FNPN 2023 Annual Conference "Waves of Change...Sea of Opportunities"

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

• 8:00am - 3:30pm

  Workshop Check In - NORTH TOWER

  Please check in at registration desk. Please pick up your name badges and bags at check in area.
  There will be no onsite workshop registration, please register before you arrive to the event.

• 8:30am - 11:30am

  Pre -Conference Workshop 1: Pharmacology Updates - HARBOR BEACH

  Tom Schlepko, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC & Stefanie La Manna PhD, MPH, APRN, FNP-C, AGACNP-BC
  3.0 CE Credits

  Location: Harbor Beach

• 8:30am - 11:30am

  Pre-Conference Workshop 4: Foundations of Burn and Wound Care & Debridement Workshop - ARUBA/BAHAMAS

  Megan A. Chipman, MSN, RN, FNP-C, CWOCN-CFCN, Patrice M. Muse, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CWCN, Deborah Tedesco, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, AP-PMN, CWS, CWCN-AP, CPHQ & Susan Smith, PhD, ACNP-C, FNP-C, WCC, RNFA, FAANP
  3.0 CE Credits

  Location: Aruba/Bahamas

• 8:30am - 3:30pm

  Pre-Conference Workshop 3: New NP Boot Camp Part 1 & Part 2 - KEY WEST

  Arlene Wright, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP, LNC, Doreen Cassarino, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, FAANP, Vicky Stone-Gale DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FNAP, Cindy Parsons, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, Kathleen Wilson Ph.D., APRN, CPNP, BC-ADM, PNP-BC, FAANP, Jean Aertker, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, COHN-S, FAANP, Susan Smith, PhD, ACNP-C, FNP-C, WCC, RNFA, FAANP, Leslee Damato-Kubiet PhD, APRN, ANP-BC and Veronica Sampayo DNP, APRN
  6.0 CE Credits

  Location: Key West

• 12:30pm - 3:30pm

  Pre-Conference Workshop 2: LGBTQ Health - HARBOR BEACH

  Tom Schlepko, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC & Ed Briggs DNP, APRN-C
  3.0 CE Credits

  Location: Harbor Beach

• 12:30pm - 3:30pm

  Pre-Conference Workshop 5: Billing and Coding - ARUBA/BAHAMAS

  Shelly Asbury, CPCO, CPMA, CCS, CCS-P, CCP, CMRS
  3.0 CE Credits

  Location: Aruba/Bahamas

• 2:00pm - 4:00pm

  Thursday General Conference Session Check In

  Registered for the General Conference? Check in starts at 2pm in the North Tower Conference Venue.

• 3:30pm - 4:30pm

  The Intersection of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Sexual Abuse - HARBOR BEACH

  Charrita Ernewein, Ph.D., DNP, APRN, FNP-C, SANE-A & Debbie Devine, Ph.D, APRN
  1.0 CE Credit

  Location: Harbor Beach

• 4:35pm - 5:20pm

  10-minute Rapid Fire Presentations (4) (1 hour) - HARBOR BEACH

  (1) Rosemarie Schwitzer MSN, ACNP-BC, CCRN (2) Jenn Fleigelman DNP, APRN, NP-C (3) Bryce Catarelli, DNP, APRN, FNP-C (4) Lolita Melhado, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, ACHPN
  0.65 CE Credits

  Location: Harbor Beach

  (1) Breaking down Boundaries in Advance Practice Leadership
  (2) Ending the HIV Epidemic: Evaluation of a Rapid Entry to Care Program
  (3) Be The Change You Wish to See: Making the Case to Consider Academia
  (4) Primary Palliative Care: Enhancing Care for Patients with Serious Illness

Friday, August 25, 2023

• 6:30am - 7:00am

  Walk and Talk!

  Join fellow conference attendees for an early morning "walk and talk" around the Conference campus. Wear comfortable clothing and shoes.
  Meet in the Hotel Main Lobby at 6:30am.

• 7:00am - 3:30pm

  Conference Check In - NORTH TOWER

  Please check in at registration desk. There will be a QR Code to check in and verify attendance. Please pick up your name badges and bags at check in area.
  There will be no onsite conference registration, please register before you arrive to the event.

• 7:30am - 9:00am

  Take Action Against Obesity: Do More Than Lifestyle Modifications - HARBOR BEACH

  Christine Kessler, MN, ANP-C, CNS, BCADM Internal Medicine Physician Founder of Journeys Weight Loss Management Clinic Founder & Consulting Clinician, Metabolic Medicine Associates King George, VA

  Location: Harbor Beach

  Establish the urgency to understand that obesity is a disease that needs to be treated like other chronic, progressive diseases. Discuss the underlying physiology that leads to weight regain after weight loss with lifestyle changes alone. Review recommendations from national medical societies on the appropriate use of anti-obesity medication. Discuss data from select trials that evaluated a GLP-1 RA as a chronic weight-management therapy in patients with overweight and obesity. Review dosing and administration information and prescribing tips.

