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EVENTS SUB-COMMITTEE
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Events Sub-Committee

The mission of the Events Sub-Committee is to provide counsel and advice on professional nursing issues to the Chief Nurse Officer, the Surgeon General, and federal agencies while serving as a representative of the federal nursing voice. The vision of the Events Sub-Committee is be a national coalition of nursing leaders committed to promoting and protecting the public health.

Events Sub-Committee Goals

  • To provide easy access via web links to current events occurring in our Nation.
  • Organize Annual U.S. Public Health Service Nursing Recognition Day.
  • Support the COA conference.

Events Sub-Committee Objectives

  • Provide a current list of conferences annually by Dec 31 of each year.
  • Update conference list quarterly as conferences are added.
  • Provide place for nurses to provide feedback to add conferences to the website.
  • Invite speakers who will provide opportunity for attendees to learn.
  • Provide opportunity for nurses to showcase their posters that have been presented over the last year.
  • Encourage attendance by offering incentives such as CEU, raffles etc.
  • Invite groups to set up tables to showcase job opportunities and other unique opportunities for civil service and PHS officers at the Annual Nursing Recognition Day.
  • Set up booth at the annualo COA confernce to recruit for PHS, as well as offer information for the nursing category.
  • Plan nurse category day at the COA conference.
  • Support the planning committee of the COA conference.

 

 

Events Sub-Committee Co-Chairs
LCDR Leslie Wehrlen -- This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

LCDR Allison Adams-McLean -- This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 
 
USPHS Retirement Seminar Print E-mail

Retirement is one of the most important decisions made during a Commissioned Officer's career. PHS officers are fortunate to have an excellent retirement plan. The purpose of this seminar is to provide the basic features of the retirement annuity, to describe the retirement process, and to identify some of the important resources.

USPHS Pre-Retirement Seminar hosted by DOD/TMA -- March 7-8, 2012
The 2-day seminar will be facilitated by Mr. Tom Berry, USPHS Retirement Coordinator for all Commissioned Officers, Spouse, etc. Listed below are some of the areas to be covered, but not limited:
• Veterans Benefits
• TRICARE Mail Order Pharmacy
• Survivor Benefit Program
• TRICARE Retiree Dental
• Retirement Process
• Retirement Pay
• Social Security Benefits Post-Retirement Employment
• Travel and Death Benefits -- PHS Travel for Retirees and PHS Death Benefits

Please contact CDR Williams (info below) for a registration form.

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Upcoming Events Print E-mail

January

25-27th ANA Nursing Quality Conference
Improving the Odds on Quality
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
3708 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, NV, USA
http://www.nursingworld.org/

19-21st Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
The Moscone West Building | San Francisco, CA
http://gicasym.org/Home.aspx

See Also  other Nursing Conferences Worldwide at:
http://www.conferencealerts.com/nurse.htm

 

February


1st  Midwifery Update 2012
13th Annual Pacific Northwest Conference Lynnwood, WA.
http://www.uwcne.org/secure/display3.asp?SKU=12105-C

15 – 18th International Neuropsychological Society 40th Annual Meeting February
Hilton Montréal Bonaventure, Montréal, Québec, Canada
http://www.the-ins.org/40th-annual-meeting-montreal 

16 – 19th Dermatology Nurses Association 30th Annual Convention
Denver, CO.
http://www.dnanurse.org

18 – 21st Clinical Hematology and Oncology 32nd Annual Conference
Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine, San Diego, California
http://www.scripps.org/events/clinical-hematology-and-oncology
 
22 -24th Current Perspectives in oncology nursing conference
Moffit Cancer Center, Stabile bldg Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 813-745-2286

http://www.moffitt.org/site.aspx?spid=D48CFB1754CF4A1CB906D298663E3FE4

22 – 25th Southern Nursing Research Society 26th Annual Conference
New Orleans, LA.
http://www.resourcenter.net/Scripts/4Disapi0.dll/4DCGI/events/321.html

22 – 26th Emergency Nurses Association Leadership Conference
New Orleans, LA.
http://www.ena.org/coursesandeducation/conferences/leadership/2012/Pages/Default.aspx

23 -25th American Psychosocial Oncology Society 9th Annual Conference
Miami, Fl. 
http://apos-society.org/apos2012/index.shtml


See Also  other Nursing Conferences Worldwide at:
http://www.conferencealerts.com/nurse.htm


March

1 – 3rd SUNA’s annual symposium
San Franscisco, CA.
http://www.suna.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/SUNAMain

3 - 5th SOPHE 15th Annual Education Advocacy Summit
Washington DC. http://www.sophe.org/meetings.cfm

7-8th 2012 DOD Retirement Seminar, Falls Church, Virginia Seminar Registration Form     Skyline Traveling Information

8 - 12th Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback 43rd
Annual meeting
Baltimore, MD.

http://www.resourcenter.net/Scripts/4Disapi9.dll/4DCGI/events/296.html

14 - 17th American Psychosomatic Society 70th Annual Scientific Meeting
Athens, Greece
http://www.psychosomatic.org/AnMeeting/current.cfm

19 – 22nd Society of Pediatric Nurses 22nd Annual Convention
Houston, TX.
http://www.pedsnurses.org/2012-convention/convention-information.html

 
27 – 31st  Annual Psychopharmacology Institute 5th Psychopharmacology and 14th Annual conference, Atlanta, Ga.
http://www.ispn-psych.org/html/conferences.html

