Fall 2025 On-Demand National Neonatal Nurses Conference
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Register
- Non-member - $670
- Member - $510
This conference package includes access to main conference recordings from our Fall 2025 National Conference in Arlington, Virginia and includes 48.5 ANCC NCPD contact hours.
Intended Audience: All neonatal nurses
NCC Codes: Nurses that are NCC-certified will find coding provided by NCC for NNP, NIC, NNIC, and LRN core competency areas and noted on individual sessions.
Learning Outcome: Learners will increase their knowledge of current information related to the technical, medical, and nursing aspects of neonatal care
Release Date: 9/3/2025
Expiration Date: 7/31/2027
Disclosures: No person with the potential to influence the content of this activity has declared a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible* company. Any exceptions to this disclosure are noted below.
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
The Academy of Neonatal Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Provider, Academy of Neonatal Nursing, approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP 6261
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
September 5, 2025
Did You Make It In Time? A Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Escape Experience
Helen Nation DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, C-NPTBilateral Congenital Dacryocystoceles Causing Respiratory Distress and Feeding Difficulties in a Term Infant
Sheron Wagner DNP, APRN NNP-BCNNETS: An Innovative Approach to Improving NICU Nurse Competency and Neonatal Care in Low-Resource Countries
Sheron Wagner DNP, APRN NNP-BCIntended Audience: All neonatal nurses
ANCC NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1.0
NCC Codes: NNP5, NIC4, LRN5, MNN4, OB6
Learning Outcome: Learners will increase their knowledge of current information related to the technical, medical, and nursing aspects of neonatal care.
Release Date: 9/5/2025
Expiration Date: 7/31/2027
Disclosures: No person with the potential to influence the content of this activity has declared a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible* company. Any exceptions to this disclosure are noted below.
Click Here for Accreditation Information, Requirements for earning CNE contact hours, and Disclaimer.
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Helen Nation, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, C-NPT
Sheron Wagner, DNP, APRN NNP-BC
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
September 5, 2025
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Preceptors; Where are you?
Jennifer Humphries NCCImproving Administration of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit
Angela Bachicha DNP APRN NNP-BCDevelopment of the Vanderbilt Children’s NICU Bridge to Home Program: Enhancing Continuity of Care for Neonates
Julia Peredo DNP, NNP-BCIntended Audience: All neonatal nurses
ANCC NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1.0
NCC Codes: NNP5, NIC4, LRN5, MNN4, OB6
Learning Outcome: Learners will increase their knowledge of current information related to the technical, medical, and nursing aspects of neonatal care.
Release Date: 9/5/2025
Expiration Date: 9/30/2028
Disclosures: No person with the potential to influence the content of this activity has declared a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible* company. Any exceptions to this disclosure are noted below.
Click Here for Accreditation Information, Requirements for earning CNE contact hours, and Disclaimer.
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Jennifer Humphries, DNP, CRNP, NNP-BC
Angela Bachicha, DNP APRN NNP-BC
Julia Peredo, DNP, NNP-BC
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
September 5, 2025
Reducing Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections Using a Frontline Staff-driven Approach
Johanna Young RN, CCRNKnowing More Than the ABCs to Promote Safe Infant Sleep Practices
Stephanie Abbu DNP, RN, CNML, REC-CNursing Interventions to Prevent Skin Injury in Periviable Infants
Alicia Friedman MSN,RNIntended Audience: All neonatal nurses
ANCC NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1.0
NCC Codes: NNP5, NIC4, LRN5, MNN4, OB6
Learning Outcome: Learners will increase their knowledge of current information related to the technical, medical, and nursing aspects of neonatal care.
Release Date: 9/5/2025
Expiration Date: 7/31/2027
Disclosures: No person with the potential to influence the content of this activity has declared a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible* company. Any exceptions to this disclosure are noted below.
Click Here for Accreditation Information, Requirements for earning CNE contact hours, and Disclaimer.
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Johanna Young, RN, CCRN
Stephanie Abbu, DNP, RN, CNML, REC-C
Manager, Neonatal Services, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
Alicia Friedman, MSN,RN
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
September 5, 2027
The NICU is Hard: A Parent's Perspective
Melanie Dyszel MSN, RN, RNC-NICFrom Sim Labs to Scoreboards: Elevating NICU Education with Gamification
Tara Wood DNP, CRNP, NNP-BCThe Silent Struggle: Restoring Mental Wellness for NICU Nurses
Tara Wood DNP, CRNP, NNP-BCIntended Audience: All neonatal nurses
ANCC NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1.0
NCC Codes: NNP5, NIC4, LRN5, MNN4, OB6
Learning Outcome: Learners will increase their knowledge of current information related to the technical, medical, and nursing aspects of neonatal care.
