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Mastering How to Influence Change – Part I FULL Sa 9:00AMA
PCCN Review Course – Part I Sa 9:00AMI
Standards of Care for the Mechanically Ventilated Patient: Intubation to Extubation and Beyond Sa 9:00AMI
Accept the Challenge: Pediatric CCRN Review Course—Part I Sa 9:00AMI
Cardiac Medicine (CMC) Subspecialty Certification Preparation Course – Part I Sa 9:00AMI
Cardiac Surgery (CSC) Subspecialty Certification Review Course—Part I Sa 9:00AMI
Cardiac Surgery Advanced Life Support Program FULL Sa 9:00AMI
First 24: Caring for the Cardiac Surgical Patient Sa 9:00AMI
Adult CCRN Review Preconference – Part I Sa 9:00AME
NTI Voices, Sunday/Monday Su 6:00AMA
Procedural Cadaver Lab FULL Su 9:00AMI
Cardiac Medicine (CMC) Subspecialty Certification Preparation Course – Part II Su 9:00AMI
Mastering How to Influence Change – Part II FULL Su 9:00AMA
PCCN Review Course – Part II Su 9:00AMI
Pulmonary Physiology, Pathophysiology and Mechanical Ventilation: A Comprehensive Review Su 9:00AMI
Beyond Gray's Anatomy: Improving Procedural Competency Through the Clinical Application of Anatomy Su 9:00AME
Bedside Cardiac Monitoring for All Practice Settings: Implementing Evidence at the Point of Care Su 9:00AMI
Accept the Challenge: Pediatric CCRN Review Course—Part II Su 9:00AMI
Cardiac Surgery (CSC) Subspecialty Certification Review Course—Part II Su 9:00AMI
To Err is Human, to Prepare and Train Saves Lives: Improving Efficacy of Emergency Response Teams Su 9:00AMB
Cardiac Surgery Advanced Life Support Program FULL Su 9:00AMI
Care of the Patient with an Intraaortic Balloon Pump Su 9:00AMI
Adult CCRN Review Preconference – Part II Su 9:00AMI
CCNS Review Course Su 9:00AME
Chapter Leadership Development Workshop Su 9:00AMA
API-Dedicated Procedural Cadaver Lab FULL Su 9:00AME
Self Study Pavilion Su 10:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion Su 10:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion Su 10:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion Su 10:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion Su 10:00AMA
Procedural Cadaver Lab FULL Su 1:30PMI
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT): Life Support for the Kidneys Su 1:30PMI
Diagnostic Imaging in Critical Care: Beyond X-Ray Vision Su 1:30PMI
Suturing: Basics & Beyond FULL Su 1:30PMA
API-Dedicated Procedural Cadaver Lab FULL Su 1:30PME
Self Study Pavilion M 7:00AMA
Evidence-Based and Chapter Best Practice Poster Presentations M 7:00AMA
Research Poster Presentations M 7:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion M 7:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion M 7:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion M 7:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion M 7:00AMA
Identifying Clinical Emergencies in the Early Stages: Critical Thinking Checkpoints for Anticipating Needed Intervention M 8:00AMI
Back to the Basics: Assessing Your Patient’s Cardiovascular Status Without All the Bells and Whistles M 8:00AMB
Tissue Oxygenation and Hemodynamic Monitoring: It's All About the O's M 8:00AMI
Incorporating Active Learning Strategies into Critical Care Education M 8:00AMI
Pediatric Delirium Awareness Program in Your PICU: What We Have Learned, What We Changed and How We Are Progressing M 8:00AMI
Circle of Life: Building a Successful Palliative Care Program from Concept to Bedside M 8:00AMI
Simulation: More Than Manikins and Mega Codes M 8:00AMI
Being Beacon: How to Write it and Maintain it: Being the First Pediatric ICU Awarded the Beacon for Excellence in 2011 M 8:00AMB
Acute Kidney Injury Treatment Guidelines: A Bold Global Initiative M 8:00AMB
Poisoning, Overdose and Aggressive, Collaborative Care M 8:00AME
Haiti, On the Edge of the ICU: Case Studies from Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Students M 8:00AMB
Symptoms and Seizures, Surgery and Survival: The Anatomy of Acute Traumatic Brain Injury M 8:00AMI
Champion the Skin and Win: Eliminating Pressure and Moisture Risk Factors to Reduce Skin Injury in the ICU Patient M 8:00AMB
Neonatal Perioperative Hypothermia: The Journey from Problem Identification to Translating Evidence into Best Practice M 8:00AMI
My Career Map: Where Do I Go From Here M 8:00AMB
Bring Out Your Dead: Plagues Past, Present and Future M 8:00AMI
What’s in a Name, Systolic vs Diastolic Heart Failure: Definitions, Prevalence, Treatments and Nursing Consideration M 8:00AMB
Stronger, Bolder Chapter Websites M 8:00AMB
Not So Sweet: Stress-Induced Hyperglycemia in the Setting of Critical Illness M 8:00AME
Sacral Skin Breakdown in the ICU: But How Can It Be Prevented with High Risk Populations M 8:00AMI
Crucial Balance in the Internal Milieu: Water and Sodium Balance and Disorders in Acute Care Patients M 8:00AMI
Nursing Research: From an Idea to the IRB M 8:00AMB
Trauma in the Golden Years: Challenges in Geriatric Trauma M 8:00AMB
Cold Case Files: Multidisciplinary Case Studies in Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest M 8:00AMI
Writing for Publication: I'd Rather Have a Root Canal M 8:00AMI
Undifferentiated Shock: A Systematic Diagnostic Approach M 8:00AMI
Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV): What is APRV and Why is the Nurse so Important for This Mode M 8:00AMI
Why Can’t We Wake Our Patients: The Unintended Consequences of Sedation Protocols and Guidelines M 8:00AME
Bundle of Kindness: End of Life in a Trauma ICU M 8:00AMI
Heart Sounds: The Basics M 8:00AMB
SuperSession: President's Address M 10:00AMA
Supporting Effective, Lasting Change During Policy, Project or Information Roll-Outs M 12:30PMB
Our Journey to Family Presence During Rounds M 12:30PMI
Tissue Oxygenation and Hemodynamic Monitoring: It's All About the O's M 12:30PMI
What Would I Do Without My Tele-ICU M 12:30PMB
Advancing Our Practice: Evidenced-Based Strategies to Promote Nursing Specialty Certification M 12:30PMB
Chapter Strategic Planning: A How-To Workshop M 12:30PMB
Demystifying the Coagulation Cascade M 12:30PMB
Boldly Working Toward Stronger Documentation: A Mock Trial M 12:30PMB
Get Involved in this Presentation and See What Happens: Simulation Training Using Continuous ScvO2 in PICU M 12:30PMB
Heart of the Matter: Postoperative Complications in the Pediatric Congenital Heart Patient M 12:30PMI
Expertise and Innovation for the Unique Population of a Pediatric Progressive Care Unit M 12:30PMI
Blood, Guts and Gore: GI Bleeds M 12:30PMB
There's a Pediatric Patient in My ICU: What's the Plan M 12:30PMB
Liberating Our Patients from Restraints: Strategies Developed to Minimize Restraint Use in ICU M 12:30PMI
Adam’s Fall: The First 365 Days after a Traumatic Brain Injury M 12:30PMI
Heart Sounds: The Basics M 12:30PMB
Break the Readmission Cycle by Integrating Palliative Care with Life-Saving Therapies: Together. Bolder. Stronger. M 12:30PME
Beyond Gray's Anatomy: A Visual Tour of Procedural Anatomy M 12:30PMB
Procedural Sedation: Performing Sedation Safely in Any Practice Arena M 12:30PMI
Teaching Critical Thinking: The Preceptor’s Challenge M 12:30PMB
Update on Critical Care Billing M 12:30PMB
Meaningful Recognition Has Power: Together. Stronger. Bolder. M 12:30PMA
Bath Salts: Done on the Street but Felt in the Emergency Room and ICU M 12:30PMA
Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: HHS-CCSC Awardees’ Best Practices & Benchmarks in Eliminating VAP & CLABSI M 12:30PMA
Beyond the Basic Pacing Functions: What Else Does That Thing Do M 2:15PMI
