Feb. 21, 2014 • Issue 1 of 3 • 6 PAGES
We’re Heating Up For Phoenix!
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or everyone who has spent the last few months bundled up against frigid temperatures or digging out from yet another snowstorm, Leadership Conference 2014 sounds almost too good to be true — five days of learning, networking, inspiration and fun, and not a snowflake in sight. Leadership Conference is March 5 - 9 in Phoenix, the Valley of the Sun, where the average high temperature is 75 this time of year and the sun shines 85 percent of daylight hours. This year’s conference offers the opportunity to earn up to 22 contact hours. Our popular Jam, Hand-off and
Deep Dive session formats are back, and all of our learning sessions will keep you engaged with such topics as caring for behavioral health patients in the ED, lateral violence, improving patient flow, leading a multigenerational ED workforce, compassion fatigue and pediatric early warning scores. Don’t miss the special professional development session on content changes in the new TNCC 7th edition. You will have plenty of chances to meet and mingle with colleagues from around the world at networking events sprinkled throughout conference, such as the ENA Foundation Night at the Movies, the Opening and General sessions, the new, fabulous Closing
Not yet registered? CLICK HERE Celebration and the Exhibit Hall. Get ready for inspiration from acclaimed keynote speakers Gloria F. Donnelly and Dan Diamond, who will show you how to excel under extreme pressure, overcome burnout and renew your passion. Keep reading Conference Connection to learn more about what’s in store at Leadership Conference 2014. I look forward to seeing you in Phoenix.
Deena Brecher, MSN, RN, APN, ACNS-BC, CEN, CPEN, 2014 ENA President
WHAT’S A CELEBRATION WITHOUT DANCING? Living Traditions Dance Troupe to provide closing entertainment, PAGE 6
USE THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE APP • Speaker and session info • Exhibit hall listing and map • Alerts and updates sent to your device • Note-taking ... and more! ONCE REGISTERED FOR CONFERENCE, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
Save Your Seat For Movie Night Watch ‘The Waiting Room’ With ENA Foundation, Then Chat with Director
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he ENA Foundation invites Leadership Conference 2014 attendees to attend a private screening of the highly acclaimed documentary film ‘‘The Waiting Room,’’ which goes behind the scenes of an American public hospital’s emergency department waiting room to give viewers an inside look at the challenges of caring for a community of largely uninsured patients. This is one mind-provoking film you don’t want to miss, so reserve your ticket today and encourage your colleagues to support the ENA Foundation’s ‘‘Night at the Movies’’ event on Thursday, March 6, at 8:30 p.m. Afterward, movie watchers also will have the opportunity to participate
in a special Q&A with Peter Nicks (right), the director of this award-winning film. The $45 fee includes a light meal (cash bar is available). A portion of your ticket price is a donation to the ENA Foundation. To add a ticket purchase to your registration, CLICK HERE. Kendra Y. Mims
Click the frame at left to check out the website for the film and see a trailer.
Join Us for a Free Luncheon Presentation At the ENA Leadership Conference 2014
“The ED Pit Crew: Driving Teamwork & Communication” Learn a new way for your ED pit crew to see patients that optimizes efficiency while improving patient care and staff satisfaction. A team approach at the bedside can reduce patients’ wait time and streamline communication between providers. Friday, March 7th
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Phoenix Convention Center North 131 A-C
Seating is limited, register now at learn.cep.com/edpitcrew Stop by CEP America’s booth #241 in the exhibit hall and enter to win an iPad air!
Keynote Speakers
Inspiration and Practical Solutions T
he keynote speakers at Leadership Conference 2014 will provide inspiration and practical solutions that attendees can bring back to their emergency departments.
OPENING SESSION
Illusions and Strategies for Ensuring Safe Patient Care Gloria F. Donnelly, PhD, RN, FAAN, FCCP Friday, March 7, 8 - 9:30 a.m. Donnelly has authored four textbooks and is the editor of Holistic Nursing Practice. She currently serves as the dean of the College of Nursing and Health Professions and is known for speaking at a national level on nursing education and a variety of mental health topics. Her presentation is both timely and relevant to the ENA conference theme of ‘‘Safe Practice, Safe Care.’’ Donnelly will describe and interpret the everyday illusions that lead to adverse events in health care and identify self-assessment and feedback strategies that can dispel the illusions and decrease adverse patient events.
CLOSING SESSION
Performance Under Pressure: Delivering Exceptional Care When Times Are Tough Dan Diamond, MD, FAAFP Sunday, March 9, 8 - 9:30 a.m. “How is it that some people become unstoppable?” This is the question award-winning educator, physician and disaster professional Diamond asked when he returned from the trenches of Hurricane Katrina. He has a passion for equipping people with solutions to overcome challenges and empowering corporations from the inside out. In Diamond’s session, attendees will enrich their professional development as they learn how to excel under extreme pressure. Other topics include how to overcome burnout and renew your passion when resources are scarce and demands are high. Attendees will also discover practical strategies to deliver greater impact when they return to work. Kendra Y. Mims
Fellowship Opportunity
National CAUTI Champions Wanted
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NA is collaborating with the American Hospital Association and the Health Research and Education Trust to support a national catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) fellowship opportunity. The purpose is to provide enriched training, leadership development and expert mentorship to foster the growth of dedicated leaders and CAUTI champions committed to a culture of patient safety. This group of multidisciplinary professionals also will serve to translate these efforts to their organizations and communities through development and completion of a CAUTI-focused capstone project. The 12-month fellowship includes a stipend to participate in fellowship activities, including in-person meetings, networking events, mentorship activities and a Web seminar series on relevant topics. To learn more about eligibility criteria and how to apply by the March 7 deadline, please CLICK HERE.
