48th Annual Educational Conference: Attendee Registration
FeaturedJoin us for CANP's 48th Annual Educational Conference in San Diego
Start Date - End Date
March 12, 2026 - March 15, 2026
Registration Deadline
Saturday, March 14, 2026
Each year, the CANP Annual Educational Conference draws more than 600 health care professionals who come together to glean information and exchange ideas. Whatever your role in the health care area — nurse practitioner, physician's assistant, nurse midwife, nurse anesthetist, or student — you will find everything you need to educate and enlighten you at this single event.
Cancellations received by Thursday, February 5, 2026, will receive a full refund minus a $50 administrative fee. No refunds will be issued after this date.
For any schools that would like to purchase at least 20 registrations, please email events@canpweb.org to discuss further discounted student pricing.
Member Prices
| Price Description | Amount |
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| Day Pass -- Sunday Early Pricing | $300.00 |
| Day Pass - Sunday Standard Pricing | $350.00 |
| Day Pass Member Early Sunday | $300.00 |
| Full Conference - Early Rate | $550.00 |
| Day Pass - Thursday - Onsite Rate | $400.00 |
| Day Pass - Friday - Early Rate | $350.00 |
| Day Pass - Saturday - Early Rate | $350.00 |
| Day Pass - Friday - Onsite Rate | $550.00 |
| Day Pass - Saturday - Onsite Rate | $550.00 |
| Student Full Conference - Early Rate | $350.00 |
| Day Pass - Sunday Onsite Rate | $400.00 |
| Full Conference - Onsite Rate | $650.00 |
| Student Full Conference - Onsite Rate | $650.00 |
| Board of Directors | $0.00 |
Non-Member Prices
| Price Description | Amount |
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| Day Pass Sunday Non Member Onsite | $500.00 |
| Full Conference - Early Rate | $700.00 |
| Day Pass - Thursday - Early Rate | $400.00 |
| Day Pass - Saturday - Early Rate | $550.00 |
| Day Pass - Friday - Early Rate | $550.00 |
| Student Full Conference - Onsite Rate | $550.00 |
| Day Pass - Thursday - Onsite Rate | $500.00 |
| Day Pass - Friday - Onsite Rate | $750.00 |
| Day Pass - Saturday - Onsite Rate | $750.00 |
| Full Conference - Onsite Rate | $900.00 |
| Student Full Conference - Early Rate | $350.00 |
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Available Functions
| Thursday - March 12 | ||
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| 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm | ||
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Prescribing the Future: How GLP-1 Medications Are Reshaping Patient Care |
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Is This a Skin Cancer? Diagnosis and Management of Common Benign and Malignant Skin Neoplasms |
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Pearls and Pitfalls in Managing Subdural Hematoma |
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Practical Strategies to Navigate Obesity Management in Primary Care |
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Expanding Access to Intensive Mental Health Services for Youth by Leveraging PMHNPs in an Academic-Community Partnership |
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Owning a Psychiatric NP Practice in California: Opportunities, Risks, and Reality Checks |
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| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | ||
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Relaxed Effectiveness: Resilient Leadership for Healthcare Professionals |
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| 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm | ||
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Keeping Up with Diabetes Pharmacology Guidelines: A Review of the ADA Standards of Diabetes Care 2026 |
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Beyond GLP-1 Receptors: How the Hypothalamus Controls Insulin Sensitivity and the Gut Microbiome to Orchestrate Healthy Metabolism |
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Controlling Your Patients' Pain: Use of Equianalgesic Equations |
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Building Bravery for Powerful Purpose: Facing Fears to Help Individuals Heal through an Inspiring Schizophrenia Success Story |
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Identifying and Managing Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents |
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Empowering Tomorrow's Providers: The Impact of Fellowship Programs |
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| 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm | ||
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Building Resilient Teams: Strategies for APP Staffing Stability and Retention |
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Interventional Radiology Approaches for Managing Refractory Ascites: Improving Outcomes Through Minimally Invasive Therapies |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Acute Care) Optimizing DVT Prophylaxis: Weight-Based vs. Fixed-Dose Enoxaparin in Trauma Patients |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Acute Care) Global Deployment of Adult Acute/Critical Care Nurse Practitioners: A Scoping Review of Education, Credentialing, Outcomes, and Strategies for Integration |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Acute Care) Point-of-Care (POCUS) in NP Primary Care Practice |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice) Migraine in a Flash: What Every NP Needs to Know |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice) Personal Health Inventory (PHI) Questionnaires to Enhance Medication Adherence among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Pediatrics & Mental Health) Stigmatization of Persons with Opioid Use Disorder: Development of a Stigma Reduction Training Program |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Pediatrics & Mental Health) Contextualizing Prescribing Decisions Through Data & Milestones: A Specialized Perinatal Mental Health Model |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Pediatrics & Mental Health) Improving Mental Health Diagnosis and Referral Rates in Vietnamese Adults Through Translated PHQ-9 and GAD-7 Screening Tools |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Sexual Health & Pediatrics) Managing Elevated Lead Levels in Middle Eastern Pediatric Refugee Populations |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Sexual Health & Pediatrics) Before IVF: A Root Cause and Holistic Approach to Fertility |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Sexual Health & Pediatrics) Full Care, Full Families: Why Reproductive Health Is Child Health |
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| Friday - March 13 | ||
| 9:15 am - 10:30 am | ||
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Comprehensive Approach to Fatty Liver Disease for Nurse Practitioners: Diagnosis, Management, and Referral |
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So I've Got this Rash... Common (and Less-Common Pruritic Skin Rashes, Assess, Evaluate and Treat with Confidence |
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Addressing Survivorship Needs in Advanced and Metastatic Cancer: A Whole-Person, Metabolically-Focused Model of Care |
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Psychopharmacology: Past, Present, Future |
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Contraception: Beyond the Basics |
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Journey towards implementation of AB890 |
