Nurse Practitioners · 2026 · Conferences
Nurse Practitioner Conferences 2026
Nurse practitioner conferences in 2026: dates, cities, contact hours and pharmacology hours for NPs, with organizer registration links.
01 In short
12 upcoming meetings in 7 states, 4 with an online option. Next: 25th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting, Nov 5–7, 2026 in Tampa, FL. Most list AMA PRA Cat 1 or AAPA Cat 1 credit; published registration starts at $25.
02 Meetings
November 2026
7 meetings-
In 4 days
25th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting
24.25 AMA PRA Cat 1 24.25 AAPA Cat 1 14.5 ABA MOCA from $800 MD/DO NP PA
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In 5 days
MNPA Fall 2026 Conference
6.5 AANP CE 3 AANP Pharm from $150 Hybrid NP
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In 5 days
WAPA 2026 Fall APP Leadership Conference
8 AAPA Cat 1 7.33 AANP CE from $149 NP PA
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In 6 days
9th Annual Scary Cases Conference
AMA PRA Cat 1 from $25 Hybrid MD/DO NP PA RN
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In 10 days
2026 Neurology for the Non-Neurologist
7 AMA PRA Cat 1 7 AAPA Cat 1 7 ANCC CH from $199 MD/DO NP PA RN
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In 11 days
2026 Primary Care Conference
12.5 AMA PRA Cat 1 12.5 AAFP 12.5 ABIM MOC 12.5 AAPA Cat 1 12.5 ANCC CH from $475 MD/DO NP PA RN
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In 12 days
Collective Care: Healing Communities, Healing our Planet
12.25 AMA PRA Cat 1 12.25 AAPA Cat 1 12.25 ANCC CH 12.25 ACPE 12.25 APA CE from $395 MD/DO NP PA RN
December 2026
5 meetings-
In 31 days
Forward in Health: AI in Healthcare
3.75 AMA PRA Cat 1 3.75 AAPA Cat 1 3.75 ANCC CH 3.75 ACPE MD/DO NP PA RN
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In 31 days
Pri-Med Phoenix 2026
AMA PRA Cat 1 AANP CE AANP Pharm from $99 MD/DO NP
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In 31 days
Primary Care Pediatrics 2026
20.5 AMA PRA Cat 1 from $400 Hybrid MD/DO NP PA
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In 37 days
The Final Countdown: Primary Care Updates & AI for APPs
ANCC CH Online NP
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In 39 days
Fitzgerald 4-Day CE Conference, Las Vegas
AAPA Cat 1 24 AANP CE 15 AANP Pharm from $999 NP PA
03 By specialty
04 Guide
Contact hours, pharmacology hours and CME for NPs
Nurse practitioner conferences usually award nursing contact hours from ANCC-accredited providers, and many NP CME conferences also certify AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Whether physician CME counts toward your renewal is up to your certifying body and your state board of nursing. Check both before you count it.
If you certify with AANPCB (now branded NPCB) and renew by practice hours and CE, you need 1,000 NP practice hours and 100 contact hours of advanced CE inside the five-year period. Twenty-five of those hours must be advanced practice pharmacology. Precepting can replace up to 25 non-pharmacology hours, at most 125 preceptor hours. On each meeting's credit statement, compare the pharmacology line first.
05 Guide
National meetings or a population-focus conference
National nurse practitioner conferences run parallel tracks for every population focus. Family nurse practitioner conferences lean on primary care: chronic disease, dermatology, women's health. Pediatric and psychiatric NP meetings go deeper into one population, which pays off when your practice and your certification both sit there.
Pick the meeting whose program fills your gaps. Count the pharmacology sessions you would really sit through. Suturing, joint injection and dermatology procedure workshops tend to have seat caps and extra fees. Faculty who practice as NPs tend to frame prescribing questions the way your own scope of practice does.
06 Guide
License, DEA registration and budget
State license renewal and national certification run on separate clocks, so put both expiry dates in your calendar. NPs who prescribe controlled substances must have completed the DEA's one-time, eight-hour training on substance use disorders before they register or renew. Ask the organizer which sessions, if any, it documents toward that requirement.
Early-bird and member rates can differ a lot, so price both. Ask whether employer CE money covers flights and hotel or registration alone. File every certificate with the session agenda. In an audit, the agenda is what proves a session was pharmacology.
By the MedCE Hub Editorial Desk · checked Oct 30, 2026 · Sources: AANPCB / NPCB: Renewal requirements, ANCC: Accreditation programs, DEA Diversion Control Division: MATE Act training requirements, AMA: AMA PRA credit system requirements
07 Questions
Which is the next one?
25th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting — Nov 5–7, 2026, Tampa, FL.
Which offer the most credit hours?
25th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting — up to 24.25; Fitzgerald 4-Day CE Conference, Las Vegas — up to 24; Primary Care Pediatrics 2026 — up to 20.5. Credit counts are taken from each official website.
Where are most nurse practitioner conferences 2026 held?
Upcoming meetings are spread over 7 states; the most are in WI (5), FL (1), ME (1), NE (1). Use the conference finder to filter by state or distance.
Are there online or hybrid options?
4 upcoming meetings can be attended online (fully virtual or hybrid).
How many nurse practitioner conferences 2026 are listed?
We list 12 meetings, 12 upcoming ones. Each entry links to the official website and shows the date we last checked it.