3rd Annual Bone Marrow Failure Conference:
Diagnostic and Treatment Issues for Nurses
Chaired by Joan Latsko, 
MSN, CRNP, AOCNP
Western Pennsylvania Hospital and
Cancer Institute
Application has been made for 8.25 contact hours to the ONS Approver Unit. ONS is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Held in conjunction with the 2008 AA&MDSIF Patient and Family Conference
Saturday, July 26, 2008, in Washington, D.C.
Join your nursing colleagues from across the country who want to learn more about bone marrow failure and their treatments.
Agenda
Saturday, July 26, 2008
| Breakfast | 8:15 am - 9:00 am | | |
Conference Welcome
Christin Engelhardt and Joan Latsko, MSN, CRNP, AOCNP | 9:00am - 9:15 am | | |
Session I: Clinical Features of Pediatric and Adult Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes and Approved Therapies
Joan Latsko, MSN, CRNP, AOCNP | 9:15am - 12:00 pm (break from 10:30 am - 10:45 am) | | 2.5 CEUs |
| Lunch | 12:00 pm- 12:45 pm | | |
Session II: An Overview of Clinical Trials for Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome Patients
Barbara Weinstein, RN, BSN, CCRP | 12:45 pm- 1:00 pm | | .25 CEUs |
Session III: Treating Complications of Transfusions, Including Iron Overload
Susan Carson, RN, MSN, CPNP | 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm | | 1.25 CEUs |
| Break | 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm | | |
Session IV: Learning How to Die Well: Hospice and Palliative Care
Nerice Kaufman, MA, MDiv, LMFT | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | | 1 CEU |
Session V: The Nurse and the Caretaker: Celebrating the Patient's Life
Nerice Kaufman, MA, MDiv, LMFT | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | | 1 CEU |
| Break | 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm | | |
Session VI: Getting Patients Their Prescribed Medications: Insurance Coverage and Prescription Assistance Programs
Maria Hardin | 4:45 pm - 5:45 pm | | 1 CEU |
| Break | 5:45 pm - 6:00 pm | | |
| Case Studies and Discussion (Working Dinner) | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | | 1 CEU |
| Evaluation | | | .25 CEU |
Please remember to turn your evaluation in to Christin Engelhardt or another staff member in order to get your CEU certificate. You MUST make sure that your name is checked off the list in order to receive the certificate later.
