Call Us Toll Free: 
Palm Springs Oasis in the Desert Encore Symposium 2026
February 23-26
An Encore to Lifelong Learning
Monday, February 23rd, 2026
| 6:30AM - 7:00AM |
Registration and Sunny California Buffet Breakfast
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| 6:55AM - 7:00AM |
Welcome and Introductions
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| 7:00AM - 8:00AM |
GLP-1- Drugs and the Anesthesia Implication
- Steve Wooden, DNP, CRNA, NSPM-C
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 8:00AM - 9:00AM |
Exparel in Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Plane Nerve
- Steve Wooden, DNP, CRNA, NSPM-C
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 9:00AM - 10:00AM |
The Glucose Gauntlet: Perioperative Considerations in Managing the Diabetic Patient
- Logan MacLean, DNP, CRNA
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 10:00AM - 10:15AM |
Refreshment Break at the Oasis
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| 10:15AM - 11:15AM |
Optimize Before You Paralyze: Best Practices in Pre-Intubation Management
- Logan MacLean, DNP, CRNA
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 11:15AM - 1:15PM |
Anesthetic Management of Anticoagulants Part I & II
- Ryan Shores, DNP, CRNA
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 1:15PM - 2:15PM |
"Anesthesia After Hours": FREE Class B Credit, Hors D'Oeuvres, Cash Bar
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2026
| 6:30AM - 7:00AM |
Registration and Sunny California Buffet Breakfast
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| 7:00AM - 8:00AM |
Optimizing Intra-Operative Ventilation: A Review of Best Practices
- Logan MacLean, DNP, CRNA
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 8:00AM - 9:00AM |
Goal Directed Fluid Therapy: The Evolution of Intraoperative Fluid Therapy
- Logan MacLean, DNP, CRNA
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| 9:00AM - 10:00AM |
Neuromuscular Drugs and Reversal: Past, Present and Future
- Ryan Shores, DNP, CRNA
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 10:00AM - 10:15AM |
Refreshment Break at the Oasis
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| 10:15AM - 11:15AM |
Hypothermia: An Evidence Perspective
- Ryan Shores, DNP, CRNA
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 11:15AM - 12:15PM |
Obstetric Pharmacology
- Steve Wooden, DNP, CRNA, NSPM-C
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 12:15PM - 1:15PM |
Age Related Considerations
- Steve Wooden, DNP, CRNA, NSPM-C
NBCRNA Core Domains
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
| 6:30AM - 7:00AM |
Registration and Sunny California Buffet Breakfast
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| 7:00AM - 8:00AM |
Neuromuscular Management and Monitoring
- Ryan Shores, DNP, CRNA
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 8:00AM - 9:00AM |
Anesthetic Management of Obstetric
- Ryan Shores, DNP, CRNA
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 9:00AM - 10:00AM |
Failure to Treat Pain
- Steve Wooden, DNP, CRNA, NSPM-C
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 10:00AM - 10:15AM |
Refreshment Break at the Oasis
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| 10:15AM - 11:15AM |
Patient Centered Approach to Pain Management
- Steve Wooden, DNP, CRNA, NSPM-C
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 11:15AM - 12:15PM |
Ketamine Infusion Therapy for Mental Health: A Practice Update
- Logan MacLean, DNP, CRNA
NBCRNA Core Domains
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Thursday, February 26th, 2026
| 6:30AM - 7:00AM |
Registration and Sunny California Buffet Breakfast
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| 7:00AM - 8:00AM |
Mythbusters: Neuromuscular Monitoring and Reversal
- Ryan Shores, DNP, CRNA
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 8:00AM - 9:00AM |
Cryoanalgesia: An Alternative Pain Management Technique
- Steve Wooden, DNP, CRNA, NSPM-C
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 9:00AM - 10:00AM |
No Narcs, No Problem: Multimodal Anesthesia – Ketamine, Precedex, and Lidocaine
- Logan MacLean, DNP, CRNA
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 10:00AM - 10:15AM |
Refreshment Break at the Oasis
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| 10:15AM - 11:15AM |
Preop Pharmacology: When Home Meds Collide with Anesthesia
- Logan MacLean, DNP, CRNA
NBCRNA Core Domains
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| 11:15AM - 12:15PM |
The Puke Stops Here: PONV Practice Update - Pharmacological Triggers, Preventers, and Treatment Options
- Logan MacLean, DNP, CRNA
NBCRNA Core Domains
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