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  Clinical Updates
Read in-depth collections of articles focusing on key clinical topics.

  American Heart Association Cardiovascular and Stroke Connection 

   
  The Editor's Handbook -- An Online Resource and CE Course
   

  LGBTQ Cultures: What Health Care Professionals Need to Know About Sexual and Gender Diversity (Book and CE)

   

  Nursing Care of Older Adults:  A New Look at the Old
American Journal of Nursing series

   

  Nursing Care of Older Adults:  How to Try This 
American Journal of Nursing series

   
Focus On

Check out these specially priced collections of journal articles, CEs, slide presentations and other resources selected by our Clinical Editor to give you the latest in-depth information on these topics.


Asthma - Fall 2010 COPD 
Diabetes Collection - Spring 2010
Future of Nursing Initiative
Heart Failure - Fall 2011  Influenza - Winter 2011
Magnet Recognition
Nursing Ethics
  Nutrition
Patient Safety
  Pneumonia Renal disease
Stroke
Trauma -- Fall 2010
  Traumatic Brain Injury - Fall 2010

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 Patient Education
This collection from our journal library has been selected and reviewed by NursingCenter’s Clinical Editor, Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, to provide you with reliable tools for educating your patients about common disorders and their treatments. Read any of our patient education articles FREE of charge!  View our Patient Education Collection now! 
 

 
Events Calendar

Meet and greet your colleagues at national nursing meetings, and check out LWW products at several conventions. Link to information about key 2012 nursing conferences:

May 15-18; 11th Annual Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement in Healthcare Summit 2012; New Orleans, LA; www.wcbf.com/quality/5109/ 
 
May 16-19; National Conference for Nurse Practitioners; Orlando, FL; www.ncnpconference.com *
 
May 18-23; Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates; Phoenix, AZ; www.sgna.org
 
May 19-22; National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses; New Orleans, LA; www.orthonurse.org
 
May 19-24; American Association of Critical-Care Nurses/National Teaching Institute ; Orlando, FL; www.aasn.org
 
May 19-24; Digestive Diseases Week; San Diego, CA; www.ddw.org
 
June 2-7; American College of Nurse-Midwives; Long Beach, CA; www.acnm.org
 
June 4-6; Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology; San Antonio, TX; www.apic.org
 
June 9-13; Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society; Charlotte, NC; www.wocn.org
 
June 12-15; National Nursing Staff Development Organization; Boston, MA; www.nnsdo.org
 
June 13-16; American Holistic Nurses Association Annual Conference; Snowbird, UT; www.ahna.org
 
June 18-21; Nurses Christian Fellowship with Indiana Wesleyan Univ. and Eta Chi Sigma Theta Tau; Marion, IN; www.ncf-jcn.org
 
June 19-22; Case Management Society of America Conference; San Francisco, CA; www.cmsa.org
 
June 20-24; American Academy of Nurse Practitioners ; Orlando, FL; www.aanp.org
 
June 21-24; American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting; Los Angeles, CA; www.americanheadachesociety.com
 
June 23-27; Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses; National Harbor, MD; www.awhonn.org
 
June 28-30; American Association of Heart Failure Nurses ; Chicago, IL; www.aahfn.org
 
July 10-13; National Association for Health Care Recruitment; Indianapolis, IN; www.nachr.com
 
July 12-14; National Association of County and City Health Officials; Los Angeles, CA; www.naccho.org
 
July 12-15; National Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Symposium; Copper Mountain, CO; www.ucdenver.edu
 
July 17-20; National Association of Hispanic Nurses; San Juan, PR; www.thehispanicnurses.org
 
July 25-29; National Black Nurses Association; Orlando, FL; www.nbna.org
 
August 4-8; American Association of Nurse Anesthetists; San Francisco, CA; www.aana.com
 
September 6-8; American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Orlando, FL; www.aacvpr.org
 
September 8-11; National Student Nurses Association—Mid Year Conference; San Diego, CA; www.nsna.org
 
September 12-15; American Society for Pain Management Nursing National Conference; Baltimore, MD; www.aspmn.org
 
September 12-16; Nursing Management Congress; Nashville, TN; www.nmcongress.com *
 
September 13-15; Emergency Nurses Association; San Diego, CA; www.ena.org
 
September 22-25; American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration; Denver, CO; www.ashhra.org
 
October 3-7; American College of Nurse Practitioners National Clinical Conference; Toronto, Canada; www.acnpweb.org
 
October 4-6; Orthopaedic Trauma Association; Minneapolis, MN; www.ota.org
 
October 4-7; Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses; Salt Lake City, UT; www.amsn.org
 
October 6-9; American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo ; Philadelphia, PA; www.eatright.org
 
October 7-10; American Neurological Association; Boston, MA; www.aneuroa.org
 
October 7-14; American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine; Vancouver, BC; www.acrm.org
 
October 10-12; American Nurses Credentialing Center National Magnet® Conference; Los Angeles, CA; www.nursecredentialing.org
 
October 11-13; American Academy of Nursing; Washington, DC; www.aanet.org

October 17-20; National Association of Neonatal Nurses; Palm Springs, CA; www.nann.org

October 17-22; American College of Gastroenterology Scientific Meeting; Las Vegas, NV; www.acg.gi.org
 
October 19-22; Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin and Wound Care; Las Vegas, NV; www.symposiumonwoundcare.com *
 
October 20-24; National Association for Home Care and Hospice; Orlando, FL; www.nahc.org
 
October 24-26; Managing Today's OR Suite; Las Vegas, NV; www.ormanager.com
 
October 27-30; American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses; New Orleans, LA; www.aspsn.org
 
November 2-4; Fall National Academy of Infusion Therapy; Dallas, TX; www.ins1.org
 
November 3-7; American Heart Association Scientific Sessions; Los Angeles, CA; www.americanheart.org
 
November 3-7; American Medical Informatics Association; Chicago, IL; www.amia.org
 
November 7-12; American Psychiatric Nurses Association; Pittsburgh, PA; www.apna.org
 
November 15-17; American Speech-Language and Hearing Association; Atlanta, GA; www.asha.org
 
* Boldface indicates Lippincott Williams & Wilkins conferences.

 




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