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Bedside Cardiac Monitoring for All Practice Settings: Implementing Evidence at the Point of Care Sa 9:00AMA
Cardiac Surgery Advanced Life Support (CALS) Course Full Sa 9:00AMA
Adult CCRN Certification Review Part I Sa 9:00AMB
Mastering How to Influence Change - Part I Full Sa 9:00AMA
PCCN Certification Review Course Part I Sa 9:00AMA
NTI Voices, Sunday/Monday Su 6:00AMA
Chapter Leadership Development Workshop Su 8:00AMA
Creative Teaching Strategies: Using Household Items to Enhance Mastery of Complex Nursing Concepts Su 9:00AMA
Procedural Cadaver Lab Full Su 9:00AMI
PCCN Certification Review Course Part II Su 9:00AMA
API-Dedicated Procedural Cadaver Lab Full Su 9:00AME
Statistics for the Very Afraid Su 9:00AMB
Suturing 101: Just the Basics Su 9:00AMB
Mastering How to Influence Change - Part II Full Su 9:00AMA
Mechanical Ventilation: Physiologic-Based Care Su 9:00AMB
Adult CCRN Certification Review Part II Su 9:00AMB
Advanced 12-Lead Electrocardiographic Interpretation Su 9:00AMI
Cardiac Surgery Advanced Life Support (CALS) Course Full Su 9:00AMA
CCNS Review Course Su 9:00AME
Changing Practice to Improve Outcomes: Successful Approaches to Translate Evidence into Practice Su 9:00AMA
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Life Support for the Kidneys Su 9:00AMI
Suturing 101: Just the Basics Full Su 1:30PMB
TeamSTEPPS: Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety Su 1:30PMA
API-Dedicated Procedural Cadaver Lab Full Su 1:30PME
Procedural Cadaver Lab Full Su 1:30PMI
Research Poster Presentations M 7:00AMA
Evidence-Based and Chapter Best Practice Poster Presentations M 7:00AMA
Silent Treatment M 8:00AMA
Headache Differential Diagnosis M 8:00AME
Dare to Stand Tall at the Bedside: Not in the Courtroom - Part I M 8:00AMB
Frequency and Urgency of It All: Managing Genitourinary Emergencies in Critical Care M 8:00AMI
Obtaining Valid Pressure Measurements: What Is Your Practice M 8:00AMA
Nursing Practice: Knowing What to Keep and What to Throw Away M 8:00AMA
Trauma for Two: Case Analysis in a Critically Injured Obstetrical Patient M 8:00AMA
We Eliminated Ventilator-Acquired Pneumonia: Now We Have Ventilator-Associated Conditions M 8:00AMA
Need More Nurses: Educator and Faculty Opportunities for Critical Care Nurses and APNs M 8:00AMA
I Can’t Breathe: Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Children M 8:00AMI
Pediatric Brain Death: Updated Guidelines M 8:00AMI
Power, Persuasion or Influence: Which Skill Do You Really Need to Create Change M 8:00AMA
Trimming the Fat: Dyslipidemia Management—Adult Treatment Panel III and Beyond M 8:00AMI
Immune System Modulation: Physiologic Functioning, Pharmacologic Management and Transplant Outcomes M 8:00AME
Managing Vasoactive and Positive Inotropic Infusions M 8:00AMB
Care Beyond the End-of-Life: Evidence-Based Practices to Aid Families and Nurses Coping with Grief M 8:00AMA
Sepsis P3: Pathophysiology, Prevention and Protocols M 8:00AMI
Myth Versus Reality: Do We Really Know How to Oxygenate Our Patients? M 8:00AMA
Inside the Black Box: Linking Pathophysiology, Technology and Treatment M 8:00AMA
Staying Even Keeled: Strategies for Decreasing Glycemic Variability M 8:00AMI
Dare to Create a Chapter Strategic Plan M 8:00AMA
SuperSession: President's Address M 10:00AMA
HAI Prevention/Elimination 2013 National Awards: How Did They Do It M 12:30PMA
Case by Case: Forensics of Successful AACN Chapters Defined by Healthy Work Environment Standards M 12:30PMA
Transforming Moral Distress: A Conceptual Model M 12:30PMA
Improving Outcomes in the Hospital Through Synergy with Acute Care Nurse Practitioners M 12:30PMI
Dare to Take the CCRN or PCCN: Case Studies in Invasive and Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Assessment M 12:30PMI
Heart Failure Readmission Strategies: What Is Working M 12:30PMI
Clinical Hemodynamic Implications of Mechanical Ventilation and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome M 12:30PMI
Heart Failure from the Progressive Care Perspective M 12:30PMB
Power, Persuasion or Influence: Which Skill Do You Really Need to Create Change M 12:30PMA
Pediatric Oncologic Emergencies: Improving the Odds of Survival M 12:30PMA
Pediatric-Inflicted Trauma: Identification and Management M 12:30PMI
Facilitating Family-Centered Care Through the New AACN Practice Alert Guidelines M 12:30PMI
Brave Days and Wild Nights: The Perils and Pitfalls of Trauma Resuscitation M 12:30PMI
Case Studies in Adverse Medication Events M 12:30PMA
Dare to Stand Tall at the Bedside: Not in the Courtroom - Part II M 12:30PMB
Dare to Titrate: Administering Inotropes and Vasoactive Agents with Confidence M 12:30PMB
Clinical Scene Investigation: Cracking the Case Using Hemodynamic Evidence M 12:30PMA
Science Behind Pharmacogenetics: Pharmacogenomics and Its Clinical Implications M 12:30PMA
Publishing in AACN Critical Care Journals M 12:30PMA
Crucial Accountability M 12:30PMA
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: An Emerging Treatment Option for Aortic Stenosis M 2:15PMI
Parallel Paths to Improve Heart Failure Behavioral Outcomes: Evidence Matters M 2:15PMI
Cardiovascular Boot Camp Basic Training Day 1: 12-Lead Electrocardiography M 2:15PMB
ACES, ARBS and Blockers: Making Sense of Cardiovascular Pharmacology M 2:15PMI
Bleeding Stops Here: Challenges in Providing Forward Resuscitative Surgical Care in Afghanistan M 2:15PMB
Obtaining Valid Pressure Measurements: What Is Your Practice M 2:15PMA
Lytes, Coma, Acids M 2:15PMB
Dare to Speak Out When It’s Not a Matter of Life or Death: Addressing Day-to-Day Ethical Concerns M 2:15PMA
Is Fever Harmful or Helpful: Dare to Use the Evidence to Guide Nursing Practice M 2:15PMA
Show Me the Money: Practical Ways to Translate the Economic Impact of Nursing Care M 2:15PMA
Systematic Approach for Chest X-Ray Interpretation and the Classic Imaging Signs of Abnormalities M 2:15PMB
Managing Vasoactive and Positive Inotropic Infusions M 2:15PMB
Brain Trauma: Modulating Hemodynamics, Metabolic State, Intracranial Pressure and Optimal Outcomes M 2:15PME
Sepsis P3: Pathophysiology, Prevention and Protocols M 2:15PMI
Microbiology Laboratories and Antimicrobials: The Perfect Pair M 2:15PMI
Gastric Residual Volumes May Be Misleading: Get with the Evidence on Enteral Feeding M 2:15PMA
Sedation Management in Adult ICU M 2:15PMA
Using Nanotechnology in Nursing and Medicine: It’s a Small World After All M 4:00PMA
Moving Beyond Implementing the Evidence to Actually Creating It M 4:00PME
Beyond Tired: Experiences in Prevention and Treatment of Emotional Exhaustion in High Acuity Nurses M 4:00PMA
Everyone Out of the Pool: Pediatric Drowning Epidemic M 4:00PMA
Chapter Best Practices Roundtable M 4:00PMA
Heart Failure Readmission Strategies: What Is Working M 4:00PMI
Different Strokes for Different Folks: Experiencing Stroke Through the Ages M 4:00PMA
Anticoagulant Therapy: The Old, the New, the Tried and True M 4:00PMI
Cardiac Surgery Advanced Life Support (CALS): Guideline Implementation from A to Z M 4:00PMI
We Eliminated Ventilator-Acquired Pneumonia: Now We Have Ventilator-Associated Conditions M 4:00PMA
Blood Thinners 2013 M 4:00PMB
Pill Minders and Medicine Cups: Making Sense of a Patient's Lengthy Medication List M 4:00PMA
