Mississippi Association of Nurse Practitioners

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The first and only state association devoted entirely to nurse practitioners!

We value your importance and your membership matters.

Our low membership dues have never increased

and have remained unchanged since 2014.

Mississippi Association of Nurse Practitioners (MANP) is the first and only non-profit 501(c)6 state association committed entirely to Nurse Practitioners! We are committed to protecting and advancing the Nurse Practitioner role in Mississippi. MS Association of Nurse Practitioners was founded in June 2014, with a mission to serve as the professional association for the nurse practitioners of Mississippi, providing advocacy, education, and networking. Our Board of Directors is comprised of volunteer nurse practitioners elected by the association's members. We recognize the importance of NPs in the provision of healthcare, the need for enhanced visibility, legislative influence, educational opportunities, and participation in key decision-making roles. Mississippi has over 7,800 Nurse Practitioners licensed in the state. Nurse Practitioners (NP, 7,813), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA, 1083), and Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM, 42) make up Mississippi's nearly 9,000 Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs). MS Association of Nurse Practitioners is your Nurse Practitioner specialty association.

We advocate for NPs with the legislature, Congress, other policymakers, and other healthcare associations within the state and nationally. Some of MS Association of Nurse Practitioners' key initiatives include;

Full Practice Authority allows NPs to practice to the fullest extent of their education & training within their respective scopes of practice
Increase Access to care for patients
NP orders for DME, Home Health, Hospice
NP signature recognition on legal documents and eliminating co-signatures
NP Income tax incentives & exemptions for underserved practice areas & clinic owners
NP reimbursement
Increased salary plans for APRN faculty.

Restrictive Barriers to Patient Access to Care

Current over-regulated barriers placed on NPs create unnecessary access to care barriers for patients. The number of primary care providers in the state is insufficient to care for the existing patient loads. APRNs can fill this gap that is desperately needed to care for the residents of Mississippi. Twenty-seven states, alongside the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands have passed legislation to help fill the gaps in primary care allowing for full practice authority for NPs. These states are at the top for the best healthcare while Mississippi continually ranks last. MS Association of Nurse Practitioners will work hard on your behalf to add MS to the list of those states allowing NPs to work within the full scope of their practice and get Mississippi off the top of the list for the worst healthcare in the nation. Full practice authority does not mean “no collaboration.” Nurse practitioners, as well as, other health care professionals, will always collaborate within interprofessional realms and make referrals for the patients' most appropriate care. Full practice authority is the removal of the formal contract required for NPs to practice in this state. When there is a sudden discontinuation of the formal contract, an APRN is forced by regulation to immediately stop practicing until another contract can be implemented and approved by the regulatory boards. There are many misconceptions about full practice authority. MS Association of Nurse Practitioners will help educate professionals including our nurse practitioners, legislators, and the public regarding full practice authority. Licensed and certified Nurse practitioners who have been trained, educated, and possess national competency through passing of national board certification should be allowed to practice fully within their scope.

The 2025 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature convenes at 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, January 7, 2025

FIND YOUR STATE LEGISLATOR - Click here

House Public Health and Human Services
Sam Creekmore IV, Chairman; Kevin Felsher, Vice-Chairman
Members: Shane Aguirre; Christopher M. Bell; Tamarra Butler-Washington; Bryant W. Clark; Becky Currie; Dan Eubanks; Kevin Ford; John W. Hines, Sr.; Joey Hood; Kevin Horan; Jonathan Ray Lancaster; Steve Massengill; Missy McGee; Dana McLean; Sam C. Mims, V; Daryl Porter; Brent Powell; John Read; Noah Sanford; Donnie Scoggin; Omeria Scott; Fred Shanks; Rickey Thompson; Beth Luther Waldo; Lee Yancey

