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FL-GAPNA Annual Conference "Leading the way in Caring for the Older Adult"

Renaissance Orlando Airport Hotel
5445 Forbes Place
Orlando, FL 32812

Friday, April 29, 2016 at 3:00pm ET - Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 5:30pm ET
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Posted by The Florida Chapter of GAPNA

5445 Forbes Place, Orlando, FL 32812

Info

Topic

11.5 contact hours relating to the older adult, plus 2 Product Theaters

Speaker(s)

7 speakers. Brochure for complete description and registration to be posted in January

Credits Offered

This event offers 11.5 CEU credits to attendees.
Accreditation Info: MorseLife Health Systems #50-2001.

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Additional Information

What are we offering?
  • 11.5 CEU Credits!  Including 1.5 hour presentation on Friday at 4:30 pm.  
  • Bring in Post -test For Florida Law and Rules... to receive 2.0 hour CE 
  • 1.0 for Poster review total for conference. 
  • Friday Reception with Poster Presentations & Exhibits
  • Product Theaters: Friday Dinner & Saturday Lunch
  • Saturday Breakfast during Exhibits and Poster Presentations
  • Afternoon break on Saturday 
  • Register on or before March 15th to save & have a chance to win a $100.00 Visa card door prize.
  • Attend Friday and be eligible to win a $100.00 Visa card.

Hotel: A Block of Rooms for "FL-GAPNA" will be held at: Renaissance Orlando Airport Hotel 5445 Forbes Place Orlando, FL 32812 

Room rate $109.00 plus tax until April 15, 2016

CE: A total of 11.5 contact hours have been applied through MorseLife Health Syatems, an approved provider of continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Commission on Accreditation.


Registration Refund and Cancellation Policy

No refunds for cancelations will be honored.

Event Agenda

FL-GAPNA Annual Conference "Leading the way in Caring for the Older Adult"

Event Agenda

Friday, April 29, 2016 at 3:00pm ET - Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 5:30pm ET

All times listed in Eastern Time (US & Canada).
Download event agenda (PDF)

Friday, April 29, 2016

  • 3:00pm - 4:15pm

    Registration/Exhibits/Posters & Florida Law and Rules That Govern The Practice of Nursing Rules

    N/A
    3.0 CE Credits

    Law and Rules turned in Post-test at the registration table. We will send the post- test with attendance sheets to our CE Provider. Poster credit 1.0 hour total for Friday and Saturday.

  • 4:15pm - 4:30pm

    Welcome – Door Prize

    Lori Cruger, MSN, GNP-BC

    This is the Friday night attendee door prize.

  • 4:30pm - 6:00pm

    When is the Time to Start End of Life Discussions?

    Joseph Shega, MD
    1.5 CE Credits

    This will be a really comprehensive presentation covering a discussion we as providers have had to have with clients and families.

  • 6:00pm - 7:15pm

    Reception/ Exhibits/Posters

    N/A

    Open bar with two free drink tickets, butler service hors d'oeurvres, exhibitors around perimeter of ballroom with connection to the poster room.

  • 7:30pm - 9:00pm

    New Therapeutic Option for IBS/CIC Constipation

    Supported by: Allergan

    Dinner Product Theater Non CE

  • 9:00pm - 11:00pm

    Connections

    N/A

    More networking. Learn more about becoming a member of GAPNA

Saturday, April 30, 2016

  • 7:00am - 8:15am

    Registration/ Breakfast with Exhibitors & Posters

    N/A

    Breakfast in center of ballroom. Walk and eat while you talk with exhibitors and poster presenters. This will be you last chance to get your vendor card signed off!

  • 8:15am - 8:20am

    Welcome & Introduction of Keynote Speaker

    Jo Ann Fisher, MSN, FNP-BC

    Early Bird door prize will be presented

  • 8:20am - 9:50am

    One Truth

    Leonard Hock, DO
    1.5 CE Credits

    Dr Hock presented at our 2014 conference and was one of our most popular speakers. There were so many questions we are giving him more time this year!

  • 9:50am - 10:00am

    Break – Early Bird Door Prize

    Jo Ann Fisher

  • 10:00am - 11:30am

    Current Update on Advanced Practice Nursing: A Legal Perspective

    Gregory Chaires ESQ
    1.5 CE Credits

    One of our most dynamic and popular speakers. We had to stop all of the questions at the last convention, so we gave him more time this year.

  • 11:30am - 12:50pm

    Lunch Product Theater- Non CE

    Supported by: Janssen

    A New Paradigm in Diabetes Management with Invokana

  • 12:55pm - 1:55pm

    JNC-8: A Practical Guide to the Newest Hypertension Guidelines

    Rick Foley, PharmD, CPh, CGP, BCPP, FASCP
    1.0 CE Credit

    This speaker will keep you awake after lunch!
    Moderator Karen Jones, MSN, FNP-BC

  • 2:00pm - 3:00pm

    The Nutritionally Compromised Client- What Really Works

    Kathy Nelson, RD, LD/N
    1.0 CE Credit

    Another sometimes difficult to manage medical problem with older adults.
    Moderator Barbara B. Phillips, DNS, GNP-BC

  • 3:00pm - 3:25pm

    Break – Door Prize – Poster Winner

    Poster Awards Chair Marva Edwards-Marshall, DNP, ANP

    Lemon Spritzers are back along with pretzels and strawberries. Please get back into the classroom quickly so that we can recognize our poster presenters. Door Prize is free registration to the Florida Gulf Coast GAPNA Conference 2017

  • 3:25pm - 4:25pm

    Treatment Recommendations for Geriatric Patients with Diabetes

    Bridget M. Broxton FNP-C, CDE, CWCN
    1.0 CE Credit

    Diabetes was a requested topic in the evaluations from our conference in 2014.
    Moderator Madetric Wood, MSN, APRN, GNBC, CDONA, LTC

  • 4:30pm - 5:30pm

    The Entrepreneurial NP-NP Owned Business Model

    Madetric N. Wood, MSN, APRN, GNBC, CDONA LTC
    1.0 CE Credit

    Hear what the president of FL-GAPNA has been doing successfully for several years.