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2008 International Nurses Society on Addictions Annual Educational Conference 32nd Annual Educational Conference
October 1-4, 2008
Hyatt Regency Atlanta on Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA The 2008 IntNSA Annual Educational Conference is Expected to Sell-Out! Register by September 15.
Who Should Attend? Nurses Who Specialize in the Prevention and Treatment of Addictions
Nurses Who Practice in Other Specialty Areas
Allied Health Care Professionals Who Specialize in Addictions
Employee Assistance Professionals
Credentialed Addictions Counselors and Prevention Specialists
Community Agency Workers
Private Practice Therapists
Important Dates Monday, September 15 – Early registration ends.
Monday, September 15 – Hotel reservation cutoff.
Welcome from the President This year IntNSA is holding its 32nd Annual Educational Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, home of the CDC and the Healthy People Initiatives. This is a wonderful opportunity for our conference attendees to become familiar with the current goals of our nation in its efforts to fight the disease of addiction. Addiction nurses are proven leaders in the prevention and treatment of addictions. IntNSA has supported efforts for advocacy, collaboration, education, research, and policy development to address this growing national threat. For 2008 our Educational Conference, titled “Addiction Nursing and the Public’s Health: Healthy People 2010 Initiatives,” will focus on where we are and how we move forward.
The Hyatt Regency Atlanta promises to be a central location for learning and fun. This year, in order to provide accommodations for all our speakers and the information they bring to us, a full day of pre-conferences is planned for Wednesday and the Keynote Address will open the conference Thursday morning. In addition to learning about all the latest in our field, this conference will offer even more continuing education credits and many opportunities for networking. Come to catch up with old friends and meet new ones. Invite your peers and learn together. We are the future leaders of this field. Let’s map that course in Atlanta!
See you in Atlanta!
Carolyn Baird, RN-BC, MBA, MEd, CARN-AP, CCDP-D
President
Welcome from the Conference Organizers This year, the 32nd International Nurses Society on Addictions Annual Educational Conference will be held October 1-4 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. The theme this year, “Addiction Nursing and the Public’s Health: Healthy People 2010 Initiatives," will allow us to explore the various health issues associated with Drug and Alcohol Addiction and review the national health objectives. Pre-Conference Workshops will be offered all day Wednesday, October 1, as well as the CARN and CARN-AP Review and Testing. The conference will officially open with our Keynote Address by Louise Floyd, RN, DNS, a behavioral scientist and team leader of the FAS Prevention Team, Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, and the CDC Prevention. Her topic will be “Alcohol Use in U.S. Women of Childbearing Age: Consequences and Prevention.”
Back again this year, by popular demand, will be the Silent Auction sponsored by FAN and our early morning City Walk. In addition, there will be a Chapter Reception held on Friday, from 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm; this will provide an opportunity for various chapters to get to know and interact with each other. A wide variety of exhibitors and vendors will be available as well. Our social event this year will be Saturday afternoon at the Georgia Aquarium.
Nursing and substance abuse credits will be available for a wide variety of educational activities plus ample opportunity to network during the opening reception, meals and breaks. We hope you will plan to attend this years’ conference and take advantage of enhancing your knowledge, socialize with presenters, and network with other professionals from the various disciplines of addiction nursing.
We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta.
2008 Conference Committee
Priscilla Mekosh, BSN, RN, Conference Chair
Barbara Berlin, RN, CARN
Bill Greene, RN, BSN, MS
Suzanne Kinkle, BS, RN, CARN
Conference Description Addiction nurses care for individuals and families in a wide array of settings, including acute care, maternal-child care, mental health units, community agencies, primary care clinics, and home care. This year’s conference presents an outstanding opportunity for IntNSA members and friends to explore how we can enhance the knowledge of health care professionals from a wide variety of behavioral health care settings about the policies of our nation that impact the future of addictions treatment and prevention. We will highlight advocacy for increased funding, research, clinical innovation, and evidence-based care. Opportunities will be provided for networking with colleagues both during and after the conferences.
2008 Conference Objectives At the end of this conference participants should have a better understanding of the goal of the Healthy People 2010 Initiatives Program, created by the CDC, and its efforts to improve mental health and ensure access to appropriate, quality mental health services and substance abuse treatment. Addiction nurses caring for individuals and families in a wide array of settings will benefit from the host of excellent speakers presenting informative topics related to our conference theme. Participants will have had an opportunity to develop mentoring relationships and increase networking opportunities with other behavioral health care professionals and further their understanding of how to:
• Identify at least three public health interventions related to the treatment of alcohol and other drug dependence.
• Describe the effects of smoking both on the individual and the community and name two interventions leading to smoking cessation.
• List the risk factors for suicide and how each risk can be adequately managed.
• Describe a nursing education model for understanding alcohol dependence and treatment.
• Discuss the impacts on society of alcohol use in females of childbearing age.
• Describe the public health issues of substance dependence as they relate to race, culture, and gender.
• Define and describe complimentary and alternative treatments for chemical dependency.
• Describe the neurobiological aspects of addiction and how medications can mediate the neuronal dysfunction in the brain.
Contact IntNSA at intnsa@intnsa.org or (614) 221-9989 with questions.
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