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Friday, October 12, 2018

• 3:30pm - 7:00pm

  Registration

• 4:00pm - 4:30pm

  Gastroenterology/ Hepatitis C

  Gail Fox APRN, MSN , BC

  Some Things You Need To Know About The Liver

• 4:30pm - 5:00pm

  Back Pain: Eval and Treat

  Roana Kingman APRN

  Identify diagnostic findings that require emergent treatment , Correlate exam findings with location of abnormality, Medications used to treat acute back pain (rx) and Identify when to obtain advanced diagnostic imaging

• 5:00pm - 5:30pm

  Infectious Disease/Antibiotics

  Jennifer Kuretski DNP, APRN, NP-C, AAHIVS

  Discuss new pharmacologic agents used to treat various infections. (Rx), Review updates in clinical practice guidelines as it relates to the pharmacologic management of selected infections (Rx) and Explore principles of antibiotic stewardship related to prescribing practices. (Rx)

• 5:30pm - 6:00pm

  Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

  Stefanie La Manna, PhD, MPH, APRN, FNP-C, AGACNP-BC

  Identify the need for HIV prevention
  Discuss the initiation, management and education of PrEP

• 6:00pm - 8:00pm

  Dinner and Social Hour

Saturday, October 13, 2018

• 7:00am - 4:00pm

  Registration

• 8:00am - 9:00am

  Breakfast/Product Theater/Sponsor Synergy Pharma

  Ronen Arai M.D.

  Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology

• 9:00am - 10:30am

  Keynote Speaker

  Wendy L Wright (DNP(c), MS, APRN, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP

  Clinical Pearls of Practice

• 10:30am - 11:30am

  Exhibits

• 11:30am - 12:00pm

  FNPN -Our Practice Is Your Practice

  Doreen Cassarino DNP, APRN-BC, ADM-BC, FAANP, FNAP and Arlene Wright DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC, FNAP

  Florida Nurse Practitioner Network-Representing All NP's In Florida

• 12:00pm - 12:30pm

  Mental and Psychiatric Health in Primary Care

  Terri Bilthus MSN, APRN

  Understand community services and ways to access support for mental health and psychiatric patient care, common and unusual mental health and psychiatric diagnoses across the lifespan.

• 12:30pm - 1:30pm

  Lunch/Product Theater/Rheumatology/Sponsor Horizon Pharma

  James M. Hunt, DO, ATC, CSCS

  Complete Resolution is Possible in Months, Not Years

• 1:30pm - 2:30pm

  Medical Marijuana: A new ancient option in patient care.

  Dr. Glenn S. Chapman III, D.O.

  Understand the process of patient certification, product recommendation, and patient usage of medical marijuana in the State of Florida. Understand the accepted diagnosis for recommendation of medical marijuana in the State of Florida. Understand the common side effects and medical risks of medical marijuana.

• 2:30pm - 2:45pm

  Snack

• 2:45pm - 3:15pm

  Contraceptive Update

  Kathleen Fitzgerald DNP, MSN, ARNP-BC

• 3:15pm - 3:45pm

  Breast Cancer Update-Where are we now?

  Diedra Brown-Brinson APRN -BC

• 3:45pm - 4:15pm

  Rheumatology labs: Which to order…and what do I do with the results?

  Eileen Ginsberg DNP, FNP-BC, ARNP-BC

  Decide which labs you want to order for certain symptoms, understand the meaning of key tests, decide how to proceed with this information and know when to refer to a rheumatologist.

• 4:15pm - 4:45pm

  Advances in Acute stroke Management

  Sandra Ripper Brown DNP, ACNP-BC.

  Recognize goal differences in management of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke events. Have increased knowledge of improved medical and mechanical treatments of acute ischemic stroke. Understand advances in mechanical intervention methods in acute cerebral hemorrhage. Become aware of potential access barriers to advances in stroke management

• 4:45pm - 5:15pm

  Wrap Up