Schedule-at-a-Glance

Please note that the schedule-at-a-glance is current as of March 31, 2026, and is listed in Pacific Daylight Time (local to Palm Springs). 

Wednesday, Sept. 23

2 - 5 p.m. Registration Open
3:30 - 5 p.m. Pre-Convention Workshops*

Thursday, Sept. 

7 a.m. - 7 p.m.                 Registration Open                                                        
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Sponsored Breakfast Program
8:30 - 9 a.m. Convention Orientation Session and Networking
9:15 - 10 a.m. Opening Ceremony
10 - 11 a.m. Opening Keynote
11:15 - 11:45 a.m. Breakout Sessions
11:45 a.m. - Noon Break
Noon - 12:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. CMSRN Certificant Reception (Invitation Only)
12:30 - 2 p.m. Attendee Lunch on Own
   
   
   
   
   

1:30 - 3 p.m.
Opening Ceremony and Opening Keynote: I'm Not Limping. That's Swagger!
Kelsey Tanish, CSP

3 - 3:15 p.m.
Coffee Break

3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions 

  • What Is Wrong With This Picture? Unfolding Scenarios of Lawsuits to Identify Practice Lacks
    Polly Gerber Zimmermann, RN-BC, MS, MBA, CEN, ONC, FAEN
  • "Be a Leader," They Said. "It Will Be Fun," They Said.
    Beth Kessler, MSN, NEBC

Rapid Fire Sessions: Interprofessional Collaboration

  • Enhancing CAUTI Prevention With a Multidisciplinary Framework
    Julie Daniels, MSN, RN, and Kelly O'Dell, MSN, RN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, CMSRN
  • Sweet Success: Using Nurse Champions to Lower Sugar Lows After Surgery
    Ann Marie Hasse, MSN, RN, BC-ADM, CDCES, CDTC, HWNC-BC, HN-BC, and Imraan Khan, MPH, BSN, RN-BC

Rapid Fire Sessions: Quality Improvement

  • Utilization of a Close Observation Unit: Improving the Care of Delirious and High Fall Risk Patients
    Joseph Acord, CMSRN, and Patrick Griffith, BSN, RN, CMSRN
  • Implementing a "Mobility First" Culture to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries
    William Roettger, RN, MSN, and Brandi Rowcliffe, PCA

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

  • How a Clinical Nurse Specialist Led a Team to Create an AI Assisted Tracheostomy ID Sheet
    Marla Mach, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC
  • Updating the AMSN Staffing Statement — Task Force Research and Recommendations
    Monica van der zee, BSN, RN, CMSRN, Marie Mullins, BSN, RN, CMSRN and DeLaura Padovan, BSN, RN, CMSRN

Rapid Fire Sessions: Leadership Best Practices

  • Refining the Discharge Lounge: A Quality Improvement Plan
    Camille Parsee, DNP, RN, NE-BC
  • Nursing Scorecards: Providing Direction and Accountability for Your Team
    Elizabeth Billiar, MSN, RN, CMSRN, and Patricia West, DNP, MSN, CMSRN, PCCN, CEN, NEA-BC

Rapid Fire Sessions: Innovative Pain Management Strategies

  • Evidence-Based Multimodal Pain Management and Early Mobilization in Fracture Care: Joined at the Hip
    Donna Mangruen, DNP, APRN, ACNS, CMSRN, AP-PMN
  • Leveraging Virtual Nursing for Effective Pain Reassessment
    Ashley McMahon, BSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC

5:30 - 7 p.m.
Grand Opening Rodeo Reception in Exhibit Hall and Poster Viewing

Friday, Sept. 25

7 a.m. - 4 p.m. 
Registration Open

7:30 - 9 a.m. 
Committee and Chapter Leadership Breakfast (Invitation Only)

8 - 9 a.m.
Exhibit Hall Open With Breakfast
Poster Viewing With Presenters

9:15 - 10:45 a.m. 
General Session: AMSN and AACN Partnership Panel — Stronger Together: Building Bridges Between Critical Care and Medical-Surgical Nurses

10:45 - 11:30 a.m. 
Morning Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 
Concurrent Sessions

  • Clinical Practice Update: Evidence-Based Screening and Assessment for Female Urinary Incontinence
    Kristi Campoe, PhD, RN, CMSRN, CPHQ, sMBA 
  • Multitasking Mayhem: Priority Pursuit
    Angela Carter, MSN, RN, CLC, Carol Hooven-Ormandy, MSN, RN, CMSRN, and  Sarah Spradlin, BSN, RN

Rapid Fire Sessions: Interprofessional Collaboration

  • Pre-Emptive Ethics: Creating Individualized, Adaptive Plans of Care for Patients With Disabilities
    Megan Hayes, RN,  CMSRN, and Alexandria Kemp, MS Bioethics
  • An Interdisciplinary Approach to Address Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in a Hospital Setting
    Rebekah Warner, RN, BSN 

Rapid Fire Sessions: Care of Special Populations

  • Palliative Care Needs of Older Patients With Stroke: A Scoping Review
    Ergie Inocian, EdD, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNOR
  • Making a Difference: The Inpatient Heart Failure Nurse Navigator Program Success Story
    Melissa Glasstetter, BSN, RN, PCCN, and Wendy Panagos, MSN, RN, PCCN

12:30 - 1:45 p.m. 
Lunch With Exhibitors and Poster Viewing

  • 1:10 p.m - 1:30 p.m. Product Theater Session: Improving Nursing Workflows with Wearable Remote Patient Monitoring
    • Sponsored by Medtronic

2 - 3 p.m.
AMSN Founders Award — Evidence-based Practice & Nurse Well-being: The Dynamic Duo for Improving Healthcare Quality, Safety & Costs
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN

3 - 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Snack Break in the Exhibit Hall

3:45- 4:45 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

  • Addressing Workplace Violence: It Take a Team
    Brenda Byrne, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CMSRN and Tammy Leon, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, PMH-BC
  • Defying Gravity: A Multipronged Fall Prevention Program
    Jessica DeMaio, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNML, and Laurie Gattinella, MSN, MBA, RN, CNML

Rapid Fire Sessions: Clinical Practice

  • Continuing to C. Differently
    Justine Moore, MSN, RM, VA-BC, CPHQ, and Ashly Vorio, MSN, RN, CPHQ
  • "Oh CRUDD!" Standardized Acronym for Indwelling Urinary Catheter Assessment
    Emma Kramer, BSN, RN, and Cynthia Purcell, DNP, RN, CMSRN, CNE

Rapid Fire Sessions: Professional Development

  • Improving Patient Experience: A Skills Lab For New Graduate Nurses
    Elizabeth Capobianco, MS, MEDSURG-BC, NPD-BC
  • Enhancing Clinical Preparedness With Virtual Reality Simulations for New Graduate Nurses
    Danita Broussard, MSN, RN, and Shannon Henfield, MBA, MSN-Ed, BS, RN, NPD-BC, MEDSURG-BC

Saturday, Sept. 26

6:45 - 8 a.m.   
AMSN Morning Walking Club

8 - 9 a.m.   
Exhibit Hall Open With Breakfast
Poster Viewing With Presenters

8 a.m. - Noon
Registration Open

9:15 - 10:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions

  • Extravasation With Non-Antineoplastic Vesicants: Reducing the Risk of Patient Harm
    Barb Nickel, APRN-CNS, CCRN, CRNI
  • Remote Surveillance Nurse Helps Identify and Manage Sepsis on Medical-Surgical Units
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