DNP
Laurie Zephyrin, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG
F3 - Promoting Interconceptional Health
During Postpartum Care
Amy J. Levi, RN, PhD, CNM, WHNP-BC, FACNM, FAAN
Joyce Cappiello, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP
4:45 – 6:15 p.m. (1.5 contact hours)
Michelle R. Collins, PhD, CNM, FACNM
D6/E6 - What’s New in Contraception for 2015
Anita Nelson, MD
F4 - Preventing PPD: A Novel Paradigm
Using Infant Calming and Sleep Promotion
to Mitigate Postpartum Mood Disorder
Harvey N. Karp, MD, FAAP
F5 - Disseminating Evidence-Based
Practice Projects: Abstracts, Posters, and
Presentations
Patricia Robin McCartney, PhD, RNC, FAAN
F6 - Interpreting Umbilical Cord
Blood Gases
Jeffrey Pomerance, MD
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Kathleen Rice Simpson, PhD, RNC, FAAN
Lisa Kane Low, PhD, CNM, FACNM
D5/E5 - Lead a Nitrous Oxide As Labor
Analgesia Initiative at Your Site?
Yes You Can!
2:15 – 3:15 p.m. (1.0 contact hour)
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Movie Screening:
The American Nurse
Featuring AWHONN member
Naomi R. Cross, AD, RN
THE AMERICAN NURSE is a heartwarming film that explores some of
the biggest issues facing America—
aging, war, poverty, prisons—through
the work and lives of nurses. It is
an examination of real people that
will change how we think about
nurses and how we wrestle with the
challenges of healing America. THE
AMERICAN NURSE is an important contribution to America’s ongoing conversation about what it means to care. The
film follows the paths of five nurses in various practice specialties including Jason Short as he drives up a rugged
creek to reach a home-bound cancer patient in Appalachia. Tonia Faust, who runs a prison hospice program where
inmates serving life sentences care for their fellow inmates as they’re dying. Naomi Cross, as she coaches an ovarian
cancer survivor through the Caesarean delivery of her son. Sister Stephen, a nun who runs a nursing home filled with
goats, sheep, llamas and chickens, where the entire nursing staff comes together to sing for a dying resident. And
Brian McMillion, an Army veteran and former medic, rehabilitating wounded soldiers returning from war.
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Convention Schedule • Wed., June 17
Convention Schedule • Wed., June 17
8:15 – 9:45 a.m. (1.5 contact hours)
H1 - Promoting Healthy
Births Using Evidence-Based
Physiologic Approaches
Lisa Kane Low, PhD, CNM, FACNM
Ellise D. Adams, PhD, CNM
H2 - Characterizing,
Discovering, and Intervening
in Maternal Death: Nurse
Leadership in Maternal
Mortality Surveillance
H3 - Diabetes in Pregnancy
Maribeth Inturrisi, RN, MS,
APN, CDE
Deborah L. Burch, MSN, RN
Margaret-Rose Agostino, DNP, MSW,
RN-BC,CNE, IBCLC
B - Failure Mode and Effect
Analysis: Interpretation of
Critical Congenital Heart
Disease (CCHD) Screening
Algorithms
Sue Ellen Abney-Roberts, DNP,
MSN, RNC, C-EFM
Elizabeth B. Mikula, MSN, RN, CPN
Christen Strickler, RN, RPSGT
C - Enhancing Communication and Response for Care
of Newborn at Risk for
Neonatal Complications
Katie E. Donohue, BSN, RN, CNML,
RNC-EFM
Theresa Hyland, BSN, BAS, RN,
RNC-EFM
H5 (A, B, C) - Oral Presentations on Postpartum Topics
A - Help at HOME: Improving
Patients’ Readiness for
Discharge
Ellen Fleischman, RN, RD, MBA,
MSN, NE-BC
B - Broadening the Horizons
on Predictors of Discharge
Teaching, Discharge
Readiness, and PostDischarge Outcomes
C - Effectiveness of Postpartum Education in the
Reducing Symptoms of
Postpartum Depression
(PPD)
Gabriella Malagon-Maldonado, DNP,
MSN, CNS, NEA-BC
Jacqueline B. Hiner, MSN/Ed,
