Friday, October 11
6:30am
Registration Opens & Coffee Service
(Conference Center Registration Desk)
6:30am-10:00am
Poster Setup for Students
Premier, Platinum & Partner Sponsor Setup
(Salons 1-5)
8:00am-9:00am
Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork: Office Based Teams and Fertility Anesthesia
Katie Cooper, MS, CRNA, APRN
(Salons 6-10)
9:00am-10:15am
Intraoperative Hypotension (IOH): Are Providers the Problem?
Bradley Steg, DNP, CRNA, APRN
Sponsored by Edwards Lifesciences
(Salons 6-10)
10:15am-11:15am
Student Poster Session & Refreshments (CE EVENT)
Visit with TANA Platinum, Premier & Partner Sponsors
Students from TN’s Nurse Anesthesia programs will present case study posters and DNP/DNAP projects.
Refreshments sponsored by Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia
(Salons 1-5)
11:15am-12:30pm
DEI 2024: Now WHAT?!
Donte Flanagan, DNP, CRNA, FAANA
Sponsored by TANA DEI Task Force
(Salons 6-10)
12:00pm-2:00pm
Exhibitor Setup in Exhibit Hall
(Salons 1-5)
12:30pm-2:00pm
Lunch (on own)
2:00pm-3:15pm
Implementing Wellness in the Workplace: Panel Discussion
Crystal Hunnicutt, DNAP, CRNA, APRN, TANA Wellness Committee Chair
Donna Keeney, DNAP, CRNA, APRN, AANA Wellness Committee Chair
Sponsored by the TANA Wellness Committee
(Salons 6-10)
3:15pm-4:30pm
Current Updates in Treating PONV- New Approaches
Mark J. Haffey, MS, CRNA
Sponsored by Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia
(Salons 6-10)
4:30pm-6:00pm
TANA Sponsored Opening Reception
Visit with Sponsors & Exhibitors!
All registered attendees and guests are invited! Food, fun, and visit interactive exhibits this year where they will bring you up to speed on new technology, pharmacology, and services for CRNAs. Enter to win fantastic door prizes!
(Salons 1-5)
Saturday, October 12
6:00am
MixxedFit- All are Welcome!
Led by TANA President, Hope Ferguson, DNP, MBA, CRNA
Sponsored by the TANA Wellness Committee
(Mustang/Quarterhorse/Palomino)
6:30am
Registration Opens and Coffee Served
7:00am-7:30am
Refreshments and Visit with Sponsors & Exhibitors
(Salons 1-5)
7:30am-8:30am
Anesthesia Considerations with Airway, Gastric and Pulmonary Ultrasound
John Shields, DNP, CRNA, APN
(Salons 6-10)
8:30am-9:30am
Perioperative Use of the Focused Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography (FATE) Exam
John Shields, DNP, CRNA, APN
(Salons 6-10)
9:30am-10:30am
Refreshment Break: Visit Sponsors & Exhibitors, Student Posters and Hands-on Interactive Displays
(Salons 1-5)
10:30am-11:30am
Are You at the Table or on the Menu? How to Effectively Educate and Advocate in the Legislative Arena
State Representative Legislative Panel, moderated by Tausha Alexander, TANA Lobbyist & Political Director
11:30am-12:30pm
TASNA Student Meeting
(Mustang/Quarterhorse/Palomino)
12:30pm-1:30pm
TANA Sponsored Luncheon for All Registered CRNAs
Update by Tausha Alexander, TANA Lobbyist & Political Director
(Carothers)
12:30pm-1:30pm
TASNA Student Luncheon
(Salons 6-10)
1:30pm-2:00pm
Last Chance to Visit with Exhibitors
Prizes will be announced, and you must be present to win.
(Salons 1-5)
2:00pm-3:00pm
Anesthesia Billing: How Does it Work?
Jeffrey E. Molter, MSN, MBA, CRNA, AANA Vice President
(Salons 6-10)
3:00pm-4:00pm
TANA Annual Business Meeting & Awards Celebration
(Salons 6-10)
4:00pm-4:30pm
Afternoon Break
Last chance to visit Premier & Platinum Partners!
4:30pm-6:00pm
TANA’s Annual Dr. Donald Bell, CRNA College Bowl (CE EVENT)
Come cheer on the competition! All CRNAs and SRNAs are invited to join in on the fun.
(Salons 1-5)
5:30pm-10:00pm
TANA PAC Event in Downtown Franklin
TANA PAC shuttle bus service to Franklin Square will begin at 5:30pm and run a continuous loop back to hotel until 11:00pm.
Sunday, October 13
6:45am
Registration & Breakfast
7:30am-10:30am
ACLS/BLS Recertification Course
Pre-registration Required for ACLS/BLS/PALS
(Arabian)
9:30am-12:30pm
BLS/PALS
(Arabian)
7:30am-8:30am
Drugs of Abuse
Julie Linton, DNAP, CRNA, APRN
This lecture looks at the mechanism of action for several medications as well as treatment for substance use disorder and management of medication assisted therapy for day of surgery.
(Salons 6-10)
8:30am-9:45am
Leadership from the Start
Julie Linton, DNAP, CRNA, APRN
Sponsored by Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia
(Salons 6-10)
Refreshment Break
10:00am-11:15am
Cognitive Dysfunction: Anesthesia’s Silent Side Effect
Mark J. Haffey, MS, CRNA , APRN
(Salons 6-10)
11:15am-12:45pm
DNP/DNAP Presentations from Across the State
(Salons 6-10)