Conference Date & Time

• Saturday, November 9, 2024
• 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Location

Providence Willamette Falls Community Center
519 15th St., Oregon City, OR 97045

Target Audience

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) and RNs are welcome. A great opportunity for all Clinical Nurse Specialists in the Pacific Northwest.

Registration & Info

Registration is open and available until Nov. 1, 2024

Registration Fees - includes a light breakfast and lunch

• $125 - non-members
• $100 - ONA/OCCNS/NPO/ANA members (make sure to log in!)
• $75 - nursing students (please contact PK at Troope@OregonRN.org for details on how to get this rate)

If you have questions please contact PK Troope at Troope@OregonRN.org.

Keynote Speaker

Rick Bassett, MSN, RN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CCRN, FCNS
President-Elect National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists

Rick Bassett is an Adult Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist for St. Luke’s Health System (SLHS). He obtained his MSN from Idaho State University in 2009 and is certified as a Critical Care Nurse (CCRN) through the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), board certified as an Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist through the American Nurses Credentialing Center, licensed as an Advance Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in Idaho and was recently inducted into the NACNS CNSI Fellowship. Click here to read more on the NACNS website

Schedule & Sessions

• 0700-0800, Registration/Breakfast
• 0800-0815, Welcome
• 0815-0915, Keynote by Rick Bassett: Excellence through Synergy: Enhancing the Impact of the APRN Role Through Innovation and Collaboration
• 0915-1015, Managing Neurocognitive Disorders and Behavior Disturbance 
• 1015-1030, Break
• 1030-1130, Cannabis and Your Patients’ Health
• 1130-1200, Poster Breakout Session
• 1200-1245, Lunch
• 1245-1345, Ketamine in the ICU: New Insights and Application
• 1345-1445, Inpatient Management of Adult DKA
• 1445-1500, Break
•  1500-1600, Dermatology Essentials 
• 1600-1700, Scrubbing Away Superbugs: How Nurses are MVPs in the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance!
• 1700-1710, Closing Remarks
  
• 1710-1730, OCCNS & NACNS Oregon Affiliate Meeting for CNSs and CNS Students
  
   

Continuing Education

Total contact hours TBD. Pharmacology and poster contact hours included!

Oregon Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.