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  Paediatric Neurosurgical Nursing Congress  
     
 
 
  Paediatric Neurosurgical Nursing Academic Programme
Wednesday 15 October 2008
Table Bay Hotel, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town		  
 
Wednesday 15 October 2008
08h00Registration: Pavilion Room
Programme commences 08h30
08h30 – 10h00 Session1: Congenital
Chairs: Gaby Kay and Graham Fieggen
  • Current concepts in Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida
    Graham Fieggen (SA)
  • Nursing aspects of Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida
    Cathy Cartwright (USA)
Free Papers
  • Nurse-led Myelomeningocoele Clinic
    Lindy May (UK)
  • Management of children with CSF infection
    Nicola Howe (UK)
10h00 – 10h30REFRESHMENTS
10h30 – 12h30Session 2: Critical Care
Chairs: Linda Littlejohns and Tony Figaji
  • Assessment and Management in Traumatic Brain Injury
    Linda Littlejohns (USA)
  • The Technology-dependent Child
    Jane Booth (SA)
  • Neuro-intervention
    David le Feuvre (SA)
12h30 – 13h30LUNCH
13h30 – 15h30Session 3: Clinical Practice
Chairs: Lindy May and Jonathan Peter
  • Transition of care
    Cathy Cartwright (USA)
  • ComaCare
    Jan Webster (SA)
Free Papers
  • Zero tolerance in morbidity and mortality in a multi-disciplinary setting, leads to a better service in Paediatric Neurosurgery
    Jennie Sucree (UK)
  • Nurse-led Intrathecal Baclofen
    Dawn Williams (UK)
  • The Memory Box Project
    Manda Appels (SA)
  • Neuro-ophthalmology for Nurses
    Michelle Maree (SA)
  • The informed consensus for Pediatric Neurosurgical procedures: how can the nurse improve the understanding of medical issues?
    Paola Leonardi (Italy)
15h00 – 15h30REFRESHMENTS
15h30 – 17h00Session 4: Training of Neurosurgical Nurses
Chairs: Cathy Cartwright and Graham Fieggen
  • United States
    Cathy Cartwright (USA)
  • United Kingdom
    Lindy May (UK)
  • South Africa
    Minette Coetzee (SA)
  

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