44th Annual Gore-Farha
Critical Care Nursing Symposium
April 23-24, 2026 • Virtual Event
Register
The 43rd Annual Gore-Farha Critical Care Nursing Symposium will be held virtually.
Attendees may choose to register for one or both days of the conference.
April 23: $35.00 $25.00
April 24: $35.00 $25.00
Early Bird Deadline: March 23
Agenda
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Welcome |
| 8:10-9:25 am | ABGs 101: Demystifying the Blood Gas David Schmidt, DO, RN |
| 9:35-10:50 am | Skillful Management of Non-Invasive Ventilation Douglas Houghton, DNP, APRN, ACNPC, NEA-BC, FAANP |
| 11:00-12:15 pm | Mechanical Ventilation - Interpretation the Waveforms Brenda Engler, BS, DNP, ACNP-BC |
| 12:15-1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:15 pm | Hot Topics in Chest Trauma: What Every Trauma Nurse Needs to Know Eleanor Fitzpatrick, DNP, RN, AGCNS-BC, ACNP-BC, CCRN |
| 2:30-3:45 pm | Care of Patient with Acute Aortic Dissection Mary Degges, DNP, RN, CCNS, CNL |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Welcome |
| 8:10-9:25 am | Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Dr. Mohammed Hussain |
| 9:35-10:50 am | Pediatric Sepsis: Trends, Management and the Phoenix Criteria Serena Kelly, MS, CPNP-AC, FNP-BC, CCRN |
| 11:00-12:15 pm |
ECMO: What Every Healthcare Worker Should Know
John Hunninghake, MD
|
| 12:15-1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:15 pm | Night Shift: How Nurses and Patients Can Adapt to the Dark Megan Brunson, PhD, RN, CCRN-CSC, CNL, FCCM |
| 2:30-3:45 pm | Have the Courage to Soar Above Compromising Legal Issues Sandy Salicco, MSN, RN, Alumnus CCRN |
Continuing Education
The Wichita State University College of Health Professions is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for 15 contact hours (7.5 contact hours per day) applicable for RN, LPN, or LMHT relicensure. Kansas State Board of Nursing provider number: LT 0090-0327.
EMS: Self-submit to applicable licensing agency.
*Continuing Nursing Education credits and EMS credits will be available up to 9 days after the conference has ended. Participants must watch the sessions in their entirety and complete the evaluation by 11:59 pm on Sunday, May 3 in order to receive credit.
The Wesley Medical Center CEU Evaluator is pending approval of this program for 15 hours of Live Respiratory Continuing Education (7.5 contact hours per day) on behalf of the Kansas Respiratory Care Society, a chapter society of the AARC. Providership # KRCS 029 Credits for Respiratory are only available during the conference.