Wednesday, September 10, 2025
8:00 AM - 4:30 PMPharmacology010: Gerontological Specialist Certification Exam Review Workshop
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM 020: Essentials for APRNs in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care
12:00 PM - 5:00 PMPharmacology030: Pharmacology Update
12:00 PM - 5:00 PMAcute Care040: The Ultrasound Games: Implementing Ultrasound into a Graduate Nursing Program
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM 100: Industry-Supported Presentation Theater
6:45 PM - 9:00 PMPharmacology101: Pain Management & Opioids: A Patient-Centered Approach
Thursday, September 11, 2025
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM 110: Industry-Supported Presentation Theater
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM 120: President’s Welcome
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM 121: Disaster Preparedness and Crisis Management
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM Grand Opening of Exhibits, Poster Viewing & Coffee Break
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM 130: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Nurse Practitioner Education
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM 140: Industry-Supported Presentation Theater
1:40 PM - 2:40 PMAcute Care151: Optimizing Surgical Outcomes for Older Adults: Evidence-Based Strategies
1:40 PM - 2:40 PMAcute Care152: Frailty and the Use of Abdominal POCUS
1:40 PM - 2:40 PM 153: Insights on How to Drive System-Level Improvement and Increase Early Detection of Dementia
2:50 PM - 3:50 PMAcute Care161: Game On: Transforming Nurse Practitioner Training with Interactive Learning
2:50 PM - 3:50 PMValue-Based Care162: Incorporating a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: Roadmap to Meet the CMS Hospital Measure to Provide Age-Friendly Care
2:50 PM - 3:50 PM 163: Transforming Care: Enhancing Behavioral Health Support in Nursing Facilities
4:00 PM - 5:00 PMAcute Care171: Empowering Providers: Your Playbook for Preparing and Protecting Transplant Candidates and Recipients
4:00 PM - 5:00 PMValue-Based Care172: Identification and Management of Frailty in Elderly Patients
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 173: Medical Marijuana and Pain Management
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Exhibit Coffee Break & Poster Presentations
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM 180: Industry-Supported Presentation Theater
Friday, September 12, 2025
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM 200: Industry-Supported Presentation Theater
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM 210: Exploring GAPNA's Position Statement: Expectations of Advanced Practice Nurses in Addressing Global Climate Change and its Impact on the Physical and Mental Health of Older Adults
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM Exhibit Coffee Break & Poster Presentations
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM 220: Words Matter: Reframing Our Language to Provide Age-Friendly Heath Care
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 230: Industry-Supported Presentation Theater
1:15 PM - 2:15 PMAcute Care241: Awake and Walking ICUs
1:15 PM - 2:15 PMValue-Based Care242: The Importance of the Nurse Practitioner in Value-Based Care Initiatives
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM 243: Increasing Access to Psychiatric Care for Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Exhibit Refreshment Break, Poster Viewing, & Exhibit Hall Prize Drawings
3:15 PM - 4:15 PMAcute Care251: CMS New Age-Friendly Hospital Measure: Pivotal Role of Gerontology Advanced Practice Nurses
3:15 PM - 4:15 PMValue-Based Care252: The New GUIDE Program: A Leap Forward in Dementia Care
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM 253: Suicide Prevention in Older Adults
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM 260: GAPNA Gallery
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM 270: Industry-Supported Presentation Theater
Saturday, September 13, 2025
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM 300: Membership Meeting/Awards Breakfast
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM 310: Leading Diversity, Equality, Inclusion, and Belonging in Healthcare Primary Care Providers Serving Older Adults
10:30 AM - 12:30 PMValue-Based Care321: Mastering the Confidence to Engage in Health Policy Advocacy
10:30 AM - 12:30 PMPharmacology322: Updates in Geriatric Pharmacotherapy: A Broad Review of UTI, BPH, UI, CKD, CHF, and DM
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM 323: Project Podium Presentations (6 total presentations)
11:45 AM - 1:30 PM 330: Industry-Supported Presentation Theater
1:45 PM - 2:45 PMPharmacology341: Updates in the Management of COPD
1:45 PM - 2:45 PMValue-Based Care342: NP-Led Clinics and Value-Based Care
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM 343: Reading Radiology Studies
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM 350: Caring for the Mind: Addressing Mental Health Needs in Geriatric Patients