2024 Neuroscience Nursing Annual Conference Schedule

Registration

7:30 am – 6:00 pm

Pre-Conference Workshops

8:00 am - 12:00 pm (4 CE contact hours)

(001) Brain Anatomy With 3D Correlation to Trauma, Stroke, and Other Pathology

Room: Grand Caribbean 2-3
Level: Intermediate
Track: Anatomy
Linda Littlejohns, MSN RN SCRN CNRN FAAN

This session requires an additional fee to attend. Find more information on the session here.

10:00 am - 12:00 pm (2 CE contact hours)

(002) Basic Neuroimaging: More Than Fifty Shades of Grey

Room: Grand Caribbean 1
Level: Intermediate
Track: Imaging
Cathy Cartwright, DNP RN-BC PCNS FAAN
Rachel Malloy, MSN RN CNRN SCRN ANVP

This session requires an additional fee to attend. Find more information on the session here.

1:00 - 3:00 pm (2 CE contact hours)

(003) Spine Anatomy and 3D Correlation to Trauma and Degenerative Disease

Room: Grand Caribbean 2-3
Level: Intermediate
Track: Anatomy
Linda Littlejohns, MSN RN SCRN CNRN FAAN

This session requires an additional fee to attend. Find more information on the session here.

(004) "Escape" and Explore Gamification

Room: Grand Caribbean 1
Level: Intermediate
Track: Neuro Leadership
Mary Guanci, MSN RN SCRN CNRN

This session requires an additional fee to attend. Find more information on the session here.

Regular Sessions

2:10 - 3:10 pm (2 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)

(100) Stop the Clot: Current Antithrombotic Trends for Secondary Stroke Prevention

Room: Grand Caribbean 6
Level: Expert
Track: Pharmacology
Josh Snavely, DNP ARNP ACNPC-AG SCRN EMT-P
Pharmacology hours: 1

(101) Utilization a Three-Question Tool to Identify Posterior Circulation Stroke: What Did We Learn?

Room: Grand Caribbean 4-5
Level: Intermediate
Track: Stroke
Doanh Ly, DNP RN CNS CCRN SCRN
Joseph Mojares, MSN RN CNL

Break

3:10 - 3:40 pm

Concurrent Sessions

3:40 pm - 4:40 pm (3 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)

(102) Paint Your Brainstem: A Beginner’s Guide to Neuroanatomy

Room: Grand Caribbean 6
Level: Beginner
Track: Anatomy
Denelle Hebert, BSN RN SCRN
DaiWai Olson, PhD RN CCRN FNCS

(103) Infectious Complications Following Head Injuries

Room: Grand Caribbean 4-5
Level: Intermediate
Track: Neurotrauma
Cynthia Blank-Reid, MSN RN TCRN CEN
Pharmacology hours: 0.5

(104) Curious Cases of Encephalitis: A Pediatric Case Series

Room: Grand Caribbean 1
Level: Intermediate
Track: Pediatric
Jenifer Sant, MS CPNP CNRN
Pharmacology hours: 0.15

Concurrent Sessions

4:50 pm - 5:20 pm (4 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)

(105) Ictal Asystole: A Rare But Significant Phenomenon in Epilepsy

Room: Grand Caribbean 1
Level: Intermediate
Track: Epilepsy
Phyllis Dubendorf, MSN RN CCNS CNRN ACNP-BC
Colleen Peachey, MSN RN CCRN AGCNS-BC

(106) CGRP: What Neuroscience Nurses Need to Know About a New Era in Pain Management

Room: Grand Caribbean 6
Level: Intermediate
Track: Pharmacology
Susan McMillan, DNP NP-C
Pharmacology hours: 0.5

(107) No Pain No Gain: How to Do a Research Bootcamp

Room: Grand Caribbean 4-5
Level: Beginner
Track: Special Topics
Sonja Stutzman, PhD
Denelle Hebert, BSN RN SCRN

(108) Developing an APP-Led Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program in a Quaternary Children's Hospital

Room: Grand Caribbean 2-3
Level: Intermediate
Track: Pediatric
Amelia Sperber, MSN RN CPNP-PC CNS
Nathan Chang, MSN CPNP-AC CCRN
May Casazza, MSN RN CPNP-AC CNRN

