Keynote Speaker

Nancy Norton

The National Nurse Practitioner Symposium is pleased to announce Nancy Norton as the Keynote Speaker for the 2020 symposium. As a comedian and former nurse, Nancy uses her unique perspective to deliver a program, teaching the physiology and many benefits of humor. She combines comedy with her experiences and insight to show how humor has been proven to benefit businesses, families, relationships, and individuals by reducing stress and trauma triggers, while simultaneously increasing creative problem solving, team building, bonding, conflict resolution, resilience, job retention, overall joy, immunity, and good health.

Nancy is the winner of the 2018 Boston Comedy Festival. She has appeared in “Evening at the Improv” on A & E, as well as Amazon Prime Video and PBS, plus been featured on Nickmom Night Out on Nickelodeon. One of her passions is helping people remember the joy and empowerment one gets from being in the present moment. Humor is a basic human need and helps us stay healthy, de-stress, cope with trauma and enhances creative problem solving.

Nancy’s healthcare anecdotes will leave you in stitches… and really wanting to STAY WELL! The Keynote Presentation, “Find Your Ahahaha Moments!” will take place Thursday, July 9, 2020 at the Keystone Conference Center.

symposium schedule overview

TUESDAY, JULY 7
8:00 am - 8:30 amRocky Mountain Retreat Registration
9:00 am - 4:30 pmRocky Mountain Retreat (optional)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8
8:00 am - 7:00 pm Symposium Registration
8:30 am - 12:15 pmRocky Mountain Retreat (continued) (optional)
10:30 am - 12:00 pmPre-Symposium Session (optional)
12:00 pm - 1:30 pmLunch on Your Own
1:30 pm - 3:30 pmPre-Symposium Sessions (optional)
3:45 pm - 4:45 pmPre-Symposium Sessions (optional)
5:00 pm - 6:00 pmPre-Symposium Sessions (optional)
6:15 pm - 7:45 pmPre-Symposium Dinner Session (optional)
THURSDAY, JULY 9
7:00 am - 7:00 pmSymposium Registration
7:30 am - 8:00 amContinental Breakfast (complimentary)
8:00 am - 9:30 amEducational Sessions
9:00 am - 6:00 pmNNPS Store
9:30 am - 10:00 amBeverage Break (complimentary)
10:00 am - 11:15 amKeynote Address & Awards Ceremony
11:30 am - 1:00 pmLuncheon Sessions (optional - non-certified)
12:00 pm - 6:30 pmBook Displays & Sales
1:30 pm - 3:00 pmEducational Sessions
3:00 pm - 3:30 pmBeverage Break (complimentary)
3:30 pm - 5:00 pmEducational Sessions
5:00 pm - 6:30 pmOpening of Exhibits/Reception (complimentary buffet)
FRIDAY, JULY 10
7:00 am - 7:00 pmSymposium Registration
7:00 am - 7:00 pmPosters on Display
7:15 am - 7:45 am"Walk & Talk" Around the Lake (optional - non-certified)
7:30 am - 8:00 amContinental Breakfast (complimentary)
8:00 am - 9:30 amEducational Sessions
9:00 am - 6:00 pmNNPS Store
9:00 am - 4:00 pmBook Displays & Sales
9:00 am - 1:00 pmExhibits Open
9:30 am - 10:00 amBeverage Break (complimentary)
10:00 am - 11:30 amEducational Sessions
11:30 am - 1:00 pmBag Lunch Served in Exhibit Hall (complimentary)
12:15 pm - 1:45 pmEthics Forum (optional)
2:00 pm - 3:00 pmEducational Session
3:00 pm - 3:15 pmBeverage & Snack Break (complimentary)
3:15 pm - 6:15 pmWorkshops (optional)
3:15 pm - 4:45 pmEducational Session
4:45 pm - 5:15 pmAuthors Present Posters (complimentary beverages)
5:30 pm - 6:15 pmEducational Sessions
6:30 pm - 8:00 pmDinner Session (optional)
SATURDAY, JULY 11
7:00 am - 5:00 pmSymposium Registration
7:00 am - 5:00 pmPosters on Display
7:30 am - 10:30 amWorkshops (optional)
7:30 am - 8:45 amBreakfast Session (optional - non-certified)
9:00 am - 6:00 pmNNPS Store
9:00 am - 12:00 pmExhibits Open/Book Displays & Sales
9:00 am - 10:30 amEducational Sessions
10:30 am - 12:00 pmBrunch Served in Exhibit Hall (complimentary)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pmEducational Sessions
1:00 pm - 1:30 pmAuthors Present Posters (complimentary beverages)
1:30 pm - 3:00 pmEducational Sessions
3:00 pm - 3:30 pmAuthors Present Posters (complimentary beverages)
3:30 pm - 5:00 pmEducational Sessions
6:00 pm+Twilight's Highlights (free time to enjoy the area)
SUNDAY, JULY 12
7:00 am - 12:00 pmSymposium Registration
7:00 am - 10:00 amPosters on Display
7:00 am - 7:30 amHome "Stretch" (optional - non-certified)
7:30 am - 8:00 amAuthors Present Posters (complimentary continental breakfast)
8:00 am - 9:30 amEducational Sessions
9:00 am - 1:00 pmNNPS Store
9:30 am - 9:45amBeverage Break (complimentary)
9:45 am - 2:30 pmEducational Seminar
9:45 am - 10:45 amEducational Sessions

