The UNAP will host its bi-annual Professional Issues Conference on Monday, September 20 at the RI Convention Center. To register, click here. Over 200 Registered Nurses and other health care workers are expected to attend the conference, which will feature presentations and workshops related to health policy, clinical practice, and other professional issues, including the following topics:
- Empowering caregivers at the bedside
- Multi-disciplinary Care of Breast Cancer
- Medical malpractice & professional liability
- Shift work, excessive hours and sleep disorders
- “Greening” health care
- Understanding federal health care reform
- Difficult patients & dysfunctional families
- Disaster relief and international service
- Bedside Manners: A play about MD-RN relations
The conference is pending approval of 5.5 contact hours by RISNA/ANCC Commission on Accreditation. Certificates will be awarded upon completion of the program. The cost of the conference -- including materials, lunch, and CEUs -- is $50 for UNAP members and $90 for non-members. For more information and to register, click here.