Opening Reception with Posters and Exhibits

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Room: Kingston Hall

Registration

7:30 am – 5:30 pm

Opening Remarks, AANN/ABNN/JNN Awards, and Agnes M. Marshall Keynote Address

8:00 am – 9:30 am (1 CE contact hour)

Inspired Nurse

Rich Bluni, RN
Room: Grand Caribbean 6

Breakfast with Exhibits and Posters

9:30 am – 10:30 am

Concurrent Sessions

10:30 am – 11:30 am (4 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)

(200) Seeing the Light: Evaluation and Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

Room: Grand Caribbean 4-5
Level: Expert
Track: Technology
Kimberly Meyer, PhD ACNP-BC CNRN
Pharmacology hours: 0.5

(201) The Neuro Nurse Super Sleuth: Stroke Symptom Localization

Room: Grand Caribbean 1
Level: Intermediate
Track: Anatomy
Jamie Jones, MS RN CCRN CNRN

(202) Epilepsy Foundation Session: Mortality in Epilepsy: Nurses Tackling the Difficult Conversations

Room: Grand Caribbean 2-3
Level: Intermediate
Track: Epilepsy
Erin Fecske, DNP APRN CNRN CPNP-PC FAES
Alison Kukla, MPH

(203) Is That Blood on the Brain? What's New in Managing the ICH Patient

Room: Grand Caribbean 6
Level: Beginner
Track: Stroke
Kiffon Keigher, DNP MSN ACNP RN
Pharmacology hours: 0.25

Lunch with Exhibits and Posters

11:30 am – 12:45 pm

Concurrent Sessions

12:45 pm - 1:15 pm (4 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)

(204) Shifting Gears With Nursing Certification Drive

Room: Grand Caribbean 1
Level: Intermediate
Track: Special Topics
Kathryn Bernal, BSN RN CNRN
Rachelle Bulan, MSN RN-BC

(205) Nursing Assistants Can Obtain Pupillometer Measurements: Our Journey With the Board of Nursing

Room: Grand Caribbean 4-5
Level: Beginner
Track: Neurocritical Care
DaiWai Olson, PhD RN CCRN FNCS
Donald Stout, BSN RN RT(R) ARRT

(206) ICD-10s and DRGs: What Do These Codes Mean for your PI/QI?

Room: Grand Caribbean 2-3
Level: Expert
Track: Quality/Safety
Lauren Macko, MSN APRN ACCNS-AG CCRN-K SCRN

(207) Finding the Clues to Diagnosing CJD

Room: Grand Caribbean 6
Level: Intermediate
Track: Movement Disorders
Misti Tuppeny, MSN APRN-CNS CCRN CNRN CCNS

Concurrent Sessions

1:25 pm - 2:25 pm (3 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)

(208) ABNN Session: The Importance of Certification for Nurses, Patients, and Hospitals

Room: Grand Caribbean 1
Level: Intermediate
Track: Professional Development
Marianne Beare Vyas, PhD RN ANP-BC CNRN
Sarah Beam, MSN APRN ACNP-BC CCRN CNRN

(209) Hello, How are You Doing After Discharge? Automating Outreach Post Stroke Achieves Results

Room: Grand Caribbean 6
Level: Intermediate
Track: Stroke
Carmen Lewis, BSN RN SCRN
Anna Moore, BSN RN SCRN

(210) CPG Editorial Board Session: The How-To's of Performing a Robust Literature Search and Brain Tumor CPG Writing Group Highlights

Room: Grand Caribbean 2-3
Level: Intermediate
Track: Professional Development
Joan Censullo, PhD RN FAHA
Kiffon Keigher, DNP MSN ACNP RN

Break with Exhibits and Posters

2:25 pm - 3:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (4 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)

(211) Drawing the Circle of Willis Friends

Room: Grand Caribbean 6
Level: Expert
Track: Anatomy
Melissa Moreda, MSN APRN ACCNS-AG CNRN SCRN Alumnus CCRN

