2025 MN NACNS Annual Fall Conference
Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan Community and Education Center
2800 10th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Friday, October 3, 2025 at 7:00am CT - 5:00pm CT
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Credits Offered
This event offers
7.0 CE credits
to attendees
(2.5 pharmacology)
.
Accreditation Info:
M Health Fairview ANCC.
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Additional Information
NEW this year: Networking Social Hour Event the evening prior to the conference. RSVP Here!
We are so excited to see you at this event that will be held at the Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan Community and Education Center.
On-site street and ramp parking are available for a fee. If choosing the ramp (preferred), please park in the Purple Ramp, go to the 3rd level skyway, and follow signs to the MacMillan Center.
Complimentary drinks will be provided the morning of the conference from Minneapolis Coffee Cart.
Please refrain from attending within 10 days after (i) testing positive for COVID-19 (ii) exposure to any person who has a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19, or if not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 have returned from international travel within 5 days per CDC guidelines.
Event Agenda
2025 MN NACNS Annual Fall Conference
Event Agenda
Friday, October 3, 2025 at 7:00am CT - 5:00pm CT
All times listed in
Central Time (US & Canada).
Download event agenda (PDF)
Friday, October 3, 2025
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7:00am - 7:30am
Registration | Networking | Coffee
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7:30am - 8:00am
All Member Meeting - Quarter 4 - Annual Business Meeting
2025 MN NACNS President | Emily Stelter, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC
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8:00am - 8:05am
MN NACNS Fall Conference Kick-Off
2025 MN NACNS Conference Planning Committee Chair | Jenn Ferrier, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, NC-BC
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8:05am - 8:10am
Welcome: President of MN NACNS
2025 MN NACNS President | Emily Stelter, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC
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8:10am - 9:10am
Keynote Speaker: AI & Collaboration
Dr. Robin Austin: Empowered to Transform: One Voice, Ethical Practice, and the Future of AI in Nursing
1.0 CE Credit -
9:10am - 9:30am
Break | Poster Viewing
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9:30am - 10:30am
Pharmacology: Genomics
Dr. Eric Matey: Blue Genes: Establishment of a Pharmacogenetics Testing Program to Broadly Address Mental Health Outcomes
1.0 CE Credit -
10:30am - 11:00am
Nursing Sphere: Research, Dissemination, and Publishing and Academic Practice Partnerships
Empowering Nurses through Collaborative Knowledge Sharing: Using Internal Resources to Promote Quality Improvement and Dissemination | Brandy Kozitza, DNP, APRN, CNS Academic Practice Partnerships | Sonja Meiers, Ph. D., AGCNS-BC, FAAN
1.0 CE Credit -
11:30am - 11:40am
Presenting of the Mary Fran Tracy Award
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11:40am - 12:40pm
Lunch | Poster Viewing
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12:40pm - 1:40pm
Pharmacology: Pharmacologic Trends
Dr. Taylor Hill: High Stakes, High Cholesterol, and Hypersensitivity: A Modern Pharmacology Story
1.0 CE Credit -
1:40pm - 2:40pm
Wellness
Dr. Amit Sood: Wellness: How to Get More Mileage From Your Brain
1.0 CE Credit -
2:40pm - 2:55pm
Break | Poster Viewing
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2:55pm - 3:45pm
Organization and Nursing Sphere: Behaviorial Health Standards in the Emergency Department and Grow Your Own CRN to CNS Role
Creating Standardized Guidelines for the Emergency Department Behavioral Health Population | Jolene Tietz, APRN, CNS and Janet Finley, APRN, CNS Grow Your Own CNS | Christina Gallup, APRN, CNS and Shauna Schad, APRN, CNS
1.0 CE Credit -
3:45pm - 4:35pm
Systems Sphere: Heart Failure Pharmacology and Chronic Heart Failure Assessment and Management Program
Lisa Smith, APRN, CNS, CHFN: Updates in Heart Failure Pharmacology and Overview of MHI Chronic Heart Failure Assessment and Management Program (CHAMP)
1.0 CE Credit -
4:35pm - 4:45pm
Closing Remarks - Evaluations
Handouts
Biosketches for all of the presenters for the fall conference