GNAP Agenda

Graduate Nursing Admissions Professionals (GNAP) Conference

Program Agenda

Please note program is subject to change.

April 7

3:00-4:00 p.m.	Registration Open

4:00-4:30 p.m.	Welcome Session Speaker: Scott Ranges, M.Ed., Director of Graduate Admissions, University of South Carolina College of Nursing, GNAP Chair

4:30-5:30 p.m.	Competency-Based Education: Practical Applications in a Graduate Nursing Course Speakers: *Kimberly Wilson, DNP, CRNP, FNP-C and Jill Hobbs*, EdD, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, ACNP-BC, CNE, The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing

6:30-8:00 p.m.	Welcome Reception Join GNAP for a mixer and welcome reception

April 8

8:00-9:00 a.m.	Light Continental Breakfast

9:00-10:00 a.m.	Leading Change and Advancing Graduate Nursing Education in the Era of Artificial Intelligence Speaker: Jing Wang, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Dean and Professor of the Florida State University College of Nursing, and Adjunct Professor in Biomedical Informatics and Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

10:00-10:30 a.m.	Roundtable Discussions: Admissions in the Age of AI

10:30-10:45 a.m.	Break

10:45-11:45 a.m.	Mentoring Nurse Practitioner Students to Support Resiliency and Retention Speaker: Rachael L. Sweeney,* DNP, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC, Nurse Practitioner Program Coordinator, Assistant Clinical Professor, Auburn University College of Nursing*

1:15-1:30 p.m.	Group Photo

1:30-2:30 p.m.	Navigating Success in Higher Education: Mastering Project Management and Travel for Recruitment Excellence Speakers: Cody Hoffman, Assistant Director of Nursing Student Recruitment, Pennsylvania State University and René Hamer, Director of Student Recruitment, University of South Carolina

2:30-3:30 p.m.	Program Session

3:30-4:30 p.m.	Round Table Discussion Topics

6:30 p.m.	Small Group Dinners Members will escort small groups to a variety of local restaurants. Sign-up sheets with information on restaurant choices will be available at the meeting. Guests welcome.

April 9

8:00-9:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast, Awards, & Business

8:00-9:30 a.m.	Membership Meeting & Awards Ceremony AND GNAP Survey Overall & Results Speaker: Vickie Samuel

9:30-10:30 a.m.	Re-Defining Access: A Holistic Approach to Admissions in a Pre-Licensure Graduate Nursing Program in Mississippi Speaker: LaDaryl Watkins, MSN, MPH, RN, FNP-C, Assistant Clinical Professor, Mississippi State University

10:30-10:45 a.m.	Break

10:45-11:45 a.m.	Program Session

11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks Speaker: Scott Ranges, M.Ed., Director of Graduate Admissions, University of South Carolina College of Nursing, GNAP Chair

Continuing Education

Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion at the conclusion of the event.

For questions, contact the AACN Membership Coordinator, Peri Beckerman.

Phone: 202-463-6930 ext. 308 | Email: pbeckerman@aacnnursing.org | Website: www.aacnnursing.org/conferences