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Wednesday, September 10, 2025
7:00am – 6:00pm
PDT
Registration Open
7:00am – 6:00pm
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Registration Open
9:00am – 9:30am
PDT
Opening Ceremony
9:00am – 9:30am
PDT
Opening Ceremony
President:
Taryn M. Edwards, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC
– Nemours Childrens Hospital, Delaware
9:30am – 10:30am
PDT
Opening Keynote: A Parent's Perspective
9:30am – 10:30am
PDT
Opening Keynote: A Parent's Perspective (GS1)
All
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
10:30am – 12:30pm
PDT
Digital Poster Session 1
10:30am – 12:30pm
PDT
Digital Poster Session 1 (POS1)
10:30am – 12:30pm
PDT
Escape Room
10:30am – 12:30pm
PDT
Escape Room (ESC1)
10:30am – 12:30pm
PDT
Opening Celebration
10:30am – 12:30pm
PDT
Opening Celebration
12:30pm – 1:30pm
PDT
Developing a Small Baby Program: What’s the Big Deal?
12:30pm – 1:30pm
PDT
Developing a Small Baby Program: What’s the Big Deal? (101)
Presenter:
Jessica L. Laubensheimer, MSN, RN
– Nationwide Children's Hospital
Educators/Leaders
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
12:30pm – 1:30pm
PDT
Paper Session 1
12:30pm – 12:45pm
PDT
Introducing the i-Rainbow©: An Evidence-based, Parent-friendly Care Pathway for Critically Ill Infants in the NICU Setting (PS1A)
Paper Session Speaker:
Eilish Byrne, PT, DSc
– University of Saint Augustine
Paper Session Speaker:
Allison D. Freccero, OTD, OTR/L, BCP, CNT, NTMTC
– Stanford Medicine Children's Health
Author:
Melissa Scala, MD
– Stanford University
Nursing Research
Earn .25 Contact Hour(s)
12:45pm – 1:00pm
PDT
Addressing Family Needs in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PS2A)
Paper Session Speaker:
Sharon Kirkby, MSN, RN
– Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital
Author:
Melanie Dyszel, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC
– Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital
Author:
Kimberly A. Johnson, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC
– Penn Medicine Chester County
Author:
Hannah Chalal, MD
– CHOP Newborn Care Network at Chester County Hospital
Nursing Research
Earn .25 Contact Hour(s)
1:00pm – 1:15pm
PDT
Moms with Postpartum Depression Need YOU: Changing the Postpartum Depression Screening Standard of Care One NICU at a Time (PS3A)
Paper Session Speaker:
Candice Triulzi, PhD, RNC-NIC
– UTHealth Cizik School of Nursing
Nursing Research
Earn .25 Contact Hour(s)
1:15pm – 1:30pm
PDT
Increasing Support for NICU Preceptors (PS4A)
Presenter:
Maria A. Walker, BSN, RNC-NIC
– Nemours Children's Health
Nursing Research
Earn .25 Contact Hour(s)
12:30pm – 1:30pm
PDT
Understanding Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
12:30pm – 1:30pm
PDT
Understanding Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) (102)
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Sonia Bonifacio, MD, FAAP (she/her/hers)
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Lisa Houston, MSN, RNC-NIC
Pathophysiology
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
1:30pm – 1:45pm
PDT
Movement Break
1:30pm – 1:45pm
PDT
Movement Break
1:45pm – 2:45pm
PDT
Educating, Enhancing Practice, and Supporting LM use in the Nursing Profession: LEAN (Laryngeal Mask Education and Adaptation in Nursing)
1:45pm – 2:45pm
PDT
Educating, Enhancing Practice, and Supporting LM use in the Nursing Profession: LEAN (Laryngeal Mask Education and Adaptation in Nursing) (103)
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Sura Lee, MSN
– CHOP
All
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
1:45pm – 2:45pm
PDT
Environmental Effects and Placental Disorders
1:45pm – 2:45pm
PDT
Environmental Effects and Placental Disorders (104)
All
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
1:45pm – 2:45pm
PDT
Navigating Rough Seas and Charting a New Course: Preemie Parent Learning Needs over the First Year
1:45pm – 2:45pm
PDT
Navigating Rough Seas and Charting a New Course: Preemie Parent Learning Needs over the First Year (105)
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Tammy Sherrow, RN, MN
– Mount Royal University
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Karen M. Lasby, RN MN CNeoN(C)
– Alberta Health Services
Bedside
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
2:45pm – 4:15pm
PDT
Digital Poster Browsing
2:45pm – 4:15pm
PDT
Digital Poster Browsing
2:45pm – 4:15pm
PDT
Escape Room
2:45pm – 4:15pm
PDT
Escape Room (ESC2)
2:45pm – 4:15pm
PDT
Networking in the Exhibit Hall
2:45pm – 4:15pm
PDT
Networking in the Exhibit Hall
4:15pm – 5:15pm
PDT
Cardiac Care
4:15pm – 5:15pm
PDT
Cardiac Care (106)
Pathophysiology
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
4:15pm – 5:15pm
PDT
Transforming NICU Nursing Culture to Enhance Staff Retention and Engagement: A Six-Month Project
4:15pm – 5:15pm
PDT
Transforming NICU Nursing Culture to Enhance Staff Retention and Engagement: A Six-Month Project (107)
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Kathleen Adam, BSN, RNC-NIC
– Children's Hospital Orange County
Author:
Taylor Machain, RN, BSN, CPN
– Children's Hospital Orange County
Educators/Leaders
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
4:15pm – 5:15pm
PDT
Trauma-Informed Perspectives to Address Implicit Bias in Perinatal Nursing: Setting the Expectation through Onboarding Education
4:15pm – 5:15pm
PDT
Trauma-Informed Perspectives to Address Implicit Bias in Perinatal Nursing: Setting the Expectation through Onboarding Education (108)
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Jessi Barnes, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, NPD-BC, C-ELBW
– Emory University
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Romina P. McCandless, MPH, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM
– Grady Health System
All
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
5:15pm – 5:30pm
PDT
Movement Break
5:15pm – 5:30pm
PDT
Movement Break
5:45pm – 6:45pm
PDT
Neonatal Knowledge Knockout Trivia
5:45pm – 6:45pm
PDT
Neonatal Knowledge Knockout Trivia (SIG1)