ANPA 1st Annual Conference

Embassy Suites Little Rock
11301 Financial Centre Parkway
Little Rock, AR 72211

Friday, April 15, 2016 at 7:15am CT - Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 5:45pm CT
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Topic

"Nurse Practitioners - the Natural Choice"

Speaker(s)

Cindy Cooke DNP, FNP-C, FAANP President American Association of Nurse Practitioners, & Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP

Additional Information

This conference will be offered to nurse practitioners for continuing education purposes. There will be exciting keynote speakers, multiple breakout sessions, vendors, and sponsored events. The Conference Committee is excited to offer this exceptional opportunity for networking and providing relevant continuing education. It will be an opportunity to join together with our nurse practitioner colleagues.

Online registration is open now!

Details - This two-day (Friday and Saturday) conference presented by Arkansas Nurse Practitioner Association will help you to:

Develop clinical skills and knowledge applicable to advanced practice nursing.
Describe current and future trends impacting advanced practice nursing.
Network with nurses in various specialties of advanced practice nursing.
Network with a number of health care service representatives to learn the latest state of the art technologies and pharmaceuticals available.

Registration fees include conference materials, refreshments, luncheons, and continuing education credit for each day registered. No refunds will be made due to inclement weather.

AGENDA & PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS:
The full conference agenda is available online or as a printable PDF. The full agenda includes all event times and descriptions. The exact room locations will be determined prior to the conference.

LOCATION & LODGING:
The conference will be held at the Embassy Suites West Little Rock, AR. A block of 50 rooms has been reserved at a rate of $119.00 per night. Reservations must be made no later than March 15, 2016 by calling 501.312.9000 and identifying yourself with the Arkansas Nurse Practitioner Association. The Embassy Suites hotel and conference center is a beautiful hotel located in West Little Rock, just off the intersection of I-430 and I-630. Conveniently located near numerous restaurants, shops, business districts and hospitals, the hotel is just 9 miles west of downtown Little Rock and 15 miles from the airport.

ANPA has reserved a limited number of rooms at the special rate of $119.00 blocked for the ANPA April 15th-16th 1st Annual Conference, "Nurse Practitioners - the Natural Choice". Reserve your room today at the Embassy Suites.

REFUND/CANCELLATION POLICY:

We encourage you to send a qualified substitute if you cannot attend. Registration fees, less a $25 enrollment processing fee, will be refunded to participants who cannot attend and notify the ANPA office in writing of the cancellation on or before February 29, 2016. March 1st to March 21st all refunds will be made with $100 cancellation fee. No refund will be made after March 22nd There will be no refunds due to inclement weather. Returned Checks: an administrative fee of $35 will be charged for all checks returned to ANPA for insufficient funds.

EXHIBITORS:
Exhibit space is available. Exhibitor Packet/Vendor Information is available HERE.

CONTINUING EDUCATION ACCREDITATION:
This program is approved for 12.0 contact hour(s) of continuing education (which includes 6.6 hours of pharmacology) by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Program ID 16032128. This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Standards and Policies.

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Registration Refund and Cancellation Policy

REFUND/CANCELLATION POLICY: We encourage you to send a qualified substitute if you cannot attend. Registration fees, less a $25 enrollment processing fee, will be refunded to participants who cannot attend and notify the ANPA office in writing of the cancellation on or before February 29, 2016. March 1st to March 21st all refunds will be made with $100 cancellation fee. No refund will be made after March 22nd There will be no refunds due to inclement weather. Returned Checks: An administrative fee of $35 will be charged for all checks returned to ANPA for insufficient funds.

ANPA 1st Annual Conference

Event Agenda

Friday, April 15, 2016 at 7:15am CT - Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 5:45pm CT

All times listed in Central Time (US & Canada).
Download event agenda (PDF)

Friday, April 15, 2016

7:15am - 8:00am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcome to our event agenda page. This is a tentative agenda and subject to change as needed. DUPLICATE sessions are marked with an asterisk. Those sessions with pharmacology credit are noted in parenthesis.

