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ITNS Winter Workshop 2012
Transplant Nursing Across the Lifespan... Sharing Best Practices

February 17 - 19, 2012
DoubleTree Hotel Atlanta-Buckhead
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Click here for the full brochure.

Click here for Exhibit / Sponsor opportunity

Register Online via Google Checkout™

Direct Link for hotel reservations. Group rate deadline is January 26, 2012


ITNS University - Webinar

Improving Medication Adherence to Enhance Transplant Outcomes

Presenter: Cynthia L. Russell, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FAAN

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

1:00PM - 2:00PM (Eastern)

12:00AM - 1:00PM (Central)

11:00AM - 12:00AM (Mountain)

10:00AM - 11:00 (Pacific)

Overseas time zones vary - please mark your calendar accordingly.

CE / CEPTC's are available. Space is limited. Registration information will be available by mid-February.

The cost for each port is $25.00 USD, and due upon registration. You will be directed to a payment web page after you have completed your registration. Upon payment, you will receive a computer link/information via email that will enable you to join the webinar (within two business days).


Transplant Nurses Day April 18, 2012

Start to plan how you and your colleagues will celebrate the day.

Click Here to read how nurses celebrated the day in 2011.

Check back periodically, ITNS will provide more information to help you celebrate the day.

Download Powerpoint Slides for TX Nurses Day 2012!

 

Transplant Nurses Day Essay Contest

My Transplant Nurse: My Guiding Light!

The essay contest allows patients to nominate an ITNS transplant nurse who has made a difference in their lives.

Click here for how patients can nominate their Guiding Light.


ITNS 21st Annual Symposium and General Assembly

Rising to the Challenges in Transplant Nursing

October 21 - 23, 2012

(please note - dates are Sunday - Tuesday)

Registration Rate

ITNS Member $550.00 USD

Non-member $650.00 USD

The Westin Seattle
Seattle, Washington USA

Group Rate - $179.00 + taxes

Click here for the reservation link

Call for Abstracts is now OPEN. Click here to access the submission site.

Submission Deadline is Wednesday, February 22, 2012 5:00PM EST (New York)

Interested in Exhibiting or Sponsorship support?

Click here for the Exhibitor Prospectus

Click here for the Sponsorship Prospectus

ITNS Chapter Events

Golden Triangle Chapter - Winter Dinner Meeting

Long Term Outcomes Following Pediatric Intestine Transplantation

February 29, 2012

Dave and Busters

180 East Waterfront Drive

Homestead, PA 15120

Registration 5:15pm / Dinner 6pm

Cost is $10 for Members and $25 for Non-Members

RSVP: Kristin Shoemaker shoemakerka@upmc.edu

Golden Triangle Chapter

Annual Symposium

April 27, 2012

(theme / location to be announced)

Italian Chapter Conference

May 9 - 10, 2012

Leonardo Da Vinci Science Museum

Milan, Italy

Visit the website for some preliminary information.

Golden Triangle Chapter

Spring Dinner Meeting

May 22, 2012

(topic / location to be announced)

Golden Triangle Chapter

Summer Dinner Meeting

July 26, 2012

(topic / location to be announced)

Golden Triangle Chapter

Fall Dinner Meeting

October 17, 2012

(topic / location to be announced)

 

Transplant Related Events

Challenges and Innovations in Pediatric Transplantation

April 13, 2012

Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Children's Hospital

The content of this course is applicable to all healthcare professionals who care for or are interested in the care of pediatric patients undergoing solid organ transplantation. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: Organ donor selection, Pharmacology, Infectious diseases, Intensive care, Psychosocial management, The patient experience and Hand transplant. The registration fee is $50 Children's Hospital employees. The conference will be held from 7:00AM - 3:30PM. This cost includes continental breakfast, break and lunch. CEU's will be offered.

We will be accepting abstract posters in the following categories: Evidence-Based, Clinical Process Improvement, Case Study, Education and Innovation. If interested in making a submission, please email

transplant@childrens.harvard.edu.

 

National Kidney Foundation

2012 Spring Clinical Meetings

May 9 - 13, 2012

Washington, DC

Gaylord National

NKF holds the SCM each spring to offer a unique platform for kidney healthcare professionals to get together, learn the latest medical advances, research findings, and exchange knowledge and patient care ideas. SCM12 is the only meeting in the country that focuses on practicing nephrologists, fellows, dietitians, nurses, advanced practitioners, social workers, and other multidisciplinary kidney care providers who practice nephrology care.

For more information www.kidney.org

Texas Transplantation Society / 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting

July 26 - 29, 2012
Galveston, Texas

Moody Gardens

For more information contact Laurie Reece reecelj@gmail.com

 

 

Available on-line CEs

ITNS-TV
Education on Demand
(Archived)

Re-integration after Pediatric Transplantation: 

School Return, Activities and Living and

Pediatric Transplantation: Returning to School, Immunizations and Infectious Disease Issues
Beverly Kosmach-Park and

Angela Williams


Evidence-Based Practice in Transplant Nursing

Sandra Cupples and Cynthia L. Russell


Scope and Standards of Transplant Nursing Practice

Cynthia L. Russell

Cost - $25.00

Visit the Event Link register for the live or an archived webcast.

CE / CEPTC's are available.


ITNS University - Webinars (Archived)

CE / CEPTC are available

Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disease

Presenter: Lecia Snell, RN, MSN, CCTN

Click here for the Objectives, Evaluation and Post-test.

View the webinar.


Easing Patient Transition Throughout the Transplant Process: What are We Doing to Help?

Presenter: Chris Shay-Downer, RN BSN CCTC

Click here for the Objective, Evaluation and Post-test.

View the webinar.

 

 

 
 

ITNS Board of Directors Meetings

February 16 - 17, 2012
Atlanta, Georgia USA

June, 2012

Boston, Massachusetts USA

October 19 - 20, 2012

Seattle, Washington USA


Visit ITNS Exhibits

ITNS Winter Workshop

February 17 - 18, 2012

Atlanta, Georgia USA

UNOS Management Forum EXPO

April 25 - 27, 2012

Puerto Rico

ATC

June 2- 6, 2012

Boston, Massachusetts USA

ITNS Annual Symposium

October 21 - 23, 2012

Seattle, Washington USA

Optum Health

October, 2012

Minneapolis, Minnesota USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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