Thank you to everyone who attended the first Neuro-APP Conference!
Thanks to you, Neuro-APP was a success! Join us next year in San Diego for 2022 Neuro-APP Conference from Wednesday, January 5- Saturday, January 8. While the 2022 program is being finalized, browse through the robust programming the 2021 Neuro-APP had to offer.
Neuro-APP Conference recordings are available until July 1, 2021.
2021 Conference Schedule
(2022 Schedule Coming this Fall)
All times are in the Central time zone (CST). Sessions marked with an asterisk (*) will be available only as a live session. There will not be recordings of these sessions available.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Non-CE Product Theater
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Exploring the Proposed Mechanism Behind Delusions and Hallucinations in Dementia-Related Psychosis
Stephen M. Stahl, MD, PhD, DSc (Hon)
Stephen Brunton, MD, FAAFP
Presented by Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Pre-Conference Sessions
11:00 am – 3:00 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
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Welcome
8:15 am – 8:25 am
Educational Sessions
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Primary Brain Tumors: Work-Up and Management
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
9:35 am – 10:35 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
10:35 am – 10:50 am
Educational Sessions
10:50 am – 11:50 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
11:55 am – 12:55 pm
Unmasking the Neurological Impact of COVID-19
Mary Guanci, MSN RN CNRN SCRN
Pharmacology Hours: 0.33 CE
Exhibitor Session
1:05 pm – 1:35 pm
Featuring:
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
Greenwich Biosciences
Educational Sessions
1:40 pm – 2:40 pm
Neuroendocrine Disorders in Neurosurgery
Anthony Digiorgio, DO
Concussion Evaluation and Symptomatic Treatment of Post-Concussive Syndrome
Daniel McGuire, MS RN AGACNP-BC
Break
2:40 pm – 2:55 pm
Educational Sessions
2:55 pm – 3:55 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
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
*Animated Strokes in Animated Folks
DaiWai Olson, PhD RN CCRN FNCS
*Bring It On.....Can You Save This Patient?
Cynthia Bautista, PhD APRN FNCS FCNS
Opening Reception
5:10 pm – 5:55 pm
Cocktails and Networking
Friday, January 22, 2021
Educational Sessions
8:30 am – 9:30 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
9:35 am – 10:35 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
Break
10:35 am – 10:50 am
Educational Sessions
10:50 am – 11:50 am
Management of Severe TBI
Anthony Digiorgio, DO
Notable Neurological Findings from Head to Tail
Cathy Cartwright, DNP RN-BC PCNS FAAN
Non-CE Symposia
11:55 am – 12:55 pm
Management of Motor Fluctuations in Parkinson’s Disease (PD): Advancements in COMT Inhibition
Whitney Tice, MSN APRN FNP-C
Olga Klepitskaya, MD FAAN
Presented by Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
Break
12:55 pm – 1:10 pm
Educational Sessions
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 CPNP
Brittany Gerald, BS
Pharmacology Hours: 0.5 CE
2:15 pm – 3:15 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
Break
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Exhibitor Session
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Featuring:
Integra LifeSciences
Educational Session
4:05 pm – 5:05 pm
Law and Order for Neuroscience Nurses and Neuroscience APPs
Lorie Brown, MN JD RN
Saturday, January 23, 2021
Post-Conference Session
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
*Anesthesia 101 for the Neuroscience Nurse: Understanding Its Role and Use in the Neuroscience Patient Population along the Continuum of Care
Cynthia Blank-Reid, MSN RN TCRN CEN
Caleb Rogovin, MS CRNA CCRN TCRN CEN
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:
• Pre-conference workshop: 4 CE hours
• Post-conference workshop: 4 CE hours
• Neuroscience Advanced Practice Provider Educational Meeting: 24 CE hours (this is just content, no pre/post sessions)