Louisiana Organization for Associate Degree Nursing

17th Annual Convention

 

Louisiana Nursing: A Melting Pot of People and Roles

 

Delgado Community College

Charity School of Nursing

March 16, 2007

 

8:00 – 8:30      Registration                                                                          

8:30 – 9:00      Welcome                                                                                

                        Susan Schaff, L-OADN President

                                Dr. Alex Johnson, Chancellor, Delgado Community College

 

                                Awards

                                Patricia Smart, MN, RN, L-OADN Secretary                                                

 

9:00 – 10:15    Keynote Address                                                                                        

                                Beyond The Golden Rule: Navigating the Promise of Diversity

Dottie F. Reese, MPH, MSW, CDP                  

                                DMM & Associates, LLC

 

10:15 – 10:45  Break- Posters & Exhibits

10:45 – 12:00  Student Session:                                                                   

                                How to Pass NCLEX® the First Time

                                Marlene Hurst, RN

                                Hurst Review Systems, Inc.

 

10:45–11:30    RNs:

                        Inside the College Classroom: Addressing Academic Incivility                               

                                Edna Hull, PhD, RN

                                Our Lake of the Lake College

 

                                New Ideas for Integrating Alternative and Complementary Therapy for Active Student Learning

                                Ramona Guin, MSN, RN, CLNC, SANE

                                Katherine Schubert, MSN, RN

                                Louisiana Tech University

 

11:30 - 1:00    RNs LUNCH & L-OADN Business Meeting                                

12:00 – 1:00    Students- LUNCH                                                                

1:00 – 2:00      General Session:                                                                   

                                Healthcare Issues on a National and State Level

                                Donita Qualey, MN, RN, N-OADN President

 

2:00 – 2:15      Break- Posters & Exhibits

 

2:15 – 3:15      Focus Sessions:                                                                     

                                The Facts Are In: Taking Care of You is Good for Your Health!

                                Claudia H. Gordon, MN, RN, MFT

                                Marriage and Family Therapist, Private Practice

                                                                                                               

Developing & Implementing a Core-Content Curriculum:                       

How to Reduce Lecturing While Bringing Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving, and Application into the Nursing Classroom

Marlene Hurst, MSN, RN                                                                                  

                               

                                Sexual Assault and Interpersonal Violence Screening:  The Importance of Raising Staff                                   Awareness of Assessing All Patients for Abuse                                                                     

                                Joan “Ecoee” Rooney, RN, MSN, SANE-A

                                University Hospital

 

                                Horizontal Violence: Feeding Our Young Instead of Eating Our Young

                                Andrew Mahoney, RN, SANE, University Hospital

 

                                Forensic Nursing

                                Ramona Guin, MSN, RN, CLNC, SANE                                                                         

                               

3:15 – 4:15      Focus Sessions:                                                                     

                                From the Bedside to the Boardroom

                                Paolo Zambito, RN,BS, MHA, Chief Executive Officer, Ochsner-Kenner

 

EJGH: Louisiana’s First Magnet Hospital                                                   

                                Janice Kishner, RN, Chief Operating Officer, Nurse Executive                

 

                                The Organ and Tissue Donation Process                                                        

                                Margo Stouse, LCSW

 

                                Building Your Clinical Library                                                                       

                        Kim Uddo, MN, RN

 

4:15 – 4:30      Evaluation/CE Certificates