Saturday, March 28                            *** Click on the session titles for a short description***

8:00am - Noon

Correlative Brain Anatomy - Tying it to Your Practice

(001)

Spinal Trauma - Today and Tomorrow

(002)

10:00 am - Noon

So You Think You Can Tap? Demonstrating Evidence- Based Competency in the Tapping of Venticular Shunts

(003)

1:00 - 5:00pm

Overcome Today's Fear with Knowledge to Improve Our Care of Epilepsy Patients for Tomorrow

(004)

1:00 - 3:00pm

Neurosurgical Patient Assessment Scales:  Critique and Practice Integration

(005)

3:30 - 5:30pm

Complex Case Studies in Stroke:  The Use of Mild Hypothermia/ Normothermia to Minimize Brain Insults

(006)

1:00 - 2:30pm

NNF Research Workshop: Neuroscience Best Practices: Understanding the Evidence and Taking it Forward

(007)

Getting from Abstract to Presentation: Pearls and Pitfalls

(008)

3:00 - 4:30pm

ABNN Item Writing Workshop

(009)

Successful Strategies for Writing for Publication

Susan Carroll

(010)

Sunday, March 29

7:00 - 8:00am

Developing Your Reviewing Skills

(011)
1.0 CE

Susan Carroll

8:00 - 9:30am

Agnes M. Marshall Keynote Address
General Session 101
1.0 CE

Trisha Meili

10:15 - 11:05am

.8 CE

Track: Research
Children's Experiences Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Opportunities for Neuroscience Nurses

A Nursing Pilot Study On Bedside Reporting to Promote Best Practice and Patient-Family Centered Care on a Neuroscience Unit

(301)

Track: Oncology
Magic Markers: the P's and Q's of Brain Tumor Pathology

(302)

Track: Stroke
Stroke as a Traumatic Event: The parallels of stroke and trauma

(303)

Track: Pediatric
Pediatric Epilepsy: "Seize the Moment"

(304)

Track: Geriatrics
What Could They Be Thinking? Occupational Therapists' Evaluations Can Help You Understand Your Dementia Patient's World

(305)

11:15am - 12:05pm

.8 CE

Track: Research
Post Deep Brain Stimulation Analyses Reveal Numerous Sex Differences

Testing the feasibility and impact of a restorative care intervention (Res-Care-PD) for adults with Parkinson's disease (PD)

(306)

Track: Oncology
Gamma Knife, Cyberknife, and Linac: How They Treat Your Patient

(307)

Track: Stroke
Sometimes it is the Zebra: Expecting the Unexpected in Stroke

(308)

Track: Pediatric
Neurological Consequences of Childhood Cancer: Coming Soon to a Clinic Near You

(309)

Track: Geriatrics
Go Granny Go! Outcomes Following Geriatric Neurotrauma

(310)

1:30 - 2:20pm

.8 CE

Track: Research
Prevalence of Comorbidity and Its Association with Discharge Outcomes in Traumatically Brain-Injured Older Adults

Physiological and Situational Variables Impacting Nurse Management of Secondary Brain Injury in Critically Ill Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Patients

(311)

Track: Oncology
Neuro-Imaging of Brain Tumors - Novice to Expert

(312)

Track: Stroke
Cerebral Hyperperfusion Syndrome after Carotid Revascularization

(313)

Track: Pediatric
Simulation as a Tool for the Development of a Pediatric Neuroscience Step-Up Unit

(314)

Track: Geriatrics
Medication Adherence in Older Neuroscience Patients

(315)

2:50 - 3:40pm

.8 CE

Track: Research
Cerebral neoplasm - laterality and coping strategies: a longitudinal study

Diaphragm Pacing in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) - Long Term Follow Up of the Completed Pilot Study

(316)

Track: Oncology Neurofibramatosis (NF) - It's What's Inside that Counts

(317)

Track: Stroke
Sexuality after Stroke: Addressing the Often Unspoken Concerns

(318)

Track: Pediatric
Inflicted head injury in children: responding from a place of compassion when values are shaken

(319)

Track: Geriatrics
Postoperative Pain Management for the Elder Neurosurgical Patient

(320)

Monday, March 30

8:45 - 10:00am

1.0 CE

General Session 102
NNF Special Lecture

10:30 - 11:20am

.8 CE

Track: Spine
Let it FLOW: Urinary Retention after Spinal Surgery

(321)

Track: Trauma
The Next Big Chill: Your Liver and Your Brain; What's the Connection?

