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. All times are in the Mountain time zone (MST).
Monday, July 28
Pre-Conference Sessions
8:00 am – 4:30 pm MST (7 CE contact hours)
Level: Intermediate
Track: Professional Development
Michelle Dedeo, DNP RN ARNP-CNS ACCNS-AG CCRN SCRN
This session requires an additional fee to attend.
(002) Stroke Coordinator Boot Camp
Track: Program Management
This session requires an additional fee to attend.
8:00 am – 12:30 pm MST (4 CE contact hours)
(003) 3D Stroke Anatomy and Assessment
Level: Intermediate
Track: Anatomy
Linda Littlejohns, MSN RN SCRN CNRN FAAN
This session requires an additional fee to attend.
Opening Reception
5:00 – 6:30 pm MST
Tuesday, July 29
AANN/ABNN/AMWF Update & Keynote Speaker
8:00 – 9:15 am MST (1 CE contact hour)
Find more information on the keynote presentation here.
Break with Exhibitors & Posters
9:15 – 10:00 am MST
Educational Sessions
10:00 – 11:00 am MST (1 CE contact hour)
(100) Kids have Strokes, Too? Establishing and Maintaining a Multidisciplinary Pediatric Stroke Protocol
Level: Intermediate
Track: Program Management
Breanna Bunting, BSN RN SCNRN
Pharmacology hours: 0.1
(101) Drop It Like It's Hot: Partnering with Teleneurology to Decrease Treatment Times
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Danielle Nielsen, BSN RN PCCN SCRN
Educational Sessions
11:10 am – 12:10 pm MST (1 CE contact hour)
(102) Time is Brain in ICH, Too
Level: Intermediate
Track: Quality
Nina A. Cruz, MSN APRN FNP-BC SCRN
Ashley Bolling, DNP APRN AGPCNP-BC SCRN
(103) One Suite, One Provider, One Team: Building a Shared Suite Thrombectomy Program from the Ground Up
Level: Expert
Track: Program Management
Amanda Werner, BSN RN MEDSURG-BC SCRN ASC-BC
Lunch with Exhibitors & Posters
12:10 – 1:15 pm MST
Educational Sessions
1:20 – 2:20 pm MST (1 CE contact hour)
(104) Knowledge is Power: Optimizing the Patient Education Experience to Improve Stroke Literacy
Level: Intermediate
Track: Other
Christine Dawson, MSN, RN, CNRN
Michelle L. Bezuk, MSN RN
Megan Lowman, MSN RN CEN
Edward Monroe, MSN RN
(105) Journey to Implementing Pupillometer Integration in Electronic Medical Records for Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients in a Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
Level: Beginner
Track: Clinical
Lisa Smith, BSN RN CCRN
Anjali Perera, BSN RN CCRN
Educational Sessions
2:30 – 3:30 pm MST (1 CE contact hour)
(106) Help Me Help You: Supporting the Stroke Program Coordinator
Level: Expert
Track: Program Management
Joy Sessa, PhD RN CCRN SCRN
Ashley Bolling, DNP APRN AGPCNP-BC SCRN
(107) Time Is Brain: Implementing a Competitive, Interactive, Approach to Enhance Stroke Education and Nurse Engagement
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Dawnielle C. Feucht, BSN RN-BC SCRN
Break with Exhibitors & Posters
3:30 – 4:00 pm MST
Educational Sessions
4:00 – 5:00 pm MST (1 CE contact hour)
(108) Four Layers of Recovery: A Comprehensive Stroke Discharge Transitions Program
Level: Intermediate
Track: Quality
Jamie Baker, BSN RN CEN
(109) Structuring Success: An Inpatient Neuromedicine APP Model for Academic Stroke Centers
Level: Intermediate
Track: Program Management
Christina Cruickshank, MS, RN, FNP-C
Dawn A. Martin, ACNP-BC
Wednesday, July 30
Breakfast with Exhibitors & Posters
7:00 – 8:00 am MST
Educational Sessions
8:00 – 9:00 am MST (1 CE contact hour)
(200) Dysphagia – A Hard Pill to Swallow: Integrating Care with Speech Language Pathologist to Lessen the Gulp
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Dawnielle C. Feucht, BSN RN-BC SCRN
Monica Sohn, MA CCC-SLP
(201) Drive-Through Stroke Care: Decreasing Door-in-Door-out Times in a Rural Hospital
Level: Beginner
Track: Program Management
Tiffany M. Maldonado, BSN RN CMSRN SCRN
Educational Sessions
9:10 – 10:10 am MST (1 CE contact hour)
(202) The Struggle is Real... Practical Strategies to Improve Stroke Care, Education, and Documentation
Level: Intermediate
Track: Program Management
Amanda Werner, BSN RN MEDSURG-BC SCRN ASC-BC
(203) Impact of Stroke Hotline Cards Provided to Family by Emergency Responders for Patient Information Prior to Arrival on Door to Needle Times
Level: Expert
Track: Clinical
Kendra Stastny Kent, MS RN CCRN CNRN SCRN TCRN MSRN
Kimisha Lutas, MSN RN CNRN SCRN
Jolie L. Cannata, MSN APRN FNP-BC CNRN SCRN
Break with Exhibitors & Posters
10:10 – 10:40 am MST
Educational Sessions
10:40 – 11:40 am MST (1 CE contact hour)
(204) Connected Recovery: Transforming Post-Acute Stroke Survivor Support
Level: Intermediate
Track: Community Education
Christine Dawson, MSN RN CNRN
Billie Reese, BSN RN
Kimberly Klamut, MSN RN CCNS
(205) Silos are for Grains, Not Brains: Improving Thrombectomy Door-to-Device Times by Addressing Interdepartmental Communication
Level: Intermediate
Track: Quality
Mary Stern, BSN RN CNRN
Karolina Lethueur de Jacquant, BSN RN CCRN-CMC
Educational Sessions
11:50 am – 12:50 pm MST (1 CE contact hour)
(206) A Compendium of Stroke Risk Factors: The 2024 Guideline for the Primary Prevention of Stroke
Level: Intermediate
Track: Clinical
Dr. Mary Amatangelo, DNP RN ACNP-BC CCRN CNRN SCRN FAHA FNCS
Pharmacology hours: 0.5
(207) Optimizing EMS-Hospital Collaboration: Providing Meaningful Feedback
Level: Intermediate
Track: Program Management
Lauren Macko, MSN APRN ACCNS-AG CCRN SCRN