NADONA'S 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

HYATT REGENCY DOWNTOWN, ATLANTA, GA

JUNE 6 - 10, 2015

EXHIBITOR PROSPECTUS

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PRE-CONFERENCE JUNE 6, 2015

NCCDP/ICCDP Presents

Train the Trainer
  Certified Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Care Trainer (CADDCT)

This seminar is for health care professionals and instructors who provide education and in-services to health care professionals, front line staff and students in learning institutions. You must be an RN, LPN, LVN or have a non nursing 4 year degree.  You must be licensed or certified in a health care profession except for those teaching in a health care related program. In lieu of certification or license you must possess a masters or higher degree.  Experience teaching in-services, seminars or health care related courses in a learning institution.

5 years experience in a health-care related setting or learning

REGISTRATION PACKET

Welcome to The National Association Directors of Nursing Administration
in Long Term Care

No one understands All that you go through  -  the Details, the Obstacles and Never-ending challenges that are part of your job As a Nurse Leader in LTC or your colleagues in NADONA!!

NADONA/LTC is the premiere, professional nurses association dedicated exclusively to Nurse Executives/Nurse Administrators within the Long-Term Care Continuum. Communication, education and service to our members is what NADONA is all about!!!

Our members enjoy many online benefits including NADONA University, our popular Professional Web Forum, our "Members Only" and our time-saving online classifieds. Just select the link below to begin enjoying your membership benefits!

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

Join now 

OR ... Contact us about savings on group memberships

NADONA also offers Associate, Corporate Organization, Corporate Sponsor and Patron Memberships. Select the links below for more detailed information.

Associate Membership 

* Associate members consist of any professional RN or Doctor who has not served as a DON, ADON, Corporate DON, or VP of Nursing in a licensed facility within the Long Term Care Continuum.

Corporate Organization, Corporate Sponsor and Patron Memberships

THE NATIONAL NURSE ACT of 2015

At the beginning of the 114^th Congress, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) and I
will re-introduce the National Nurse Act to spring preventive health
forward by designating the Chief Nurse Officer, an existing position
in the U.S. Public Health Service,as the National Nurse for Public Health.
This position would provide a publicly visible nurse leader who would
collaborate with health care leaders to address health disparities and
set goals of better public health.

Select Here for The National Nurse Act of 2015

NADONA IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE
2014 ELECTION RESULTS

AYSHA KUHLOR, VICE PRESIDENT

BONNIE CRUZ, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes:
On-Time Prevention

On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention is designed for nursing homes with electronic medical records. It includes weekly reports to help nursing home clinical staff easily identify residents with increasing risk of pressure ulcer formation and understand their changing clinical picture, so that they can make timely changes in care plans to help prevent pressure ulcers. On-Time is designed to be implemented by a multidisciplinary care team with the help of a trained facilitator who teaches the content of the reports and helps staff integrate the reports into day-to-day practice.  AHRQ will provide more detailed information on training opportunities when it is available.  To find out more about On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention, go to http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/index.html

NCCDP Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Care Staff Education Week February 14-21
Download Free Staff Training In-services and Tool Kit
November 1st till March 15th 

TOOL KIT AND FREE IN-STAFF SERVICES

The tool kit and free staff in-services are available for download November 1st through March 15th. Please note that you must sign up each year for the tool kit. Previous year's log in information are deleted.

LOOKING FOR A CHANGE?

NEED TO RECRUIT QUALITY STAFF
AT A REASONABLE RATE?

NADONA PROVIDES THE PERFECT TOOL!

VISIT OUR CAREER CENTER

THE FLU I.Q.

THINK YOU KNOW ALL THERE IS ABOUT THE FLU? 

Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM)
Appendix PP “Guidance to Surveyors for Long Term Care Facilities”

                         LONG TERM

LONG TERM LIVING PROVIDES

YOUR 2014-2015 FLU PREPARATION KIT

Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s flu season and how to prepare your facilities, staff members and residents.

CDC Continues to Recommend a Flu Vaccine as the Best Way to Protect Against the Flu

On December 3, 2014 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Health Advisory announcing that H3N2 viruses are predominant so far this season, some of which are different from the vaccine virus and reminding clinicians about CDC’s vaccine and treatment recommendations. The information about which viruses are circulating this season is noteworthy for two reasons. 1.) Seasons during which influenza A H3N2 viruses predominate are sometimes associated with more hospitalizations and deaths than during H1N1 or influenza B-predominant seasons; and, 2.) The vaccine may not work as well against the H3N2 viruses that are different from what is in the vaccine. 

Influenza viruses are constantly changing – they can change from one season to the next or they can even change within the course of the same season. While vaccine effectiveness against drifted H3N2 viruses may be reduced this season, influenza vaccination still offers the best protection we have against seasonal flu. 

Even when drifted viruses are circulating, CDC continues to recommend influenza vaccination for people age 6 months and older. Read more.

 

--CMS Office of Communications

 

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IMPORTANT EBOLA RESOURCES

The Florida Department of Health

We Can Keep Communities Safe

Health Care Actions for Ebola

Ebola Virus Disease Fact Sheet for Medical Professionals

Health Care Facility Preparedness Checklist
for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

CDC Taking Active Steps Related to Hospital
Preparedness for Ebola Treatment

Confronting Ebola Concerns in the Workplace

Generalized Ebola Information

Guidelines for monitoring Employees returning
from high risk African areas

RETIRING OR RETIRED?

If you are a retired Director of Nursing in
long term care, have been a NADONA
member for a minimum of 5 consecutive years
prior to retirement and are not currently
utilizing your RN license in any work
capacity, you are eligible for a
lifetime complimentary membership in NADONA/LTC.

Select Here For Application

BREAKING NEWS FROM THE WHITEHOUSE!

On September 18, President Obama announced a new Executive Order and National Strategy for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (National Strategy) to carry out recommendations given by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). CDDEP Director Ramanan Laxminarayan was one of 15 key advisors on the concurrently-released PCAST report.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now has resources available online related to these announcements, including a webpage on the National Strategy, in addition to the publicly-available White House materials. A summary of all of these, with links to each page, is below. A table of contents for where to find information on specific topics is also available below.

Three Things to Know:

• This year alone, at least two million Americans will become sickened by antibiotic resistant infections, and 23,000 Americans will die. 
• Antibiotic resistance costs the U.S. over $20 billion in healthcare expenses each year. 
• These important plans are part of a request for $30 million for CDC’s Detect and Protect Initiative and $14 million of the National Healthcare Safety Network to ramp up this fight. These strategies and the funds needed to implement them are a down-payment to improve the nation’s ability to tackle the biggest drug-resistant threats.  

New CDC Materials and Links Available for Use:

National Strategy Webpage    |    CDC Director Frieden’s Blog Post

Infographic: Examples of When Antibiotics are Urgent and Necessary

CDC’s Digital Press Kit

White House Announcement Links:

White House Factsheet   |    White House Blog Post    |    Executive Order

National Strategy     |    PCAST Blog Post    |    PCAST Report