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Sunday, May 4th
DAY 1 SCHEDULE
- 9:00-9:45 a.m.
Event Registration / Visit with Industry Partners in Vendor Hall
- 9:45-10:00 a.m.
Welcome! Opening Remarks with Deanna Hill, MSN, RNC-NIC, NPD-BC, President, NEANN
- 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Wired for Resilience: The Developing Human Connectome & the B.U.F.F.E.R. Approach in Neonatal Care with Mary Coughlin, MS, NNP, NCC-E of Caring Essentials Collaborative, LLC
- 11:00-11:45 a.m.
Medical Malpractice Strategies to Mitigate Risk in the Neonatal Environment with Michele Koss, JD, MS, RN Danaher Lagnese, PC, Attorneys at Law, Hartford, CT
- 11:45-12:00 p.m.
Umbilical Cord Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Surveillance Testing: Utility and Cost with Alexandra Armstrong, MSN, RN, CCRN of Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
- 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Visit with Industry Partners in Vendor Hall and Platinum Sponsor Highlight
- 1:30-2:00 p.m.
NEANN Business Meeting & Award Ceremony
- 2:00-2:15 p.m.
Neonatal Bootcamp Roadshow: Level 4 NICU Regional Perinatal Center Presents Simulation Programming to Support Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) for Community Hospitals with Cheryl Dunton, MS, RNC-NIC and Mary E. Fay MD, FAAP Medical Director Neonatal ICU and Perinatal Outreach Program, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
- 2:15-4:15 p.m.
Healing the Profession: Addressing Incivility in the Workplace with Megan Flynn, DNP, CNL, RNC-NIC, C-ELBW, NE-BC of Nemours Children’s Hospital, Tampa, Florida
- 4:15-4:30 p.m.
Self-Care Break
- 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Social Hour and Poster Session – Enjoy our Nurses Week Specialty Cocktail!
- 6:45-9:00 p.m.
Sponsored Dinner – Additional registration required - available to the 1st 80 registrants - first come, first serve.
Menu includes steak & salmon. Topic: Alternative Lipids in Pediatrics, Kathleen Crim, MS, RD, LD, CNSC
- 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Poster Session Evening Paint & Sip Event – Additional registration required. REGISTER HERE!
Monday, May 5th
DAY 2 SCHEDULE
- 6:00-7:00 a.m.
Rise & Shine Yoga
- 7:00-8:00 a.m.
Event Registration / Breakfast & Visit with Industry Partners in Vendor Hall
- 8:00-8:15 a.m.
Welcome! Opening Remarks with Deanna Hill, MSN, RNC-NIC, NPD-BC, President, NEANN
- 8:15-9:00 a.m.
Using a Trauma Informed Approach to Share Lessons Learned During My Transition from NICU Professional to NICU Parent with Jessi Barnes, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, NPD-BC, C-ELBW, Neonatal Outreach Coordinator in Emory University, Neonatal Nursing Professional Development Practitioner in Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA
- 9:00-9:45 a.m.
Artificial Intelligence in Neonatology: Friend or Foe? with Kristyn Beam, MD, MPH, Neonatologist in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
- 9:45-10:00 a.m.
What Are We Doing? Navigating Moral Distress and Reframing Our Thoughts About Quality of Life in Neonates with Victoria Sylvestre, MSN, RNC-NIC, CPLC, CHPPN, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
- 10:00-11:15 a.m.
Self-Care Break / Visit with Industry Partners in Vendor Hall / Platinum Sponsor Highlight
- 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Translating Injectable Oxygen from Concept to Clinical Reality with John N. Kheir, MD Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
- 12:00-12:30 p.m.
Outreach Activity – TBD
- 12:30-1:45 p.m.
Lunch and Visit with Industry Partners in Vendor Hall
- 1:45-2:00 p.m.
Improving Resuscitation in the NICU with Stephanie Wild, MSN, RN, Debra LaPlante, RN, Colleen Sullivan, BS, RN, Molly Armstrong, MSN, RN, UMASS Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
- 2:05-2:50 p.m.
Challenges in Neonatal Drug Development: Where are we now? with Paulette Grocki, PharmD, MBA, BCPS Connecticut Children's, Hartford, CT
- 2:50-3:10 p.m.
Recognizing and Treating Neonatal Refeeding Syndrome with Caitlin Bradley, NNP-BC, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital. Boston, CT
- 3:10-3:25 p.m.
Self-Care Break
- 3:25-3:40 p.m.
Reducing Barriers to Lactation Success in High-Risk Populations with Kelly Verenini, RN, CLC, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
- 3:45-4:30 p.m.
Compassion and Connection: Building a Trauma Informed Culture with Jessi Barnes, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, NPD-BC, C-ELBW
- 4:30-4:45 p.m.