Speakers

An overview of confirmed speakers and topics. Please check back for additional updates.

Symposium Brochure

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​Margaret Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC, FNAP

Ruth Kleinpell, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP, FCCM

Michael T. McDermott, MD

Bruce Morgenstern, MD

Eileen O’Grady, PhD, RN, ANP-BC

Kristine Scordo, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FAANP

Jan Shepherd, MD, FACOG

Peggy Vernon, RN, MA, C-PNP, DCNP, FAANP

Wendy L. Wright, MS, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP

Jean Abbott, MD, MH

Gale Adcock, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN

Nancy Balch, PharmD, BCCCP

Carol A. Barch, MN, FNP-BC

Kimberly Hammond Beckstrom, APRN, DNP, FNP-C

Alexis Blount, RN, MSN, MPH, FNP, CDE

Kasey Bowden, MSN, FNP, AG-ACNP

Cathrin Carithers, DNP, RN, FNP

Deborah Chapa, PhD, ACNP-BC

Mary Lee Chin, MS, RDN

Barbara Deloian, PhD, CPNP, IBCLC, FAANP

Nancy Denke, DNP, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, FAEN, CEN, CCRN

Samuel Dominguez, MD, PhD

Christopher Doran, MD

Teresa Durden, MSN, RN, APRN-BC, ACNP

Mechele Fillman, MSN, NPc

Kristy Gama, ARNP

Kathleen Hall, PhD, APRN, GNP-BC, PGPCNP-BC

Diane Hanna, APRN, DNP, FNP-C Lori Ranallo, RN, MSN, CBCN, APRN-BC

James Harrington, MD

Christopher Hemmer, DNP, ANP E.

Jennifer S. Hyer, MD

Callie Johnson, RN, MSN, ANP-BC

Andrea Jones, MD

April Kapu, DNP, APRN, ACNP BC

Judith Kaufmann, DrPH, FNP-BC

Cynthia Kelly, MD

Maria Kenneally, DNP, FNP-BC

Christine Kessler, MN, CNS, ANP, BC-ADM, CDTC, FAANP

Susan Kimble, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, FAANP

Cindy Kleckner, RDN, LD, FAND

Lynda J. Krasenbaum, MSN, ANP-BC

Sherstin Lommatzsch, MD

Steven E. Lommatzsch, MD

Kenneth Lyn-Kew, MD

Theresa Mallick-Searle, MS, RN-BC, ANP-BC

Barbara Malone, DNP, C-FNP, FNKF

Paula Marchionda, MD, MPH, BSN

Vincent Markovchick, MD, FAAEM, FACEP

Alison Marshall, RN, MSN, FNP-C

Bridget Marshall, DNP, MS, APRN, CPNP-PC, PMHS

Heather McCoy, DrNP, ANP-BC, CAQH;

