Omaha System International Conferences

Please add the 2009 Conference dates of April 16-18 to your calendar NOW! We will return to the Eagan Community Center, Eagan, Minnesota. Our conference will be part of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing’s centennial celebration! Watch this page for more details!

2009 Conference Information

• Join us April 16-18, 2009 for the next Conference. A 2009 Flier will be added to this page when it is completed.
  • Download the 2007 PDF Flier for details about the previous agenda, speakers, call for posters, cost, contact hours, etc. (Get Adobe Reader if you can't read PDF files.)
  • Map of the conference/hotel locations PLUS airport shuttle information
  • Conference site: Eagan Community Center
  • Lodging: Marriott SpringHill Suites Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport/Eagan
• Eagan, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul, is eight miles from the airport and Mall of America. The University of Minnesota School of Nursing is the conference host school.
• The conference and pre-conference are exciting opportunities to increase your working knowledge about the Omaha System and network with others who use it in practice, education, and research. The book, The Omaha System: A Key to Practice, Documentation, and Information Management, will be available for purchase.
• Plans are being made to offer a Breeze online presentation (audio recording with PowerPoint) for some sessions.

2007 Omaha System International Conference Report

LOCATION AND HOST SCHOOL: The 2007 Conference and Pre-conference Workshop were held at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan, Minnesota on April 12-14, 2007. The University of Minnesota School of Nursing was the host school.

PARTICIPANTS: Members of various disciplines registered from 16 states, New Zealand, and Wales. Seventeen posters were displayed; eleven groups exhibited. The speakers and planners were Amy J. Barton, Colorado; Nancy M. Benavides, Michigan; Kathryn H. Bowles, Pennsylvania; Phyllis M. Connolly, California; Connie J. Delaney, Minnesota; Linda Denison, Wisconsin; Constance J. Dreyer, Minnesota; Beth Furlong, Nebraska; Vicki D. Gines, Missouri; Nancy P. Hanrahan, Pennsylvania; Elizabeth A. Jones, Minnesota; Madeleine J. Kerr, Minnesota; Debra J. Konicek, Illinois; Leslie M. Larsen, Wisconsin; Maureen E. Leonardo, Pennsylvania; Karen Lindberg, Minnesota; Amy Lytton, Minnesota; Karen S. Martin, Nebraska; Karen A. Monsen, Minnesota; Trung Nguyen, Minnesota; Susan Pfeifer, Washington; Carol A. Romano, Maryland; Debra A. Solomon, Minnesota; Karen Utterback, Mississippi; Bonnie J. Westra, Minnesota; and Shona K. Wilson, New Zealand.

ONLINE: Many participants registered online. Participants and others viewed the Breeze online presentation (audio recording with PowerPoint) for the rest of 2007 that was sponsored by CareFacts Information Systems, Inc., CHAMP Software, Inc., Minnesota Counties Computer Cooperative, SNOMED® International, and the University of Minnesota.

2005 Omaha System International Conference Report

LOCATION AND HOST SCHOOL: The 2005 Conference and Pre-conference Workshop were held at the Woodlake Lutheran Church, Richfield, Minnesota on April 21-23, 2005. College of St. Catherine Department of Nursing was the host school.

PARTICIPANTS: Members of various disciplines registered from 21 states, Estonia, and Wales. Fourteen posters were displayed; seven groups exhibited. The speakers and planners were Mary Jo Baisch, Wisconsin; Amy J. Barton, Colorado; Kathryn H. Bowles, Pennsylvania; Susan J. Buelow, St. Paul, Minnesota; Jean R. Christensen, Wales; Ida Clark, Illinois; Phyllis M. Connolly, California; Pamela J. Correll, Maine; Constance J. Dreyer, Minnesota; Marcelline R. Harris, Minnesota; Mary Jo Holford, Illinois; Madeleine J. Kerr, Minnesota; Debra J. Konicek, Illinois; Leslie M. Larsen, Wisconsin; Karen S. Martin, Nebraska; Karen A. Monsen, Minnesota; Diane Pravikoff, California; Judith G. Riemer, California; Patricia M. Schoon, Minnesota; Heather Shlosser, Vermont; Alice Swan, Minnesota; and Thomas Williams, Wisconsin.

2003 Omaha System International Conference Report

LOCATION AND HOST SCHOOL: The 2003 Conference and Pre-conference Workshop were held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Conference Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 24-26, 2003. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing was the host school.

PARTICIPANTS: Members of various disciplines registered from 19 states, Canada, and Wales. The speakers and planners were Amy J. Barton, Colorado; Kathryn H. Bowles, Pennsylvania; Patricia A. Chiverton, New York; Dame June Clark, Wales; Marie J. Cowan, California; Constance J. Dreyer, Minnesota; Victoria L. Elfrink, Ohio; Linda Olson Keller, Minnesota; Debra J. Konicek, Illinois; Sally P. Lundeen, Wisconsin; Karen Dorman Marek, Missouri; Karen S. Martin, Nebraska; Kathy J. Mitchell, Virginia; Karen A. Monsen, Minnesota; Julie Pahlen, Minnesota; Beth B. Patterson, Maine; Lisa A. Plowfield, Delaware; Judith G. Riemer, California; Gretchen Sampson, Wisconsin; Doris J. Schoneman, Wisconsin; Susan J. Warner, Minnesota; Carol L. Weinhoff, Wisconsin; and Bonnie L. Westra, Minnesota.

2001 Omaha System International Conference Report

LOCATION AND HOST SCHOOL: The 2001 Conference and Pre-conference Workshop were held at Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota on March 22-24, 2001. Bethel College Nursing Department was the host school.

PARTICIPANTS: Participants represented practice, education, and research, and came from 21 states, New Zealand, Wales, and Japan. The speakers and planners were Linda K. Ament, Nebraska; Amy J. Barton, Colorado; Kathryn H. Bowles, Pennsylvania; Christine M. Broeker, Minnesota; Joseph T. Burley, Florida; Jean R. Christensen, Wales; Phyllis M. Connolly, California; Jean F. Coppola, New York; Rebecca W. Dahl, Arizona; Constance J. Dreyer, Minnesota; Victoria L. Elfrink, Ohio; Ann M. Jones, Minnesota; Nancy A. Keefe, Indiana; Sally P. Lundeen, Wisconsin; Karen S. Martin, Nebraska; Karen A. Monsen, Minnesota; Donna F. Neff, Ohio; Nancy J. Scheet, Nebraska; Helen L. Sloan, Louisiana; Debra A. Solomon, Minnesota; Andrea E. Sorensen, Minnesota; Ronna J. Steffen, Minnesota; Barbara A. Thomas, New York; Bonnie L. Westra, Minnesota; and Shona K. Wilson, New Zealand.