Poster, Raffle, & Engagement Awards & Closing Remarks with Deanna Hill, MSN, RNC-NIC, NPD-BC, President, NEANN
Sunday, May 4th
DAY 1 SCHEDULE
- 9:00-9:45 a.m.
Event Registration / Visit with Industry Partners in Vendor Hall
- 9:45-10:00 a.m.
Welcome! Opening Remarks with Deanna Hill, MSN, RNC-NIC, NPD-BC, President, NEANN
- 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Wired for Resilience: The Developing Human Connectome & the B.U.F.F.E.R. Approach in Neonatal Care with Mary Coughlin, MS, NNP, NCC-E of Caring Essentials Collaborative, LLC
- 11:00-11:45 a.m.
Medical Malpractice Strategies to Mitigate Risk in the Neonatal Environment with Michele Koss, JD, MS, RN Danaher Lagnese, PC, Attorneys at Law, Hartford, CT
- 11:45-12:00 p.m.
Umbilical Cord Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Surveillance Testing: Utility and Cost with Alexandra Armstrong, MSN, RN, CCRN of Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
- 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Visit with Industry Partners in Vendor Hall and Platinum Sponsor Highlight
- 1:30-2:00 p.m.
NEANN Meeting & Award Ceremony
- 2:00-2:15 p.m.
Neonatal Bootcamp Roadshow: Level 4 NICU Regional Perinatal Center Presents Simulation Programming to Support Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) for Community Hospitals with Cheryl Dunton, MS, RNC-NIC and Mary E. Fay MD, FAAP Medical Director Neonatal ICU and Perinatal Outreach Program, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
- 2:15-4:15 p.m.
Healing the Profession: Addressing Incivility in the Workplace with Megan Flynn, DNP, CNL, RNC-NIC, C-ELBW, NE-BC of Nemours Children’s Hospital, Tampa, Florida
- 4:15-4:30 p.m.
Self-Care Break
- 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Social Hour and Poster Session – Enjoy our Nurses Week Specialty Cocktail!
- 6:45-9:00 p.m.
Sponsored Dinner – Additional registration required - available to the 1st 80 registrants - first come, first serve.
Menu includes steak & salmon. Topic: Alternative Lipids in Pediatrics, Kathleen Crim, MS, RD, LD, CNSC
- 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Poster Session Evening Paint & Sip Event – Additional registration required. REGISTER HERE!
Monday, May 5th
DAY 2 SCHEDULE
- 6:00-7:00 a.m.
Rise & Shine Yoga
- 7:00-8:00 a.m.
Event Registration / Breakfast & Visit with Industry Partners in Vendor Hall
- 8:00-8:15 a.m.
Welcome! Opening Remarks with Deanna Hill, MSN, RNC-NIC, NPD-BC, President, NEANN
- 8:15-9:00 a.m.
Using a Trauma Informed Approach to Share Lessons Learned During My Transition from NICU Professional to NICU Parent with Jessi Barnes, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, NPD-BC, C-ELBW, Neonatal Outreach Coordinator in Emory University, Neonatal Nursing Professional Development Practitioner in Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA
- 9:00-9:45 a.m.
Artificial Intelligence in Neonatology: Friend or Foe? with Kristyn Beam, MD, MPH, Neonatologist in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
- 9:45-10:00 a.m.
What Are We Doing? Navigating Moral Distress and Reframing Our Thoughts About Quality of Life in Neonates with Victoria Sylvestre, MSN, RNC-NIC, CPLC, CHPPN, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
- 10:00-11:15 a.m.
Self-Care Break / Visit with Industry Partners in Vendor Hall / Platinum Sponsor Highlight
- 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Translating Injectable Oxygen from Concept to Clinical Reality with John N. Kheir, MD Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
- 12:00-12:30 p.m.
Outreach Activity – TBD
- 12:30-1:45 p.m.
Lunch and Visit with Industry Partners in Vendor Hall
- 1:45-2:00 p.m.
Improving Resuscitation in the NICU with Stephanie Wild, MSN, RN, Debra LaPlante, RN, Colleen Sullivan, BS, RN, Molly Armstrong, MSN, RN, UMASS Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
- 2:05-2:50 p.m.
Challenges in Neonatal Drug Development: Where are we now? with Paulette Grocki, PharmD, MBA, BCPS Connecticut Children's, Hartford, CT
- 2:50-3:10 p.m.
Recognizing and Treating Neonatal Refeeding Syndrome with Caitlin Bradley, NNP-BC, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital. Boston, CT
- 3:10-3:25 p.m.
Self-Care Break
- 3:25-3:40 p.m.
Reducing Barriers to Lactation Success in High-Risk Populations with Kelly Verenini, RN, CLC, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
- 3:45-4:30 p.m.
Compassion and Connection: Building a Trauma Informed Culture with Jessi Barnes, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, NPD-BC, C-ELBW
- 4:30-4:45 p.m.
