MontanaPrematurity

SummitA fighting chance for every baby

Friday, November 13, 2015Red Lion Kalispell Center Hotel

Presented by:Big Sky Chapter of March of Dimes

andKalispell Regional Healthcare

with support fromMontana DPHHS and miCare

This a free conference. We would like to thank Kalispell Regional Healthcare

for providing lunch and the March of Dimes for sponsoring

the breaks.

Registration available in early September at www.kalispellregional.org.

Choose ‘About’ then choose ‘Events’. Click on Montana March of Dimes

Prematurity Summit to register by November 11, 2015.

Registration is limited to 100 participants.

We have a block of rooms reserved at Red Lion Kalispell Center Hotel 

North 20 Main, Kalispell, MT 59901 406-751-5050

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Kalispell Regional Healthcare is an approved provider for continuing nursing education by the Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

There is no conflict of interest for any planner or speaker involved with this activity.

March of Dimes Big Sky Chapter 2015 Prematurity Summit

Friday November 13, 2015

Agenda

8:00 Registration

8:30 Welcome Mark Kaneta, MD, Neonatologist

8:35 Blessing

8:45 The Prevalence of Drugs in Our Communities Robert Veneman, MSCJ, Police Officer

9:45 Caring for the Mom With an Addiction Debra Guinn, MD, Perinatologist

10:45 Break with light snack

11:00 Effects of Maternal Drug Use on the Fetus and Newborn Kristin Veneman, DO, Neonatologist

12:00 Lunch (No contact hours awarded)

March of Dimes Report Card

March of Dimes Grant Recipient Reports

1:30 Addiction Prevalence and Challenges in the Native American Population Diamond Workman, RN

2:30 Drug Treatment Programs in Pregnancy Robert Sherrick, MD, Addiction Specialist

3:30 Break with afternoon snack

3:45 The Impact of NAS on the Family Kenneth Graham, MD, Pediatrician Heather Kyger, Mother

4:45 Panel Discussion-Care of the Drug Exposed Maternal/Infant Dyad

5:15 Closing and Evaluations 5:30 Adjourn

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) has far

reaching implications for infants, families and

healthcare providers. Treatment needs to be a

community wide approach as the problem is

not just patient specific.

We are fortunate and honored to have such a

variety of presenters from multiple specialties

speaking at this year’s Prematurity Summit.

This program qualifies for 6.75 contact hours of continuing nursing education (CNE) credit.Criteria for successful completion includes attendance for at least 80% of the program and completion of a course evaluation.