Program Schedule

2019 SCHEDULE 

Designed to blend the latest advancements in science with practical clinical approaches to patient management, PCNA’s Annual Cardiovascular Nursing Symposium features keynote addresses, lectures and workshops presented by world-renowned authorities in cardiovascular risk reduction and disease management. 

THURSDAY, APRIL 11 - PHARMACOLOGY PRECONFERENCE AND GENERAL SESSIONS
Pharmacology Preconference may be attended as a stand-alone event.
7:30 AM	Balancing Therapies in Patients with Hyperkalemia and Heart Failure
8:45 AM	Welcome to Pharmacology Preconference
9:00 AM	Aspirin: The Magic Bullet for Prevention of CVD and Cancer? Yin Cao, MPH, ScD, Kathy Berra MSN, ANP-BC
10:00 AM	Morning Beverage Break
10:15 AM	An Integrative Approach to Managing Pain in an era of Opioid Misuse and Addiction Randall Hudspeth, PhD, MBA, MSN, APRN, FAANP
11:15 AM	Building Strong Bones: What CV Nurses Need to Know about Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Nancy Berman, MSN, ANP-BC, NCMP, FAANP
12:30 PM	Lunch Product Theater Sponsored by Amarin Reduce Cardiovascular RiskWith Vascepa® (Icosapent Ethyl): Evidence From Reduce-It™
1:45 PM	Asthma, COPD and CVD: Why is everyone short of breath? Lori Wilken, PharmD
2:45 PM	Break
3:00 PM	Welcome to General Sessions
3:30 PM	Opening Keynote: Exercise and Lifestyle Interventions: What’s their Role in CVD Prevention and Treatment? Geoffrey Moore, MD and Kim Newlin, RN, MS, ANP
4:30 PM	Lipid Management in 2019: Putting Evidence-Based Guidelines into Practice Lynne Braun, RN, ANP, PhD
5:30 PM	Opening Reception in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Presentations
7:15 PM	Case Studies in Cardiovascular Risk Reduction with Non-statin Therapies: Rapid Fire Roundtable Speakers: TBD
FRIDAY, APRIL 12 - GENERAL SESSIONS
8:00 AM	Opening Keynote: Treating High-Risk Patients with Non-Statin Therapy for LDL-C Lowering: Optimizing Clinical Outcomes Susan Halli-Demeter DNP, FNP-BC, CLS and Karol Watson MD, PhD
9:15 AM	Women and CVD: Creating Awareness and Making Prevention a Priority Sharonne Hayes, MD
10:15 AM	Oral Abstract Presentations
10:45 AM	Exhibit Hall and Beverage Break
11:30 AM	Cardio-Oncology: Preventing and Treating Cardiovascular Complications Associated with Cancer Treatments Tochi Okwuosa, MD
12:15 PM	Lunch Product Theater Sponsored by Amgen, Inc. Lower Together: Ldl-C, Risk, Hassle, Cost
1:15 PM	Exhibit Hall
2:00 PM	The QT Interval: Too Hot, Too Cold, Just Right Mike Ackerman, MD
3:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions (pick one)
	Cardiac Diagnostics: Using Data to Assess Risk, Diagnose and Treat CVD Jane Linderbaum, APRN, CNP
	E-Health Technology and Self Care: Improving CVD Outcomes for those Living in Rural or Remote Areas Denise Buxbaum, RN, BSN, CHFN
	Moderated Poster Session
3:45 PM	Exhibit Hall and Beverage Break
4:30 PM	Concurrent sessions (pick one)
	Is it Cardiac or Pulmonary? Patient Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation of Dyspnea Susan Corbridge, PhD, APRN
	Multi-Cultural Health and CVD: Risk Assessment and Management in Ethnic Populations May Hang, RN, MS, NP
	Moderated Poster Session
5:30 PM	Networking
5:45 PM	Dinner Product Theater Sponsored by Astrazeneca Advancing the Understanding of Heart Failure and Renal Dysfunction in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
SATURDAY, APRIL 13 - GENERAL SESSIONS
7:30 AM	Opening Plenary: Making the Link Between Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, Marilyn Tan, MD and Cindy Lamendola, MSN, NP
8:40 AM	PCNA Awards Ceremony
9:00 AM	Lower Extremity PAD: How to Help Your Patients Get Back on their Feet Diane Treat-Jacobsen, RN, PhD
10:00 AM	Beverage Break
10:15 AM	Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Heart Disease: Current Applications and Future Directions Tim Nelson, MD
11:00 AM	Closing Keynote: Advancing Patient Centered Care Through Shared Decision Making Victor Montori, MD
12:00 AM	Closing Remarks and Prize Drawings

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT

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 Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), provider number 030602. This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Policies and Commercial Support Standards.