Deadline: Friday, July 11, 2025
Target Audience: All healthcare professionals interested in exploring the challenge of delivering evidence-based care and attempting to keep pace with the latest recommendations for excellence in clinical practice. Conference registration includes breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, free parking, and access to all presentation material.
NorthBay Health is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 1416 for seven (7) contact hours. A CE certificate will be granted upon completion of the conference.
You’re invited to email abstracts that demonstrate how new knowledge and innovations, backed by latest evidence, challenge the status quo. Showcase your research, evidence-based practice project, or quality improvement/new innovation that focuses on transforming care to optimize the health care environment and improve clinical outcomes.
Submission date of Friday, July 11, 2025
Our target audience is registered nurses and interprofessionals from the Solano and Sacramento County, and East Bay and Bay area regions.We would love to include your organization as one of our exhibitors so that participants can learn about how evidence and research is incorporated into the equipment and/or interventions that are used for their patients. Please contact us for more information: email EBP&Research@NorthBay.org
Healthcare professionals across various roles and specialties play a crucial role in driving optimal patient outcomes and advancing innovation. This conference will deepen participants’ understanding of their individual roles in advancing clinical practice innovations and highlight the personal impact they can have on healthcare outcomes. Through interactive sessions, attendees will examine practical methods for incorporating evidence into clinical practice and care delivery, emphasizing the identification and application of key evidence-based strategies. The event also promotes the exchange of best practices and encourages open dialogue and collaboration across the regional healthcare community to drive continuous improvement and foster shared learning.
Program Objectives:
- Recognize the personal impact of your role in implementing clinical practice innovations
- Provide strategies to apply evidence in clinical practice and care processes.
- Encourage open discussion and collaboration on best practices across the community.
- NorthBay Employee:
- Pre-Reg: $75
- At-the door: $125
- Students/Military:
- Pre-Reg: $70
- At-the door: $100
- Non-employee:
- Pre-Reg: $85
- At-the door: $125
7:15-8:00
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:15
Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:15-9:15
KEYNOTE: TITLE TBA
Dr. Lori Kennedy, Ph.D., RN, ACNP-BC
Director, Clinical Nurse Scientist, Center for Nursing Science, University of California, Davis
9:15-9:45
Break-Poster Session/Exhibitor Fair
9:45-10:45
The Use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Medication to Combat Geriatric Depression
Doug Stone, DNP, DPA, MSN, MS APRN-FNP, PMHNP, RN, PHN
Professor of Psychology, Chamberlain School of Nursing and CEO of Vital Health Medical Group
10:45- 11:45
AI Innovation in the Emergency Department (A real-time, AI driven medical interpretation and translation system)
Heather Theaux, RN, MS, CEN, TCRN
Director, ED/Trauma/Stroke/Behavioral Health Programs/ED OBS/NB Transfer Center, NorthBay Medical Center
Brian Johnson, BSN, RN, CNML
Clinical Manager, ED Dept, Observation Care Unit, Critical Care Resource RN Team Northbay Medical Center
11:45-12:30
Lunch
12:30-1:00
Poster Session/Exhibitor Fair (lock in votes of Posters)
1:00-2:00
Panel Session: NorthBay Educators
2:00- 3:00
The Implementation of Front-Line Problem-Solving Huddle’s on a Med/Surg Unit
Nicole Hiebert, PhD., MSN, FNP-BC, RN-CMSRN
Clinical Supervisor, Medical Surgical Acute Care Unit, John Muir Health
Amy Parker-Rihm, MA, MSN, RN, OCN
Professional Development Specialist, John Muir Health
3:00-3:15
Break-Exhibitor Fair
3:15-4:15
Improving Infusion RN Resiliency with a HIPAA Compliant Grief Resolution Activity
Robby Wallace, MSN, RN, CNL, AMB-BC
Nurse Educator and Clinical Nurse, Medical Oncology & Infusion Services, Stanford Health Care
4:15-4:30
Poster Awards/Evaluations
Refund Policy: Attendees can receive refunds up to 7 days before the event start date.
For questions, please contact EBP&Research@NorthBay.org .
