Registration Rates
2025 Aspire Convention | April 29 – May 2, 2025 | Las Vegas, NV
This year, enjoy our early registration rate throughout the conference! Same great deal, regardless of when you register.
Full Conference Member Rate
Full Conference Non-Member Rate
Full Conference Member Group Rate (3+)*
Full Conference Non-Member Group Rate (3+)*
Make the Aspire Convention your own team retreat. With group registration, we’re making it affordable to attend with your colleagues and arm the team with the tools and resources needed to transform your nursing professional development work. To register at our group rates, email us at registration@anpd.org. From there, we will give you a discount code to use when registering.
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Justification Worksheet
Download the 2025 Aspire Convention Justification Worksheet to create a personalized learning plan that meets your specific needs and create a compelling case for your attendance.
Value-Add Options
Requires additional fees.
Nursing Professional Development Certification Preparation Course
Monday, April 28 | 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 29 | 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
- Greg Durkin, M.Ed., RN, NPDA-BC
Prepare for the updated NPD board certification exam! This 2-day, 12 contact hour NPD Certification Preparation Course is intended to prepare participants for the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) specialty examination in nursing professional development (NPD) by increasing the participant’s foundational nursing professional development knowledge. This course has been revised to prepare NPD practitioners for the updated 2025 ANCC exam.
Fees:
- Member: $525.00
- Non-Member: $650.00
Pre-Convention Workshops
Tuesday, April 29 | 8:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Click the Pre-Convention Workshop titles below to view additional session details.
Navigating the Scope & Standards: Your Roadmap to Success
Intended Audience: Novice
- Vanessa Cameron MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CEN, CNL & Jillian A. Russell, MSN, RN, NPDA-BC®
The Nursing Professional Development: Scope & Standards of Practice, 4th Edition is a vital guide for NPD practitioners, helping you navigate your daily challenges. Enhance your understanding with the "Your Roadmap to Success" pre-convention workshop, offering group discussions, case studies, and interactive activities. This workshop equips you with the tools to effectively apply these standards, advocating for your professional growth and success. Join us to elevate your practice.
**Please bring with you a copy of the Scope and Standards. In addition, copies will be available for purchase during the workshop.
Tuesday, April 29 | 8:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Simulation Effectiveness: Best Practices for Nursing Professional Development Practitioners
Intended Audience: Novice to Expert NPD practitioner, specialist or professional development associate, Novice to Competent with simulation
- Fara Bowler DNP, APRN, CHSE
Simulation has become an indispensable tool in the practice setting education, enhancing clinical competence, teamwork, and patient safety. In this workshop, participants will explore the INACSL Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice™ and learn how to apply these evidence-based guidelines to design, implement, and sustain effective simulation programs. The session will cover foundational principles of simulation, including pre-briefing, facilitation, and debriefing. Through interactive discussions and practical examples, attendees will gain actionable strategies to elevate their nursing professional development practice and align practice-based simulation programs with industry best practices. Whether you are new to simulation or seeking to enhance an existing program, this session will provide the tools and insights needed to achieve success.
Tuesday, April 29 | 1:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
The Ultimate Workshop on Competency Assessment
Intended Audience: Novice to Competent
- Donna Wright, MS, RN, NPD-BC
This workshop will explore the elements needed to create a successful competency program. You will learn many creative strategies to the competency process and creative ways to verify competencies in all departments. We will explore ways to operationalize this every day and ensure compliance. Join us for a humorous look at how to make all this happen and how to create a system that really works. You won’t believe how easy it can be.
Fees:
- Member: $225.00
- Non-Member: $375.00
ANPD Awards Reception
Thursday, May 1 | 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
New this year! Join us for a celebration of inspiration and networking at the ANPD Awards Reception. This premier event shines a spotlight on our NPD trailblazers and visionaries, honoring their innovation, dedication, and transformative contributions to ANPD and the NPD specialty. Enjoy passed hors d’oeuvres and one free drink ticket as we recognize these groundbreaking achievements. Reserve your seat today to celebrate our NPD community!
Fees:
- Members: $25.00
- Non-members: $25.00
How to add on:
When completing your registration, the ANPD Awards Ceremony Luncheon and pre-convention sessions listed above will be available for you to select as an add-on within the session tab.
Already registered but want to add on? You can either:
- Log into your ANPD account, navigate to the events tab and click "my events." From there, click the dropdown on your registration and select "Change Sessions" (under other options)
- Log into your ANPD account, click on "View Event Registration Details," then scroll to 2025 Aspire Convention and select "Change Pre-Convention Workshops"
Reach out to registration@anpd.org if you need assistance.
NCPD Contact Hours
Nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) contact hours will be provided for pre-convention activities (12 contact hours awarded for the Certification Preparation Course; 3.75 contact hours awarded for Pre-Convention Workshop) and individual convention sessions and activities (can be awarded up to 18 contact hours). Please note that the amount of contact hours available is subject to change without notice due to convention schedule changes.
Successful completion to obtain NCPD contact hours includes registration for convention and/or pre-convention activities, attendance of entire session, attestation of attendance at sessions claimed for contact hours, and completion of the online overall evaluation with evaluation of sessions/activities attended.
Convention Outcome: 65% of participants will report that each session provides information that enhances, validates, or causes a change in practice.
Association for Nursing Professional Development is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Presence or absence of relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for any individual in a position to control educational content will be disclosed to participants prior to the activity as applicable.
Cancellation Policy
ANPD will provide a full refund of registration fees, less an administrative processing fee of $150, for any cancellations received in writing on or before Friday, March 8, 2025. Cancellations should be directed to registration@anpd.org. Telephone cancellations are NOT accepted for refunds. Participant must obtain confirmation of receipt of email from ANPD on or before the cancellation deadline. All refunds will be processed within 14 days of date cancellation received to the original form of payment. On or after Saturday, March 9, 2025 there will be no refunds for registrations cancelled whatsoever. Substitutions can be made, without a fee, by contacting the registration team at registration@anpd.org. Hotel reservations must be cancelled or modified separately and directly with the hotel