eastern kingDecember 2010
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9: Women and cardiac health: 1) The disease burden; 2) Differences in access to care; 3) Microvascular dysfunction; 4) Current disparities in presentation， testing， delivery of care， and follow-up; 5) Identifying & calculating risk ctors in women & how are they different from men; 6) Primary prevention. (This is a nurse practitioner education session that is open to all health care professionals). Presenter: Gillian Yates， MN， NP， CCN (C)， Nurse Practitioner， Cardiology， QEII. TH sites: Aberdeen， Cape Breton Regional， Digby General， Inverness Consolidated， Lillian Fraser Memorial， Musquodoboit Valley Memorial， North Cumberland Memorial， South Shore Regional， St. Marthas， Strait Richmond， and Sutherland-Harris Memorial hospitals; Annapolis Community Health Centre， Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre， Eastern Kings Memorial Community Health Centre; and the broadcast site QEII， Dickson Building， Rm 5110. 2:00 3:00 p.m.
28: Common causes of vision loss in the elderly: Care giving approaches. Presenter: Patricia Campbell， RN， Specialist， Low Vision， CNIB， Vision Health Vision Hope. TH sites: Aberdeen， Sutherland-Harris Memorial， and Yarmouth Regional hospitals; Cove Guest Home， Richmond Villa and Shoreham Village nursing homes; and the broadcast site QEII， Dickson Building， Rm 5110. 2:00 3:00 p.m.
25: Chest tubes: Implications for nursing. Presenter: Debbie MacDonald， RN， Nurse Educator， Emergency， QEII. TH sites: Aberdeen， Buchanan Memorial， Hants Community， Inverness Consolidated， Musquodoboit Valley Memorial， Queens General， St. Marthas， Sacred Heart， Guysborough Memorial， St. Marys Memorial， and Strait Richmond hospitals; St. Annes Community & Nursing Care Centre; and the broadcast site QEII， Dickson Building， Rm 5110. 2:00 3:00 p.m.
21: Assessment of the trauma patient in the ER. Presenter: Denise Peach-Stokes RN， CNCC， Critical Care Resource Nurse， South Shore Regional. TH sites: Eastern Shore Memorial， Musquodoboit Valley Memorial， Northside General， Sacred Heart， South Shore Regional， Hants Community， and Yarmouth Regional hospitals; and Annapolis Community Health Centre. 2:00 3:30 p.m.
7: Struggles with the transition from pregnancy to parenthood. Presenters: Deborah Salyzyn， RN， MN， Clinical Nurse Specialist， and Caroline Paton， Reproductive Mental Health Service， IWK. TH sites: Aberdeen， Cape Breton Regional， Colchester Regional， Guysborough Memorial， Inverness Consolidated， Sacred Heart， South Shore Regional， and Yarmouth Regional hospitals; Eastern Kings Memorial Community Health Centre; and the broadcast site IWK， Room G2087. 2:00 3:00 p.m.
21: Management of hypertension: Basics and beyond. Presenter: Jacquelyn Jayasinghe， MN， RN-NP， CCN(C)， Specialty Nurse Practitioner， Hypertension Clinic， CDHA. TH sites: Aberdeen， Buchanan Memorial， Cape Breton Regional， Guysborough Memorial， Queens General， St. Marthas， and Valley Regional hospitals; Eskasoni Health Centre， Potlotek Health Centre; and Cove Guest Home， Richmond Villa Nursing Home; Port Hawkesbury Continuing Care Office; and the broadcast site QEII， VG Site， Bethune Bldg， Rm 255. 2:00 3:00 p.m.
24: Common knee injuries: Assessment and treatment. (This is a nurse practitioner education session that is open to all health care professionals). Presenter: Dr. Prem Sequeira， MD， CCFP， FRCS(C)， Orthopaedics， Aberdeen Hospital. TH sites: Aberdeen， Cape Breton Regional， Digby General， Inverness Consolidated， Musquodoboit Valley Memorial， New Waterford Consolidated， North Cumberland eastern kingDecember 2010Memorial， Roseway， Soldiers Memorial， South Shore Regional， St. Marthas， Sutherland-Harris Memorial， and Yarmouth Regional hospitals; Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre， St. Annes Community & Nursing Care Centre， and the broadcast site QEII， Dickson Building， Rm 5110. 2:00 3:30 p.m.
eastern kingDecember 2010，17: Case presentations in dementia care: Walking the talk. Presenter: Patricia Bilski， Clinical Nurse Specialist， GNC(C) Veterans Services， QEII. TH sites: Aberdeen， All Saints， Digby General， Inverness Consolidated， and Queens General hospitals; Eastern Kings Memorial Community Health Centre， Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre; Cove Guest Home， Richmond Villa and Shoreham Village nursing homes; and the broadcast site QEII， Dickson Building， Rm 5110. 2:00 3:00 p.m.
23: Assessing and managing the patient with cardiac chest pain. Presenter: Denise Peach-Stokes， RN， CNCC， Critical Care Resource Nurse， South Shore Regional. TH sites: Aberdeen， Buchanan Memorial， Fishermens Memorial， Inverness Consolidated， South Shore Regional， Hants Community， Valley Regional， Guysborough Memorial， Sacred Heart， Strait Richmond， St. Marys Memorial， and Victoria County Memorial hospitals; and St. Annes Community & Nursing Care Centre. 2:00 3:00 p.m.
10: Managing delirum in the palliative care patient: Clinical manifestations， common causes， diagnostic criteria & management. Presenter: Dr. Jeff Dempster， MD， FRCSC， Adjunct Associate Professor， Dalhousie University， and Palliative Care Physician， Capital Health and GASHA. TH sites: Aberdeen， All Saints， Colchester Regional， Fishermens Memorial， Guysborough Memorial， South Shore Regional， St. Marthas， and St. Marys Memorial hospitals; Port Hawkesbury Continuing Care Office; and Cove Guest Home. 2:00 3:00 p.m.
3: Osteoporosis: No bones about it. Presenter: Lynn Miller， MN， NP， Nurse Practitioner， Pugwash. TH sites: Aberdeen， All Saints， Buchanan Memorial， Colchester Regional， Hants Community， New Waterford Consolidated， Northside General， Queens General， Yarmouth Regional， and St. Marys Memorial hospitals; Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre， Eastern Kings Memorial Community Health Centre， St.eastern kings memorial health centre Annes Community & Nursing Care Centre; Cove Guest Home， and Richmond Villa Nursing Home. 2:00 3:00 p.m.
4: Menopause: 1) Signs and symptoms; 2) Pharmacological & non-pharmacological approaches; 3) How to stay healthy. Presenter: Sandra Storey， Nurse Practitioner， Womens Health Care Team， Community Clinics， IWK. TH sites: Aberdeen， Buchanan Memorial， Colchester Regional， New Waterford Consolidated， Northside General， Queens General， South Shore Regional， Valley Regional， Victoria County Memorial， and St. Marys Memorial hospitals; Eastern Kings Memorial Community Health Centre， Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre; Cove Guest Home， Richmond Villa and Shoreham Village nursing home; and the broadcast site IWK， Room G2087. 2:00 3:15 p.m.