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Content Capture:
Attendees will receive a link to presentations with audio about a month after NPSS for each day of paid registration to review all general and concurrent sessions. You will have a few months following symposium to access the NPSS Content Capture Online Portal.
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Earn up to 30.0 CH (15.0 Onsite; 4.0 Pharm) |
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SUNDAY, APRIL 13 |
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| 11:00 AM |
Registration Opens |
| 12:00-1:00 | Hide and Seek Orthopaedics: Diagnoses that Will See You Even if You Don’t See Them Jennifer Woody, MSN, FNP-C, MHA |
| 1:00-2:00 | When Hurricanes Rock the Mountains: NC Disaster Response to Hurricane Helene Kimberly Clement, MPH |
| 2:00-3:15 | KEYNOTE — Scripting the Unknown: Generative AI and Nurse Leaders' Path Forward Rich Kenny, MMCi, RN |
| 3:15-3:30 | Refreshment Break |
| 3:30-4:30 |
NCBON Update |
| 4:30-5:15 | Legislative Update Patrick Ballantine, NCNA Lobbyist |
| 5:30-6:30 | DNP Council Meeting |
MONDAY, APRIL 14 |
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| 7:00 AM | Registration Opens |
| 7:00-8:00 | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00-9:00 | Nursing Care of the Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease in ANY Setting Lesley Dinwiddie, MSN, FNP, CNNe |
| 9:00-10:30 |
Rapid Fire Panel: 1. Parentification: Identify, Assess, Activate Support, and Advocate |
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Concurrent Sessions Begin |
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| 10:35-11:35 | 1A. Cardiogenic Shock Management Abby Baugh, MSN, AGACNP-BC |
| 10:35-11:35 | 1B. Navigating New Guidelines in Atrial Fibrillation Management and Treatment for the Primary Care Provider Dr. Melinda Matthews, DNP, MSN, ANP-BC & Dr. Jennifer Perry, DNP, MSN, MA, FNP-C |
| 10:35-11:35 | 1C. Integrating Accountability with Compassion: A Transformative Approach to Leadership Brandi Snow, MSN, AGACNP |
| 11:35-12:35 | Exhibit Hall |
| 12:35-2:00 | Lunch | NP Council Meeting |
| 2:15-2:30 | Break |
| 2:30-3:30 | 2A. Compassionate Exhubation and Optiflow Wean: It's Not Your Everyday Rodeo Jennifer Feagan, DNP, ACAGNP-BC, ACHPN |
| 2:30-3:30 | 2B. Long Term Primary Care of the Post Bariatric Surgical Patient Jill Ratanaphruks, MSN, FNP-C, FOMA |
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2:30-3:30 |
2C. Panel Discussion Supporting New Graduate NPs Transitioning into Practice |
| 3:30-4:15 | Exhibit Hall | Refreshment Break |
| 4:15-5:15 | 3A. Diagnostic Guidelines for Hyponatremia Rand Pennington, MSN, FNP-C, AGACNP-BC, BC-ADM |
| 4:15-5:15 |
3B. Xylazine Wound Care and the Role of Nurse Practitioners in Harm Reduction |
| 4:15-5:15 | 3C. How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge Erin Huprich, MSN, WHNP, CNE, NE-BC |
| 5:15-6:15 | Exhibit Hall | Networking |
TUESDAY, APRIL 15 |
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| 7:00 AM | Registration Opens | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:00-8:00 | Exhibit Hall |
| 8:00-9:00 | 4A. What Does "Goals of Care" Mean? Defining a Nebulous Term Jennifer Feagan, DNP, ACAGNP-BC, ACHPN |
| 8:00-9:00 |
4B. 1. Pain Management in Older Adults 2. Preventing, Halting, and Reversing Cognitive Decline: An Integrative Approach |
| 8:00-9:00 | 4C. Contraceptive Safety in Primary Care: US MEC Updates 2024 Wendy Smith, DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC & Torica Fuller, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, FNP-C, WHNP-BC, CDP, CGRN, CPN, NRCME |
| 9:05-10:05 | 5A. Euglycemic DKA: A Missed Diagnosis Liz Bell-McClure, DNP, MSN, FNP-C |
| 9:05-10:05 | 5B. Improving Maternal Access to Care and Fetal and Maternal Outcomes in a Rural OBGYN Clinic Through Centering for Pregnancy Erin Wax, DNP, FNP-BC & Tara Mitchell, DNP, FNP-BC |
| 9:05-10:05 | 5C. Promoting Health Equity: Enhancing Nurse Practitioner Students’ Training to Address Child Abuse-An Evaluation Pamela Balogh, DNP, APRN, FNP-C & Kelly Ezzell, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC |
| 10:05-11:00 | Exhibit Hall |
| 11:00-12:00 | Lunch | Product Theatre |
| 12:00-12:30 | Exhibit Hall |
| Concurrent Sessions Begin | |
| 12:30-1:30 | 6A. Acute Nursing Topic TBD |
| 12:30-1:30 |
6B. 1. Integrating Herbal Products into Clinical Practice: Evidence-Based Guidance for Nurse Practitioners 2. Strengthening Patients Through Implementation of a Holistic Comfort Care Model in Advanced Practice |
| 12:30-1:30 | 6C. NC NP Perspectives on MD Supervision: Where do we stand? Jennifer Perry, DNP, FNP-C, CNE & Chandra Speight, PhD, RN, NP-C, CNE |
| 4:15-5:15 |
CLOSING KEYNOTE — Diverse Ventures in Nursing: A Panel Exploring Healthcare Entrepreneurship |
The NPSS schedule is subject to change. Last revised 12/30/24.
The North Carolina Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.