Upcoming Medical Conferences in Sacramento

Pediatric Cardiac Core, Day 2 is organized by UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing (CPPN) and will be held on Jun 19, 2019 at UC Davis Health Facilities Support Services Building, Sacramento, California, United States of America. C.E. contact hours Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 26, for 6.5 contact hours. Attendees will not receive C.E. credit if they are more than 20 minutes late; no partial credit can be awarded. Course Description : The goal of the Pediatric Cardiac Core series is to enhance the knowledge amongst attendees on the care of the post-operative pediatric cardiac patient. Participants may register for one or both days. Topics to be covered include: Day 2: Overview of acyanotic defects, rhythms and inotropic drugs, cyanotic defect identification surgery and potential post-op problems, functional single ventricle physiology and surgery, fast-track extubation, supportive post-op therapies, interstage cardiac catheterization, and discharge teaching for the post-op CT surgery patient. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Vascular Access Management is organized by UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing (CPPN) and will be held on Jun 20, 2019 at Facilities Support Services Building (FSSB), Sacramento, California, United States of America. C.E. contact hours : Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 26, for 6.5 contact hours. The UC Davis Health Center for Professional Practice of Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Attendees will not receive C.E. credit if they are more than 20 minutes late; no partial credit can be awarded. Course Description : This course is designed to provide information for registered nurses who care for patients that are receiving advanced intravenous therapy. Topics related to advanced line therapy will be discussed inclusive of organizational policies and procedures, indications for venous access, peripheral intravenous lines as well as tunneled and non-tunneled venous access. Nursing management, preventing and identifying common complications, troubleshooting problems, and providing hands-on experience with selected venous access devices will be included. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Safe Patient Handling is organized by UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing (CPPN) and will be held on Jun 20, 2019 at UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America. C.E. contact hours: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 26, for 1.0 contact hours. Attendees will not receive C.E. credit if they are more than 20 minutes late; no partial credit can be awarded. Course Description: The goal of this course is to provide staff with the skills to implement safe patient handling concepts in their clinical area. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

General Nursing Orientation, Day 1 is organized by UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing (CPPN) and will be held on Jun 25, 2019 at UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America. Course Description: The goal of nursing orientation is to ensure that orientees receive consistent information regarding policies, procedures, standards and documentation to support practice and familiarize them with the UC Davis Health vision, mission, values, goals and organizational structure. In addition, each orientee is shown how to independently access online polices, procedures and competencies. Policies covered include infection control, emergency response and the work environment. In keeping with the UC Davis Health vision, mission, values and goals, the objectives of nursing orientation are geared toward creatively using existing resources to meet the new demands of a constantly changing health-care environment. Nursing orientation provides advanced technological presentations including a learning management system for computerized examinations. An overview of the Center for Professional Practice of Nursing’s website familiarizes the orientees with nursing education, patient and employee education, health education and resources. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Safe Patient Handling is organized by UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing (CPPN) and will be held on Jun 25, 2019 at UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America. C.E. contact hours: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 26, for 1.0 contact hours. Attendees will not receive C.E. credit if they are more than 20 minutes late; no partial credit can be awarded. Course Description: The goal of this course is to provide staff with the skills to implement safe patient handling concepts in their clinical area. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Wound VAC - An Advanced System for Wound Healing is organized by UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing (CPPN) and will be held on Jun 25, 2019 at  UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America. C.E. contact hours : Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 26, for 2.0 contact hours. Attendees will not receive C.E. credit if they are more than 5 minutes late; no partial credit can be awarded. Course Description : This course will discuss the theory behind utilization of the wound VAC and provide hands-on demonstrations. At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to define and describe VAC therapy and its benefits, demonstrate the principles involved in placing a VAC dressing on a wound, operate the VAC unit, discuss the progression of the wound during VAC therapy and understand the Mini-VAC technology. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Ambulatory Nursing Orientation is organized by UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing (CPPN) and will be held on Jun 26, 2019 at UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America. Course Description: The goal of nursing orientation is to ensure that orientees receive consistent information regarding policies, procedures, standards and documentation to support practice and familiarize them with the UC Davis Health vision, mission, values, goals and organizational structure. In addition, each orientee is shown how to independently access online polices, procedures and competencies. Policies covered include infection control, emergency response and the work environment. In keeping with the UC Davis Health vision, mission, values and goals, the objectives of nursing orientation are geared toward creatively using existing resources to meet the new demands of a constantly changing health-care environment. Nursing orientation provides advanced technological presentations including a learning management system for computerized examinations. An overview of the Center for Professional Practice of Nursing’s website familiarizes the orientees with nursing education, patient and employee education, health education and resources. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Safe Patient Handling is organized by UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing (CPPN) and will be held on Jun 27, 2019 at UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America. C.E. contact hours: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 26, for 1.0 contact hours. Attendees will not receive C.E. credit if they are more than 20 minutes late; no partial credit can be awarded. Course Description: The goal of this course is to provide staff with the skills to implement safe patient handling concepts in their clinical area. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

General Nursing Orientation, Day 2 is organized by UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing (CPPN) and will be held on Jun 27, 2019 at UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America. Course Description: The goal of nursing orientation is to ensure that orientees receive consistent information regarding policies, procedures, standards and documentation to support practice and familiarize them with the UC Davis Health vision, mission, values, goals and organizational structure. In addition, each orientee is shown how to independently access online polices, procedures and competencies. Policies covered include infection control, emergency response and the work environment. In keeping with the UC Davis Health vision, mission, values and goals, the objectives of nursing orientation are geared toward creatively using existing resources to meet the new demands of a constantly changing health-care environment. Nursing orientation provides advanced technological presentations including a learning management system for computerized examinations. An overview of the Center for Professional Practice of Nursing’s website familiarizes the orientees with nursing education, patient and employee education, health education and resources. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Safe Patient Handling is organized by UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing (CPPN) and will be held on Jul 02, 2019 at UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America. C.E. contact hours: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 26, for 1.0 contact hours. Attendees will not receive C.E. credit if they are more than 20 minutes late; no partial credit can be awarded. Course Description: The goal of this course is to provide staff with the skills to implement safe patient handling concepts in their clinical area. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.