PADONA
36th Annual Conference
Tuesday April 2 – Friday April 5, 2024
Our 36th Annual Conference will be held at The Hotel Hershey in Hershey, PA. We promise a fun-filled week of special events as well as great speakers and educational sessions to augment your post-acute clinical practice and leadership skills. Our education agenda typically offers 15 credit hours for both Registered Nurses and Nursing Home Administrators. Plan to stay Thursday night for our Celebration Party for hors d’oeurves, drinks and live band, featuring Chris Woodward and Shindiggin’.
The PADONA room block at The Hotel Hershey is open. Please contact the Hotel Hershey directly at (855) 729-3108 to make room reservations under the Pennsylvania Directors of Nursing Association room block. The discounted room rate is $283 per room per night plus tax. Rooms fill up fast so book soon!
If you would like to book your room online, please visit:https://reservations.hersheypa.com/HRSApp/HRSHome?groupCode=PADONA2024H&venue=hotelHershey
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Exhibitor registration is now open! We are expanding our exhibit hours in 2024! Attendee registration opens in December 2023.
You can contact LuAnn White at luann@padona.com with all questions. We are grateful to our members and business partners for their continued support!
We are grateful to our members and business partners for their continued support! We hope to see you in Hershey!
Purchase the 2023 conference session recordings
Attend Our Conference
Join your peers at The Hotel Hershey, one of the finest historic hotels known for its refined elegance, signature service, and abundant amenities. Our conference agenda is filled with respected industry experts sharing their knowledge, expertise, and experience to assist you in elevating your nursing leadership and clinical practice. Simply by participating in our annual conference, attendees can obtain all required RN continuing education hours!
Early Registration Fee:
Before January 15, 2024
$500 for agency members
$600 for non-agency members
Regular Registration Fee:
Between Jan 15 & Feb 15, 2024
$550 for agency members
$650 for non-agency members
Late Registration Fee:
After February 15, 2024
$585 for agency members
$685 for non-agency members
Conference registration fee includes:
- All educational programs – total of 15.5 continuing education hours
- All meals, breaks, and conference events
- Thursday evening party with live band, drinks and hors d’oeuvres
- Downloadable handout reference materials
A few changes to our 2024 conference include:
- Tuesday afternoon conference kick-off
- Spend quality time with vendors and business partners exploring relevant products and services
- Enjoy more free time to network with colleagues
PADONA, as an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development contact hours through PSNA, is offering 15.5 contact hours for nurses and nursing home administrators who attend each offered session and complete an evaluation of the conference. Remember, you can obtain all your required hours of nursing professional development continuing education simply by attending the conference each year! This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) for approval for 15.5 clock hours and 15.5 participant hours. Please be sure to include your license number(s) on your registration form, as our database program is linked to our registrants by their license number(s).
If you have questions regarding registration, please contact LuAnn White at luann@padona.com.
Attend Virtually
Virtual registration notes:
- Clinical track only
- Total of 15 continuing education hours
- Handout reference materials
- All pre-conference and conference sessions available
You will be able to virtually attend our conference sessions via our online webinar platform. The clinical track conference sessions will be streamed live for virtual attendees. The administrative track will not be accessible for virtual attendance. All four days of educational programming will be accessible to virtual attendees.
PADONA, as an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development contact hours through PSNA, is offering 15 contact hours for nurses and administrators who attend each offered virtual session and complete an evaluation of the Conference. Remember, you are able to obtain all of your required hours of nursing continuing professional development continuing education simply by attending the conference each year! This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) for approval for 15 clock hours and 15 participant hours. Virtual attendees will be required to login to the webinar platform on the same day and time as the scheduled sessions in order to participate virtually and receive credit hours.
As required by the credentialing organizations, we will be utilizing a dual verification process to track webinar attendance for credit hour purposes. Virtual attendees who meet our attendance and evaluation requirements will receive applicable NHA and RN credit hours.
If you have questions regarding registration, please contact LuAnn White at luann@padona.com.
Registration
If you have questions please call LuAnn White at (814) 599-3717 or email luann@padona.com.
Payment Options
1. Pay via Paypal.
Complete the registration form on this page and you will be automatically directed to paypal for payment processing.
2. Pay using our credit card authorization form. Complete and fax this form along with your registration form to: (856) 780-5149 and we will process the payment for you.
3. Make checks payable to PADONA and mail to:
LuAnn White
14232 Croghan Pike
Mount Union, PA 17066
* There is a $100 processing fee for all cancellations. No refunds will be issued after September 1st.
