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28th Surgical Nursing & Nurse Education Conference, will be organized around the theme Innovative Innovations towards Surgical Nursing and Nursing Education

Surgical Nursing 2018 is comprised of 20 tracks and 102 sessions designed to offer comprehensive sessions that address current issues in Surgical Nursing 2018.

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Nurse education courses that can be relevant to general nursing or to specialized areas including mental health nursing, pediatric nursing and post-operatory nursing. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) combines advanced technology and trained health care professionals to provide specialized care for the tiniest patients. NICUs may also have intermediate or continuing care areas for babies who are not as sick but do need specialized nursing careEmergency nurses frequently contact patients in the emergency department before the patients see physicians.

  • Track 1-1 Nursing Assessment
  • Track 1-2Nursing Specialties
  • Track 1-3Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse
  • Track 1-4Nurse Practitioner
  • Track 1-5Wound Management
  • Track 1-6Infection Control
  • Track 1-7Emergency Nursing

Oral & Maxillofacial surgery (OMS) specializes in treating many diseases, injuries and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws and the hard and soft tissues of the Oral (mouth) and Surgical Nursing region. Cosmetic surgery is a unique discipline of medicine focused on enhancing appearance through surgical and medical techniques. Cosmetic surgery can be performed on all areas of the head, neck and body. Maxillofacial regeneration (reformation of the facial region by advanced stem cell technique). Dento alveolar surgery is the surgery to remove impacted teeth, difficult tooth extractions, extractions on medically compromised patients, bone grafting or preprosthetic surgery to provide better anatomy for the placement of implants, dentures, or other dental prostheses. 

  • Track 2-1Cosmetic Facial Surgery
  • Track 2-2Cranio-maxillofacial Trauma
  • Track 2-3Head and Neck Reconstruction
  • Track 2-4Maxillofacial Regeneration
  • Track 2-5Dento Alveolar Surgery

Neurosurgery or neurological surgery is the medical specialty focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any part of the nervous system such as brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system. They help in the diagnosis of intra cerebral hemorrhage. Neurosurgery is sometimes referred to as ‘‘brain surgery’’. 

  • Track 3-1Vascular Neurosurgery
  • Track 3-2Stereotactic Neurosurgery
  • Track 3-3Functional Neurosurgery

Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, spine diseases, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, tumors, and congenital disorders.

  • Track 4-1Total Joint and Adult Reconstructive Surgery
  • Track 4-2Hand Surgery
  • Track 4-3Foot and Ankle Surgery
  • Track 4-4 Spinal Surgery
  • Track 4-5Sports Medicine

An oncology nurse is a specialized nurse who cares for cancer patients. Surgical Oncology Nursing provides you with a detailed examination of surgical patients with cancer from diagnosis to survivorship. Caring for surgical patients with cancer involves a diverse healthcare team with many hands touching patients at different stages, and the editors of this new book bring a varied set of backgrounds, from nurse navigation to advanced practice nursing.

Surgical Oncology (ASO) promotes Nurse Education by communicating advances in research and education that are relevant and valuable to the provision of Surgical Nursing multidisciplinary care for patients with cancer.

  • Track 5-1Tumor Resection
  • Track 5-2Palliative Care Services
  • Track 5-3Radiation Oncology
  • Track 5-4Surgical Oncologists
  • Track 5-5General Surgery
  • Track 5-6Pediatric Oncology Nurse
  • Track 5-7Cancer Management

Vitrectomy is surgery to remove some or all of the vitreous humor from the eye. Pars plana Vitrectomy is an operation accomplished in the deeper part of the eye, all of which involve removing some or all of the vitreous humor, the eye's clear internal jelly. Vitreo-retinal surgery is the surgical sub-specialty of ophthalmology that deals with surgical management of retinal and posterior segment diseases and disorders. Cataract surgery is the removal of the natural lens of the eye. Glaucoma is a group of diseases affecting the optic nerve that results in vision loss and is frequently characterized by raised intraocular pressure (IOP). Laser photocoagulation, or photocoagulation therapy, is the use of a laser to seal a retinal tear. 

  • Track 6-1Vitrectomy
  • Track 6-2Ophthalmologist
  • Track 6-3Retinal Detachment
  • Track 6-4Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy
  • Track 6-5Laser Treatment of Retinal Diseases
  • Track 6-6Glaucoma Surgery
  • Track 6-7Eyelid Surgery
  • Track 6-8Corneal Surgery

Oophorectomy (removal of ovaries) is frequently done together with hysterectomy to decrease the risk of ovarian cancer. Postpartum to remove either a severe case of placenta praevia or placenta percreta as well as a last resort in case of excessive obstetrical haemorrhage. Severe developmental disabilities, though this treatment is controversial at best. Maternal-fetal medicine an obstetrical subspecialty, sometimes referred to as perinatology that focuses on the medical and surgical management of high-risk pregnancies and surgery on the fetus with the goal of reducing morbidity and mortality.