Three R's of Family Presence: Rounds, Report and Resuscitation—Implementing Lasting Change M 4:00PMI
NTI Voices, Tuesday Tu 6:00AMA
Alphabet Soup: Essential Ingredients for Fostering a Culture of Early Mobilization

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Tu 7:00AMA
Care of the Pediatric Patient Receiving 3F8 Monoclonal Antibody for Treatment of Neuroblastoma Tu 7:00AMI
Essential Monitoring: Capnography for your Critically Ill Patients Full Tu 7:00AMA
Telemedicine and ICU Nursing Care Tu 7:30AMA
Delirium Detection and Monitoring for Patients with Primary Neurological Injury Tu 7:30AMI
End-Of-Life Care in Advanced COPD Tu 7:30AMA
Impaired Skin Integrity Under Medical Adhesives: Did You Cause It Tu 7:30AMA
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Synergy Model: Dare to Synergize Your Unit Tu 7:30AMB
Sepsis: The Next Core Measure Tu 7:30AMI
Medication Mania: Reducing Polypharmacy and Inappropriate Prescribing in Older Adults Tu 7:30AMA
Soft Tissue Infections with the Potential to Kill Tu 7:30AMA
QT Monitoring, Torsade de Pointes and Drugs: Tools for Assessment and Prevention Tu 7:30AMB
TB or No TB: That Is the Question Tu 7:30AMB
Planning Clinical Research in Critical Care: The Devil Is in the Details Tu 7:30AMA
Bundles of Prevention for Pediatric Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Tu 7:30AMI
Dare to Change Practice: Every Alarm Is Actionable Tu 7:30AMA
Outcomes and the Staff Nurse: How Does Current Emphasis on Outcomes Data Impact Me at the Bedside Tu 7:30AMB
How Sweet It Is: Managing Hyperglycemic Emergencies Tu 7:30AMB
Evidence-Based Strategies for Preventing Skin Injury in Critically Ill Infants and Children Tu 7:30AMI
Detecting Pain in Adults Who Are Critically Ill Using Cerebral Measures: Are We There Yet Tu 7:30AMA
Team Sports in Hospitals: Implementing the Complex Protocols of Stroke, TBI and Hypothermia Tu 7:30AMI
Intellectual Property Law and Education: Avoiding Copyright Violations Tu 7:30AMA
When Hello Sounds Like Goodbye: Retaining New Nurses in High Acuity Units Tu 7:30AMA
Acute Severe Asthma: RX for Critical Care Treatment and Management Tu 7:30AMA
SuperSession: Keynote Address Tu 9:00AMA
Meet and Greet the Poster Authors Tu 10:45AMA
Influencing Nursing Excellence Tu 11:00AM 
POPS: Perioperative Patient Simulation Station Tu 11:00AM 
Current Tools and Guidelines for Early Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis Tu 11:15AM 
Were This Patient’s Hemodynamic Goals Met? Interactive Case Simulation Tu 11:15AM 
Reading Between the Lines –  A Nurses Guide to Interpreting Pediatric Atrial Electrograms Tu 11:15AM 
IAB Counterpulsation – Nothing But the Facts Tu 11:15AM 
KDIGO: “GPS” for AKI Patient Management Tu 11:15AM 
On the Bleeding Edge Tu 11:15AM 
Unusual Trauma Case Studies Tu 11:15AM 
Out with the Old: Changing from VAP to VAE Tu 11:15AM 
End Tidal C02 Monitoring.  The under-monitored parameter Tu 11:15AM 
Nurse Driven Fluid Optimization Tu 11:15AM 
PEP uP: A Nurse Driven Protocol Tu 11:15AM 
A New Warning Sign:  Acute Glucose Variability Tu 11:15AM 
A Quick Guide to MI Patterns on the 12-Lead ECG Tu 11:15AM 
Oral Care is Critical Care Tu 11:15AM 
Wake Up and Breathe! Tele-ICU and ICU Partnership Reduces Duration of Mechanical Ventilation Tu 11:15AM 
Managing Cerebral Spinal Fluid: Ventricular and Lumbar Drainage Tu 11:15AM 
Hematologic System CCRN/PCCN Review Tu 11:15AM 
The PQRST’s of 12 Lead ECG’s with an Electrolyte Twist Tu 11:15AM 
The Science Behind the New Sepsis Bundles Tu 11:15AM 
Seeing Eye to Eye: Use of the Pupillometer for Accurate Pupillary Assessment Tu 11:15AM 
What’s Up Doc-torate? Tu 11:15AM 
Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) - Will This ‘Transient Attack’ Leave ‘Permanent Damage’? Tu 11:15AM 
Every Breath You Take, A Waveform it Makes Capnography -Who, What, When, Where, and Why Tu 11:15AM 
Best Practice for Inserting Feeding Tubes and Avoiding Complications Tu 11:15AM 
Mobility: In the ICU and Beyond Tu 11:15AM 
Implementing the New PAD Guidelines: Delirium Assessment Tu 11:15AM 
Sepsis & CRRT Tu 11:15AM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant Tu 11:15AM 
Ventilation Secrets: A Guide To Go By Tu 11:15AM 
Still Trying to Get ICU Performance Data from Your Hospital Systems: No Data or Know Data…Knowledge is Power Tu 11:15AM 
The ICU Telemedicine CCRN as Quality Improvement Leader and Clinical Liaison with the Bedside Critical Care Team Tu 11:15AM 
Lessons Learned in Supplying Critical Care Units Tu 11:15AM 
Cardioverting with Confidence: Isn’t It About Time! Tu 11:15AM 
Assessing Oxygenation in the Critically Ill Tu 11:15AM 
Therapeutic Hypothermia…Keeping it cool Tu 11:15AM 
AACN Community Open Forum Tu 11:45AMA
Affordable Care Act: Impact on the APRN and the Bedside Nurse Tu 11:45AMA
Compassion in Nursing Tu 11:45AMA
Driving Patient Satisfaction: How Does this Impact Bedside Clinicians Tu 11:45AMA
Implementing Evidence-Based Practice into the ICU Tu 11:45AMA
Just Say No…to the Term Mid-Level Provider Tu 11:45AMA
Palliative Care vs. Aggressive Care: Can the Two Co-exist in the ICU Tu 11:45AMA
Transitions of Care Tu 11:45AMA
Technology Among Us: Is It Really a Smart Choice Tu 11:45AMA
Networking Lunch Rooms Tu 11:45AMA
Physiologic Responses to a Passive Exercise Intervention in Adults Who Are Mechanically-Ventilated Tu 11:45AMI
Research Poster Award: Assessing an Education Intervention to Improve Advance Directive Completion Tu 11:45AMA
Research Poster Award: Patients Readmitted to a PICU - A Retrospective Review of Risk Factors Tu 11:45AMA
Team Sports in Hospitals: Implementing the Complex Protocols of Stroke, TBI and Hypothermia Tu 11:45AMI
Dare to Publish: Tips for Selecting Your Journal for Publication Tu 11:45AMB
Outcomes and the Staff Nurse: How Does Current Emphasis on Outcomes Data Impact Me at the Bedside Tu 11:45AMB
Bundles of Prevention for Pediatric Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Tu 11:45AMI
Seekin’ the Beacon: Using a Project Management Plan to Initiate, Promote and Support the Beacon Award Journey Tu 11:45AMA
Safely Home: How the AACN Practice Alerts Prevent Respiratory Harm from Intubation to Discharge Tu 11:45AMA
Too Tired to Care: Dealing with Fatigue While Building Resiliency Tu 11:45AMA
Life after the Intensive Care Unit Tu 11:45AMA
The Neurological Assessment for the Non-Neuro Nurse; Taking Away the Fear Tu 12:00PM 
Fighting VAP one step at a time Tu 12:00PM 
What’s Up Doc-torate? Tu 12:00PM 
Seeing Eye to Eye: Use of the Pupillometer for Accurate Pupillary Assessment Tu 12:00PM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant Tu 12:00PM 
Five Tips to Double (or Triple) Your Cardiac Arrest Survival Tu 12:00PM 
IV Clinical Integration: Improving Work Flow and Patient Outcomes Tu 12:00PM 
Every Breath You Take, A Waveform it Makes Capnography -Who, What, When, Where, and Why Tu 12:00PM 
Diagnosing Adult Malnutrition in the ICU: From Theory to Practice Tu 12:00PM 
Evidence Based Practice in ICU: Keep it Simple! Tu 12:00PM 
Sensory Overload?  Learn How Manage ‘Non-actionable’ Alarms Tu 12:00PM 
Keeping Unplanned Transfers out of Critical Care with Continuous Vital Signs Surveillance Tu 12:00PM 
PEP uP: A Nurse Driven Protocol Tu 12:00PM 
