Agenda
Identifying the Barriers and Facilitators to Including Gender-Affirming Care (GAC) in BC Nurse Practitioner practice Maria K. Villaluna
Advancing Nurse Practitioner Research and Leadership: Development of a Research Community of Practice through the role of Nurse Practitioner (NP) Clinician Scientist Sarah Colgan
NP Leadership Organization in one BC Health Authority J. Graham McLean How Analytic Decisions Shape Consensus Outcomes in Modified Delphi Methods: Implications for Nurse Practitioner Practice Marlo Salum Nourishing the Nurse Practitioner Through Group Coaching: Empower, Transform & Inspire Tracy Brown HAdapting the Schmitt-Thompson Clear Triage System for Fraser Health UPCCs: A Standardized Approach to Urgent Care Triage Michael Tantongco Bringing Conservative Kidney Management to a Northern Remote Community: Early Implementation of a CKM Pathway in the Northwest Territories Marlo Salum
Enhancing Pediatric Clinical Exposure for Family All-Ages Nurse Practitioner Students Through a Structured Multi-Preceptor Placement Model Ashley Mowatt and Laurie Graham
Introduction of the NP Role into Specialized Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU) Services Evelyn Craig
Understanding the Experiences of Younger Men with Recurrent Acute Coronary Syndrome: An Interpretive Descriptive Study Nancy Clark
Nurse Practitioner Led Practice Initiative to Improve Feeding Tube Care in the Complex Care Setting Paul Kaups
Advancing Integrated Pain Care Through Development of a Novel NP Position Lucy Doan
Blood Inequities: How Historical Narratives Shape the Dismissal of Black Pain in Clinical Care Noelle Leon-Palmer Served Appetizers and Cash Bar. "Working Through It": Women's Experiences of Perimenopause and Menopause in the Workplace Roberta Heale
Integration of the Nurse Practitioner Role in Critical Care: Shannon Pillay
Wound Management Mary Beresford
Supporting Internationally Educated Nurse Practitioners: A Transition-to-Practice Framework for Nova Scotia Health Terrilee O'Connell Lyme Infection Canada to Europe Lenora Brace
Cultivating Trauma-Informed POCUS Care in Rural Indigenous Communities Through NP Allyship Jaime Piner
Transforming Cardiac Rehab: The Emerging NP Role in REDUCE-IT Carolyn Jacobs
Collaborative NP and Coordinator Model Enhances Stroke Care Quality Meggie Guinan
Enhancing Clinical Confidence Through Nurse Practitioner Residency Training Jen Buck
Healthcare Wasn't Designed for This Level of Complexity: Listening to Care at the Intersection of Spine Deformity and Substance Use Michael Gartner
Integration of the Nurse Practitioner Role in Critical Care Shannon Pillay-Bedi
Implementing an Adult Care Nurse Practitioner-Led Morbidity and Mortality Review on a Non-Teaching Internal Medicine Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative Marineh Carapetian
Nurse Practitioners in home-based care models for people with advancing dementia: A scoping review Emily Norcliffe
Exploring Nurse Practitioner-Led Group Health Visits as an Access Point for Diabetes Care: A Feasibility Study of Unattached Patients in PEI Lindsay Metzger
Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in Adults 65+ Through NP-Led Quality Improvement Initiatives Stacy Lillington
Annual Reporting of NP Contributions to Provincial Patient Care: Where's the data? Mary Ellen Labrecque
Equitable, Timely Infant Feeding Support: The NP-IBCLC Model Sheila MacKinnon
Opening Remarks & Welcomes
Keynote: NPAC / NPANS Leadership
Concurrent Session: Teaching Clinical Judgment - Using AI Simulations in NP Education
Concurrent Session: Asthma Management in Primary Care
Acadia ABC
Concurrent Session: Developing a Case Report for Publication: Overcoming the Imposter Syndrome
Annapolis
Concurrent Session: Factors that Influence Nurse Practitioner Wellness
Sable CD
Concurrent Session: Waves of Wisdom: Retired Nurse Practitioners Are Shaping a New Era of NP Mentorship
Concurrent Session: Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility: An Online Course to Support Prescribers in System-Level Change
Acadia ABC
Concurrent Session: Red Eye: Simplified Approach, Pearls, & Medico-Legal Pitfalls
Sable CD
Poster Presentations
Symposium Lunch
NPAC Fellows Induction Ceremony
Federal & Provincial Government Address
Panel Discussion: Culturally Competent Healthcare
Workshop: Developing a National Plan for Specialty Education for Nurse Practitioners in Canada
Annapolis
Concurrent Session: Developing a Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Added Value of Nurse Practitioners
Concurrent Session: A Quick and Dirty on the Quick and Dirty: STI Update
Sable CD
Concurrent Session: Beyond Documentation: How AI Scribes Are Impacting Nurse Practitioners
