ARIZONA SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY NURSES AND ASSOCIATES

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29H ANNUAL ASGNA FALL CONFERENCE

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2008

The Buttes Resort

2000 Westcourt Way

Tempe, Arizona 85282

 

General Sessions will be held in the Amphitheater. Exhibits and lunch will be in the Hopi 1 – 2 Rooms.

PARKING:
Valet: available @ $5.00/day ($10.00 overnight)
Self-parking: drive past hotel, to the right, follow signs to conference parking. Small lot available near the conference entrance, if full, continue to the larger lot, down the hill

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

ASGNA Member:  $80.00
Certified ASGNA Member:  $70.00
Non-member:  $130.00
Certified non-member:  $120.00

Name: _______________________________
  
Address: _____________________________
  
             _____________________________
  
Phone: ______________________________

NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN

MAIL-IN DEADLINE: Postmarked
October 15, 2008

NO REGISTRATION AT THE DOOR

METHOD OF PAYMENT

Check _____
Money Order _____
Employer _____________________________
Employer Fax #: _______________________

Make Check or Money Order Payable to: ASGNA

Mail to:
Linda Waterson
8627 W. Willow Ave.
Peoria, AZ 85381
     
     

AGENDA
         
Registration and Continental Breakfast 0700-0730
       
Welcome/Business Meeting 0730-0815
  Cheryl Phillips, RN, CGRN
  Linda Dupree, RN, CGRN		    
       
Safe Sedation Innovation in Nurse/Endoscopist Team Delivered Sedation 0815-0945
  Patricia Sturt, RN, MSN, CEN    
     
Vendors and Refreshments 0945-1115
     
High Resolution Manometry 1115-1215
  Sierra Scientific Educator, TBA    
       
Lunch and
Cook Endoscopy Scholarship		 1215-1330
       
Food Allergies 1330-1430
  C. Allan Pratt, MD    
       
Small Bowel Disease:  Capsule 1430-1530
Endoscopy and Balloon Enteroscopy    
  Janice M. Santisi, RN    
       
Break 1530-1545
       
C. Difficile: An Overview 1545 -1645
  Lynn M. Carosella, RN, BSN, MA, CIC    
       
Evaluations and Certificates 1645-1700

Breakfast, Lunch and Breaks will be provided. This program, if approved will provide a total of 5.5 CEUs, all GI Specific

  

ASGNA 29th ANNUAL FALL
CONFERENCE

OBJECTIVES: Attendee will be able to:

Discuss current GI sedation drugs and the category of sedation.
Discuss legal view of GI sedation practices.
Describe the relationship between food allergy and EGID.
Define differences between standard esophageal manometry and high resolultion manometry (HRM).
Identify practical applications of HRM.
List signs and symptoms of food allergies.
Discuss current treatment options for food allergies.
State three risk factors for C. difficile diarrhea.
List three diagnostic tests and 3 infection control measures for C. difficile.
State two treatment options for CDAD.
Discuss indications, technology and patient instructions for capsule Endoscopy.
Discuss indications and technology of balloon enteroscopy.

FACULTY

Patty Sturt, RN, MSN, CEN
Director of SJB Emergency Department

Sierra Scientific Educator, to be announced
 
C. Allan Pratt, MD, M.P. H.
Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Anchorage, AK
 
Janice M. Santisi, RN
Consultant, Olympus America, Given Imaging

Lynn M. Carosella, RN, BSN, MA, CIC
Infection Control Practitioner
Scottsdale Healthcare