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May 1st, 2008 Nurses Night-out

RSVP by 4-25-2008, please call 281-948-1327 or email to nursekris84@yahoo.com

Celebration of Nurses Day and 20th Anniversay of NTANN free dinner, drinks, games, bowling, and billiards with guest speaker, Dr. Ratner, giving speech on “Technology and Beside Care”

Where: “Main Event” at 75 and Spring Creek Parkway.
When: May 1, 2008. 1900 to 2300.
Dress code: Please wear the NTANN blue t-shirt, thanks. If you do not have one, please join membership to obtain your free blue t-shirt.

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Celebration of Nurses Day and 20th NTANN Anniversary: Nurses Night-Out on May 1, 2008

What: Nurses Night-Out with guest speaker, Dr. Ian Ratner, presentation of “Technology and Beside Care.” Free buffet, drinks, games, bowling, and billiards. Sponsored by Ovation Pharmaceutical, Inc.

When: May 1, 2008, 1900 to 2300. Door open at 1830.

Where:  Main Event at Spring Creek pkwy.

RSVP by April 25th, 2008 to 281-948-1327 or email to nursekris84@yahoo.com, seats limited to members only. Please put on the free blue t-shirt for NTANN 20th Anniversary. Thanks.

Invitation for dinner and clinical forum

The invitation for dinner and clinical forum: “Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants: Rationale Behind Therpeutic Options” with Dr. David Kanter, M.D. from St. Mary’s Medical Center, West Palm Beach Florida, department of Pediatrics, Pediatrix Medical Group.

Date/Time: Wednesday, December 5, 2007
6:30 - 7:00 PM cocktails
7:00 - 8:00 PM dinner and speaker

Following the program, there will be a clinical forum and open discussion with Dr. Kanter on current issues in neonatology.

Place: III Forks
17776 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX 75287
(For directions, go to www.3forks.com)

Seating is limited for this event. Please RSVP to Megan Shoults, 1-866-337-6996 x 1612, or mshoults @ovationpharma.com by Monday, December 3, 2007.

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NANN news

Brighter Tomorrow Story Contest due on April 27, 2007. Check Info@nann.org

The Face of Neonatal Nursing Photo Contest, due on August 17, 2007

23rd NANN conference, September 26-29, 2007 in San Diego, CA

News

On Tuesday, Feb 13, 2007 the Medical City Children’s Hospital at 7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, Tx  75230 unveiled its new 18,869-square-foot Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.  Created with both family comfort and staff convenience in mind, the Level III NICU embraces a unique layout concept that places it at the forefront of innovative hospital design in the Dallas/Fort worth area.

The  new 37-bed unit features large semi-private and private rooms with wide windows that usher in natural light a calming colors dance through the hallways, creating a sunny atmosphere even on the darkest of days.

Yet for all its beautiful aesthetics, the design has not compromised the up-to-the minute technology and specialized care that has given the unit its Level III designation.

Examples of this investment in the latest technology are present throughout the unit.  Nurses will be equipped with Spectralink phones that are connected to the babies’ heart monitors and ventilators.  This equipment keeps nurse updated on the baby’s condition at all times.

Continuing to promote the family friendly atmosphere, the new unit also features family courtesy rooms.  The rooms offer private accommodations for parents of infants transported from a distant hospital or for parents during difficult situations.

The NICU’s design resembles the layout of the hospital’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), which opened last year.  Both the PICU and NICU will become integral parts of the pediatric tower that will house Medical City children’s Hospital, opening in late 2008.  The tower’s grooundbreaking ceremony is planned for summer 2007. (quoted from Cityvine, February 23, 2007), please browse www.medicalcityhospital.com for more information. 

The Future Education Topics

June 21, 2007 - Comparison of China and U.S. NICU practices
by Suzanne Staebler, NNP
at Meadow Lab, Perot Lower Level, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas (PHD)

August 16, 2007 - Impact of Delivery Mode on the VLBW
by Richard Deulogeut, MD
at Haggar Hall, Fogelson Ground Floor, PHD

October 18, 2007 - Neonatal Infection
by Wendy Chung, MD
at Haggar Hall, Fogelson Ground Floor, PHD

December 6, 2007 - Dealing With Stress in the NICU
by Sally Dacus Baskey
at Haggar Hall, Fogelson Ground Floor, PHD