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ForwardConference 2015 | Ambulatory Care Nursing Conference
26th Annual Pacific Northwest Conference
April 22-23, 2015
Welcome to the Conference Portal!
This is your one-stop shop for our annual Ambulatory Care Nursing conference. This is the place you will:
- Register for each day or a combo of days
- View the program schedule
- Choose your conference sessions
- Download your handouts
- Complete your conference evaluation(s)
- Print your certificate
Who Should Attend This Conference?
Nurses, nurse practitioners, medical assistants, social workers and other interested healthcare professionals.
About This Conference:
Nurses in ambulatory care have diverse roles, serve unique groups of patients and require specialized clinical and management skills. This conference is an educational forum for those who practice in a wide variety of settings, including large and small clinics, physician offices, home health, long term care, public health, community health, occupational health, school health, college health, military health, specialty clinics and other outpatient settings. Two general sessions and nine sets of concurrent sessions allow registrants to design a conference that meets their individual needs. Speakers include distinguished local, regional and national experts presenting on clinical assessment, nursing interventions, administrative/management issues and professional development. Conference goals are to strengthen the practice of nursing, promote innovation and create seamless systems for patients and communities. Teaching methods include lecture, discussion, case studies, hands-on skill development, poster sessions and collegial interchange.
Call for Posters
Discount available for poster presenters!
Have you developed an innovative strategy or program for delivering ambulatory care? Please consider presenting a poster at the conference to share your approach to enhancing patient care, practice or education. Abstracts are due April 17, 2015. Submit an abstract online for a poster session!
Course Brochure
Want to Learn More about the Registration/CE Process?
Click here for the Seven Easy Steps for Registering and Earning CE Contact Hours.
Registering a Group or an Employee?
Fill out our Group/Employee Registration Form. The registration manager will process your request and notify by email.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss updated information related to the clinical assessment, nursing management and prevention of common health problems seen in ambulatory care settings.
- Describe strategies for dealing with administrative and management issues.
- Describe strategies that promote professional development, including transition into new nursing roles in the ambulatory setting.
Topics
Topics are relevant issues impacting ambulatory care nursing practice and ambulatory care settings. Two general sessions and nine concurrent sessions allow registrants to design a conference that meets their individual needs. See the course brochure for the wide selection of topics.
Conference Registrants Only
| Conference Materials and Information | |
|---|---|
Sessions | Wednesday Session Sign-Up (Link will open in a new window or tab.) |
Handouts | Wednesday Handouts (Link will open in a new window or tab.) |
Evaluation | Wednesday Evaluation (Link will open in a new window or tab.) Thursday Evaluation (Link will open in a new window or tab.) |
Certificate | Before you can download your certificate, you must submit the evaluation for each day you attended. (See above.) To access the certificate, click the "Download Certificate" button at the bottom of this page. |
| Day of Event | |
| Recharging Stations | Power stations are available in the registration area. Power is not available in the conference rooms. Your battery will last longer if you put your device in airplane mode while attending a session. |
| WiFi | Free WiFi is limited to public areas of the conference center. Download your handouts to your device before you go to a session. |
| Food and Clothing | Breakfast and lunch: We try to be sensitive to many common dietary restrictions in planning our complimentary food menu. However, if you have special dietary needs, please bring food items that will meet your individual nutritional requirements. For lunch, we generally serve salad and either fish or poultry with a few vegetarian options. Temperature in rooms: Temperatures can fluctuate throughout the day. Please dress in layers. |
Additional Information
Available Credit
- 13.30 Contact hours
- 6.90 Pharmacology hours at the advanced practice level