Patient Safety, Treatment Advances, Complex Healthcare Issues to Dominate D.C. Nursing Conference, Hosted by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

Thousands of critical-care nurses to meet in D.C. for AACN National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition May 15-20

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American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

May 06, 2010, 02:51 ET

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Latest advances in complex medical treatments and delivering safe, patient-centered, cost-effective care will be among the hot topics as thousands of nurses who care for high acuity and critically ill patients and their families convene this month in Washington, D.C.

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) hosts its annual National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI), Saturday, May 15, through Thursday, May 20, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and nearby headquarters hotels in Washington, D.C. AACN expects attendance to top 6,000 nurses and include many at the forefront of research, academia, staff development and management.

In addition to emerging trends in patient care, NTI sessions will focus on healthcare reform, patient safety, healthy work environments, pandemics, disasters and many more issues facing those in the healthcare profession.

AACN's National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (www.aacn.org/nti) offers more than 300 sessions about best healthcare practices, now and in the future. Topics include the following, among others:

Understanding healthcare reform and its impact on caregivers
Keeping patients safe and preventing medication errors and infections
Presence of family members during CPR and complex procedures
Responding to disasters in the local community and across the globe
How healthy work environments benefit patient care and nurses' job satisfaction
Treating traumatic injuries
Providing palliative and end-of-life care

NTI, the world's largest conference for nurses who care for high acuity and critically ill patients, includes the Critical Care Exposition, the largest and most comprehensive trade show geared specifically for high acuity and critical care. Spread over nearly 100,000 net square feet will be exhibits of cutting-edge healthcare equipment, devices, supplies, pharmaceuticals, education materials and job opportunities from more than 350 companies and organizations.

AACN posted the 2010 NTI conference brochure with all sessions selected for presentation to www.aacn.org/nti.

About the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: Founded in 1969 and based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is the largest specialty nursing organization in the world. AACN represents more than 500,000 acute and critical care nurses and claims more than 235 chapters worldwide. The organization's vision is to create a healthcare system driven by the needs of patients and their families in which acute and critical care nurses make their optimal contribution. To learn more about AACN, visit www.aacn.org, connect with the organization on Facebook at www.facebook.com/aacnface or follow AACN on Twitter at www.twitter.com/aacnme.

SOURCE American Association of Critical-Care Nurses