This education activity will be submitted to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners for approval of up to 12 contact hours of accredited education.
8:00am - 8:30am

ANPA Board
8:30am - 10:00am

General Assembly

Cindy Cooke DNP, FNP-C, FAANP President-American Association of Nurse Practitioners
1.5 CE Credits

Nurse Practitioners: Honoring our past, Energizing our future
10:00am - 10:30am

Networking
10:30am - 11:30am

Breakout Sessions

#1* Dr. Berley, MD "OAT: An Alternative to CPAP" #2 Dr. Bruce Murphy, MD "Digital Biology: Medicine's Future" #3 Dr. Monica Lo, MD "State of Management of Atrial Fibrillation" #4* Jacques Valley, CNP "Venous Disease"
1.0 CE Credit

You will choose one breakout session
11:30am - 12:00pm

Networking
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch

TBA
1:00pm - 1:30pm

Networking
1:30pm - 2:30pm

Breakout Sessions

#1 Jill Hasley, MNSc, APRN "Legislative Update for APRNs & Process for ASBN Notification of Illegal/Unethical Behaviors" (Pharm hr 0.75) #2 Dr. Katherine Darling, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-C, FNP-C, FAANP & Cheryl Perry, BSN, RN "What is Full Practice Authority & Why Do NPs Care?" #3* Nicole Ward, MNSc, APRN, WHNP-BC "Vaping: The New Smoking" #4 Christal Martindale, MNSc, APRN "Patient Education Outcomes on HA1c Levels in Obese Low-income Patients with Type 2 DM"
1.0 CE Credit

You will choose one breakout session
2:30pm - 2:35pm

Transistion
2:35pm - 3:35pm

Breakout Sessions

#1* Dr. David Grimes, MD "Surviving & Thriving in the Upcoming Diabetic Tsunami" #2 Dr. Katherine Darling, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-C, FNP-C, FAANP "Depression vs Bipolar Disorder; How Do I Treat?" (Pharm hr 1.0) #3* Dr. Sondra Bedwell, PhD, FNP-BC "Patient Perception of Family Response to DM Type 2" #4* Dr. Andrea Van Lierop, DNP, MSN, APRN, CNP-BC, PNP "Count to Ten & Pee Again: A media intervention for Children with Dysfunctional Voiding"
1.0 CE Credit

You will choose one breakout session
3:35pm - 3:40pm

Transition
3:40pm - 4:40pm

Breakout Sessions

#1 LaVertta Miller, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC "Pain Management in Primary Care" (Pharm hr 0.3) #2 Dr. Leonie DeClerk, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC & Laura Mayfield, MNSc, APRN, FNP-BC "Ten Tips for Improving the APRN Preceptor Experience" #3* Dr. Berley, MD "OAT: An Alternative to CPAP" #4 Dr. Robert Hopkins, Jr., MD "Personal Wellness: The Art and Science of Prevention and Self-Care for Healthcare Providers"
1.0 CE Credit

You will choose one breakout session
4:40pm - 4:45pm

Transition
4:45pm - 5:45pm

Breakout Sessions

#1 #2* Andrea Van Lierop, DNP, MSN, APRN, CNP-BC, PNP "Count to Ten & Pee Again: A media intervention for Children with Dysfunctional Voiding" #3* Dr. David Grimes, MD "Surviving & Thriving in the Upcoming Diabetic Tsunami" #4* Dr. Sondra Bedwell, PhD, FNP "Patient Perception of Family Response to DM Type 2"
1.0 CE Credit

You will choose one breakout session

Saturday, April 16, 2016

7:15am - 8:00am

Breakfast
8:00am - 11:30am

General Assembly

Barb Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP
3.5 CE Credits

Interpretation of Lab Tests with a Pharmaceutical Focus (Pharm hr 3.5)
11:30am - 12:00pm

Networking
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch

TBA
1:00pm - 1:30pm

Networking
1:30pm - 2:30pm

Breakout Sessions

#1 Dr. Leonie DeClerk, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC "Autonomic Neuropathies in Diabetes" #2* Nicole Ward, MNSc, WHNP-BC "Vaping: The New Smoking" #3 Carmen Peret, MNSc, ACNPC-AG "2015 APRN Guideline Update-Acute Care" (Pharm hr 1.0) #4 Kelly Hall, ACNP-BC "Outpatient Physiologic Monitoring for Heart Failure Patients"
1.0 CE Credit
2:30pm - 2:35pm

Transition
2:35pm - 3:35pm

Breakout Sessions

#1* Jacques Valley, CNP "Venous Disease" #2 Dr. Keneshia Bryant-Moore, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC "Social Determinants of Health 101: For the APRN" #3 Karen Reynolds, MSN, FNP-BC; Angela Simmons, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC; Dr. Katherine Darling, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-C, FNP-C, FAANP; & Derainey Smith, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC "Establishing a Nurse Practitioner Practice in Arkansas" #4 Michael Manley, RN, MNSc "The Future is Now: Healthcare Integration in Arkansas"
1.0 CE Credit
3:35pm - 3:45pm

Transition
3:45pm - 4:45pm

Special Guest

John Martin, Senior Health Policy Advisor to Governor Asa Hutchinson
4:45pm - 5:45pm

Business Meeting

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