An Introductory

Course for the NEW

Transplant Professional

& Procurement

Professional

June 9-12, 2017

Tempe Mission Palms Hotel

Tempe, Arizona

Register 3 ways: Online, Fax or Mail

Hotel Deadline: May 12, 2017

Meeting Registration Deadline:

April 30, 2017 (Early Bird) or May 31, 2017

NATCO'S ONLY

INTRODUCTORY COURSE

SCHEDULED FOR 2017!

Concurrent Courses:

Care of the Transplant Recipient

The Organ & Tissue Recovery Process

www.natco1.org

Target Audience The Introductory Course is designed to provide basic informa- tion to the new procurement or transplant professional. Due to the foundational nature of the course, faculty members suggest that procurement participants have at least one month of on-the-job experience in transplantation or donation, but less than one year, before attending the course. Transplant participants should have a minimum of 6 months to 1 year of experience.

The course curriculum provides content a l o n g t h e outlines for the American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC) CCTC and CPTC examinations. However, it is not designed as a preparatory course for the examinations.

Location & Accommodations The Tempe Mission Palms Hotel is five miles from the Phoenix

Sky Harbor International Airport. The hotel is located in downtown Tempe and within walking distance of more than 170

shops, galleries and restaurants. Tempe Mission Palms offers many amenities, including an outdoor swimming pool with two

whirlpools, complimentary fitness center and tennis courts. To learn more about the hotel, please visit www.missionpalms.com. NATCO has reserved a block of rooms at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel for course participants at a rate of $149 plus tax and hospitality fee per night for a single or double room. To make your reservations,

contact the hotel directly at 800-547-8705, or make your reservations online at

https://gc.synxis.com/rez.aspx?Hotel=12318&Chain=15564&arrive=6/9/2017&depart=6/12/2017&adult=1&child=0&group=2U53Z

6 . In order to receive this room rate, you must make your hotel reservation no later than midnight Friday, May 12, 2017.

An additional $13.95 per night hospitality

fee will be charged to each guestroom.

NAT CO Membership

Join NATCO today. You can apply for membership now and pay the membership fee and get the member course rate. Membership is effective through December 31, 2017. Please complete the enclosed membership form. NOTE: You must complete separate applications for: 1) the course and 2) NATCO membership, which are included in this brochure. Course registrations and NATCO membership fees should be made payable to NATCO and sent to the NATCO Executive Office.

The hospitality fee includes local and toll-free telephone calls, daily newspaper delivered to each guestroom, in-room coffee service, airport transportation, wireless high-speed Internet access, valet parking, bell staff and maid gratuities and access to the fitness center.

Transportation Each attendee receives complimentary ground transportation to and from the airport with a room reservation at the confer- ence hotel. The Tempe Mission Palms Hotel provides shuttle ser- vice every half hour from 5:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Once you have arrived at Sky Harbor International Airport, pick up your luggage at the baggage claim, then call the Tempe Mission Palms operator at 480-894-1400 using your personal cell phone or airport pay phone and indicate in which terminal you are located. The shuttle should arrive within a few minutes. The travel time to the hotel is approxi- mately 10 minutes.

Please let the hotel bell staff know that you need to take the next shuttle to the airport approximately 15 minutes prior to your departure time. The shuttle leaves every half-hour.

Taxi: Cab fares to and from the airport are a flat fee of $18 one-way.

Parking: Complimentary valet parking is available at the hotel. Metered parking is also available at $2 per hour or $12 per day.

Attire Business casual attire is suggested for all sessions. In June the aver- age temperature in Tempe is 103 degrees Fahrenheit during the day, and it cools into the upper 60s in the evening. Be sure to bring a sweater or jacket to the meeting rooms (although it is hot out- side, the meeting rooms are ALWAYS cold).