Robert Montgomery, DNP, RN-BC, ACNS-BC

Sonya Montgomery, FNP-BC, PMHCS-BC

Maria Moreira, MD

Rustain L. Morgan, MD, MS

Maureen Moriarty, DNP, ANP-BC, FAHS

Nancy Munro, RN, MN, CCRN, ACNP-BC, FAANP

Allison Neswood, JD

Carmella Nogar, PA-C, MPAS

Nycole Oliver, DNP, APRN, RN, FNP-C, ACNPC-AG, CEN

Jessica Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP

Laura Peters, MS, FNP-C

Lynn Rapsilber, DNP APRN ANP-BC FAANP

Monee’ Reed, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC

Jennifer Rodgers, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC

Heather Roebuck, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP

Nancy Rudner, DrPH, MPH, MSN, FNP

Kimberly Sakovich, MS, RN-C, WHNP-C, C-EFM

Eva Schmidt, APRN, FNP-BC

Vera Sekula, MSN, CFNP;

Jeffrey Strich, MD, MS

Kelley Taylor, RN, MSN, AGACNP-BC

Joanne Thanavaro, DNP, AGACNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP

Kristina Tocce, MD, MPH

Karley Trautman, DNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC

Deborah Tuffield, DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Maria Walls, APRN, MSN, ANP-C, CDE

Afton Williamson, DNP, FNP-BC, RN

Acute Care

Adult/Geriatric

Dermatology

Pediatric

Professional Development

Women’s Health

Allergies

Mental Health

Anxiety

Neurology

Arthritis

Nutrition

Business Practice

Obesity

Cardiology

Oncology

Contraception

Orthopedics

Dermatology

Pain

Diagnostics Pediatrics

Endocrinology

Pharmacology

Gastroenterology

Pulmonary

Genomics

Radiology

Geriatrics

Self-Care

Gynecology

Sleep Disorders

Hematology

Technology

Imaging

Trauma

Infectious Disease

Wound Care

Legislation

COPD and Asthma

Intrauterine Procedures

New Imaging, New Criteria, Radiology Changes

Office/Dermatological Procedures

Orthopedic Exam

Suturing Skills: Beginning to Advanced

Rocky Mountain Retreat

A Rocky Mountain Self-Care Retreat to Reflect, Regroup and Re-Charge

July 7-8, 2020
Keystone Ranch & Keystone Conference Center Keystone, Colorado

Accreditation

9.5 contact/CE hours will be awarded to those that attend the entire retreat (partial credit is not available) and complete the required evaluations. Certificates will be offered by ACCME, ANCC and AANP, with acceptance of pertinent content by ACNM, AAPA and NAPNAP.

Nurse Practitioners by nature are very giving people, but are you giving so much that you have little left when it comes time to take care of yourself? Are you looking for ways to confront a lifestyle or job that is far too stressful? Do you have a hard time saying NO without feeling guilty?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this retreat is for you!

This day and a half retreat will teach you to:

  • Discover the science of human flourishing
  • Gather motivation and set goals to make changes that serve YOU
  • Build on your core strengths
  • Interrupt the patterns that add stress to your life
  • Set boundaries and create your own personal policies
  • Master habit formation
  • Learn the art of self-care
    …..and so much more!

You and your patients are best served when you also take the time to do what’s right for you. This retreat will help you reflect, regroup, take charge to create the kind of life and work you deserve.

We are all in the business of health: promoting it, helping others find it, teaching it and showing it. This retreat will help you:

  • Master the art of self-care without feeling selfish, because you can’t give away what you don’t have.
  • Help keep you in compliance with the ANA Code of Ethics, Provision 5, which states: The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including:
    • responsibility to promote health and safety
    • preserve wholeness of character and integrity
    • maintain competence, and;
    • continue personal and professional growth.

The purpose of the retreat is to singularly focus on the personal and professional growth in caring for the self, which will allow each attendee to build a plan that reflects their most important values. Each person will leave with a sense of duty to make their own health, wellness and wholeness, not only possible, but a priority.

