The National Conference for Nurse Practitioners (NCNP) is sponsored by Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, and is part of the platform of the publication, The Nurse Practitioner Journal. Each year, our conference committee works diligently to surpass the quality, content, and expectations of the previous meeting. Our 2010 conference is no exception – not only have we planned timely concurrent sessions, but our exhibits, educational content, and poster presentations are more lively and cutting-edge than ever before. Upon reviewing this program, I think you'll agree that this year's NCNP is one of the most informative programs available to those involved in advanced practice nursing for primary and acute care.

Program Goals and Objectives

The purpose of the National Conference for Nurse Practitioners is to offer interactive tutorials, presentations, and practical workshops that promote clinical excellence and improve the quality of care that health care practitioners provide. By attending this conference and participating in the educational sessions, you’ll be able to:

• Consult with experts in primary and acute care as well as clinical subspecialties
• Discuss issues related to family, adult, pediatric, geriatric, women’s health, legal, and mental health, in both the primary and acute care settings.
• Develop your assessment and clinical management skills in hands-on and skill-building workshops.
• Evaluate current and new treatment methods and pharmacologic therapies.
• Identify issues that affect advanced practice, including reimbursement, malpractice, clinical practice guidelines, and using the latest technologies in the industry.

We also encourage you to share your research findings as well as your tips, tricks, techniques and expertise as a presenter in our poster session. Display details of your clinical innovations and give colleagues information they can take home and apply in their work settings. Poster guidelines can be downloaded from this page (see column on right).

Provider Accreditation

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), publisher of The Nurse Practitioner journal, will award up to 22.5 contact hours for this continuing nursing education activity.

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749 for 22.5 contact hours. LWW is also an approved provider by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN 00012278), District of Columbia, Florida #FBN2454, and Iowa #75. Your certificate is valid in all states.

Pharmacology Credit
There are many sessions with significant pharmacology content, and up to 16.5 contact hours can be applied to advanced pharmacology requirements.

Any commercial product presented or displayed within the educational activity is not indicative of endorsement or approval by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.