MNA's Nurse Continuing Education Events

Continuing Education Activities, Conventions, and Conferences

 

Location / Contact Person Title  & Dates Registration Information / Cost   CE Credit
St. James Healthcare, Butte, MT / Phil Dean, RN, Clinical Educator, 406/723-2922  CHF Lecture Series – all sessions start at 1700 – various dates – St. James Healthcare, Butte, MT .1.  Cardiac Anatomy & Physiology – September 11, 2008.2.  Acute Decompensated CHF – October 9, 2008.3.  Chronic Stable CHF – November 13, 2008.4.  Pharmacology of CHF – December 11, 2008.5.  Pre, Peri and Post-operative Care of the CHF Patient – January 8, 2009.6.  Surgical and Device Therapy for CHF – February 12, 2009 To register, contact Lynda DeWitt, Educational Resource Coordinator / 406/723-2406. There is no cost for the series.  Dinner is a buffet-style that is immediately adjacent to the lecture room. Attendees get their meal at the start of the time designated for the education (1700 in this case) and go into the lecture room and find a place. The instructors generally begin the lecture at or very near (within 10 minutes) of the 1700 hour. They are asked to fill 90 minutes with lecture, presentation, Q&A and evaluation…..so that full credit can be realized.  Each lecture approved for 1.5CH by MNA; Lecture 4 also approved for 1.5 Rx CH for APRNs.
DPHHS Women’s & Men’s Health Section / Liz Johnson APRN / 406/444-7331 Reaching Men in Montana:  A workshop towards building and sustaining meaningful male reproductive and sexual health programsOctober 30 and 31, 2008.Location:  Day One:  Fairmont Hot Springs & Resort, Fairmont Day Two:  (for clinicians only) Butte Family Planning, 25 West Front Street, Butte (carpool available from Fairmont Hot Springs) Register by October 1, 2008Cost:  Title X Participants – free each day; Non Title X Participants – Day One $20; Day Two $50. Send registration information and payment to MT DPHHS, ATTN: Cindy Cawfield, PO Box 202951, Helena, MT 59620. Indicate which days you are registering for.  Make checks payable to MT-DPHHS Continuing Education Contact Hours have been approved by MNA as follows:  Day One:  6.25 CHDay Two:  5.5 CH 
Missoula MT Pain Management Policy and Practice : A Balanced approach   September 5-6, 2008 Early Bird Registration discount available.Go to  www.mtpain.org  to see agenda and  registerSee the flyer  
  Improving Geriatric Care Transitions : Medication Safety and Health Literacy   October 14, 2008 Go to www.nwrei.org  or phone (406)237-5300 or (800)308-2194     
Northern Rockies Rehabilitation Symposium  "A Comprehensive Approach to the Continuum of Care for Spinal Cord Injury "   November 7-9, 2008 Go to  www.communitymed.org  for more information or call :  Terry Halls RN at (406)327-4212  
 St Patrick Hospital
Broadway Building Conf. Ctr.
Missoula MTCall 406-329-2730
 Environmental Sustainability in Health Care - A forum to learn and share.October 17, 2008 9:00 Am to 4:30 PM  For more information go to www.saintpatrick.org     Click Here for the
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