(212) Dystonia and Spasticity in the Pediatric Patient

Room: Grand Caribbean 4-5
Level: Intermediate
Track: Movement Disorders
Margo Simon, BSN RN CPN
Lindsey Brewer, BSN RN CPN
Pharmacology hours: 0.25

(213) Discussing Difficult News in Parkinson's Disease

Room: Grand Caribbean 2-3
Level: Expert
Track: Movement Disorders
Carey Heck, PhD CRNP CNRN
Caitlyn Moore, DNP MS CRNP AGACNP-BC ACHPN

(214) P3 + Y = Professional Success

Room: Grand Caribbean 1
Level: Intermediate
Track: Special Topics
Cathy Cartwright, DNP RN-BC PCNS FAAN

Concurrent Sessions

4:10 pm - 5:10 pm (1 session, 1 CE contact hour)

(215) Past President Session: Impact of Neuroscience Nursing Panel

Room: Grand Caribbean 6
Level: Intermediate
Track: Neuro Leadership
Moderator: Mary Guanci, MSN RN SCRN CNRN
Linda Littlejohns, MSN RN SCRN CNRN FAAN
Ebonye Green, MNSc ACNPC-AG CNRN SCRN APRN FNCS
Caleb Behm, BSN RN CCRN SCRN

Agnes Marshall Walker Foundation (AMWF) Light Up Luau

7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Room: Cayman Court
This event requires an extra fee to attend. Find more information here.

Registration

8:00 am – 4:30 pm

Breakfast with Exhibits & Posters

8:30 – 9:00 am

AANN/ABNN/AMWF Update & Invited Speaker

9:00 am – 10:30 am (1 CE contact hour)

Leadership Practice and Health Equity

Regina Cunningham, PhD RN AOCN FAAN
Room: Grand Caribbean 6

Break with Exhibits & Posters

10:30 – 11:00 am

Concurrent Sessions

11:00 am – 12:00 pm (4 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)

(300) Hiding in Plain Sight: Seizure Mimics and Chameleons

Room: Grand Caribbean 1
Level: Beginner
Track: Epilepsy
Holly Wirth, MSN RN SCRN NE-BC
Becky Schrews, MSN RN

(301) JNN Session: How to Publish in Peer-Reviewed Nursing Journals

Room: Grand Caribbean 2-3
Level: Intermediate
Track: Professional Development
DaiWai Olson, PhD RN CCRN FNCS

(302) Demystifying the NIHSS: Tips and Tricks for the Bedside Practitioner

Room: Grand Caribbean 4-5
Level: Intermediate
Track: Anatomy
Jamie Jones, MS RN CCRN CNRN

(303) Learning Neuroscience Nursing from Famous Floridian Case Studies

Room: Grand Caribbean 6
Level: Intermediate
Track: Special Topics
Cynthia Blank-Reid, MSN RN TCRN CEN
Pharmacology hours: 0.5

Concurrent Sessions

12:10 pm – 12:40 pm (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)

(304) Read My Brain: RNS Therapy in the Pediatric Population

Room: Grand Caribbean 1
Level: Intermediate
Track: Pediatric
Wynne Bird, MSN RN CNRN CPN

(305) Bringing the Basics Back: Making Epilepsy Nursing Education Easy!

Room: Grand Caribbean 4-5
Level: Epilepsy
Track: Beginner
Kentlee Battick, MSN RN CNL CNRN
Pamela Gehrich, BSN RN NPD-BC CPN
Amy Sullivan, BSN RN CNRN

Non-CE Lunch Symposium

12:50 pm – 1:50 pm

Seizure Emergencies in Epilepsy: Identification and Management with a Rescue Medication

Room: Grand Caribbean 6
Olga Rodziyevska, MS, PA-C
Suzanne Racz PA-C

Concurrent Sessions

1:20 pm – 1:50 pm (3 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)

(306) COVID-19 and Elective Spine Surgery: The Older Persons’ Experience of Going It Alone

Room: Grand Caribbean  1
Level: Intermediate
Track: Spine
Andrea Strayer, PhD NP CNRN

(307) Increasing Referring Provider and Patient Family Satisfaction When Triaging Possible Spinal Dysraphism