RNC-OB, CNS
Deborah McCarter-Spaulding, PhD,
RN, WHNP-BC, IBCLC
I3 - Using Bystander Awareness
Techniques to Diffuse Disruptive
Behavior on Your Unit
Sandi Tenfelde, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC
Heather Stoner, WHNP-BC
Betsy B. Kennedy, PhD, RN, CNE
Raquel Kelly Walker, MSN,
RNC-MNN, RN-BC
Virginia Ballentine, BSN, RNC-OB,
C-EFM
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B - Beyond the Joint
Commission’s Perinatal Core
Measures: Reducing Pregnancy-Related Morbidity and
Mortality By Implementing a
Comprehensive Quality and
Patient Safety Program
I4 - Neonatal Pain: Challenges and
Solutions
Christine Newman, MS, RN, NNP-BC
Ana-Maria Gallo, PhD, CNS, RNC-OB
I5 (A, B) - Oral Presentations on Labor & Delivery/Intrapartum Care
A - Quantitative Estimation of Blood Loss
During Delivery
Renee’ Jones, DNP, RNC-OB, WHNP-BC
B - Influence of Intermittent Versus
Continuous Bladder Catheterization
on Labor Outcomes: A Randomized
Controlled Trial
Barbara Wilson, PhD, RNC-OB
I6 (A, B) - Oral Presentations on Global Perspectives on Women’s Health
A - Innovative Health Promotion Programme
on Breast Cancer Screening for Ethnic
Minority Women in Hong Kong
B - Feasibility of a Bilingual, Interactive
Computer-Based Breastfeeding Support
Program for Rural Hispanic Women
Carmen WH Chan, PhD, RN, FHKAN
Susan Wilhelm, RNC, PhD
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. (1.0 contact hour)
GS4 - Happy Crap: Unleash Your Positivity Power!
Erika Oliver, MPA-OMD
For details, see page 9.
H6 (A, B, C) - Oral Presentations on Quality and Safety
A - Setting Body Mass Index
Criteria for Obese Obstetric
Patients to Reduce Nurse
Injury and Improve Patient
Safety
(1.0 contact hour)
I1 - Female Sexual Dysfunction: From
Taboo Topic to Informed, Supportive, and
Evidenced-Based Care
I2 - Patient Safety and Extended Work Hour:
An Evidence-Based Approach to Fatigue
Management in the Work Place
H4 (A, B, C) - Oral Presentations on Newborn Topics
A - Infant Safe Sleep
Practice Update: A
Successful Quality
Improvement Project
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C - Supporting Nurses
to Navigate the Choppy
Seas of a Critical Event
Susan Faron, MN, RNC-OB, CNS
Jeanna Mora, BSN, RNC-OB
Frances C. Kelly, MSN, RNC-OB,
NEA-BC, CPHQ
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The President’s Party: Gala on the Sea
Monday, June 15 • 8 – 10:30 p.m. • Long Beach Convention Center
Long Beach is home to many attractions and experiences, but none as historic and majestic as the retired ocean liner,
the Queen Mary. Now it’s time to bring the signature royal galas, deck parties, evening receptions and midnight mixers
to AWHONN and the Long Beach Convention Center. The President’s Party is THE celebratory highlight of the AWHONN
Convention. Whether you want to showcase sparkling jewelry and evening attire or break out your cruise wear, you will
find a perfect fit at the Gala on the Sea party. So set sail for a night of light hors d’oeuvres and drinks, live music,
dancing and massive moments of fun in distinctively different party-within-a-party rooms.
The Royal Ball
Despite the lyrics of the recent popular song that laments
“we’ll never be royals,” everyone has the blue-blooded
lineage tonight. Set in the largest of venues, The Royal
Ball celebrates the heyday of the Queen Mary, when regal
gowns and formal wear were set against the backdrop of
sophisticated décor and ambiance. This royal gala setting will take you back to a time when ocean travel was
indeed luxurious and featured high-end live music, exotic
cocktails, festive dancing and timeless style.
