Welcome
It is with great pleasure that the Perinatal Nursing Advisory Council invites you to
join us for the 37th Annual Perinatal Nursing Conference. The volunteers serving on this council work year-round to identify cutting edge topics and expert speakers.
Nursing is an honored profession and the March of Dimes embraces the opportunity to support professional development efforts. We encourage you to attend and support this March of Dimes program as we all work to protect our most precious resources—babies.
—The Perinatal Nursing Advisory Council—
Who We Are
The March of Dimes is a champion for all babies—those born healthy and those who need our help to survive and thrive. These babies are the millions of reasons behind our urgent mission to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality by:
Conference Objectives
The goal of this 2-day program is to address significant and challenging areas of perinatal nursing practice. Upon course completion, the experienced professional will be better able to:
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Describe current trends and recent clinical advances which are significant to perinatal nursing practice |
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Explore societal and professional issues challenging the delivery of perinatal healthcare today |
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Improve quality of care based on evidence-based practices |
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Discuss nursing research relevant to the comprehensive care of the childbearing family |
Who Should Attend?
Nurses, Midwives, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists,
Nurse Managers, Nursing Students
Childbirth Educators, Lactation Consultants, Health Educators,
Genetic Counselors, and Public Health Nurses.
Accreditation
Nurses: This activity has been submitted to Illinois Nurses Association Approver Unit for approval to award contact hours. Illinois Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Lactation Consultants: An application for contact hours will be submitted
to the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners.
Perinatal Nurse Excellence Award
Nominations may be submitted now through January 20, 2012 for the March of Dimes Perinatal Nurse Excellence Award. Five nurses will be recognized at the
conference for their outstanding commitment and creativity in approaching the day- to-day challenges in the perinatal setting. Nominations will be reviewed and chosen by January 30, 2012. Award winners will receive free conference registration and will be recognized at Awards Luncheon on March 2, 2012. Nominators of award
winners will be provided complimentary conference attendance for March 2nd.
Nomination forms are available by clicking here.
Poster Session
The March of Dimes Perinatal Conference Committee invites you to participate in our inaugural poster session at the 2012 meeting. Authors (or presenters) are expected to be present during designated viewing sessions on both conference days to provide additional information and answer questions. Poster topics should be relevant to perinatal nursing and may include research or initiatives from areas including but not limited to obstetrics, neonatology, public health or lactation support. Abstracts may report on any aspect of research, education, quality improvement initiatives, or
evidence based practice projects. Abstract instruction packets can be downloaded here. We will accept poster abstract applications through January 9, 2012.
Session Tracking Assistant
Please find the indicators below next to each session in the following agenda. This is to assist in distinguishing which sessions best fit your educational needs! Please note that these are general guidelines. Many sessions apply to multiple areas.
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Public Health |
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High Risk Newborn |
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Lactation |
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L&D/Mother Baby |
Our Green Initiative
In an ongoing effort to conserve resources and protect the environment, our brochure is shorter and registrations will be submitted online. Full session descriptions can be viewed at: www.marchofdimesconference.com/sessions.
Speaker presentations will be available to download and print by Friday, February 24, 2012. Handouts will not be available at the conference. You will receive a special link upon registration with access to your speakers' presentation material.
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