Latest advances in complex medical treatments and delivering safe, patient-centered, cost-effective care will be among the hot topics as thousands of nurses who care for high acuity and critically ill patients and their families convene this month in Washington, D.C.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) hosts its annual National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI), Saturday, May 15, through Thursday, May 20, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and nearby headquarters hotels in Washington, D.C. AACN expects attendance to top 6,000 nurses and include many at the forefront of research, academia, staff development and management.
In addition to emerging trends in patient care, NTI sessions will focus on healthcare reform, patient safety, healthy work environments, pandemics, disasters and many more issues facing those in the healthcare profession.
AACN's National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (www.aacn.org/nti) offers more than 300 sessions about best healthcare practices, now and in the future. Topics include the following, among others:
•Understanding healthcare reform and its impact on caregivers
•Keeping patients safe and preventing medication errors and infections
•Presence of family members during CPR and complex procedures
•Responding to disasters in the local community and across the globe
•How healthy work environments benefit patient care and nurses' job satisfaction
•Treating traumatic injuries
•Providing palliative and end-of-life care
NTI, the world's largest conference for nurses who care for high acuity and critically ill patients, includes the Critical Care Exposition, the largest and most comprehensive trade show geared specifically for high acuity and critical care. Spread over nearly 100,000 net square feet will be exhibits of cutting-edge healthcare equipment, devices, supplies, pharmaceuticals, education materials and job opportunities from more than 350 companies and organizations.
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