2025 Odyssey Conference: Educating the Acute and Critical Care Nurse

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LIVEANCC

Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST, The Westin Richmond, Richmond, VA


Viewing something familiar from a different angle can take courage and bring a new perspective for nurses everywhere in their daily practice. The theme of this year's conference is “Courage to Soar,” which speaks to the courage that we, as health care providers, exhibit as champions for competent and compassionate patient-centered care.

1. Evaluate the barriers to affecting change on important issues like supportive work, cultures, inclusivity, equity, workplace violence, bullying, moral distress, and Healthy Work Environments
2. Discuss the core principles of trauma resuscitation and their applications in various clinical scenarios
3. Apply ATLS guidelines effectively during trauma resuscitation
4. Recognize the indications for and manage massive transfusion protocols
5. Implement strategies for optimizing patient outcomes in multi-system trauma
6. Recall the stages of heart failure and prescribe treatment options for stages C/D heart failure including medication management and device therapy
7. Review pharmacokinetics and clinical applications of medications used for heart failure stages C/D
8. Discuss knowledge of generational differences and develop strategies to bridge practice gaps to optimize team dynamics
9. Examine strategies to support the holistic needs of children of the critically ill patient
10. Discuss signs, symptoms, and neurobiology of trauma and trauma informed care practices

Online Registration is Closed. Limited on-site registration available.

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Greater Richmond Area Chapter of AACN and VCU Health Continuing Education. VCU Health Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

VCU Health Continuing Education designates this activity for a maximum of 7.0 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accommodation

All participants have the right to participate in this continuing education activity without discrimination due to age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex (sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and pregnancy), protected veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristics under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you need accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact us at [email protected] for more information. Requests for accommodations must be received 21 days prior to activity start date.

Complaint Policy and Resolution Process
All complaints must be made in writing to [email protected].

All complaints will be logged into the complaint log. The Director, Continuing Education will attempt to resolve the complaint within the first contact, when possible, and will respond to the client and customer's concerns within 5 business days of the initial complaint. At the time of the first contact, Director, Continuing Education will inform the complainant if more time will be needed to research the complaint.

If the complaint is still unresolved after communication with the Director, Continuing Education, or if the initial complaint is not addressed in a timely manner, the complainant may contact the President & CEO, UHS-PEP. The President & CEO will then contact the complainant and endeavor to resolve the complaint within 10 business days after being contacted.

The complaint log will be regularly reviewed to identify areas of operations and service that may require improvement. The Director, Continuing Education will research reoccurring complaint matters and recommend process and procedure changes, when appropriate. These changes will be noted on the Complaint Resolution Log, and any necessary policy and/or procedure updates will be made within 15 business days thereafter.

Disclaimers
Minimum and maximum numbers for attendance at this event have been established, and we reserve the right to substitute speakers/topics, adjust credit hours, or cancel if necessary.

By attending this event you grant VCU Health Continuing Education the right at the event to record, film, photograph, or capture your likeness in any media and to distribute, broadcast, use, or otherwise disseminate, in perpetuity, such media without any further approval from or any payment to you. 

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Cancellation Policy: 
Registration fee, less a 15% non-refundable administrative fee, will be refunded only if written notice of cancellation is received via email to [email protected] on or before February 11, 2025. There will be no refunds after that date.

ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center (7.00 hours), General Attendance - Attendance without CE credit (7.00 hours)

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

VCU Health Continuing Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a continuing education activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Tuesday, March 11, 2025