The 20th UGONSA National Professional
Conference, Abakaliki 2022, is designed to practically empower nurses with
skills that will make them reckon as super nurses and foster their propensity to
add money to their pockets. Aside from the conventional conference events, the
conference will make nurses proficient in SPSS, EKG, and American Heart
Association’s BLS. Did we say proficient? Yes, of course!
By this assertion, we are betting that any nurse that
attended the conference will not only learn SPSS, EKG, and BLS but will be able
to apply them in real life and would be able to teach others.
The conference fee is N15,000 (fifteen thousand naira)
for nurses and N7500 (seven thousand five hundred naira) for student nurses. To
show how serious we are with our claim, we are betting that any conference
attendee who complained of not learning how to practically apply SPSS, EKG, and
BLS in real-life situations after the conference will be refunded the sum of N50000
(fifty thousand naira) if the complainant is a nurse or N25000 (twenty-five
thousand naira) if the complainant is a student nurse. We are making this bet
because we are very sure our tested, trusted, and proven hand-on methods that
will be used to deliver such modules at the conference shall have an imbibing
impact ceteris paribus. Did you hear us well? For 'benefit of doubt' let
us restate it in another way! UGONSA will add N35000 to the N15000 you paid (if
you are a nurse) or N17500 to the N7500 you paid (if you are a student nurse)
to make your refund, respectively N50000 or 25000 if after duly participating
in the conference you were unable to be empowered to be proficient in SPSS,
EKG, and BLS.
Let’s now talk about what you need to do
to get this conference empowerment.
For SPSS
To participate in the SPSS training, an attendee MUST come
with a laptop computer. The hands-on training involves leading the participants
to practically perform statistical analysis on a raw data set using the IBM® SPSS® Statistics. Because the trial
period for the IBM® SPSS® Statistics package lasts for 30 days, we advise that
participants should not install the software until two days before the
conference start date. This is because, in addition to the hands-on training,
we shall also give the attendees a follow-up assignment on raw data set to be
analyzed and submitted within two weeks of the conference to reflect and assess
their mastery of analysis of descriptive and inferential statistics, such as
frequency distribution, t-test, chi-square, ANOVA, etc., using SPSS. The
follow-up is aimed at ensuring that the attendees left the conference being
proficient in SPSS and to assure them of the avenue for a free consultation
should they need further assistance. If the software is installed earlier than two
days before the conference, the trial period might run out before completing
the follow-up assignment.
For
EKG
All you need to do is review the anatomy and
physiology of the heart two to three days before the conference to be able to
imbibe the EKG module’s training with ease at the conference.
You will be taught how to read and interpret EKG strips
and a simple way to obtain heart rhythms where you do not have access to
12-lead EKG, such as at home or in rural settings that do not have EKG
machines. You will also learn of actions to take to restore an abnormal EKG to
normal or how to mitigate adverse consequences and avert preventable death in
situations where restoration of normalcy is difficult.
For BLS
The BLS package will be that of the American Heart
Association (AHA). While participation in the BLS training shall be free for
all the conference attendees, receiving the AHA BLS certificate shall attract
N15,500 (fifteen thousand five hundred naira) as AHA (and not UGONSA) issues
the BLS certificate. Hands-on practice on feedback equipment, as recommended by
AHA, costs N3,000 (three thousand naira), while the AHA BLS Provider
certificate (the eCard) costs N12,500 (twelve thousand five hundred naira), amounting
to a total cost of N15,500 for each attendee that needs the AHA BLS certificate.
This payment is optional and only applies to those who want to have the AHA BLS
certificate issued to them. However, UGONSA shall pay for the AHA BLS
certificates for five attendees that will be randomly selected at the
conference based on criteria that will be set by the attendees in collaboration
with the association at the conference.
Conference Date and Registration
The conference will be held from July 11 to July 16,
2022, at the Conference Centre of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching
Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
To register, go
to www.ugonsa.org and click on “conference registration." You can also
make your payment directly into the UGONSA National account listed below. Early
bird attracts a special package.
Account number:
3089525712
Bank: First Bank of
Nigeria PLC.
Account Name:
University Graduates of Nursing Science Association
Note: If you choose to pay directly to the bank
account, you have to submit your payment evidence and your name, state, email,
and phone number to gnan2ugonsa@gmail.com or info@ugonsa.org for your
registration to be manually entered in the conference registration list. See the attached event programme below for more information.
Signed
Chief (Hon). S.E.O Egwuenu
Nur. P.O. Eteng
UGONSA National President UGONSA
Ag. National Secretary