Endometrial ablation is a medical procedure that is used to remove (ablate) or destroy the endometrial lining of a uterus. 

  • Track 7-1Diagnostic Laparoscopy
  • Track 7-2Obstetrics
  • Track 7-3Clinical Trials
  • Track 7-4 Hysterectomy
  • Track 7-5Endometrial Ablation

Cardiovascular (heart) surgery is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, coronary artery bypass grafting), correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease from various causes including endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease and atherosclerosis. It also includes heart transplantation. A more subtle complication of neurocognitive deficits attributed to cardiopulmonary bypass is known as post perfusion syndrome, sometimes called "pumphead". 

Open heart surgery is a surgery in which the patient's heart is open and surgery is performed on the internal structures of the heart.

  • Track 8-1Heart Transplant
  • Track 8-2Open Heart Surgery
  • Track 8-3Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
  • Track 8-4Post-Surgical Procedures
  • Track 8-5Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery

General surgery is a surgical specialty that mainly emphasizes on abdominal contents including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland. They also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft tissue, trauma, peripheral vascular surgery and hernias and perform endoscopic procedures such as gastroscopy and colonoscopy. A surgical infection is such which requires surgical treatment and has developed before or as a complication of surgical treatment.

  • Track 9-1Wound Infection
  • Track 9-2Liver Surgery
  • Track 9-3Esophagus Surgery

Recent advances in customizing cataract surgery: Cataract surgery has advanced a lot over the years. This review describes the latest techniques and how they are used to customize the surgery to the needs of the individual patient. Cataract is an important cause of visual impairment worldwide

Advances in Endometrial ablation is a medical procedure that is used to remove (ablate) or destroy the endometrial lining of a uterus. Anesthetic and perioperative care and improvements in surgical technique. Attention is now being directed towards standardizing evaluating new therapies to be implemented.

  • Track 10-1Recent Advances in Customizing Cataract Surgery
  • Track 10-2Laser Surgery
  • Track 10-3Laparoscopic Surgery
  • Track 10-4Robotic Surgery
  • Track 10-5Recent Advances in Head and Neck Cancer
  • Track 10-6Preemptive Analgesia II: Recent Advances and Current Trends

Pre-operative Surgery is required prior to the majority of elective surgical procedures, primarily to ensure that the patient is fit to undergo surgery, whilst identifying issues that may need to be dealt with by the surgical or anaesthetic teams. The post-operative management of elective surgical patients begins during the peri-operative period and involves several health professionals. Appropriate monitoring and repeated clinical assessments are required in order for the signs of surgical complications to be recognised swiftly and adequately. 

  • Track 11-1Diagnostic laproscopy
  • Track 11-2Obstetrics
  • Track 11-3Clinical trials
  • Track 11-4Hysterectomy
  • Track 11-5Endometrial ablation

In the theatre room there are too main types of nurses, a scrub nurse, circulation nurse and also RN first assistant. The scrub nurses job is to make sure they are familiar and well educated with every piece of operational equipment. As on request they are required to provide the surgeons with the equipment needed. Circulation nurses have many similar responsible, although they are to insure that the operating room is clear and non-contaminated by previous surgeries or other infections. They are also there to collected, open, clear and sterilise packets containing surgical equipment. RN First Assistant: Surgeons often depend most heavily on the RN first assistant, who provides direct patient care. She watches for possible complications by monitoring a patient’s vital signs, including heart rate, pulse and respiration. If she sees signs of trouble, she immediately alerts the surgeon so he can halt the surgery. She takes direction from the surgeon and also performs emergency care such as CPR and controlling bleeding. 

  • Track 12-1Pediatric Surgical Nurse
  • Track 12-2Licensure
  • Track 12-3Scrub Nurses
  • Track 12-4Circulation Nurse
  • Track 12-5Registered Nurse

Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurse education has undergone a process of diversification towards advanced and specialized credentials; minimally invasive surgery refers to surgical techniques that limit the size of incisions needed and so lessens wound healing time, associated pain and risk of infection. The front-runners of minimally invasive procedures were interventional radiologists. Robotic surgery allows doctors to perform many types of complex procedures with more precision.

