4 - 5 September 2025
8th International Congress Advanced Practice Nursing & Advanced Nursing Practice
HANNOVER we are coming!
APNs take on responsibility

In cooperation with Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Location:
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover
Tickets:
Active members: 2 days: 300 €, 1 day: 150 €
Non-members: 2 days: 600 €, 1 day: 320 €
Main speaker (1 day free):
Day ticket for the day on which the lecture is not held
The 8th International APN & ANP Congress of the DNAPN e.V. will focus on the topic: “Clinical Autonomy” – “Advocacy and safety aspects of the role as Advanced Practice Nurses take on responsibility”.
Registration only valid ONLINE until 30 August 2025! There are no on-site tickets.
Call for Abstract
We invite you to submit your abstracts on projects, research and study papers as well as your experience reports via our website by 30 April 2025.
Please indicate which sub-topic of the congress you are registering for:
- Topic 1: The structural conditions within organisations for an autonomous and responsible Advanced Nursing Practice
- Topic 2: Decision-making autonomy and responsibility in the various fields of practice (outpatient / inpatient and acute / non-acute) of Advanced Practice Nursing
- Topic 3: The role development of the Advanced Practice Nurse through the accepting accountability for the care provided
- Topic 4: Advanced Practice Nurses’ fulfilling their duty in initiating, implementing and conducting nursing research.
- Topic 5: Autonomy and taking responsibility of the APN in the context of interand intraprofessional collaboration
- Topic 6: Responsibility and autonomy for APNs in a context of tasks sharing with other professionals and managing the nursing process
Abstract rules:
In order for your contribution to be accepted and included in the congress proceedings without major additional effort, we ask you to observe the following abstract rules. These rules and further information can be found here.
The submission of abstracts will open soon!
Please indicate which type of presentation you prefer:
- Oral presentation (20 minutes presentation plus 5 minutes discussion)
- Poster presentation (5 minutes plus 2 minutes of follow-up questions)
- Workshop (60 or 90 minutes, please ask for the separate guidelines at kontakt@dnapn.de)
We reserve the right to decide on the final allocation to the sub-topic and the type of presentation.
APN Phenomenon Award 2025
Nursing with extended and in-depth practice (Advanced Practice Nursing) focuses scientifically on the needs of patients, realizes health care at a high professional level, takes innovative paths in practice development and defines standards in the quality of nursing care.
This care deserves attention and recognition!
The German Network Advanced Practice Nursing & Advanced Nursing Practice g.e.V. awards the APN Phenomenon Award 2025 for particularly outstanding achievements in the development, implementation and evaluation of ANP concepts.
The prize is for two awards each 500 euros.
The closing date for entries is 30 April 2025.
The contributions of the winners will be published in the 2025 congress publication.
The submission of entries will open soon!