This symposium will strengthen the practitioner’s clinical knowledge base and assessment skills and assist in further development of dynamic practice strategies for diagnosis and management. The symposium will begin with an evening reception and lecture. Expert faculty including Advanced Practice Nurses, Physicians and Allied Health Care Professionals will present the day-long program. Evidence-based findings and current research data to enhance registrants’ knowledge of diagnosis and management of selected disease entities including new and existing pharmacotherapies utilized in management will be presented.

This symposium is designed to meet the needs of advance practice nurses, physician assistants and other health care professionals seeking to enhance their knowledge of current and emerging issues relevant to their clinical practice and primary care.

Upon completion of this CME activity, participants should be able to:

• Analyze the current top 3 legislative issues for healthcare providers in Florida
• Appraise emerging treatment strategies of aortic aneurysms
• Assess the current evidence for the management of post traumatic stress disorders
• Discuss video assisted surgeries of the thorax
• Assess strategies for diagnoses and management of selected neurosurgical disorders related to spinal cord.
• Formulate strategies for managing patients with an acute abdomen
• Discuss disaster medicine and standardized approaches to disaster intervention
• Relate concepts of holistic health
• Assess management strategies for hypo/hypernatremia
• Demonstrate the placement of an IUD
• Demonstrate beginning skill in suturing
• Relate current best practices for immunization of children and adults
• Assess the interpretation of chest x-rays

Registration / Continental Breakfast

Legislative Update
Anna Small, Esq, ARNP, SNM

Break Out Sessions (Please Select One)
(A) New Treatments of Aortic Aneurisms
Lawrence Sowka, MD
or
(B) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder:
Knowledge for Primary Care Providers
Donna Adair, DNP, MS, ARNP

Break, Exhibits

Break Out Sessions (Please Select One)
(A) Diagnosis and Management of
Acute Abdomen
Olumide Sobowale, MD, FACS
or
(B) Holistic Health in the 21st Century
Sean Harvey, DO

Lunch with Speaker
Disaster Medicine and the Need for a Standardized Approach for Disaster
Intervention
Frederick Slone, MD

Break Out Sessions (Please Select One)
(A) Salt or No Salt: Hypo/HyperNatremia
Sean Harvey, DO
or
(B) STD Prevention, Early Detection
and Treatment
Versie Mallard-Johnson, PhD, WHNPc

Break, Exhibits

Break Out Sessions (Please Select One)
(A) Suturing Workshop – Continued
Mark Brooks, PA-C
or
(B) Picture Perfect: Interpretation of Chest X-Rays
Donna Lester, MS, ACNP-BC

Donna Adair, DNP, MS, ARNP      
Associate Professor
College of Nursing       
Florida Southern College         
Lakeland, FL

Mark Brooks, PA-C 
Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery         
Watson Clinic
Lakeland, FL   

Melissa Bryant, MS, ARNP, NP-C 
Neurosurgical Nurse Practitioner          
Lakeland Regional Medical Center       
Lakeland, FL

Sean Harvey, DO
Medical Director and Staff Physician
Lakeland Regional Medical Center
Celebration, FL

Donna Lester, MS, ACNP-BC        
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Nurse Practitioner          
Lakeland Regional Medical Center
PCAPNA Secretary    
Lakeland, FL

Versie Mallard-Johnson, PhD, WHNPc
Assistant Professor      
University of South Florida
College of Nursing
Tampa, FL

Bruce Shephard, MD,
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of South Florida School of Medicine
Tampa, FL

Andrew Sherman, MD                      
Cardiovascular- Thoracic Surgery, Watson Clinic, LLP
Director Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgical Services, LRMC
Lakeland, FL                           

Christopher Simek, MD       
Director
Watson Clinic LLP
Lipid Clinic

Frederick L. Slone, MD       
Medical Director
Center for Advanced Clinical Learning
USF Health
Assistant Professor
University of South Florida College of Medicine           
Tampa, FL

Anna Small, Esq, ARNP, CNM       
Associate, Health Law Practice Group 
Broad and Cassel
Tallahassee, FL 

Rodney Snow, MS, ARNP, FNP-C  
Lakeside Pediatrics                  
Lakeland, FL

Olumide Sobowale, MD, FACS        
Medical Director Trauma Services       
Lakeland Regional Medical Center
Lakeland, FL   

Laurence Sowka, MD
Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery         
Watson Clinic
Lakeland, FL   

Fee Schedule

Early Bird (on or before 8/31/2008)                   $110.00
Regular (after 8/31/2008)                                 $150.00

Cancellation Policy
All refunds are subject to $35.00 processing fee. There will be no refunds after August 31st, 2008

THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA COLLEGE OF NURSING RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THE PROGRAM DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, IN WHICH EVENT THE FULL REGISTRATION FEE WILL BE RETURNED. THE SPONSORS WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OTHER COSTS INCLUDING TRAVEL AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS.

Polk County Community College Student Center
Winter Haven, FL

Please notify the CPD Office, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC Box 60, Tampa, Florida, 33612 or call (813) 974-4296 a minimum of ten working days in advance of the event if a reasonable accommodation for a disability is needed.

Events, activities and facilities of the University of South Florida are available without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, disability, age, or Vietnam veteran status as provided by law and in accordance with the University's respect for personal dignity.