NEC and Nursing Research

Speakers:

Mickey Caplan MD:  Probiotics and Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Joanne Bregman, PhD:  Developmental Follow-up for High Risk Infants:  What Do We Do?  Who Do We Follow:  and a Discussion of the Late Preterm Infant and Infants with HIE.

Mercedes Jenkins, BSN, RNC and Cathy Paoletti, RN:  Nursing Research in the Infant Special Care Unit

• A Randomized Clinical Trial to Determine the Accuracy and Reliability of Skin Temperature Measurement with Axillary Placement of Skin Probes for Extremely Premature Infants.

• Is the Incidence of Gram Negative Colonization in Nasogastric Tubes Higher in Infants Diagnosed with NEC or Sepsis Compared to Matched Controls?

Cost:  Members: $20       Non-members:  $50

Directions and Parking info:  http://www.northshore.org/locations/evanston/

Parking is approximately $5-$7. 00

Attendees will receive 3 CEU's. 

Dinner and registration:  5:30PM

Conference begins: 6PM