Five more days to register for the 17th Annual Conference, Nov 1-2 in Novi. Sessions: Weight Loss, Deprescribing, Sepsis, Alzheimer's Disease Therapy, Chronic Pain procedures, Tardive Dyskinesia, & Normalizing Hospice care

Join 80 other colleagues on Saturday November 2nd for an outstanding day of networking, evidence-bases sessions, product theatres and exhibitors.
 (We are sorry to report November 1st, Friday Members Night only has reached capacity.  There is a waitlist).

To register, click on the event link on the front page of this website. 

“This activity is approved for 6.00 contact hour(s) of continuing education (which includes 2.0 hour(s) of pharmacology) by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners®. Activity ID# 24106922. This activity was planned in accordance with AANP Accreditation Standards and Policies.”

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Friday November 1, 2024

5.30pm Registration

6.00pm Dinner Product Theatre 

Sponsored:  Wayne State University College of Nursing
                              (B.R.I.D.G.E grant)

 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Cologuard
 Rachel M. Harris, MHA, MPA
 Healthcare Market Development Leader
 Exact Sciences Corporation

7.00pm Weight Loss Options in the Older Population

Angela Donovan DNP, ANP-BC

Saturday November 2, 2024

6.30-7.00am Registration
(Breakfast 6:30-8:00am)

7:15- 7:45 

Stephanie Hall, Assistant Director of Planning and Advocacy
AgeWays Nonprofit Senior Services (formerly Area Agency on Aging)

Cynthera McNeil, WSU GWEP Grant Update 

7:45-8:15 am 

Posters and vendors (30 minutes)

8:15 - 8:30 am   Welcome and Introduction

8:30 - 9:30 am   Deprescribing in the Older Adult: Breaking up is hard enough Rx

                             Jason Hecht PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM

9:30 – 10:30 am   Be a Sepsis Superhero

                               Sue Sirianni RN, DNP, ACNP-BC, ANP-BC

10:30 – 11:00 am Posters and vendors (30 minutes)

11:00 – 12 noon   Alzheimer’s Disease Amyloid-Targeting Monoclonal Antibodies Rx

                                Kevin T. Foley MD, FACP, AGSF

12:00 – 12:30 pm Posters and vendors (30 minutes)

12:30 – 1:05 pm    Luncheon sponsored by Great Lakes Chapter
                                Product Theatre sponsored by: Otsuka Pharmaceutical
                                Clinical Perspectives:  REXULTI® (brexpiprazole) for Agitation 
                                Associated with Dementia due to Alzheimer's Disease

1:05 – 2:05 pm     Overview of Tardive Dyskinesia Differential Diagnoses 

                                Jamie Hamill DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
                                Clinical Practice Liaison, Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. 

2:05 – 3:05 pm   Interventional Procedures for Chronic Pain in the Geriatric Population

                              Michelle Miller NP-C & Tracy Olson ANP-BC

3:05 – 3:15 pm   Break

3:15 – 4:15 pm   Normalizing Hospice Care: the right care at the right time Rx

                              Harold Dalton DNP, ANP-BC, ACHPN, GS-C

4.15-4.30 pm      Drawing, poster Winners, Wrap up