Help, My Patient is on Five Drips: Administering Inotropes and Vasoactive Agents with Confidence M 2:15PMB
Clinical Triggers for Ethics in the Neonatal and Pediatric ICUs: When is Enough Really Enough M 2:15PMB
Incorporating Active Learning Strategies into Critical Care Education M 2:15PMI
Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy M 2:15PMI
Thar She Blows: Intra-Abdominal Hypertension (IAH) and Intra-Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (IACS) in PICU Patients M 2:15PMB
Critical Care Studies You Should Know About M 2:15PMI
One a Day for Nurses: Vitamins to Nourish Your Spirit M 2:15PMB
Safe Harbor: How AACN Practice Alerts Protect Patients and Nurses from Medical Errors M 2:15PMB
Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health Report, Now What? M 2:15PMB
Heart of the Matter: Postoperative Complications in the Pediatric Congenital Heart Patient M 2:15PMI
My Belly Hurts: Managing Abdominal Trauma M 2:15PMB
Chapter Financial Reporting as Easy as 1 + 1 M 2:15PMB
Nurse Palliative Care Champions: Creating a Successful End-of-Life Program M 2:15PMI
Let's All Get Certified: Best Practices for Creating a Culture of Certification M 2:15PMB
Heart Sounds: Pediatric Auscultation M 2:15PME
Assisting Colleagues with Ethics: Become the ACE in the Hole to Combat Moral Distress M 2:15PMI
Cardiovascular Pharmacology Throughout the Continuum of Care M 2:15PMI
But This Is Progressive Care: Managing Lines and Vents Outside the ICU M 2:15PMI
Radiology 101: For the Bedside Nurse M 2:15PMI
Clinical Research: Together, Stronger, Bolder M 2:15PMA
How to Manage Common Pleural Problems M 2:15PMA
Chill Out: Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest: What We Have Learned and Where We Are Going M 4:00PMI
Prepared, Poised and Polished: Positioning Yourself for a Prime Presentation M 4:00PMI
Gut Wrenching and Stomach Churning: Gastrointestinal Emergencies in Critical Care M 4:00PMI
pCAM and tiCAM: Pediatric Delirium Screening Tools for Bedside Assessment M 4:00PMI
Acute Kidney Injury Treatment Guidelines: A Bold Global Initiative M 4:00PMB
Managing the Transplant Recipient: Postoperative Care, Pharmacokinetics and Immune Modulation M 4:00PME
Demystifying the Coagulation Cascade M 4:00PMB
Mechanical Ventilation Management for Pediatric Critical Care Practitioners M 4:00PMI
Case Studies in Hemodynamics M 4:00PME
Create Stronger, Bolder and Financially Successful Chapter Programs Together M 4:00PMB
Monoclonal Antibodies: Case Studies in Acute and Critical Care M 4:00PMI
Neonatal Perioperative Hypothermia: The Journey from Problem Identification to Translating Evidence into Best Practice M 4:00PMI
Monsters Inc.: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy M 4:00PMI
Glycemic Control Conundrum: First Tight Control Saves Lives, Now Hypoglycemia Takes Lives, Where Do We Go from Here M 4:00PMI
Cold Case Files: Multidisciplinary Case Studies in Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest M 4:00PMI
Think Bigger: The Impact of Inflammation on Cardiac Risk Factors M 4:00PME
Together. Stronger. Bolder. Stopping the Revolving Door of Heart Failure Readmissions M 4:00PMI
Bedside Nursing Management of Intra-abdominal Hypertension M 4:00PMI
Postoperative Pulmonary Complications: What Happens to Their Lungs in the Surgical Unit M 4:00PMI
Moving Beyond Implementing the Evidence to Actually Creating It M 4:00PME
Heart Sounds: Pediatric Auscultation M 4:00PME
Beacon Journey LIVE! M 4:00PMA
Chapters Best Practices M 4:00PMA
NTI Voices, Tuesday Tu 6:00AMA
Hyponatremia in the Critical Care Setting: Approach to Patient Care FULL Tu 7:00AMB
Early ICU Mobility: Achieving and Measuring Success through Interdisciplinary Collaboration FULL Tu 7:00AMB
Wonderful World of Oxygenation FULL Tu 7:00AMI
Self Study Pavilion Tu 8:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion Tu 8:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion Tu 8:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion Tu 8:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion Tu 8:00AMA
SuperSession: Keynote Address Tu 9:00AMA
Meet and Greet the Poster Authors Tu 10:45AMA
What’s Up and Up-dated with ARDS Tu 10:45AM 
Stop pushing Me: Variability of intracranial pressure readings in neurocritical care patients Tu 11:00AM 
Optimizing Stroke Volume in the Critically Ill Patient: Advances in Goal-Directed Therapy Tu 11:00AM 
A Quick Guide to MI Patterns on the 12-Lead ECG Tu 11:00AM 
Is it All Fair in Love and Heart Disease: Women vs. Men Tu 11:00AM 
The PQRST’s of 12 Lead ECG’s with an Electrolyte Twist Tu 11:00AM 
Are Basic ParametersEenough: Applying APCO & SVV Concepts Tu 11:00AM 
Sepsis & CRRT Tu 11:00AM 
CRRT Dose: How Much is Enough Tu 11:00AM 
ACLS and Capnography: Are You Compliant with the New AHA Guidelines Tu 11:00AM 
On-Target Patient Sedation: Ways To Improve Our Aim Tu 11:00AM 
Enteral Misconnections: Don’t Let it Happen to You Tu 11:00AM 
Navigating the Critical Care Supply Chain Tu 11:00AM 
Pediatric Trauma Tu 11:00AM 
Evidence-based Strategies for Reducing Alarms to Improve Patient Safety Tu 11:00AM 
VAP: A Preventable Disease Tu 11:05AM 
Difficult Suctioning Workshop: Learn How to Oral Tracheal Suction with the No-Bite V Tu 11:15AM 
Blind insertion of feeding tubes: Best practices Tu 11:15AM 
A New Warning Sign: Acute Glucose Variability Tu 11:15AM 
Blood Transfusion in the ICU: Are We Quietly Killing Our Patients Tu 11:15AM 
Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neuroprotection: Theory and Clinical Implementation Tu 11:15AM 
Evaluate the Application of Current Tools and Guidelines for Early Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis Tu 11:15AM 
Beyond Walls Tu 11:15AM 
Continuous Non-Invasive Arterial Pressure Monitoring (CNAP): Safe, Quick, Easy and Effective Tu 11:15AM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia Tu 11:15AM 
Hot Topic: Targeted Temperature Management and Fever Control Tu 11:15AM 
Implementing Nurse Driven Monitoring and Interventions for Intra-Abdominal Hypertension Tu 11:15AM 
Avoiding Hazards of Endotracheal Suctioning and Demonstrating the Technique of Shallow Suctioning Tu 11:30AM 
Leadership & Communication Skills for the 21st Century Charge Nurse Tu 11:30AM 
CPR: Push Hard(er), Push Fast(er) Tu 11:30AM 
Capnography: The New Vital Sign Tu 11:30AM 
The Dynamic Duo: SV and SVV Tu 11:30AM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant Tu 11:30AM 
Obtaining Clinical Insights into Evidence Based Infusion Data to Maximize Patient Safety in High Risk Settings Tu 11:30AM 
Nurse Driven Fluid Optimization Tu 11:30AM 
IAB Counterpulsation - Hemodynamics & IAB Therapy Tu 11:30AM 
Acoustic Respiratory Rate for Accurate, Patient-Tolerant, and Easy to Manage Ventilation Monitoring Tu 11:35AM 
Making a Difference with Early Enteral Nutrition in the ICU Tu 11:40AM 
Best Practices in Vessel Health Tu 11:40AM 
Optimizing Medication Safety in the ICU: Drips, Drugs, and Devices Tu 11:45AM 
Acute Kidney Injury: Why Is It So Important Tu 11:45AM 
Using Capnography During Procedural Sedation in the ICU: Meeting the new ASA Standard Tu 11:45AM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia Tu 11:45AM 
So You Want to be a Flight Nurse Tu 11:45AM 
In Search of Penumbra: Treatment Decisions Beyond the 3 Hour Window Tu 12:00PM 
Difficult Suctioning Workshop: Learn How to Oral Tracheal Suction with the No-Bite V Tu 12:00PM 
Catheter Securement: Infusion Nurses’ Standards of Practice Tu 12:00PM 
