The IMPACT of Faculty Practice: On Education, Patients, and Health Care

Agenda

7:15-8:30 a.m.
Registration, Light Continental Breakfast, and Poster Presentations

8:30-9:00 a.m.
Practice Leadership Network Membership Forum
Join practice colleagues at this informal breakfast discussion. Open to members and guests at no charge.

9:00-10:30 a.m
Program Session
Lessons Learned from 20 Years in Faculty Practice: Passion, Purpose, Persistence
In this interactive session, participants will reflect on challenges in the implementation and ongoing support of faculty practice within their institutions. Following a theory-burst introduction, participants will select the order of topics to discuss. Each topic will consist of a 15 minute segment of theory burst, polling, and think-pair-share activity. Topics include University Relations; Faculty Structure/Workload; Financing Faculty Practice; Care in the Community. The conclusion will consist of a summary and lessons learned.
Speaker: Amy Barton, PhD, Editor, Journal of nursing Education and Associate Dean for Clinical and Community Affairs, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO

10:30-11:00 a.m.
Break and Poster Presentations

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Program Session
Building Faculty Practice Financial Sustainability While Staying True to a Service-focused Mission
With three decades of experience, the Rush University College of Nursing Office of Faculty Practice is a leader in innovative nursing care of vulnerable populations. Following an operational redesign in 2014 it has grown 550% and represents 15% of the college’s revenue. The practice supports 100% of its own personnel and operating costs and makes financial investments in the CON, including through student tuition assistance. Our presentation will describe our staffing strategies, the process for developing our business plan, and our financial structure including revenue strategies relating to community partners, philanthropy, grants, and direct billing for services.
Speaker: Angela Moss, PhD, Assistant Dean of Faculty Practice & Assistant Professor, Rush University, Chicago, IL

12:00-1:30 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)

1:30-2:30 p.m.
Program Session
Building a Faculty Practice Model without Bricks and Mortar
The Faculty Practice Model (FPM) does not require a physical building for implementation. The FPM supports collaboration between APRN faculty and community healthcare organizations producing stainable win-win outcomes. The innovative FPM also supports APRN student’s clinical education by combining faculty practice, the clinical preceptor and the DNP project in a seamless process.
Speakers: Allen Prettyman, PhD, Director of Practice Innovations, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2:30-3:30 p.m.
Program Session
The Perceived Impact of Faculty Practice on Nurse Practitioner Education
A discussion of the results and implications of a study done at our Midwest university on the perceived impact of faculty practice on nurse practitioner education from both students’ and faculty perspectives.
Speaker: LeAnn Holmes, DNP, Clinical Assistant Professor, Director, Morehead Center for Nursing Practice, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln, NE

3:30-3:45 p.m.
Break

3:45-5:00 p.m.
Faculty Practice Toolkit Workshop:
The Practice Leadership Network is proposing to develop an internet-based Toolkit with materials designed to support faculty and leadership engaged in academic nursing practice. The topical emphasis of the Toolkit is IMPACT, i.e. exploring and highlighting the impact of academic nursing practice on our student, our scholarship and health care. This session will be be our initial meeting to work in small groups to determine the topics of interest to faculty in academic nursing practice as well as the resources members have available for sharing. The PLN goal for this session is to begin work on a product that will be in solid draft form to submit to PLN members at the 2021 Annual Meeting.
Facilitated by the Practice Leadership Network Steering Committee

Registrants will receive a registration confirmation upon payment of the registration fee.

*Current PLN Network Members receive a $20 discount.

Payment Options

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Substitution, Cancellation, and Refund Policies

If you subsequently cannot attend this event, the following options are available:

1. You may substitute your registration to another individual within your organization. This must be done by contacting the AACN Conference Department via email at conferences@aacnnursing.org.

2. If a substitution is not possible, your cancellation request must be received in writing and confirmed by AACN; otherwise, it cannot be honored. The following refund arrangements will then apply:

• Cancellation requests received by a. January 16, 2020 will be refunded minus a $75 non-refundable administrative fee.
• Cancellation requests received after January 16, 2020 will not be granted any refunds.
• Refunds will not be given for no-shows.
• No-show registrations with an open balance will be charged a $75 non-refundable administrative fee after the event.

Please note: Cancellations received fewer than 7 days prior to the conference start date will be reviewed and processed within two weeks after the last day of the conference.

AACN reserves the right to cancel this conference and any group activity that does not meet minimal group requirements. AACN assumes no responsibility for non-refundable airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rental, or other travel costs.