*Seminar 36

Diagnosis and Management of Hypertention                                                               
Shawn Gregory, MD, MMSc

This presentation will provide an overview of the diagnosis and management of hypertension with updates for 2012.

Seminar 37

Psychosomatic Illness: Distress Versus Disease                                                        
Shelia Cannon, PhD, APRN-PMH, BC

The patient’s state of mind is one of the most important determinants of health and well being. There are complex bio-chemical links between stress, the immune system and physical illnesses. Participants will understand more broadly the synergy between the mind and body connection and how psychosomatic illnesses are stress-related disorders that can exacerbate physical ailments.

Seminar 38

Hiding in Plain Sight: TBI Among Iraqi and Afghanistan Veterans 
Cathy St.Pierre, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP

As a result of the current war, many health care providers are encountering what has become known as the signature injury of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).  It is estimated that approximately 22% of the soldiers, who have served time in Iraq, have experienced TBI.

*SEMINAR 39

Adolescent STD Prevention and Treatment 
Alison Marshall, FNP

Sexually transmitted infections in the adolescent population are a common problem addressed in multiple settings.  With concerns about long term implications of infection as well as the development of drug resistance, new guidelines were published in 2010.  This session will focus on both the screening and treatment guidelines and  discuss practical approaches for prevention of re-infection.

*SEMINAR 40

Women's Care During the Menopause
Holly Buckley, MS, WHNP-BC, ANP-BC

Over the next decade more than 64 million US women will have reached the age of menopause. Estrogen decline is associated with a number of physiological changes. In this session, NPs will learn the current best practices for addressing estrogen related changes of midlife women including evidence based diagnostic and preventive measures for this growing population.

* Eligible for pharmacology contact hours