The Impact of Patient Flow on Critical Care Nurses Tu 12:00PM 
How to Save the World: A 21st Century Resuscitation Model Tu 12:00PM 
Why GDT: Short Term Goals - Long Term Outcomes Tu 12:00PM 
Ultrafiltration: Maintaining the Balance Tu 12:00PM 
Why, Who, What, When, Where, How: 12- Lead and ST Segment Monitoring Tu 12:00PM 
Leveraging Tele-ICU in Caring for the Severe Sepsis Patient Tu 12:00PM 
Infusion Management Technology: Real-World Lessons to Demonstrate Value Tu 12:00PM 
Enteral Misconnections: Don’t Let it Happen to You Tu 12:00PM 
Management of Hemodynamically Unstable Patients Using the McLean Method Tu 12:00PM 
Fecal Incontinence and C. difficile in Adults Tu 12:00PM 
Mechanical Ventilation  -  Optimizing Patient Outcomes Tu 12:00PM 
Utilizing Blended Learning to Improve Education Tu 12:00PM 
Intra-Abdominal Hypertension 101: Using an Educational Poster as a Teaching tool in your ICU Tu 12:00PM 
Detecting Bleeding Sooner with Noninvasive and Continuous Hemoglobin Monitoring Tu 12:10PM 
Alarm Fatigue: Do You Know Your Limits Tu 12:15PM 
Malpositioned Central Venous Catheter Tips: What is the Point Tu 12:15PM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia Tu 12:15PM 
Managing Clinical Alarms with Cardiac Monitored Patients Tu 12:20PM 
Avoiding Hazards of Endotracheal Suctioning and Demonstrating the Technique of Shallow Suctioning Tu 12:30PM 
Capnography: The Critical Piece Tu 12:30PM 
The “ART” of Resuscitation Tu 12:30PM 
Adding Value: Advanced Hemodynamic Case Simulation Tu 12:30PM 
Evaluate the Application of Current Tools and Guidelines for Early Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis Tu 12:30PM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant Tu 12:30PM 
Emergency Management of Ventricular Assist Devices in the Community: A Team Approach Tu 12:30PM 
Obtaining Clinical Insights into Evidence Based Infusion Data to Maximize Patient Safety in High Risk Settings Tu 12:30PM 
Hot Topic: Targeted Temperature Management and Fever Control Tu 12:30PM 
IAB Counterpulsation  -  Pearls for Practice Tu 12:30PM 
Difficult Suctioning Workshop: Learn How to Oral Tracheal Suction with the No-Bite V Tu 12:45PM 
Blind insertion of feeding tubes: Best practices Tu 12:45PM 
Near Infrared for Vascular Access Management in  the ICU Tu 12:45PM 
Transitional Care: The Time Has Come Tu 12:45PM 
Sepsis & CRRT Tu 12:45PM 
Catheter-Related Thrombosis Tu 12:45PM 
Technology & the Future of Nursing Tu 12:45PM 
Modes of Mechanical Ventilation: How to Make Use of the Graphs Tu 12:45PM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia Tu 12:45PM 
Leading from Where You Stand:  Tales from the Bedside Tu 12:45PM 
Evidence-based Strategies for Reducing Alarms to Improve Patient Safety Tu 12:45PM 
The Physiology of Intra-Abdominal Hypertension: How it Impacts Organ Function Tu 12:45PM 
Optimizing Monitoring of Pulse Oximetry in the Poorly Perfused Patient Tu 1:00PM 
The Impact of Patient Flow on Critical Care Nurses Tu 1:00PM 
Advances in Non-Invasive Technology: What is here to stay Tu 1:00PM 
On-Target Patient Sedation: Ways To Improve Our Aim Tu 1:00PM 
Enteral Misconnections: Don’t Let it Happen to You Tu 1:00PM 
Case Studies in nurse driven fluid optimization using non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring Tu 1:00PM 
IAB Counterpulsation  -  Troubleshooting Beyond The Basics Tu 1:00PM 
Case Study in Public Hospital Education: Baptist Health Systems, Memphis, TN Tu 1:00PM 
Impact of Canine-Assisted Ambulation on Congestive Heart Failure Patients: Ambulation Outcomes and Satisfaction Tu 1:15PMI
Exploring Unusual Cardiovascular Case Studies for Clinical Insights and Lessons Learned Tu 1:15PMI
Beyond the Basic Pacing Functions: What Else Does That Thing Do Tu 1:15PMI
It's Not Real, It's Simulation: Hands-On Practice for the Novice Critical Care Nurse Tu 1:15PMI
Now I Know My ABCs: Implementing the ABCDE Bundle to Improve Ventilator Weaning, Delirium, and Mobility in the ICU Tu 1:15PMI
When the Lung Fails: ALI/ARDS in Children Tu 1:15PMI
Earning Our Keep: Strategies to Optimize and Articulate Outcomes of CNS Practice Tu 1:15PMA
Back to the Future: Chapter Succession Planning Tu 1:15PMB
Acute Thiamine Deficiency: Assessment, Diagnosis and Management Tu 1:15PMI
Endpoints of Resuscitation: Meeting the Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of Shock Tu 1:15PMI
Merging Cultures in Today's Workplace Tu 1:15PMI
Cardiac Medications and the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Tu 1:15PMI
Sedation, Analgesia and Physiologic Stress: Triple Threat Match in ICU Care Tu 1:15PME
Actually There Is Something Else We Can Do: Aggressive, Comfort-Directed Care after Withdrawal of Artificial Support Tu 1:15PMB
Necrotizing Fasciitis: The Battle with Bacteria Begins Tu 1:15PMI
Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health Report, Now What? Tu 1:15PMB
Providing Care in Rural America: The Future of Telemedicine Tu 1:15PMI
From Battlefield to Trauma Center: New Advances in Trauma Resuscitation Tu 1:15PMI
P, QRS, and Ts of Neonatal Care Tu 1:15PMB
Gastric Residual Volumes May Be Misleading: Get with the Evidence on Enteral Feeding Tu 1:15PMB
Preventing Errors in ICU: Catch Me if You Can Tu 1:15PMI
Heart Sounds: Adult Cardiac Abnormalities Tu 1:15PME
Research Poster Award: Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in Non-Surgical Elderly with Aortic Stenosis Tu 1:15PMA
ePortfolio: Portal to Professional Success Tu 1:15PMB
Resuscitation After Cardiac Surgery: An Evidence-Based Guideline Tu 1:15PM 
What’s Hot in Sepsis: New SSC Changes, New TJC Certification and More Tu 1:15PM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia Tu 1:15PM 
And Baby Makes Two: Managing Maternal Trauma Tu 1:15PM 
Keeping the Bugs Out: Preventing Surgical Infections Tu 1:15PMB
APRN Consensus Model and Your Practice Tu 1:15PMA
Assessing the Impact of Telemedicine on ICU Nursing Care Tu 1:15PMI
Family Presence: How, Not If Tu 1:15PMA
Silent Treatment Tu 1:15PMA
Difficult Suctioning Workshop: Learn How to Oral Tracheal Suction with the No-Bite V Tu 1:30PM 
Charge Nurse Delegation Skills: Teamwork at the Bedside Tu 1:30PM 
Mix it Up: Case Studies on Sepsis, Stroke and Lytes Tu 1:30PM 
Hot Topic, Cool Therapy: More Than Just Therapeutic Hypothermia Tu 1:30PM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant Tu 1:30PM 
Leveraging Clinical Expertise During A Mass Casualty Incident Using Mobile Telemedicine Tu 1:30PM 
IAB Counterpulsation  -  An Ounce of Prevention Tu 1:30PM 
The Physiology of Intra-Abdominal Hypertension: How it Impacts Organ Function Tu 1:30PM 
Preventing Harm: Reducing the Potential for Skin Injury and Increased Bacterial Load Related Through Fecal Containment Tu 1:30PM 
Maintaining Hydration in Enterally Fed Patients Tu 1:40PM 
The PQRST’s of 12 Lead ECG’s with an Electrolyte Twist Tu 1:45PM 
Optimizing Medication Safety in the ICU: Drips, Drugs, and Devices Tu 1:45PM 
Improve Communications and Reduce Alarm Fatigue with Mobile Technology Tu 1:45PM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia Tu 1:45PM 
Conduction Abnormalities, Arrhythmias, Arrest: A Case Study Tu 1:45PM 
Research Poster Award: Sedation as a Mediator of the Stress Response During Mechanical Ventilation Tu 2:00PMA
Avoiding Hazards of Endotracheal Suctioning and Demonstrating the Technique of Shallow Suctioning Tu 2:00PM 
Clinical Applications for Continuous Capnography Monitoring and Waveform Analysis Tu 2:00PM 
Oxygen: To Give or Not to Give, That is the question Tu 2:00PM 
