Schedule
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Pre-Conference Session
1:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Understanding Neuro Imaging – A Review of Basic Radiology, Test Selection and Case Study Review
Tracey Anderson, MSN FNP-BC ACNP-BC CNRN
Benjamin Liu, MD
Pharmacology hours: 0.25 CE
EEG Essentials for Advanced Practice Nurses
Madona Plueger, MSN APRN ACNS-BC CNRN FAES
Mark Stecker, MD PhD
Mona Stecker, DNP NP-BC CNRN SCRN
Opening Reception with Exhibitors
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Breakfast with Exhibitors
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Educational Session
7:30 am – 8:00 am
Primary Brain Tumors: Work-up and Managment
Sarah Beam, MSN APRN ACNP-BC CCRN CNRN
Neuromuscular Diseases: GBS, MG, and ALS
Cynthia Bautista, PhD APRN FNCS FCNS
Pharmacology Hours: 0.5 CE
Educational Session
8:40 am – 9:40 am
Movement Disorders/Pre-surgical evaluation for DBS
Mark Stecker, MD PhD
Work-up and Management of Epilepsy
Madona Plueger, MSN APRN ACNS-BC CNRN FAES
Break with Exhibitors
9:40 am – 10:10 am
Educational Session
10:20 am – 11:20 am
Breaking Bad: The Toxicology of Street Drugs and Their Neuro Effects
Kristin Slown, PharmD BCCCP BCPS
Pharmacology Hours: 1 CE
Management and Special Considerations for the Geriatric Trauma Patient
Michele Grigaitis-Reyes, DNP FNP-BC CNRN FAAN
Pharmacology Hours: 0.25 CE
Lunch with Exhibitors
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Educational Session
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Unmasking the Neurological Impact of Covid 19
Mary Guanci, MSN RN CNRN SCRN
Pharmacology Hours: 0.33 CE
Educational Session
1:10 pm – 2:10 pm
Neuroendocrine Disorders in Neurosurgery
Anthony Digiorgio, DO
Concussion Evaluation and Symtomatic Treatment of Post-Concussive Syndrome
Daniel McGuire, MS RN AGACNP-BC
Educational Session
2:20 pm – 3:20 pm
Critical Care Management of the Neuro Patient
Joshua Medow, MD PhD MS FACS FCCM
Management and Stabilization of Acute Spine Injury
Ebonye Green, MNSc RN APRN ACNPC-AG CNRN ENLS
Pharmacology Hours: 0.25 CE
Break with Exhibitors
3:20 pm – 3:50 pm
Educational Session
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Animated Strokes in Animated Folks
Daiwi Olson, PhD RN CCRN FNCS
Bring It On.....Can You Save This Patient?
Cynthia Bautista, PhD APRN FNCS FCNS
Workshop Session
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Suturing & Knot Tying Workshop: An Introduction to Techniques
Tracey Anderson, MSN FNP-BC ACNP-BC CNRN
Anthony Digiorgio, DO
Ebonye Green, MNSc RN APRN ACNPC-AG CNRN ENLS
Pharmacology Hours: 0.5 CE
Friday, January 22, 2021
Educational Session
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Management of Non-Operative Spine Injuries
Ebonye Green, MNSc RN APRN ACNPC-AG CNRN ENLS
Pharmacology Hours: 0.25 CE
The Absurd History of and Development of ICP As a Fundamental Construct
Daiwai Olson, PhD RN CCRN FNCS
Educational Session
8:40 am – 9:40 am
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES)
Joshua E. Medow, MD PhD MS FACS FCCM
Spinal Cord Injury Management in the Acute Care Setting
Daniel McGuire, MS RN AGACNP-BC
Educational Session
10:20 am – 11:20 am
Management of Severe TBI
Anthony Digiorgio, DO
Notable Neurological Findings from Head to Tail
Cathy Cartwright, DNP RN-BC PCNS FAAN
Lunch
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
CE Symposia Session
Educational Session
1:10 pm – 2:10 pm
Pain and Sedation In the Neuro Patient
Kristin Slown, PharmD BCCCP BCPS
Pharmacology Hours: 1 CE
Infections of the Pediatric Central Nervous System
Donna Wallace, MS RN CPCP
Pharmacology Hours: 0.5 CE
Educational Session
2:20 pm – 3:20 pm
Evaluation and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Michele Grigaitis-Reyes, DNP FNP-BC CNRN FAAN
Pharmacology Hours: 0.25 CE
What's Wrong With My Baby's Head?
Cathy Cartwright, DNP RN-BC PCNS FAAN
Educational Session
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Law and Order for Neuroscience Nurses and Neuroscience APPs
Lorie Brown, MN JD RN
Saturday, January 23, 2021
Post-Conference session
8:00 am – 12:15 pm
AANN Neuroscience Skills Workshop
Tracey Anderson, MSN FNP-BC ACNP-BC CNRN
Frank Bova, PhD
Rachel Malloy, MSN RN CNRN SCRN ANVP
Donna Wallace, MS RN CPCP
Challenging Conversations: Communicating with Patients and Families about Goals of Care and End of Life Care
Lawrence Chyall, MS RN CNS
DorAnne Donesky, PhD ANP-BC
Continuing Education Credit
The American Association of Neuroscience Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The American Association of Neuroscience Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing (CEP: 13331).
Successful completion: Participants must be registered for the conference and attend the session(s). Attendees can be awarded 1 nursing contact hour for every 60-minute educational session they attend and evaluate. Each participant will receive a username and password to complete an online evaluation. Participants must complete a form for each session they attend and an overall conference evaluation to receive contact hours.
Contact hours available for each component of the event are as follows:
• Preconference workshop: 4 CE hours
• Postconference workshop: 4 CE hours
• Lunch session: 1 CE hour
• Neuroscience Advanced Practice Provider Educational Meeting: 12 CE hours (this is just content, no pre/post or lunch sessions)