Cabin Fever
Need somewhere to go to really party the night away?
Cabin Fever is the intimate but lively club-like setting for
the partygoer who prefers the spirited sounds of a dynamic
DJ. At Cabin Fever, you’re at the center of the action.
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The Ocean View
Need to enjoy a bit of the Long Beach ocean breeze?
The Ocean View gives you the exclusive, outdoor-only
experience. With networking tables, comfy seating
and seaside-inspired cocktails, The Ocean View will
be the sought-after place to cool off, chill and enjoy
the night.
The Captain’s Reception
At times, we may need a break from the energetic music
and dancing. Set in an open-space area, just outside The
Royal Ball, The Captain’s Reception is the ideal venue
to reconnect with colleagues, meet and mingle and recharge while enjoying refreshing beverages in a relaxed,
stress-free environment.
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Exhibitors
Abbott Nutrition
Accountable Healthcare Staffing
Accutech
Adroit Industries
American Academy of Family Physicians
AMICO Corporation
Angel Eye Camera Systems
AORN
Bella Baby Photography
Bio-Oil
Bump Nest
CAE Healthcare
CAREstream America
Cerner
CertaScan Technologies
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Charley’s Angels
Clinical Innovations
CliniComp, Intl.
Cook Medical
Cord Blood Registry
Cottonwood Kids
Covidien
Crane USA
Creche Innovations
Cross Country Staffing
DeRoyal
Dignity Health
Draeger Medical
Duchesnay USA
Elpas, Inc.
Ethicon
Evacu B
FASTAFF
Favorite Healthcare Staffing
Florida Hospital
Frontier Nursing University
Gaumard Scientific
GCX Corporation
GE Healthcare
Gerber, a Nestle Company
Grand Canyon University
Guard RFID Solutions Inc.
Halo Innovations, Inc.
Hawaiian Moon
HealthStream
Hill-Rom
HoverTech International
Identigene DNA Testing
Infor Healthcare
InJoy Birth & Parenting Education
International Biomedical /Airborne Life
Support Systems
Irish Breeze, Ltd
iSimulate
Johnson & Johnson
Just Born
Kaiser Permanente
Kaya Birth, Ltd.
Kimberly-Clark
Laclede Inc.
Lactation Education Resources
Laerdal Medical
Lamaze International
Maico Diagnostics
March of Dimes
Masimo
McRoberts Security Technologies
Mead Johnson Nutrition
Med Ed
Medela, Inc.
MedImmune
Memories Unlimited Inc.
Mindchild
Mom365
Natus Medical Incorporated
Nielsen Healthcare Group
Norgenix
Ob Hospitalist Group
OBIX by Clinical Computer Systems
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Otto Trading Inc.
OZ Systems
PDC Healthcare
Pediatrix Medical Group
Peri-FACTS Academy
PeriGen
Perinatal Quality Foundation
Philips
Porter Instrument
Procter & Gamble Baby Care
Professional Education Center
Prolacta Bioscience
QIAGEN, Inc.
Resolve Through Sharing Gundersen
Health System
RF Technologies
Save Babies Through Screening Foundation
Serola Biomechanics, Inc.
Sibley Memorial Hospital Johns Hopkins
Medicine
Simpli Fi Managed Services
Springer Publishing Company
Stanley Healthcare Solutions
Stryker
Suburban Surgical Co., Inc.
Swedish Health & Services
The Boppy Company
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
The Gideons International
UCLA Health
United States Drug Testing Laboratories
Utah Medical Products, Inc.
VisiCare by Insignia Marketing, Inc.
WelcomeNewborn, Inc.
Western Governors University
Wieland
Wiley
Wolters Klower Health
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They say there is nothing new under the sun, but we suggest that you spend a little time in Long
Beach. Over the past decade, the city has invested over $1 billion into its downtown waterfront,
transforming it into one of the most dynamic seaside destinations in the country. Rent a bike
and make like one of the locals while taking in the sights. Shop and dine in beach-chic Belmont
Shore, or get ferried around in your own gondola in Naples. If nothing else, you can always hit
the hot, sandy beach the city is named for—that never gets old.