Same Data, New Views: Innovative Monitor Displays to Enhance Clinical Decision Making Tu 2:00PM 
Good Glycemic Control: How Do You Define It Tu 2:00PM 
Can You Feel My Pain: A Guide to Pain Management Tu 2:00PM 
Fecal Incontinence and C. difficile in Adults Tu 2:00PM 
Nurse Driven Fluid Optimization Tu 2:00PM 
Heart-Lung Support – When More Support is Needed Tu 2:00PM 
Addressing Hospital Quality Initiatives through Simulation Education Tu 2:00PM 
Difficult Suctioning Workshop: Learn How to Oral Tracheal Suction with the No-Bite V Tu 2:15PM 
Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neuroprotection: Theory and Clinical Implementation Tu 2:15PM 
Multidisciplinary Rounds from Afar: The Role of the Tele-ICU in Daily Multidisciplinary Tu 2:15PM 
Enteral Misconnections: Don’t Let it Happen to You Tu 2:15PM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia Tu 2:15PM 
Optimizing Stroke Volume in the Critically Ill Patient: Advances in Goal-Directed Therapy Tu 2:20PM 
Lumbar Drains and Aortic Surgery: What is the Connection? Tu 2:30PM 
Catheter Securement: Infusion Nurses’ Standards of Practice Tu 2:30PM 
Defibrillation Energy Protocols in 2012: Can We Improve Shock Success Tu 2:30PM 
ScvO2/SvO2: The Value of Venous Oximetry Monitoring Tu 2:30PM 
Sepsis & CRRT Tu 2:30PM 
KDIGO: “GPS” for AKI Patient Management Tu 2:30PM 
Using a-ACO2 Gradient and Integrated Pulmonary Index as Assessment Tools in the ICU Tu 2:30PM 
Catheter-Related Infection Tu 2:30PM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant Tu 2:30PM 
Alarm Fatigue:Patient Care and Safety Tu 2:30PM 
Obtaining Clinical Insights into Evidence Based Infusion Data to Maximize Patient Safety in High Risk Settings Tu 2:30PM 
Hot Topic: Targeted Temperature Management and Fever Control Tu 2:30PM 
IAB Counterpulsation - Hemodynamics & IAB Therapy Tu 2:30PM 
Acoustic Respiratory Rate for Accurate, Patient-Tolerant, and Easy to Manage Ventilation Monitoring Tu 2:30PM 
Evidence-based Blood Gas Management of severe Emphysema patients Tu 2:45PM 
SvO2 / ScvO2: The Other Piece of the Oxygenation Puzzle Tu 2:45PM 
Myocardial Reperfusion: Is There a Dark Side Tu 2:45PM 
Evaluate the Application of Current Tools and Guidelines for Early Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis Tu 2:45PM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia Tu 2:45PM 
What’s Up and Up-dated with ARDS Tu 2:45PM 
Frost My Heart and Hope Not to Die: Therapeutic Hypothermia Tu 2:45PM 
Nurse-Driven Morbidity and Mortality Rounds: Learning from Mistakes Tu 3:00PMB
Cardiomyopathy: How Can One Name Mean So Many Things Tu 3:00PMB
Synergy in Critical Care: ABCDE Interdisciplinary Bundle Tu 3:00PMB
Microbiology Laboratories and Antimicrobials: The Perfect Pair Tu 3:00PMI
Why Isn’t the Evidence Enough? Process Management for Creating a Successful Hospital-Wide Sepsis Initiative Tu 3:00PMI
Research Refresher: Study Design and Statistics Tu 3:00PME
Real Thing, An Anatomical Approach to Understanding Congenital Heart Defects Part 1: Septal Defects Tu 3:00PMI
Difficult Suctioning Workshop: Learn How to Oral Tracheal Suction with the No-Bite V Tu 3:00PM 
Making a Difference with Early Enteral Nutrition in the ICU Tu 3:00PM 
Avoiding Hazards of Endotracheal Suctioning and Demonstrating the Technique of Shallow Suctioning Tu 3:00PM 
The Impact of Patient Flow on Critical Care Nurses Tu 3:00PM 
Non-Intubated Capnography: Meeting the Needs of the Critical Care Patient Tu 3:00PM 
The PQRST’s of 12 Lead ECG’s with an Electrolyte Twist Tu 3:00PM 
Adding Value: Advanced Hemodynamic Case Simulation Tu 3:00PM 
Technology Solutions for VAP Risk Reduction Tu 3:00PM 
Beyond Borders: Taking Tele ICU Across State Lines Tu 3:00PM 
Meeting the Clinical Challenges: Prevention of Cross Contamination During Patient Monitoring Tu 3:00PM 
Infusion Management Technology: Real-World Lessons to Demonstrate Value Tu 3:00PM 
Enteral Misconnections: Don’t Let it Happen to You Tu 3:00PM 
Management of Hemodynamically Unstable Patients Using the McLean Method Tu 3:00PM 
Innovations in Fecal Incontinence Management Tu 3:00PM 
Mechanical Ventilation  -  Optimizing Patient Outcomes Tu 3:00PM 
Detecting Bleeding Sooner with Noninvasive and Continuous Hemoglobin Monitoring Tu 3:00PM 
Roses Are Red, But Patients Turn Blue, Methemoglobinemia Leaves You Gasping for O2 Tu 3:30PMB
Evaluating Hemodynamic Changes without Elaborate Equipment Tu 3:30PMI
Neurologic Emergencies for Nonneurologic Nurses Tu 3:30PMB
Final Hours of Life: Caring for the Imminently Dying Patient Tu 3:30PMB
Obtaining Valid Pressure Measurements: Do You Practice According to the Evidence Tu 3:30PMB
Oh Geeze, It’s a Sneeze, It’s a Wheeze, Help Me Please: Pediatric Status Asthmaticus Tu 3:30PMI
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Case Studies: Highlighting Strategies to Optimize Patient Safety Tu 3:30PMI
All Creatures Great and Small Tu 3:30PMI
Three Rs of Family Presence: Report, Rounds and Resuscitation Tu 3:30PMB
Expert Nurses Armed with Real-Time Data: Knock Out Sepsis Tu 3:30PMI
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome Tu 3:30PMB
Bull's Eye: Meeting the National Patient Safety Goals in the ICU and PCU Tu 3:30PMI
Resistance is Futile: Ethical Case Studies in Critical Care Tu 3:30PMI
What's a Twitter: E-Professionalism and Boundary Setting in the Social Media Age Tu 3:30PMB
Time Management: Making the Most of Your Nursing Minutes Tu 3:30PMB
Success for the Clinical Nurse Specialist: Together. Stronger. Bolder. Tu 3:30PMI
New Program Approval for Chapters Policy Tu 3:30PMI
Bioethical Influence on Staff RN's & Role of APRN Tu 3:30PMI
Fire and Ice:  Why Temperature Matters Tu 3:30PM 
Research Poster Award: Multidisciplinary Blood Conservation Program Among Coronary Artery Bypass Patients *CANCELLED Tu 3:30PMA
Broken Spirits, Broken Bones: Improving Identification Indicators of Elder Mistreatment Tu 4:45PMI
Older, Wiser and Worn Out: Keeping Aging Nurses in the Acute Care Workplace Tu 4:45PMI
That Was Then, This Is Now: Change in Practice with Advanced Technology products, What Happened to Our MacGyver Days *CANCELLED Tu 4:45PMB
Rapid Response: Early Resuscitation in Preventing Chapter Death Tu 4:45PMB
To Clot or Not to Clot: An Evidence-Based Approach to the Acutely Hemorrhaging Patient Tu 4:45PMI
New Frontier in Metabolic Medicine: Exploring the Entero-Endocrine-Brain Axis Tu 4:45PMI
CAB Is Not as Easy as ABC: The Whys Behind the New AHA Changes to BLS, ACLS, PALS, and Implications for Practice Tu 4:45PMI
Sedation and Paralytic Therapy Used in Critical Care Tu 4:45PMI
Shock Resuscitation: Where Are We Now? Current Trends and Controversies Tu 4:45PMI
What Do You See When You Look in the Eyes of a Child Tu 4:45PMI
Top Ten Tactics for Writing a Great Abstract Tu 4:45PMI
New Pressure Modes: The Good, Bad and the Ugly Tu 4:45PMI
Heart Sounds: Adult Cardiac Abnormalities Tu 4:45PME
Pain Management in Critical Illness: Pharmacotherapy Review, Updates and Progress Tu 4:45PMA
Nutritional Therapy In The Critical Care Setting Tu 4:45PMA
Bath Salts: Done on the Street but Felt in the Emergency Room and ICU Tu 4:45PMA
It’s All About Perfusion: Case Studies in Acid-Base Physiology, ABG Interpretation and Interventional Strategies Tu 4:45PMB
Communicating Necessary Concerns and Evidence from RNs (CONCERN) Tu 4:45PMA
Change Anything Tu 4:45PMA
API Reception Tu 6:00PMA
NTI Voices, Wednesday W 6:00AMA
