2025 NANNPU Educational Conference: Sustainability and Innovation in Practice: The Nurse Practitioners Role in Global Health

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Thursday, October 2, 2025

• 7:00am - 8:30am

  Registration/Breakfast /Vendor/Exhibition set up

• 8:30am - 9:00am

  Poster Session 1

  Courtney Graham-Hicks, DNP, RN, & Florence Uzuegbunam, DNP, APRN, FNP-C

  The efficacy of nurse-led Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) programs in enhancing patient outcomes.

• 8:30am - 9:00am

  Poster Session 2

  Christie Acho, DNP, APRN, CNP, FNP-C, EBP-C

  Using the Medical Mission Model to Address the Health Needs of the Rural Population in Nigeria.

• 8:30am - 9:00am

  Poster Session 3

  Ifiok Akpan, DNP, MS, FNP-C, PGDPA

  Contraceptive Implant Referral in Primary Care: Improving counseling Strategies to Increase Acceptance Among Young Women.

• 8:30am - 9:00am

  Poster Session 4

  Ifeoma Awaka, DNP APRN FNP-BC

  Low Back Pain Guidelines: Continuing Education Initiative for Nurse Practitioners.

• 8:30am - 9:00am

  Poster Session 5

  Grace Akpan, DNP, MS-FNP – BC, RN

  Protect Your Clients: Immunization schedule for the Young and Old Adult

• 8:30am - 9:00am

  Poster Session 9

  Chioma Ogunedo RN, DNP.

  Integrating holistic care models in Mental health clinics.

• 8:30am - 9:00am

  Poster Session 10

  Ngozi Welle DNP

  Improving Wait Time for Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients from External Referral to initial Breast Specialist Consultation in the Multi-disciplinary Clinic.

• 8:30am - 9:00am

  Lung Cancer Screening and Education: Empowering Nurse Practitioners to Improve Early Detection and Outcomes.

  Sandra Sandoval, MSN, FNP-BC

• 9:00am - 10:00am

  Perspectives for Primary Care and Psychiatric Providers in Perioperative Medicine.

  Dr. Ekaete Lawal, DNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC

• 10:05am - 11:05am

  Colorectal Cancer is preventable and curable with Early Screening, Detection and Treatment Interventions.

  Lilian Ndukwe DNP-PMHNP, FNP-C, MSN- ADMIN, BSN-PHN, RN

• 11:10am - 12:10pm

  The Nurse Practitioner as a change agent in early detection and screening for breast and cervical cancer.

  Chioma Ogunedo RN, DNP.

• 12:10pm - 1:10pm

  Lunch/ Exhibition/Product Theater

• 1:10pm - 2:10pm

  HIV Update: Current Strategies in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

  Marlene Taylor, PA-C

• 2:15pm - 3:15pm

  Gynecologic Infections and Benign Conditions in Primary Care: A Practical Update for Frontline Providers.

  Ishola Adeyemo, MD

• 3:15pm - 3:30pm

  Break/Exhibition

• 3:30pm - 4:30pm

  Know Yourself to Heal Others: Self-Awareness and Emotional Resilience in Healthcare.

  Rev. Sr. Gertrude O. Bassey, SFCC, Ph.D/MD, APN

• 4:35pm - 5:35pm

  Empowering Nurse Practitioners in Outpatient Stewardship: Optimizing Antibiotic Use for Common Infectious Syndromes.

  Biju Tharian Pharm D

• 5:40pm - 6:40pm

  Modalities in Cardiac Imaging.

  Veronica E Francois- Kydd, DNP, FNP-BC, RN

• 6:45pm - 7:45pm

  Amniotic Membrane Allografts: Advancing Sustainable Wound Care Solutions in Chronic Wound Management.

  Cynthia Okoro, MD

• 7:45pm - 8:45pm

  Dinner/ Exhibition/Product Theater

• 8:45pm - 9:45pm

  Joint Leadership Meeting

Friday, October 3, 2025

• 7:00am - 8:00am

  Breakfast/Exhibition/Product Theater

• 8:00am - 9:00am

  Suturing, Splinting/Casting

  Christie Acho, DNP, APRN, CNP, FNP-C, EBP-C

• 9:05am - 9:10am

  Welcome Address by NANNPU National President.

