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The University of Kansas Medical Center Area Health Education Center and the Great Plains Nurse Practitioner Society have partnered once again to host the Western Kansas Advanced Nursing Practice Symposium on October 21-22, 2016 at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History, 3000 Sternberg Drive, Hays.

This two-day symposium is designed specifically for Advanced Practice Nurses (APRNs) with the goal of improving the overall quality of patient care through discussions of current and new treatment strategies, enhanced clinical skills and hands-on sessions, as well as current legislative updates affecting APRNs.

The Western Kansas Advanced Nursing Practice Symposium is held as part of the Wheat State Summit for Advanced Practice Nurses. The Wheat State Summit also includes the Eastern Kansas Advanced Nursing Practice Symposium which will be held on December 9-10, 2016 on the campus of Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg. The Wheat State Summit was established in 2014 by the KU Area Health Education Center as a way to expand the Western Kansas Advance Nursing Practice Symposium which had already been established, and to educate more APRNs across rural Kansas.

Registration for the Wheat State Summit is now open. Online registration is available at http://bit.ly/WheatStateWest. Register by Friday, September 30, 2016 to save $50 on the registration fee. A $10 late fee will be assessed after Wednesday, October 12, 2016.

For more information about the Wheat State Summit, visit http://bit.ly/WheatStateSummit, or call the KU Area Health Education Center at (620) 235-4040.