Stroke Conference Schedule
AANN's Advances in Stroke Care Conference will inspire you to optimize patient care through exposure to innovative research and leading evidence-based practice in stroke nursing. Our conference is an enviroment built to meet your needs whether you are new to the field or a seasoned professional. This is an opportunity to meet your colleagues from around the country and foster relationships.
Schedule
Wednesday, August 19
Registration
11 am– 6:00 pm
Review Course
1:00– 5:30 pm
(001) SCRN Review Course
Level: Intermediate
Track: Professional Development
Cynthia Bautista, PhD RN ACNS-BC CCNS CNRN SCRN FNCS
Thursday, August 20
Registration
6:30 am– 6:30 pm
Review Course
7:00– 11:30 am
(001) SCRN Review Course
Level: Intermediate
Track: Professional Development
Cynthia Bautista, PhD RN CNRN SCRN CCNS ACNS-BC FNCS
Preconference Sessions
1:30- 3:30 pm
(002) Empowering our Neuroscience Nurses
Level: Intermediate
Track: Professional Development
Denice Greene, MSN RN
Jamie Henderson, MSN ACNP-BC
1:30- 5:30 pm
(003) 3D Stroke Anatomy and Assessment
Level: Intermediate
Track: Anatomy
Linda Littlejohns, MSN RN SCRN CNRN FAAN
Opening Reception with Exhibits and Posters
5:30– 7:00 pm
Friday, August 21
Registration
6:30 am– 6:00 pm
Welcoming Keynote
8:30 am- 9:45 am
Young Stroke: Bridging the Continuum of Care
Amy Edmunds
Concurrent Sessions
10:00- 11:00 am
(100) Neurocritical Care of the Stroke Patient
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Mary Amatangelo, DNP RN ACNP-BC CCRN CNRN SCRN FAHA
(101) Unlocking the Diagnosis of the Basilar Artery Stroke: Lessons Learned from the Bedside
Level: Beginner
Track: Clinical
Serafin Snare, MSN RN CCRN CNRN SCRN
(102) Thinking Outside of the Comprehensive Stroke Center Box: Tips for Growing Your Rural Hospital into an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital
Level: Intermediate
Track: Program Management
Tina Johnson, MSN RN SCRN CFRN CPEN CEN CMTE
Concurrent Sessions
11:10 am- 12:10 pm
(103) Stroke and Obesity: The Stats, the Facts, the Plan
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Mary Amatangelo, DNP RN ACNP-BC CCRN CNRN SCRN FAHA
(104) AANN/ARN Rehab Collaboration Session
Level: Intermediate
Track: Rehab
Barbara Lutz, PhD RN PHNA-BC CRRN FAAN FAHA
Michelle Camicia, PhD RN NEA-BC CCM FAHA FARN
Lynn Klassman, MSN APN CCRN CCNS CNRN
Debbie Summers, MSN RN ACNS-BC SCRN CNRN FAHA
(105) A Stroke of Genius: Developing and Implementing A Preceptor Bootcamp
Level: Beginner
Track: Other
Tiffani Lee, MSN RN PCCN SCRN
Tara Miles, MSN MSM RN CCRN SCRN
Box Lunch with Exhibits and Posters
12:10– 1:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions
1:30- 2:30 pm
(106) Pregnancy-Associated Stroke
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Lynn Klassman, MSN APN CCRN CCNS CNRN
(107) What Is Stroke Certification and Why Does it Matter?
