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Tuesday, September 9, 2025
7:00am - 7:00pm
PDT
Registration Open
7:00am - 7:00pm
PDT
Registration Open
Location: Oasis Foyer
8:00am - 5:45pm
PDT
APRN Summit (Registration Required)
8:00am - 9:00am
PDT
Networking Hour with Coffee and Pastries
Location: Oasis 1-2
9:00am - 9:15am
PDT
Movement Break
9:00am - 9:15am
PDT
APRN Summit Opening Remarks
Location: Mesquite BC
Chair:
Leanne Nantais-Smith, PhD, NNP-BC, FAANP
9:30am - 10:30am
PDT
Empowering the Future: Strategies and Advocacy for Neonatal APRNs (AP101)
Location: Mesquite BC
Keynote Panelist:
Scott Duncan, MD, MHA, FAAP
Keynote Panelist:
Meredith L. Farmer, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
– Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Keynote Panelist:
Gail A. Bagwell, DNP, APRN, CNS, FNAP, FAAN (she/her/hers)
– Nationwide Children's Hospital
Moderator:
Jennifer Rivera, DNP, APRN, ACCNS-N, RNC-NIC
– Children's Minnesota
APRN
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
10:30am - 10:45am
PDT
Movement Break
10:45am - 11:45am
PDT
Neonatal Coding and Documentation (AP102)
Location: Mesquite BC
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Scott Duncan, MD, MHA, FAAP
Moderator:
Leann Baker, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
– University of Louisville
APRN
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
10:45am - 11:45am
PDT
Strong Starts in Action: Hands-On NRP® for CHD Newborns (AP103)
Location: Mesquite E&F
Hands-on Instructor:
Noorjahan Ali, MD, MSC, FAAP
Hands-on Instructor:
Beth Ann Johnson, MA, MD, FAAP
Hands-on Instructor:
Christine M. Cooper, DNP, ARNP, NNP-BC, MBA
– American Academy of Pediatrics
Hands-on Instructor:
Michelle D. Rhein, RN, MSN, CNS, RNC-NIC
– California Pacific Medical Center
APRN
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
10:45am - 11:45am
PDT
Leading to Leadership: Mentoring nurses from bedside to leadership roles and building cohesive leadership teams (AP104)
Location: Mesquite GH
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Ashley Humphrey, DNP, RN, CPN
– Nationwide Children's Hospital
Moderator:
Tracey R. Bell, DNP, NNP-BC
– University of Pittsburgh
APRN
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
11:45am - 12:00pm
PDT
Movement Break
12:00pm - 1:00pm
PDT
APRN Summit Networking Lunch
Location: Mesquite BC
1:00pm - 1:30pm
PDT
Movement Break
1:30pm - 2:30pm
PDT
Strong Starts in Action: Hands-On NRP® for CHD Newborns (AP105)
Location: Mesquite E&F
Hands-on Instructor:
Noorjahan Ali, MD, MSC, FAAP
Hands-on Instructor:
Beth Ann Johnson, MA, MD, FAAP
Hands-on Instructor:
Christine M. Cooper, DNP, ARNP, NNP-BC, MBA
– American Academy of Pediatrics
Hands-on Instructor:
Michelle D. Rhein, RN, MSN, CNS, RNC-NIC
– California Pacific Medical Center
APRN
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
1:30pm - 2:30pm
PDT
The Complex Pathophysiology of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
Supported by Vermont Oxford Network
(AP106)
Location: Mesquite BC
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Sonia Bonifacio, MD, FAAP (she/her/hers)
Moderator:
Pamela Harris Haman, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
– Pamela Harris-Haman
APRN
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
1:30pm - 2:30pm
PDT
To Treat or Not To Treat: The Conundrum of Pharmacologic Therapy in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Patent Ductus Arteriosus (AP107)
Location: Mesquite GH
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Kimberly Van, PharmD, BCPPS
– Nemours Children's Hospital
Moderator:
William Hull, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
APRN
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
2:30pm - 2:45pm
PDT
Movement Break
2:45pm - 3:45pm
PDT
Delirium in the Neonate: Current State and Future Directions (AP108)
Location: Mesquite BC
General Session Speaker:
Alicia Sprecher, MD
– Medical College of Wisconsin
Moderator:
Barbara Snapp, DNP, NNP-BC
– Children's National Hospital
APRN
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
3:45pm - 4:00pm
PDT
Movement Break
4:00pm - 4:45pm
PDT
Special Interest Group Roundtable: Advanced Practice (AP109)
Location: Mesquite BC
SIG Facilitator:
Pamela Harris Haman, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
– Pamela Harris-Haman
APRN
Earn .75 Contact Hour(s)
4:00pm - 4:45pm
PDT
Special Interest Group Roundtable: Clinical Nurse Specialists (AP110)
Location: Mesquite H
SIG Facilitator:
Jennifer Rivera, DNP, APRN, ACCNS-N, RNC-NIC
– Children's Minnesota
APRN
Earn .75 Contact Hour(s)
4:00pm - 4:45pm
PDT
Special Interest Group Roundtable: Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Faculty (AP111)
Location: Mesquite G
SIG Facilitator:
Jennifer L. Fitzgerald, NNP-BC
APRN
Earn .75 Contact Hour(s)
4:45pm - 5:00pm
PDT
Movement Break
5:00pm - 5:30pm
PDT
Special Interest Group: Report Out (AP112)
Location: Mesquite BC
SIG Facilitator:
Pamela Harris Haman, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
– Pamela Harris-Haman
SIG Facilitator:
Jennifer Rivera, DNP, APRN, ACCNS-N, RNC-NIC
– Children's Minnesota
SIG Facilitator:
Jennifer L. Fitzgerald, NNP-BC
APRN
Earn .5 Contact Hour(s)
5:30pm - 5:35pm
PDT
APRN Summit Closing Remarks
Location: Mesquite BC
Presenter:
Leann Baker, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
– University of Louisville
5:30pm - 7:00pm
PDT
Get to
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5:30pm - 7:00pm
PDT
Get to
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you!
Location: Oasis Foyer
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