MAP, PIP, MVe, PEEP, OMG!   The Value of a Ventilator-Monitor Interface for the Bedside Nurse Tu 12:00PM 
SHIFT Therapy: A Practical Alternative to CRRT Tu 12:00PM 
Failure is Not an Option Tu 12:00PM 
Chest Tubes - Evidence-Based Care of Patients with Chest Tubes Tu 12:00PM 
Biventricular Repairs: The Left is Yet to Come Tu 12:00PM 
What’s New in the World of Sepsis: SCC- Why now more than ever? Tu 12:00PM 
Are You Overfeeding or Underfeeding Your Patients? Tu 12:00PM 
No More Paper Routes Glycemic Control: Past, Present, and Future Tu 12:00PM 
Fecal Containment: Manage Moisture, Contain Contagions Tu 12:00PM 
Sink or Swim: New Waves in Fluid Resuscitation Tu 12:00PM 
Transform Your Presentation Into a Publication Tu 12:00PM 
With HIT is Communication Lost in Translation? Tu 12:00PM 
Preeclampsia For the Critical Care Nurse Tu 12:00PM 
Research Poster Award: Impact of Palliative Care Education on ICU Nurses' Moral Distress Tu 12:15PMA
Research Poster Award: Re-evaluation of the CPOT in Intubated Adults Following Cardiac Surgery Tu 12:15PMA
Seeing Eye to Eye: Use of the Pupillometer for Accurate Pupillary Assessment Tu 12:45PM 
The PQRST’s of 12 Lead ECG’s with an Electrolyte Twist Tu 12:45PM 
Lumbar Drain, Aortic Aneurysms and Paraplegia – What’s the connection? Tu 12:45PM 
Dialysis in Critical Care:  Past Present and Future Innovations Tu 12:45PM 
Every Breath You Take, A Waveform it Makes Capnography -Who, What, When, Where, and Why Tu 12:45PM 
What’s Up Doc-torate? Tu 12:45PM 
Best Practice for Inserting Feeding Tubes and Avoiding Complications Tu 12:45PM 
Preventing Central-Line Occlusions and Infections: A Review of Best Practices Tu 12:45PM 
Sepsis & CRRT Tu 12:45PM 
Resuscitation After Cardiac Surgery: An Evidence-Based Guideline Tu 12:45PM 
Desperate Times…Helpful Measures…”Daring Care” for Families in Crisis Tu 12:45PM 
What’s HOT in Hemodynamics? Tu 12:45PM 
Sounding the Alarm Tu 12:45PM 
Mechanical Ventilation - Use It or Lose It: The Diaphragm Tu 12:45PM 
Roadtrip’n: Interfacility Transport Safety Tu 12:45PM 
Continuous Non-Invasive Arterial Pressure Monitoring (CNAP) - Safe, Quick, Easy and Effective Tu 12:45PM 
PEP uP: A Nurse Driven Protocol Tu 12:45PM 
New Capnography Monitoring Standards and Their Impact upon Critical Care, Improving Quality and Saving Costs Tu 12:45PM 
The ACCU-CHEK Inform II System: The Newest POC Glucose System Designed to Help Improve Patient Care Tu 12:45PM 
Oral Care is Critical Care Tu 12:45PM 
Defining & Refining Nursing Practice in the Technology Age Tu 12:45PM 
Updated Performance Measures in Heart Failure: Nursing Implications Tu 12:45PM 
Mitigating the Root Cause of Infection: Biofilm Tu 12:45PM 
Time to Defibrillation – What Can We Do to Improve Shock Success? Tu 12:45PM 
2013 AACN National Survey Of Critical Care Nurse Work Environments: Results And Implications Tu 1:15PMA
How This Chapter Got Its Groove Back: Lessons in Chapter Succession and Chapter Resuscitation Tu 1:15PMB
Dare to Titrate: Administering Inotropes and Vasoactive Agents with Confidence Tu 1:15PMB
ST-Segment and QTc Monitoring: Implementing Practice Standards Tu 1:15PMA
Updates on APRN Consensus Model Tu 1:15PMI
Reduce MRSA Trial: Universal Decolonization as Best Practice to Prevent Infection in High Risk ICU Tu 1:15PMB
Measuring Success of the ABCDE Bundle: Dare to Make a Difference in Patient Outcomes Tu 1:15PMB
Complexities of Managing Decompensated Heart Failure in Acute and Critical Care Tu 1:15PMI
Go with Your Gut: GI Issues in the ICU and GI Emergencies Tu 1:15PMA
Facilitating Family-Centered Care Through the New AACN Practice Alert Guidelines Tu 1:15PMI
Shock Resuscitation: End Points, Trends and Controversies Tu 1:15PMA
It Takes Guts: Multivisceral Organ Transplantation Is a Reality Tu 1:15PMA
Pediatric Brain Death: Updated Guidelines Tu 1:15PMI
CRRT Case Studies: Highlighting Strategies to Optimize Patient Safety Tu 1:15PMB
Doctor of Nursing Practice: Why Another Degree Tu 1:15PMA
Hepatic Injury, Cirrhosis and Massive Variceal Hemorrhage Tu 1:15PME
Oh the Things You Can Do that Are Good: Helping Staff Nurses Overcome the Barriers of EBP Tu 1:15PMA
Clinical Hemodynamic Implications of Mechanical Ventilation and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Tu 1:15PMI
Caring Practices: Providing Comfort and Preventing Unnecessary Suffering in Critically Ill Infants and Children Tu 1:15PMI
Paralyzing Catastrophes: The Injured Spine Tu 1:15PMI
Pressors, Preload Reducers and Pumping Agents: Vasoactive Drip Titration Made Easy Tu 1:15PMA
Malpractice and Other Legal Issues in Professional Nursing Tu 1:15PMA
That was Then, This is Now; Monitoring Cerebral Oxygen Tu 1:30PM 
What’s Up Doc-torate? Tu 1:30PM 
Seeing Eye to Eye: Use of the Pupillometer for Accurate Pupillary Assessment Tu 1:30PM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant Tu 1:30PM 
ICU Mobility: What Is It and How Do We Measure It? Tu 1:30PM 
Every Breath You Take, A Waveform it Makes Capnography -Who, What, When, Where, and Why Tu 1:30PM 
Disaster Planning & Recovery: Lessons Learned from Super Storm Sandy (Part 1) Tu 1:30PM 
Case Studies in Nurse Driven Fluid Optimization Using Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring Tu 1:30PM 
PEP uP: A Nurse Driven Protocol Tu 1:30PM 
The “ART” MATRIX: A Model for Inpatient Cardiac Arrest Tu 1:30PM 
Out with the Old: Changing from VAP to VAE Tu 1:30PM 
So You Want to be a Flight Nurse Tu 1:30PM 
IAB Counterpulsation – Troubleshooting Beyond the Basics Tu 1:30PM 
On the Bleeding Edge Tu 1:30PM 
Breathe Easier…The Growing Case for Capnography and Other Trends Tu 1:30PM 
Your Ticket Home:  Streamlining Discharge of Medically Complex Patients from a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Tu 1:30PM 
Early is Better Than Later: Interactive Case Simulation Tu 1:30PM 
Beep...Beep...Beep: Strategies for Managing Alarm Fatigue Tu 1:30PM 
Fecal Containment: Manage Moisture, Contain Contagions Tu 1:30PM 
Don’t Let Your Patients Turn Blue! Isn’t it Time You Used EtCO2? Tu 1:30PM 
Patient Safety: Balancing Oxygenation and Ventilation Tu 1:30PM 
The Guardians at the Research Publications Gate Tu 1:30PM 
Can You See Me Now? Tu 1:30PM 
Write the Headline, Don't Be the Headline: Ethics Pitfalls to Avoid Tu 2:15PM 
Critical Care Expertise Needed: Managing Burn and Trauma Patients From a Tele-ICU During a Mass Casualty Incident Tu 2:15PM 
Under the Influence: Neruologicaly Induced ECG Changes Tu 2:15PM 
Mitigating the Root Cause of Infection: Biofilm Tu 2:15PM 
Are You Overfeeding or Underfeeding Your Patients? Tu 2:15PM 
We Know the Data: Now How to Implement a Strategy for Change Tu 2:15PM 
At the Heart of the Matter: Nurses Facilitating Chest Closure in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Tu 2:15PM 
Mechanical  Ventilation - What, Where & Why Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA)?   Tu 2:15PM 
Frost My Heart:  A Look at Therapeutic Hypothermia Tu 2:15PM 
Failure is Not an Option Tu 2:15PM 
PEP uP: A Nurse Driven Protocol Tu 2:15PM 
Nurse Driven Fluid Optimization Tu 2:15PM 
Evidence-Based Blood Gas Management of Severe COPD Patients Tu 2:15PM 
Alarm Management and Nursing Best Practice – Decreasing Alarm Fatigue Tu 2:15PM 
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger! Lessons Learned from Super Storm Sandy (Part 2) Tu 2:15PM 
