2015 Mississippi Nurses Association Annual Convention Yearbook

2015 Mississippi Nurses’ Association Annual Convention
Wednesday, October 21, 2015:
Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration .....................MS Coast Coliseum & Convention Center
Main Entrance, West Lobby
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Silent Auction with The Mississippi Nurses Foundation ..............Lobby
7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Opening Session (1.0 c/h) ........................................Hall C
Welcome to the 104th MNA Annual Convention!
Welcome by: Jennifer Hitt, PhD, MSN, RN, NLN-CNE, MNA Board President; and Teresa Malone,
MNA Executive Director
Keynote Speaker: G. Adriana Perez, PhD, ANP-BC, FAAN
Promoting Multicultural Diversity in Nursing to Build a Culture of Health
(Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, North Sunflower Medical Center, and the
Mississippi Action Coalition)
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Break & Marketplace
9:15 a.m. – 12:00 noon House of Delegates ............................................D5-D8
• Legislative Update (0.5 c/h) with Teresa Malone, Executive Director, MNA
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions (1.5 c/h)
• Teaching Strategies for the Millennial Adult ...........................................D2
with C. Denise Hancock, RN, MS, LCCE
• Tuberculosis: Elephant in the Room .................................................D3
with Ann Jackson, BSN, RN
• Snapshot of the Mississippi Workforce ...............................................D4
with Debbie Logan, BSN, RN, MHA & Sheila Keller, PhD
Convention CE Agenda
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break & Marketplace
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon Concurrent Sessions (1.5 c/h)
• Organ Donation ...............................................................D2
with Kevin Stump, BS, BSN, RN, CPTC, Executive Dir., MS Organ Recovery Agency
• Management of the Disruptive Patient ...............................................D3
with Kathryn Gift, DNP, RN, CEN
• Interprofessional Education: Lessons Learned ..........................................D4
with Robin Wilkerson, PhD, RN; Leslie Thweatt, MSN, RN; & Sandra Stanton, PhD, RN
12:00 noon – 1:15 p.m. Luncheon Speaker (1.25 c/h) ...................................Hall C
• Memory Magic
with Paul Mellor
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Break & Marketplace
13