National Conference for Nurse Practitioners to Feature Expert Speakers, Clinical and Practical Innovations

Philadelphia, PA (March 9, 2011) – Motivating and educating nurses to help them excel in their daily practice is the focus of this year’s National Conference for Nurse Practitioners: The Conference for Primary and Acute Care Clinicians (www.ncnpconference.com), May 11-14, 2011, at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, NV. The conference is sponsored by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), publisher of The Nurse Practitioner journal, and part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

The conference is one of the landmark nursing events of the year, and draws nurse practitioners and advanced practice clinicians who practice in primary and acute care settings.

The industry’s leading experts teach sessions that vary from practical, hands-on workshops to sophisticated critical thinking courses. Topics include drug updates, psychopharmacology, heart failure, women’s health, chemotherapy complications, and more.

In addition to the education sessions, participants will earn continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hours and pharmacology credits, enjoy networking and special events, meet with vendors in the exhibit hall, and view poster presentations.

To maximize the value of the conference for attendees, all sessions are available post event at the econference center link on www.ncnpconference.com. Participants can earn additional contact hours and extend their learning experience at their convenience.

“Each year we broaden the education scope of the conference while targeting the specific topics practitioners have requested most,” said Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald, conference chairperson. “Thanks to the virtual sessions, those who can’t attend still stay on top of topics like health care reform that will directly affect them, as well as the latest practice innovations.”.

For complete registration information, visit The National Conference for Nurse Practitioners website at www.ncnpconference.com.

Program
On Wednesday afternoon, May 11, concurrent sessions begin, followed by a Keynote Address by Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, Administrator Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Wakefield will discuss health reform policy opportunities for NPs and how the role of advance practice nurses will be affected in the future. Her session is entitled “The Implications of Healthcare Reform for Nurse Practitioners.”

Concurrent sessions continue through Saturday, May 14, and include the following topics:

• Immunization Update 2011: The Latest in CDC/ACIP Recommendations
• Inflammation: Assessing, Preventing, and Treating this Common Denominator
• Mineral & Herbal Dietary Supplements Used as Medications
• Chemotherapy and Biologic Therapies in Oncology: What You Need to Know
• Identification and Assessment of Metabolic Syndrome
• Obesity in Children: State of the Science
• Chronic Pain
• Differentiating Among Depression, Delirium, and Dementia in Elderly Patients

Hands-on workshops are incorporated throughout the program and are among the most popular annual offerings. Featured workshops, which are presented as two-part courses, include “Common Office Procedures,” “Ortho/Joint Injections,” and “Dermatology,” as well as basic and advanced suturing and much more.

Continuing Nursing Education
The 2011 conference offers up to 22 contact hours of continuing nursing education and up to 16.5 contact hours can be applied to advanced pharmacology requirements. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is accredited as an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

About Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is a leading international publisher for healthcare professionals and students with nearly 300 periodicals and 1,500 books in more than 100 disciplines publishing under the LWW brand, as well as content-based sites and online corporate and customer services. LWW is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry.

Wolters Kluwer Health is a division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer had 2008 annual revenues of €3.4 billion ($4.9 billion), employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 35 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Visit www.wolterskluwer.com for information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.About Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc.
Conference management services are provided by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., a health care management, marketing and publishing corporation located in Pitman, NJ ().

Members of the press are invited to attend the conference and interview speakers and exhibitors. A complimentary one-day pass will be granted to members of the press. An editorial production timeline will be requested. For more information, contact Karyn Cousart at (800) 346-7844 ext. 7750 or via e-mail at karyn.cousart@wolterskluwer.com.

Contacts:

Robert Dekker
Director of Communications
Wolters Kluwer Health
+1 (215) 521-8928
Robert.Dekker@wolterskluwer.com

Connie Hughes
Director, Marketing Communications
Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research
+1 (646) 674-6348
Connie.Hughes@wolterskluwer.com