The 16th Annual Tertiary Care Conference on
Infant Intensive Care
A Balancing Act:
New Challenges and Opportunities in
Newborn Care
October 3, 2005
Auditorium G
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
Target Audience
Perinatal nurses and others providing care to newborns and their families
across all levels of care
Objectives
Describe the effects of prenatal exposure to SSRIs for the treatment of
maternal depression
Discuss the effects of SSRIs on the newborn
Identify non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic interventions for the
treatment of pain in neonates
Develop techniques to defuse and de-escalate situations n order to
optimize staff and family collaboration
Plan of the Day
7:45AM
Registration
8:15
Welcome & Introductions
8:30
Balancing Risks and Benefits: Treating Maternal Depression and Anxiety
During Pregnancy
Sara Ricketts, MD
9:30
Caring for the Newborn with Prenatal Exposure to Antidepressants and SSRIs
Kristen Brown, MSN, PNP, ARNP
10:15
Break and Visit the Exhibitors
10:45
To Do No Harm: What Every Nurse Should Know about Non-Pharmacologic
Pain Relief in Newborns
Celeste Johnston, RN, DEd
11:30
When More is Needed - Pharmacologic Pain Management Strategies
Celeste Johnston, RN, DEd
12:15
1:00
Lunch and Visit the Exhibitors
When Controversy Arises: Strategies for Dealing with Difficult Situations in
the Culture of Family Centered Care
Gardner D. Yenawine, EdD
Susan H. Donnelly, BSN, MS
2:30
Break
2:45
Bedside and Beyond: Internal and External Resources for Dealing with
Disruptive Behaviors
Art Higgins, BA, MEd
3:15
Pulling it All Together: Case Studies
Panel Discussion
4:15
Evaluation
Featured Speakers
Sara Ricketts, MD is a Board Certified Psychiatrist at DHMC and cares for pregnant woman
with depression disorders.
Kristen A Brown MSN, PNP, NNP is a neonatal nurse practitioner in the Intensive Care
Nursery at CHaD. Kristen's clinical interests include care of the drug addicted and VLBW infant
as well as family centered care.
Celeste Johnston, RN, DEd is the James McGill professor in the School of Nursing at McGill
University and a nurse scientist at the Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University
Health Centre and the IWK Women and Children's Hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dr.
Johnston has been studying pain in newborns, infants and children for many years and is part of
both a national and international consortium on research about pain in these vulnerable groups.
She is also director of a nursing intervention research group between McGill and University of
Montreal.
Gardner Yenawine, EdD, is an Organizational Development Specialist at DHMC. Gardner has a
special interest in leadership, career development and conflict resolution.
Susan H. Donnelly, BSN MS is currently the Unit Leader for the Pediatrics/Adolescent Unit at
CHaD. Prior to that Susan spent 20 years as an Organizational Development Specialist
facilitating leadership, quality improvement and staff development activities at DHMC.
Art Higgins, BA, MEd, is a Senior Risk Manager with the Dartmouth Hitchcock Risk
Management Program and provides support to the ICN as needed.
Planning Committee: Susan Battick, RN, Kristen Brown, MSN, PNP, ARNP, Jane Buskey, RN, Tricia Fanjoy, RN, Victoria
Flanagan, MS, RN, Sara Francis, RN, Josephine A. Gehlbach, RN, Laurel Lake, RN, Caryn Spielman McCoy, MSN, RN,
Nancy Nicoll, RNC, BSN and Deborah W. van Loon, RNC
A Balancing Act:
New Challenges and Opportunities in
Newborn Care
October 3, 2005
Auditorium G
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center,
Lebanon NH
REGISTRATION FORM
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CONFERENCE FEE: $80.00
DHMC Staff: $50.00
This includes all materials, light breakfast, lunch and breaks.
Make Checks Payable to: The Intensive Care Nursery
Mail to:
Victoria Flanagan, MS, RN
The Regional Program for Women's & Children's Health
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH 03756-0001
For further information check our website at:
www.hitchcock.org/goto/regionalprogram
or call Victoria Flanagan, 603-650-6137, regarding directions, lodging, or
special accomodations.
Refund policy
A refund, minus a $25 administrative fee, will be given if cancellation is
requested by September 20, 2005.
Accreditation
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's Nursing Continuing Education
Council is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the
American Nurses' Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This
educational activity carries 7.5 contact hours.
Directions
Interstate 89 to Exit 18/Rt 120 North. Drive 3 miles toward DHMC. Turn
left onto Lahaye Drive and right onto Mt Support Rd to Lot 20. Park in Lot
20 and wait in any of the bus shelters for the Shuttle Bus to the Hospital
Entrance. Follow the signs to the Main Entrance and Auditorium G.