  Product Theater/Breakfast Presentation 8am - 9am (arrive early by 7:30am to allow time for breakfast buffet)

• 8:00am - 10:00am

  APP Directors Meeting - Invitational Event - KEY WEST

  Amanda Chaney, DNP, APRN, FAANP Michelle Taylor, APRN, ACNP-BC
  2.0 CE Credits

  Location: Key West

  This is an invitational event for APP Directors across the State of Florida. RSVP Requested.

• 9:00am - 10:00am

  Exhibitors/Networking/Ribbon Cutting

  Location: GRAND CAYMAN/PUERTO RICO

• 10:00am - 10:10am

  Welcome & Day 1, Round 1 Trivia!

  President Deb Tedesco Education Director Jenn Kuretski

  Location: Harbor Beach

• 10:10am - 11:30am

  Entrepreneurial Ventures for NPs: Past, Present, Future - HARBOR BEACH

  Keynote Presenter Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
  1.5 CE Credits

  Location: Harbor Beach

  1. List entrepreneurial ventures as they pertain to NPs.
  2. Discuss briefly the history of NP entrepreneurial opportunities and constraints/challenges.
  3. Brainstorm the pros/cons of various entrepreneurial ventures.
  4. Select one entrepreneurial idea and begin to create a very basic business plan.

  Sponsored by NSO

• 11:35am - 12:35pm

  2023: What’s New in Contraception? - HARBOR BEACH

  Lawren Mundy PhD, WHNP, APRN-BC
  1.0 CE Credit

  Location: Harbor Beach

• 12:35pm - 1:55pm

  When Hypothyroid Patients Speak, Are We Listening? - HARBOR BEACH

  Carolyn Zaumeyer MSN, APRN

  Location: Harbor Beach

  Thinking on the treatment of hypothyroidism is undergoing profound changes as clinicians and researchers seek an effective approach to treating those with persistent symptoms despite in-range TSH levels. Join Carolyn Zaumeyer, a hypothyroidism expert, in a case-based discussion that will help you identify these patients in your practice and could provide you with practical treatment strategies to achieve true euthyroidism.

  Product Theater/Lunch Presentation 12:55pm - 1:55pm (arrive on time by 12:40pm to allow time for lunch buffet)

• 1:55pm - 2:45pm

  Exhibitors/Networking/Poster Session

  0.65 CE Credits

  Location: Exhibit Hall and Registration Area

  (1) Is Vitamin D Insufficiency Making Your Patients Dizzy?
  Susan Berg DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

  (2) Lung Cancer Screening and Tobacco Cessation Programs
  Teri Ann Pagano, MSN, ANP-BC, AOCNP

  (3) Act F.A.S.T. for Stroke: Sprint or Marathon
  Noella C. West DNP, APRN-C

  (4) An Evaluation of Specialty Providers Knowledge, Confidence, Attitudes, and Barriers to Nutrition for Practice
  Ashley Brower DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

  (5) Functional Medicine and Holistic Healthcare
  Valerie Watters-Burke, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, PPCNP-BC, DNSc

  (6) Evidence-based Practice: The Busy NP's Role In Achieving the Quintuple Aim
  Dawn Mutchko, DNP, APN, FNP-C, EBP-C, CQHQ, CENP, CGNC, FNAP

  (7) Cardiovascular Educational Program for First Responders
  Mirela Danajm DNP, APRN, RN, AGACNP-BC

  (8) Reducing No-Show Appointments at a Free Clinic by Providing Free Transportation
  Bari Berger DNP, MSN-ED, MBA-HCM, FNP-BC, RN

• 2:45pm - 2:55pm

  Day 1, Round 2 Trivia!

  Education Director Jenn Kuretski

• 2:55pm - 3:55pm

  Digital Media Marketing for FL Nurse Practitioners: A Case Study of PCOS Sisters Telehealth Clinic - HARBOR BEACH

  Lynsey Johnson, DNP, FNP-C
  1.0 CE Credit

  Location: Harbor Beach

• 3:55pm - 4:05pm

  Day 1, Round 3 Trivia

  Education Director - Jenn Kuretski

  Day 1 Winner Announced after this round of Trivia.

• 4:05pm - 5:00pm

  Getting our Mojo Working! APRNs Overcoming Clinical Inertia, Improving Patient Outcomes - HARBOR BEACH

  Thais R. Forbes, MSN, FNP-C
  1.0 CE Credit

  Location: Harbor Beach

• 5:05pm - 6:05pm

  Breakout 1 - Disability and Neurodiversity: Are we prepared to care for the coming wave? - HARBOR BEACH

  Christina Dzioba, PhD, APRN, WHNP-BC, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, C-EFM
  1.0 CE Credit

  Location: Harbor Beach

• 5:05pm - 6:05pm

  Breakout 2 - Detecting Breast Implant Illness in Primary Care - ARUBA/BAHAMAS

  Nancy Cherofsky, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, NP-C
  1.0 CE Credit

  Location: Aruba/Bahamas

• 5:05pm - 6:05pm

  Breakout 3 - Detecting Hidradenitis Suppurativa in Primary Care: A Dermatology NP's Perspective - KEY WEST

  Patricia M. Delgado, DNP, AGPCNP, DCNP
  1.0 CE Credit

  Location: Key West

• 6:05pm - 7:00pm

  New NP and NP Student Meet and Greet with Board of Directions - KEY BISCAYNE

  Sponsored by Fitzgerald Health Education Associates

  Location: Key Biscayne

  This is a non-credit event.