Every Breath You Take, A Waveform it Makes Capnography -Who, What, When, Where, and Why Tu 2:15PM 
Diagnosing Adult Malnutrition in the ICU: From Theory to Practice Tu 2:15PM 
Smart Pumps: Achieving 100% Drug Library Compliance and Averting Medication Errors Tu 2:15PM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant Tu 2:15PM 
Sepsis & CRRT Tu 2:15PM 
Implementing the New PAD Guidelines: Delirium Assessment Tu 2:15PM 
Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest: Strategies for a Successful Program Tu 2:15PM 
Seeing Eye to Eye: Use of the Pupillometer for Accurate Pupillary Assessment Tu 2:15PM 
The PQRST’s of 12 Lead ECG’s with an Electrolyte Twist Tu 2:15PM 
Are You Unknowingly Harming Patients Through Exposure to Latex? Tu 2:15PM 
What’s Up Doc-torate? Tu 2:15PM 
Ins and Outs of ICP Monitoring: Transducer Location and Waveform Analysis Tu 2:15PM 
Neurological System CCRN/PCCN Review Tu 2:15PM 
What’s Up Doc-torate? Tu 3:00PM 
Fighting VAP one step at a time Tu 3:00PM 
Seeing Eye to Eye: Use of the Pupillometer for Accurate Pupillary Assessment Tu 3:00PM 
Preventing Central-Line Occlusions and Infections: A Review of Best Practices Tu 3:00PM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant Tu 3:00PM 
Forget Smart Phones, What You Need are Smart Pumps! Tu 3:00PM 
Dialysis in Critical Care:  Past Present and Future Innovations Tu 3:00PM 
ICP Waveform Analysis: Is Catching the Perfect Wave Important? Tu 3:00PM 
Every Breath You Take, A Waveform it Makes Capnography -Who, What, When, Where, and Why Tu 3:00PM 
What’s a Tele-ICU and Why Should I Care? Tu 3:00PM 
Keeping Unplanned Transfers out of Critical Care with Continuous Vital Signs Surveillance Tu 3:00PM 
SHIFT Therapy: A Practical Alternative to CRRT Tu 3:00PM 
Lung Recruitment Made Easy – A Comprehensive Review Tu 3:00PM 
Sounding the Alarm Tu 3:00PM 
Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me! Interesting Facts of Knowledge across the Spectrum of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Tu 3:00PM 
Heart – Lung Support – When More Support Is Needed Tu 3:00PM 
MARS® Therapy: Innovative Treatment for Hepatic Encephalopathy Related to AoCLF Tu 3:00PM 
Getting Kids to Goal: Implementing an Enteral Nutrition Guideline in the PICU Tu 3:00PM 
Breathe Easier…The Growing Case for Capnography and Other Trends Tu 3:00PM 
Were This Patient’s Hemodynamic Goals Met? Interactive Case Simulation Tu 3:00PM 
Current Tools and Guidelines for Early Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis Tu 3:00PM 
Applying Diagnostic Reasoning and Avoiding Cognitive Errors in Acutely Ill Adult and Geriatric Patients Tu 3:00PMA
Authentic Leadership Boot Camp: Elements and Related Evidence Tu 3:00PMI
Guidelines 2013: An Overview of the Latest Guidelines in the Treatment of Sepsis Tu 3:00PMA
Billing and Coding: An Introduction Tu 3:00PMB
Radiology 101: So You Want to Read An X-ray? Tu 3:00PMB
Cardiovascular Boot Camp Basic Training Day 2: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Emergency Treatment – Overview Tu 3:00PMB
Bioethics Babies and Burnout: Understanding Core Bioethics Concepts as Practiced in the Pediatric and Neonatal Setting Tu 3:00PMI
Authentic Leadership Boot Camp Tu 3:00PMI
Surveillance and Risk Prediction: New Tools for Nurses  Tu 3:00PM 
Sepsis 2013 Tu 3:00PMA
Challenging Cases Applying Diagnostic Reasoning and Avoiding Cognitive Errors Tu 3:00PMA
Radiology 101: Skills for the Bedside Nurse Tu 3:00PMB
Cardiovascular Boot Camp Basic Training Day 2: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Emergency Treatment Tu 3:00PMB
Bioethics, Babies and Burnout: Ethics Rounds in the Neonatal and Pediatric ICU Tu 3:00PMI
Billing and Coding: The Basics Tu 3:00PMB
Therapeutic Hypothermia…Keeping it cool Tu 3:00PM 
12 Lead Mysteries Uncovered; Isn't it about time! VT vs SVT Tu 3:00PM 
Social Media, Technology, and Education in the ICU Tu 3:00PM 
APACHE Data: A Unique Approach to Tele- ICU Implementation Tu 3:00PM 
Bioethics Babies and Burnout: Building a Meaningful Bioethics Program Tu 3:30PMI
Cardiovascular Boot Camp Basic Training Day 2: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Emergency Treatment - Narrow Complex Problems Tu 3:30PMB
Radiology 101: Cardiac Disorders and Central Venous Lines Tu 3:30PMB
Billing and Coding: Evaluation and Management Process Tu 3:30PMB
In-Depth Look at the Pathogenesis and Complexity of Sepsis Tu 3:30PMA
Authentic Leadership Boot Camp: Beyond the Evidence to Application Tu 3:30PMI
Challenging Cases Applying Diagnostic Reasoning and Avoiding Cognitive Errors in Acutely Ill Adults Tu 3:30PMA
Care Beyond the End-of-Life: Evidence-Based Practices to Aid Families and Nurses Coping with Grief Tu 3:30PMA
Pediatric-Inflicted Trauma: Identification and Management Tu 3:30PMI
Critical Care Studies You Should Know About Tu 3:30PMA
Hypotensive Resuscitation: How Low Is Too Low Tu 3:30PMI
Cardiac Surgery Advanced Life Support (CALS): Guideline Implementation from A to Z Tu 3:30PMI
Anesthetic Pharmacology Update Tu 3:30PMI
Crisis Clues in Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disturbances Tu 3:30PMA
Measuring Success of the ABCDE Bundle: Dare to Make a Difference in Patient Outcomes Tu 3:30PMB
Pill Minders and Medicine Cups: Making Sense of a Patient's Lengthy Medication List Tu 3:30PMA
Dare to Achieve Beacon Status Across An Entire Health System: 13 Hospitals and Growing Tu 3:30PMA
Clinical Scene Investigation: Cracking the Case Using Hemodynamic Evidence Tu 3:30PMA
Taking Control of the Thermostat: Achieving Induced Hypothermia in a Patient Tu 3:30PMA
Beacon Journey LIVE! Tu 3:30PMA
Recruiting and Developing Authentic Chapter Leaders Tu 3:30PMA
New International Guidelines for Sepsis Care: Implications for Critical Care Nursing Tu 3:30PMA
Challenging Cases Applying Diagnostic Reasoning and Avoiding Cognitive Errors in Geriatric Patients Tu 4:30PMA
Authentic Leadership Boot Camp: Leadership Development Journey and Exemplars Tu 4:30PMI
Evidence-Based Approach to Guideline Implementation Tu 4:30PMA
Billing and Coding: Critical Care Codes Tu 4:30PMB
Radiology 101: Airway Disorders and Abdominal Abnormalities Tu 4:30PMB
Cardiovascular Boot Camp Basic Training Day 2:- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Emergency Treatment - Wide Complex Tachcardias Tu 4:30PMB
Bioethics Babies and Burnout: Mock Bioethics Rounds and Case Presentation Tu 4:30PMI
API Reception Tu 5:30PMA
NTI Voices, Wednesday W 6:00AMA
Using Ultrasound for Difficult Peripheral Access - Becoming Expert Full W 7:00AMI
Launching PAD: The New Guidelines and 10 Points for Compliance Full W 7:00AMI
Warm Skin, Great Flow, Open Lungs Full W 7:00AMA
Writing an API Abstract: The Nuts and Bolts W 8:00AME
True Collaboration: Nursing and Materials Management to Meet the Needs of Our Patients W 8:00AMA
Death by Poison: 101 Bizarre Ways to Go W 8:00AMA
I Know My ABCs: Implementing the ABCDE Bundle to Improve Ventilator Weaning, Delirium and Mobility W 8:00AMB
Critical Care Studies You Should Know About W 8:00AMA
Thumb Drive to Axis Deviation: Demystifying the Quadrant of Axis Deviation Using Your Thumbs W 8:00AMB
Procedural Sedation: Performing Sedation Safely in Any Practice Setting W 8:00AMI
