Program

Program Highlights

Education Online Program Planner – Now Available
View program details, schedules, and events with the Program Planner.   In addition, attendees will be able to schedule their time by creating a personalized agenda of the sessions they plan to attend in an interactive online format.  For a pdf file of oral session descriptions, please click here.

Education Program on Flash Drive – New this Year!
In an effort to respond to attendees’ needs for providing a more comprehensive set of speaker handouts, AONE will provide a flash drive that will be distributed to each attendee after the Annual Meeting.  The flash drive will include speaker bios and photos, audio recordings synchronized with each speaker’s slide presentation, and video recordings of select plenary sessions.  Speakers who give AONE permission to capture their sessions will be included on the flash drive.

Annual Meeting Poster Presentations
This year’s poster presentations will be accessible and open to all attendees during each day of the Annual Meeting.  The posters provide an opportunity to learn about innovative projects, programs and research in six educational tracks. For a pdf file of descriptions of the Posters that will be presented this year, please click here. 

Poster presenters will be available to discuss their poster during the Poster Discussion Sessions.  Attendees will be able to earn up to 11 hours of continuing education credit during the Poster Discussion Sessions. 

Poster Discussion Session Hours
Thursday, April 16, 2009
8:00 am – 10:00 am
11:30 am – 1:30 am

Friday, April 17, 2009
7:00 am – 10:00 am
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Saturday, April 18, 2009
7:00 am – 10:00 am

All poster presenters will be independently judged by a panel of three judges with awards announced and presented prior to the start the endnote session.

Electronic Posters – New this Year!
Electronic posters will be available on site so attendees can view all of the posters at any time on site.  Attendees will be able to email the author and arrange for a time to meet about the author’s work.  Continuing Education credit is only available for participating in the Poster Discussion sessions.  Continuing Education credit will not be offered for viewing the electronic posters. 

AONE Institute 2009 Award & Recognition Program
This year’s award winners will be recognized throughout the Annual Meeting at the beginning of each plenary session. Due to the growing number of award winners, the Institute would like to honor each winner with adequate time and attention from all attendees.  All annual meeting attendees will receive an on-site schedule that will identify the award(s) to be given at the beginning of each plenary session.

AONE Institute Raffle
Thanks to the generosity of our attendees and raffle ticket purchasers at the 41st Annual Meeting and Exposition, the raffle raised over $8,000 for the AONE Institute! We will try to exceed that amount in San Antonio, so come prepared to support the AONE Institute by buying tickets for another fantastic set of raffle prizes. Attendees will deposit tickets by the containers next to each available item, and at the end of the meeting, a drawing will be held. (Winners need not be present at the drawing) There is no limit to how many times you can “enter” to win a particular item. Raffle tickets will be sold at the registration desk during the meeting for $5 each or five tickets for $20. If you are interested in donating an item for the raffle, please visit the Institute section of the AONE website at www.aone.org for a donation form.

The AONE Institute for Nursing Leadership Research and Education is the philanthropic arm of the American Organization of Nurse Executives and a 501(c)(3) unit of the Health Research and Educational Trust. Founded in 1999, the AONE Institute’s mission is to shape the future of patient care delivery through the development of evidence-based nursing leadership.

Contributions made to the Institute are tax deductible – and more importantly, they are an investment in nursing’s future.

General Information 

Cyber Café
Attendees are encouraged to visit the Cyber Café so they can check their email and send a message to fellow attendees.

Nurse LeaderShop
The Nurse LeaderShop will feature books written by our 2009 speakers, as well as, selected AONE publications and items from past Annual Meeting speakers.

Exhibit Hall
Join your colleagues and friends and over 1,000 exhibitor representatives in the Exhibit Hall throughout the Annual Meeting! Use this opportunity to network with sales representatives from health care technology, equipment, staffing, recruiting and consulting companies who are coming to Seattle to meet with their key purchasing group—YOU!

Two added bonuses:
• The AONE Annual Meeting will include several delicious breakfast and lunch available to everyone—at no cost to attendees—to allow maximum networking time with the corporate health care community.
• The ever popular Passport to Prizes give-away program will be back in full swing this year.
Just by visiting with the AONE exhibitors you can become eligible to win fabulous gifts
and prizes totaling over $10,000!

Hours
Thursday, April 16, 2009
8:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Grand Opening
Complimentary breakfast will be available.

11:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Complimentary lunch will be available.

Friday, April 17, 2009
7:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Complimentary breakfast will be available.

11:15 – 12:45 p.m.

Saturday, April 18, 2009
7:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Passport to Prizes Drawing

Affiliate Functions
Are you interested in scheduling an affiliate function?  Please contact Maricela Arias-Cantu at mcantu@aha.org for approval.