One-hour focus sessions are offered throughout the convention.  These sessions cover a broad range of topics related to nursing practice and professional growth. Attend as many as your schedule allows.​

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

• Pharmacology Bootcamp
• Beyond the Bedside: Non-Traditional Nursing Careers
• Impact of Climate Change on Human Health
• Specialty Nursing: Fears, Facts, and Finding Your Place
• Test-Taking Ninja Skills: Mastering Questions Like a Pro
• Smart Questions, Smarter Thinking: Leveraging AI to Strengthen Clinical Reasoning
• Plot Twist: Med-Surg Isn’t What You Think--Busting Myths and Revealing Main Character Energy

Thursday, April 9, 2026

• Terrence Keenan Leadership Lecture: Global Solidarity in Nursing: Leadership to Sustain Hope 
• Beyond the Checkbox: The Significance of SOGI Data in Promoting Patient Safety and Advancing Nursing Practice
• Malpractice Insights: Top Nurse Liability Concerns
• The ABC’s of Neuroassessment: An Introduction to the Neurological Patient Population
• Nurse Licensure Compact: What You Need to Know About Obtaining Your First Multistate License
• From Purpose to Practice: Digital Professionalism and Data Literacy for the Future RN
• The Impact of International Service Learning: Local, Personal, and Professional

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Friday, April 10, 2026

• Caring for the Caregiver: Prioritizing the Mental Health of Nursing Students
• Becoming a Certified Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse (CWOCN)
• Improving Human Milk & Lactation Outcomes: Research, Practice & Policy
• Hidden in Plain Sight: Correctional Nursing as a Pathway to Leadership, Advocacy, and Clinical Excellence
• The Role of Animals in Health Care: From Florence Nightingale to Current Practice

Saturday, April 11, 2026

• Becoming a Confident Candidate: Winning Strategies for Interview Success
• Pathway to Pediatric Nursing
• Build Your Support System: Lasso a Mentor
• Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Nursing Students