  Ifiok Akpan DNP, MS, FNP-C, PGDPA

• 9:10am - 10:10am

  Keynote Address- Sustainability and Innovation in Practice: The Nurse Practitioner’s Role in Global Health.

  Chinyere Anyaogu, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG

• 10:15am - 11:15am

  Addressing the Challenges of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Management in Resource-Limited Settings

  Moro Salifu, MD, MBA, MPH, MACP

• 11:15am - 11:25am

  Break/Exhibition /Posters

• 11:25am - 12:25pm

  Prescribing Safely: Avoiding Malpractice and Litigation.

  Wendy Wright DNP, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP

• 12:25pm - 1:25pm

  Lunch/Exhibition/Product Theater

• 1:25pm - 2:25pm

  Managing Insomnia Across the Lifespan: Latest Treatment Options.

  Wendy Wright DNP, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP

• 2:30pm - 3:30pm

  Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technologies and the challenges of Personalized Healthcare Diagnosis.

  Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Sebastian Udoh, Ph.D.

• 3:35pm - 4:35pm

  Antibiotic Update 2025: A Focus on Respiratory Infections.

  Wendy Wright DNP, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP

• 4:40pm - 5:40pm

  Updates in Diabetes Care 2025: A Focus on Treatment Options.

  Wendy Wright DNP, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP

• 5:40pm - 5:50pm

  Break/Exhibition/Posters

• 5:50pm - 6:50pm

  Evaluating Hypoglycemia Risk Scores in Infants of Gestational Diabetic Mothers: Predicting the Need for Intravenous Dextrose Therapy.

  Echezona Maduekwe, MD

• 6:50pm - 7:50pm

  Dinner

• 7:50pm - 8:50pm

  NANNPU General meeting

Saturday, October 4, 2025

• 7:00am - 8:00am

  Breakfast/Exhibition/Product Theater

• 8:00am - 8:05am

  Welcome Address by Education Chairperson

  Grace Akpan- DNP, MS FNP-BC, RN

• 8:05am - 9:05am

  Pulmonary Embolism: The Great Impostor – A Nurse Practitioner’s Perspective.

  Dr. Anthony Umoh, MD, FSHM

• 9:10am - 10:10am

  mproving Hypertension Control and Cardiovascular Health: Urgent Call to Action for Primary Care Providers.

  Dr. Nikolaos Migias, MD

• 10:10am - 10:20am

  Break/ Exhibition/Posters

• 10:20am - 11:20am

  Multimodal Cancer Pain Management: A Holistic Approach for Nurse Practitioners.

  Jennifer Mary Cushman, MD

• 11:25am - 12:25pm

  Managing Acute Respiratory Distress in Urgent and Primary Care: From Wheeze to Worry.

  Dr. Binu Kuriakose, MD

• 12:25pm - 1:25pm

  Lunch/ Product Theater

• 1:25pm - 2:25pm

  Beyond the Basics: Advances in Early Detection and Risk Stratification of Colorectal Cancer.

  Ofem Ajah, MD.

• 2:30pm - 3:30pm

  Preventative Care in Primary Care: A Comprehensive Approach.

  Ankit Shah, M.B.B.S., FNP-C

• 3:35pm - 4:35pm

  Innovations in Perioperative Care: A collaboration between Anesthesiologists and Nurse Practitioners.

  Dr. Chukwuma Nwagboso, MD

• 4:40pm - 5:40pm

  Differential Diagnosis: Unmasking Depression and Anxiety in Complex Presentations.

  Dr. Nkiruka J. Iloh MD

• 5:40pm - 5:45pm

  Closing Remark

  Dr. Linda Imoh (Founder)

• 5:45pm - 6:00pm

  Picture Taking

• 7:00pm - 8:00pm

  Cocktail

• 8:00pm - 11:59pm

  Gala Night

  Gala Night ends at 2AM

Sunday, October 5, 2025

• 12:00am - 2:00am

  Gala Night ends at 2AM