Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 (total contact hours 5.25)

8:00am–4:00pm Registration
8:00am–1:00pm Poster Setup
1:00pm–4:00pm Pre-conference Workshops (3 contact hours)
1:00pm–2:00pm NICHE Coordinator Workshop
"Leading NICHE! Building and Sustaining Support" Northeast Hospitals' Leadership Strategies: Panel discussion on how to successfully influence CNO's, Directors and Board Members to jump start and hard wire your NICHE journey.

Moderator: Michael Tarmey, MS, RN Director of Clinical Operations Inpatient Behavioral Health

Panel Members:
Shirley Conway, RN, MSN, MBA, BC, LNHA, Director of Inpatient Geriatric Initiatives, NICHE Program and Senior Adult Unit Gregory A. Bird, RN, MS, Sr. VP for Patient Care Services & Chief Nursing Officer Steven Gillespie, MD Medical Director Geriatric Steering Committee, Senior Adult Unit, Palliative Care Consult Service and ECT Program Fay E. Curtis, MS, RN, Director of Acute Care Services Nancy Palmer, Chairwoman, Northeast Hospital Corporation
2:00pm–3:00pm GRN Workshops (open to all)
2:00pm–3:00pm "Navigating NICHE: A Guide for GRNs" Cindy Nigolian, RN, MS, CS, Clinical Administrator, NICHE
3:00pm–4:00pm "Communication Tune Up: The Elderspeak Challenge" Kristine Williams, RN, PhD, FNP-BC, FGSA, University of Kansas
4:00pm–4:15pm Break
4:30pm–5:15pm Keynote Presentation "NICHE: Impact in Collaboration and Outcome Now and in the Future" (.75 contact hours)
Jennie Chin Hansen, RN, MSN, FAAN
CEO, American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
5:15pm–6:30pm NICHE Induction Ceremony: Welcome New Sites
6:30pm–8:00pm Reception/Poster Session (1.5 contact hours)

Thursday, March 8, 2012 (total contact hours 6.25)

7:00am–3:15pm Registration
7:00am–8:00am Continental Breakfast
8:00am–8:15am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Marie Boltz, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, Associate Director, Practice, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Assistant Professor, NYU College of Nursing
8:15am–9:15am Keynote Presentation (1 contact hour)
“Nursing Leadership, Public Policy and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) related to Care of Older Adults”
Alice Bonner, PhD, GNP
Director, Division of Nursing Homes Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
9:15am–10:30am Site Innovations: Transitional Care (1.25 contact hours)

"The Transitional Care Nurse Program" Katherine Sanderson RN, Deborah Borowske DNP, MSN, RN, GCNS-BC, Southwest General Health Center
  "Risk Stratification and Community Outreach, Removing Boundaries in the Care of Seniors in the PCU" Eileen Manniste, RN, BSN, Patrice Del Grosso, RN, MSN, Catherine Branton, MS, ARNP, CMSRN, Bonnie Petrie, LCSW, Broward Health/Imperial Point Medical Center
  "Using the Electronic Medical Record to Identify Seniors at High Risk for Readmission" and "Transition in Care: Effect of in-home Assessment to Joint Replacement on Length of Stay" Patti Pagel, MSN, RN, GCNS-BC, Aurora Health Care
10:30am–11:00am Break
11:00am–12:15pm Site Innovations: Family-Centered Care (1.25 contact hours)

"Assessing the Feasibility of a Volunteer Feeding Assistance Program (SPOONS) for Hospitalized Older Adults: A Retrospective Analysis" Kellie Flood MD, Sara Savage, OT/L University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

"Ethnogeriatric Care at the Bedside: Cultural Ambassadors at Meridian Health" Linda Hassler, RN, MS, GCNS-BC, Darryl Hughes, Manager, Cultural Diversity, Meridian Health
  "A Patient Care Unit Designed for the Unique Needs of the Older Adult" Julie Lundvick, RN-BC, BSN, CDE , Nancy Crowe, RN-BC, BSN, Saint Mary’s Health Care
12:15pm–1:15pm Lunch
12:15pm–1:15pm Non-Members Introduction to NICHE Lunch
1:15pm–2:30pm Breakout Sessions (1.25 contact hours)

Track 1: Critical Care Workshop "Are Nurses Confused About Delirium Assessment?"
Jackie Meunier RN, MSN, CCRN Clinical Nurse Specialist. Critical Care & Telemetry, Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy

Track 2: Oncology Workshop
"Caring for Hospitalized Older Adults with Chemotherapy-Associated Toxicities"
Diane Cope, PhD
Oncology Nurse Practitioner, Florida Cancer Specialists
2:30pm–3:00pm Break
3:00pm-4:30pm Canadian Flag graphic"The Elder Friendly Hospital: Canadian Hospitals Respond to an Aging Population" (1.50 contact hours)
Belinda Parke RN, MScN, GNC(C), PhD, Past President of the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association, Nurse Researcher in Elder-Friendly Initiatives, Assistant Professor at University of Alberta
4:30pm-5:30pm NICHE Coordinator Business Meeting

Friday, March 9, 2012 (total contact hours 5)

7:00am–8:00am Continental Breakfast
8:00am–8:45am Keynote Presentation (.75 contact hours)
“Delirium in critically ill elders: Family-centered approaches”
Marquis [Mark] D. Foreman, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Chairperson, Adult Health and Gerontological Nursing, Rush University College of Nursing
8:45am–9:00am Poster Awards
9:00am–10:15m Site Innovations: Care of the Critically-ill Older Adult (1.25 contact hour)

"Engaging GRN’s in Clinical Research" Christine Hedges, RN, PhD, ACNS-BC-Meridian Ann May Center for Nursing

"Acuity Adaptable Care Delivery Model" Kristy Todd, MSN, FNP-BC, RN-BC, Saint Mary's Health Care

"It's Impossible! Opening the Geriatric Emergency Department in Four Months" Janet Duffy Dionne, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, Garrick Shawn Ullrich, RN, BSN, CEN, Beverly White, RN, MSN, CEN, Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
10:15am–10:45am Break
10:45am–11:45m Site Innovations: Care of the Critically-ill Older Adult (1.0 contact hour)

"Multi-Factorial Fall Prevention Intervention Targeting Older Adults Admitted to an Inpatient Vascular Surgery Unit" Toni Gaston, RN, BSN, and Kathryn Jackson, RN, MSN, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

"Implementing Therapeutic Activity During Continuous Observation" Christine Waszynski, RN, MSN, GNP-BC, APRN, Patty Veronneau, RN,BS, MSN, Karyn Therrien, RN, MSN, Hartford Hospital
11:45am–12:45pm Lunch
12:45pm–1:15pm NICHE Research Update
1:15pm–2:15pm Disaster Preparedness: Lessons From Katrina (1 contact hour)
David Brennan, Tere Crouchet, Ochsner Medical Center
2:15pm–3:15pm Endnote Presentation (1 contact hour)
"Geriatric Nursing: Past, Present, Future"
Kathleen Fletcher, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, FAAN
Director of Senior Services and Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Virginia Health Systems
3:15pm–3:30pm Continue your journey home with a special New Orleans treat!
Look for 2012 NICHE Conference Newsletter for updates!