Electronic Health Records Versus the Plan of Care W 8:00AMB
Early Palliative Interventions for the Critical Care Patient W 8:00AMB
Endocrine Emergencies: Maximizing Outcomes W 8:00AMI
Hey—Wake the Kid Up: Tapering, Tolerance and Withdrawal of Sedation and Analgesia in PICU Patients W 8:00AMA
New Frontier in Metabolic Medicine: Nutrigenomics and the Entero-Endocrine System W 8:00AMA
Evidence-Based Practice: Improving Practice by Killing Sacred Cows W 8:00AMA
I Can’t Sleep: How Sleep Disturbances Affect Outcomes and Strategies to Promote Sleep in the ICU W 8:00AMA
Ambassadors Best Practices – Dare to Share What Works W 8:00AMA
2013 Endocrine Pathophysiology: It’s Really Simple W 8:30AMB
Cardiovascular Boot Camp Basic Training Day 3: Cardiovascular Assessment and Hemodynamic Monitoring W 8:30AMB
Strategies for Teaching Critical Thinking: The Preceptor’s Challenge W 8:30AMA
Managing the Obstetric Patient Who Is Critically Ill W 8:30AMI
Sepsis 2013 W 8:30AMA
Emerging Antibiotic Resistance in 2013 W 8:30AMI
Managing the Obstetric Patient Who Is Critically Ill: Critical Concepts W 8:30AMI
Guidelines 2013: An Overview of the Latest Guidelines in the Treatment of Sepsis W 8:30AMA
Teaching Critical Thinking, Part I: What Exactly Is Critical Thinking? W 8:30AMA
Cardiovascular Assessment and Hemodynamic Monitoring: What Do We Need to Assess and How Do We Do It? W 8:30AMB
It's Really Simple: Endocrine Pathophysiology Rapid Review W 8:30AMB
Antimicrobial Use and Abuse: The Issue of Resistance in 2013 W 8:30AMI
Patient Safety Summit W 8:45AMA
Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance Organisms in Acute and Critical Care W 9:00AMI
It's Really Simple: Thyroid and Parathyroid Dysfunction W 9:00AMB
Cardiovascular Assessment and Hemodynamic Monitoring: Noninvasive and Invasive Methods of Data Collection W 9:00AMB
Teaching Critical Thinking, Part II: How to Develop Critical Thinking W 9:00AMA
In-Depth Look at the Pathogenesis and Complexity of Sepsis W 9:00AMA
Managing the Obstetric Patient Who Is Critically Ill: Cardiovascular Disease Management W 9:00AMI
No Time to Care: Instilling Compassion Back into Your Care in 60 Seconds or Less W 9:45AMA
Cardiac Versus Non-Cardiac Chest Pain: How Do I Know the Difference W 9:45AMA
Decreasing Continuous Sedation and Analgesia in a Trauma ICU: One Drop at a Time W 9:45AMA
Hepatorenal Syndrome: Issues, Answers and Management in Progressive Care W 9:45AME
Beyond the Basic Pacing Functions: What Else Does that Thing Do W 9:45AMI
Wisdom in the Workplace: Retaining Experienced Nurses to Creatively Ease the Nursing Shortage W 9:45AMA
Reimbursement: Update for the Advanced Practice Nurse W 9:45AMB
Stop Bugging Me: A Comprehensive Approach for Reducing Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in the ICU W 9:45AMB
Dare to Diversify Your Knowledge: What Every Nurse Should Know about Health Care Finance and Reform W 9:45AMB
En Route Critical Care Nursing: A New Role for Military Nurses in the Combat Environment W 9:45AMI
Pulmonary Potpourri: What’s New in Respiratory Care W 9:45AME
Critical Symptom Investigation: Identifying Red Flags in the Assessment of Pediatric Patients W 9:45AMB
Case Studies in Adverse Medication Events W 9:45AMA
Managing the Obstetric Patient Who Is Critically Ill: Respiratory Disease Management W 10:00AMI
Evidence-Based Approach to Guideline Implementation W 10:00AMA
Teaching Critical Thinking, Part III: Practice, Evaluation, and Action Plans W 10:00AMA
Cardiovascular Assessment and Hemodynamic Monitoring: What Do We Do with the Data After We Get It? W 10:00AMB
It's Really Simple: Adrenal and Pancreatic Dysfunction W 10:00AMB
Antimicrobial Resistance: Approach to Newly Emerging Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms W 10:00AMI
The Elephant in the Room: A Culture of Disrespect W 10:15AMA
Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia W 11:00AM 
Ventilation Secrets: A Guide To Go By W 11:15AM 
TPE in the ICU:  21st Century Blood Purification for the Critically Ill W 11:15AM 
Still Trying to Get ICU Performance Data from Your Hospital Systems: No Data or Know Data…Knowledge is Power W 11:15AM 
Assessing An ICU Patient from a Distance – The Tools of Telemedicine W 11:15AM 
Blast Injuries W 11:15AM 
Social Media, Technology, and Education in the ICU W 11:15AM 
Timely Teaching Tips: Pearls of ECG Interpretation to Pass Onto Students and New Hires W 11:15AM 
Assessing Oxygenation in the Critically Ill W 11:15AM 
Mitigating the Root Cause of Infection: Biofilm W 11:15AM 
Conserving Our Most Valuable Resource: Blood and the Need for Transfusions in the Critical Care W 11:15AM 
The PQRST’s of 12 Lead ECG’s with an Electrolyte Twist W 11:15AM 
Seeing Eye to Eye: Use of the Pupillometer for Accurate Pupillary Assessment W 11:15AM 
Fighting VAP one step at a time W 11:15AM 
What’s Up Doc-torate? W 11:15AM 
Hematologic System CCRN/PCCN Review W 11:15AM 
Ins and Outs of ICP Monitoring: Transducer Location and Waveform Analysis W 11:15AM 
Every Breath You Take, A Waveform it Makes Capnography -Who, What, When, Where, and Why W 11:15AM 
Changing Culture W 11:15AM 
ICP Waveform Analysis: Is Catching the Perfect Wave Important? W 11:15AM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant W 11:15AM 
Preventing Central-Line Occlusions and Infections: A Review of Best Practices W 11:15AM 
Current Tools and Guidelines for Early Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis W 11:15AM 
Breathe Easier…The Growing Case for Capnography and Other Trends W 11:15AM 
What’s HOT in Hemodynamics? W 11:15AM 
A World of Difference: Developing a Neonatal Care Program in Under Resourced Countries W 11:15AM 
On the Bleeding Edge W 11:15AM 
Heart – Lung Support – When More Support Is Needed W 11:15AM 
SHIFT Therapy: A Practical Alternative to CRRT W 11:15AM 
Out with the Old: Changing from VAP to VAE W 11:15AM 
Nurse Driven Fluid Optimization W 11:15AM 
Meeting the Clinical Challenges- Prevention of Cross Contamination during Patient Monitoring W 11:15AM 
PEP uP: A Nurse Driven Protocol W 11:15AM 
A Quick Guide to MI Patterns on the 12-Lead ECG W 11:15AM 
The ACCU-CHEK Inform II System: The Newest POC Glucose System Designed to Help Improve Patient Care W 11:15AM 
VAE:  Strategies for Infection Prevention W 11:15AM 
ARDS vs ALI:  What’s That Have to Do with My Patient’s Lungs? W 11:15AM 
Chapter Presidents Luncheon W 11:30AMA
Dare to Submit: Ten Steps to Create Conference Abstracts W 11:45AMA
Towel Animals, Gourmet Food and Gift Cards: What Really Improves Patient Experience and HCAHPS W 11:45AMA
Incorporating Active Learning Strategies into Critical Care Education W 11:45AMI
Sustain the Gain: Keeping Your Rapid Response Team Successful W 11:45AMI
Do the Right Thing: Ethics in Critical Care W 11:45AMA
Let's Move It: Early Mobilization in a Surgical/Trauma ICU W 11:45AMA
Nursing Education: Developing Multiple Choice Test Items for Competency Assessment W 11:45AMB
Staffing: How Does Acuity Correlate with Quality W 11:45AMA
To DNP or Not W 11:45AMA
Preceptors: Pit Bulls or Angels W 11:45AMA
Progressive Care Units and the Beacon Award W 11:45AMA
Maintaining Nurse Competency in the Face of Health Care Cuts W 11:45AMA
Engage in Discussion with Senior Leadership W 11:45AMA
Experienced Critical Care RN Successes W 11:45AMA