  • Track 13-1Clinical Nursing
  • Track 13-2Technological Advancement
  • Track 13-3Nursing Management

Perioperative nursing is a nursing specialty that works with patients who are having operative or other invasive procedures. A surgical nurse, also referred to as a theatre nurse, specializes in preoperative care which means they provide care to patients before, during and after surgery. Perioperative nurses work closely with Surgeons, Aesthesiologists, nurse Anaesthetists, Surgeon's Assistants, Surgical Technologists, and Nurse Practitioners. They perform preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care primarily in operating theatre. Surgical patients (those who have undergone a minor or major surgical procedure) are nursed on different wards to medical patients. 

  • Track 14-1Surgeons
  • Track 14-2Nurse Anaesthetists
  • Track 14-3Surgeons Assistants
  • Track 14-4Surgical Technologists
  • Track 14-5Nurse Practitioners
  • Track 14-6Surgical Procedure

With advances in surgical technique and improved drugs to prevent infection and rejection, organ transplantation is now recognized as the most effective treatment for many diseases. Organs that have been successfully transplanted include the heart, kidneys, liver, lungs, pancreas, intestine, and thymus. Some organs, like the brain, cannot be transplanted. 

  • Track 15-1Liver Transplant Surgery
  • Track 15-2Kidney Transplant Surgery
  • Track 15-3Heart Transplant Surgery

Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the human body. It includes cosmetic or aesthetic surgery, reconstructive surgery, craniofacial surgery, hand surgery, microsurgery, and the treatment of burns. Reconstructive surgery is, in its broadest sense, the use of surgery to restore the form and function of the body. Maxillofacial surgeonsplastic surgeons and otolaryngologists do reconstructive surgery on faces after trauma and to reconstruct the head and neck after cancer reconstructive procedures. Reconstructive surgery is performed on abnormal structures of the body caused by congenital defects, developmental abnormalities, trauma, infection, tumors or disease. It is generally performed to improve functions, but may also be done to approximate a normal appearance.

  • Track 16-1Plastic Surgery
  • Track 16-2Reconstructive Surgery
  • Track 16-3Maxillofacial Surgeons
  • Track 16-4Microsurgery

Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. There are different types of nursing practices which includes Registered Nurse (RN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Nurse Practitioner (NP), Medical- Surgical Nurse, Cardiovascular Nurse, Surgical Nurse, Pediatric Nurse etc.

  • Track 17-1Registered Nurse
  • Track 17-2Nurse Practitioner
  • Track 17-3Midwifery Nurse
  • Track 17-4Cardiac Nursing
  • Track 17-5Oncology Nursing
  • Track 17-6Family Nursing
  • Track 17-7Mental Health Nursing
  • Track 17-8Psychiatric Nursing
  • Track 17-9Evidence Based Nursing

It includes safe and effective nursing care and covers the aspects of behavior, attitude and approach of nurses towards patients. The practice of nursing requires specialized knowledge, skill, and independent decision making. Moreover, nurses are mobile and sophisticated and work in a society that is changing and asymmetrical for consumers. 

  • Track 18-1Advanced Practice Information
  • Track 18-2General Practice Information
  • Track 18-3Nursing Practice Act

Nursing careers take widely divergent paths - practice focus varies by setting, by type of client, by different disease, therapeutic approach or level of rehabilitation. continuing education nurses: Nursing professional development builds on the basic education and experience of nurses throughout their professional careers for the ultimate goal of ensuring the quality of health care to the public. 

  • Track 19-1Registered Nurse
  • Track 19-2Quality and Safety of Nursing Care
  • Track 19-3Health Policy Study
  • Track 19-4Innovations and Reforms in Nursing Management
  • Track 19-5Human Resource Management

Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) give guide care to patients in one of a scope of strengths, for example, pediatrics, geriatrics, crisis care and oncology. CNSs may likewise fill in as experts, helping other restorative experts attempting to enhance understanding results and impact all levels of care. Clinical nursing and nursing organization includes the execution of the specialist components of organization and decision making within affiliations using medicinal orderlies. It fuses shapes regular to all organization like sorting out, masterminding, staffing, planning and controlling. This segment in a few Nursing Conferences and Nursing Meetings addresses Clinical nursing and nursing hypothesis, Clinical nursing and clinical assessment nursing. 

  • Track 20-1Clinical Nursing Education
  • Track 20-2Skills and techniques in Clinical Nursing
  • Track 20-3Implementing Nursing Care
  • Track 20-4Directing Patient Care and Access to Care
  • Track 20-5Clinical Evaluation