Course Fees The course registration fee includes all course sessions, instruc- tional materials, continuing education record keeping, daily con- tinental breakfasts, continuous morning and afternoon refresh- ment breaks, lunch buffets and a reception. To ensure that you may attend the course, you must remit your completed registra- tion form, along with the course fee, by April 30 for discounted registration or by May 31, 2017. NATCO accepts course registration payments by check or by credit card, payable in U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. bank to NATCO. Confirmation of registration will be sent by email. If you have not received a confirmation within one week of the meeting, please call the NATCO Executive Office at 703-483- 9820 to confirm receipt of your registration.

Join NATCO today. You can apply for membership now and pay the membership fee and get the member course rate .

Membership is effective through December 31, 2017. Please complete the enclosed membership form. You must complete separate applications for the course and NATCO membership, which are included in this brochure. Course

registrations and NATCO membership fees should be made payable to NATCO and sent to the NATCO Execu- tive Office.

Cancellation Policy A refund of the registration fee, less a $50 process-

ing fee, will be made if written cancellation (and request for reimbursement or substitution) is

received by May 31, 2017. Substitutions are permit- ted, but must be submitted in writing and received by May 31. You may submit a written cancellation and request for reimbursement or substitution via email at info@natco1.org. Please include refund information and the reason for the cancellation.

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Continuing Education NATCO will award continuing education certificates to par- ticipants who attend the program and return the CE form and completed evaluation. CE records are maintained by the NATCO Executive Office for a period of seven years. Certificates are provided to attendees after the course.

Full objectives for each session will be provided on NATCO’s website at www.natco1.org.

This activity is being submitted for approval to award nursing contact hours. More information regarding the approval will be posted on the NATCO website, www.natco1.org.

This program is being submitted for approval by the American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC) for Category 1 CEPTCs.

TR ANSPLANT FOCUS

CARE OF THE TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT

PURPOSE & GOALS To provide basic instruction to the transplant professional. The course provides a common background of knowledge and skills among transplant professionals that will pro- mote high standards of care for the transplant recipient. The ultimate goal of the course is to promote high-quality care for the patient population served by the transplant professional.

COURSE OBJECTIVES • Discuss the roles of the federal government and the

OPTN/UNOS in transplantation.

• Identify the key concepts in immunology as related to transplantation.

• Discuss the evaluation process, wait list management, peri-operative and post-operative care of the trans- plant recipient.

• Identify current immunosuppressive protocols utilized in the transplant population.

• Review the short-term and long-term complications for the transplant recipient.

• Discuss the selection process, evaluation and post- operative care of the living donor.

• Discuss the rehabilitation process of the transplant recipient.

• Examine the roles of the transplant professional.

• Identify techniques utilized in teaching the adult learner.

PROCUREMENT FOCUS

THE ORGAN & TISSUE RECOVERY PROCESS

PURPOSE & GOALS To provide basic instruction to procurement professionals on the recov- ery of organs and tissue for transplantation. The content provides a common background of knowledge and skills to promote high stan- dards of quality in organ and tissue procurement, preservation and dis- tribution. The ultimate goal of the course is to promote increased organ and tissue donation and to accelerate the recovery of organs and tissue for transplantation.

COURSE OBJECTIVES • Discuss the roles of the federal government and the OPTN/UNOS in

organ and tissue donation.

• Identify the important concepts in histocompatibility as related to organ procurement, preservation and transplantation.

• Explore the organ and tissue donation process.

• Describe the role of the coordinator in the evaluation and documen- tation of brain death.

• List serologic methods used to identify infectious diseases in poten- tial organ donors.

• Discuss the correct preservation, utilization and distribution of organs for transplantation.

• Identify components of the informed authorization process.

• Discuss the role of the coordinator in the referral process, donor evaluation and management.

• Describe methods to increase a hospital’s organ donation conver- sion rates.

• Describe the role of the coordinator in the operating room during an organ recovery.

• Define donation after cardiac death (DCD), including controlled and uncontrolled scenarios and considerations surrounding DCD.

• Discuss donor management considerations in the pediatric population.

