020: Elevating Excellence: The Evolving Role of the Nurse Practitioner in Skilled and Long-Term Care Settings
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Pharmacology
030: Pharmacology Update
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Acute Care
040: 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 PM
Pharmacology
101: Pain Management & Opioids: A Patient-Centered Approach
Thursday, September 11, 2025
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
110: Industry-Supported Presentation Theater - Sponsored by Salix Pharma
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
141: Industry-Supported Presentation Theater - Supported by Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
142: Industry-Supported Presentation Theater - Supported by Otsuka America Pharmaceutica, Inc.
1:40 PM - 2:40 PM
Acute Care
151: Optimizing Surgical Outcomes for Older Adults: Evidence-Based Strategies
1:40 PM - 2:40 PM
Acute Care
152: 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 PM
Acute Care
161: Game On: Transforming Nurse Practitioner Training with Interactive Learning
2:50 PM - 3:50 PM
Value-Based Care
162: 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 PM
Acute Care
171: Empowering Providers: Your Playbook for Preparing and Protecting Transplant Candidates and Recipients
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Value-Based Care
172: 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 - Supported by Axsome Therapeutics
Friday, September 12, 2025
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
201: Industry-Supported Presentation Theater - Supported by Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
202: Industry-Supported Presentation Theater - Supported by Merck
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
231: Industry-Supported Presentation Theater - Supported by Eisai
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
232: Industry-Supported Presentation Theater - Supported by Smith + Nephew
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Acute Care
241: Awake and Walking ICUs
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Value-Based Care
242: 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 PM
Acute Care
251: CMS New Age-Friendly Hospital Measure: Pivotal Role of Gerontology Advanced Practice Nurses
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Value-Based Care
252: 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: Primary Care Providers Advancing Health Equity and Creating a Culture of Belonging in Older Adults
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Value-Based Care
321: Mastering the Confidence to Engage in Health Policy Advocacy
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Pharmacology
322: 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 PM
Pharmacology
341: Updates in the Management of COPD
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Value-Based Care
342: 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