Acadia ABC
Poster Presentations
Concurrent Session: First to Recognize. First to Respond - Child Maltreatment in Primary Care
Concurrent Session: Novel Treatments for Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Guide to Ketamine and rTMS for Nurse Practitioners
Acadia ABC
Poster Presentations
Concurrent Session: From Complex to Clear: A Step-by-Step Approach to Informed Decision-Making & Goals of Care Discussions for Frail Adults with Life Limiting Illness
Concurrent Session: Advancing Inclusive Care for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth: Clinical Approaches for Nurse Practitioners
Annapolis
Concurrent Session: Strengthening NP Supply Through a Grow-Your-Own Strategy: Updating the Nurse Practitioner Education Incentive (NPEI) Program
Acadia ABC
Poster Presentations
Concurrent Session: Managing Long Covid: An Opportunity for NPs to Lead
Concurrent Session: Enhancing Nurse Practitioner Clinical Confidence Through Technology-Enabled Interprofessional Collaboration
Sable CD
Concurrent Session: Gender Affirming Care in the Primary Care Setting
Acadia ABC
Concurrent Session: NP-Led Primary Care: Alberta's Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Program
Annapolis
Evening Social
Nova Scotia Ballroom Foyer
Keynote: Rewriting the Map
Concurrent Session: Teaching and learning activities that promote critical thinking in NP students
Concurrent Session: A Way Forward in Women's Health: How Canadian Nurse Practitioners Utilize a New Narrative To Reframe Women's Health in the Context of Workforce Burnout
Acadia ABC
Workshop: Language in Healthcare: How Words Define, Limit and Liberate Us
Annapolis
Concurrent Session: Primary care access and the NP's role: An environmental scan of relevant policy
Concurrent Session: Beyond the frontline: Nurse Practitioners as System-Level Medical Leaders
Sable CD
Concurrent Session: The Black Bag 2.0: Real-Time Diagnostics and Virtual Care Anywhere, for Everyone
Acadia ABC
Poster Presentations
Concurrent Session: Leading the development of a new NP curriculum and adopting a digital platform to track clinical progress and for proactive readiness for future accreditation and regulatory approval
Concurrent Session: Evidence-informed update on concussion management in children and youth
Acadia ABC
Concurrent Session: Nurse Practitioner Recruitment and Retention: Findings from the Pan-Canadian Study
Sable CD
Poster Presentations
Concurrent Session: Nurse Practitioner Leadership Experiences across Canada
Concurrent Session: Developing Neurology Expertise in Advanced Practice: The Vancouver Coastal Health Stroke NP Fellowship as a Scalable Model for Specialized Neurology Training
Annapolis
Concurrent Session: The Learning Escape: Boosting Student Clinical Reasoning One Puzzle at a Time
Sable CD
Concurrent Session: Using AI to Strengthen Rural NP Training: Enhanced Case Learning and Personalized Feedback
Acadia ABC
Poster Presentations
Concurrent Session: From Harm to Healing: Nurse Practitioner Innovation in Addiction Medicine and Hepatitis C Care
Concurrent Session: Screening for Health Related Social Needs in Primary Care
Acadia ABC
Concurrent Session: SEA the Difference: Unlocking the Potential of NP Leadership in Clinical Informatics
Sable CD
Poster Presentations
Workshop: Assessment, Diagnosis and Management of ADHD in children, youth and adults
Annapolis
Concurrent Sessions: Implementation of Nurse Practitioner Transition-to-Practice Supports in a Provincial Health Authority
Concurrent Sessions: Cannabis, Complexity, and Care: Insights from a NP's PhD Journey into BPSD Management for Dementia Behaviour
Acadia ABC
Concurrent Sessions: Mapping the Adult Comfort Promise & Implementing pain care for gynecological procedures
Sable CD
Poster Presentations
Concurrent Sessions: Nurse Practitioners Advancing the Quintuple Aim
Concurrent Sessions: Exploring Job Satisfaction Among Primary Care Nurse Practitioners in Atlantic Canada: Insights from the Literature and Directions for Mixed-Methods Research
Sable CD
Concurrent Sessions: Serious Illness Conversations with People Living with Dementia: A Relationship-Centred Approach for Nurse Practitioners
Acadia ABC
Concurrent Sessions: The Added Value of Primary Healthcare Nurse Practitioners in Caring for Vulnerable Populations: An Exemplar in Refugee and Asylum Seeker Clinics in Québec
Annapolis
Conference Dates
April 10 and 11, 2026
7:00 am - 5:00 pm AST
Location
Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel
1919 Upper Water Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3J 3J5
Questions?
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