Bayhealth to Host Delaware Coalition of Nurse Practitioners Fall Conference

Bayhealth will host the Delaware Coalition of Nurse Practitioners (DCNP) Fall CE Conference on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at the PCOM Simulation Center at Bayhealth Kent Campus at 640 S. State Street, Dover. The conference is for nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner students.

The 2nd annual conference will include a panel discussion with practice owners focused on their experiences starting their own practice. The conference will cover a wide range of clinical topics. Exhibitors will also be onsite representing pharmaceutical companies and other organizations of interest to Delaware nurse practitioners.

The live event offers unique opportunities to engage in clinically relevant continuing education, network with colleagues from across the state, interact with industry exhibitors to learn about new products and services, and support your state’s NP association.

Registration fees include anticipated continuing education credits* (including pharmacology) and breakfast and lunch. The cost for DCNP full members is $130, for nonmember NPs is $185, DCNP student members is $80 and nonmember NP students is $130. See the DCNP website for additional registration tiers. Register by Aug. 19 for an early bird discount of $10 off registration fees. Consider joining DCNP to receive the discounted rates and enjoy a 12-month membership.

Here is the schedule of events:

7 am -7:45 am: Registration, continental breakfast, exhibitors

7:45 am-8:15 am: Welcome. Keynote address AANP District 3 Director Colleen Leners, DNP, FNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP

8:15-9 am: Embark on Your Journey Starting and Running Your Own Medical Practice, Mbwidiffu Dibal, FNP-C

9 am-10 am: Navigating Digital Health Technology: Key Updates for Nurse Practitioners and Patients, Susan Conaty Buck, DNP, MFA, APRN, FNP-C, FAANP

10 am-10:30 am: Break, exhibitors

10:30-11:30 am: Outpatient Management of Headaches, Lillia Villarin, MD

11:30 am -12:30 pm: NP Practice Owners Panel, Caren Coffy McCormick, PMHCNS-BC and Nadine Lindsey, DNP, APRN, FNP

12:30-1:30 pm: Lunch, visit with exhibitors

1:30-2:30 pm: Pharmacologic Approaches to Non-Insulin Management of Type 2 Diabetes Cameron Golden, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM

2:30-3:30 pm: I Have an Itch, Tracy Estes, PHD, DNP, FNP

3:30 pm-3:45 pm: Break, visit with exhibitors

3:45 pm-4:45 pm: Heart Failure Craig Laing, MSN, ANP-BC

*Application for CE credits will be made to AANP; award is pending. Anticipated award is 7.0 CEs including pharmacology credits.

Visit DCNPweb.enpnetwork.com/contact to register for the event. Visit Bayhealth.org to learn more about the location.