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Phone: 703-483-9820 • Fax: 703-879-7544

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Introductory Course Schedule

Afternoon refreshment breaks provided on Friday.

Continental breakfast, lunch and refreshment breaks provided on Saturday and Sunday.

Continental breakfast and refreshment break provided on Monday.

Friday, June 9, 2017 PLENARY SESSION – All A

Saturday, June 10, 2017 CONCURRENT SESSIONS – TRANSPLANT TRACK

TOPIC SPEAKER

1:00 p.m. -- 1:15 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

Danyel Gooch, RN, MSN, CCTC

1:15 p.m. -- 1:30 p.m. Donate Life Kris Patterson, MS

1:30 p.m. -- 2:00 p.m. What is NATCO Connect? Donna Dickt, BS

2:00 p.m. -- 2:15 p.m. Refreshment Break

2:15 p.m. -- 2:45 p.m. Work-Life Balance Gail Stendahl, DNP, CPNP-PC/AC, CCTC

2:45 p.m. -- 3:30 p.m. Investing in Donation & Transplantation

P.J. Geraghty, EMT-P, CPTC, MBA Carrie Lindower, RN, MBA, CCTC, CPTC

3:30 p.m. -- 3:45 p.m. Refreshment Break

3:45 p.m. -- 4:30 p.m. Saying the right things: Effective Communication in the Workplace

Gail Stendahl, DNP, CPNP-PC/AC, CCTC Stacee Lerret, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, CCTC

4:30 p.m. -- 6:00 p.m. Introduction to Transplant Ethics

Carrie Lindower, RN, MBA, CCTC, CPTC

6:00 p.m. -- 6:15 p.m. Networking Exchange

TOPIC SPEAKER

7:15 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Transplant Evaluation Stacee Lerret, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, CCTC

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Skin Cancer and Transplantation Jordan B. Slutsky, MD, FAAD

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Refreshment Break

9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Pancreas Transplant Douglas Lahr, BA, RN, CCTC

10:30 p.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pre-Transplant Infectious Disease Anna Huppler, MD

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Group Luncheon

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Immunology and Histocompatibility

Nancy Higgins, BS, CHS

2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Post-Transplant Infectious Disease Anna Huppler, MD

3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Refreshment Break

3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Kidney Transplantation Carrie Lindower, RN, MBA, CCTC, CPTC

6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Reception

Saturday, June 10, 2017 CONCURRENT SESSIONS – PROCUREMENT TRACK

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Sunday, June 11, 2017 CONCURRENT SESSIONS – TRANSPLANT TRACK

TOPIC SPEAKER

8:00 a.m. -- 9:00 a.m. Pre-Donation and Referral Management

Woody Marshall, BA, MS

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Authorization Gena Mayer, PhD, NREMT-P, CPTC

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Refreshment Break

10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Physical Assessment Wendy Van Kirk, RN, BS, CPTC

11:45 a.m. -- 12:45 p.m. Group Luncheon

12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Brain Death Confirmation John Belcher, BS, CCEMT-P, CPTC/ Melissa Kelley, RN, CPTC

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Initial Assessment of the Donor Patient

John Belcher, BS, CCEMT-P, CPTC/ Melissa Kelley, RN, CPTC

2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Refreshment Break

2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Hemodynamics and Resuscitation of the Donor

John Belcher, BS, CCEMT-P, CPTC/ Melissa Kelley, RN, CPTC

3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. OR and Recovery Nefretiti Nkem, CST, CTP

6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Reception

TOPIC SPEAKER

7:15 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. CCTC Review Information Stacee Lerret, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, CCTC

8:00 a.m. -- 10:00 a.m. Pharmacology Jeanne Chen, PharmD

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Refreshment Break

10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Transplant Rejection Nancy Higgins, BS, CHS

11:15 a.m. -- 12:15 p.m. Care of the Heart Transplant Recipient

Gail Stendahl, DNP, CPNP-PC/AC, CCTC

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Group Luncheon

1:15 p.m. -- 3:15 p.m. Liver Transplantation Stacee Lerret, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, CCTC

