2026 Neuroscience Nursing Annual Conference Featured Sessions
We look forward to seeing you in Dallas, TX for the Neuroscience Nursing Annual Conference from Saturday, March 21 to Tuesday, March 24, 2026!
The following are extra-cost events, not included in the 2026 Neuroscience Nursing Annual Conference registration fee.
Saturday, March 21
SCRN Review Course
9 am-4 pm CT
Speaker: Michelle Dedeo, DNP RN ARNP-CNS ACCNS-AG CCRN SCRN
Member: $150
Non-Member: $200
The SCRN Review Course will provide a comprehensive review of stroke content for nurses preparing for the SCRN® exam as well as for nurses interested in updating, enhancing,and increasing their knowledge base in stroke patient care settings.
Stroke Coordinator Boot Camp
9 am- 4 pm CT
Speakers: Erin Conahan, MSN RN ACNS-BC CNRN SCRN PHRN, and Claranne Mathiesen, MSN RN CNRN SCRN FAHA
Member: $150
Non-Member: $200
Calling all new and experienced recruits! This pre-con is designed to provide education specific to the role of the stroke coordinator. Sessions will focus on the evolving role of the stroke coordinator, tactics for successful program and meeting management, integration of data and research, and hot topics in stroke care and certification. Collaborate with colleagues from across the country to improve stroke care and leverage the coordinator role to lead successful stroke teams.
Sunday, March 22
Opening Session
The Making of Medical Heroes: A Story of Hope, Healing, and Teamwork
Join Jim Tracy as he shares a deeply personal and powerful journey that transformed pain into purpose. Through the story of his wife’s medical crisis—a vertebral artery tear—Jim takes us behind the scenes of a complex case, highlighting the critical moments, key decisions, and collaborative efforts that shaped the outcome. Along the way, he introduces the challenges (“the villains”) and celebrates the heroes—the medical professionals whose choices made all the difference. Jim’s story offers an inspiring look at resilience, teamwork, and what it truly means to be a medical hero for patients and their families.
Tuesday, March 24
Closing Session
Patient, Provider, Participant: One Woman’s Journey Navigating Health Care with a Disability
10:20-11:20 am CT
Speaker: Chanda Hinton
At the age of nine, Chanda Hinton’s life was forever changed. Through her experience navigating the world with a long-term physical disability, Chanda has made it her mission to empower and encourage individuals in various healthcare positions to acknowledge and improve upon healthcare barriers for this population. Chanda will share her story about her experience as a patient in the healthcare system and how she founded the Chanda Center for Health to provide access to holistic, collaborative, accessible, and disability competent healthcare programs for individuals with physical disabilities and their families.
AANN is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. All CE contact hours are subject to change as the Annual Conference approaches.