Actionable Alarms or Crying Wolf?: A Panel Discussion Note: Title is incorrectly listed in printed Program Schedule. W 7:00AMB
ABCDE Bundle: Overcoming Barriers to Implementation FULL W 7:00AMB
Hemodynamic Control and the Role of Beta Blockers FULL W 7:00AMI
Self Study Pavilion W 8:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion W 8:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion W 8:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion W 8:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion W 8:00AMA
Super Session: President-Elect Opening Address and Keynote Address W 9:00AMA
Management of Hemodynamically Unstable Patients Using the McLean Method W 10:45AM 
In Search of Penumbra: Treatment Decisions Beyond the 3 Hour Window W 11:00AM 
Maintaining Hydration in Enterally Fed Patients W 11:00AM 
Leadership & Communication Skills for the 21st Century Charge Nurse W 11:00AM 
A Quick Guide to MI Patterns on the 12-Lead ECG W 11:00AM 
How to Save the World: A 21st Century Resuscitation Model W 11:00AM 
The PQRST’s of 12 Lead ECG’s with an Electrolyte Twist W 11:00AM 
ScvO2/SvO2: The Value of Venous Oximetry Monitoring W 11:00AM 
Sepsis & CRRT W 11:00AM 
CRRT Dose: How Much is Enough W 11:00AM 
Using a-ACO2 Gradient and Integrated Pulmonary Index as Assessment Tools in the ICU W 11:00AM 
Good Glycemic Control: How Do You Define It W 11:00AM 
Enteral Misconnections: Don’t Let it Happen to You W 11:00AM 
Navigating the Critical Care Supply Chain W 11:00AM 
Detecting Bleeding Sooner with Noninvasive and Continuous Hemoglobin Monitoring W 11:00AM 
VAP: A Preventable Disease W 11:05AM 
Difficult Suctioning Workshop: Learn How to Oral Tracheal Suction with the No-Bite V W 11:15AM 
Blind insertion of feeding tubes: Best practices W 11:15AM 
Evidence-based Blood Gas Management of severe Emphysema patients W 11:15AM 
Blood Transfusion in the ICU: Are We Quietly Killing Our Patients W 11:15AM 
Near Infrared for Vascular Access Management in  the ICU W 11:15AM 
Capnography and Resuscitation W 11:15AM 
Evaluate the Application of Current Tools and Guidelines for Early Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis W 11:15AM 
Tele-Stroke: The Race for tPA W 11:15AM 
Continuous Non-Invasive Arterial Pressure Monitoring (CNAP): Safe, Quick, Easy and Effective W 11:15AM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia W 11:15AM 
Cool Topic: Initiation of a Targeted Temperature Management Program W 11:15AM 
Implementing Nurse Driven Monitoring and Interventions for Intra-Abdominal Hypertension W 11:15AM 
Avoiding Hazards of Endotracheal Suctioning and Demonstrating the Technique of Shallow Suctioning W 11:30AM 
Sneaky MI’s: Subtle Changes of ACS W 11:30AM 
The “ART” of Resuscitation W 11:30AM 
Are Basic ParametersEenough: Applying APCO & SVV Concepts W 11:30AM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant W 11:30AM 
Emergency Management of Ventricular Assist Devices in the Community: A Team Approach W 11:30AM 
Obtaining Clinical Insights into Evidence Based Infusion Data to Maximize Patient Safety in High Risk Settings W 11:30AM 
Nurse Driven Fluid Optimization W 11:30AM 
Heart-Lung Support – When More Support is Needed W 11:30AM 
Evidence-based Strategies for Reducing Alarms to Improve Patient Safety W 11:35AM 
Optimizing Monitoring of Pulse Oximetry in the Poorly Perfused Patient W 11:40AM 
Best Practices in Vessel Health W 11:40AM 
Optimizing Medication Safety in the ICU: Drips, Drugs, and Devices W 11:45AM 
Managing Patient Data to Improve Care W 11:45AM 
Using Capnography During Procedural Sedation in the ICU: Meeting the new ASA Standard W 11:45AM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia W 11:45AM 
Lumbar Drains and Aortic Surgery: What is the Connection? W 12:00PM 
Difficult Suctioning Workshop: Learn How to Oral Tracheal Suction with the No-Bite V W 12:00PM 
Catheter Securement: Infusion Nurses’ Standards of Practice W 12:00PM 
The Impact of Patient Flow on Critical Care Nurses W 12:00PM 
Capnography: The Critical Piece W 12:00PM 
The Dynamic Duo: SV and SVV W 12:00PM 
Why, Who, What, When, Where, How: 12- Lead and ST Segment Monitoring W 12:00PM 
Perfect Pair: The Tele-ICU and the Transfer Center – True Collaboration W 12:00PM 
On-Target Patient Sedation: Ways To Improve Our Aim W 12:00PM 
Enteral Misconnections: Don’t Let it Happen to You W 12:00PM 
Alarm Fatigue: It’s Not Just the Noise W 12:00PM 
IAB Counterpulsation  -  Troubleshooting Beyond The Basics W 12:00PM 
Case Study in Public Hospital Education: Baptist Health Systems, Memphis, TN W 12:00PM 
The Physiology of Intra-Abdominal Hypertension: How it Impacts Organ Function W 12:00PM 
Acoustic Respiratory Rate for Accurate, Patient-Tolerant, and Easy to Manage Ventilation Monitoring W 12:10PM 
Resuscitation After Cardiac Surgery: An Evidence-Based Guideline W 12:15PM 
Malpositioned Central Venous Catheter Tips: What is the Point W 12:15PM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia W 12:15PM 
A Day at the Helicopter: Three Case Studies from Dispatch to Discharge W 12:15PM 
Optimizing Stroke Volume in the Critically Ill Patient: Advances in Goal-Directed Therapy W 12:20PM 
Avoiding Hazards of Endotracheal Suctioning and Demonstrating the Technique of Shallow Suctioning W 12:30PM 
Defibrillation Energy Protocols in 2012: Can We Improve Shock Success W 12:30PM 
Fire and Ice:  Why Temperature Matters W 12:30PM 
Adding Value: Advanced Hemodynamic Case Simulation W 12:30PM 
Evaluate the Application of Current Tools and Guidelines for Early Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis W 12:30PM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant W 12:30PM 
Obtaining Clinical Insights into Evidence Based Infusion Data to Maximize Patient Safety in High Risk Settings W 12:30PM 
Cool Topic: Initiation of a Targeted Temperature Management Program W 12:30PM 
IAB Counterpulsation  -  An Ounce of Prevention W 12:30PM 
Difficult Suctioning Workshop: Learn How to Oral Tracheal Suction with the No-Bite V W 12:45PM 
Blind insertion of feeding tubes: Best practices W 12:45PM 
Improve Communications and Reduce Alarm Fatigue with Mobile Technology W 12:45PM 
Ultrafiltration: Maintaining the Balance W 12:45PM 
Catheter-Related Thrombosis W 12:45PM 
Technology & the Future of Nursing W 12:45PM 
Modes of Mechanical Ventilation: How to Make Use of the Graphs W 12:45PM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia W 12:45PM 
What’s Up and Up-dated with ARDS W 12:45PM 
Detecting Bleeding Sooner with Noninvasive and Continuous Hemoglobin Monitoring W 12:45PM 
Maintaining Hydration in Enterally Fed Patients W 1:00PM 
The Impact of Patient Flow on Critical Care Nurses W 1:00PM 
We Won’t Get Fooled Again: Suspecting the Less Common STEMI Impostors W 1:00PM 
Same Data, New Views: Innovative Monitor Displays to Enhance Clinical Decision Making W 1:00PM 
Infusion Management Technology: Real-World Lessons to Demonstrate Value W 1:00PM 
Enteral Misconnections: Don’t Let it Happen to You W 1:00PM 
Pediatric Patients: Not Just Small Adults W 1:00PM 
Case Studies in nurse driven fluid optimization using non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring W 1:00PM 
Mechanical Ventilation  -  Optimizing Patient Outcomes W 1:00PM 
Addressing Hospital Quality Initiatives through Simulation Education W 1:00PM 
Too Much Of a Good Thing: The Fine Line Between Therapy and Toxicity W 1:15PMI
Withdrawal of Life Support: Family Experiences W 1:15PMB
Guidelines in Action: Care and Management of the Patient in Atrial Fibrillation W 1:15PMI
