Upcoming Nursing Seminars

Here are nursing seminars scheduled for the next two months as announced by the Philippine Nurses Association's Committee on Continuing Education.

March 15 Aspiration: Preventing a Deadly Complication in Vulnerable Population

8:00am-12:00pm

Registration Fee: 400php - members

500php - nonmembers

March 18 Coronary Artery Disease

8:00am-12:00pm

Registration Fee: 400php - members

500php - nonmembers

March 21-24 Advanced Cardiac Life Support Program

8:00am-5:00pm

4,000php- registration fee

March 25 Drug Administration Principles

and Computation

8:00am-12:00pm

Registration Fee: 400php - members

500php - nonmembers

March 29 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

8:00am-12:00pm

Registration Fee: 400php - members

500php - nonmembers

March 31 Metabolic Syndrome

8:00am-12:00pm

Registration Fee: 400php - members

500php - nonmembers

April 1 Marfan Syndrome: Inherited Disorderhas far Reaching Effects

8:00am-12:00pm

Registration Fee: 400php - members

500php - nonmembers

April 4 Bladder Management after Spinal Cord Injury

8:00am-12:00pm

Registration Fee: 400php - members

500php - nonmembers

April 5 Pain and Its Management

8:00am-12:00pm

Registration Fee: 400php - members

500php - nonmembers

April 13 Hepatitis C: Prevention, Assessment and Treatment

8:00am-12:00pm

Registration Fee: 400php - members

500php - nonmembers

April 15 HIV / AIDS

8:00am-12:00pm

Registration Fee: 400php - members

500php - nonmembers

April 25-28 Advanced Cardiac Life Support Program

8:00am-5:00pm

4,000php- registration fee

April 28 Biochemical Terrorism

8:00am-12:00pm

Registration Fee: 400php - members

500php - nonmembers

April 29 End-of-Life Care: Easing the Transition

8:00am-12:00pm

Registration Fee: 400php - members

500php - nonmembers

May 4 Diabetes Mellitus Type II: Whats the Buzz

8:00am-12:00pm

Registration Fee: 400php - members

500php - nonmembers

Nurses interested in signing up for the seminars are instructed to the contact the PNA-CPE through Mr. Nicole at tel. nos. 521-0937 and 400-4430 local 1006.

Seminars may be canceled or postponed so registration must be made at least 1 week before the published dates.

The venue for all seminars listed is at the PNA Auditorium at 1663 F.T Benitez St., Malate, Manila.

Health Informatics Seminar

Heads up, nurses! If you missed last month's Seminar on Health Informatics, here's your chance. 

The University of the Philippines Manila, National Telehealth Center in partnership with the International Open Source Network ASEAN +3 will again be conducting a Seminar on Health Informatic on May 21, 2010.

The venue for the seminar is at the College of Dentistry Auditorium, University of the Philippines Manila Pedro Gil St. Cor. Taft Avenue, Manila.

For details on the seminar, check out the embedded information sheet below:

Seminar on Health Informatics - www.PinoyRN.net

Sent in by Noel A. Bañez, R.N. Thanks!

Seminar on Health Informatics

The University of the Philippines Manila, National Telehealth Center in partnership with the International Open Source Network ASEAN +3 will be conducting a Seminar on Health Informatics on April 8, 2010 at the UPMASA-PGH SCIENCE HALL 3rd Floor Philippine General Hospital in Taft Avenue, Manila.

The seminar will cover topics on:

• ICT for Health: Introduction to eHealth, Telemedicine, Health Informatics

• Open Source in Health

• Health Informatics in the Philippines: A Historical Perspective

• Health Informatics in Education

• Ethics in the Practice of Health Informatics, eHealth and Telemedicine

• eHealth Initiatives of the National Telehealth Center

• Future of eHealth, Telemedicine and Health Informatics

Registration fee is Php 1,200 and will include Seminar kit, CD of Health Informatics Resources, Certificate of Attendance, Morning & Afternoon Snacks (Lunch not included), and Freebies.

Discounts will be given to groups of 10 (Php 1,000) and to students with valid ID (Php 800). To register online, click here.

