Convention Schedule

Thursday, October 22nd

Time:

Location:
Centerplex

8:00 AM- 5:00 PM

Registration

Business Center

8:00 AM- 5:00 PM

Fundraising Room Open

Prefunction space
Centerplex

8:00 AM- 11:00 AM

Delegate Credentialing

Business Center

8:00 AM- 8:45 AM

NEC Office Open

Grand Salon B

8:15 AM- 9:30 AM

Clinical Track Overview/ Med Surg with Keith

Brooks

Magnolia A

8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

First Convention Orientation

Exhibit A in H.O.D.
Room

8:45 AM- 9:30 AM

Candidate Meeting

Magnolia C/D

10:00 AM- 11:00 AM

Focus Sessions:
Pharmacology Made Easy by Sylvia McDonald

Magnolia C/D

"Risk & Compliance Topics Related to Nursing" by Diane Todd

Grand Salon A

Infection Control by Susan Laird

Magnolia A

"Chronic Critical Illness Syndrome (CCIS)"

Magnolia B

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10:30 AM- 11:30 AM

Meet the Candidates

11:00 AM- 12:00 PM

Lunch Break

12:00 PM- 12:15 PM

Roberts Rules of Order Review

12:15 PM- 3:45 PM

Opening House of Delegates

Grand Salon B

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Exhibit A
Exhibit A

Convention Schedule

Thursday, October 22nd

(continued)

4:00 PM- 5:00 PM

Focus Sessions:
"Locating a Role in the Job Market by
Kendra Mullick

Grand Salon A

Test Taking Strategies by Grace Lewis

Magnolia C/D

Fluid Overload: Hurst Reviews Step by Step Approach to

NCLEX Success
NCLEX Path FS: Pharmacology Made Easy

Magnolia A

by Sylvia McDonald

Magnolia B

4:00 PM- 5:30 PM

COSP - Danny Thatch

Room 306

5:00 PM- 5:30 PM

Meet the Candidates

Grand Salon B

5:45 PM- 6:30 PM

Welcome Ceremony Plenary Session

Exhibit A

7:00PM-10:00 PM

Opening Speaker: Linda Streit

Banner Competition and NCLEX Bowl (Team
Spirit)

Exhibit B (Centerplex)

Convention Schedule
Friday, October 23rd
Time:

Location:
Centerplex

8:00 AM- 5:00 PM

Registration Open

Business Center

8:00 AM- 5:30 PM

Fundraising Room Open

Prefunction space

8:00 AM- 10:00 AM

NEC Office Open

Room 303 (entire convention)

8:00 AM- 11:00 AM

NCLEX Path: Mini Review by Hurst

Exhibit A

9:00 AM- 12:00 PM

Faculty: New NCLEX Test Plan

Room 324 (entire convention)

10:00 AM- 1:00 PM

Resumania

Exhibit B

10:00 AM- 3:00 PM

Red Cross Blood Drive/ Be the Match Bone

Marrow Drive

Exhibit B

10:00 AM- 3:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open

Exhibit B

11:00 AM- 12:00 PM

NCLEX Path FS: "Pediatrics" by Keith Brooks

Exhibit A

11:30 AM- 12:45 PM

Faculty Forum: Transition Into Practice: ATI

(Lunch Provided)
Room 324

12:00PM-12:30PM

NEC Candidate Meeting

Room 303

12:30PM-1:00PM

NEC office open

Room 303

12:00PM-1:00PM

Lunch

1:00 PM- 3:30 PM

House of Delegates/

Exhibit A

Convention Schedule
Friday, October 23rd
3:45 PM- 4:45 PM
3:45 PM- 4:45 PM

5:00 PM- 6:00 PM

Clinical Track for Seniors by Keith Brooks

Focus Sessions:
Becoming a CRNA by Stephen Smith

Room 310

Kiss Prep Pharmacology by Shan Nanji

Chronic Critical Illness Syndrome (CCIS)" by Michelle TenhengeldeVille
NCLEX Path FS: "Med Surg Made Insanely Easy" by Sylvia
McDonald

Room 309

Nursing for the Heart" by Stacee Smith, RN, BSN

Room 313

7:30 PM- 10:30 PM

Room 306

Room 306
Room 309

Clinical Track for Juniors by Keith Brooks

Exhibit A

"Choosing your path in Nursing" Dr. Pamela Cook

Room 310

NCLEX Prep: Delegation and Prioritization by Jill Ray

6:15 PM- 7:15 PM

Room 308

Focus Sessions:
"Sex with Sally" by Sally Lehr
"Understaning Labs - From Draw to Panel Results" by Doreen
Wagner

5:00 PM- 6:00 PM

Exhibit A

COSP- Danny Thatch

District Caucuses:

Room 313
Room 308

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North and West

Room 309

East and South

Room 310
Centerplex

Disney Dance Marathon for Children's Miracle Network

Ballroom

Convention Schedule
Saturday, October 24th
Time:

Location:

8:00 AM- 9:30 AM

Registration Open

Business Center

8:00 AM- 6:00 PM

Fundraising Room Open

Prefunction Area

8:00 AM- 9:30 AM

Kaplan NCLEX Test

Exhibit A

8:00 PM- 9:30 PM

Understanding NCLEX Through PassPoint with

Wolters Kluwer

Room 306

9:00 AM- 9:30 AM

NEC Candidate Meeting

Room 303

9:45 AM- 10:10 AM

House of Delegates

Exhibit A

10:15 AM- 12:30 PM

Candidate Speeches and Questions

12:00 PM- 1:00 PM

Lunch Break

12:45 PM- 1:00 PM

COSP Voting

Room 313

1:00 PM- 2:00 PM

Voting- North & South Districts

Room 303

1:00 PM- 2:00 PM

COSP

Room 313

1:00 PM- 2:00 PM

2:00 PM- 3:00 PM

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Exhibit A

Focus Sessions
"Professionalism: Getting Your First RN Job" by Terri Worthey

Room 308

"Transitioning from Graduate to RN" by Christian Jim

Room 310

EKGs by Keith Brooks

Room 309

The Stress Relief from Laughter.Its No Joke! by Doreen

Wagner

Room 306

Voting- East & West Districts

**

Room 303

Convention Schedule
Saturday, October 24th
Time:
2:00 PM- 3:00 PM

3:15 PM- 4:15 PM

Location:
Focus Sessions

Kiss Prep Pharmacology by Shan Nanji

Room 309

"Test Taking Strategies" by Grace Lewis

Room 310

"Sex with Sally"- Sally Lehr

Room 306

"Professionalism: Getting Your First RN Job" by Terri

Worthey

Room 308

Specialty Panel:
Public Health Nursing

Room 306

Diane Durrence, APRN, MSN, MPH

Lauren Cedor RN, BSN
Emergency Room
Keith Brooks, RN, MSN, MBA/HCM, CEN
Critical Care Nursing
Sharon Freeman, RN, BSN
Research Nursing/ Nursing Scientist
Doreen Wagner, PhD, RN, CNOR
3:15 PM- 4:15 PM
4:30 PM- 6:30 PM
6:45 PM- 8:45 PM

GNA Specialty Q&A

House of Delegates

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Closing Ceremonies & Awards Banquet

Speaker: Skip McDonald

*Note that delegates may have alternate scheduling as indicated

by mandatory meetings with asterisks*

Room 309
Exhibit A
Ballroom