REGISTRATION FEES- Early Bird before August 24th, 2026, 11:59pm
Saturday & Sunday Nurse	Saturday Only Nurse
Member	$195.00	$160.00
Non-Member	$275.00	$235.00
Saturday & Sunday Tech/ Nursing/ Student	Saturday Only Tech/ Nursing/ Student
$195.00	$160.00

REGISTRATION FEES- starting August 25, 2026
Saturday & Sunday Nurse	Saturday Only Nurse
Member	$220.00	$185.00
Non-Member	$300.00	$260.00
Saturday & Sunday Tech/ Nursing/ Student	Saturday Only Tech/ Nursing/ Student
$210.00	$175.00

Refunds for Conference: All refunds will have a $50.00 processing fee. No refund is issued after Sept 5, 2026, all refunds must be requested by email to mnsgna@gmail.com

Target Audience: MNSGNA's annual educational course is sponsored by and intended for Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates and will provide clinically relevant Information to all healthcare professionals about various disorders of the GI tract.

Hotel Reservations https://group.hiltongardeninn.com/ki8nb1 Reservation information for the Fall MnSGNA Conference

Hilton Garden Inn

550 Division St Waite Park, MN

Hilton Garden Inn 320- 640-7990 mention MNSGNA, deadline date for room reservations is August 25,2026

Dietary Requirements Please email; mnsgna@gmail.com

before September 7th, if you have dietary requirements

Fall Conference 2026

September 26th &27th, 2026

Park Event Center

500 Division St

Waite Park, MN

Board Members

Jill Bendiske-Minor, BSN, RN President

Dena Walz, MSN, RN, PHN, CGRN, Past-President

Karin Cierzan BSN, RN, CGRN, CRNI VA-BC, Secretary

Calie Hanuman, MSN-NE, RN, PHN, CGRN, Treasurer

Karen Husted, RN, CGRN, Director

Emma Luke, BSN, RN, PHN Director

Ashely Parsons Balma, BSN, RN, PHN Director

Jenna Rooda, BSN, RN, CGRN Director

Course Objectives

- Define Short Bowel Syndrome

- Identify Common Causes of SBS

-Review biliary anatomy

-Review ERCP indications

-Review ERCP procedure steps and tools

- Describe Preop assessment

-Evaluations of the post-surgical anatomy

-Review procedural and endoscopic safety concerns regarding this medication class

-Identify background and history of GLP1 medications

-Review current agents and understand their mechanism of action, side effects, and FDA approved indications

- Distinguish the basic components of SIBO as a chronic condition.

- Differentiate between methane predominant and hydrogen predominant SIBO.

- Identify risk factors and conditions that may put a patient at risk for SIBO

-Review anatomy of the G8 tract

-Describe access options in alter anatomy patients

-Explain the principles and indications of therapeutic EUS in clinical practice

-Discuss the latest evidence and guidelines for therapeutic EUS procedures.

- List quality indicators tracked in endoscopy

-Understand the purpose of tracking quality indicators

- Differentiate upper vs. lower GI bleeding and understand common causes.

- identify key signs and symptoms of GI bleeding

- Describe types of gallstones and their pathophysiology

-Define cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis, including epidemiology, etiology, and risk factors

- Recognizing Pediatric Clinical Presentation

- Recognize pediatric-specific clinical presentations

- Differentiate IBD subtype

- Recognize historical names, but use current terminology of globus sensation

-Diagnose using Rome IV Criteria

Understand evaluation modalities and possible treatments for globus sensation

CNE Information

This seminar has been designed to meet the specification of the Minnesota Nurse Practice Act of Continuing Education requirement. This educational activity has been applied for with the Georgia Nurses Association Approver, an accredited approver by American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. xx CNE (x on Saturday and on xx Sunday) and XXGI specific (XXSat and XX Sun) specific ABCGN, for those attending both Sat and Sun. Attendees will be required to complete an online post evaluation and demonstrate learning. Must be present for the entire day to receive CNE for that day, no partial credit.

Additional Information

We will again be having prize drawings throughout the day. Departments wishing to contribute a basket or other items as a door prize are encouraged to do so, please label them, and bring them to the registration table.

Saturday, September 26th

7:00-7:50 Registration and Breakfast

7:50 Welcome

8:00-9:00 Short Bowel Syndrome

Dr April Grudell

9:00-10:00 IBD and Celiac in Pediatric Patients

Dr Sundeep Arora

10:15-11:00 Basics of ERCP

Dr. Yuri Hanada

11:00-11:45 Gallstones What Nurses need to Know

Dr Aaron Brosam

11:45-12:45 Lunch and Vendors

12:45-1:45 SIBO

Shelby Wills, DNP, APRN, CNP

1:45-2:30 GLP-1 Essential for Nursrs

Wendy Nerheim, DNP,CNP

2:30—3:30 Overcoming altered anatomy in advanced endoscopy

Dr Stuart Amateau

3:30 - 4:15 Therapeutic EUS

Dr Nelani Partharina

4:15-5:15 Quality Indicators That Drive Excellence in Endoscopy

Dr Stanley Dick

5:15-5:30 Evaluations

Sunday, September 27th

8:00-9:00 Upper Endoscopy from a Foregut Surgeon’s Perspective

Dr Luthra Girish

9:00-10:00 Role of the RN in Endoscopic Resections

Dr Fateh Bazerbachi

10:00-11:00 Globus Sensation – The Lump in the Throat

Dr Thomas Maust

11:00-12:00 Acute GI Bleeding

Calie Hanuman, MSN-NE, RN, PHN, CGRN

12:00-12:15 Evaluations

MNSGNA reserves the right to make changes to the agenda to meet the needs of the presenters and in the interest of time constraints.