Greater Twin Cities Area Chapter-AACN
Gina Mikish
2440 119th Court NE Unit D
Blaine, MN 55449
Register online at www.gtcac.org
Greater Twin Cities Area Chapter
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
2015 Fall Symposium
Doubletree St Louis Park
1500 Park Place Blvd St Louis Park MN
October 22 & 23, 2015
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE - ballroom
Thursday, October 22, 2015
0700-0720 Registration
0720-0730 Welcome and Introductions
0730-0900 Hypothermia In Pediatric Traumatic
Brain Injury-Jeff Nowak MD
0845-0900 2015 Non-Profit Focus
Ronald McDonald House
0900-1015 Sepsis Update-Cameron Berg MD
1015-1045 Break & Vendors
1045-1200 Sticky Business: Impaired Skin Integrity
Under Medical Adhesives – Did You
Cause It? – Beth LaVelle PhD, RN
1200-1245 Lunch & Vendors
1245-1400 Biventricular Pacemakers
Jeff Schulz MD
1400-1430 Break & Vendors
1430-1545 What Every Nurse Should Know About
Health Care Reform – Lori Ewoldt MA, RN
Friday, October 23, 2015
0700-0720 Registration
0720-0730 Welcome and Introduction
0730-0900 Inside the Black Box: Linking Pathophysiology Technology, & Treatment –
Mary Kay Bader MS, RN
0900-1015 New Advances in Reattachments of
Extremities - Jonathan McCue MD
1015-1045 Break & Vendors
1045-1200 Recognizing and Preventing Drug Diversion
Dale Pfimmer MS, RN
1200-1245 Lunch
1245-1400 Stroke Update – Mary Kay Bader MS, RN
1400-1430 Break
1430-1545 Delirium: Pharmacological Impact
on Incidence & Treatment – Uyen Dinh,
PharmD
NON-PROFIT SUPPORT PROJECT
CCRN/PCCN REVIEW COURSE
Nicole Kupchik CCNS, CCRN, PCCN
Thursday, October 22, 2015
0700 – 0725 Registration
0730 – 0745 Certification Overview
0745 - 0915 Endocrine
0915 - 0930 Break
0930 – 1100 Renal
1100 – 1200 Cardiovascular
1200 – 1245 Lunch
1245 – 1330 Cardiovascular
1330 – 1345 Break
1345 – 1545 Cardiovascular
1545 – 1600 Break
1600 – 1700 Hemodynamics
Friday, October 23, 2015
0700 – 0725 Registration
0730 – 0930 Neurology
0930 – 0945 Break
0945 – 1200 Pulmonology
1200 – 1245 Lunch
1245 – 1400 GI
1400 – 1415 Hematology, Immunology,
Multisystem
Register on-line at www.gtcac.org
Each year, GTCAC-AACN has contributed funds to a local organization. This year we have chosen to contribute to Ronald
McDonald, a non-profit federally-designated organization who that act as a place to stay for families with hospitalized
children who are receiving treatment. Ronald McDonald's Houses provide over 7,200 bedrooms to families around the world
each night, with an estimated value of $257 million in lieu of hotel costs.
The Pop Tab Collection Program has been established to allow individuals and businesses to collect soda pop tabs from
aluminum cans and donate them to their local RMHC Chapter or Ronald McDonald's House. RMHC Chapters use the
money received from recycling the tabs to help offset operational expenses or to sponsor or support programs. Please
bring your pop tabs to the symposium to contribute to Ronald McDonald’s House.
2015 FALL SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION
You can register online at www.gtcac.org or return the following form by mail.
1. PRINT YOUR NAME, CREDENTIALS AND EMPLOYER NAME, CITY AND STATE AS YOU WISH THEM TO APPEAR ON YOUR BADGE
I am an: RN______ Entry-Level RN Student______ Other: _____
First Name: _________________________ Last Name: ____________________________________ Credentials: ____________________
Home Mailing Address: _________________________________ City: ________________________ State: _________ Zip: ___________
Employer Name (or name of school): _____________________________________________________________________________________
Employer Address: ____________________________________ City: ________________________ State: _________ Zip: ___________
Phone: __________________________________
E-mail Address: _____________________________________________ RN License Number: __________________ State: ____________
AACN number (if applicable): ____________________
2. SELECT YOUR REGISTRATION CATEGORY
⨪ Two-Day Conference -or- ⨪ Daily Indicate the day(s) attending:
Register By October 1st and SAVE!