Identification and Management of Inflicted Trauma in the Pediatric Population W 1:15PMI
Legal Issues in Professional Nursing W 1:15PMB
Anticoagulant Therapy: The Old, the New, the Tried and True W 1:15PMI
Expect the Unexpected: A Lived Experience Of Virtual Triage and Decision Support Using TeleICU During A Disaster W 1:15PMI
Be the Ultimate Detective: Why Kids Get Hurt and How We Can Help Them W 1:15PMB
Neurogenic Stress Cardiomyopathy After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Manifestations, Complications and Clinical Challenges W 1:15PMB
Critical Care Immunology W 1:15PMI
Pediatric Brain Death: Updated Guidelines W 1:15PMI
It's the Preceptor, Everyone: The Importance of Preceptors in the Recruitment and Retention of Critical Care Nursing W 1:15PMI
Subarachnoid and Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Aneurysm, AVM and Best Practices W 1:15PME
Implementing Practice Changes as a Staff Nurse: Becoming Your Own Catalyst for Change W 1:15PMB
ARDS/ALI: Partnering with Multidisciplinary Evidence-Based Care Practices to Affect Patient Outcomes W 1:15PMI
Optimize APN Professional Growth with an Effective Performance Evaluation Program W 1:15PMI
Road to Certification: Together Chapters Can Be Stronger and Bolder W 1:15PMB
Deadly EF-4 Tornados, How Our Hospital Emerged from the Eye of the Storm: Together. Stronger. Bolder. W 1:15PME
Searching for the Holy Grail: Assessing Tissue Perfusion in 2012 W 1:15PMI
MARS and the Failing Liver: Sending Help from Planet Earth W 1:15PMI
Caring Practices: Providing Comfort to Critically Ill Infants and Children W 1:15PMI
Sepsis Puzzle: Identification, Monitoring, and Early Goal-Directed Therapy W 1:15PMI
Get a Grip: Common Intravenous Infusions in Progressive Care Units W 1:15PMB
DIC: Death Is Coming and Other Life-Threatening Hematologic Crises W 1:15PMI
Heart Sounds: Murmurs, Clicks and Rubs W 1:15PMI
Beacon Journey LIVE! W 1:15PMA
Sedation For The Whole Family W 1:15PM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia W 1:15PM 
Difficult Suctioning Workshop: Learn How to Oral Tracheal Suction with the No-Bite V W 1:30PM 
Charge Nurse Delegation Skills: Teamwork at the Bedside W 1:30PM 
CPR: Push Hard(er), Push Fast(er) W 1:30PM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant W 1:30PM 
Transformation of Care Through Technology and Teamwork W 1:30PM 
IAB Counterpulsation  -  Pearls for Practice W 1:30PM 
Capnography: The New Vital Sign W 1:30PM 
Optimizing Monitoring of Pulse Oximetry in the Poorly Perfused Patient W 1:40PM 
The PQRST’s of 12 Lead ECG’s with an Electrolyte Twist W 1:45PM 
Myocardial Reperfusion: Is There a Dark Side W 1:45PM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia W 1:45PM 
Conduction Abnormalities, Arrhythmias, Arrest: A Case Study W 1:45PM 
All Bleeding Will Eventually Stop: Massive Transfusion Protocols W 1:45PM 
The Physiology of Intra-Abdominal Hypertension: How it Impacts Organ Function W 1:50PM 
Avoiding Hazards of Endotracheal Suctioning and Demonstrating the Technique of Shallow Suctioning W 2:00PM 
Clinical Applications for Continuous Capnography Monitoring and Waveform Analysis W 2:00PM 
I’ll Never Do That Again: Lessons Learned from Years of Teaching ECGs W 2:00PM 
Why GDT: Short Term Goals - Long Term Outcomes W 2:00PM 
Good Glycemic Control: How Do You Define It W 2:00PM 
Case Studies in nurse driven fluid optimization using non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring W 2:00PM 
IAB Counterpulsation  -  Troubleshooting Beyond The Basics W 2:00PM 
Utilizing Blended Learning to Improve Education W 2:00PM 
Difficult Suctioning Workshop: Learn How to Oral Tracheal Suction with the No-Bite V W 2:15PM 
Transitional Care: The Time Has Come W 2:15PM 
Telemedicine:  To China and Back W 2:15PM 
Enteral Misconnections: Don’t Let it Happen to You W 2:15PM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia W 2:15PM 
Leading from Where You Stand:  Tales from the Bedside W 2:15PM 
Making a Difference with Early Enteral Nutrition in the ICU W 2:20PM 
Stop Pushing Me: Variability of Intracranial Pressure Readings in Neurocritical Care Patients W 2:30PM 
Catheter Securement: Infusion Nurses’ Standards of Practice W 2:30PM 
How to Save the World: A 21st Century Resuscitation Model W 2:30PM 
Hot Topic, Cool Therapy: More Than Just Therapeutic Hypothermia W 2:30PM 
Adding Value: Advanced Hemodynamic Case Simulation W 2:30PM 
Sepsis & CRRT W 2:30PM 
KDIGO: “GPS” for AKI Patient Management W 2:30PM 
ACLS and Capnography: Are You Compliant with the New AHA Guidelines W 2:30PM 
Catheter-Related Infection W 2:30PM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant W 2:30PM 
Alarm Fatigue:Patient Care and Safety W 2:30PM 
So You Want to be a Flight Nurse W 2:30PM 
Innovations in Fecal Incontinence Management W 2:30PM 
Obtaining Clinical Insights into Evidence Based Infusion Data to Maximize Patient Safety in High Risk Settings W 2:30PM 
Cool Topic: Initiation of a Targeted Temperature Management Program W 2:30PM 
Heart-Lung Support – When More Support is Needed W 2:30PM 
Evidence-based Strategies for Reducing Alarms to Improve Patient Safety W 2:30PM 
A New Warning Sign: Acute Glucose Variability W 2:45PM 
SvO2 / ScvO2: The Other Piece of the Oxygenation Puzzle W 2:45PM 
Acute Kidney Injury: Why Is It So Important W 2:45PM 
Evaluate the Application of Current Tools and Guidelines for Early Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis W 2:45PM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia W 2:45PM 
Radiology in Critical Care: Plain Radiography, CT Scan and MRI, Which to Choose and What Does it Tell Me W 3:00PMI
Critical Patients, Complex Data, Concise Care W 3:00PMI
Acute Care Case Studies: Manage These Cases W 3:00PME
All Evidence is Not Created Equally: How to Critique a Clinical Trial W 3:00PMB
Update in Sepsis Management W 3:00PMI
Unwrapping the Black Box Warnings Relevant to Critical Care Pharmacology W 3:00PMI
Billing and Coding: The Basics W 3:00PMA
Real Thing, An Anatomical Approach to Understanding Congenital Heart Defects Part 2: Complex Defects W 3:00PMI
Difficult Suctioning Workshop: Learn How to Oral Tracheal Suction with the No-Bite V W 3:00PM 
Managing Clinical Alarms with Cardiac Monitored Patients W 3:00PM 
Avoiding Hazards of Endotracheal Suctioning and Demonstrating the Technique of Shallow Suctioning W 3:00PM 
The Impact of Patient Flow on Critical Care Nurses W 3:00PM 
Mix it Up: Case Studies on Sepsis, Stroke and Lytes W 3:00PM 
The PQRST’s of 12 Lead ECG’s with an Electrolyte Twist W 3:00PM 
What’s Hot in Sepsis: New SSC Changes, New TJC Certification and More W 3:00PM 
Technology Solutions for VAP Risk Reduction W 3:00PM 
Sure Wish I Knew: What Tele-ICU Nurses Do W 3:00PM 
Meeting the Clinical Challenges: Prevention of Cross Contamination During Patient Monitoring W 3:00PM 
Infusion Management Technology: Real-World Lessons to Demonstrate Value W 3:00PM 
Enteral Misconnections: Don’t Let it Happen to You W 3:00PM 
Alarm Fatigue: It’s Not Just the Noise W 3:00PM 
Fecal Incontinence and C. difficile in Adults W 3:00PM 
IAB Counterpulsation - Hemodynamics & IAB Therapy W 3:00PM 
Becoming the Highest Version of Yourself W 3:00PMA
Case Approach: Changing Culture and Improving Patient and Staff Satisfaction Note: printed Program Schedule shows incorrect time. W 3:00PMA
Acoustic Respiratory Rate for Accurate, Patient-Tolerant, and Easy to Manage Ventilation Monitoring W 3:00PM 