Release Date: 9/5/2025
Expiration Date: 7/31/2027
Disclosures: No person with the potential to influence the content of this activity has declared a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible* company. Any exceptions to this disclosure are noted below.
Click Here for Accreditation Information, Requirements for earning CNE contact hours, and Disclaimer.
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Melanie Dyszel, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC
Tara Wood, DNP, CRNP, NNP-BC
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
September 4, 2025
Intended Audience: All neonatal nurses
ANCC NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1.0
NCC Codes: NNP5, NIC4, LRN5
Learning Outcome: Learners will increase their knowledge of the interrelatedness of neonatology and biomedical ethics.
Release Date: 9/4/2025
Expiration Date: 7/31/2027
Disclosures: No person with the potential to influence the content of this activity has declared a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible* company. Any exceptions to this disclosure are noted below.
Click Here for Accreditation Information, Requirements for earning CNE contact hours, and Disclaimer.
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Peter Murray, MD, MSM, MABE, FAAP, HEC-C
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of NeonatologyCo-Chair, Ethics Committee, UVA Health
University of Virginia school of Medicine
Dr. Peter Murray completed his neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship on a biomedical ethics track at Yale University, where he studied the permissibility of unilateral decision-making. Following his clinical fellowship, Dr. Murray pursued a biomedical ethics fellowship at Harvard University while also serving as an attending neonatologist at Tufts University. He came to UVA in 2018 and worked as an ethics scholar through the Center for Health Humanities and Ethics to create an online resource for neonatal nurses to increase their biomedical ethics knowledge. He will complete his MA in Bioethics in the Summer of 2025 with a thesis focused on moral distress in neonatal nurses and neonatologists. He is co-chair of the Ethics Committee for UVA Health and an ethics consultant.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
Presentation Date: 9/6/2025 Location: Regency Ballroom
Intended Audience: All neonatal nurses.
ANCC NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1.0
NCC Codes: NNP5, NIC4, LRN5, MNN4, OB6, ONQS28
Learning Outcome: Learners will increase their understanding of the root causes of health disparities in neonatal care and what health equity looks like for our patients.
Release Date: 9/6/2025
Expiration Date: 07/31/2027
Requirements for Completion: Participants must be registered for the conference, attend at least 90% of each session, and complete evaluations to earn ANCC NCPD contact hours.
Disclosures: No person with the potential to influence the content of this activity has declared a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible* company. Any exceptions to this disclosure are noted below.
Click Here for Accreditation Information, Requirements for earning ANCC NCPD contact hours, and Disclaimer.
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Track: NN, AP, MB
Keywords: Disparities, equity, quality, racism
Francesca Okolie, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Dr. Francesca Okolie is a neonatologist at University of Maryland Medical Center. She is a graduate of the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program at New York Presbyterian-Columbia University Medical Center and moved to Baltimore at the completion of training. She received her BA in History from Boston University and a Master of Public Health degree from Columbia University before matriculating into Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine. After graduation, she moved north for pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, where she decided to pursue a career in neonatology. As a trainee, Dr. Okolie developed quality improvement initiatives to increase caregiver empowerment, engagement and support in the NICU, while conducting scholarly work that focused on racial disparities in preterm birth and maternal presentation.
As UMMC faculty she has continues to engage in similar QI efforts and health disparities research. Currently, investigating the role of doula care for black women and doula integration into the healthcare system. She serves as co-director of the UMMC NICU Multidisciplinary Patient Safety Review Committee, Vice Chair of the University of Maryland School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Council for Inclusion and is a faculty leader in their unit’s Respiratory Care Collaborative. -
Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
Presentation Date: 9/6/2025 Location: Regency Ballroom
Intended Audience: All neonatal nurses.
ANCC NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1.0
NCC Codes: NNP5, NIC4, LRN5, MNN4
Learning Outcome: Learners will increase their ability to improve professionalism within the neonatal nursing context.
Release Date: 9/6/2025
Expiration Date: 07/31/2027
Requirements for Completion: Participants must be registered for the conference, attend at least 90% of each session, and complete evaluations to earn ANCC NCPD contact hours.
Disclosures: No person with the potential to influence the content of this activity has declared a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible* company. Any exceptions to this disclosure are noted below.
Click Here for Accreditation Information, Requirements for earning ANCC NCPD contact hours, and Disclaimer.
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Track: NN, AP, MB
Keywords: professionalism, neonatal nursing, unprofessional behavior
Patricia McMullen, PhD, JD, WHNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
Dean Emerita -Conway School of Nursing
The Catholic University of America
Dr. McMullen practices as and educator, certified women’s health nurse practitioner and attorney. She holds BSN and MS degrees from the University of MD, a Juris Doctor, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree She has held faculty positions at several universities, and has worked clinically at Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore City Health Department, and in private practice. She is a Distinguished Practitioner of the American Academies of Practice, a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She has presented numerous workshops, authored of a number of research and practice-based articles and texts. and co-authored a text Telephone Triage for Obstetrics & Gynecology (3rd ed.).
