NYSANA/CTANA Spring Educational Meeting
Current Topics and Trends in Nurse Anesthesia Practice

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The CTANA & NYSANA Spring Educational Meeting is scheduled for Friday, March 3-Sunday, March 5, 2023. Join your colleagues for a fun, educational meeting in the beautiful seaside town of Mystic, Connecticut. 

 

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Agenda at a Glance 

 

Friday March 3, 2023 (3 CEUs) 

3-7 PM – Registration
4-6 PM – CPC Preparatory Review Course
6:15-7:15 PM – Generating Positive Outcomes Through Verbal Communication
7:15-8:15 PM – All-Exhibitor Welcome Reception 

 

Saturday March 4 (8 CEUs) 

• ​7-8 AM – Breakfast with Exhibitors + Posters

• 8-9 AM – AANA Update

• 9-10 AM – The "Dirty Truth" about Opioids and the Rise of the Multi-Modal Analgesia

• 10-10:30 AM – Break

• 10:30-11:30 AM – Advanced Assessment using POCUS

• 11:30AM-12:30 PM – CTANA Update and Meeting; NYSANA Update and Meeting

• 12:30-1:30 PM – Lunch with Exhibitors + Posters

• 1:30-2:30 PM – Anesthetic Management for the Parturient on Medication Assisted Treatment Therapy Undergoing Elective Cesarean Delivery

• 2:30-3:30 PM – Student/Resident Presentations: Current Topics and Research in Anesthesia

Topics Include:

• Perineural Administration of Dexamethasone as Nerve Block

• Integrating the H2FPEF Score into the Anesthesia Preoperative Assessment to Identify Patients at Risk for HFpEF: A Systematic Review

• The Sitting Position: Effects and Complications

 

• 3:30-4 PM – Break with Exhibitors + Posters

• 4-5 PM – Student/Resident Research Presentations (continued)

  • Systematic Review of the Effect of Marijuana use on Propofol Administration

  • Integration of Diversity into Nurse Anesthesia Practice

• 5:30 PM – First bus to leave for Casino

• 6 PM – Second bus to leave for Casino

• 6-8 PM – Dinner on your own, Mohegan Sun Casino

• 8-9 PM – Bowling Event at GameON! at Mohegan Sun Casino

• 10 PM – First bus to leave for return trip to hotel

• 11:15 PM – Last bus to leave for return trip to hotel

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Sunday May 1, 2022 (4 CEUs) 

• 7-8 AM – Breakfast

• 8-9 AM – Patient Safety in the Operating Room

• 9-10 AM – Wellness-Mindfulness/Meditation and Sleep Hygiene (part 1)

• 10-10:15 AM – Break

• 10:15-11:15 AM – Wellness-Mindfulness/Meditation and Sleep Hygiene (part 2)

• 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM – Best Practices with Transgender Care and Non-Binary Patients

• 1-4 PM – OPTIONAL AHA Recertification