15th Annual Professional Nursing Conference

"Health Care Reform and the Impacts to the Latino Mother and Baby"

7:45 --   Registration / Exhibitors Opening Continental BreakfastContent

8:30 --   Welcome, Opening Remarks Kathy Lopez, RN, MSN LA-NAHN President

8:50 --   March of Dimes Overview & Presentation Diana Ramos, MD< Aura Veliz, NP, Aurora Medical Center

9:15 --   Keynote Speaker David Hayes-Bautista, MD Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for the Study of Latino                Health and Culture, UCLA School of Medicine

10:00 -- Exhibitor Break

10:30 -- Immigration Status & the Impact on Access to Healthcare Peter Zschiesche, Executive Director Employee Rights                Center Alor Calderon, Program Coordinator Employee Rights Center

11:30 -- Mental Health Panel: Stephanie Morales, MFT, Leslie Gallegos, LCSW, Maria Lourdes F Reyes, MD, MPH

12:30 -- Exhibits/Lunch

1:30 --   Disparities and Birth Outcomes Impacting Latino Health: Diana Ramos, MD Los Angeles County-MCAH, Medical                Director, Reproductive Health

2:30 --   Healthcare Reform—How it will impact you: Hanh Quach, Senior Policy Analyst California Budget Program

3:30 --   Exhibits Break

4:00 --   Conference Summary and Evaluations

5:00 --   Raffle

 

 

Description:  The purpose of this conference is to provide an overview of the professional challenges facing nurses in today’s health care systems. Come network, connect with colleagues and meet new friends. We will discuss healthcare reforms and the impacts to our future generation of mothers and babies in the Latino Community.

Objectives:  At the end of the conference the participant will be able to:

• List at least two factors that affect birth outcomes in the Latino community
• Describe how a patient can be assessed for depression before, during, and after pregnancy
• Describe the impact of immigration status on access to care
• Discuss the impact of healthcare reform on maternal and child health and the Latino community
• State two ways March of Dimes works to help give every baby a healthy start

Contact Hours: 5.0 This educational offering is provided by NAHN-LA BRN No. CEP 15080

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You can register and pay Friday Morning at the door. All are welcome.

Wilshire Grand Hotel
930 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90017
Parking will be free to all our attendees!

Directions:
Take 101 Freeway North
Exit 9th Street exit East
Left on James M. Wood Blvd, Left on Figueroa,
Left on Wilshire
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Take 101 Freeway South
Exit 6th St/4th St Exit onto
South Beaudry Ave
Left on Wilshire Blvd
Arrive to Wilshire Grand

 

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