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Tuesday, September 9, 2025
7:00am – 7:00pm
PDT
Registration Open
7:00am – 7:00pm
PDT
Registration Open
8:00am – 5:45pm
PDT
APRN Summit (Registration Required)
8:00am – 9:00am
PDT
Networking breakfast
9:00am – 9:15am
PDT
Movement Break
9:00am – 9:15am
PDT
APRN Summit Opening Remarks
Chair:
Leanne Nantais-Smith, PhD, NNP-BC, FAANP
9:30am – 10:30am
PDT
Empowering the Future: Strategies and Advocacy for Neonatal APRNs (AP101)
Keynote Panelist:
Scott Duncan, MD
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
APRN
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
10:30am – 10:45am
PDT
Movement Break
10:45am – 11:45am
PDT
Billing in the NICU (AP102)
APRN
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
10:45am – 11:45am
PDT
Hands-on Workshop: Cardiac Care (AP103)
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)
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Ashley Humphrey, DNP, RN, CPN
– Nationwide Children's Hospital
APRN
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
11:45am – 12:00pm
PDT
Movement Break
12:00pm – 1:00pm
PDT
Networking Lunch
1:00pm – 1:30pm
PDT
Movement Break
1:30pm – 2:30pm
PDT
Hands-on Workshop: Cardiac Care (AP105)
APRN
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
1:30pm – 2:30pm
PDT
The Complex Pathophysiology of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) (AP106)
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Sonia Bonifacio, MD, FAAP (she/her/hers)
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)
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Kimberly Van, PharmD, BCPPS
– Nemours Children's Hospital
APRN
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
2:30pm – 2:45pm
PDT
Movement Break
2:45pm – 3:45pm
PDT
Delirium in the NICU (AP108)
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)
APRN
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
4:00pm – 4:45pm
PDT
Special Interest Group Roundtable: Clinical Nurse Specialists (AP110)
APRN
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
4:00pm – 4:45pm
PDT
Special Interest Group Roundtable: Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Faculty (AP111)
APRN
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
4:45pm – 5:00pm
PDT
Movement Break
5:00pm – 5:30pm
PDT
Special Interest Group: Report Out (AP112)
APRN
Earn .5 Contact Hour(s)
5:30pm – 5:35pm
PDT
APRN Summit Closing Remarks
Presenter:
Leann Baker, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
– University of Louisville
5:30pm – 7:00pm
PDT
Get to
NANN
you!
5:30pm – 7:00pm
PDT
Get to
NANN
you!
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
7:00am – 6:00pm
PDT
Registration Open
7:00am – 6:00pm
PDT
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)
Thursday, September 11, 2025
6:30am – 6:00pm
PDT
Registration Open
6:30am – 6:00pm
PDT
Registration Open
8:00am – 8:45am
PDT
NANN Business Meeting
8:00am – 8:45am
PDT
NANN Business Meeting (NANNBUS)
President:
Taryn M. Edwards, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC
– Nemours Childrens Hospital, Delaware
Secretary/Treasurer:
Melissa Hamms, BSN, MBA, RN
8:00am – 9:00am
PDT
Coffee in the Exhibit Hall
8:00am – 9:00am
PDT
Coffee in the Exhibit Hall
8:00am – 9:00am
PDT
Digital Poster Browsing
8:00am – 9:00am
PDT
Digital Poster Browsing
8:00am – 9:00am
PDT
Escape Room
8:00am – 9:00am
PDT
Escape Room (ESC3)
9:00am – 10:00am
PDT
Human Imprinting Disorders and Their Unusual Patterns of Inheritance
9:00am – 10:00am
PDT
Human Imprinting Disorders and Their Unusual Patterns of Inheritance (GS2)
General Session Speaker:
Marisa Bartolomei, MD
All
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
10:00am – 10:15am
PDT
Movement Break
10:00am – 10:15am
PDT
Movement Break
10:15am – 11:15am
PDT
Baby Steps to Science: Fundamentals of Neonatal Research
10:15am – 11:15am
PDT
Baby Steps to Science: Fundamentals of Neonatal Research (201)
Nursing Research
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
10:15am – 11:15am
PDT
Embryologic Development of the Respiratory System and Associated Defects
10:15am – 11:15am
PDT
Embryologic Development of the Respiratory System and Associated Defects (202)
