Educational opportunities abound at convention

ANA's Biennial Convention: "Nurses Care for America," June 29 - July 2 in Philadelphia, PA, will feature a full day of pre-conference courses (see March/April 2002 issue of The American Nurse), 142 education sessions, three plenary sessions and three symposia. To accommodate the delegates' schedule, 30 of the education sessions will be repeated.

For the past two ANA conventions, selected nursing specialty organizations have participated in the NOLF (Nurse Organization Liaison Forum) Lecture Series. For this convention, 20 nursing organizations will be offering education sessions on topics pertinent to their specific area of nursing practice. Specifically:

Saturday, June 29

* American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and the International Nurses Society on Addiction: "The Chemically Dependent Provider from Recognition to Reality (SC003)"

* American College of Nurse Practitioners: "The Power of Nursing Partnerships in the Health Policy Arena (SC006)"

* Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses: "Cardiovascular Health for Women: Primary Prevention (SC007)"

Sunday, June 30

* Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nurses: "Language Proficiency as a Measure of Foreign Educated Nurse Competency (SC013)"

* Emergency Nurses Association: "Emergency Nursing - the Way We Do the Things We Do (SC024)"

* The American Society of Peri-Anesthesia Nurses: "Keep Caring in Nursing (SC036 and repeated SC094)"

* International Nurses Society on Addictions: "Brief Interventions for Alcohol, Tobacco or Drug Problems (SC044 and repeated SC139)"

* Association of Rehabilitation Nurses: "Ethical and Moral Principles for Rehabilitation and Clinical Practice (SC051)"

* Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing: "Cutting the Nursing Shortage Short (SC052 and repeated SC130)"

Monday, July 1

* Association of Nurses in AIDS Care: "From Prevention to Intervention: HIV/AIDS Update 2002 (SC062 and repeated SC121)"

* American Association of Colleges of Nursing: "End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC): Efforts for End-of-Life Care (SC069)"

* National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Association: "Tapping Ethnic Minority Nurses to End the Nursing Shortage (SC071 and repeated SC109)"

* International Society of Nurses in Genetics: "Portfolio and Evidence-Based Nursing Competency (SC076 and repeated SC106)"

* Oncology Nursing Society: "Oncology Nursing Staffing and Its Perceived Impact on Quality of Care (SC080)"

* American Association of Critical Care Nurses: "Clinical Practice Trends for Nurses Caring for the Acute and Chronically Ill (SC086 and repeated SC097)"

* National Black Nurses Association: "Test of Functional Health Literacy (SC087)"

* Infusion Nurses Society: "Infusion Therapy: Costs, Complications and Legal Issues (SC103)"

* Association of Child Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing: "ACAPN Task Force Prevention of Youth Violence (SC108)"

* The American Society of Aging: "CARE Pro: Caregiving Awareness Through Resources and Education for Nurses (SC127)"

For additional information, please check ANA's Web site: www.nursingworld.org and click on "2002 Convention."

ANA offers CE at training session on bloodborne pathogens

The ANA/American Nurses Foundation (ANF) will be holding two train-the-trainer workshops addressing the recognition and avoidance of bloodborne pathogen hazards in the workplace. The workshops are sponsored by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Susan Harwood Training Grant, "Caring for Those Who Care: Protecting Nurses from Bloodborne Pathogen Hazards in the Workplace," which was awarded to ANA/ANF in 2001. Successful nurse trainers will return to their communities to educate nurses about bloodborne pathogen hazards. Meetings will be held on June 14-15 in Charleston, SC, and Sept. 18-19 in Chicago. For more information and registration materials, contact Feborah Dixon, project manager, at (202) 651-7139 or fdixon@ana.org.

For information about other ANA continuing education and professional development activities, contact RoAnne Dahlen-Hartfield, DNSc, RN, administrator, ANA's Center for Continuing Education and Professional Development, at (202) 651-7106 or rdahfld@ana.org.