Education

Schedule of Events 

Registration Opens
Tuesday, October 20 at 5 - 7 pm
Wednesday, October 21 – Friday, October 23 at 7am
Saturday, October 24 at 7:30am

The ARN Leadership Course is an extra cost event and will take place Monday, October 19 and Tuesday, October 20. Registration for this course will open at 8 am at the Sendero Ballroom Foyer at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque. All other conference activities, with the exception of off-site events, will take place at the Albuquerque Convention Center.

Pre-conference activities begin Wednesday, October 21 at 8:30 am. Conference activities begin with the Opening Reception with Exhibits and Posters at 4:30 pm.

Monday, October 19 & Tuesday, October 20

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Wednesday, October 21

8:30 am - Noon

Wound Care Update for the Advanced Practice Nurse (001)

Returning Heroes: US Army Rehabilitation and Reintegration History and Current Initiatives (002)

1:30 - 4:30 pm

Documenting Rehabilitation Nursing Interventions (003)

4:30 - 5:00 pm

Newcomers Niche

4:30 - 7:30 pm

Opening Reception with Exhibits and Posters

Thursday, October 22

7:00 - 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast with Exhibits and Posters

8:00 - 8:45 am

Regional Meetings

9:00 - 10:30 am

Opening Keynote Session
The Twisted Sisters Tour: Katrina and Rita-Lessons Learned by a High Flying Nurse
 

10:30 - 11:00 am

Break in the Exhibit Hall with Posters

11:00 - Noon

Polytrauma: Implications for the Rehabilitation Nurse (201)

Hope for Love: Practical Advice for Intimacy and Sex (202)

ASPIRE to Excellence® -- CARF Accrediation as a Framework for Quality (203)

Integrating Holistic Practice into Your Personal and Professional Life (204) 

Noon - 1:00 pm

RNJ and RNF Consultation Series

Noon - 1:30

Exhibits and Posters

Lunch will be available for purchase in the exhibit hall

1:30 - 2:30 pm

Insights into Excellence: Bring Out the Best of Your Team (301)

Dignity: Easy to Lose, Hard to Get Back (302)

Innovative Practices in Collaboration and Communication of the Team (303)

Meeting the Needs of Underinsured Patients from a Case Management Perspective (304)

2:30 - 3:00 pm

Break in the Exhibit Hall with Posters

3:00 - 4:30 pm

Paper and Case Study Sessions

4:45 - 5:45 pm

Special Interest Group Meetings

Administrative/Management • Admissions Liaisons • Advance Practice Nurses • Case Management/Insurance Consulting • Educators • Staff Nurses

6:30 - 9:30 pm

RNF Benefit Dinner at El Pinto Restaurant

Friday, October 23

6:15 - 7:15 am

Wake up and Walk

7:00 - 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast wtih Exhibits and Posters

8:00 - 9:15 am

Founders Address
Unraveling the Mystery of Evidence-Based Practice

9:30 - 11 am

Paper and Case Study Sessions

11:00 - 11:30

Break in the Exhibit Hall

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Winning Teamwork: Creating and Sustaining Positive Change (401)

The Management of Diabetes in the Rehab Setting (402)

Orem's Theory Applied to a Child Experiencing Pain:  A Nursing Case (403)

Health Literacy and Developing Easy-to-Read Materials (404)

12:30 - 1:45 pm

Exhibits and Posters

Lunch available for purchase in the exhibit hall

12:30 - 1:30 pm

RNJ and RNF Consultation Series

1:45 - 2:45 pm

Creating the Environment for Healing and Wellness in the Rehabilitation Settings: An Energetic Approach (501)

An Update on Medicare's Post-Acute Care Payment Reform Demonstration (502) 

Managing Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms in the Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting (503)

A New Leash on Life: Introduction to Service Dogs (504)

3:00 - 4:30 pm

Paper and Case Study Sessions

4:45 - 5:30 pm

Health Policy Workshop

6:00 - 8:30 pm

ARN 35th Anniversary Celebration

Saturday, October 24

7:45 - 9:30 am

Annual Member Meeting and Awards with Continental Breakfast

9:45 - 10:45 am

Special Insterest Groups

Gerontology • Home Health Care • Pain • Pediatrics • Researchers • Subacute

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Paper and Case Study Sessions

12:30 - 1:45 pm

Lunch on your own

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Meeting Spiritual Needs of Rehab Patients with Prayer at the Bedside (505)

Case Management from Clients' Prespective (506)

The Challenges of Managing Pediatric Diabetes (507)

Ethical Issues in the Care of Patients Post Stroke (508)

3:15 - 4:30 pm

Closing Keynote Address
No Brakes: The Power of Physical Activity and Sport in Rehabilitation Strategies

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