Families in Crisis W 11:45AMA
No More Paper Routes Glycemic Control: Past, Present, and Future W 12:00PM 
Are You Overfeeding or Underfeeding Your Patients? W 12:00PM 
Fecal Containment: Manage Moisture, Contain Contagions W 12:00PM 
Isn’t it AboutTtime You Became Certified? Strategies and Tips for Certification Test Taking Success W 12:00PM 
How to Be a Go-To Manuscript Reviewer W 12:00PM 
Rural ICU: Best Possible Care Through Collaboration W 12:00PM 
Air Goes In, Air Goes Out:  Easy Management of Mechanical Ventilation in the ED W 12:00PM 
The Neurological Assessment for the Non-Neuro Nurse; Taking Away the Fear W 12:00PM 
What’s Up Doc-torate? W 12:00PM 
Seeing Eye to Eye: Use of the Pupillometer for Accurate Pupillary Assessment W 12:00PM 
Implementing the New PAD Guidelines: Delirium Assessment W 12:00PM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant W 12:00PM 
Sepsis & CRRT W 12:00PM 
Nutrition Support Therapy in Critically Ill Adult Patients: ASPEN  & SCCM Guidelines W 12:00PM 
Smart Pumps: Achieving 100% Drug Library Compliance and Averting Medication Errors W 12:00PM 
Best Practice for Inserting Feeding Tubes and Avoiding Complications W 12:00PM 
Every Breath You Take, A Waveform it Makes Capnography -Who, What, When, Where, and Why W 12:00PM 
Capnography and Resuscitation W 12:00PM 
Keeping Unplanned Transfers out of Critical Care with Continuous Vital Signs Surveillance W 12:00PM 
PEP uP: A Nurse Driven Protocol W 12:00PM 
Lung Recruitment Made Easy – A Comprehensive Review W 12:00PM 
The “ART” MATRIX: A Model for Inpatient Cardiac Arrest W 12:00PM 
IAB Counterpulsation – Troubleshooting Beyond the Basics W 12:00PM 
Failure is Not an Option W 12:00PM 
Complexities of Care in the Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patient: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Achie W 12:00PM 
Were This Patient’s Hemodynamic Goals Met? Interactive Case Simulation W 12:00PM 
The 2013 Sepsis Guideline Revisions: Connecting the Dots to Nursing Practice W 12:45PM 
What’s New in the World of Sepsis: SCC- Why now more than ever? W 12:45PM 
The Perinatal Management of Congenital Cervical Lymphatic Malformations W 12:45PM 
Sounding the Alarm W 12:45PM 
Roadtrip’n: Interfacility Transport Safety W 12:45PM 
Mechanical Ventilation - The ABCs of Ventilator Modes: Which One to Use & Why? W 12:45PM 
End Tidal C02 Monitoring.  The under-monitored parameter W 12:45PM 
PEP uP: A Nurse Driven Protocol W 12:45PM 
New Capnography Monitoring Standards and Their Impact upon Critical Care, Improving Quality and Saving Costs W 12:45PM 
Evidence-Based Blood Gas Management of Severe COPD Patients W 12:45PM 
VAE:  Strategies for Infection Prevention W 12:45PM 
Every Breath You Take, A Waveform it Makes Capnography -Who, What, When, Where, and Why W 12:45PM 
Forget Smart Phones, What You Need are Smart Pumps! W 12:45PM 
IV Clinical Integration: Improving Work Flow and Patient Outcomes W 12:45PM 
Seeing Eye to Eye: Use of the Pupillometer for Accurate Pupillary Assessment W 12:45PM 
The PQRST’s of 12 Lead ECG’s with an Electrolyte Twist W 12:45PM 
What’s Up Doc-torate? W 12:45PM 
Fighting VAP one step at a time W 12:45PM 
Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) - Will This ‘Transient Attack’ Leave ‘Permanent Damage’? W 12:45PM 
With HIT is Communication Lost in Translation? W 12:45PM 
Following CONSORT and SQUIRE Guidelines W 12:45PM 
Time to Get With The Guidelines for Resuscitation? W 12:45PM 
Patient Safety: Balancing Oxygenation and Ventilation W 12:45PM 
Updated Performance Measures in Heart Failure: Nursing Implications W 12:45PM 
Therapeutic Hypothermia…Keeping it cool W 12:45PM 
Sepsis Puzzle: Identifying, Monitoring and Implementing Early Goal-Directed Therapy W 1:15PMA
Evidence-Based Practice: Improving Practice by Killing Sacred Cows W 1:15PMA
Anesthetic Pharmacology Update W 1:15PMI
Pulmonary Potpourri: What’s New in Respiratory Care W 1:15PME
Early Palliative Interventions for the Critical Care Patient W 1:15PMB
From Confused to Confident: Evaluating Research for Use in High Acuity Nursing Practice W 1:15PMA
Mounting a Defense Against Microbial Resistance W 1:15PMA
New Frontier in Metabolic Medicine: Nutrigenomics and the Entero-Endocrine System W 1:15PMA
Endpoints of Resuscitation: Meeting the Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of Shock W 1:15PMI
Electronic Health Records Versus the Plan of Care W 1:15PMB
Critical Symptom Investigation: Identifying Red Flags in the Assessment of Pediatric Patients W 1:15PMB
Death by Poison: 101 Bizarre Ways to Go W 1:15PMA
I Know My ABCs: Implementing the ABCDE Bundle to Improve Ventilator Weaning, Delirium and Mobility W 1:15PMB
Thumb Drive to Axis Deviation: Demystifying the Quadrant of Axis Deviation Using Your Thumbs W 1:15PMB
Procedural Sedation: Performing Sedation Safely in Any Practice Setting W 1:15PMI
Clinical Case Studies in Advanced Mechanical Ventilation W 1:15PME
Coagulation Modifiers: Head Bumps and Bleeds W 1:15PMI
Cardiac Vasoplegia: Saving the Lives of the Most Challenging of Them All W 1:15PMA
Pressors, Preload Reducers and Pumping Agents: Vasoactive Drip Titration Made Easy W 1:15PMA
Malpractice and Other Legal Issues in Professional Nursing W 1:15PMA
What’s Up Doc-torate? W 1:30PM 
Seeing Eye to Eye: Use of the Pupillometer for Accurate Pupillary Assessment W 1:30PM 
Managing Cerebral Spinal Fluid: Ventricular and Lumbar Drainage W 1:30PM 
Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest: Strategies for a Successful Program W 1:30PM 
Sepsis & CRRT W 1:30PM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant W 1:30PM 
Diagnosing Adult Malnutrition in the ICU: From Theory to Practice W 1:30PM 
Every Breath You Take, A Waveform it Makes Capnography -Who, What, When, Where, and Why W 1:30PM 
ICU Mobility: What Is It and How Do We Measure It? W 1:30PM 
Disaster Planning & Recovery: Lessons Learned from Super Storm Sandy (Part 1) W 1:30PM 
Case Studies in Nurse Driven Fluid Optimization Using Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring W 1:30PM 
PEP uP: A Nurse Driven Protocol W 1:30PM 
Out with the Old: Changing from VAP to VAE W 1:30PM 
On the Bleeding Edge W 1:30PM 
Mechanical  Ventilation - What, Where & Why Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA)?   W 1:30PM 
Pediatric Palliative Transports: The Journey Home W 1:30PM 
Breathe Easier…The Growing Case for Capnography and Other Trends W 1:30PM 
We Know the Data: Now How to Implement a Strategy for Change W 1:30PM 
Mitigating the Root Cause of Infection: Biofilm W 1:30PM 
Isn’t it Time to Incorporate Code-Stat into your Resuscitation Program to Improve Outcomes? W 1:30PM 
The First Steps to Publishing W 1:30PM 
Tele-Stroke: Leveraging the Existing Tele-ICU Infrastructure and Expertise to Improve Outcomes for Stroke Patients W 1:30PM 
This Blows!   What to Give When Oxygen isn’t Enough W 1:30PM 
Surveillance and Risk Prediction: New Tools for Nurses  W 1:30PM 
Tele-ICU and Beyond…. W 2:15PM 
Preeclampsia For the Critical Care Nurse W 2:15PM 
Lessons Learned in Supplying Critical Care Units W 2:15PM 
Assessing Oxygenation in the Critically Ill W 2:15PM 
Cardioverting with Confidence: Isn’t It About Time! W 2:15PM 
Optimize your Monitoring:  Riding the Next ECG Wave  W 2:15PM 