Level: Intermediate
Track: Program Management
Linda Bresette, DNP NP-C
(108) Caring for the Cryptogenic Stroke Patient: An Overview of the 2019 Recommendations from the American Stroke Association
Level: Beginner
Track: Clinical
Kathryn Funk, MSN RN SCRN CNRN
Concurrent Sessions
2:40- 3:40 pm
(109) Strokes in Cancer Patients: The Deception of Brain Tumors
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Sandra Brettler, MSN RN CNRN
(110) Impact of Reducing Door-to-Needle in Stroke to Thirty Minutes or Less
Level: Expert
Track: Quality
Susan Fuhrman, MS MSN RN-BC CCNS APNP FAHA
(111) Beyond Facial Droop and Hemiparesis: Understanding Neurological Symptoms with Stroke
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Arlene Boudreaux, MSN RN ACNS-BC CCRN CNRN SCRN
Break with Exhibits and Posters
3:40– 4:10 pm
Concurrent Sessions
2:40- 3:40 pm
(112) Time Is Still Ticking: Identifying LVO and Goals of Thrombectomy in a 24-Hour Window
Level: Expert
Track: Clinical
Kiffon Keigher, MSN RN ACNP-BC SCRN
(113) Improving Door-to-Bed Times Using a Change Management Model
Level: Intermediate
Track: Quality
Maureen Lall, PhD APRN FNP-BC COHN-S SCRN
(114) Women and Stroke: There's a Difference?
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Mary Amatangelo, DNP RN ACNP-BC CCRN CNRN SCRN FAHA
Saturday, August 22
Registration
7:30 am– Noon
(SY1) Non CE Breakfast Symposium
6:30 – 8:00 am
Sponsored by Arbor
Concurrent Sessions
8:00- 9:00 am
(200) Watch Your Language! Improving Our Understanding of Terminology and Assessment of Language Deficits in Stroke Patients
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Samuel Melada, MA BSN RN CNRN SCRN
(201) Which Way did We Go? Where Should I Take My Acute Stroke Patient? Navigating Stroke Systems of Care
Level: Beginner
Track: Other
Stacie Stevens, PhD FNP RN
(202) What Would You Do? Making Decisions at the Bedside
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Mary McKenna Guanci, MSN RN CNRN SCRN
Rachel Malloy, MSN RN CNRN SCRN
Concurrent Sessions
9:10- 10:10 am
(203) Are You Smarter than an SCRN?
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Cynthia Bautista, PhD RN CNRN SCRN CCNS ACNS-BC FNCS
(204) How Did We Get it Wrong? Understanding Stroke Mimics and Stroke Chameleons
Level: Beginner
Track: Clinical
Kathryn Funk, MSN RN SCRN CNRN
(205) Paving the Road to Becoming a Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) When Routing Protocols Change
Level: Expert
Track: Program Management
Minna Masor, MSN-ED RN CCRN
Haley Robinson, BSN RN PCCN
Concurrent Sessions
10:25-11:25 am
(206) Lacunar Infarction and Small Vessel Disease: Less Common Syndromes in Stroke
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Grace Potter, BSN RN SCRN
(207) Best Practices in Stroke Rehabilitation: Lessons learned from a Patient Family Advisory Council
Level: Intermediate
Track: Rehab
Lauren Schwabish, MS CCC-SLP
Ange Knutson, MA CCC-SLP
(208) Stroke Prevention: What You Need to Know!
Level: Beginner
Track: Clinical
Mary Amatangelo, DNP RN ACNP-BC CCRN CNRN SCRN FAHA
Concurrent Sessions
11:35 am- 12:35 pm
(209) Poststroke Seizures: What's the Connection?
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Grace Potter, BSN RN SCRN
(210) Decreasing Our Door-to-Transfer Times: LEAN Project Overview from a Certified Stroke Center
Level: Intermediate
Track: Quality
Kathryn Funk, MSN RN SCRN CNRN
Valerie Sommer, MSN RN CEN
(211) Double Jeopardy! Stroke After Traumatic Injury
Level: Intermediate
Track: Quality
Michelle Dedeo, DNP RN CNS
Continuing Education Credit
The American Association of Neuroscience Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education 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 sessions(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:
• SCRN Review Course (extra-fee preconference event): 8 CE
• 3D Stroke Anatomy and Assessment (extra-fee preconference event): 4 CE
• Empowering our Neuroscience Nurses (extra-fee preconference event): 2 CE
• AANN Advances in Stroke Care Conference: 15.5 CE