NAFA VCU Nurse Anesthesia Conference — Virtual Spring Disney
May 30 — June 2, 2023 | Disney’s Contemporary Resort | Lake Buena Vista, Florida
AANA Prior Approved CE
This program has been prior approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology for 25.00 Class A CE credits; Code Number 1042915; Expiration Date 6/2/2023. AANA designates this program as meeting the criteria for up to 3.00 CE Credits in pharmacology/therapeutics.
Note - The virtual program includes 22 Class A CE. The 3 C pre-conference workshop is in-person only.
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Please note that schedules, times and venues are subject to change.
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
7 a.m. — Welcome and Opening Remarks
7:15 a.m. — Mistakes were made. We look without seeing and forget what we have learned – 2 CE | M. Fallacaro
- Objectives:
- Articulate various types of human error that commonly affect anesthetic practice.
- Critically evaluate cognitive strategies to improve performance.
9:15 a.m. — Program Break
9:45 a.m. — Recent Publications in Pediatrics – 1 CE | H. de Soto
- Objective: Identify areas currently being evaluated by researchers in pediatric anesthesia.
10:45 a.m. — Malpractice 101 for anesthesia providers – 1 CE | H. de Soto
- Objective: List recommendations for care and clinical documentation to decrease the risk of being the subject of a malpractice claim.
11:45 a.m. — Question & Answer Session – 1 CE
- Objective: Further discuss recent publications in pediatrics, malpractice for anesthesia providers, and strategies to improve performance.
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
7 a.m. — Anesthesia for patients with Parkinson’s disease – 1 CE | L. Bonanno
- Objective: Describe an evidence-based anesthetic care plan for the patient with Parkinson's disease.
8 a.m. — Mentoring students through clinically-focused scholarly projects – 1 CE | L. Bonanno
- Objective: Evaluate strategies to mentor nurse anesthesia graduate students when they are involved in clinical implementation projects.
9 a.m. — Program Break
9:30 a.m. — 12 Lead interpretation: Key points to know – 1 CE | B. George-Gay
- Objective: Describe a replicable process of interpreting the 12 Lead ECG and the evaluation of its results.
10:30 a.m. — Hospital policy changes: how to navigate the system – 1 CE | L. Bonanno
- Objective: Identify barriers and facilitators to making local policy changes.
11:30 a.m. — Question & Answer Session – 1 CE
- Objective: Further discuss anesthesia for patients with Parkinson's disease, mentoring students, lead interpretation and hospital policy changes.
Thursday, June 1, 2023
7 a.m. — Cardiac assessment for outpatient procedures – 1 CE | C. Cooper
- Objective: Describe pertinent guideline-based assessments to determine cardiac risk in the patient experiencing an outpatient procedure.
8 a.m. — Anesthetic considerations for routine and complex endoscopic procedures – 1 CE | C. Cooper
- Objective: Describe the variety and complexity of current endoscopic procedures and their evidence base-based anesthetic considerations.
9 a.m. — Program Break
9:30 a.m. — What is MOUD and how does it affect the perioperative environment? — 2 CE (2 Pharmacology/Therapeutics CE) | M. Gay
- Objectives:
- Discuss the Medication for Opioid Use Disorder's (MOUD) approach to addiction treatment and the potential implications surrounding surgery.
- Recognize medications used in the outpatient treatment of opioid use disorder.
11:30 a.m. — Question & Answer Session – 1 CE
- Objective: Further discuss cardiac assessments for outpatient procedures, anesthetic considerations for endoscopic procedures, and MOUD approaches/medications.
12:30 p.m. — Scientific Poster Review – 2 CE | Formal time
Friday, June 2, 2023
7 a.m. — CPC rapid review: Key concepts in physiology for anesthesia – 1 CE | C. O'Guin
- Objectives:
- Demonstrate understanding of the physiological differences across the lifespan.
- Review the physiological function of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems.
- Apply physiological understanding to enhance safe and effective administration of anesthesia.
8 a.m. — CPC rapid review: key concepts in pharmacology for anesthesia — 1 CE (1 Pharmacology/Therapeutics CE) | C. O'Guin
- Objectives:
- Identify key concepts impacting safe administration of commonly utilized anesthetics and adjuvant medications.
- Explain key contraindications and adverse effects influencing the choice of anesthetic.
- Review pharmacokinetic and pharmacodyna.m.ic principles impacting anesthetic dosage and administration.
9 a.m. — Program Break
9:15 a.m. — History and health inequities in anesthesia practice – 1 CE | R. Carmel
- Objective: Discuss the impact of history on healthcare inequities and current anesthesia practice.
10:15 a.m. — Uncovering gastric evils with perioperative ultrasound: It's not HOCUS POCUS – 1 CE | R. Carmel
- Objective: Discuss the rationale for use of perioperative gastric POCUS.
11:15 a.m. — Question & Answer Session – 1 CE
- Objective: Further discuss key concepts in physiology and pharmacology for anesthesia, history and health inequities, and gastric perioperative ultrasound.