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2025 ONA Annual Conference Agenda
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*This agenda is subject to changes.

Wednesday, September 24


 Breakouts-Select one
 7:30 am – 5:30 pm  Registration Open
 7:00 am – 10:00 am  Poster and Exhibitor Set Up
 8:30 am - 9:30 am  Welcome and Opening Remarks
 9:30 am - 10:30 am

 General Session KeynoteTrauma Informed Self Care -Joyce Tow, PhD, APRN-CNP, PMHNP-BC, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB, FAWHONN

 10:30 – 10:45 am              Visit Posters & Exhibitors 
 10:45 - 11:45 am              

 Breakouts-Select one

Breakout 1- Enhancing Caregiver and Patient Safety: A Comprehensive Approach-Jane Nelson, CAE and Vicki White-Rankin

Breakout 2-   Pt. 1- Empowering the Frontline: Integrative Pain Solutions for Today’s Practice-Atul A. Walia, DO

 11:45 am – 1:45 pm  House of Delegates
 1:45 - 2:00 pm                    Visit Posters & Exhibitors
 2:00 - 3:00 pm  Breakouts-Select one

Breakout 3-  Start with Why: Nurse Entrepreneurship in a Full Practice Authority Era-Heidi Linn, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC

Breakout 4- Pt. 2 Empowering the Frontline: Integrative Pain Solutions for Today’s Practice-Atul A. Walia, DO

 3:00 - 3:15 pm                    Visit Posters & Exhibitors 
 3:15 - 4:15 pm                   

 Breakouts-Select one

Breakout 5- Improving Patient Medication Education: A Pathway to Safer Outcomes-Callie Craig, RN, MS, BSN, CNOR

Breakout 6- Leading Across Six Generations: Building Resilient, Inclusive Teams in the Nursing Workforce of Tomorrow-Elizabeth Jeanes, MBA, MSN, RN, NPD-BC

 4:15 - 5:15 pm                     Closing Keynote- Revolutionizing Nursing: Harnessing AI to Transform Education and Practice-Jodi Orm, MSN, RN, CNE and Julie Kelly, DNP, RN, CNE

Thursday, September 25

 7:00 am – 5:00 pm         Registration Desk Open
 7:00 am – 10:00 am  Poster and Exhibitor Set Up
 8:00 – 9:00 am

General Session Keynote-The Resilient Leader: Transforming Nursing Culture through the 5 Voices-

Dena Johnson Martin, RN, MA, ACM-RN

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

 Breakouts-Select one (Student Bootcamp is not eligible for contact hours)

Breakout 1- Healing Leadership: A Trauma-Informed Approach for Nurse Leaders-Shelly Bauer, DNP, RN and Nikki Christian MSN, RN

Breakout 2- An Integrated Approach to Mental Health Care.-Dr. Tasha Preston, DNP, PMHNP-BC, APRN-CNP

Student Bootcamp- Preparing for Licensure Early & Often-A Healthy Dose of Fear-Daniel Behan, RHIA

 10:30 – 11:00 am   Visit Posters & Exhibitors 
 11:00 – 12:00 pm 

Breakouts-Select one (Student Bootcamp is not eligible for contact hours)

Breakout 3- Elevating the Student Nurse Clinical Experience: Research Findings and Solutions!-Heidi Remy, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE 

Breakout 4- Navigating Opening a Practice as an APRN- Candace Herrin, MSN, APRN, FNP-C and Stephanie Kessee, APRN-CNP  

Student Bootcamp-Cardiac Nursing Tips for Students-Heidi Ritchie, PhD, RN

 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  Awards Luncheon
 1:00 – 1:15 pm    Visit Posters & Exhibitors 
 1:15 – 2:15 pm  

 Breakouts-Select one (Student Bootcamp is not eligible for contact hours)

Breakout 5- Leading with Confidence: A Targeted Training Program for Nurse Governance Leaders- Patricia Lohr, DNP, RN, CENP and Amber Cotton, RN

Breakout 6- Wild about Wounds-Elizabeth Carradini, DNP, CWS

Student Bootcamp-Fetal Heart Monitors-Loralee Hamman, BSN, RN-EFMC

 2:15 – 2:30 pm 

 Visit Posters & Exhibitors
 2:30 – 3:30 pm 

Breakouts-Select one (Student Bootcamp is not eligible for contact hours)

Breakout 7-Looking Beyond the Traditional in Creating Academic Partnerships-Kerri Bayer, DNP, MSN, RN-CNL

Breakout 8- Rewriting Integrity: Preparing the Next Generation of Nurses in the Age of AI -Lisa Kelly, MSN, RN

Student Bootcamp- ONSA House of Delegates

 3:30 – 3:45 pm    Visit Posters & Exhibitors 

 3:45 – 4:45 pm 

 Closing General Session- The Oklahoma Center for Nursing- Innovative Solutions for the Future and  Addressing the Nursing Workforce Pipeline: Current State of Oklahoma and Future Opportunities -Tonie Metheny, MSN, RN, CNE,  Patrice Greenawalt, RN, MS, and Whitney Cole, MSN, RN

Continuing Education

“This activity has been submitted to the Wisconsin Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. The Wisconsin Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.” 

Student Bootcamp does not receive Contact hour credits.

Total Contact hours before Posters= 11.0

0.167 of Contact hour credit /poster. Must view and evaluate a minimum of 3 to get credit.

Total Poster contact hours=19 posters x 0.167


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