Directions Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
The Hospital is located in Norfolk, VA. Take I-64 East from the Richmond/D.C. area. From the West, you can reach Norfolk either by 664, to Merrimac Tunnel to Portsmouth Exit 9 to the Mid Town Tunnel. Hospital is on the right just under the overpass. From Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, I-64 to Terminal Blvd. Left on Hampton Blvd, past ODU, take Left just through the light at Redgate Ave. From Va. Beach I-264 to Waterside Drive and take Left on Brambleton Ave. Pass Red Cross and continue around the Sentara Complex, it turns into Hampton Blvd, at the Midtown tunnel split and take a right. From N.C: I-664 to Downtown tunnel and follow same directions as Va.Beach. Please park in the Heart Hospital Garage on backside of the HeartHospital near ambulance entrance. Please park on the 2nd - 4th floors. Access to Raleigh Bldg is across from parking garage on Left.
Recommended Area Hotels: Residence Inn, 227 WBrambleton Ave.Norfolk (757)842-6216
Courtyard by Marriot-MacArthur Center(757)963-6000-520 Plume St.
Marriot Waterside Norfolk
(757)627-4200 E Main St.
Contact information:
Lynne Virgili
H: 757-481-4956; P: 757-475-1428
OR
Michele Hughes
C: 757-589-2700
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Activities that are approved by AORN are recognized as continuing education for registered nurses. This recognition does not imply that AORN or the ANCC Commission on Accreditation approves or endorses any product included in the presentation.
aorn OF Tidewater Workshop
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Semi-Annual vcorn Meeting
Holistic Approach to Managing Bariatric Patients
October18, 2014
5 CH Pending
Brickhouse Auditorium
2nd Floor Raleigh Bldg.
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
600 Gresham Drive
Norfolk, VA 23507
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Registration Fee: $45
$50 AT THE DOOR
Nursing Students: Free
(With Student ID)
Make check payable to:
AORN of TIDEWATER
No refunds after October 1, 2014.
Registration fee includes conference materials, continental breakfast, and lunch for VCORN attendees.
Mail Registration and Payment to:
AORN of Tidewater
c /o Lynne Virgili
2275 Walke Street
Va. Beach, VA23451
7:30 - 7:55 AM
Registration
Continental Breakfast
7:55 - 8:00 AM
Welcome & Introductions
8:00 - 9:00 AM
Role of the Bariatrician in a Weight Loss Practice
Caren Beasley, MD
9:00 – 9:45 AM
Role of the Exercise Physiologist in a Comprehensive Weight Loss Practice
Melanie Butler, BS
9:45-10:00 AM
Vendor Exhibits
10:00 - 10:45 AM
Nutrition and Nutritional Counseling for the Bariatric Patient
Katie Abbott, MS, RDN, HC
10:45 - 11:45 PM
Surgical Management of the Bariatric Patient
Dr. Stephen Wohlgemuth, MD, FACS, FASMBS
11:45-12:00 PM
Questions & Answers
12:00-12:15 PM
Vendor Exhibits
12:15 – 1:00 PM
Psychological Consultation of the Comprehensive Weight Loss Practice
Ninoska Peterson, PhD.
1:00-1:30 PM
The Role of the Nurse Practitioner in a Comprehensive Weight Loss Practice
Valerie LeGrone, MSN, ANP-BC, CNOR
1:30– 2:30PM
VCORN Meeting
WithLunch
Workshop goal
To educate perioperative nurses about the multidisciplinary groups involved in a holistic approach to managing morbidly obese patients.
Objectives:
- Discuss the role of the Bariatrician in a comprehensive weight loss program
- Explain medical management of the obese patient
- Discuss the role of medications in the treatment of obesity
- Discuss medically supervised health and fitness instruction programs for the obese patient
- Describe fitness evaluations and orientation to personal fitness
- Discuss the marketing of a medically managed fitness program
- Discuss dietary education for referred patients’ medical weight loss management
- Explain the importance of nutrition portion and its effectiveness for weight loss
- Discuss the “Rule of Nines” and how they apply to the morbidly obese patient
- Explain the importance of 3-D imaging of the Bariatric patient
- Describe the surgical treatment of the metabolic disease and morbid obesity
- Discuss psychosocial adjustment to bariatric surgery
- Explain cognitive a behavioral strategies to improved maintenance of weight loss
- Discuss the role of the nurse practitioner in a comprehensive weight loss management group