For more information, contact Ms. Vivian Biala or Ms. Rio Valenzuela at (+632) 5256501 or email them at admin@info.telehealth.ph

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Schedule of PNA-Accredited Seminars for Nurses (January - June 2010)

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PNA Seminars for the Month of March

Just a quick heads up to our fellow nurses out there.

If you are looking to improve your nursing skills, here are the nursing seminars lined up by the Committee on Continuing Education of the Philippine Nurses Association for this month.

March 12 » Patient Safety Goals: Focus on Patient Identifiers
8:00 am - 12:00 nn
Registration Fee: Php 300 Member
Php 350 Non-Member

March 15-17 » End of Life Nursing Education Consortium
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

March 19 » Care of the Premature Infants
8:00 am - 12:00 nn
Registration Fee: Php 300 Member
Php 350 Non-Member

March 22-25 » Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration Fee: Php 4,000

March 26 » Acute Stroke
8:00 am - 12:00 nn
Registration Fee: Php 300 Member
Php 350 Non-Member

Venue for all seminars listed, unless otherwise stated, is at the PNA Auditorium at 1663 F.T. Benitez Street, Malate, Manila

For further inquiries and confirmation, please contact Mr. Nicole at tel. nos. 4004430 / 5210937 loc. 1006

NOTE: Scheduled seminars are subject for cancellation without prior notice.

Schedule of PNA-Accredited Seminars for Nurses

The Committee on Continuing Education of the Philippine Nurses Association has released the tentative schedule of nursing seminars for the first half of the year.

Nursing seminars slated for January 2010 are as follows:

January 15 » Basic Infection Control Course
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration Fee:   Php 600  Member
Php 650  Non-Member

January 21 » International Job Opportunities at the Doorstep of UK
8:00 am - 12:00 nn
Registration Fee:   Php 300  Member
Php 350  Non-Member

January 22 » Pregnancy and Post Partum Care
8:00 am - 12:00 nn
Registration Fee:  Php 300  Member
Php 350  Non-Member

January 25-28 » Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration Fee:  Php 4,000

January 29 » Preventing Medication Error
8:00 am - 12:00 nn
Registration Fee: Php 300  Member
Php 350  Non-Member

For the convenience of our readers, the complete schedule of nursing seminars (January - June 2010) is posted below.
PNA Nursing Seminars (January to June 2010) - www.PinoyRN.co.nr

The PNA advises nurses who intend to attend these seminars to pre-register at least one week before the announced dates. All seminar schedules are subject to change, including cancellation, without prior notice.

Inquiries and registrations concerns should be coursed through Mr. Nicole at telephone nos. (02) 400-4430 / 521-0937 local 1006.  Fees are inclusive of certificates only. Venue for all seminars, unless otherwise stated, will at the PNA Auditorium at 1663 F.T. Benitez street in Malate, Manila.

Peritoneal Dialysis Seminar for Nurses

Renal Nurses Association of the Philippines (RENAP) Cebu in cooperation with Fresenius Medical Care - Philippines invites all Registered Nurses to attend the training on "Peritoneal Dialysis with Return Demo" on November 14-15, 2009 (Saturday-Sunday) 8:00 - 5:00 PM at Function Hall, Mango Park Hotel, Maxilom Ave, Cebu City, Philippines.

Ms. Ela M. Orioste BSN, RN, MAN, CRNC of and support team from Fresenius Medical Care will be the resource speakers of the said training.

• Onsite Registration Fee is 1,500 Php (inclusive of meals, snacks, 1 year membership to RENAP)
• Pre-Reg for RENAP Members 1,000Php (inlcusive of meals, snacks and certificate)
• Pre-Reg for Non-RENAP Members 1,300Php (inclusive of meals, snacks, certificate and 1 year membership to RENAP)
• Pre-Registration Schedule is only until November 9,2009

Note: PRE- REGISTRATION IS ADVISED. 50 SLOTS ONLY.

For more information please contact any of the following persons:
Harby O. Abellanosa RN., CRN - (0919) 860-1490
Lady April L. Pana, RN. - (0929) 375-9148
Riz B. Ardina RN., CRN - (0919) 698-7863

[ Sent in by Harby Abellanosa, RN, CRN ]