Implementing Nurse Driven Monitoring and Interventions for Intra-Abdominal Hypertension W 3:00PM 
Bariatric Issues in Acutely Ill Adult Patients W 3:30PMI
Nuts and Bolts of Creating a Professional Poster Presentation W 3:30PMB
Pressors, Preload Reducers and Pumping Agents: Vasoactive Drip Titration Made Easy W 3:30PMI
Assaulted in the ICU, What's Happening: How to Prevent Workplace Violence W 3:30PMI
Burn Notice: Caring for the Thermally Injured Patient W 3:30PMI
I Am a Critical Care Nurse: A celebration of the Joys of Caring for Critically Ill Patients and Their Families W 3:30PMI
Renal Replacement Therapies, More than Just CRRT: SLED is an Effective Alternative W 3:30PMI
Infections in the ICU: The Weird and Wicked W 3:30PMI
Social Media: Know What You’re Dealing With W 3:30PMI
90 Is the New 60: Geriatric Cardiovascular Case Studies W 3:30PMI
Minding Your Ps and Qs with Ethical Dilemmas: A Practical and Quick Approach W 3:30PMI
Doctor of Nursing Practice: Why Another Degree? W 3:30PMI
Too Tired to Be Safe: Fatigue, Nurses and Errors W 3:30PMB
And You Thought You Worked in a Challenging Environment: Nurses on Medical Missions in a Third-World Country W 3:30PMB
What Is Effective in Preventing the Perfect Storm: Teens, Alcohol and Cars *CANCELLED W 3:30PMI
Critical Care Cyber Cafe: Let’s Offer a Journal Club a Different Way W 3:30PMI
How Sweet It Is: Managing Hyperglycemic Emergencies W 3:30PMB
Massive Pulmonary Embolism: A Story of Survival W 3:30PMI
Wet Nose in the ICU: The Presence of Animals in the Critical Care Setting W 3:30PME
Ambassador Orientation W 3:30PMA
Improving Surveillance for Ventilator-Associated Events W 3:30PMA
Adrenal Insufficiency in the Acutely Ill Child: Recognition and Response W 4:45PMI
360-Degree Approach to Orientation Performance Appraisal W 4:45PMI
Two Heads are Better than One: Team-Based Learning W 4:45PMI
Managing Increased Intracranial Pressure with Confidence W 4:45PMB
What Went Wrong: Examining the What, How, and Why of Medication Errors W 4:45PMI
ABCs of AEDs: Pharmacology of Antiepileptic Drugs W 4:45PMB
Empowering Bold Voices Through Ethical Confidence: Developing a Continuing Interdisciplinary Ethics Education Program W 4:45PMI
Simulated Hemodynamic Scenarios: Everyone Has Fun Nobody Gets Hurt W 4:45PMI
Mediator Showers W 4:45PMI
Art and Science of Volume Resuscitation: What to Give, How Much and What Are the Endpoints of Resuscitation in Shock W 4:45PMI
Swimming in Quality Soup: What Every Staff Nurse Must Know about Quality and Safety W 4:45PMB
Rhabdomyolysis: Crushing and Flushing W 4:45PMI
Silent Hospital Help Healing (SHHH Campaign) Changes Nursing Care and Outcomes on the Frontline Nursing W 4:45PMI
Endocrine Emergencies: Dysfunction at Thyroid and Parathyroid Central W 4:45PMB
When Bad Things Happen to Good Patients: Managing the Complications of Trauma W 4:45PMB
Clock Is Ticking: The Neonatal “Golden Hour” W 4:45PMI
Walk in My Shoes: Patient's Perspectives W 4:45PMI
Ethics in Practice: Easing Moral Distress W 4:45PMI
Heart Sounds: Murmurs, Clicks and Rubs W 4:45PMI
Chapter and Ambassador Collaboration W 4:45PMA
Creating a Culture of Certification: Certification Best Practices W 4:45PMA
Publishing in AACN Critical Care Journals W 4:45PMA
NTI Voices, Thursday Th 6:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion Th 8:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion Th 8:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion Th 8:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion Th 8:00AMA
Self Study Pavilion Th 8:00AMA
Silent Killer: The Misunderstood Consequences of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy Th 8:15AMI
Ready to Explode: Understanding Hypertensive Crisis Th 8:15AMB
Continuing the Care: How to Facilitate Your Patient's Successful Transition to Extended Acute Care Th 8:15AMI
Americas Got Talent: Recruiting and Hiring the Right Professionals Th 8:15AMB
Stayin’ Alive: Nursing Care of the Electrophysiology Patient Th 8:15AMI
Diagnosis and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Th 8:15AMI
Recipes for Cooking Up a Healthy Work Environment Th 8:15AMB
Patient/Family Centered Care and Beyond in the PICU: Finding the Balance/Boundries Between Patient, Family and Self Th 8:15AMB
Assaulted in the ICU, What's Happening: How to Prevent Workplace Violence Th 8:15AMI
Intellectual Property Law and Education: Avoiding Copyright Violations Th 8:15AMB
Burn Notice: Caring for the Thermally Injured Patient Th 8:15AMI
Renal Replacement Therapies, More than Just CRRT: SLED is an Effective Alternative Th 8:15AMI
Recognizing and Preventing Drug Diversion in the ICU Th 8:15AMI
Do You Know Where Your Line Is: Maintaining Professional Boundaries Th 8:15AMB
Bug Bytes News Brief: Does Hand Hygiene Really Matter Th 8:15AMI
Everyone Out of the Pool: The Pediatric Drowning Epidemic Th 8:15AMI
Infections in the ICU: The Weird and Wicked Th 8:15AMI
Chapter Collaboration with Industry: Navigating Between the Lines of Rules and Regulations Th 8:15AMI
Blowing in the Wind: Nurses Together when the Disaster Exceeds the Plan Th 8:15AMI
Intuition Plus an Early Warning Scoring System: Determining Patients at Risk Before You Need the Rapid Response Team Th 8:15AMI
Bedtime Stories for the Night Nurse: Planning Successful In-service Education for the Night Shift Th 8:15AMI
It’s a Small World After All: Using Nanotechnology in Nursing and Medicine Th 8:15AMI
Going to Extremes: A Discussion of Ethics at the End-of-Life in Pediatrics Th 8:15AMI
Hold on, I’m Coming to the Rescue: Rescue Methods for Improved Oxygenation in ARDS Th 8:15AMI
What Is Effective in Preventing the Perfect Storm: Teens, Alcohol and Cars *CANCELLED Th 8:15AMI
How Sweet It Is: Managing Hyperglycemic Emergencies Th 8:15AMB
Post Intensive Care Syndrome: Recognition, Prevention and Treatment Across the Continuum Th 8:15AMI
Wet Nose in the ICU: The Presence of Animals in the Critical Care Setting Th 8:15AME
Lumbar Drains and Aortic Surgery: What is the Connection? Th 9:00AM 
Non-Intubated Capnography: Meeting the Needs of the Critical Care Patient Th 9:00AM 
Are Basic ParametersEenough: Applying APCO & SVV Concepts Th 9:00AM 
Acoustic Respiratory Rate for Accurate, Patient-Tolerant, and Easy to Manage Ventilation Monitoring Th 9:00AM 
Fecal Incontinence and C. difficile in Adults Th 9:10AM 
Difficult Suctioning Workshop: Learn How to Oral Tracheal Suction with the No-Bite V Th 9:15AM 
Maintaining Hydration in Enterally Fed Patients Th 9:15AM 
Capnography and Resuscitation Th 9:15AM 
Sepsis & CRRT Th 9:15AM 
Evaluate the Application of Current Tools and Guidelines for Early Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis Th 9:15AM 
Tele-ICU Clinicians Enhance Evidence-Based Practice: A Ventilator Weaning Initiative Th 9:15AM 
On-Target Patient Sedation: Ways To Improve Our Aim Th 9:15AM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia Th 9:15AM 
Leading from Where You Stand:  Tales from the Bedside Th 9:15AM 
Stop Pushing Me: Variability of Intracranial Pressure Readings in Neurocritical Care Patients Th 9:30AM 
Avoiding Hazards of Endotracheal Suctioning and Demonstrating the Technique of Shallow Suctioning Th 9:30AM 
Leadership & Communication Skills for the 21st Century Charge Nurse Th 9:30AM 
We Won’t Get Fooled Again: Suspecting the Less Common STEMI Impostors Th 9:30AM 
The PQRST’s of 12 Lead ECG’s with an Electrolyte Twist Th 9:30AM 
The Dynamic Duo: SV and SVV Th 9:30AM 
