The Carolina Dogwood Chapter of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating health care workers and the public about health issues. This chapter is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Meetings and presentations are listed below. You do not have to be a chapter member to attend a presentation. If you are a chapter member of another region, and have just moved here, you are considered a member of this chapter for the current year.

Chapter Elections


The Chapter election is held every spring. The positions that will become available are president-elect, treasurer-elect, secretary and member-at-large.

Chapter Executive

President: Joan Smith
President-Elect: Stephanie Dove
Treasurer: Deb Gross
Treasurer-Elect: Mari Newton
Member-at-Large: Elaine Gillis
Secretary: Sharlene Blackwood and Jessica White

Chapter Committee Leaders

Community Service: Open
Fund Raising: Open

Contact Information:

Education and Presentation information: Linda Thomas 609-6413 (work)
or email: lthomas@capefearvalley.com
To contact Joan Smith, the president, call 910-728-6677 or email her at HeartRN716@yahoo.com
If you wish to be placed on the e-mail list then send an email to CarolinaDogwoodChapterAACN@yahoo.com
If you experience problems with this website then contact
click here to contact the webmaster (Betty Anderson).

Carolina Dogwood Chapter Newsletter
January, Volume 1, Issue 2 Click here to view.

Education Programs

Chapter dues of $15.00 must be paid every September.
Right-click here to downoad "chapform.pdf", an application form for chapter membership.
Click Here to go to the AACN application page.

Carolina Dogwood Presentations

The Carolina Dogwood Chapter members Betty Anderson RN, BC, CCRN
and Linda Thomas MSN, BC, CCRN presented "A Place to Grow"
(this is a poster presentation) at NTI in Atlanta 2007. Click on the
button at the top of this page to see the presentation.

My NTI Experience

Click here to view photographs I took while attending NTI 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Chapter Presentations

Date: Thursday, June 12th.
Each Chapter presentation/meeting is held every second week on a Thursday.
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Location: Location can vary. Rehabilitation Auditorium rooms B and C.
Located behind Cape Fear Valley's Emergency Department or
The Carolina Room in the Education Center located behind Cape Fear Valley Hopsital at 3418 Village Drive.
Social time: 1900 to 1915 (7:00pm. to 7:15pm.)
Time of meeting: 1915 to 1930 (7:15pm. to 7:30pm.)
Time of presentation: 1930 to 2030 (7:30pm. to 8:30pm.)
Sponsor: None.
Credit hours: One Hour, Pending.
Food: Provided.
Other: Bring a friend.
Cost: Donation at door for nonmembers. For any last minute problems call 797-7942.
Registration: Please call 910-609-6413

Other Programs

Medical-Surgical Nursing Review Course
Date: Thursday, May 29 and Friday, May 30th.
Location: Mountain Area Health Education Center, 501 Biltmore Avenue, Ashville, NC.
Time: 9:00 am. to 4:00 pm.
Sponsor: MAHEC.
Credit hours: 1.2 CEU.
Food: On your own.
Website: Click here.
Cost: $195.00.
Registration: Call 828-257-4430.

Effective Physical Assessment Skills. Identify cardiac, respiratory and neurological disorders.
Date: Tuesday, June 3.
Topics: Strategies to detect and identify abnormal sounds; Crackles, wheezes, rubs, gallops,
clicks, snaps; characteristics and causes of murmurs; six-part neurological exam demonstration, and
causes and treatment of mental status changes.
Location: Holiday Inn Fayetteville I-95. 1944 Cedar Creek Road.
Time: 7:30 am. to 4:00 pm.
Sponsor: PESI Healthcare.
Credit hours: 6.3 Contact hours.
Food: On your own.
Cost: $164.00 if you register online at www.pesihealthcare.com
Registration: Call 1-800-843-7763.

If you are looking for an education program on a topic that you do not see here you can contact
the education department at Cape Fear Valley Hospital: 910-609-6640 or click on the SRAHEC button at
the top of this website page. The link will take you to Southern Regional Area Health Education Center's
website.

Free Contact Hour Programs

The Interactive Network for Continuing Education offers several free
nursing education programs, which are conducted using a combination of a
workbook (mailed to you) and a telephone delivery system of a half-hour
lecture.
Click here to go to the INCE website reservations page.

AACN has a free education webcast posted on their website. The program is called:
Implementing Nurse-Driven Protocals: Using Arterial Pressure-based Cardiac
Output Technologies The course is approved for 2 contact hours and is supported
by a grant from Edward Lifesciences.
www.aacn.org/ELLC

Medscape is offering Debating Hypertensive Management Approaches in Acute
Hemorrhagic and Ischemic Stroke for one contact hour. This activity is
co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Medical School and i3 DLN and supported
by an educational grant from PDL BioPharma Inc. To participate in this activity go to:
 www.medscape.com/viewprogram/5222

United States Department of Health & Human Services Office of Minority Health is offering 9 free
contact hours on "Culturally Competent Nursing Care A Cornerstone of Caring" on their website.
 www.thinkculturalhealth.org