Courage to Soar - Acute and Critical Care Symposium
Honolulu Country Club
1690 Ala Puumalu Street
Honolulu, HI 96818
Friday, April 18, 2025 at 7:30am HT - 4:30pm HT
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Topic
Cardiac, Respiratory, Palliative Care, Diabetes Medication Update
Credits Offered
This event offers
7.0 contact hours
to attendees.
Accreditation Info:
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation..
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Ticket pricing and Ticket Bundles
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Symposium only pricing (read descriptions closely for other options)
- $310 - General Admission (GA)
- $290 - Military (MM) and AACN (AM) members
- $210 - HIC (HI) members
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Ticket Bundles (read descriptions closely when purchasing bundles)
- $385 - OPTION A (GA Symposium + AACN one-year membership voucher)
- $410 - OPTION B (GA Symposium + AACN one-year voucher + Hawaii Chapter membership)
- $390 - OPTION C (MM Symposium + AACN one-year voucher + Hawaii Chapter membership)
- $315 - OPTION D (AM Symposium + Hawaii Chapter membership)
- $310 - OPTION E (HI Symposium + AACN one-year voucher + Hawaii Chapter membership)
UPDATES: Registered attendees will be notified through their registration email regarding updates on handouts and the approved number of CEs. Updates are posted on this Website.
REFUNDS: To receive a refund for the registration fee, cancellation must be made in writing no less than 7 calendar days before the event. Refunds will be processed less a 20% service fee if made by April 14, 2025. No refunds will be made after that date. To make a refund request, use this form.
Canned Food Drive. The chapter will be collecting canned goods for donation to the Hawai'i food bank.

Registration Refund and Cancellation Policy
REFUNDS
To receive a refund for the registration fee, cancellation must be made in writing no less than 7 calendar days before the event. Refunds will be processed less a 20% service fee if made by April 14, 2025. No refunds will be made after that date. To make a refund request, use this form.
Speakers

Cheryl Herrmann, RN, MS, APRN, CCRN, CCNS-CSC/CMC, has 31 years of nursing experience—15 years as a bedside nurse in SICU, Neuro ICU, and CVICU, and 16 years as a cardiac clinical nurse specialist. As a cardiac CNS, she cares for patients in cardiac prep and recovery, cardiac catheterization, surgery, ICU, telemetry/progressive units, and at discharge. In addition, Ms. Herrmann is a Prehospital RN for the local ambulance service. In 2005, Ms. Herrmann was honored with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Circle of Excellence—Excellent Clinical Nurse Specialist Award and the Twenty-Five Women in Leadership Award in central Illinois. She is the recipient of the 2009 University of Illinois Alumni Award.

APP Diabetes & Quality Coordinator
Naomi Fukuda, APRN-Rx, BC-ADM, CDCES graduated from the University of Hawaii, Manoa School of Nursing. She is certified as a Diabetes Care and Education Specialist and is also Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management. She currently works at the Queen’s Medical Center, West Oahu, Diabetes Management and Education Center as a diabetes APRN and as the Quality Coordinator. She is also volunteers as the Coordinating Body Chairperson for the Hawaii Chapter of the American Diabetes Care and Education Specialists Association.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Jessica is a postdoctoral researcher who completed her PhD in neuroscience, focusing on traumatic spinal cord injury. She is now working with Dr. Stacy Brown, a neurointensivist at Queen's Medical Center on Oahu, on several projects, including research on Surfer's Myelopathy.

AACN Healthy Work Environment Subject Matter Expert
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