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Thank you for attending the PCNA 18th Annual Symposium

Please join us next year for the 2013 PCNA 19th Annual Symposium in Las Vegas from May 2-4.

Registration Opens November 1, 2012

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Thursday, April 12

The impact of obesity on management of cardiovascular disease, Gary D. Foster, PhD

IOM Report: Impact on the Future of Nursing, Greer Glazer, PhD and Anne H. Gross, PhD

Healthcare Reform: What is means for Nursing, Medicine, and Prevention, Barry M. Straube, MD

Risk Assessment in the Asymptomatic Patient, Joseph S. Alpert, MD 

NHLBI Guideliens Update: Hypertension, Obesity, Cholesterol, and Lifetime Risk, Sidney C. Smith, MD

Evaluating CVD in Women: A Scientific Update, Martha Gulati, MD

Friday, April 13

Diabetes and SIHD, Richard Conti, MD and Jan McAlister, MSN, NP-C

EuroAction preventive cardiology programme, Catriona S. Jennings, BA Hons RN, FESC

Lipid Screening Increased Through Team-Based Patient-Centered Strategies, Sally S. Foland, BSN

Heath Communication: Engaging and Partnering with Patients and Families, David W. Baker, MD

CV Pharmacology Update: Focus on Interactions & Safety, Janet B. Long, MSN and David Parra, PharmD

Interventional Updates from the Cardiovascular Lab, Hilary M. Nierenberg, ANP

Complex Cases in Dyslipidemia, Cindy Lamendola, MSN, ANP–BC and Mary Ann Champagne, MSN, CNS

Translating Statistical Evidence into Clinical Practice, Jerilyn K. Allen, RN, ScD

Assessing Cognitive Impairment in Patients with CVD, Karen K. Davis, RN, MS, NEA–BC 

Lifestyle Counseling in 10–Minutes or Less, Lynne T. Braun, PhD and Jane Nelson Worel, MSN, APRN–BC

Saturday, April 14

Familial Hypercholesterolemia, Joyce L. Ross, MSN, CRNP and Mary McGowan, MD

Complementary/Alternative Medicine: What’s in the Brown Bag?, Howard D. Sesso, ScD, MPH

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This educational activity is provided by the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA). Multiple educational grants have been requested to support this program. PCNA is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education (CE) programs by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), provider number 030602. This program is accredited for 16.6 contact hours of CE, which includes 8.3 hours of pharmacology. This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Policies and Commercial Support Standards. All state boards of nursing, all NP certifying bodies, and the American Dietetic Association accept AANP CE credits.