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36th Annual Regional Anesthesia
Meeting and Workshops
May 5-8, 2011
Caesars Palace
Las Vegas, NV

Refresher Morning Lecture
May 5, 2011
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Special Features

Acute Pain Nursing Program
Resident Program
The 2011 President's Reception


Acute Pain Nursing Program


Saturday, May 7, 2011.

Morning Session

Moderator: Sheila Hoehn, MAN, RN, BC

7:00-7:30 a.m. Registration
7:30-8:30 a.m. Expanded Multimodal Analgesia Therapy
Debra B. Gordon, RN, MS, FAAN, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinic
8:30-9:30 a.m. Advanced Pharmacology, Opioid Calculation, Conversion & Titrations
Oscar A. De Leon-Casasola, M.D.
9:30-10:00 a.m. Break with Exhibitors
10:00-11:00 a.m. Regional and Neuraxial Analgesic Approaches
Christopher Bernards, M.D.
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Documentation and Legal Importance in Treating Pain
J.C. Gerancher, M.D.
12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch on Own and Break with Exhibitors

Afternoon Session

1:00-2:00 p.m. Risks and Prevention of Persistent Neuropathic Pain
Chris Pasero, MS, RN-BC, FAAN; Clinical Consultant; El Dorado Hills, California
2:00-3:00 p.m. Critical Nursing Concepts: Anticoagulation with Regional Analgesia
Terese T. Horlocker, M.D.
3:00-3:15 p.m. Break
3:15-4:15 p.m. Monitoring for Risks and Oversedation & Respiratory Depression with Opioids
Donna Jarzyna, APRN, BC, MS, CNS, BC- University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ
4:15-5:15 p.m. Addiction and Opioid Tolerance
Cathy Trame MS, CNS, RN, BC- Miami Valley, Centerville, OH
5:15-6:00 p.m. Nursing Poster Session II
Moderator: Sheila Hoehn, MAN, RN, BC