Make Your Arrangements Now to Attend!
7th Annual Education Day:
The Course Awakens…becoming Jedi in Vascular Access
Presented by NORVAN
Northern California Vascular Access Network
Date & Location:
Friday April 29, 2016
Registration 7:30 am - 8:15 am
Program 8:15 am - 3:45pm
Hilton Sacramento Arden West
2200 Harvard Street,
Sacramento, CA 95815
A limited number of hotel rooms have been reserved at a conference rate, please book your room ASAP.
PROGRAM PRESENTERS & TOPICS:
Are Peripheral IV’s an Overlooked Source of Infection
Michelle M. DeVries, BS, MPH, CIC
Objectives:
1. Review data surrounding risks associated with PIVs
2. Discuss how care and maintenance of PIVs relates to the changing healthcare landscape
3. Identify strategies to lessen risks associated with PIV complications and sequelae
Creativity and Innovation in Vascular Access
Gail M. Egan, MS, ANP
Objectives:
1. Propose strategies for attaining vascular access in complex patients
2. Suggest interventions to manage challenging vascular access complications
3. Discuss the practice implications of off label use of drugs and devices
CVADs: Reducing Patient Risk
Jamie Bowen Santolucito, RN, CRNI, VA-BC
Objectives:
1. Explore and compare the association between CVAD insertion site and patient risk.
2. Review established evidence-based practices and introduce recent innovative interventions designed to mitigate CVAD risk, including a new bundle of interventions which have shown to effectively reduce PICC-associated venous thrombosis.
3. Explore evidence, lack of evidence and controversy surrounding select current CVAD practice guidelines.
4. Discuss the evolving role of the vascular access specialist as an essential strategy in reducing risk and improving outcomes among patients requiring CVADs.
PICC Complications with Angiographic studies & x-ray
Amy Bardin EdD(c) MS, RRT, VA-BC
Objectives:
1. Review of early and late complications.
2. Discuss iatrogenic misadventures.
3. Assessment and device troubleshooting
4. Documentation considerations.
5. What is acceptable?
Risk And Liability For Vascular Clinicians Under The ACA (Affordable Care Act)
Russ Nassof, Esq
Objectives:
1. Discuss 4 pay for performance aspects of the ACA that will have a direct impact upon vascular clinicians
2. Identify critical risk exposure points for those four pay for performance aspects under the ACA
3. Describe several mitigation strategies which vascular clinicians should apply to minimize liability at those critical risk exposure points
Early Bird Registration: by March 18th, 2016
NORVAN Member: $100
Non Member: $140 (Hint: join NORVAN and save $10)
CVAN/BAVAN Members receive a $15 discount.
RN Student: $60
Regular registration: March 19th - April 18th, 2016
NORVAN Members: $125
Non-Members: $165
Late registration: April 19th-26th, 2016 All: $175
Deadline to register: April 26, 2016
No refunds after: April 26, 2016
Light breakfast, lunch and refreshments included.
Register via our website NORVAN1.org
For hotel reservations, contact Hilton Arden West
www.hiltonsacramentoardenwest.com
Use group code NOR
Room rates for conference attendees:
Thursday April 28th: $139
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP12371 for 6 contact hours.
Contact hours qualify toward VA-BC recertification
7:30AM / 8:15AM / Registration,Continental Breakfast &
Vendor Displays
8:15AM / 8:30AM / Welcoming Announcement
8:30AM / 9:40AM / CVADs: Reducing Patient Risk
Jamie Bowen Santolucito, RN, CRNI, VA-BC
9:40AM / 10:00AM / Morning Break /
Vendor Displays
10:00AM / 11:10AM / Risk And Liability For Vascular Clinicians Under The ACA (Affordable Care Act)
Russ Nassof, Esq
11:10AM / 12:20PM / Are Peripheral IV’s an Overlooked Source of Infection
Michelle M. DeVries, BS, MPH, CIC
12:20PM / 1:05PM / Lunch, Visit Vendor Tables,
Table Service Lunch,
Desert Service in Vendor area,
Door Prizes
1:05PM / 2:15PM / PICC Complications with Angiographic studies & x-ray
Amy Bardin EdD(c) MS, RRT, VA-BC
2:15PM / 2:35PM / Afternoon Break
2:35PM / 3:45PM / Creativity and Innovation in Vascular Access
Gail M. Egan, MS, ANP
3:45PM / 4:00PM / Conclusions, Door Prizes
& Course Evaluations