Course Detail:

Women's Health Symposium

Thursday, March 22, 2012
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
RN Continuing Education Credits: 5 contact hours
ACNM Specialty Credit has been applied for.

Location:

New Jersey Dental School
Oral Health Pavilion
Room B 965 & multipurpose room
50 12th Avenue
Newark, NJ 07107

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Description

Women's health is now recognized as a specialty with a specific body of knowledge and a unique presentation of symptomatology of disease. This seminar will provide a comprehensive review of some special aspects of women's health. It will provide current information on a variety of the important issues facing clinicians today.

Topics:

• Cardiac Disease in Women
• Trophblastic Disorders
• Reproductive Psychiatry
• Caring for Women/families of Service Personnel
• Role Of Nutrition in the Mature Woman

Objectives

• Recognize the Presentation of Cardiac Disease in the Pregnant Woman.
• Understand the Spectrum of Psychological/Mental Disorders in Women.
• Discuss the important priorities in nutrition in the mature woman.
• Identify the Specific Needs of Women and Families of Military Service Personnel

Faculty

Elaine K. Diegmann CNM, ND, FACNM
Professor, UMDNJ – School of Nursing

Carrie Carretta PhD, APN, AHN-BC, FPMHNP
Research Faculty/Instructor, UMDNJ – School of Nursing

Susan Wiedaseck DNP, CNM
Assistant Professor, UMDNJ – School of Nursing

Ruth Monchek MSN, CNM
Associate Professor, UMDNJ-School of Nursing

Laura Byham-Gray PhD, MS, RD
Associate Professor, UMDNJ, SHRP, Nutritional Sciences

Also Featuring

Bobbie Posmontier, PhD, CNM, PMHNP-BC
DrNP Practitioner Track Coordinator
Doctoral Nursing Program
Drexel University CNHP

Agenda

8AM
REGISTRATION – Continental Breakfast

9AM
INTRODUCTION – Elaine Diegmann CNM, ND, FACNM

9:15AM - 10:15AM
Cardiac Disease and Pregnancy Elaine K. Diegmann CNM, ND, FACNM

10:15AM - 11:15AM
Reproductive Psychology: A Lifespan Approach to the Treatment of Women's Mental Illness Bobbie Posmontier PhD, CNM, MHNP-BC

11:15AM - 11:30AM
Break

11:30AM - 12:30PM
Nutrition and Aging: Separating Fact from Fallacy Laura Byham-Gray PhD, MS, RD

12:30PM - 1:30PM
Lunch

1:45PM - 2:45PM
Caring for Women and Families in the Military Carrie Carretta PhD, APN, AHN-BC, FPMHNP

2:45PM - 3:45PM
Trophoblastic Disorders Ruth Monchek MSN, CNM Susan Wiedaseck DNP, CNM

3:45PM - 4:00PM
Questions and Wrap up.

Questions?

Betty Terry
UMDNJ-School of Nursing
65 Bergen Street, Suite 1127
Tel: 973-972-6655
Fax: 973-972-7904
SNlifelearn@umdnj.edu

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* University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Nursing and The University Hospital is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's COA. P160-3/10-13.