On-site Resources
AACN Bookstore
Sponsored by Mary Washington Hospital/MediCorp Health System
See the latest products AACN has to offer in the largest acute and critical care
bookstore ever assembled in one place. Walk through over 4,000 square feet and see
300 different titles ranging from clinical to administrative, from educator's materials
to evidence-based practice. It will be the perfect chance to browse through the resources
you've been thinking of buying for your own personal growth or to build your unit's
library. And don't forget to pick up a gift for someone in your unit from our large
selection of recognition products. If you don't want to carry all of those heavy
items home, there are computer workstations located in the bookstore where you can
order anything you see at NTI from the AACN Online Bookstore with FREE shipping!
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AACN Information Center
Sponsored by ADVANCE Newsmagazine
The AACN Information Center is staffed by a team dedicated to providing assistance
and information to conference attendees. You will find the answer to all of your
AACN-related questions in the AACN Resource Center, located in Halls F1-F2. We field
questions about everything from Scantron forms to shuttle buses, and if we don't
know the answers, rest assured we will dig until we find them. This comprehensive
information hub is staffed by experts in all facets of the association and includes
the AACN Bookstore, membership materials, practice resources, chapter and volunteer
opportunities, and much more.
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AACN Publications
AACN publishes evidence-based interdisciplinary knowledge for high-acuity and critical
care professionals. Stop by our booth in the Exhibit Hall or our booth in the Resource
Center to experience our research journal, the American Journal of Critical Care, our
clinical journal, Critical Care Nurse, our monthly newsletter, AACN News, and our
advanced practice quarterly, AACN Advanced Critical Care. Chat with editors Kathleen
Dracup, Peter Morris, and Grif Alspach. Give us your opinions and take a short survey
for a chance at winning an iPod nano.
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Beacon Award
The Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence, created to celebrate and recognize
excellence in progressive and critical care nursing units across the United States,
is the driving force for the Beacon Web site.
The Beacon Web site contains information and tools to assist units on their journey
to excellence.
Available on the site are:
- Audit tools to be used for benchmarking where your unit may stand in its quest for
excellence
- Complete instructions on how to open and work in the online application
- FAQs answering many questions about the award and the criteria
- Reference resources
- Journey products
Taking the Beacon Journey to Excellence strengthens the very best acute and critical
care nursing, supporting optimal patient outcomes and healthy work environments.
Please visit the Beacon Award at www.aacn.org/beacon.
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CE Computers
The CE Computer area at NTI allows participants to enter their attended sessions
and events for continuing education credits. The participants can either plan out
their activities and enter all the sessions at once, or enter the sessions into
the CE Computers after they attend the sessions. The CE Computers will consolidate
all of the entered sessions into a final certificate that can be printed out. AACN
will also make the certificate available (for printing only) on the AACN Web site
after the conference.
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Certification Oasis
Sponsored by Clarian Health Partners in partnership with
AACN Certification Corporation
The Certification Oasis provides ACNPC, ACNP, CCNS, CCRN, PCCN, CMC and CSC certified
nurses and CCRN Alumni with a place to catch a quiet moment between sessions and
enjoy light refreshments and conversation with colleagues. Individuals interested
in attaining certification are welcome to stop in and speak with representatives
of AACN Certification Corporation about our certification and renewal programs and
other questions you may have about certification.
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Chapter Booth
The Host Chapter Booth will have the official NTI T-shirt for sale, manages Lost
& Found, and can answer questions about the Chicago area. There is much to enjoy
at this year's meeting, and if there is anything we can do to help, please stop
by our booth and ask.
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Cyber Cafe and Internet Message Center
Sponsored by Monster
Check your e-mail, communicate with those at home or the office, or get up-to-the-minute
NTI information in this Internet and e-mail communications center.
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Message Center
The Message Center will be staffed during NTI with an operator who will take messages and
input them into a computer system that can be accessed by all NTI attendees. We will provide
the Message Center number shortly. We recommend that you leave this number, in addition to
your hotel information, with your family in case of an emergency. There will be no paging in
the convention center, so please check for messages regularly.
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PDA Center
You will find everything you need for your clinical practice at the AACN PDA Center.
From the latest in devices, to thousands of software applications, the choice is
always yours. Explore your favorite clinical references and drug guides, plus much,
much more! Once you explore and use a PDA in your daily practice, you'll wonder
how you ever got along without one.
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Registration
Any questions regarding your registration, this is the place to be. Our knowledgeable
staff will answer your registration question, get you registered for the conference,
sign you up for a second sunrise session or purchase an extra Participant-Exhibitor
Event ticket. If you didn't receive your badge and tickets in the mail prior to
the conference, we have them here.
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Self-Study Pavilion
In addition to general preconferences, concurrent and mastery sessions, the popular
Self-Study Pavilion offers a unique way to experience NTI and earn continuing nursing
education credit through independent self-study. The Pavilion is comprised of two
areas:
- E-Learning and Mobile Resources Lab
Step into the new E-Learning and Mobile Resources Lab, where you will experience
many of AACN's e-learning resources such as Basic ECG, Essentials of Critical Care
Orientation (ECCO), and Essentials of Nurse Manager Orientation (ENMO) courseware.
You'll also explore more than 30 audio/slide CD-ROM presentations by NTI speakers,
certification review courses, NTI posters and more.
And learn all about how Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and iPod mobile devices
enable you to enjoy AACN video and CD ROM resources on the go, to meet your mobile
and media-rich learning needs. Plus, explore dozens of nurse-focused PDA software
programs using a "virtual" PDA that functions just like an actual device.
- Independent Study Lab and Library
Relax in the library while studying over 100 AACN educational catalog resources,
including books, audio CDs and clinical simulation CD-ROMs.
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Audio Resources for Sale
If you were unable to attend a session or just want to bring a piece of NTI home
to a colleague, visit the Audio Visual Management booth to purchase audio resources
of most sessions. (Located outside the Resource Center)
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