Agenda

Full Agenda

CONTACT HOURS — Earn up to 29.0 CH
Sunday, April 11
11:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.	Registration
12:00–2:00 p.m.	General Session \| Pain Management & Opioids: A Patient-Centered Approach Presented by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
2:00–3:15 p.m.	Keynote \| Advancing the Role of the Nurse Practitioner: Battling Misinformation, Disinformation and How We Can Help Educate the Public Valerie Fuller, PhD, DNP, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC, FAAN, FNAP, FAANP
3:15–3:30 p.m.	Refreshment Break
3:30–4:30 p.m.	General Session \| 2027 NCBON Updates Kimberly Luisana, DNP, NP-C
4:30–5:15 p.m.	General Session \| 2027 Legislative Update Patrick Ballantine
Monday, April 12
7:00–8:00 a.m.	Registration \| Continental Breakfast
8:00–9:00 a.m.	General Session \| More Than a 99213: Coding the Real Complexity of NP Practice Leslie Sharpe, DNP, FNP-BC
9:00- 10:30 a.m.	Rapid-Fire Panel TBA
10:35–11:35 a.m.	Concurrent 1 Unlocking Hope: What Every Clinician Should Know About Esketamine Sonya Montgomery, MSN, FNP, PMHCS Connecting the Dots: A Primary Care Approach to Diagnosing and Managing Mast Cell Activation Syndrome Schquthia Peacock, MSN, FNP From Orientation to Optimization: Rethinking How We Prepare Nurse Practitioners for Practice Anne Vail, DNP, AGNP-C
11:35 a.m.–12:35 p.m.	Exhibit Hall \| Poster Presentations
12:35 –2:00 p.m.	Lunch \| Product Theater \| NP Council Meeting
2:20–2:30 p.m.	Break
2:30–3:30 p.m.	Concurrent 2 Real World Biological Threats: Voices from the Line of Fire Ann Clarke, DNP, FNP-BC, NHDP-BC; Michelle Taylor Skipper, DNP, FNP-BC, NHDP-BC Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: Do I Watch? Do I Worry? Do I Act? Dawn Davis, ANCP-BC Beyond Patient-Centered Care: A Relationship-Centered Model to Improve Outcomes and Engagement LaToya McCurdy, DNP, FNP-BC
4:15–5:15 p.m.	Concurrent 3 Beach, Please: Management of Coastal Recreational and Marine Life Injuries Cassaundra Hefner, DNP, FNP-BC Improving Early Detection of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Through Primary Care Screening Danielle Piekaar, MSN, APRN, AGNP-C Microlearning in Action: Practical Strategies to Improve NP Education and Clinical Practice Diane Parker, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
5:15–6:15 p.m.	Exhibit Hall \| Networking
Tuesday, April 13
7:00–8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast \| Registration \| Exhibit Hall
8:00–9:00 a.m.	Concurrent 4 CKD Uncovered: Practical Strategies to Detect, Treat, and Delay Kidney Failure Sharona Johnson, PhD, FNP-BC, NE-C, FAANP Empowering NPs in Midlife Women's Care: Mastering Perimenopause, Menopause, and Safe Hormone Prescribing Jamie Gallagher, DNP, FNP-C, MSCP Best Practices for HIV and HCV Prevention & Treatment: Update on Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Management and Prognosis Ramesh C. Upadhyaya, DNP, MSN, MBA, APRN, CRRN, CCHP, FNP-BC
9:05–10:05 a.m.	Concurrent 5 Special Populations: Caring for the Solid Organ Transplant Patient Clarissa Stephens, DNP, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC The Compassion Compass: Charting Meaningful Connections in Adolescent Substance Use Prevention Ann Bell, DNP, APRN, NP-C; Chandra Speight, PhD, RN, NP-C, CNE The GLP-1 Shift: Navigating Hype, Evidence, and Patient Care Leslie Sharpe, DNP, FNP-BC
10:05–11:00 a.m.	Exhibit Hall
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	Lunch \| Product Theatre
12:00–12:30 p.m.	Exhibit Hall
12:30–1:30 p.m.	Concurrent 6 1. Ketone Supplements and Patient Counseling: What Nurse Practitioners Need to Know 2. Ethnopharmacology, Herbals, and Dietary Supplements: Bridging the Gap for Patient Safety Mariana Da Costa, DNP; Luci New, DNP, CRNA, FAANA The Patient Says It's Anxiety: Case-Based Differentiation of Medical vs. Psychiatric Causes in Primary Care Angela M. Allen, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, BC-TMH; Torica Fuller, DNP, FNP-BC, FNP-C, WHCNP-BC, CDP, CGRN, CPN, NRCME, FADLN Heart Failure Patient in the 1 PM Clinic Slot: A Practical Guide to Post-Discharge Management and GDMT Optimization L.B. Sossoman, DNP, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC, CV-RN, CPHQ, CHSE
1:35–3:05 p.m.	Closing Keynote \| TBA

The 2027 Nurse Practitioner Spring Symposium schedule is subject to change. Last revised November 4, 2026.