TUESDAY, JULY 7
8:00 am - 8:30 amRegistration (located at Keystone Conference Center)
8:30 AMShuttle Departure from Conference Center to Keystone Ranch
9:00 am - 12:00 pmExtreme Self Care
10:30 am - 10:45 amBeverage Break (complimentary)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pmLunch (complimentary)
1:00 pm - 4:30 pmHow Adults Change
2:30 pm - 2:45 pmBeverage Break (complimentary)
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmMovement Break
4:30 PMShuttle Departure from Keystone Ranch to Conference Center
OvernightYou will have a small overnight assignment
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8
8:00 am - 8:30 amContinental Breakfast (complimentary - located at Keystone Conference Center)
9:00 am - 12:15 pmMaking it Happen
10:30 am - 10:45 amBeverage Break (complimentary)
12:15 PMAdjourn

KeyStone
Ranch

Tuesday’s (July 7) program will take place at Keystone Ranch, an original 1930’s Ranch homestead of rustic elegance, overlooking Keystone Ranch Golf Course, with spectacular views of Swan Mountain and the Ten Mile Range. Wednesday’s (July 8) program will take place at the Keystone Conference Center, a state-of-the-art facility nestled in a mountain valley in central Colorado’s high country, with the magnificent Rocky Mountains serving as the surrounding backdrop.

It is approximately 3.6 miles from the Keystone Conference Center to Keystone Ranch. A complimentary symposium shuttle will transport you between Keystone Conference Center and Keystone Ranch, however you are welcome to drive yourself if you would like to take a scenic ride at your leisure, before or after Tuesday’s program.

Eileen O’Grady PhD, RN, NP

RETREAT LEADER

Dr. Eileen O’Grady is certified Nurse Practitioner and Wellness Coach who uses an evidence-based approach to practice extreme self-care to reverse or entirely prevent disease. She is an expert on intentional change in humans—with an emphasis on the importance of identifying and getting unstuck from lifestyles that do not support wellness. She is the Founder of the School of Wellness. and has been featured on Good Morning Washington and on NPR’s Talk of The Nation as an expert on battling obesity and empowering patients to make permanent lifestyle changes. Her newest books, Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach, 7th edition (Elsevier) will be published in 2022 and Using the Self as a Therapeutic Tool (DEStech Publications) in late 2020. Her most personal book, a collection of essays, , Choosing Wellness will be out in late 2020.

2019 Rocky Mountain Retreat Group

The Bridge

A Comprehensive Headache Education Program

Attend a seminar featuring didactic presentations and a choice of one of two workgroups. Current pathophysiologic models will be addressed. Hear acute and preventive treatment strategies for adult and pediatric populations along with appropriate patient selection, administration (timing and route), and potential medication misuse and/or overuse concerns. Learn how to address comorbid medical complaints in appropriate medication selection and monitoring.

The American Headache Society® (AHS) Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant (NP/PA) Special Interest Group developed this educational offering for Primary Care Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. This comprehensive overview of migraine is delivered by Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant members of AHS.

Seminar Leaders

Carol A. Barch, MN, FNP-BC; Lead Advanced Practice Provider, Headache and Facial Pain Program, Department of Neurology, Stanford Hospital and Clinics; Palo Alto CA

Lynda J. Krasenbaum, MSN, ANP-BC; Associate Director, New York Headache Center; New York NY

Theresa Mallick-Searle, MS, RN-BC, ANP-BC; Nurse Practitioner, Pain Management, Stanford Health Care; Redwood City CA and Independent Contractor, Medical Expert Witness on Pain Management and Treatment; Stanford CA

Heather McCoy, DrNP, ANP-BC, CAQH; Clinical Director/Practice Owner, Integrative Headache Care; Scottsdale AZ

Maureen Moriarty, DNP, ANP-BC, FAHS; Graduate Chair, Director and Assistant Professor, DNP and RN/BSN Programs, Malek School of Health Professions, Marymount University; Arlington VA and Adult Nurse Practitioner, Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Hospital; Washington DC

Accreditation

4.0 contact/CE hours will be awarded to those that attend the entire seminar (partial credit is not available) and complete the required evaluations. Certificates will be offered by ACCME, ANCC and AANP, with acceptance of pertinent content by ACNM, AAPA and NAPNAP.
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