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Full Schedule

  • Friday, March 20, 2026
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Registration
  • Saturday, March 21, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM CT
    Registration
  • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
    SCRN Review Course *EXTRA FEE REQUIRED TO ATTEND*
  • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
    Stroke Coordinator Bootcamp *EXTRA FEE REQUIRED TO ATTEND*
  • Sunday, March 22, 2026
  • 6:30 AM - 6:00 PM CT
    Registration
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    Welcome and Networking
  • 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Coffee Break with Exhibitors (Sponsored by UCB)
  • 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT
    Non-CE Pop-Up Presentation: Practical Considerations for Once-Daily Extended-Release Therapy (Sponsored by Aucta Pharmaceuticals)
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
    Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Cangrelor Knowledge and Neuroscience Nursing Self-Efficacy
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
    Comprehensive Quality Improvement in Stroke Care: Venous Thromboembolism Prevention and Depression Detection
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
    Standing Strong: Advancing Fall Prevention in Neuroscience Care
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
    Epilepsy Foundation Session: Continuous Quality Improvement: Screening for Barriers to Medication Adherence in Epilepsy
  • 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM CT
    Enhancing Care Coordination to Improve Primary Care follow up and medication adherence among acute stroke patients discharged to home
  • 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM CT
    From Blockage to Breakthrough: Carotid Surgery in an Acute Stroke Unit
  • 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM CT
    Family members’ experiences in a neurological step-down unit
  • 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM CT
    Streamlining Care, Strengthening Teams: Standardizing Triage Protocols and Practices
  • 11:20 AM - 11:50 AM CT
    A Unicorn Amongst Zebras: A Case Study on Navigating Nursing for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML)
  • 11:20 AM - 11:50 AM CT
    Training Over Territory: How Stroke Nurse Selection and Education Maintains Care Standards Across Changing Unit Environments
  • 11:20 AM - 11:50 AM CT
    Roadmap to Success: Optimizing Inpatient Staffing for a Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit to Enhance Patient Safety
  • 11:20 AM - 11:50 AM CT
    The Quiet Storm: Unmasking Nonconvulsive Seizures in Neuro Care
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch with Exhibitors
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Non-CE Lunch Symposium: Targeted Therapy in mIDH Adult-Type Diffuse Glioma (Sponsored by Servier Pharmaceuticals)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
    Opening Speaker: The Making of Medical Heroes: A Story of Hope, Healing, and Teamwork
  • 2:10 PM - 3:10 PM CT
    Pediatric Headache Pearls for APPs
  • 2:10 PM - 3:10 PM CT
    It’s Not Always Black and White When It Comes to Gray Matter: Case Studies on Atypical Stroke Presentation
  • 2:10 PM - 3:10 PM CT
    Paint Your Cortex
  • 2:10 PM - 3:10 PM CT
    Elevating Neuroscience Nursing: Two Hospitals, One Mission - Connecting Insight to Impact Through Collaboration
  • 3:10 PM - 3:40 PM CT
    Break with Exhibits and Posters
  • 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Non-CE Industry Poster Presentation: Safety and Tolerability of GTX-104 (Nimodipine Injection for IV Infusion) Compared with Oral Nimodipine in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Prospective Randomized Trial (Sponsored by Grace Therapeutics)
  • 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM CT
    If Only I Had Known: Real-World Insights From Becoming a NP and a CNS
  • 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM CT
    3D Posterior Fossa Vessels and Confusing Stroke Symptoms
  • 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM CT
    Understanding Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries (BCVI) and the Role Nursing Plays in Improving Patient Outcomes
  • 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM CT
    Secret Weapon Attack or Mass Psychogenic Illness? The Role of Flawed Science, Diplomatic Intrigue, and Media Sensationalism in the Continued Mystery of ‘Havana Syndrome.’
  • 4:50 PM - 5:20 PM CT
    Multimodal Monitoring: A Tiered Approach to aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Management in the Neuro ICU
  • 4:50 PM - 5:20 PM CT
    Mixed Messaging: FAST vs BEFAST
  • 4:50 PM - 5:20 PM CT
    Brain-Eating Ameba: A True Horror Story
  • 4:50 PM - 5:20 PM CT
    The Magic Kingdom of Sleep Medicine: Fun Facts Neuroscience Nurses Must Know about Sleep-Wake Disorders
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM CT
    Opening Reception with Exhibitors and Posters
  • 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM CT
    Non-CE Industry Poster Presentation: Final Results from a Long-Term Open Label Extension Study (Up to 4 Years): Tolerability of Fenfluramine and Global Functioning of Pediatric and Adult Patients with Dravet or Lennox-Gastaut Syndromes (Sponsored by UCB, Inc.)
  • 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Non-CE Product Showcase: Power of Awareness (Sponsored by Alexion)
  • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM CT
    APP Reception (Sponsored by UCB, Inc.)
