33rd Annual Nurse Practitioners of Oregon Education Conference

Conference highlights to include:

• Networking with other NP’s
• NPO Business Meeting and Social Event
• Welcome Reception and Pre-Conference Session starting Thursday, September 30
• Margaret Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP discussing “ Entrepreneurship: The Future of NP Practice”
• Nearly 23 hours of continuing nursing education including self-study and poster sessions provided by Acute Care Education Associates, Inc.

Program Description

This conference is designed to support nurse practitioners and their patients in their advanced practice role.

***NOTE*** If you register online, you must pay by credit card.  If you have to pay by check, please print out the conference brochure and registration form below and mail it in with payment.   If you are registering online, you might want to print out the brochure as the schedule and descriptions may help as you register online. 

Also, if you are an ONA member who is currently enrolled in an advanced degree program to become an NP and would like to attend, please print out the registration form below and either fax in or mail in the registration with payment.  The online registration system is not set up for ONA members who are NP students not yet affiliated with NPO.

• 2010 NPO Conference Brochure and mail-in registration form (PDF format)

Target Audience

The target audience for this program includes nurse practitioners, nurses, physicians, physician assistants and all interested health care providers.

Needs Assessment

The content of this educational program was determined by the planning committee. Several approaches include: monitoring the major nurse practitioner journals, surveys to NPO members, program feedback by attendees of previous conferences, expert faculty assessment, literature review, nursing practice, and new medical/nursing knowledge.

Program Objective

• Provide current clinical, diagnostic, pharmacologic, and management knowledge and skills in patient care across the lifespan
• Provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and clinical experiences with colleagues involved in the delivery of patient care.
• Discuss professional, educational, and financial issues affecting the role of the advanced practice nurse as they relate to primary and acute care practice specialties.
• Provide information on emerging trends in health care, practice management, and political issues to assist advanced practice nurses in positioning their practice for the future of healthcare.
• Challenge participants to consider the complexities of an interdisciplinary, highly complex healthcare system as it affects future roles and practice opportunities.

Nursing Contact Hours

This program contains opportunities for 22.5 contact hours of live continuing nursing education. Awarding of contact hours will be determined by the number of sessions the participant attends. Additional contact hours will be available in self-study and poster exhibit formats. All requirements for self-study and poster exhibits must be completed during the conference to receive these contact hours.

Accreditation Statement

Acute Care Education Associates, Inc. is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Washington Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Commission on Accreditation.

Disclosures

Full faculty and planner disclosures for the lectures will be presented at the conference.

Accommodations

Call Salishan Spa & Golf Resort Reservation Department,1-800-452-2300 or 1-888-SALISHAN, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm. You must identify yourself as an NPO
Conference Attendee to receive these rates. TRADITIONAL GUESTROOMS $129.00/night; DELUXE GUESTROOMS $149.00/night; PREMIER GUESTROOMS
$169.00/night. Reservation Deadline: August 30, 2010.

Poster Session & Self-Study CE

Posters and self-study articles will be available for additional contact hours. To receive these contact hours, please review the posters and self- study articles
and complete the evaluation form. Please stop by the Registration Desk daily for more details. Submit your abstract for review by July 15, 2010. Contact Susan
Thornton at NPO@AcuteCareEd.com for more information.

ADA Compliance

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Nurse Practitioners of Oregon seeks to make this conference accessible to all. If you have a disability which
might require special accommodations, please contact Susan Thornton (360) 901-6948.

Cancellations

Registration may be cancelled by written request only. Cancellations must be received on or before September 15, 2010. An administrative fee of $50 will be
deducted from all refunds. No refunds will be given after September 15, 2010. Written cancellations should be mailed to: NPO, 18765 SW Boones Ferry Road,
Suite 200, Tualatin, OR 97062 or e-mail: npo@oregonrn.org.

Area Attractions

Salishan is located between Newport to the south and Lincoln City to the north. Within these 30 miles of coastal beauty you will find many attractions and
activities. For more information on the area, please visit www.oregoncoast.org or contact the Lincoln City Visitors Center, 541-996-1274

Questions?

Contact Susan Thornton, Education Conference Coordinator, NPO@AcuteCareEd.com, (360) 901-6948

Registration Help? 

Contact Pisith Kong, Program Assistant, (503)293-0011 x335, 800-634-3552 (Oregon only), npo@oregonrn.org for general registration questions or contact Casey Campbell (503)293-0011 x304 for online registration help.

Vendor Prospectus

The Nurse Practitioners of Oregon invite you to share your product expertise with us during our 33rd Annual NPO Education Conference, September 30 – October 3, 2010. Our exhibit hall will be open Friday and Saturday October 1-2, 2010.

• Click here for more details and for an application

Call For Abstracts for 33nd Annual NPO Conference

Submission Deadline: July 15, 2010

• Seeking work reflecting research, practice innovations, role development, advanced nursing clinical practice, advanced nursing education practice, initiatives, or evaluation processes that demonstrate excellence in practice.
• Self-Study Continuing Education Articles must be unpublished works
• Submission does not preclude from national submission; however, it is recommended that any work submitted would be a different version of the final work for publication.
• Posters will be no greater than 4’ x 8’ in size.

The Nurse Practitioners of Oregon invite you to share and display your evidence-based research. Abstracts now being accepted for inclusion in our poster exhibit hall. Abstracts for unpublished articles for our independent study continuing education are also being accepted.

If you would like to prepare a poster or an unpublished article for a self-study CE for the conference, please submit a detailed abstract to npo@acutecareed.com no later than July 15, 2010. All submissions will be notified by August 6, 2010 of their acceptance.