Schedule

Please note that the schedule-at-a-glance is current as of April 9, 2025, and is listed in Central Standard Time (local to Austin). 

Wednesday, Sept. 10

3 - 5 p.m.
Registration Open

Thursday, Sept. 11

7 a.m. - 7 p.m.   
Registration Open

9 - 11 a.m.
Pre-Convention Workshops*

11:15 a.m. - Noon 
Convention Orientation Session and Networking

12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
CMSRN Certificant Reception (Invitation only)

12:15 - 1:15 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 Leaks
    Polly Gerber Zimmermann, RN-BC, MS, MBA, CEN, ONC, FAEN
  • "Be a Leader," They Said. "It Will Be Fun," They Said.
    Beth Kessler, MSN, NE-BC

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

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

  • How a Clinical Nurse Specialist Lead 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

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, MSN, APRN, AP-PMN, CMSRN
  • Leveraging Virtual Nursing for Effective Pain Reassessment
    Ashley McMahon, BSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC

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

Friday, Sept. 12

7 a.m. - 5 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 Shepherd 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 Hospial 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

2 - 3 p.m.
General Session: AMSN Founders Award

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
    Evangeline Galizio, RN, BSN, 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

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. 13

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
    Devorah Overbay, EdD, RN

Rapid Fire Sessions: Evidence-Based Practice

  • Patient-Centered Fall Prevention: A Quasi-Experimental Approach to Hospital Education Programming
    Ashley Perry, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CMSRN
  • C. Differently: Overcoming C. Difficile's Challenges for Better Patient Outcomes
    Imraan Khan, MPH, BSN, RN-BC, and Shannon Browne

Rapid Fire Sessions: Nursing Leadership

  • Legislative Advocacy in Medical-Surgical Nursing: We Are the Voice
    Michael Urton, DNP, APRN, AGCNS, APRN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, and Patricia West, DNP, MSN, CMSRN, PCCN, CEN, NEA-BC
  • Empowering Nurses: Peer Leadership in Documentation Standardization for Compliance
    Felicia Moran, BSN, RN, and Megan Willmott, MPH

10:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Morning Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall

11 a.m. - Noon
Concurrent Sessions

  • The Importance of Certification in Virtual Acute-Care Nursing: Insights From the First Year of CAVRN
    Emily Schmidt BSN, RN, CAVRN, SANE, and Hannie Yu, MSN, RN, CMSRN, NPD-BC
  • Bridging the Abyss: Neurophysiology of Trauma-Informed Psychiatric Care by Medical-Surgical Nurses
    Daniel Medlock, DNP PMHMP-BC, LPC, CSAC

Rapid Fire Sessions: Novel Approaches to Safety

  • Near-Misses, Big Wins: The SAFE Guardian Approach to Patient Safety
    Joan Dacanay, MSN, RN-BC, and Faith Granroth, MSN, RN
  • Strengthening Skill Acquisition and Confidence of New Nurses Through an Innovative Orientation Model
    Brittany Dorton, MSN, RN, NPD-BC

Rapid Fire Sessions: Practical Considerations for Nurses

  • Down to the Last Drop: Preventing Medication Errors in Intravenous Antibiotic Infusions
    Helen Grace Baldo, MBA, MSN, BSC, RN, CMSRN, SCRN, and Asli Cinar, MSN, BSN, BS Psychology, RN, MEDSURG-BC
  • On the Edge: Are You Practicing Outside Your Scope?
    Laura Johnson, MSN, CMSRN, NPD-BC, and Punitha Wilson, DNP, RN, GERO-BC

Noon - 1:30 p.m.   
Lunch With Exhibitors, Poster Viewing, and Passport to Prizes Drawing

1:45 - 2:45 p.m. 
Concurrent Sessions

  • The Journey of an Accredited Multi-State Medical-Surgical RN Residency Program
    Camille Ashley, MSN, RN, and Julianne Luttrell, MS, RN, CNL, NPD-BC
  • Leading the Shift to Acute Care: Safeguarding Post-Thrombolytic Patient Outcomes
    Brian Ace Mones, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, CMSRN, MEDSURG-BC

Rapid Fire Sessions: Falls

  • Injury Falls and SWAT You Can Do About It
    Micah Kidd, MSN, RN, AGCSN-BC, PCCN, CMSRN, and Kelsey Miller, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, OCN
  • Team Inclusion for Fall Prevention
    Amy Graves MSN, RN, and Sue Powers, MSN, RN

Rapid Fire Sessions: Universal Safety Strategies

  • High Risk, High Care: Proactive Rounding to Safeguard Patients
    Sydney Cohen, BSN,RN, MEDSURG-BC
  • Mitigating Workplace Violence Using a Three-Phased Approach
    Toyna Moyse, MSN, RN

3 - 4 p.m.   
Closing Session: AMSN Town Hall: Medical-Surgical Nurses as Relational Leaders
Alissa Brown, MSN, RN, CMSRN, NPD-BC, and Mark Lee, MS, BSN, RN-BC, CMSRN

*Additional registration required