Long Beach by day is an experience unto itself, but as the dazzling LED light installations
start to glow over Ocean Boulevard, the city takes on a whole other character. Fortunately, the
best in Long Beach’s nightlife is never more than a few steps or a short bus ride away from
the convention center—in fact there are more than 120 restaurants within just an eight-block
radius! Take in stylish nightclubs, live music and artisanal bars that line the city’s downtown,
up and down Pine Avenue, the Promenade, Broadway and all points in between.
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comfort, you can count on a relaxing and productive stay at their luxury downtown hotel, the only 4 Diamond Award-winning hotel in Long Beach.
Hyatt is proudly offering food options that are good for guests, good for the
community and good for the planet. Their menus feature food from natural,
local and sustainable sources. Discover Tides, for fine Long Beach dining
where great style and fabulous food come together. Relax over a drink in our
comfortable Long Beach Lounge while you contemplate or prepare for your
fine dining experience. Cove—Bites & Brews, is an all new shared space, with
two distinct identities. One by day and another by evening. Serving coffee in
the AM and micro-beer infused comfort food in the PM, Cove is the perfect
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The Leadership Summit on
R E G I S T R AT I O N F O R M
Perinatal Staffing
And Quality
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The Leadership Summit on Perinatal Staffing and Quality highlights the essential link
between quality care and appropriate nurse staffing. Learn how successful, data-driven
staffing models can be implemented on perinatal units to measure and plan for effective
staffing and increase nurse and patient satisfaction.
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NURSING PROGRAM.
NOT A MEMBER? JOIN NOW AND REGISTER–INCLUDES CONFERENCE
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Guest Fee ($95) $_____________
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Our keynote speaker this year will be Pamela Cipriano, PhD, RN,
NEA-BC, FAAN, president of the American Nurses Association (ANA).
A distinguished nursing leader, Dr. Cipriano has held executive
positions in health care systems, academia and national professional
organizations in her career and is a strong advocate of healthcare
quality and passionate speaker on the topic of effective nurse staffing.
(includes admittance to Sunday Reception & Monday President’s Party)
TOTAL REGISTRATION FEES$
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Dr. Cipriano
Add an optional tax-deductible gift to AWHONN
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every age:$
A multi-faceted model to assess, predict and plan nurse staffing
William “Dan” Roberts, PhD, ACNP • Stony Brook University Hospital
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An update on findings from the AWHONN staffing research project
Kathleen Rice Simpson PhD, RNC, FAAN • Mercy Hospital-St. Louis
REFUND POLICY
The AWHONN/AMCHP Expert Panel on
Tracking Nurses’ Impact on Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
Prior to the convention, registration may be changed or canceled
upon written request only. For registration fees to be refunded
less processing fee, cancellations must be received on or before
June 1, 2015. A $99 administrative fee will be deducted from
all refunds. No registration or membership refunds will be made
after June 1, 2015. Registrants are responsible for canceling
their own travel, hotel and tour reservations.
The Role of Nursing in AHRQ’s Perinatal Safety Project
Jennifer E. Moore, PhD, RN • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
June 13 • 8 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Long Beach Convention Center
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JUNE 13–17 • LONG BEACH CONVENTION CENTER
2 0 1 5 A N N UA L CO N V E N T I O N
Long Beach
AWHONN
2000 L Street, NW, Suite 740
Washington, DC 20036
Thank You to Our AWHONN Industry Member Partners
Show Your Badge!
Your AWHONN Convention badge is your key to discounts all around
breathtaking Long Beach, so make sure to get out there and explore.
•Aquarium of the Pacific: $8 admission (reg. $28.95), after noon
•The Queen Mary: 50% off General Admissions tickets, daytime only
•10–20% off over 20 restaurants
You can easily get around town on PASSPORT – the free shuttle bus
that stops at the convention center and serves downtown Long
Beach, the Aquarium, the Queen Mary and over 60 local restaurants.
photo credit: Destinations Magazine
photo credit: Destinations Magazine
photo credit: Long Beach Convention & Visitor’s Bureau