 
31st -  April 5th American Association for Cancer Research 102nd annual meeting
Chicago, IL.
http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/meetings--workshops/aacr-annual-meeting-2012.aspx

See Also  other Nursing Conferences Worldwide at:
http://www.conferencealerts.com/nurse.htm


April

11-14 April, SOPHE's 2012 Midyear Scientific Conference
Tuning Up Health Promotion: New Lyrics across the Lifespan
Sheraton Music City Hotel | Nashville, TN
http://www.sophe.org/meetings.cfm

11 - 14th Society Behavioral Medicine 33rd annual meeting and scientific
sessions
New Orleans La.
http://www.sbm.org/meetings/2012

14- 17th Association of Clinical Research Professionals Global conference
Houston, TX.
http://www.acrp2012.org/acrp2012/public/enter.aspx

19 – 22nd Spring 25th  Annual Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and
Wound Healing Society
Atlanta, Ga.
http://spring.sawc.net/

28 April – 1 May  American Association of Neuroscience Nurses 44th annual meeting
Seattle, Wa.
http://www.aann.org/annualmeeting/content/index.html


29th – May 2nd American Nephrology Nurses Association 43rd National Symposium
Orlando, FL.
http://www.annanurse.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ANNANurse.woa/wa/viewSection

See Also  other Nursing Conferences Worldwide at:
http://www.conferencealerts.com/nurse.htm


May

4th Annual U.S. Public Health Service Nursing Recognition Day
Bethesda, Md. Save the Date Flyer 2012
http://phs-nurse.org/index.php/events-sub-committee.html

3 – 6th 37th ONS Annual Congress
New Orleans, LA
http://www.ons.org/CNECentral/Conferences/Congress

6 – 10th Tribal Self Governance Conference
New Orleans, LA.
http://www.tribalselfgov.org/NEWSGCE/subpages/sgannual.asp

See Also  other Nursing Conferences Worldwide at:
http://www.conferencealerts.com/nurse.htm


June

7-9th  OSSD & IGM 5th Annual Meeting
Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore, MD
http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/site/PageServer

 

9-13th Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses 44th annual conference
Charlotte, North Carolina
http://www.wocn.org/?page=annual_conference

19-21st USPHS Scientific and Training Symposium
University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
http://www.phscofevents.org

See Also  other Nursing Conferences Worldwide at:
http://www.conferencealerts.com/nurse.htm

 
July

12 – 15th National Nursing Staff Development Org. Conference.
Westin Boston Waterfront
Boston, MA.
https://www.nnsdo.org/2012-annual-convention/convention-information.html

29th – 1 Aug. 12th International Congress on Behavioral Medicine
Budapest, Hungary
http://www.isbm.info
See Also  other Nursing Conferences Worldwide at:
http://www.conferencealerts.com/nurse.htm

August

1 – 3rd International Academy of Nurse Editors
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
http://www.nursingeditors-inane.org/conferenceFiles/next.html

2 - 5th  American Psychological Association 120th convention
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, Fl.
http://www.apa.org/convention/index.aspx

See Also  other Nursing Conferences Worldwide at:
http://www.conferencealerts.com/nurse.htm

September

11 – 15th Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference
San Diego, CA.
http://www.ena.org/IENR/abstracts/Pages/Default.aspx

12 – 14th Fall Annual Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and
Wound Healing Society
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, MD.
http://naccme.com/index.php?q=sawc

19 – 22nd National League for Nursing Education Summit
Anaheim, CA.
http://www.nln.org/Summit

21 – 23rd Society Of Clinical Research Associates 21st  Annual Conference
Rio All Suite Hotel
Las Vegas, NV.
http://www.socra.org

See Also  other Nursing Conferences Worldwide at:
http://www.conferencealerts.com/nurse.htm


October

4-6th Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses 36th Annual Conference
Pittsburg, PA
http://aphon.confex.com/aphon/2012/cfp.cgi

4 – 7th Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses 21st Annual Convention
Salt Palace Convention Center
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.amsn.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/AMSNMain.woa/1/wa/viewSection

7 – 10th 32nd Annual Oncology Nurses Symposium
Hilton San Diego Resort
San Diego, CA.
http://www.scripps.org/events/oncology-nurses-symposium

10 – 12th ANCC National Magnet Conference
Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles, CA.
http://www.anccmagnetconference.org

11 -13th Diabetic Limb Salvage, Georgetown University Hospital
JW Marriot
Washington, DC.
http://www.dlsconference.com

25-29th  SOPHE's 63rd Annual Meeting
San Francisco, CA
http://www.sophe.org/meetings.cfm

See Also  other Nursing Conferences Worldwide at:
http://www.conferencealerts.com/nurse.htm


November

2 – 5th Society of Urologic Nurses and associates Annual Conference
Marriot Wardman Park
Washington DC.
http://www.suna.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/SUNAMain.woa/wa/viewSection

7 – 10th APNA 26th Annual Conference
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
Pittsburg,PA.
http://www.apna.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3304

16 – 18th Advance Practice Nursing Conference
Pheonix, AZ
http://www.ons.org/CNECentral/Conferences/AdvancedONC

See Also  other Nursing Conferences Worldwide at:
http://www.conferencealerts.com/nurse.htm

December

See Also  other Nursing Conferences Worldwide at:
http://www.conferencealerts.com/nurse.htm