March of DimesMARCH OF DIMES

Learning for Babies

Tuesday, November 6, 2018  |  7:30 a.m.
The Factory at Franklin - Jamison Hall
230 Franklin Road, Franklin, TN 37064

For more information on the Learning for Babies Conference or the Western Governor's University Nurse of the Year Scholarship, please contact Tamara Currin or call 615-800-7181.
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EVENT DETAILS

2- Stabilization of Depressed InfantThe 10th Annual Learning for Babies Conference has been designed especially with you in mind.

Tuesday, November 6, 2018
7:30 a.m. - Registration 
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Program

Topics this year include:
  • EOS Calculator in the Newborn Nursery
  • HIE and Body Cooling
  • Maternal Mortality
  • Maternal Opioid Disorder and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
  • Newborn Screening
  • Postpartum LARC
  • Surfactant Therapy, Volume Guarantee Ventilation, and Non-Invasive Ventilation
  • Update from the Tennessee Department of Health on State Initiatives

Click here for the Event Flyer.

Breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack are included in the price of the conference.  Attendees will receive 5.3 contact hours.  All proceeds benefit the March of Dimes. This will be a day filled with friends, great food, fun nurse appreciation gifts, and outstanding education!

For more information on the Learning for Babies Conference or the Western Governor's University Nurse of the Year Scholarship, please contact Tamara Currin or call 615-800-7181.

Agenda
1 - TDH Updates - McDonald
2- Stabilization of Depressed Infant
3 - EOS Calculator - Clark 5 - Newborn Screening, Part 1 - Owen
5 - Newborn Screening, Part 2 - Owen 7 - ImmPPLARC - Young
8- Newborn Respiratory Strategies - Weir

REGISTRATION DETAILS

ONSITE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE ON THE MORNING OF THE CONFERENCE.  SPACE MAY BE LIMITED.

Please Register Early!
  • $45 if registered by 10/15/18.
  • $55 registration fee after 10/15/18.
  • $35 nursing or respiratory student registration.
  • $0 nursing student scholarships are pending.  (ONLY FOR PRE-SELECTED STUDENTS)

To register, please click “Purchase Now” at the top of the page, then click “Tickets.” 

PLEASE ENTER “1” PER ATTENDEE FOR EACH REGISTRATION CHOICE.  

FOR CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS:  After making your selections, please check the credit card authorization box, click next, and enter information on the payment submission page.  

FOR ONSITE PAYMENTS OR PRE-SELECTED STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS:  After making your selections, please click next and enter your contact information to register.
 
  • In recognition of March of Dimes 80th Anniversary, by making a minimum $80 Fund the Mission donation, you will be recognized as a “Friend of the Learning for Babies Conference” and receive a special token of appreciation.  Please enter your “Friends” donation in the Fund the Mission section below the registration choices.
  • In recognition of the 10th Anniversary of the conference, celebratory T-shirts are also available for $15.
  • Click Here for the Registration Form

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY

In the spirit of providing greater access to postsecondary education throughout Tennessee, Western Governor’s University (WGU) Tennessee has partnered with March of Dimes to launch the March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Scholarship. The March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Scholarship is for nurses who want to further their education by earning a bachelor’s or master’s degree from WGU Tennessee.  Each scholarship is valued at up to $2,500.  Awardees may apply the scholarship to any degree program in WGU Tennessee’s College of Health Professions.  NOTE: Applicants do not have to be affiliated with March of Dimes, or have been nominated as Nurse of the Year to be eligible.

Recipients will be announced at the Learning for Babies Conference.

View our updated event acknowledgements and waivers here.