ITNS E-Update
April 28, 2010

ITNS offers FREE Nursing Lectures

Once again, ITNS will offer FREE Nursing Lectures during the lunch hour.  CE will be offered. The Lectures will be held on Monday and  Tuesday, May 3rd and 4th at the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina.  Topics include Reconstructive Sugery: A New Frontier; Outcomes of Liver Transplantation for NASH Cirrhosis; Extended Criteria / DCD Donor Experience in Australia; Relationships Between A Transplant Hospital, Donor Hospital and OPO. Visit the ITNS Booth # 711 for information/directions or Click here

Send us details/photos of YOUR Transplant Nurses Day Celebration

Transplant Nurses around the World celebrated the Fifth Annual Transplant Nurses Day on Wednesday, April 21. Send us a brief description and some photos (Please identify those in the photo).

2010 Transplant Nurses Day Essay Contest Winner

Congratulations to Sharon Blaschka!!  Sharon is the winner of the 2010 Transplant Nurses Day Essay Contest "What a Difference My Transplant Nurse Makes" Sharon is a Nurse Practitioner and Research Coordinator from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).  The winning essay was submitted by J. McLaughlin.

2010 ITNS European Symposium

Registrations are coming in daily for the 2010 European Symposium in Berlin, Germany - Transplant Nursing: Improving Patient Outcomes - June 18 - 10, 2010. Get your registration in soon.  

19th Annual ITNS Symposium and General Assembly

The Theme - Transplant Nursing: Reflections on Caring. The Symposium is scheduled for October 28 - 30, 2010 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The full brochure will be available on the ITNS web site within the next week.

ITNS Pediatric Symposium - Mark your calendar

The Theme - Pediatric Transplantation: Understanding the Challenges, Promoting Innovative Practice, and Preparing for the Future. The Symposium is scheduled for December 3 - 4, 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

ITNS Winter Workshop 2011 - Mark your calendar (new announcement)

The ITNS Winter Workshop for 2011 is scheduled for February 19 - 20, 2011 at The Catamaran Resort in San Diego, California USA

ITNS Transplant IQ Series

People who ordered the ITNS Transplant IQ Series are now enjoying the convenience and educational benefits of the Series in their own workplace, no travel necessary. The ITNS Transplant IQ Series was developed to allow the CTCRC to become more accessible to the highest number of nurses in the least costly manner. While individuals can purchase the DVDs as a set or by specific topic, hospitals and transplant centers will find the ITNS Transplant IQ Series to be a tremendous resource for training large numbers of nurses at a low rate per person. Individual viewers will receive CEU and CEPTC credits by taking the IQ post-test included in the supplemental materials with each DVD and paying a small fee. The Transplant IQ Series is made possible through a grant from Astellas Pharma US.

Transplant Greeting Cards Available through Organ Buddies, Inc.

 In honor of April's National Organ Donor Awareness Month, Organ Buddies Inc. will launch the 3rd edition of the Transplant Greeting Cards.  The cards were developed to help and encourage transplant recipients to send a note of gratitude to their donor / donor families. Sets of eight cards with envelopes are free thanks to the support of Astellas Global Inc.  The only cost is for postage. To the cards and to order the cards, please visit the Organ Buddies Web site.