Fecal Containment: Manage Moisture, Contain Contagions W 2:15PM 
Early is Better Than Later: Interactive Case Simulation W 2:15PM 
When the Little are Brittle:  Low Bone Density and Fracture Risk at Boston Children’s Hospital W 2:15PM 
IAB Counterpulsation – Cardiogenic Shock - Look, Listen and Treat W 2:15PM 
Failure is Not an Option W 2:15PM 
SHIFT Therapy: A Practical Alternative to CRRT W 2:15PM 
PEP uP: A Nurse Driven Protocol W 2:15PM 
Nurse Driven Fluid Optimization W 2:15PM 
A New Warning Sign:  Acute Glucose Variability W 2:15PM 
Alarm Management and Nursing Best Practice – Decreasing Alarm Fatigue W 2:15PM 
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger! Lessons Learned from Super Storm Sandy (Part 2) W 2:15PM 
Every Breath You Take, A Waveform it Makes Capnography -Who, What, When, Where, and Why W 2:15PM 
Evidence Based Practice in ICU: Keep it Simple! W 2:15PM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant W 2:15PM 
Five Tips to Double (or Triple) Your Cardiac Arrest Survival W 2:15PM 
Preventing Central-Line Occlusions and Infections: A Review of Best Practices W 2:15PM 
That was Then, This is Now; Monitoring Cerebral Oxygen W 2:15PM 
Neurological System CCRN/PCCN Review W 2:15PM 
Seeing Eye to Eye: Use of the Pupillometer for Accurate Pupillary Assessment W 2:15PM 
The PQRST’s of 12 Lead ECG’s with an Electrolyte Twist W 2:15PM 
SvO2/ScVO2: A Vital Piece of the Hemodynamic Puzzle; It's Not Just for Sepsis W 2:15PM 
What’s Up Doc-torate? W 2:15PM 
It's All in the Wrist: Guide to Transradial Cardiac Catheterization W 2:45PMB
Ready for Beacon Award Redesignation W 2:45PMA
Intellectual Property Law and Education: Avoiding Copyright Violations W 2:45PMA
Towel Animals, Gourmet Food and Gift Cards: What Really Improves Patient Experience and HCAHPS W 2:45PMA
Necrotizing Enterocolitis: The Never Ending Challenge for Nurses Caring for Infants W 2:45PMB
There’s an App for That: Best Practices for Learning with the Benefit of Technology W 2:45PMA
Irregular and Common Beat of It All: The Latest in Pharmacological and EP Management of Afib W 2:45PMB
Case Study: Massive Brain Trauma: From Resuscitation through Back to School W 2:45PME
When Childhood Diseases Grow Up W 2:45PMA
Using Evidence to Develop Procedures for Pediatric Acute and Critical Care W 2:45PMB
AKI Is Coming, AKI Is Coming: Boston Beans Beware for the Onslaught of Acute Kidney Injury W 2:45PMI
Sepsis: The Next Core Measure W 2:45PMI
In the Gray Zone: Communicating with Families of Patients Who Are Neurologically Impaired W 2:45PME
Hemodynamic Monitoring: The Way Flo Did It W 2:45PMB
QT Monitoring, Torsade de Pointes and Drugs: Tools for Assessment and Prevention W 2:45PMB
Dare to Be a Bold Leader: Lessons Learned from Past AACN Presidents’ Themes W 2:45PMA
All Stressed Out: Adrenal Insufficiency in Critical Illness W 2:45PME
Dare to Change Practice: Every Alarm Is Actionable W 2:45PMA
What’s Up Doc-torate? W 3:00PM 
Lumbar Drain, Aortic Aneurysms and Paraplegia – What’s the connection? W 3:00PM 
Seeing Eye to Eye: Use of the Pupillometer for Accurate Pupillary Assessment W 3:00PM 
IV Clinical Integration: Improving Work Flow and Patient Outcomes W 3:00PM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant W 3:00PM 
Sepsis & CRRT W 3:00PM 
Dialysis in Critical Care:  Past Present and Future Innovations W 3:00PM 
Every Breath You Take, A Waveform it Makes Capnography -Who, What, When, Where, and Why W 3:00PM 
Best Practice for Inserting Feeding Tubes and Avoiding Complications W 3:00PM 
Save a Life! The Importance of an Early Warning Score System in Your Facility W 3:00PM 
Alarm Management and Nursing Best Practice – Decreasing Alarm Fatigue W 3:00PM 
MAP, PIP, MVe, PEEP, OMG!   The Value of a Ventilator-Monitor Interface for the Bedside Nurse W 3:00PM 
Sounding the Alarm W 3:00PM 
Chest Tubes - Evidence-Based Care of Patients with Chest Tubes W 3:00PM 
Can CRRT Improve Renal Recovery Outcomes? W 3:00PM 
Do No Harm:  Preventing Medical Device-related Pressure Ulcers in Pediatric Patients W 3:00PM 
Current Tools and Guidelines for Early Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis W 3:00PM 
Were This Patient’s Hemodynamic Goals Met? Interactive Case Simulation W 3:00PM 
Therapeutic Hypothermia…Keeping it cool W 3:00PM 
Sink or Swim: New Waves in Fluid Resuscitation W 3:00PM 
Virtual ICU Nurses Partner With Bedside ICU Nurses to Screen for Heart Failure Indicators W 3:00PM 
Drugs Not Hugs:  The Medication Shortage W 3:00PM 
Beep...Beep...Beep: Strategies for Managing Alarm Fatigue W 3:00PM 
President-Elect Opening Address and NTI Premiere W 4:30PMA
NTI Voices, Thursday Th 6:00AMA
Protecting the Barrier: Minimize Critical Risk Factors to Prevent Hospital Acquired Skin Injury Th 8:00AMB
Track and Trigger: Implementing an Early Warning Scoring System in the Progressive Care Unit Th 8:00AMA
Antibiotics and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: A 2013 Update Th 8:00AMA
Improving Nurse-Sensitive Outcomes and Increasing Staff Knowledge Through APN-Led Intentional Rounds Th 8:00AMI
One if by Rhythm and Two if by Blood Pressure: Alarm Fatigue and Patient Safety Th 8:00AMB
Complications After Congenital Heart Surgery: Vocal Cord Paralysis, Diaphragm Paralysis, and Chylothorax Th 8:00AMA
Transfusion Reactions: When the Good Becomes the Ugly Th 8:00AMB
All-in-One Sepsis Program: Improved Mortality, Decreased Costs and Improved Reimbursement Th 8:00AMI
Super High Body Mass Index: Coming Soon to a Critical Care Unit Near You Th 8:00AMA
Mediator Showers Th 8:00AMB
Irregular and Common Beat of It All: The Latest in Pharmacological and EP Management of Afib Th 8:00AMB
Earning Our Keep: Strategies to Optimize and Articulate Outcomes of CNS Practice Th 8:00AMA
Oh the Pain: Paradigms, Pathways and Potentials in Pain Management Th 8:00AMI
Money Matters, Patient Safety Depends on It: Budgeting and Acuity for the ICU Nurse Th 8:00AMA
Necrotizing Enterocolitis: The Never Ending Challenge for Nurses Caring for Infants Th 8:00AMB
Mission Impossible? Making the Case for the Tele-ICU Th 8:00AMA
Price of Labs in the CCU: Physiologic and Economic Implications to Critically Ill Patients Th 8:00AMA
Reducing CAUTIs Using the Larrabee Evidence-Based Practice Model for Change Th 8:00AMB
Current Tools and Guidelines for Early Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis Th 9:15AM 
From Paper to Practice: Integrating a Neonatal Clinical Practice Guideline Using Simulation Th 9:15AM 
What’s HOT in Hemodynamics? Th 9:15AM 
On the Bleeding Edge Th 9:15AM 
Chest Tubes - Evidence-Based Care of Patients with Chest Tubes Th 9:15AM 
What the CBC Really Means:  Understanding and Managing Anemias Th 9:15AM 
Nurse Driven Fluid Optimization Th 9:15AM 
Continuous Non-Invasive Arterial Pressure Monitoring (CNAP) - Safe, Quick, Easy and Effective Th 9:15AM 
A New Warning Sign:  Acute Glucose Variability Th 9:15AM 
Have Bug, Will Travel:  An Infection in Transit Th 9:15AM 
Capnography and Resuscitation Th 9:15AM 
Every Breath You Take, A Waveform it Makes Capnography -Who, What, When, Where, and Why Th 9:15AM 
ICP Waveform Analysis: Is Catching the Perfect Wave Important? Th 9:15AM 
Smart Pumps: Achieving 100% Drug Library Compliance and Averting Medication Errors Th 9:15AM 