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| 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm | ||
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New NP Practice Foundations for Creating Safe and Healing Spaces as a Compassionate Clinician |
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Chronic Pain Management: Medication Selection and Practice Updates |
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Empowering Primary Care NPs in Prostate Cancer Detection, Decision-Making, and Follow-Up: Revisiting Prostate Cancer Management |
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Abusive Head Trauma in Young Children: Heads up for Nurse Practitioners |
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Contraceptive Counseling Reimagined: Moving Toward Reproductive Justice in Clinical Practice |
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Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Update |
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| 2:46 pm - 5:45 pm | ||
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Improving A1c levels through an Individualized Diabetes Education among Patients Living with Type 2 Diabetes |
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| 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm | ||
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice B) From Bypass to Bedside: Keeping Cardiac Surgery Patients HAPI and Healthy |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice B) "AF"ter all... Patient Education is at the Heart of Atrial Fibrillation Management |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice) Optimizing Nutrition and Body Composition: Key Considerations for Patients on Anti-Obesity Medications |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice) Cardiac Risk Factors: Alcohol, Marijuana and Coffee, Oh My! |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice) The Beat Goes On: Evaluating QT/QTc with Wearing eWave Telemetry During Sotalol Initiation |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice B) Improving Bystander CPR response in a Parish Community through an Evidence-Based Practice Project |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Acute Care) Nurse Practitioners Serving as the Core of the Trauma Service |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Acute Care) From Admission to Stabilization: Navigating Acute Alcohol Withdrawal in the Hospital |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Acute Care) Enhancing Safety and Accuracy of Bedside Nasogastric Tube Placement in Adult Intubated ICU Patients Using a Bedside CO?/pH Verification Device |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Leadership) Nurse Practitioner Leaders: Connecting Practice and Strategy |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Leadership) Are interviews obsolete? Behavioral science perspectives on the art and science of hiring providers |
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Ethical Uses of Technology and Behavioral Health Treatment: To AI or Not to AI that is the Question |
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Gender-Affirming Care: Navigating Mental Health & Substance Use Disorders Working with Transgender, Genderfluid, Gender-Nonconforming Folks |
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| Saturday - March 14 | ||
| 8:00 am - 9:15 am | ||
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Enhancing Care for Patients with Heart failure: A Workshop on Palliative and Hospice Approaches |
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Functional Digestion: Healing That Starts From Within |
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ECMO Essentials: Spotting the Right Patients and Navigating Complex Care |
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Cannabis Fallacies and Hidden Harms: Equipping Nurse Practitioners to Address Cannabis Use in Mental Health |
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HIV and Hep-C Prevention, Detection, and Treatment in Vulnerable Populations Using a Street Medicine Approach |
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Enhancing Clinical Judgment in NP Education through Real-World Video Simulations |
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| 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | ||
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Manual Uterine Aspiration for Early Pregnancy Loss and Abortion |
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| 9:30 am - 10:45 am | ||
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Skin Deep- pharmacology for skin lesions and wounds |
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Recognizing Esophageal Disorders in Primary Care: A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Referral |
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Double Trouble: Parkinson's Disease & Alzheimer's Dementia in the Older Population |
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Autism Spectrum Disorder: Medication Management Strategies |
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Not Just Bad Behavior: Uncovering Missed Developmental Needs in Post-Pandemic School-Aged Children |
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Standardized Procedures: Safety Net or Stranglehold? |
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| 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm | ||
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Education On End-Of-Life Care For Nurses To Promote Stress Reduction And Increase In Quality Of Care |
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Practice Change: Teach-back Method Implementation |
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Beyond the Discharge: A Trauma Service Program Integrating Community Health Workers |
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Implementation of Hepatitis C Treatment in a Community Clinic Setting |
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Enhancing Emergency Department Preparedness for Amniotic Fluid Embolism Through Evidence-Based Simulation Training |
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Meeting the Geriatric Care Gap: Acute care NPs and the 5Ms framework |
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Implementation of a Culturally Tailored Outpatient Case Management Program for Filipino Americans with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
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The Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and Health: A Review of Screening Tools and Risk Factors |
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Increasing Palliative Care Referral Follow-Through in Patients with Breast and Gynecologic Cancers |
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From Evidence to Action: Reducing Primary Cesarean Births in the NTSV Population Through Nurse-Led Labor Management |
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Are You Ready to Escape? Implementing an Escape Room Pedagogy in NP Education |
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Comparing Apixaban and Aspirin in Preventing Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation Patients: Implications for Cardiovascular Clinical Nursing Practice |
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The NP as Clinical Sentinel in a Paracentesis and Thoracentesis Clinic: Identifying Pre-Procedural Instability and Mitigating Adverse Outcomes |
