Nursing in Minnesota

Continuing Nursing Education Conference Calendar

Mayo Continuing Nursing Education is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

To register, click on the registration link listed for each conference. For questions regarding the conference, please contact the Mayo Continuing Nursing Education office at 800-545-0357 or email: cne@mayo.edu.

February 16, 2012
Mayo Clinic Perinatal Nursing Conference
The 2012 Perinatal Nursing Conference offers information for nurses caring for patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings related to at-risk pregnancies.  Conference highlights include nutrition issues for high-risk pregnancies, anesthesia complications of obesity, and care of pregnant women post-bariatric surgery.  Updates for the sixth edition of the Neonatal Resuscitation Program will be addressed.  Current clinical information is offered to assist nurses providing care for pregnant women and their families across the continuum of care.  Accomplished faculty will provide insight for all nurses, novice to expert.

March 2, 2012
21st Annual Nursing Research Conference
The Twenty-First Annual Nursing Research Conference will be held Friday, March 2, 2012 at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. This conference will focus on research related to decision making for advancing nursing practice and patient outcomes across the care continuum. Decision making may include clinical reasoning, decision making processes, and cultural influences on decision making. Examples of topics to be explored are decisions related to treatment options, patient self management, care giving, decision support tools, policy and legislation, and shared governance.

April 11, 2012
29th Annual Minnesota Geriatric Care Conference
The 29th Annual Minnesota Geriatric Care Conference is designed to update clinical knowledge and skills of those who care for older adults in a variety of settings, including the community, hospitals, long-term care, offices, and others. Themes to be addressed are chronic illness, innovations in care for the elderly, and maintaining independence along the continuum of care. A symposium on chronic neurological diseases will open the conference. Needs of the caregiver will be addressed with presentations by caregivers.

April 23, 2012
Cardiac and Vascular Nursing Review Course
This one-day review course provides current national treatment guidelines, medications, and recommendations for best practice in the care of both cardiac and vascular adult patients. The course will be taught by experts in the field of cardiac and vascular nursing. It is intended for nurses practicing or interested in cardiac and vascular patient care and may be used for more in-depth knowledge of nursing care or in preparation for a nursing certification exam.

April 24, 2012
19th Annual Heart Disease and Stroke Conference Getting to the Heart of the Matter
This one-day conference will focus on care across the specialties of medical and surgical cardiology, vascular medicine, and neurology. The 2012 conference will address current national guidelines related to care of the adult patient. Presentations will encompass thromboembolic issues, dietary considerations, quality at the end of life, and care of the stroke patient.

June 22, 2012
19th Annual Brain Injury Conference

July 26-27, 2012
Holistic Wellness Conference

September 19, 2012
LPN 2012 LPN Clinical Practice Review

October 16, 2012
2012 Orthopaedic Nursing Conference

November 1-2, 2012
2012 Mayo Spiritual Care Research Conference

November 12-13, 2012
Medical-Surgical Nursing Review Course

For More Information

Contact Mayo Continuing Nursing Education at 800-545-0357 or 507-266-1007, fax 507-266-6910 or cne@mayo.edu.