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Jana Swartz, RN
– Regis University
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Crystal Ballard, RNC-NIC, C-ELBW
– Regis University
Pathophysiology
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
10:15am – 11:15am
PDT
Supporting families through an unexpected Down syndrome diagnosis
10:15am – 11:15am
PDT
Supporting families through an unexpected Down syndrome diagnosis (203)
Presenter:
Hannah Pascucci, RN, MSN, CPNP-PC/AC
– Down Syndrome Diagnosis Network
Bedside
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
11:15am – 1:15pm
PDT
Digital Poster Session 2
11:15am – 1:15pm
PDT
Digital Poster Session 2 (POS2)
11:15am – 1:15pm
PDT
Escape Room
11:15am – 1:15pm
PDT
Escape Room (ESC4)
11:15am – 1:15pm
PDT
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
11:15am – 1:15pm
PDT
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
11:15am – 1:15pm
PDT
Special Interest Groups (SIGs): Meet Up 1
11:15am – 1:15pm
PDT
Special Interest Groups (SIGs): Meet Up 1 (SIG1)
12:15pm – 1:15pm
PDT
Chapter Leadership Working Session
12:15pm – 1:15pm
PDT
Chapter Leadership Working Session
1:15pm – 2:15pm
PDT
Breastfeeding by Mothers with HIV - New Evidence-based Options
1:15pm – 2:15pm
PDT
Breastfeeding by Mothers with HIV - New Evidence-based Options (204)
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Lori J. Wood, MSN, CNS, RNC-NIC, IBCLC
– Eisenhower Health
All
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
1:15pm – 2:15pm
PDT
The Swedish NICU
1:15pm – 2:15pm
PDT
The Swedish NICU (205)
All
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
1:15pm – 2:15pm
PDT
Transforming Neonatal Care Delivery: The Impact of Virtual Nursing in the NICU
1:15pm – 2:15pm
PDT
Transforming Neonatal Care Delivery: The Impact of Virtual Nursing in the NICU (206)
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Lisa Davenport, DNP, RN, RNC-NIC
– Texas Children's Hospital
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Nana Funk, MSN, BS, RN, CCRN
– Texas Children's Hospital
Educators/Leaders
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
2:15pm – 2:30pm
PDT
Movement Break
2:15pm – 2:30pm
PDT
Movement Break
2:30pm – 3:30pm
PDT
Epigenetic Embedding of Early Life Stress on Neurodevelopment and Oral Feeding Skills in Preterm Infants
2:30pm – 3:30pm
PDT
Epigenetic Embedding of Early Life Stress on Neurodevelopment and Oral Feeding Skills in Preterm Infants (207)
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Thao Griffith, PhD, RN
– Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
Pathophysiology
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
2:30pm – 3:30pm
PDT
Paper Session 2
2:30pm – 2:45pm
PDT
NP Cath Study (PS1B)
Paper Session Speaker:
Heather L. Stephens, DNP, RNC-NIC, ACCNS-N
– Penn State Health Hershey
Author:
Shaili Amatya, MD
– Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Author:
Ann Donnelly, MS, RRT-NPS
– Penn State Health Children's Hospital
Author:
Jennifer L. Erkinger, MS, RRT-NPS, AE-C, C-NPT
– Penn State Health Hershey Children's Hospital
Nursing Research
Earn 0.25 Contact Hour(s)
2:45pm – 3:00pm
PDT
Opening the Window of Feeding Opportunity. (PS2B)
Paper Session Speaker:
Barbara ORourke, RN-NICU
– Blank Children's Hospital Des Moines, IA 50309
Nursing Research
Earn 0.25 Contact Hour(s)
3:00pm – 3:15pm
PDT
25 Years of Tiny Triumphs with Advances in Neonatal Care: Trends and Advancements in Neonatal Nursing (PS3B)
Paper Session Speaker:
Ashlee J. Vance, PhD, MA, RN, RNC-NIC
– Henry Ford Health
Author:
Elizabeth S. Schierholz, PhD, NNP-BC
– Children's Hospital Colorado
Author:
Meredith L. Farmer, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
– Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Nursing Research
Earn .25 Contact Hour(s)
3:15pm – 3:30pm
PDT
Ready, Set, Breathe: Creating an Effective Extubation Readiness Protocol (PS4B)
Paper Session Speaker:
Anel Godfrey, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CPN, RNC-NIC, C-ELBW
– NICKLAUS CHILDREN HOSPITAL
Author:
Mailyn Padilla, MHA, RRT
– Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Nursing Research
Earn .25 Contact Hour(s)
2:30pm – 3:30pm
PDT
Words Matter: The Role of Inclusive Language in the NICU.