Poster, Raffle, & Engagement Awards & Closing Remarks with Deanna Hill, MSN, RNC-NIC, NPD-BC, President, NEANN
Meet Our Speakers
Meet Our Speakers
Megan Flynn, DNP, RN, CNL, RNC-NIC, C-ELBW, NE-BC
Nemours Children’s Hospital
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL
Jessi Barnes, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, NPD-BC, C-ELBW
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA
Mary Coughlin, MS, NNP, NCC-E
Caring Essentials Collaborative, LLC
Kelly Verenini, RN, CLC
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Boston, MA
Kristyn Beam, MD, MPH
Neonatologist
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Mary E. Fay MD & Cheryl Dunton, MS, RNC-NIC
Albany Medical Center
Albany, NY
Albany, NY
Alexandra Armstrong, MSN, RN, CCRN
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Boston, MA
Caitlin Bradley, NNP-BC, PhD
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Boston, MA
Victoria Sylvestre, MSN, RNC-NIC, CPLC, CHPPN
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT
Michele Koss, JD, MS, RN
Danaher Lagnese, PC, Attorneys at Law
Hartford, CT
Hartford, CT
Paulette Grocki, PharmD, MBA, BCPS
Connecticut Children's
Hartford, CT
Hartford, CT
Stephanie Wild, MSN, RN, Debra LaPlante, RN. Colleen Sullivan, BS, RN & Molly Armstrong, MSN, RN
UMASS Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, MA
Worcester, MA
Stephanie Wild, MSN, RN, Debra LaPlante, RN. Colleen Sullivan, BS, RN & Molly Armstrong, MSN, RN
UMASS Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, MA
Worcester, MA
John N. Kheir, MD
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Meet Our Poster Presenters
Meet Our Poster Presenters
Brittany Bullock, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, CNT, "Milk Drops: Small Drops Make a Big Difference”
Kayla Little, RN, IBCLC, “Improving Rate of Breastmilk Feeding at Discharge at Connecticut Children's NICU West“
Carolyn Bleiler, RN PhD(c), “Implementation of Educational Mini-Sessions to Enhance Nursing Care in the NICU”
Milena Frazer, BSN-RNC, “Optimizing Temperature Regulation in Neonates Transferred for Therapeutic Cooling”
Kayla Alvares, MS, PhD(c), RN, “Triad Bonding Relationship in the NICU: A Conceptual Model”
Vanessa Maisonave, RNC-NIC, “Dive into Learning- NICU Skills Fair”
Corinne Lizotte, BSN, RN, C-NPT, “Intensive Care Nursery Peripheral IV Infiltrate and Extravasation Team”
Kate Tandon, BSN, RN, “Prevention of Plagiocephaly Using Orthotic Devices in the NICU”
Maggie Burnham, BSN, RNC-NIC, C-NPT, NREMT, “Don’t Reinvent the Wheel, Add Traction: Shared Governance Success
Donna Mann MSN, NNP-BC, “Promoting Stewardship of Skin Break Procedures for Preterm Newborns through an Educational Intervention to Increase Awareness of the Consequences of Pain in Early Life and Encourage Speak Up Culture”
Kelsey MarcAurele, BSN, RNC-NIC, “Sibling Support in the NICU”
Alexandra Armstrong, MSN, RN, CCRN, “Feasibility, Reliability and Validity of the Transfer Assessment and Communication Tool in Two Level IV NICUs“
Kayla Little, RN, IBCLC, “Improving Rate of Breastmilk Feeding at Discharge at Connecticut Children's NICU West“
Carolyn Bleiler, RN PhD(c), “Implementation of Educational Mini-Sessions to Enhance Nursing Care in the NICU”
Milena Frazer, BSN-RNC, “Optimizing Temperature Regulation in Neonates Transferred for Therapeutic Cooling”
Kayla Alvares, MS, PhD(c), RN, “Triad Bonding Relationship in the NICU: A Conceptual Model”
Vanessa Maisonave, RNC-NIC, “Dive into Learning- NICU Skills Fair”
Corinne Lizotte, BSN, RN, C-NPT, “Intensive Care Nursery Peripheral IV Infiltrate and Extravasation Team”
Kate Tandon, BSN, RN, “Prevention of Plagiocephaly Using Orthotic Devices in the NICU”
Maggie Burnham, BSN, RNC-NIC, C-NPT, NREMT, “Don’t Reinvent the Wheel, Add Traction: Shared Governance Success
Donna Mann MSN, NNP-BC, “Promoting Stewardship of Skin Break Procedures for Preterm Newborns through an Educational Intervention to Increase Awareness of the Consequences of Pain in Early Life and Encourage Speak Up Culture”
Kelsey MarcAurele, BSN, RNC-NIC, “Sibling Support in the NICU”
Alexandra Armstrong, MSN, RN, CCRN, “Feasibility, Reliability and Validity of the Transfer Assessment and Communication Tool in Two Level IV NICUs“
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