East Tennessee Children’s Hospital’s mission is to improve the health of children through exceptional, comprehensive family-centered care, wellness and education. Our School Nurse Conference puts that mission into action in the community by enhancing the knowledge of school nurses about managing common childhood illnesses and injuries and providing updated information about changes in care for children with chronic diseases. Find out more at: http://www.etch.com/events/school_nurse_conference.aspx

1. EAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
School Nurse
Conference
Friday, June 5, 2015
Jubilee Banquet Facility
14th
annual
Cristy Layman, R.N.
Sadie Lynn Moore
Sevier County School System

2. East Tennessee Children’s Hospital’s mission is to improve the health of children through exceptional, comprehensive
family-centered care, wellness and education. Our School Nurse Conference puts that mission into action in the
community by enhancing the knowledge of school nurses about managing common childhood illnesses and injuries
and providing updated information about changes in care for children with chronic diseases.
Course objectives
By attending this conference, you should be able to:
1. Describe current and future trends in pediatric diabetes management.
2. Describe etiologies of sleepiness in children.
3. Identify the current patterns and trends of adolescent substance abuse.
4. Discuss the process of detecting, reporting and investigating child abuse in Tennessee.
5. Explain the difference between food allergies, adverse food reactions and gluten intolerance.
6. Identify early and late signs of an asthma attack.
This activity will provide 6.25 contact hours.
East Tennessee Children’s Hospital is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Tennessee Nurses Association, an accredited
approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Agenda
7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
8:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Welcome and announcements
8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Diabetes: What’s Now, What’s New and What’s in the Future?
Cathy Van Ostrand, M.S.N., R.N., P.C.N.S.-B.C., C.D.E.
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The Sleepy Child
Phil Noe, P.N.P.
10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Spice, Drugs and Rock and Roll: The Intersection
of Pediatrics and“Better Living Through Chemistry”
Ryan Redman, M.D.
11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Lunch and vendor tables
1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. The Hidden Parts of Child Abuse for the School Nurse:
Detection, Reporting, Investigation
Mary Palmer, M.D.
2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Food Allergies and Gluten-Free–What Can We Eat?
Juliann M. Chavez, Ph.D., R.D., L.D.N.
3:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. From Wheezy to Breathing Easy
Katelyn Kirk, M.S.N., R.N., C.P.N., A.E.-C.
4:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Evaluations
Date
Friday, June 5, 2015
Location
Jubilee Banquet Facility
6700 Jubilee Center Way
Knoxville, TN 37912
865-938-2112
Cost
Early bird registration
(before May 1) $55
Regular registration
(May 1 and after) $60
Register online by
Friday, May 29, 2015, at
www.etch.com/
SchoolNurseConference.
Fee includes continental
breakfast, lunch and
conference materials.
Register by Friday, May 29, 2015: www.etch.com/SchoolNurseConference

3. This year’s conference is at the Jubilee Banquet Facility.
Coming from downtown Knoxville:
1. Take the ramp to I-275 N.
2. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for I-275 N/Lexington
and merge onto I-275 N.
3. Continue on I-275N and merge onto I-75 N.
4. Take exit 110 for Callahan Drive.
5. Turn left (westbound) onto Callahan Drive and go for
approximately 1 mile.
6. Turn left at Jubilee Center Way.
7. Jubilee Banquet Facility is at the back of the strip mall.
Coming from I-75 north (Chattanooga):
1. Take I-75 N to I-40 E.
2. Take 1-40 E to I-275 N.
3. Follow directions 2 to 7 from the first set of directions.
Coming from I-40 west (Nashville):
1. Take I-40 E to I-275 N.
2. Follow directions 2 to 7 from the first set of directions.
Coming from I-75 south (Lake City, Huntsville, etc):
1. Take I-75 S to exit 110 for Callahan Drive.
2. Turn right (westbound) onto Callahan Drive and go
for approximately 1 mile.
3. Turn left at Jubilee Center Way.
4. Jubilee Banquet Facility is at the back of the strip mall.
Cathy Van Ostrand, M.S.N., R.N., P.C.N.S.-B.C., C.D.E.
Van Ostrand is an endocrinology clinical nurse specialist
and program coordinator for the East Tennessee
Children’s Hospital Diabetes Program. She has served in
this role for more than 15 years. Van Ostrand is board-
certified as a clinical nurse specialist in pediatrics and as a
diabetes educator.
Phil Noe, P.N.P.
Noe is a pediatric nurse practitioner at East Tennessee
Children’s Hospital. He has been a nurse practitioner for
27 years; 24 of those have been at Children’s Hospital. At
present, Noe practices with the Pediatric Pulmonology
physician practice and the Sleep Medicine Center
at Children’s Hospital. Noe has more than 15 years
experience in the field of pediatric sleep medicine.
Ryan Redman, M.D.
Dr. Redman graduated from the University of Minnesota
Medical School and completed his pediatric residency
and fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at
the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Dr. Redman is
the medical director of East Tennessee Children’s
Hospital’s Emergency Department and also works
as a sedation specialist with Pediatric Analgesia and
Sedation Specialists. Currently, he is the graduate
medical education coordinator for Children’s Hospital’s
Emergency Department.
Mary Palmer, M.D.
Dr. Palmer attended medical school at the University
of Tennessee, Memphis, and completed her residency
in pediatrics at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
in Pennsylvania. She is board-certified in pediatric
emergency medicine, pediatrics and child abuse
pediatrics. She has been an emergency department
physician with East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
since 1990 and is the founder of the pediatric forensic
medicine services at the hospital.
Juliann M. Chavez, Ph.D., R.D., L.D.N.
Dr. Chavez received her bachelor’s degree in scientific
nutrition and master’s degree in nutrition with a minor
in sociology at Texas A&M University. She completed her
doctoral degree in child and family studies in 2009 at the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Dr. Chavez has been
at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital since 2003, where
she is responsible for community nutrition education,
providing nutrition classes at the hospital and seeing
patients in the Diabetes and Healthy Ways clinics.
Katelyn Kirk, M.S.N., R.N., C.P.N., A.E.-C.
Kirk received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from
Tennessee Wesleyan College and her master’s degree in
nursing from Tennessee Technological University. She
is a certified asthma educator. Kirk has worked at East
Tennessee Children’s Hospital for four years.
Speakers
Directions
Register by Friday, May 29, 2015: www.etch.com/SchoolNurseConference

4. Payment form
After you register online at www.etch.com/SchoolNurseConference, complete the form below
and include it with your payment.
Mail check (payable to ETCH) to: East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
Organizational Development and Learning
School Nurse Conference
P. O. Box 15010
Knoxville, TN 37901
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This payment is for the following attendees:
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2018 Clinch Avenue
Knoxville,TN 37916-5010
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