2024 Exhibitors
Acadia Pharmaceuticals | Aculabs | Advanced PICC Specialists | Affinity Health Serevices | AlixaRx | AMI LTC RISE | Benchmark Therapies | Blackburn’s | Biocodex (Makers of Florastor) | Brockie Pharmatech | Castle Biosciences | Chestnut Ridge Foam | Columbia Ancillary Services | Community Pharmacy Services | Continental Health Equipment | Contract Pharmacy Services/PolarisRx | Diamond Pharmacy Services & Medical Supply | Embecta | ESHYFT | ESSITY | General Healthcare Resources | Gentell | Grane Rx | H&R Healthcare | Health Advocates Network | HealthDirect Pharmacy Services | HersheyCare Pharmacy Services | Hill-Rom part of Baxter | Impact Medical | LeadingAge PA | Links Medical | Manheim Medical Supply | McKesson Medical Surgical | MedCare LTC, a UnitedRx Company | MediTelecare | Medline Industries | Minnich’s Continuing Care Pharmacy | Neurocrine Biosciences | OK2StandUp | Omnicare Pharmacy a CVS Health Company | PointClickCare | Otsuka American Pharmaceutical | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | PA Department of Health | PELICAN Risk Retention Group | Pennsylvania Healthcare Association | Pharma GenLabs | PharmScript of Pennsylvania | PharMerica | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | Phoebe Pharmacy | Physician’s Mobile X-ray | Polaris Pharmacy Services | Powerback Rehabilitation | Premier Therapy | ProCare Medical | Prominent Medical Staffing | Quality Insights | RestorixHealth (Gordian Medical) | Rx Partners LTC | Sage Technology Solutions | Scrubs on Wheels | Span America Med Systems Inc. (Savaria) | Symphony Diagnostic Services No 1 LLC dba TridentCare | Symtech Solutions | Synergy Pharmacy Services | TapestryHealth | Teva Pharmaceuticals | The Supportive Care | TZMO USA | US Complete Care | Vidafuel Nutrition | Viatris Pharmaceuticals | Vios Medical | Vital Healthcare Solutions | VOHRA Wound Physicians2024 Sponsors
We are excited to have so many wonderful partners contributing to our annual conference! We invite you to join our growing list of sponsors and are eager to discuss any ideas you may have that will help boost your engagement with our participants.
Phoebe Pharmacy
Attendee Bag Sponsor
Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Wednesday Conference Sponsor
Polaris Pharmacy Services
Wednesday & Thursday Morning Break Sponsor
ESHYFT
Lanyard Sponsor
Dave and Candace McMullen
Celebration Party – Beer Sponsor
Aculabs
Celebration Party – Wine Sponsor
CHR Consulting Services
Celebration Party – Door Prize Sponsor
Premier Therapy
Registration Sponsor
Diamond Pharmacy
Friday Morning Coffee Sponsor
Brockie Pharmatech
Celebration Party Food Station Sponsor
Eastern Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society
Celebration Party Food Station Sponsor
Affinity Health Services
Celebration Party Band Sponsor
Phoebe Pharmacy
Attendee Bag Sponsor
Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Wednesday Conference Sponsor
Polaris Pharmacy Services
Wednesday & Thursday Morning Break Sponsor
ESHYFT
Lanyard Sponsor
Dave and Candace McMullen
Celebration Party – Beer Sponsor
Aculabs
Celebration Party – Wine Sponsor
CHR Consulting Services
Celebration Party – Door Prize Sponsor
Premier Therapy
Registration Sponsor
Diamond Pharmacy
Friday Morning Coffee Sponsor
Brockie Pharmatech
Celebration Party Food Station Sponsor
Eastern Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society
Celebration Party Food Station Sponsor
Affinity Health Services
Celebration Party Band Sponsor
We would also like to thank the following supporters for providing speakers who are presenting valuable educational sessions during the conference:
Affinity Health Services
Cain Coaching and Consulting
Center for Innovation
CHR Consulting Services, Inc.
CMS Regional Office
Concordia at Villa St. Joseph
Eugenia
Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Latsha Davis & Marshall, PC
Office of Long-Term Living – Bureau of Quality Assurance and Program Analytics
Penn State University – Ross and Carol Neese College of Nursing
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Post & Schell, PC
Powerback Rehabilitation
Premier Therapy
Real Time Medical Systems
Stever Advisors, LLC
The Presbyterian SeniorCare Network
Wesley Enhanced Living Main Line