Room: Grand Caribbean 4-5
Level: Intermediate
Track: Quality/Safety
Andrea "Cookie" Colvin, BSN RN CPN

Concurrent Sessions

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm (3 sessions, 0.5 CE conact hours)

(309) Low-to-Moderate Risk Transient Ischemic Attack Patients Can Be Safely Discharged from the Emergency Department to a Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic

Room: Grand Caribbean 1
Level: Expert
Track: Stroke
Fnu Alfandy, DNP APRN AGACNP-BC ANP-BC CNRN SCRN

(311) Brain Lung Interactions: Management of Acute Stroke Patients and Mechanical Ventilation

Room: Grand Caribbean 2-3
Level: Intermediate
Track: Neurocritical Care
Guillermina Nelson, DNP AGACNP-BC

Break

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm (3 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)

(313) Read All About It: Leveraging High Profile Cases to Support a Culture of Safety in Neuroscience Nursing

Room: Grand Caribbean 6
Level: Beginner
Track: Quality/Safety
Holly Wirth, MSN RN SCRN NE-BC
Jackie Wavelet

(314) Tenecteplase for Ischemic Stroke (Part 2): Is the Jury Still Out?

Room: Grand Caribbean 4-5
Level: Intermediate
Track: Stroke
Doanh Ly, DNP RN CNS CCRN SCRN
Pharmacology hours: 0.1

(315) The Nurse's Role in Optimizing Outcomes for Neuroscience Patients on Antithrombotics

Room: Grand Caribbean 1
Level: Intermediate
Track: Pharmocology
Patricia Blissitt, PhD ARNP-CNS CCRN CNRN SCRN CCNS CCM ACNS-BC
Pharamcology hours: 0.75

Concurrent Sessions

4:10 pm – 4:40 pm (3 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)

(316) Impact of Clinical Nurse Leader in Neurosurgery Patient Outcomes

Room: Grand Caribbean 1
Level: Beginner
Track: Quality/Safety
Kentlee Battick, MSN RN CNL CNRN

(317) Shocks, Zaps, and Zings: Diagnosis and Management of Trigeminal Neuralgia

Room: Grand Caribbean 4-5
Level: Intermediate
Track:Special Topics
Devon Orzano, MSN ACNP-BC SCRN
Pharmacology: 0.15

(318) Validation of the Biegler Nursing Dysphagia Screening Tool for Patients Suspected of a Neurological Disorder

Room: Grand Caribbean 6
Level: Beginner
Track:Anatomy
Jessica Biegler, MS BSN RN

Registration

7:30 am – 10:30 am

Morning Networking with Breakfast

8:00 – 9:00 am

Concurrent Sessions

9:10 am – 9:40 am (2 sessions, 0.5 CE contact hours)

(400) Staffing Models for Neuro-Interventional Radiology

Room: Grand Caribbean 1
Level: Intermediate
Track: Quality/Safety
Patricia Zrelak, PhD RN NEA-BC SCRN CNRN PHN FAHA

(401) Anti-Seizure Medication—Is There a Method to the Madness?

Room: Grand Caribbean 4-5
Level: Intermediate
Track: Special Topics
Erin Fecske, DNP APRN CNRN CPNP-PC FAES
Pharmacology: 0.5

Break

9:40 am – 10:10 am

Concurrent Sessions

10:10 am – 11:10 am (3 sessions, 1 CE contact hour)

(403) Bugs in Your Brain

Room: Grand Caribbean 1
Level: Beginner
Track: Special Topics
Michele Wilkerson, MSN RN CCRN CNRN SCRN
Paul Rodgers, MSN APN-C CCRN

(404) “Right-Sizing” to “Up-Size” Outcomes: Transitioning Low-Risk NSICU Patients to a Neuro-Specific Intermediate Unit

Room: Grand Caribbean 4-5
Level: Intermediate
Track: Quality/Safety
Julie Pagel, DNP RN CCRN SCRN CNE-cl
Ashley Higgins, MSN APRN ACCNS-AG CCRN CNRN SCRN
Lauren Macko, MSN APRN ACCNS-AG CCRN-K SCRN