2018 Conference Handouts

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Schedule-At-A-Glance – please note that this schedule will be provided for onsite attendees in your journal.

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Opening Keynote: I’m Transforming as Fast as I Can…Please Send C.H.O.C.O.L.A.T.E.^TM; Julia Balzer Riley, RN, MN, AHN-BC, REACE

General Session 1: Bridging the Gap Between Hospitalization and Re-entry into School for Students just Diagnosed with Diabetes: A Model Program; Barbara Obst, RN, BSN,MSEd

General Session 2: Research Oral Presentations

How Does Poverty Impact Childhood Obesity? A Summary of the Research and Implications for Clinical Practice; Krista Schroeder, PhD, RN
Incidence and Preventative Strategies of Adrenal Crisis in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia; Padmasree Veeraraghavan, BSN
Optimizing Lipid Screening For T1DM Patients in Diabetes Clinic; Amy Moffett, MSN, RN, CPNP

General Session 3: Pituitary Disorders; Craig Alter, MD

Concurrent Session 1A: (ENDO/ADV) Mystery Cases; Craig Alter, MD

Concurrent Session 1B:(DM/BAS) Diabetes 101: Diagnosis & Tools; Shari Liesch, APNP, CDE

Concurrent Session 1C: (ALL) Abstract Writing and Effective Project Dissemination; Carol Howe, PhD, RN, CDE and Sharron Close, PhD, MS, CPNP-PC

Concurrent Session 2A: (ENDO/BAS) Understanding The Journey: PCOS, Cushing's Disease, Panhypopituitarism to Endocrine Nurse; Rebecca Brooke, RN, BSN

Concurrent Session 2B: (DM/ADV) Using Diabetes Self-Management Education to Enhance Adolescent Transition; Jessica Atkins, DNP, CNS, RN, CPNP-PC and Kristopher Britt, BSN, RN, CDE

Concurrent Session 2C: (ALL) Writing for Publication; Maureen Dever, MSN, CRNP, PPCNP-BC, CDE and Cecily Betz, PhD, RN, FAAN

Concurrent Session 3A: (ENDO/BAS) Hypoglycemia: Identifying, Managing, Diagnosing and Treating. Review of Recommendations from the Pediatric Endocrine Society; Heather McNight-Menci, MSN, CRNP

Concurrent Session 3B: (DM/ADV or BAS) Type 2 Diabetes: Nutritional Excess or Food Insecurity; Jennifer Hyland, RD, CSP, LD

Concurrent Session 3C: (ALL) Understanding PENS Portfolio Program; Kevin Lewis, DNP, ARNP, CDE

Friday, May 18, 2018

General Session 4: Our Trans[ition] Journey: Discuss the lived experience of gender transition for post pubertal young adults—the process, challenges, and lessons learned; Helen Turner, DNP, APRN, PCNS-BC and Zac Turner, BA

General Session 5: Translating Genetic Literacy into Pediatric Endocrine Nursing Practice; Kate Davies, RN, Dip HE, BSc, MSc, NMP and Andrew Dwyer, PhD, FNP-BC

Concurrent Session 4A: (ENDO/ADV) Grave's Disease: Diagnosis, Treatment and Outcomes in Children; Kevin Lewis, DNP, ARNP, CDE 

Concurrent Session 4B: (ALL) A Panel Discussion of Pediatric Pain Relating to Procedural Therapies - What Can We Do?; Helen Turner, DNP, APRN, PCNS-BC; Elaine Carroll, RN, BSN and Deborah Ayres, The Avalon Foundation

Membership Meeting

General Session 6: Children with Short Stature and Growth Failure: Heightism, Gender and Racial Disparities; Terri Lipman, PhD, CRNP, FAAN

Concurrent Session 5A: (DM) Diabetes Case Studies

Complications in the Nonadherent Diabetic Patient; Maureen Dever, MSN, CRNP, PPCNP-BC, CDE
Home Is A Tent and Other Obstacles: Six-year-old Admitted to Hospital with New Onset Type 1 Diabetes - Could We, Would We, and What We Do Differently?; Linda Lau, PNP
Insulin Allergy-What Do You Do?; Rebecca Crespi, MSN, CDE

Concurrent Session 5B: (ENDO/ADV) Name that Growth Issue: A Critical Approach to Diagnosing that "Common" Growth Problem; Megan Lessig, CRNP, MSN

Concurrent Session 5C: (ENDO/BAS) Using CGM for Non-diabetic Endocrine Issues – An Effective Weapon?; Veronica Brady, PhD, MSN, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, CDE
Concurrent Session 6A: (ENDO) Endocrine Case Studies:

46, XY Female: A Case of Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (CAIS); Michelle McLoughlin, MSN, CRNP, CPNP-AC
Hypophosphatasia: More Common than We Think?; Mako Sather, MSN, CPNP
The Diagnosis is Hyperinsulinism: The Details and Management Plan Depend on the Genetics; Heather McKnight-Menci, MSN, CRNP

Concurrent Session 6B: (DM/BAS) Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Beyond the Basics; Lisa Richards, CPNP-PC
Concurrent Session 6C: (ALL) PENS Position Paper on Bullying; Andrew Dwyer, PhD, FNP-BC

Saturday, May 19, 2018

General Session 7: A Vision of Wellness for Children Who Experience Emotional Trauma; Elaine Carroll, RN, BSN
General Session 8: Vitamin D in the 21st Century; Pisit Pitukcheewanont, MD
General Session 9: Grassroots Advocacy: A Necessary Skill in Nursing; Mandi Cafasso, DNP, RN, CNP

2018 Conference Handouts

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