Medicaid
Missy McGee, Chairman; Clay Mansell, Vice-Chairman
Members: Donnie Bell; Bo Brown; Bryant W. Clark; Becky Currie; Bob Evans; John W. Hines, Sr.; Joey Hood; Robert L. Johnson III; Sam C. Mims, V; Brent Powell; Rob Roberson; Donnie Scoggin; Omeria Scott; Jerry R. Turner; Lee Yancey

Senate Public Health and Welfare

Hob Bryan, Chairman; David Parker, Vice-Chairman
Members: Juan Barnett; Kevin Blackwell; David Blount; Dennis DeBar, Jr.; Joey Fillingane; Hillman Terome Frazier; Josh Harkins; Rod Hickman; Angela Burks Hill; Briggs Hopson; Chris Johnson; Chad McMahan; Rita Potts Parks; John A. Polk; Jeff Tate; Angela Turner-Ford; Brice Wiggins

Medicaid
Kevin Blackwell, Chairman; Nicole Boyd, Vice-Chairman
Members: Jason Barrett; Bradford Blackmon; David Blount; Rod Hickman; John Horhn; Chris Johnson; Chad McMahan; Rita Potts Parks; John A. Polk

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Continuing Education Information

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners® accredits the MS Association of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number:1640685. Activities are planned in accordance with AANP Accreditation Standards and Policies. MANP is approved to provide continuing education through 10/31/2026. MANP has been approved to provide continuing education for the following:

Mississippi Board of Nursing
Arkansas Board of Nursing
Florida Board of Nursing
Any Board of Nursing that accepts AANP-accredited CE.
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Speakers, please review the information if you would like to be considered as a speaker for a MANP event. Click the blue button below for more information about presenting at one of our live events or our On-Demand Learning Courses. All of our speaking opportunities are voluntary. Any travel or overnight accommodations are at the speaker's expense. The registration fee is waived; however, our organization can only offer nurse practitioners continuing education credits for sessions attended. Our organization can provide (upon request) a letter of affirmation regarding the presentation at the event for the presenter's accreditation body. Contact our office at [email protected] for questions or further information.

SPEAKER INFO

GULFPORT: TUESDAY, APRIL 29

Biloxi: Tuesday May 6

Bronchiectasis: The Vicious Vortex

Please join us for dinner and a presentation about Bronchiectasis.

Learn about the pathophysiology, drivers of disease, neutrophilic inflammation and exacerbation burden.

• Presented by: Scott E. Phillips, PhD; Medical Science Liaison with Insmed
• Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
• Location: Patio 44; 124 Main St, Biloxi, MS
• Dinner and Presentation – 6:00 PM CT
• RSVP by May 3^rd to [email protected] or text 205-420-9655

Starkville: Thursday, May 8

The role of suzetrigine in Acute Pain Management

Speaker: Alethea Hill, PhD, ACNP-BC

Senior Medical Science Liaison, Acute Pain

Harvey’s

Southdale Shopping Center

406 Highway 12 E

Starkville, MS 39759

Time: 6:30pm

[email protected]

Please use the following link to register by May 5, 2025: https://forms.gle/iXRP6UdMWCzeCgaY9

TUPELO: THURSDAY, MAY 8

QUESTIONS?? Please email Carly Greenough or call our office at 601-407-3226

Philadelphia: Thursday, May 15

Nurse Practitioners treating adults aged 18 years or older for major depressive disorder are invited to attend.

AUVELITY is indicated for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults and does not have an indication for use in individuals under 18 years of age. Pursuant to the PhRMA Code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals and Axsome Therapeutics company guidelines for this product, Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, specialty nurse practitioners, or those not treating MDD are excluded from participation in this event or from receiving a complimentary meal in association with this event. Please accept our apologies. This exclusion is specific to this sponsor's event/product and is not applicable to other MANP events unless noted. You do not have to be a member of MANP to attend.

RSVP to

[email protected]

or

by phone to Jennifer at 929-923-8691

Ridgeland: Tuesday, May 20

Biloxi: Thursday, June 5

Nurse Practitioners treating adults aged 18 years or older for major depressive disorder are invited to attend.