• 6:05pm - 7:00pm

  NP Meet and Greet with Region Directors - OUTSIDE ARUBA/BAHAMAS

  Sponsored by Palm Beach Atlantic University

  Location: Outside Aruba/Bahamas
  This is a non-credit event.

Saturday, August 26, 2023

• 7:00am - 3:00pm

  Conference Check In - NORTH TOWER

  This is a tentative schedule subject to change.

  Please check in at registration desk. There will be a QR Code to check in and verify attendance. Please pick up your name badges and bags at check in area.
  There will be no onsite conference registration, please register before you arrive to the event.

• 7:15am - 9:00am

  Continental Breakfast/Exhibitors/Networking

  Location: Exhibit Hall/Registration Area

• 7:30am - 9:00am

  Think Tank Leadership Breakfast - KEY WEST

  Deborah Tedesco, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, AP-PMN, CWS, CWCN-AP, CPHQ Barbara Sharief, DNP, APRN Kimberly Gordon, DNP, CRNA
  1.5 CE Credits

  Location: Key West

  This invitational event is for leadership representing local group members from around Florida. Limited tickets are available for purchase for other NP Leaders who are interested in attending this event.

• 9:00am - 10:00am

  Fireside Chat with AANP's - Stephen Ferrara & AANP's Region 11 Director - Doreen Cassarino - HARBOR BEACH

  Featured Speaker Stephen A. Ferrara, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN & Doreen Cassarino, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, FAANP
  1.0 CE Credit

  Location: Harbor Beach

• 10:00am - 10:15am

  Day 2, Round 1 Trivia & Special Award Presentation

  President Deb Tedesco Education Director Jenn Kuretski

  Location: Harbor Beach

• 10:15am - 11:45am

  FNPN Annual Membership Meeting - HARBOR BEACH

  FNPN Board of Directors: https://fnpn.enpnetwork.com/page/26-board-of-directors-staff
  1.5 CE Credits

  Location: Harbor Beach

  Join us for our annual membership meeting.

  1. Understand FNPN's Mission
  2.Discuss membership growth initiatives
  3. Review policy and advocacy updates in the last year
  4. List educational programs hosted by FNPN

• 11:45am - 12:00pm

  Exhibitors/Networking

  Location: Exhibit Hall

• 12:00pm - 1:15pm

  Mounjaro® (tirzepatide) - HARBOR BEACH

  STACY BATSON BROWN, MSN, APRN-BC

  Location: Harbor Beach

  Join a presentation from one of your peers on the efficacy and safety of once-weekly Mounjaro, and learn [additional information] about this product. Attendees will have the opportunity to pose questions to the speaker at the end of the session.
  Please see the Important Safety Information for Mounjaro, including Boxed Warning about possible thyroid tumors, including thyroid cancer, the Full Prescribing Information, and Medication Guide provided at the Product Theater.

  This program is sponsored by, and the speaker is presenting on behalf of, Lilly USA, LLC. It is being presented consistent with FDA guidelines and is not approved for continuing education credit.

  Product Theater/Lunch Presentation 12:15pm - 1:15pm (arrive early by 12:00pm to allow time for lunch buffet)

• 1:15pm - 2:15pm

  What are the Waves of Change in Mood, the Affective Disorders? - HARBOR BEACH

  Helene Vossos, DNP, MSN, APRN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC
  1.0 CE Credit

  Location: Harbor Beach

• 2:15pm - 3:15pm

  Innovations in the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease - HARBOR BEACH

  April Stowers, MSN, FNP-C, APRN
  1.0 CE Credit

  Location: Harbor Beach

• 3:20pm - 4:20pm

  FAQ by Florida’s APRNs: Panel Discussion - HARBOR BEACH

  Location: Harbor Beach FNPN's Region Directors: Kathleen Wilson Ph.D., APRN, CPNP, BC-ADM, PNP-BC, FAANP, Susan Smith PhD, APRN-C, FNP-C, ACNP-C, RNFA, WCC, FAANP, Charrita Ernewein, Ph.D, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, SANE-A , Tom Schlepko, DNP, APRN, FNP, PMHNP, AAHIVS and Arlene Wright, DNP APRN, FNP-C, FNAP, FAANP
  1.0 CE Credit

  1. Recognize current issues impacting state and national health policies
  2. Examine innovative technology utilized in healthcare organizations for improvement in clinical outcomes
  3. Examine business practice management strategies and lessons learned in nurse practitioner practice settings
  4. Identify strategies for interprofessional collaboration in the management of health of patients and communities

• 4:20pm - 4:25pm

  Day 2, Round 2 Trivia!

  Education Director Jenn Kuretski

  Location: Harbor Beach

  Day 2 Winner Announced after this round of Trivia.

• 4:25pm - 4:45pm

  Wrap Up - HARBOR BEACH

  Location: Harbor Beach