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120 Years of TNA Agenda

Check out what we have planned October 2nd - 4th below!

Thursday, October 2

7:00 am 5:30pm Registration Open
7:00 am – 10:00 am Exhibitor Set Up
8:00 am  9:00 am Breakfast with the Candidates and Welcome
9:00 am  10:00 am General Session Why the Professional Identity of Nursing Matters- Nelda Godfrey, PhD,  ACNS-BC, RN, FAAN, ANEF
10:00 am – 10:30 am Visit Exhibitors 
10:30 am  11:30 am

General Session – A Tennessee State of Mind: The Changing Public Health Landscape-Tobi Adeyeye Amosun, MD, FAAP

    11:30 am – 1:30 pm Working Lunch-Membership Assembly
    1:30 pm 2:00 pm Visit Exhibitors 
    2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Breakouts -Select one.
    • Breakout 1  Frontline Staff Impact on Patient Experience-Tiffany K. Street, DNP, ACNP-BC, FAANP
    • Breakout 2 – The Role of the Tennessee Access to Care Coalition in Seeking Full Practice Authority-Laura Reed, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, FNAP and Mark Miller, DNP APRN-BC
    3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Visit Exhibitors
    3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Breakouts – Select one.
    • Breakout 3 – TN Nurse Workplace Violence and Well-Being: Engaging Elected Officials -Florence Weierbach, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN, Kendrea Todt, PhD, RN, CNE, CNEcl, Teresa Carnevale PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC, Kimberly Ferguson DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, and Hannah Shipp, BSN, RN, CCRN, PCCN, SCRN, PhD student
    • Breakout 4 – Crescere Aude: Elevating Excellence, Inspiring Leadership, and Shaping Tomorrow-Daphny Peneza, DNP, RN, CNOR, CSSM, FAORN
    4:15 pm – 5:15 pm

    General Session  Conversation on Policy-Garrett Johnson, TNA Lobbyist and Ron Gant, TN State Representative

    5:30 pm – 6:30 pm PAC Ice Cream Reception 

    Friday, October 3

      Exhibits – Available all day
    7:00 am 5:00pm Registration Desk Open
    7:00 am – 8:00 am Breakfast with Exhibitors
    8:00 am  9:00 am

    Membership Assembly

    9:00 am  9:30 am Visit Exhibitors
    9:30 am – 10:30 am

    General Session  Advocating for Change: Nurses in Healthcare Policy-Tonya Moore, PhD, RN

    10:30 am  11:00 am Visit Exhibitors
    11:00 am – 12:00 pm Breakouts  Select one.
    • Breakout 5  Building Interprofessional Teams That Lead. Not Follow. -Monika Do, DNP, AGNP/PMHNP, FACC
    • Breakout 6  8 Minutes in Their Shoes: How Immersive Simulation Increases Empathy for Patients with Dementia-Ginger Fowler, MSN, RN, CMSRN, NPD-BC, DNP(c)
        12:00 pm  1:00 pm Lunch PAC (live auction)
        1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Breakouts Select one.
        • Breakout 7   Nursing Advocacy for Wellbeing in Our Profession and Practice-Elizabeth Card, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CPAN, CCRP, FASPAN, FAAN (Panel)
        • Breakout 8  Project Inspire: Integrating Nurse Scientists and Practice to Implement Research Engagement (INSPIRE )-Kristen Montgomery, PhD, CNM and Florence Weierbach, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN
        2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Breakouts  Select one.
        • Breakout 9  Closing the Academic-Practice Gap: VR Simulation for Effective De-escalation Training in Nursing-Michele Marbet, PhD, RN, CNEn
        • Breakout 10  Catching the Wave of Nurse Residency All Across Tennessee-Cherese Brooks, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CMSRN and Ferrol Thomas, DNP, RN
        3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Visit Exhibitors
        3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

        General Session  Angela Beddoe, CEO of the ANA Enterprise 

         7:00 pm  TNA 120th Anniversary Celebration and Awards**Ticketed event not included in Conference Registration**

        Saturday, October 4

        7:00 am 12:00pm Registration Open
        7:00 am – 8:00 am Breakfast with Exhibitors
        8:00 am  9:00 am General Session – The Role of the Nurse in Healthcare Quality-Kimberly Scully, MBA, BSN, RN, CPHQ, Jennifer Ramsey, BSN, RN, MBA, CPHQ, and Cindy Smith, RN, BSN, MBA/HCA, CPHQ
        9:00 am  10:00 am General Session – Poster Presentations


        10:00 am – 10:15 am Visit Exhibitors and Breakdown 
        10:15 am  11:15 am Breakouts Select one.
        • Breakout 1  Tennessee Association of Healthcare Quality
        • Breakout 2 Tennessee Student Nurses Association TSNA Agenda 
        • Breakout 3  Tennessee Board of Nursing and the Tennessee Center for Nursing Advancement-Sherry Richardson and Jennifer Hitt
        11:15 am – 12:15 pm General Session – Whitecoat Technologies, Inc.
        12:15 pm 1:30 pm Closing Luncheon – Board Election Results 
        1:45 pm – 5:00 pm

        Tennessee Association of Healthcare Quality Sessions
        Tennessee Student Nurses Association Sessions


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