By Oct 1
EARLY BIRD
⨪ Oct 22 ⨪ Oct 23
After Oct 1
REGULAR
Oct 22
ON-SITE
General (non-member)
1-Day
2-Day
$145
$260
$155
$290
$160
$310
AACN Member*
1-Day
2-Day
$130
$240
$145
$260
$155
$280
GTCAC Member**
1-Day
2-Day
$120
$220
$135
$240
$145
$260
Student (undergrad)***
1-Day
2-Day
$45
$80
$55
$100
$65
$120
*Member Discount available to members of AACN. A copy of AACN card must accompany registration.
**Member Discount available to members of both AACN and GTCAC (local chapter).
Conference Fee: $_____________
***Student Discount available to undergraduates only. Must show student I.D.
Optional Membership Fee:$_____________
3. SELECT SESSIONS
(see below)
Conference Total: $___________
Oct 22
Oct 23
General Session
CCRN Review Session
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4. REGISTER ON-LINE at www.gtcac.org or
submit payment and registration form to:
GTCAC-AACN Symposium
Gina Mikish
2440 119th Court NE Unit D
Blaine, MN 55449
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Greater Twin Cities Area Chapter-AACN Membership
Application
*Must be a national AACN member to join*
National Membership Number __________________
Enrollment Fee: $20/One Year; $38/Two Years; $56/Three
Years; $84/both national & local 1 year
Add the amount above to the conference total. A membership
card will be given to you at the symposium.
DISTINGUISHED FACULTY
Nicole Kupchik CCNS, CCRN, PCCN
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Jeff Nowak MD
Children’s Hospital Minneapolis MN
Cameron Berg MD
North Memorial, Robbinsdale MN
ABOUT THE FACULTY
Although rarely necessary, the Greater Twin Cities Area Chapter of
AACN reserves the right to substitute faculty with others equally
qualified to speak on a topic. The views expressed by the faculty are
not necessarily those of the GTCAC-AACN or the American
Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Beth LaVelle, PhD, CPPS, RN-BC, CEN
Baldwin WI
Carol Amis, RN, MSN, CCRN
GTCAC-AACN Education Co-Chair
Methodist Park Nicollet Hospital
Jeffrey Schulz MD
Park Nicollet Health Services
St Louis Park MN
Lainey Sundborg, RN
GTCAC-AACN Education Co-Chair
Regions Hospital
Lori Ewoldt MA,RN
Operations Manager, Transplant Center
Mayo Health System Rochester MN
Angela Engberg
GTCAC-AACN Education Co-Chair-Elect
Regions Hospital
Mary Kay Bader MS,RN,CNS,CCRN,CCNS
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Rancho Santa Margarita CA
Ramona Friederich, RN, CCRN
GTCAC-AACN President
North Memorial Medical Center
Jonathan McCue MD
McCue Plastic Surgery Edina MN
Kent Karls RN, BSN, CCRN
GTCAC-AACN Past President,
North Memorial Hospital
Dale Pfimmer MS,RN,NE-BC
Mayo Health System Rochester MN
Uyen Dinh PharmD
Regions Hospital St Paul MN
SYMPOSIUM OBJECTIVE
This educational offering is designed to update the critical care
clinician’s knowledge and clinical abilities related to professional
issues, current trends, and technologies. Specific topics have been
designed to assist participates in preparation for the Adult Critical
Care examination.
Register on-line at www.gtcac.org
Greater Twin Cities Area Chapter of AACN
Katherine Brownlee Critical Care Nurse of the Year Award
Eligibility requirements:
 Current National AACN and GTCAC local member
 Current nursing licensure in the State of Minnesota
 Not a previous recipient of AACN scholarships or awards
 Not a current GTCAC Board member
 Currently employed as a Critical Care Nurse
Nominee Information:
Name: ______________________________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________ City: ____________ State: ____________ Zip: _________
Phone Numbers: home: __________________ work: _________________________
Place of employment: ___________________________________________Current Position: _______________________
Please describe why you believe this nominee should receive this GTCAC-AACN Katherine Brownlee Critical Care Nurse of
the Year Award. (Enclose additional pages if needed)
Submitted by: __________________________________________ Phone: __________________________
Please return nominations by October 12th 2015 to: info@gtcac.org
Call for Posters for Presentation
Fall Symposium Poster Session: October 23rd, 2015
We are seeking to display posters related to research, research utilization, education and management for the 2015 Fall
Symposium. This is a non-competitive poster session on Friday, October 23rd with a complimentary one-day registration to
one presenter. (Send in the registration form but write “poster presenter” in fee section for October 23rd only.)