(322)

Track: Stroke
Recombinant Factor VIIa and the Neuro Patient

(323)

Track: Professional Development
What Do I Do Now? Innovative Use of Simulation to Enhance Neurocience Education

(324)

Track: Epilepsy
Nursing Challenges of Caring for Patients with NORSE Syndrome

(325)

11:30pm - 1:00pm

1.5 CE

Lunch Symposia -
"Real Life Solutions in Managing Multiple Sclerosis - A Prime Time Patient Encounter"

(501)

1:10 - 2:00pm

.8 CE

Track: Spine

Airway Emergencies Following Anterior Cervical Surgery

(326)

Track: Trauma

Rapid Triage and Treatment for Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage Patients on Warfarin: Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Protocol

(327)

Track: Stroke

Pearls for decision making utilizing imaging in acute stroke care for the nurse practitioner

(328)

Track: Professional Development

Is Your Novice Nurse a Millenial or a Baby Boomer? Strategies for Successful Mentoring Between the Generations

(329)

Track: Epilepsy

What You See Is Not Always What You Get: Recognition and Management of Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus

(330)

2:10 - 3:00pm

.8 CE

Track: Spine
Need a Little R & R? Recognizing and Responding to Neurological Emergencies

(331)

Track: Trauma
Silent Secondary Injuries in Traumatic Brain Injury - Seizures and Vasospasm

(332)

Track: Stroke
Transcranial Doppler Monitoring: Sound Piece of Mind In Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

(333)

Track: Professional Development
Investing in your units' future...How to decide when your orientee has failed

(334)

Track: Epilepsy
ICTAL SPECT: Timing and Time Again

(335)

3:30 - 4:20pm

.8 CE

Track: Spine
Pain in SCI - What Works, What Doesn't & Why

(336)

Track: Trauma
Cerebral Blood Flow: Current techniques and their impact on the management of patients with neurological insults

(337)

Track: Stroke
Raising Awareness of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients

(338)

Track: Professional Development
The Technology of Tomorrow At The Bedside Today

(339)

Track: Epilepsy
Amygdalohippo- campectomy in the Treatment of Refractory Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

(340)

4:30 - 5:20pm

.8 CE

Track: Spine
Diaphragm Pacing - A Superior Method of Respiratory Support in Cervical Spinal Cord Injured Patients

(341)

Track: Trauma
The Cerebrospinal Fluid Pathway: Exposed, Diverted, and Vulnerable

(342)

Track: Stroke
Utilizing Telemedicine: Bringing Innovative Stroke Care to the Rural Community

(343)

Track: Professional Development
Education and Training of Movement Disorder Nurses in the United States

(344)

Track: Epilepsy
Lateralizing Signs in Epilepsy

(345)

6:00 - 7:30pm

Dinner Symposium

Crucial Concepts for Optimizing Care of Hospitalized Patients with Seizures

8:30 - 9:45am
Plenary Session

1 CE

General Session 103

Leean Hendrix

9:55 - 10:45am

0.8 CE

Track: Endocrine
Alphabet Soup: SIADH, DI, and Cerebral Salt Wasting

(346)

Track: Oncology
Common Brain Tumors: An Anatomical Based Case Study Approach

(347)

Track: Potpourri
Legal Pitfalls for the Neuroscience Nurse: Recognize and Protect Yourself

(348)

Track: Pediatric
"What's Wrong With My Baby's Head?" - Assessment, Treatment, and Outcomes for Craniosynotosis

(349)

Track: Neuromuscular
Myasthenia Gravis: Diagnosis and Management for the Advanced Practice Nurse

(350)

11:00 -  11:50am 

0.8 CE

Track: Endocrine
Cushing's or Addison's Disease - What are the Differences?

(351)

Track: Oncology
Advances in Chemotherapy for Glioblastoma Multiforme

(352)

Track: Potpourri
Anatomy of Aphasia

(353)

Track: Pediatric
Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy in Children with Spacticity

(354)

Track: Neuromuscular
Move It or Lose It!
Critical Illness Polyneuropathy/ Myopathy and the Role of Risk Avoidance and Early Patient Mobilization Strategies

(355)