GNSA Conference

2025 Graduate Nursing Student Academy (GNSA) Conference

Nurses Championing Change Through Innovation, Adaptation, and Trust

Explore opportunities to strengthen your leadership skills, evaluate your career path, and develop tools to sharpen your personal skillsets around innovation, adaptation, and trust. Through this unique lens, this stimulating enrichment experience is offered exclusively for graduate nursing students in Washington, DC and provides a unique forum to connect you with noted nursing experts and peers nationwide.

The 2025 GNSA conference is tailored to meet the professional development needs of nursing students in master’s and doctoral programs (MSN, DNP, and PhD). Registration is open to members of the GNSA, which provides a variety of programs and services to all graduate nursing students at AACN member institutions (click here to join today for free). Join us as we reflect on and navigate the challenges and growth opportunities unique to the graduate student experience, building resilience for professional and academic success. As you prepare to transition into a professional nursing role, conference sessions will provide you with the tools to help excel in your graduate program and propel your nursing career to new heights.

Conference sessions will focus on:

Professional development
Advanced nursing roles
Leadership development
Mentorship
Nursing innovation
Championing change

Who Can Attend

Current master’s, DNP, PhD, or dual degree students.

How to Attend

Join us this August in Washington, DC. The conference sessions will be held at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Learning Center at 655 K Street NW.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the AC Hotel by Marriott Washington DC Convention Center located at 601 K Street NW, which is just a short walk to the learning center. See Hotel & Travel page for more details.

Testimonials

“The GNSA conference provided a safe and nurturing environment to present my first poster. I felt very comfortable, and it was a great way to gain experience!”

“I absolutely loved this conference. I learned so much. The speakers were so informative and kept me engaged. Very inspiring.”

“This was my first nursing leadership conference, and it exceeded my expectations.”

“I met some wonderful leaders from all levels of practice, and I was so impressed with the wealth of information shared.”

“It was very motivational and will guide my doctoral pursuit.”

“I have new techniques and knowledge that I will apply to publishing, social media, and designing educational materials/curriculum.”

“Excellent conference with an exceptional array of nursing speakers who could really speak to all the diversity within nursing.”

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