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At the ENA Pavilion
Learn, Then Leave Some of Your Stress Behind M
embers interested in exploring the educational opportunities that ENA offers and what ENA members are doing for injury prevention can stop by the ENA Pavilion, located in the Exhibit Hall, during Leadership Conference 2014. The ENA Pavilion will be open during all Exhibit Hall hours and will contain both the e-Learning Booth and the ENA Wellness Booth. Swing by the e-Learning Booth to find out more about the numerous educational courses and ways to earn more CNEs through ENA. Boast about your state’s injury prevention programs at the Wellness Booth and try your hand at the ‘‘Community Wellness
Myth or Fact.’’ While you’re there, have a hands-on experience with distracted or drunk driving through a safe driving initiative, brought to you by active safe driving expert Thelma Kuska, BSN, RN, CEN, FAEN. Check your stress at the entrance of the Relaxation Station, sponsored by the ENA Wellness Initiative, part of ENA’s Institute for Quality, Safety and Injury Prevention. Attendees can connect and recharge at the complimentary Relaxation Station,
located in the exhibit hall at booth No. 311. Professional massage therapists provide upper-body massages on a special chair and relax the tension areas of the neck, back, shoulders and arms. These massages help attendees feel refreshed, alert and energized. Foot massage stations are also available. Be sure to swing by the e-Learning booth, Relaxation Station and the Wellness Booth between your sessions. We hope to see you there! Briana Quinn, MPH, BSN, RN
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Research-Based Learning Sessions
ENA Forcing Closer Looks at Behavioral Health, Ethics By Amy Carpenter Aquino, Conference Connection
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f you’re looking for information about safe practice, safe care of behavioral health patients, don’t miss ‘‘Care of the Behavioral Health Patient in the ED’’ from 4:45 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 7. Lisa Wolf, PhD, RN, CEN, FAEN, director of the ENA Institute for Emergency Nursing Research, will present this concurrent session based on findings from ‘‘Identifying Challenges and Facilitators in the Management of Behavioral Health Patients in the Emergency Department: A National Study.’’ An article from the ENA study’s findings is being reviewed by the Journal of Emergency Nursing for publication this year. ‘‘This is a highly ignored and marginalized patient population,’’ Wolf said, ‘‘and what we’re running into is that people really kind of wish they would stay that way.’’ Lack of education in how to appropriately care for the behavioral health patient, as well as a lack of core measures, leads to emergency nurses feeling uncomfortable caring for this patient population, Wolf said. ‘‘People feel woefully undereducated in the care of these patients,’’ she said, adding that 1,500 emergency nurses responded to the study. ‘‘About 40 percent of emergency nurses say they have gotten no behavioral health education past their licensure program.’’ A related concurrent session on the Behavioral Health study will address regulatory and implementation issues
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from 2:45 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 8. Anne Manton, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FAEN, FAAN, will present ‘‘Research to Practice: Changing the Way We Manage Behavioral Health Patients in the Emergency Department.’’ For a more philosophical examination of the practice of emergency nursing, check out ‘‘We Take Care of Everyone: Ethical Emergency Nursing Practice.’’ Wolf will present this Jam Session, which examines the perception that emergency nurses may have of specific patient populations and the ethical obligations of practice, on Friday, March 7, from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. ‘‘There’s this myth that people are completely free to choose how they will engage with the health care system and how they will manage their internal vs. external locus of control,’’ Wolf said. ‘‘How much efficacy do they feel they have? How much do they feel that they actually control their own lives?’’ Emergency nurses may have biases or judgments toward certain patient
“[Behavioral health] is a highly ignored and marginalized patient population, and what we’re running into is that people really kind of wish they would stay that way.” — Lisa Wolf, PhD, RN, CEN, FAEN populations, such as the chronic alcoholic or the patient who does not manage his chronic disease well. ‘‘To hold some people to one standard and other people to another standard seems really unethical to me, and I see nursing as a social contract,’’ Wolf said. ‘‘We treat everybody — that’s what we do. And if you’re not all in on that, you need to find another thing to do.’’
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Closing Celebration
Lively Evening With ‘Living Traditions’ Dance Troupe to Infuse Final Night of Conference With Its Special Southwest Flair
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NA has something special planned for the new Closing Celebration at Leadership Conference 2014. All attendees are invited to join 2014 ENA President Deena Brecher, MSN, RN, APN, ACNS-BC, CEN, CPEN, and the ENA Board of Directors in celebrating the final night of conference, Southwest-style. The Living Traditions Dance Troupe, led by Derrick Suwaima Davis (Hopi/ Choctaw), and a Southwest fusion trio will perform Saturday, March 8, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Suwaima Davis is the only seventime hoop dancer world champion and is a champion fancy dancer. In 2002, he was head man dancer at the inaugural powwow at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. He leads an intertribal group of championship artists and dancers with members from the Southwest, including Hopi, Apache and Dine’. The Living Traditions Dance Troupe will perform different vignettes throughout the evening, including a dance to honor healers, a hoop dance and a friendship dance. During the introduction to the performance, Suwaima Davis will explain the welcome/honor song and how each song and dance celebrates identity. Dancers will engage with attendees during a small interactive segment. Living Traditions Dance Troupe members share and honor the culture of the First Nations people through their dress, instruments, music and movement. Celebrating the past and embracing the future through song and dance is a fitting way to close Leadership Conference 2014.
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Derrick Suwaima Davis recently won his seventh hoop dancing world championship.
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