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Posters will be displayed on a wall.
A representative must be at poster during breaks (0830-0900 and 1445 -1515) to discuss the poster and answer questions.
Please bring 50 copies or your abstract or other handout to distribute to interested participants.
Poster Title: ________________________________________________________________________________________
Primary Presenter Name: _____________________________________________________________________________
Address: __________________________________________________________________________________________
Phone: _______________________________ Email: _______________________________________
Place of Employment: ________________________________________________________________
Names of Additional Presenters: ________________________________________________________________________
Abstract or Description of Poster (250 words or less):
Return this form by October 12, 2015 to info@gtcac.org
GENERAL INFORMATION
Date and Location
October 22 & 23, 2015
Doubletree St Louis Park
1500 Park Pl Blvd
St Louis Park MN
http://doubletree3.hilton.co
m/en/hotels/minnesota/dou
bletree-by-hilton-hotelminneapolis-park-placeMSPPHDT/index.html
Area Hotels within 0.5 miles
of the Doubletree.
1) Doubletree Hotel
St Louis Park
2) Holiday Inn Express
Golden Valley
3) Spring Hill Suites
St Louis Park
4) Homewood Suites
St Louis Park
Tuition Includes
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General or CCRN
Sessions
Lunch time meals
Continental breakfast
Light refreshments
during breaks
Contact hour
certificate
Free parking
Going Green
Since an increasing number
of participants actively use
electronic devices (laptops
and iPads) and in order to be
more respectful of our
resources this year we are
“going green” and will email a
link for the speaker handouts
prior to the conference. You
may print them on your own.
The CCRN/PCCN booklet will
be included in registration for
those registering for the
CCRN/PCCN Review. We
appreciate your
understanding of our efforts
to respect the environment.
Registration
Receipts will be available the
day of the symposium.
Cancellation/Refund Policy
A $35 administrative fee will
be charged for all
cancellations/refunds.
Notification of cancellation
must be in writing.
Cancellation will be accepted
by U.S. mail to:
Gina Mikish
2440 119th Court NE Unit D
Blaine, MN 55449
Or by email to:
info@gtcac.org
Cancellation requests must
be received by October 15,
2015. No refund is available
for cancellations after
October 15, 2015. Tuition
may be applied to
Crossroads 2016.
CEs
“The American Association of
Critical-Care Nurses is
approved by the California
Board of Registered Nursing,
Provider Number 01036. This
program has been approved
for 10.80 Contact Hours
Synergy CERP Category A,
3.00 Contact Hours Synergy
CERP Category B and 1.80
Contact Hours Synergy
CERP Category C, File
Number 00018976. “
only). RN-to-BSN and
graduate students do not
qualify. Please complete the
registration form and send
via mail with a letter on
school stationary from a
dean, director, or faculty
member verifying your status
as an entry-level nursing
student. No Continuing
Education Credits will be
offered for students.
For More Information
Carol Amis
Education Co-Chair
Email: info@gtcac.org
Invitation for Full- or Parttime Entry-level RN Student
Interact with knowledgeable
acute and critical care nurses
and experience the
professionalism and
networking that Crossroads
promotes. A special
registration rate is offered to
our future nurse colleagues
(entry level RN students
Dear Colleague:
We look forward to seeing you in October.
The Greater Twin Cities Area Chapter AACN welcomes you to
Crossroads 2015. Join us for a dynamic educational
conference designed especially for you. The conference
presents the most up-to-date information in caring for highacuity and critical care patients. You’ll find detailed information
in this brochure or visit our website at www.gtcac.org.
Sincerely,
Ramona
Friederich
President, Register on-line at www.gtcac.org GTCAC-AACN