  • Monday, March 23, 2026
  • 6:30 AM - 5:15 PM CT
    Registration
  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    Early Mobility Protocol Post Intravenous Tenecteplase Administration
  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    Neuroscience Nursing Interventions in Adult Hospitalized Patients with Ischemic Stroke: Findings from a Scoping Review
  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    Art Meets Medicine: Improving Healthcare with Visual Education
  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    Revolutionizing Hospital Education by Developing Your Own Virtual Reality Video as a Training Platform for Clinical Education
  • 8:40 AM - 9:40 AM CT
    Treating Brain Tumors with Lasers? Nursing Considerations for Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT)
  • 8:40 AM - 9:40 AM CT
    Time is Brain in ICH TWO: Expanding ICH Alert Across Stroke Centers
  • 8:40 AM - 9:40 AM CT
    Famous Neuroscience Patients and the Lone Star State
  • 8:40 AM - 9:40 AM CT
    Spines, Brains and Pain Oh My!- Addressing pain in the neuroscience population
  • 9:40 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    Coffee Break with Exhibits (Sponsored by UCB, Inc.)
  • 9:50 AM - 10:05 AM CT
    Non-CE Industry Presentation: Paired VNS™ Therapy in Chronic Stroke Recovery: A Vivistim® Overview. (Sponsored by Mobia)
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    Non-Operative Management of Back Pain
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    Building Confidence and Competence: Empowering Mid-Level Nursing Leaders through Joint Commission Readiness Simulation
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    ABNN Session: Elevating Neuroscience Nursing: The Impact of Certification and Certificate Programs
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    Beyond Motor, Sensory, and Sensation Impairment: Disorders of Perception
  • 11:25 AM - 11:55 AM CT
    The Path to Developing a National Association of Epilepsy Centers-Accredited Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit: Review of Essential Components and Required Processes
  • 11:25 AM - 11:55 AM CT
    Impact of Health-Related Social Needs on Caregiver Burden Among Informal Care Partners of Stroke Survivors
  • 11:25 AM - 11:55 AM CT
    Maximizing Your AANN Membership
  • 11:25 AM - 11:55 AM CT
    (215) How Do We Measure What Acute and Critical Care Neuro Nurses Do?
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch with Exhibits and Posters (Sponsored by Wolters Kluwer and the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing)
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Fifty Shades Darker
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    3D Brain Anatomy in a Nutshell
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    JNN Publishing Session
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Break with Exhibitors and Posters
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    (219) Documentary Screening: Everybody’s Work: Healing What Hurts Us All
  • 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Passport Drawing (Sponsored by UCB, Inc.)
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    A Review of the 2024 McDonald Criteria for Multiple Sclerosis and the 2023 Criteria for Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody Disease
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    From Cradle to Classroom: Uniting Expertise, Elevating Care of Neonatal and Pediatric Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    Running the Race: A Case Study on Moving Forward with Concurrent Diagnosis of Bulbar ALS and CIDP
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    The Future of CPGs and the MD & DBS Practice Parameter
  • 4:40 PM - 5:10 PM CT
    Influencing factors of stroke prenotification in emergency medical service among stroke code patients: A retrospective analysis
  • 4:40 PM - 5:10 PM CT
    Sex, Drugs, and...Stroke?
  • 4:40 PM - 5:10 PM CT
    Bite Sized Brilliance: Leveraging Microlearning to Deliver Neuroscience Nursing Education
  • 4:40 PM - 5:10 PM CT
    Feed Your Mind: Uniting Expertise to Elevate Neuro-Oncology Care Through Interdisciplinary Education
  • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM CT
    Neuro Night Event
  • Tuesday, March 24, 2026
  • 7:45 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Registration
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    A Patient’s Journey with Rare Peripheral Neuropathy: Learning about GBS, CIDP and MMN from the Patients Themselves
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    Concussion Screening in the Trauma Patient
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    New Ischemic Stroke Guidelines
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    Blueprints of Care: The Future of Neuroscience Nursing through Thoughtful Healthcare Design
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (iNPH): Beyond the Wobble
  • 9:10 AM - 9:40 AM CT
    Ensuring Patient Safety in Pediatric Neurosurgery through Advance Practice Provider Daily Checklist
  • 9:10 AM - 9:40 AM CT
    Stroke Squad: The Advantages of a Team-Based Approach in a Regional Neuroscience Service Line
  • 9:10 AM - 9:40 AM CT
    Empowering the 1st Responder: Creation of Structured Seizure Response Roles in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
  • 9:50 AM - 10:20 AM CT
    AANN, ABNN, and JNN Awards
  • 10:20 AM - 11:20 AM CT
    Closing Speaker: I’m Not Limping. That’s Swagger