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Improving Provider Teach-Back Adherence to Support Diuretic Adherence in Heart Failure Patients |
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Asthma Action Plans in Primary Care |
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Novel Artificial Intelligence Implementation in NP Education |
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Epidemiology and Clinical Course of Pediatric Coccidiomycosis in a Tertiary Care Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles |
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| 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm | ||
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Beyond Pills: Introducing Neuromodulation to Expand Your Pain Toolbox |
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Navigating Polypharmacy and Deprescribing in Older Adults |
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Unmasking PAF: ILR Use and Echo Predictors in Cryptogenic Stroke Patients |
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Innovative Treatments in Psychiatry |
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An Overview of Key Takeaways from the CDC’s 2024 Updates to the U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (U.S. MEC) and the U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use (U.S. SPR) |
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From Setback to Strength: Surviving Serious Medical Errors and Events |
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| 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm | ||
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Suicide Risk Assessment for APRNs |
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From Compliance to Culture: Building a Psychologically Safe Health Center |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice) Fighting the Midlife Spread: Addressing the Root Causes of Menopausal Weight Gain |
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Rapid Fire Session: (Family Practice) Preconception Sickle Cell Trait Testing |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice) Integrating Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in FNP Education: A Pilot Study |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice) The Combined Role of Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Coach, and Lifestyle Medicine Professional Addresses Non-Communicable Chronic Disease in the United States |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice) Oral Health=Overall Health: Placing the Mouth Back into the Body |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice)Tapping Our Supply: Expanding APP Training in Paracentesis for Oncology APPs |
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Rapid Fire Session: (Acute Care & Geriatrics) Prescribing Rest: Focused Updates to the 2025 PADIS Guidelines |
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Rapid Fire Session: (Acute Care & Geriatrics) The aging voice-What's normal vs abnormal? |
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Rapid Fire Session: (Acute Care & Geriatrics) Effectiveness of Group Music Therapy among Geriatrics with Dementia in a Nursing Home to Control Agitation |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Pediatrics & Leadership) Pigeons and Funnels: Chest Wall for the Outpatient Provider |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Pediatrics & Leadership) Empowering Conversations: Advancing NP Education Through AACN Essentials |
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Mental Health in Primary Care |
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| Sunday - March 15 | ||
| 9:15 am - 10:30 am | ||
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Clinical Pearls in the Management of Chronic Liver Disease in Primary Care and Beyond |
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water: Hazardous marine life of the California coast |
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Strong Starts: Outcomes from a 1-year Postgraduate NP Clinical Fellowship |
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Increasing Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Testing in Family Practice: A Quality Improvement Project |
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The Resilience Paradigm™: Empowering Nurse Practitioners to Thrive |
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Environmental Racism, Climate Change and Advocacy and the APRN |
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| 9:16 am - 12:15 pm | ||
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Improving Diabetes Outcomes Through Self-Care Education Among Patients with Chronic Pain |
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| 10:45 am - 12:00 pm | ||
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Developing a Three-Track Nurse Practitioner Residency in a Large Healthcare Organization: Geriatrics and Extended Care, Primary Care, and Psychiatric Mental Health |
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The Roots of Risk: Primary Drivers of NP Malpractice Claims |
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Obesity Across the Lifespan: Pathophysiology, Progression, and Practice |
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Intergenerational & Historical Trauma: Working with Native American Indians and Understanding the Trauma to Start the Wellness of Healing |
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Strength in Aging: How Nutrition Science Supports Health Outcomes |
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What the Face-to-Face? Optimizing home-based NP practice |
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| 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm | ||
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Learn the Basics of Injecting Neurotoxin (Botox, Dysport, Daxxify) |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Leadership) Nursing Faculty Careers: Perspectives Among Hispanic Nurses |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Leadership) Item Writing for NP Exams |
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Health Literacy in Action: Tools, Training, and Transformation |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice) Valley Fever on the Move: What Every Provider Needs to Know |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice) Peanuts and Tree Nuts and Shellfish, Oh My!, The use of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors by Lay Rescuers in the Emergency Treatment of Anaphylaxis |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice) Opioid Prescribing Workflow Protocol for a Nonprofit Clinic |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice) HYPERLIPIDEMIA: Risks and Considerations of AGGRESSIVELY lowering LDL |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Family Practice) The Long Game of Addressing Social Equity and Inclusion |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Acute Care) Using Academic Detailing to Increase Food Insecurity Screening Among Geriatric Women Veterans in the Women’s Health Clinic: A Quality Improvement Initiative |
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Rapid-Fire Session: (Acute Care) Burnout to Balance: Redesigning Staffing Models for APRNs in Acute Care |
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Speakers
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Sponsors
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