Sepsis & CRRT Th 9:15AM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant Th 9:15AM 
Implementing the New PAD Guidelines: Delirium Assessment Th 9:15AM 
Seeing Eye to Eye: Use of the Pupillometer for Accurate Pupillary Assessment Th 9:15AM 
What’s Up Doc-torate? Th 9:15AM 
Hematologic System CCRN/PCCN Review Th 9:15AM 
The Neurological Assessment for the Non-Neuro Nurse; Taking Away the Fear Th 9:15AM 
Still Trying to Get ICU Performance Data from Your Hospital Systems: No Data or Know Data…Knowledge is Power Th 9:15AM 
Effective Communication: It’s a Two Way Street Th 9:15AM 
Write the Headline, Don't Be the Headline: Ethics Pitfalls to Avoid Th 9:15AM 
Patient Safety: Balancing Oxygenation and Ventilation Th 9:15AM 
Isn’t it Time to Incorporate Code-Stat into your Resuscitation Program to Improve Outcomes? Th 9:15AM 
Mitigating the Root Cause of Infection: Biofilm Th 9:15AM 
Optimize your Monitoring:  Riding the Next ECG Wave  Th 9:15AM 
True Collaboration: A Critical Care Team's Response to the Boston Marathon Tragedy Th 10:00AMB
Decreasing Continuous Sedation and Analgesia in a Trauma ICU: One Drop at a Time Th 10:00AMA
Intensive Care for the Rich or Famous Th 10:00AMA
Caring for the Chronic Pain Patient in the Intensive Care Unit Th 10:00AMB
Dare to Engage in the Politics of Healthcare Th 10:00AMB
Critical Care Case Studies in Pediatrics: Manage these Cases Th 10:00AME
Cardiovascular Boot Camp Basic Training Day 4: Cardiovascular Pharmacology Th 10:00AMB
Stress Response and Analgesic and Sedative Agents: Twin-Edged Swords in ICU Care Th 10:00AME
MARS and the Failing Liver: Sending Help from Planet Earth Th 10:00AMI
Beyond the Basic Pacing Functions: What Else Does that Thing Do Th 10:00AMI
Transformational Leadership at the Bedside: Dare to Improve Quality through Innovation and EBP Th 10:00AMB
Treating Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis: What Challenges Might Arise Th 10:00AMB
Radiographic Challenges: Dealing with an Unexpected Finding Th 10:00AME
Assisting Colleagues with Ethics: Become the ACE in the Hole to Combat Moral Distress Th 10:00AMI
Making Sense Out of the Variety of VADs Th 10:00AMI
Endocrine Curbside Consult: Managing Inpatient Insulin Like a Pro Th 10:00AMI
Daredevils: Tackling Tough Issues Impacting APN Practice Th 10:00AMI
Optimizing End-of-Life Care: Nursing Strategies for Enhancing Comfort Around Ventilator Removal Th 10:00AMA
Which Is Scarier in Geriatric Trauma Patients: Physiologic Changes or Pharmacologic Agents Th 10:00AMB
To Air is Human: Care of the Patient with Artificial Airways Th 10:00AMA
Sepsis in Pregnancy: From Cellular Dysfunction to Multisystem Organ Failure Th 10:00AMI
Neurological System CCRN/PCCN Review Th 10:15AM 
Ins and Outs of ICP Monitoring: Transducer Location and Waveform Analysis Th 10:15AM 
What’s Up Doc-torate? Th 10:15AM 
Seeing Eye to Eye: Use of the Pupillometer for Accurate Pupillary Assessment Th 10:15AM 
The PQRST’s of 12 Lead ECG’s with an Electrolyte Twist Th 10:15AM 
IV Clinical Integration: Improving Work Flow and Patient Outcomes Th 10:15AM 
Evidence Based Practice in ICU: Keep it Simple! Th 10:15AM 
Dialysis in Critical Care:  Past Present and Future Innovations Th 10:15AM 
Every Breath You Take, A Waveform it Makes Capnography -Who, What, When, Where, and Why Th 10:15AM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant Th 10:15AM 
Sensory Overload?  Learn How Manage ‘Non-actionable’ Alarms Th 10:15AM 
SHIFT Therapy: A Practical Alternative to CRRT Th 10:15AM 
Frost My Heart:  A Look at Therapeutic Hypothermia Th 10:15AM 
Failure is Not an Option Th 10:15AM 
IAB Counterpulsation – Nothing But the Facts Th 10:15AM 
Breathe Easier…The Growing Case for Capnography and Other Trends Th 10:15AM 
A Breath of Fresh Air:  Reduction of Unplanned Extubation in a Pediatric Medical Intensive Care Unit Th 10:15AM 
Current Tools and Guidelines for Early Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis Th 10:15AM 
Early is Better Than Later: Interactive Case Simulation Th 10:15AM 
Ventilation Secrets: A Guide To Go By Th 10:15AM 
Fecal Containment: Manage Moisture, Contain Contagions Th 10:15AM 
Don’t Let Your Patients Turn Blue! Isn’t it Time You Used EtCO2? Th 10:15AM 
Transform Your Presentation Into a Publication Th 10:15AM 
A Breath of Fresh Air: Tele-ICU & Bedside Partnership to Shorten Ventilator Times Th 10:15AM 
With HIT is Communication Lost in Translation? Th 11:15AM 
Under the Influence: Neruologicaly Induced ECG Changes Th 11:15AM 
Beep...Beep...Beep: Strategies for Managing Alarm Fatigue Th 11:15AM 
Were This Patient’s Hemodynamic Goals Met? Interactive Case Simulation Th 11:15AM 
Broken Hearts:  Care of the Child on a Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) in the CICU, Inpatient Unit, and Transi Th 11:15AM 
Sounding the Alarm Th 11:15AM 
So You Want to be a Flight Nurse Th 11:15AM 
Mechanical Ventilation - The ABCs of Ventilator Modes: Which One to Use & Why? Th 11:15AM 
Nurse Driven Fluid Optimization Th 11:15AM 
Meeting the Clinical Challenges- Prevention of Cross Contamination during Patient Monitoring Th 11:15AM 
Acute Kidney Injury:  Why Is It So Important? Th 11:15AM 
Evidence-Based Blood Gas Management of Severe COPD Patients Th 11:15AM 
Every Breath You Take, A Waveform it Makes Capnography -Who, What, When, Where, and Why Th 11:15AM 
Nutrition Support Therapy in Critically Ill Adult Patients: ASPEN  & SCCM Guidelines Th 11:15AM 
Forget Smart Phones, What You Need are Smart Pumps! Th 11:15AM 
Imagine, Believe, Achieve Infinite Possibilities as a Legal Nurse Consultant Th 11:15AM 
Sepsis & CRRT Th 11:15AM 
Seeing Eye to Eye: Use of the Pupillometer for Accurate Pupillary Assessment Th 11:15AM 
What’s Up Doc-torate? Th 11:15AM 
Lumbar Drain, Aortic Aneurysms and Paraplegia – What’s the connection? Th 11:15AM 
Managing Cerebral Spinal Fluid: Ventricular and Lumbar Drainage Th 11:15AM 
Cultural Variations at the End-of-Life Th 11:45AMA
It Takes a Village: Care for a Patient Suffering from Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Th 11:45AMA
Asthma—The Pulmonary Nightmare: Assessment, Ventilator Graphics and Mechanism-Based Care Th 11:45AME
Take a Deep Breath and Count to 10: Management of the Lung Transplant Patient Th 11:45AMA
Reimbursement: Update for the Advanced Practice Nurse Th 11:45AMB
Endpoints of Resuscitation: Meeting the Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of Shock Th 11:45AMI
I'll Drink to That: Caring for Patients with Alcohol-Related Critical Illness Th 11:45AMA
Treating Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis: What Challenges Might Arise Th 11:45AMB
Navigating Nutrition: Providing Optimal Nutritional Support in the ICU Th 11:45AMA
Dare to Walk Your Patient with a Clot: Care of Patients with DVT and PE Th 11:45AMB
Freedom from Ventilation: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Ventilator Liberation Th 11:45AMA
What's Hot and What's Not in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Th 11:45AMI
Progressive Care Roundtable: Successes and Challenges of Caring for Patients on the Brink of ICU Th 11:45AMA
Rhythms of Life: Nursing Care of the Electrophysiology Managed Patient Th 11:45AMI
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