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In Monterey, CA -- Sat., May 10, 2008:
APNA California Chapter Conference for 2008 -- This year, the annual APNA California Chapter state conference will be held at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula in beautiful old Monterey! The conference theme will be: "The Biopsychosocial Impact of Trauma and Nursing Interventions in Treatment of Survivors." Speakers will include: Mary Ann Nihart, MA, APRN, CS, BC (UC Davis), Sandra Weiss, PhD, DNSc, FAAN (UC San Francisco), and Beth Phoenix, RN, PhD (UC San Francisco). For Conference Brochure, Accommodations, Map & Directions, and access to Online Registration, please see Conference Details .Past Events in 2008
- An APNA California Chapter "Advanced Practice Roundtable" with complimentary light refreshments was held March 27, 2008 for San Francisco Bay Area members at San Jose State University in San Jose, CA.
- A Central Valley Area Inaugural Meeting was held on February 11, 2008 in Fresno, CA. The meeting featured a presentation entitled "The Treatment of Nurses in Diversion" by Marjorie Harp, RN, C, BS of the Veterans Administration Hospital, Fresno.
Past Events in 2007
- A CNS Furnishing Meeting for Southern California was held December 8, 2007 in Bellflower, CA. The meeting featured an update on APNA California Chapter's efforts to get furnishing authority for Clinical Nurse Specialists in California.
- An APNA California Chapter "General Business Meeting" was held on October 4, 2007 during the 21st APNA Annual Conference in Kissimmee, Florida. All Chapter members attending the Conference were invited to attend. The meeting featured installation of newly elected Chapter Officers, networking opportunities, and a discussion of what members would like to see in the way of Chapter activities in the year ahead.
- An APNA California Chapter "Advanced Practice Roundtable" and complimentary dinner was held September 6, 2007 for San Diego Area members at Mesa Vista Hospital in San Diego.
- An in-service/lecture with pizza and salad was held August 30, 2007 for Los Angeles Area members at the Exodus Recovery Urgent Care Center at Brotman Hospital in Culver City -- featuring guest speaker David Lisonbee, who gave a 1-hour presentation on "Methamphetamine Addiction." There was a short presentation on the second generation antipsychotic GEODON. Supported by Pfizer and Twin Town Recovery Center.
- An APNA California Chapter "Advanced Practice Roundtable" and complimentary dinner was held July 26, 2007 for San Francisco Bay Area members at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City. Supported by Forest Pharmaceuticals.
- A complementary dinner program was held July 17, 2007 for Monterey Bay Area members at the Bittersweet Bistro in Aptos -- featuring guest speaker Po Wang, M.D. of Stanford's Bipolar Clinic, who gave a talk on "Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Bipolar Disorder." Supported by Samantha Becerra and GSK.
- The Chapter's Annual Conference was held May 4-5, 2007 in San Diego this year.