​Focus Sessions
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.

Here’s a sample list of sessions:

Wednesday, April 12
1:30pm - 2:30pm/4:00pm - 5:00pm

  • Securing your Dream Job by Crafting a Career Pathway and Personal Brand
  • The Joy of Oncology Nursing
  • Nephrology Nursing: Unlimited Options
  • Lions and Tigers and Clinical Judgement, Oh My! Building your Skill Set
  • Primary Health Care Behind the Walls: Nursing in a Correctional Facility
  • Nurse Licensure Compact: Licensing Without the Hassle
  • Health Policy: Why it Matters for Your Patients and Your Profession
  • DKMS Bone Marrow Registry

Thursday, April 13     
3:15pm- 4:15 pm/ 4:30pm - 5:30pm   
  • Students: Lend Me Your Brains: Let's Get Critical
  • Ambassador in Action: Learn about the "All of Us" Researcher Program 
  • The ABCs of Neuro Assessment: An Introduction to the Neurological Patient Population
  • Crossing the Finish Line: Test-Taking Strategies for Passing the Your Licensure Exam
  • From Flight Suits to Scrubs: Emergency Nursing Careers & Specialty Certification
  • Errors Happen! Eye-opening Malpractice Case Studies
  • Finding the Right Nursing Journal to Jumpstart Your Career 
  • Being Bold: Economics, Technology, and Conservation the Keys to Advancing the Global Nursing Agenda 
  • Human Milk & Lactation: Translation Research into Practice and Policy ​
  • Your License to Practice
  • An Overview of LGBTQ+ Healthcare: The Role of the Student Nurse
  • Revitalizing State Associations Workshop

Friday, April 14       
3:30pm-4:30pm/4:45pm-5:45pm          

  • Hacking the Interview Process
  • Nursing School's Best Kept Secret
  • Overcoming Obstacles for Test Success
  • Emergency Nursing and You  
  • Pharmacology Made Insanely Easy
  • Next Generation NCLEX - We Have Lift-Off! - Sponsored by NCSBN
  • Climate for Health: Ambassador Action Session
  • Health Literacy 101- Identifying Patients at Risk for Low Health Literacy and Medication Management
  • Advancing Your Career: There are No Limits

Saturday, April 15   
1:30pm-2:30pm/3:45pm-4:45pm
  • Art and Science Marketing Yourself​
  • Give Every Kid a Shot at Life: Global Vaccine Advocacy Training 
  • Volunteer to Save a Life: Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution​
  • Environmental Health and Nursing: Opportunities for Schools of Nursing, Nursing Students and Early Career Professionals

Saturday Special Sessions
  • Emergency Nursing New-To-Practice Panel Presented by ENA
  • Mental Health First Aid: Be The Difference