Nurse Practitioners · 2028 · Conferences
Nurse Practitioner Conferences 2028
Nurse practitioner conferences in 2028: dates, cities, contact hours and pharmacology hours for NPs, with organizer registration links.
01 In short
1 upcoming meeting in 1 state. Next: 49th National Conference on Pediatric Health Care, Mar 23–26, 2028 in Dallas, TX.
02 Meetings
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?
49th National Conference on Pediatric Health Care — Mar 23–26, 2028, Dallas, TX.
How many nurse practitioner conferences 2028 are listed?
We list 1 meeting, 1 upcoming one. Each entry links to the official website and shows the date we last checked it.