Virtual 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 environment 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. View the virtual conference tech requirements here.
Schedule
All times are in the Central time zone (CDT). Live sessions marked with an asterisk (*) will be available only as a live session. There will not be recordings of these sessions available.
Wednesday, August 19
Review Course
8:00 am – 3:30 pm CDT
*SCRN Review Course (6 contact hours)
Level: Intermediate
Track: Professional Development
Cynthia Bautista, PhD RN ACNS-BC CCNS CNRN SCRN FNCS
Thursday, August 20
Pre-Conference Session
9:00 am – 1:00 pm CDT
*3D Stroke Anatomy and Assessment (4 contact hours)
Level: Intermediate
Track: Anatomy
Linda Littlejohns, MSN RN SCRN CNRN FAAN
Exhibitor Hours
1:00 – 1:45 pm CDT
Educational Session
1:50 – 2:50 pm CDT
Unlocking the Diagnosis of the Basilar Artery Stroke: Lessons Learned from the Bedside (1 contact hour)
Level: Beginner
Track: Clinical
Serafin Snare, MSN RN CCRN CNRN SCRN
Opening Reception with Exhibits and Posters
2:55 – 3:45 pm CDT
Educational Session
3:50 – 4:50 pm CDT
*Stroke Prevention: What You Need to Know! (1 contact hour)
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Mary Amatangelo, DNP RN ACNP-BC CCRN CNRN SCRN FAHA
Friday, August 21
Non-CE Morning Symposium
7:30 - 8:15 am CDT
A review of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) new practice advisory supporting PFO closure after cryptogenic stroke
John J. Volpi, MD
Supported by: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Welcoming Keynote
8:30 am- 9:45 am CDT
*Young Stroke: Bridging the Continuum of Care (1 contact hour)
Amy Edmunds
Educational Sessions
10:00- 11:00 am CDT
*Neurocritical Care of the Stroke Patient (1 contact hour)
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Mary Amatangelo, DNP RN ACNP-BC CCRN CNRN SCRN FAHA
11:10 am - 12:10 pm CDT
Rehabilitation Nurses Panel: Demystifying Stroke Care Across the Continuum (1 contact hour)
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
Exhibitor Hours and Posters
12:10 – 12:55 pm CDT
Educational Session
1:00 - 2:00 pm CDT
*Stroke and Obesity: The Stats, the Facts, the Plan (1 contact hour)
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Mary Amatangelo, DNP RN ACNP-BC CCRN CNRN SCRN FAHA
Exhibitor Hours and Networking
2:10- 3:00 pm CDT
Educational Session
3:10- 4:10 pm CDT
Time Is Still Ticking: Identifying LVO and Goals of Thrombectomy in a 24-Hour Window (1 contact hour)
Level: Expert
Track: Clinical
Kiffon Keigher, MSN RN ACNP-BC SCRN
Saturday, August 22
Educational Sessions
8:00 - 9:00 am CDT
What Would You Do? Making Decisions at the Bedside (1 contact hour)
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Mary McKenna Guanci, MSN RN CNRN SCRN
Rachel Malloy, MSN RN CNRN SCRN
9:10- 10:10 am CDT
How Did We Get it Wrong? Understanding Stroke Mimics and Stroke Chameleons (1 contact hour)
Level: Beginner
Track: Clinical
Kathryn Funk, MSN RN SCRN CNRN
Break
10:10 - 10:25 am CDT
Educational Sessions
10:25 -11:25 am CDT
Watch Your Language! Improving Our Understanding of Terminology and Assessment of Language Deficits in Stroke Patients (1 contact hour)
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Samuel Melada, MA BSN RN CNRN SCRN
Concurrent Sessions
11:35 am- 12:35 pm CDT
Double Jeopardy! Stroke After Traumatic Injury (1 contact hour)
Level: Intermediate
Track: Quality
Michelle Dedeo, DNP RN CNS
Sessions Available as Recordings Only
Are You Smarter than an SCRN?
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Cynthia Bautista, PhD RN CNRN SCRN CCNS ACNS-BC FNCS
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
Best Practices in Stroke Rehabilitation: Lessons learned from a Patient Family Advisory Council
Level: Intermediate
Track: Rehab
Lauren Schwabish, MS CCC-SLP
Beyond Facial Droop and Hemiparesis: Understanding Neurological Symptoms with Stroke
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Arlene Boudreaux, MSN RN ACNS-BC CCRN CNRN SCRN
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
Kiffon Keigher, MSN RN ACNP-BC SCRN
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
Electronic Cigarettes: What Do You Need to Know?
Level: Intermediate
Track: Mixed Neuro (Special Topics)
Mary Willard, PhD(c) MBA MA BSN RNP CNRN CCRN
Help! My Neurosurgery Patient is Awake!
Level: Intermediate
Track: Mixed Neuro (Neuro-oncology)
Daphny Grace Masocol Peneza, MSN RN CNOR CSSM TNCC
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
Improving Door-to-Bed Times Using a Change Management Model
Level: Intermediate
Track: Quality
Maureen Lall, PhD APRN FNP-BC COHN-S SCRN
Mental Status Changes in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
Level: Intermediate
Track: Mixed Neuro (Craniocerebral Trauma)
Cynthia Bautista, PhD RN CCRN SCRN CCNS ACNS-BC FNCS
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
Poststroke Seizures: What's the Connection?
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Grace Potter, BSN RN SCRN
Pregnancy-Associated Stroke
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Lynn Klassman, MSN APN CCRN CCNS CNRN
Strokes in Cancer Patients: The Deception of Brain Tumors
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Sandra Brettler, MSN RN CNRN
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
Wake Me Up So I Can Go Go: Neurostimulation in the ICU
Level: Intermediate
Track: Mixed Neuro (Neurocritical Care)
Kimberly Meyer, PhD ACNP-BC CNRN
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
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): 6 CE
- 3D Stroke Anatomy and Assessment (extra-fee preconference event): 4 CE
- AANN Advances in Stroke Care Conference: 33.75 CE