| 11:00am |
Registration Opens |
| 12:00pm |
Social Distancing: Patient Provider Engagement (PPE) Strategies to Protect Your Community from the Infodemic
Dr. Kandyce Brennan, DNP, CNM |
| 1:00pm |
Harm Reduction Toolbox: Strategies to Prevent Opioid Mortality
Dr. Leigh G. Mullen, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Dr. Beth Mills, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES |
| 2:00pm |
KEYNOTE | The Business of Nursing
Lynn Rapsilber, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, FAANP |
| 3:15pm |
Refreshment Break |
| 3:30pm |
NCBON Updates
Dr. Kimberly Luisana, DNP, NP-C |
| 4:30pm |
Legislative Updates |
| 7:00am |
Registration Opens | Breakfast |
| 8:00am |
Navigating Evolving Lipid Guidelines: Practical Insights for Nurse Practitioners
Dr. Carrie Palmer, DNP, RN, ANP-BC |
| 9:00am |
Rapid Fire Panel
- The Pressure Is On: Guideline-driven Blood Pressure Monitoring - Automated and Ambulatory Approaches that Improve Care
Dr. Leslie Sharpe, FNP-BC
- Breaking Through the Pressure: A Practical Guide to Managing Resistant Hypertension
Dr. Tracy Vernon-Platt, DNP, ANP-NC
- Making Hearts Beat: Taking the Fear Out of Caring for Patients with Implantable Devices
Tonya Carter, DNP, MSN, FNP-C
|
| 10:35am |
Concurrent Sessions
- Dialysis Decoded: What Every Primary Care Provider Needs to Know from the Latest Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) Guidelines
Dr. Sharona Johnson, PhD, MSN, FNP-BC
- Improving Pain Management During IUD Insertion: Best Practices for Patient-centered, Trauma-Informed Care
Dr. Mariana Da Costa, DNP, RN
Dr. Brittany Hudgins-Graham, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE, CNE(cl), NBC-HWC
Taming Vaginal Troublemakers: Using Probiotics to Improve and Preserve Vaginal Health
Dr. Donna Roberson, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC
- Start a Practice: Yes You Can!
Lynn Rapsilber, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, FAANP
|
| 11:35am |
Exhibit Hall | Poster Presentations |
| 12:35pm |
Lunch & Nurse Practitioner Council Meeting |
| 2:15pm |
Break |
| 2:30pm |
Concurrent Sessions
- Diagnosing Celiac Disease: Algorithm-based Education for Nurse Practitioners
Dr. Kimberly Barcus, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, MSRN-BC
- Mental Health in Primary Care: Recognizing Unipolar versus Bipolar Depression
Dr. Torica Fuller, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, FNP-C, WHNP-BC, CDP, CGRN, CPN, NRCME
Dr. Angela Allen, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC
- Level Up Your Precepting: Integrating GPT to Enhance Clinical Education
Dr. Rachel McInerney, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Dr. Leslie Sharpe, FNP-BC
|
| 3:30pm |
Exhibit Hall & Refreshment Break |
| 4:15pm |
Concurrent Sessions
- Ready! Set! Pull! Ventilator Weaning Strategies and Readiness
Dr. Dennis A. Taylor, DNP, PhD, ACNP-BC, FCCM
- Tick Bites and Red Meat Allergy: How are they related? Alpha-Gal Syndrome
Dr. Tamara Link, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Dr. Rhonda Y. Vega, DVM
Mosquito Matters: An Overview of Mosquito-Borne Diseases
Dr. Katie Alwes, DNP, FNP-C
- Beyond Narcan: Understanding the Biopsychosocial Factors in Addiction and Recovery
Dr. Ramesh C. Upadhyaya, DNP, MSN, MBA, APRN, CRRN, CCHP, FNP-BC
|
| 5:15pm |
Exhibit Hall & Networking |
| 7:00am |
Registration Opens | Breakfast |
| 7:00am |
Exhibit Hall |
| 8:00am |
Concurrent Sessions
- Recognizing the Rare: A Case of Dapsone-Induced Methemoglobinemia Identified Through Nursing Vigilance and Interprofessional Collaboration
Dr. Julie Harrison-Swartz, DNP, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
CPT (Ret.) Alfred L. Swartz, BSN, RN
- Exploring the Complex Dynamics of Religion, Coming Out, and Mental Health in LGBTQ Individuals
Dr. Amie Koch, DNP, FNP-C, RN, ACHPN, FAANP
- Silent Wishes or Shared Goals? Why Early Advance Care Planning Matters
Dr. Jamie Lee Rouse, DNP, AGNP-C, ACHPN, CLE
Rikki Hooper, MBA, MSN, FNP, ACHPN, NE-BC, FPCN
|
| 9:05am |
Concurrent Sessions
- Closing the Loop: Communication and Team-based Care in High-acuity Settings
Dr. Abigail H.B. Baugh, DNP, AGAC-NP
- Beyond Prescribing: Advancing the Fourth "P", Psychotherapy, through EMDR in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Practice
Dr. Anka Roberto, DNP, MPH, PMHNP-BC, APRN, FNAP
- Leveraging Generative AI for Enhanced Patient Education in Nurse-led Health Clinics
Dr. Jean Ann Davison, DNP, FNP-BC, FAAN
|
| 10:05am |
Exhibit Hall |
| 11:00am |
Lunch & Product Theater |
| 12:00pm |
Exhibit Hall |
| 12:30pm |
Concurrent Sessions
- Meniscus Tears: From Buckets to Discoids and Everything in Between
April Berndt, FNP-BC
- Improving Autism Screening: Integrating the Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) in Pediatric Primary Care
Dr. Amber Collins, DNP, PMHNP-BC
Advancing Adolescent Substance Use Screening and Early Intervention in Primary Care
Dr. Ann Bell, DNP, APRN, NP-C
Dr. Chandra Speight, PhD, RN, NP-C, CNE
- Menopause, Movement, and Mindfulness: A Holistic Update for the Midlife Women’s Wellness Visit
Dr. Diane L. Parker, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Dr. Erin Wax, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
|
| 1:35pm |
CLOSING KEYNOTE | Mentorship as an Investment: Empowering Nurse Practitioners, Strengthening Organizations
Jennifer Woody, MSN, FNP-C, MHA |