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
Presentation Date: 9/6/2025 Location: Regency Ballroom
Intended Audience: All neonatal nurses.
ANCC NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1.0
NCC Codes: NNP5, NIC4, LRN5, MNN4, OB6
Learning Outcome: Learners will increase their knowledge regarding the importance and components of cultural competency, select practices during pregnancy, and the relationship between cultural competency and patient outcomes.
Release Date: 9/6/2025
Expiration Date: 07/31/2027
Requirements for Completion: Participants must be registered for the conference, attend at least 90% of each session, and complete evaluations to earn ANCC NCPD contact hours.
Disclosures: No person with the potential to influence the content of this activity has declared a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible* company. Any exceptions to this disclosure are noted below.
Click Here for Accreditation Information, Requirements for earning ANCC NCPD contact hours, and Disclaimer.
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Track: NN, AP, MB
Keywords: Cultural competency, Health outcomes, Health disparities, Customs, Behaviors
Pamela Smith-Beatty, MSN, APRN-BC
Health Care Consultant
Beatty Consulting LLC
Pam Smith-Beatty has been a nurse for 44 years and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner for 34 years. She served in the United States Air Force for 22 years, Veterans Health Administration for 11 years, and health care/IT consultant for 10 years. Finally, her favorite work experiences included the Newborn Nursery, Postpartum, and Labor/Delivery units, most recently at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
Presentation Date: 9/5/2025 Location: Regency C (ABCD & CTR)
Intended Audience: All neonatal nurses.
ANCC NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1.0
NCC Codes: NNP1, NIC1, LRN2, MNN3, OB5, ELBW7, NNIC20, NPT27
Learning Outcome: Learners will increase their knowledge of core neonatal lab values and the principles of thermoregulation.
Release Date: 9/5/2025
Expiration Date: 07/31/2027
Requirements for Completion: Participants must be registered for the conference, attend at least 90% of each session, and complete evaluations to earn ANCC NCPD contact hours.
Disclosures: No person with the potential to influence the content of this activity has declared a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible* company. Any exceptions to this disclosure are noted below.
Click Here for Accreditation Information, Requirements for earning ANCC NCPD contact hours, and Disclaimer.
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Track: NN
Keywords: Lab, thermoregulation, electrolytes, bilirubin
Nikki Brown, MS, CRNP, NNP-BC
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner/Neonatal Transport Manager
University of Maryland Medical Center/ Maryland Regional Neonatal Transport Program
Nikki Brown is a neonatal nurse practitioner at the University of Maryland Medical Center, and a clinical program manager for the Maryland Regional Neonatal Transport Program. She obtained her BSN in 2002 and MSN in 2005 from the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She has provided education through various programs, including the Maryland Neonatal Nurses Consortium, N.R.P., S.T.A.B.L.E., and ELNEC. In 2008 she joined the transport team, and became one of the program's managers in 2022, with a primary focus on education and community outreach. Her other passion is neonatal palliative care. She continues to work clinically in the NICU and also as a transport NP, and is proud to be celebrating her 23rd year caring for tiny patients.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
Presentation Date: 9/5/2025 Location: Potomac VI
Intended Audience: All neonatal nurses.
ANCC NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1 | Rx=.50
NCC Codes: NNP4, NIC3, LRN4, ELBW7, NNIC20
Learning Outcome: Learners will identify the benefits of post-operative epidural analgesia in neonates and infants including the use of chloroprocaine epidurals for post-operative analgesia in NICU patients.
Release Date: 9/5/2025
Expiration Date: 07/31/2027
Requirements for Completion: Participants must be registered for the conference, attend at least 90% of each session, and complete evaluations to earn ANCC NCPD contact hours.
Disclosures: No person with the potential to influence the content of this activity has declared a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible* company. Any exceptions to this disclosure are noted below.
Click Here for Accreditation Information, Requirements for earning ANCC NCPD contact hours, and Disclaimer.
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Track: NN
Keywords: Epidural, Chloroprocaine, NICU, pain, analgesia
Amy Garman, DNP, NNP-BC, IBCLC
Advanced Practice Provider Team Lead, Neonatology
Children's National Hospital
Amy Garman is a doctoral prepared neonatal nurse practitioner who has worked in neonatology for over twenty years. For the last fifteen years she has served in multiple roles in the Level IV NICU at Children’s National Hospital. She leads a number of multidisciplinary quality improvement projects and currently serves as the team leader for the Advanced Practice Provider Team Lead for Neonatology.