RSVP to Christi Penn click here

RSVP by phone to Christi Penn at (929) 884-2951

Ridgeland: Thursday, June 5

LIMITED SEATING- MUST RSVP TO ATTEND

Madison: Saturday, June 7

HealthPlex Performance Center

501 Baptist Drive, Madison, MS 39110

SEATING IS LIMITED

Register for this event here

We are delighted to have this phenomenal skills workshop. You can register for one or both.

Dr. Trevor Pickering with MS Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center will present the lecture portion of the Joint Injection Course. You will have an opportunity for hands-on training and practice time using our simulation models.

Dr. Robert Ware, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, will present the lecture portion of the Suture Course. As a part of this course, each registrant will receive a personal training suture kit, a variety of sutures, and synthetic skin models to train and practice their skills. These kits are yours to take home following the course.

Classes begin promptly

Joint Injection Course begins at 8:30am
Suturing Course begins at 12:30pm.

Lunch (11:30am-12:30pm) on your own.

MANP is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 1640685. Each activity has applied for 3 contact hours of which 0.25 of the 3 total contact hours are designated as pharmacology. These activities were planned in accordance with AANP Accreditation Standards and Policies.

Member Rate: $175 for each course

Non-Member Rate: $225 for each course

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Agenda

Agenda Topics
Wound Care, Alpha-gal Syndrome, controlled substances, PMP Update, Weight Loss Pharmacology Update, Dermatology, MOUD, GI Disease, Pharmacology management in the Maternal Psych Patient, ENT, Vaccine Update, Pulmonary Emboli, Asthma/COPD, 2025 Legislative Session Update, Back and Neck Pain: When to Refer to Neurosurgery, General Antibiotics with Clinical Cases, Cardiology, MS Regulations Part 2840 Review. (MANP reserves the right to adjust subject matter based on speaker availability.)CE Information
MANP is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 1640685. This activity is pending approval for 17.5 contact hour(s) Activity #2025-0714-0716 This activity is planned in accordance with AANP Accreditation Standards and Policies. Pharmacology and controlled substance contact hours are available. Controlled Substance hours claimed by Mississippi licensed nurse practitioner participants will be uploaded to CE Broker by MANP.

Registration (all 3 days, no single-day registrations):Member, $495, Non-Member, $650

Membership Information
Annual and Monthly Membership rates are available on the website at MEMBERSHIP
Monthly payments are $25.00 monthly for the 12-month term. Early cancellations will be responsible for the balance of the term in full at the time of cancellation. Annual rate is $300. We have continued our same low rates since 2014.

Membership Meeting & Awards Presentation
Our membership meeting and awards presentation will be held on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in the Grand Ballroom.

Hotel Information
Hotel room blocks are available. Discount code and booking link information will be provided AFTER registration in the confirmation email sent to the registrant. Room block availability is limited so we encourage you to register and book rooms early. The average room block costs for the Lodge at Gulf State Park property range from $255-$305 per night plus taxes. Hotel reservations should be booked prior to the cut-off date, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, or while supplies last. Hotel Discount Codes for Room Blocks and Booking links are located in the registration confirmation email sent to you upon registration. Please check junk/spam folders.

Room Block Cut-Off Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025

ROOM BLOCK POLICY
The Lodge at Gulf State Park carries a 28-day cancellation policy. Any changes or cancellations to any reservation less than 28 days in advance of arrival will incur a one-night room and tax penalty. Deadline for changes will be June 11, 2025.

MANP NP Registration Cancellation Policy
Cancellations must be received in writing to the MS Association of Nurse Practitioners BEFORE June 15, 2025, emailed to [email protected] or via regular mail at 1888 Main St., Suite C312, Madison, MS 39110. All cancellations received before June 15, 2025, will receive a refund minus a $50 administrative cancellation charge. No refunds will be honored after June 15, 2025.