Annual Meeting Resource Center

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Thursday, June 24, 2010
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Registration
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Concurrent Industry Sponsored Workshops - Session I
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM AAHFN First Time Attendee Luncheon
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Concurrent Industry Sponsored Workshops - Session II
2:10 PM – 4:00 PM Opening Session
2:10 PM – 2:15 PM Welcome Remarks
Peggy Kirkwood, RN, MSN, APRN, BC
2:15 PM – 3:00 PM Presidential Address
Sue Wingate, RN, PhD, CRNP
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3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Keynote: Current State of Heart Failure Care
Debra Moser, DNSc, RN
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4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Grand Opening Reception
Exhibits Open
Location: Exhibit Hall
Friday, June 25, 2010
6:30 AM – 5:00 PM Registration
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Concurrent Industry Sponsored Breakfast Symposia
8:05 AM – 9:05 AM Motivational Session
Life's Daily Challenges: Lifting Ourselves Above
Julie Miller, BSN, CCRN
9:05 AM – 9:50 AM AAHFN Town Hall Meeting
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM Networking and Exhibits
Location: Exhibit Hall
10:20 AM - 11:20 AM Concurrent Sessions 1
Cornerstones: Pathophysiology of Heart Failure Using Case Studies
Michele Gilbert, MSN, NP, C

Advanced: Echos: Understanding and Application
Barry Karon, MD
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Global: Depression in Heart Failure—How to Assess, Identify and Treat
Debra Moser, DNSc, RN
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11:25 AM - 12:25 PM Concurrent Sessions 2

Cornerstones: Recognizing the Emergency Department Role in Acute Heart Failure Syndrome
Connie Lewis, MSN and Karen Miller, RN, BSN, MPA
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Advanced: Integrating Technology in Heart Failure: Clinical Applications [CRT],
Mary Dutkiewicz, MSN, ANP, Bc
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Global: LVADs are Not for Everybody: Patients and Hospitals
Frank Smart, MD
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12:25 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch, Exhibits and Poster Presentations
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Concurrent Sessions 3

Cornerstones: Promoting Self Management
Vicki Bush, BSN, MSN, FNP and Mary Jane Swartz, BSN, MSN
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Advanced: Common Electrophysiologic Abnormalities in the Heart Failure Patient
Aseem Desai, MD
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Global: Oral Abstract Presentations and Competition
3:05 PM – 4:05 PM Concurrent Sessions 4

Cornerstones: Telemonitoring for Heart Failure Management: A Hospital Based Experience
Julie Webster, RN, MSN

Advanced:Incorporating Ultrafiltration as a Therapy Option for Diuretic Resistance: Inpatient and Outpatient Case Studies
Kristi Hayes, MSN, FNP-BC and Beth Towery Davidson, DNP, ACNP, CCRN

Global: Oral Abstract Presentations and Competition
4:05 PM – 4:35 PM Networking and Exhibits
4:35 PM – 5:35 PM Concurrent Sessions 5

Cornerstones: Non-Arrhythmic Syncope in Heart Failure: Patient Workup and Management

Robin Trupp, PhD, RN, APRN

Advanced: Heart Failure with Preserved LV Function (Diastolic Dysfunction)
Barry Karon, MD
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Global: End of Life Management of Patients with Heart Failure
Ann Loth, BSN, MS
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
6:30 AM – 1:00 PM Registration
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Concurrent Industry Sponsored Breakfast Symposia
8:05 AM – 8:20 AM Awards and Grants
8:20 AM – 9:05 AM Incoming President’s Address

Vera Caro-Barton, RN, MSN, C-FNP
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9:10 AM - 10:10 AM Concurrent Sessions 6

Cornerstones: Heart Failure and Co-Morbidities: Anemia, Atrial Fibrillation, Chronic Respiratory Diseases and Type 2 Diabetes
Nancy Albert, PhD, MSN, RN

Advanced: Cardiorenal Syndrome
James Young, MD
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Global: Women and Heart Failure… Myths and Reality,
Kismet Rasmusson, MSN
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10:10 AM - 10:40 AM Networking and Exhibits
10:40 AM – 11:40 AM Concurrent Sessions 7

Cornerstones: Panel Discussion - Transitions of Care
Moderator: Louis Teichholz, MD
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Michele Gilbert, MSN, NP, C
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Ann Loth, BSN, MS
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Julie Webster, RN, MSN


Advanced: What to Do When the Patient Gets Better
Frank Smart, MD
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Global: Publication Committee Panel Discussion - How to Get Published
Helpful Hints
Maureen Flattery, RN, MS, NP
Kismet Rasmusson, MSN
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Nancy Redeker, RN
Traci Stewart, RN, MSN
11:40 AM – 1:10 PM Lunch and Exhibits
12:10 PM – 1:10 PM Communities of Practice
Special Interest Groups
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Concurrent Sessions 8

Cornerstones: Fluid Management in the Heart Failure Patient,
Nancy Albert, PhD, MSN, RN
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Advanced: End Stage HF Management: Surgical Options
Mary Zellinger,RN, MN, ANP-BC, CCRN-CSC

Global: Motivational Interviewing
Cheryl Dennison, RN, MSN, PhD
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2:20 PM – 3:20 PM Closing Session
Keynote: Future of Heart Failure Care
James Young, MD
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