3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Refreshment Break

3:30 p.m. -- 4:30 p.m. Care of the Lung Transplant Recipient

Danyel Gooch, RN, MSN, CCTC

Sunday, June 11, 2017 CONCURRENT SESSIONS – PROCUREMENT TRACK

Monday, June 12, 2017 CONCURRENT SESSIONS – TRANSPLANT TRACK

Monday, June 12, 2017 CONCURRENT SESSIONS – PROCUREMENT TRACK

TOPIC SPEAKER

8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Infectious Disease Anna Huppler, MD

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Refreshment Break

9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Ventilation and Lung Volume Recruitment

John Belcher, BS, CCEMT-P, CPTC/ Melissa Kelley, RN, CPTC

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pharmacology John Belcher, BS, CCEMT-P, CPTC/ Melissa Kelley, RN, CPTC

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Group Luncheon

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Histocompatibility Nancy Higgins, BS, CHS

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Refreshment Break

2:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Adult Donor Management Simulation

John Belcher, BS, CCEMT-P, CPTC/ Melissa Kelley, RN, CPTC

Research Mike Vara, BA

Tissue Rhiannon Knueven, BS, CTBS

TOPIC SPEAKER

7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast Only

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. QAPI/CMS Carrie Lindower, RN, MBA, CCTC, CPTC

9:30 a.m. -- 9:45 a.m. Refreshment Break

9:450 a.m. -- 10:45 a.m. Pediatric Transplantation

Gail Stendahl, DNP, CPNP-PC/AC, CCTC

10:45 a.m. --11:00 a.m. Refreshment Break

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Allocation and UNOS Policy Gail Stendahl, DNP, CPNP-PC/AC, CCTC Stacee Lerret, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, CCTC

TOPIC SPEAKER

8:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Pediatric Donor Management Thomas Nakagawa, MD, FAAP, FCCM

10:45 a.m. -- 11:00 a.m. Refreshment Break

11:00 a.m. -- 12:00 p.m. Allocation and UNOS Policy Gail Stendahl, DNP, CPNP-PC/AC, CCTC Stacee Lerret, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, CCTC

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This application for membership covers dues for 2017 (through December 31, 2017). All memberships expire on Dec. 31 of each year. You will automatically receive a membership renewal form prior to the end of the calendar year (for 2018). Membership dues are $175.

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PRACTITIONER MEMBERSHIP Professionals whose primary responsibilities are directly involved with the coordination of care for transplant candidates, recipients, donors and donor families or the facilitation of the increase in organ donation. Practitioner members may vote, hold elected office and chair a committee/workgroup or be a member of any standing committee.

COLLEAGUE MEMBERSHIP This membership category applies to individuals whose interests or efforts can be construed as beneficial to NATCO but who are not practitioners. Colleague members may vote, chair a committee/workgroup or be a member of any standing committee or workgroup.

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Department Name

Address

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My credentials should be listed as: ____________________________

Practice I entered the field of transplantation on the following date: _____ /________

My primary area of practice is:month year

Transplant: Administration (Administration only, no patient care duties)

Clinical Nurse Manager (Administration and direct patient care duties)

Pediatrics Physician Assistant Dietitian/Nutritionist Social Services Staff Nurse Intensive Care Unit

Pharmacy Clinical In-Patient Clinical Out-Patient Case Management Transplant Unit Nurse Practitioner General Nursing Unit Living Donation

Pre-Transplant (Please indicate specific organs below) Post-Transplant (Please indicate specific organs below)

My job includes transplant of (check all that apply): Transplant Only

heart kidney lung liver pancreas islet cell intestine

Procurement: Upper Management (Includes CEO/ED/CFO/COO/President) Director Public Education Community Education/Registry Development Professional Education Hospital Development Family Care Organ Recovery, Donor Evaluation/Management Preservation/Perfusion Eye/Tissue Recovery (Includes screening and recovery

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