2:30pm – 3:30pm
PDT
Words Matter: The Role of Inclusive Language in the NICU. (208)
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Meredith L. Farmer, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
– Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
All
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
3:30pm – 5:00pm
PDT
Digital Poster Browsing
3:30pm – 5:00pm
PDT
Digital Poster Browsing
3:30pm – 5:00pm
PDT
Escape Room
3:30pm – 5:00pm
PDT
Escape Room (ESC5)
3:30pm – 5:00pm
PDT
Networking in Exhibit Hall
3:30pm – 5:00pm
PDT
Networking in Exhibit Hall
3:30pm – 5:00pm
PDT
Special Interest Groups (SIGs): Meet Up 2
3:30pm – 5:00pm
PDT
Special Interest Groups (SIGs): Meet Up 2 (SIG2)
5:00pm – 6:00pm
PDT
Central Line Excellence: Aiming for Early Detection and Intervention of Malpositions
5:00pm – 6:00pm
PDT
Central Line Excellence: Aiming for Early Detection and Intervention of Malpositions (209)
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Michelle E. Ferrant, DNP, ACCNS-N, RNC-NIC, CBC, CPLC
– Penn Medicine: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Concurrent Session Speaker:
Megan Snyder, DNP, RN, ACCNS-P, CCRN (she/her/hers)
– CHOP
Author:
Lori Christ, MD
– Penn Medicine
Author:
Kiersten (Kerry) Trilling, MSN, NNP-BC
– Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and The Hospital of the The University of Pennsylvania
Author:
Eric Will, PA-C
– Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Author:
Kathleen Gibbs, MD
– Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
Author:
Mary Jo Gumbel, BSN, RN, LSSGB
– Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Bedside
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
6:00pm – 7:30pm
PDT
Get Ready for NANN After Dark!
6:00pm – 7:30pm
PDT
Get Ready for NANN After Dark!
7:30pm – 9:30pm
PDT
NANN After Dark: NANNchella
7:30pm – 9:30pm
PDT
NANN After Dark: NANNchella
Friday, September 12, 2025
6:30am – 10:00am
PDT
Registration Open
6:30am – 10:00am
PDT
Registration Open
8:00am – 9:30am
PDT
Coffee in Exhibit Hall
8:00am – 9:30am
PDT
Coffee in Exhibit Hall
8:00am – 9:30am
PDT
Digital Poster Session 3
8:00am – 9:30am
PDT
Digital Poster Session 3 (POS3)
8:00am – 9:30am
PDT
Escape Room
8:00am – 9:30am
PDT
Escape Room (ESC6)
9:00am – 9:15am
PDT
Passport Drawing at NANN HQ
9:00am – 9:15am
PDT
Passport Drawing at NANN HQ
9:15am – 9:30am
PDT
Movement Break
9:15am – 9:30am
PDT
Movement Break
9:30am – 10:30am
PDT
VON & NANN Case of the Year
9:30am – 10:30am
PDT
NANN & VON Case of the Year (GS3)
All
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
10:30am – 10:45am
PDT
Movement Break
10:30am – 10:45am
PDT
Movement Break
10:45am – 11:00am
PDT
Closing Remarks
10:45am – 11:00am
PDT
Closing Remarks
11:00am – 12:00pm
PDT
Closing Keynote
11:00am – 12:00pm
PDT
Closing Keynote (GS4)
All
Earn 1 Contact Hour(s)
12:00pm – 12:05pm
PDT
Attendee Send-Off
12:00pm – 12:05pm
PDT
Attendee Send-Off