Using Capnography During Procedural Sedation in the ICU: Meeting the new ASA Standard Th 9:30AM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant Th 9:30AM 
Modes of Mechanical Ventilation: How to Make Use of the Graphs Th 9:30AM 
Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me: Interesting Facts of Knowledge Across the Spectrum of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Th 9:30AM 
Obtaining Clinical Insights into Evidence Based Infusion Data to Maximize Patient Safety in High Risk Settings Th 9:30AM 
Nurse Driven Fluid Optimization Th 9:30AM 
IAB Counterpulsation  -  Pearls for Practice Th 9:30AM 
Detecting Bleeding Sooner with Noninvasive and Continuous Hemoglobin Monitoring Th 9:30AM 
Managing Patient Data to Improve Care Th 9:45AM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia Th 9:45AM 
Intra-Abdominal Hypertension 101: Using an Educational Poster as a Teaching tool in your ICU Th 9:50AM 
Gather the Facts: Understanding the Road Map and Assessment Pieces of the Patient with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Th 10:00AMI
Embedding Certification: Transferring Certification Culture from Formal Leaders to Certified Nurses via Synergy CERPs Th 10:00AMB
ABG Interpretation if Progressive Care: Easy as 1,2,3 Th 10:00AMB
Volume Resuscitation in Sepsis: Using Stroke Volume Optimization to Get It Just Right Th 10:00AMI
GI Surgical Patient in the ICU: What Do We Do with All These Tubes and Drains Th 10:00AMI
Oncologic Emergencies: Emergent Only if You Are Not Armed and Ready Th 10:00AMB
What Every Nurse Should Know About Healthcare Finance and Reform Th 10:00AMB
Ethical Challenges of Organ Transplantation Th 10:00AMB
Taking a Walk Through the Brain: Neuro Assessment for the Non-Neuro Nurse Th 10:00AMB
Reading a Research Article: It’s Not Greek to Me Anymore Th 10:00AMI
Diagnosis and Management of Intra-abdominal Hypertension by the Advanced Practice Nurse Th 10:00AME
Fetal Trauma: Caring for Our Littlest Patients Th 10:00AMB
Trauma and the Substance Abuse Patient: A Deadly Combination Th 10:00AMI
Not All VADs Are Created Equal: Understanding the Care and Management of Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices Th 10:00AMI
Best Practices: Improving Outcomes of Pediatric Mechanical Ventilation Th 10:00AMB
Heart Sounds: Geriatric Auscultation Th 10:00AME
Learning from Lincoln: Leadership Lessons Th 10:00AMI
Critical Patients, Complex Data, Concise Care Th 10:00AMI
Emergence of Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms in 2012: What’s New Th 10:00AME
Endocrine Pathophysiology Made Incredibly Easy Th 10:00AMB
Update in Sepsis Management Th 10:00AMI
Stroke Genius: What the NIH Stroke Scale Tells You About Your Patient’s Brain Th 10:00AMB
Writing for Publication: Demystifying the Publishing Process Th 10:00AMI
Performing Common Invasive Procedures in the ICU Th 10:00AME
Burnout, Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Traumatic Stress in Critical Care Nurses: Buzz Words or the Real Deal? Th 10:00AMB
Ambassador Strategies for Member Engagement Th 10:00AMA
Real Thing, An Anatomical Approach to Understanding Congenital Heart Defects Part 3: Univentricular Defects Th 10:00AMI
Difficult Suctioning Workshop: Learn How to Oral Tracheal Suction with the No-Bite V Th 10:00AM 
Oxygen: To Give or Not to Give, That is the question Th 10:00AM 
Novel Strategies for Improving CPR Quality in Critical Care Environments Th 10:00AM 
Get Psyched for Tele-Psyche Th 10:00AM 
Good Glycemic Control: How Do You Define It Th 10:00AM 
Mechanical Ventilation  -  Optimizing Patient Outcomes Th 10:00AM 
Annual Membership Open Forum Th 10:00AMA
Building a Critical Care Nurse Practitioner Intensivist Program – Part I of a 3-Part Series Th 10:00AMI
Alarm Fatigue: Do You Know Your Limits Th 10:15AM 
Same Data, New Views: Innovative Monitor Displays to Enhance Clinical Decision Making Th 10:15AM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia Th 10:15AM 
Alarm Fatigue: It’s Not Just the Noise Th 10:15AM 
Sedation: Not Just Falling Asleep Th 10:15AM 
Avoiding Hazards of Endotracheal Suctioning and Demonstrating the Technique of Shallow Suctioning Th 10:30AM 
Charge Nurse Delegation Skills: Teamwork at the Bedside Th 10:30AM 
Capnography: The Critical Piece Th 10:30AM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant Th 10:30AM 
IAB Counterpulsation  -  An Ounce of Prevention Th 10:30AM 
Difficult Suctioning Workshop: Learn How to Oral Tracheal Suction with the No-Bite V Th 10:45AM 
Technology & the Future of Nursing Th 10:45AM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia Th 10:45AM 
I’ll Never Do That Again: Lessons Learned from Years of Teaching ECGs Th 11:00AM 
The First 48: The Initial Two Days of Life After Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Th 11:00AM 
So You Want to be a Flight Nurse Th 11:00AM 
Nurse Driven Fluid Optimization Th 11:00AM 
Heart-Lung Support – When More Support is Needed Th 11:00AM 
Exhibiting Synergy: Role of an ACNP in a Neuroscience Critical Care Unit – Part 2 of 3-Part Series Th 11:00AMB
In Search of Penumbra: Treatment Decisions Beyond the 3 Hour Window Th 11:15AM 
Managing Clinical Alarms with Cardiac Monitored Patients Th 11:15AM 
A New Warning Sign: Acute Glucose Variability Th 11:15AM 
Sedation For The Whole Family Th 11:15AM 
Adding Value: Advanced Hemodynamic Case Simulation Th 11:15AM 
ACLS and Capnography: Are You Compliant with the New AHA Guidelines Th 11:15AM 
Meeting the Clinical Challenges: Prevention of Cross Contamination During Patient Monitoring Th 11:15AM 
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia Th 11:15AM 
Conduction Abnormalities, Arrhythmias, Arrest: A Case Study Th 11:15AM 
Evidence-based Strategies for Reducing Alarms to Improve Patient Safety Th 11:15AM 
Difficult Suctioning Workshop: Learn How to Oral Tracheal Suction with the No-Bite V Th 11:30AM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant Th 11:30AM 
AICU at Lehigh Valley Health Network Th 11:30AM 
Caring for Critically Ill Patients with Life-Threatening Obstetric Conditions Th 11:45AMI
NICOs and MICOs and Swans, Oh My: Navigating Hemodynamic Monitoring Options Th 11:45AMI
Trimming the Fat: Dyslipidemia Management, ATP III and Beyond Th 11:45AMI
Acute Aortic Dissections: Dissecting Through the Facts Th 11:45AMI
Donation after Cardiac Death: From Beginning to End to Beginning Again, the Ups and Downs of a Successful DCD Th 11:45AMI
Swimming in Quality Soup: What Every Staff Nurse Must Know about Quality and Safety Th 11:45AMB
Bloody Battle: Early Detection and Management of Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury Th 11:45AMI
Write it Right, Nursing Law and Order: Documenting with Legal in Mind Th 11:45AMI
Together. Stronger. Bolder. Start Your Local Chapter Th 11:45AMB
Changing a Unit's Culture: Confessions of a Bully Th 11:45AMB
Partners in Healing: Involving the Significant Other for Optimal Patient Care Th 11:45AMB
Heart Sounds: Geriatric Auscultation Th 11:45AME
Certification Trends and Patient Outcomes: Findings from NDNQI® Th 11:45AMI
Research Poster Award: Delirium in Trauma Patients: Prevalence and Predictors Th 11:45AMA
All Bleeding Will Eventually Stop: Massive Transfusion Protocols Th 11:45AM 
Transitional Care: Improving Outcomes and Controlling Costs. The Time Has Come – Part 3 Th 12:00PMI
Research Poster Award: Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing Protocol to Reduce Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Th 12:30PMA
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