Baccalaureate Education Conference

8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Registration Desk and Networking Lounge Open

12:00-7:00 p.m.
Learning Center Open
Get exclusive access to high-profile exhibitors showcasing their innovative products and services in our Learning Center. As industry experts and solution-providers, they have the answers to your questions. Seize the opportunity to engage with renowned authors at planned book signings.

Open Thursday and Friday.

2:00-3:30 p.m.
Welcome and Opening Plenary Session
Changes to the NCLEX: Preparing the Graduates of the Future
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing is in the process of updating the NCLEX exam to more accurately reflect the knowledge base required of a Registered Nurse in a rapidly changing healthcare environment. We are in a period of swift, transformative change and nurses are making more critical decisions at all levels of the healthcare system. Come hear Dr. Dickison as he describes the evolution of the new exam. 
Speaker:Philip Dickison, PhD, RN, Chief Officer of Examinations, National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Chicago, IL

3:30-4:00 p.m.
Networking Break

4:00-5:15 p.m.
Plenary Session
Reality-Based Leadership: Implications for Academic Nursing Leadership
Cy Wakeman, author of Reality Based Leadership, and No Ego, provides dynamic examples and specific strategies to start leading first and managing second in an academic environment. Utilizing innovative methodologies, this presentation emphasizes how to deal with the facts of your reality while minimizing the drama. A dynamic visionary and a skilled leader, Ms. Wakeman shares her approach to reducing conflict and solving long term problems.
Speaker:Cy Wakeman, MS, President and Founder, Reality-Based Leadership, Omaha, NE

5:15-7:00 p.m.
“Welcome to Atlanta” Networking Reception with Poster Presentations
Our opening reception provides a great forum to network, mingle with friends and colleagues, talk with our poster presenters, and to once again visit our exhibits. There is no better way to kick-off our conferences than by attending this event.

8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Registration Desk and Networking Lounge Open

8:00-9:30 a.m.
Light Continental Breakfast and Poster Viewing

8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Learning Center Open

9:30-10:45 a.m.
Emerging Solutions
These sessions are complimentary and no pre-registration is required. You may select two topics. All topics repeat 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

• CCNE Accreditation Standards Forum: An Update on the Review and Revision Process
  Take advantage of the opportunity to learn about the work of the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education’s (CCNE) Standards Committee, which has been actively engaged in the review and revision of the accreditation standards. Learn the latest information about the timeline. Engage in a conversation and provide feedback about the areas that have been identified for revision.
  Speakers: Debra Davis, PhD, RN, Professor, College of Nursing, University of South Alabama, AL and CCNE Standards Committee Co-Chair; and Jane C. Voglewede, JD, Former Legal Counsel at Sanford Health (MeritCare Health System), Fargo, ND and CCNE Standards Committee Co-Chair
  Moderator: Jennifer Butlin, PhD, RN, Executive Director, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Washington, DC
   
• Civility Matters! An Evidence-Based Pathway to Foster Healthy Academic Work Environments and Learner Engagements
  This national expert in civility shares her work transforming the academic environment from one of incivility and aggressive behavior to the cultivation of a civil and welcoming workplace. In order for learners to be engaged, they must feel safe to express themselves. The promotion of civility in the student population will play a significant role in fostering civility in the academic, and ultimately, the practice environments.
  Speaker: Cynthia Clark, PhD, RN, Strategic Nursing Advisor for ATI Nursing Education, Leawood, KS
   
• Innovations in Online Teaching
  Those that excel in online teaching bring depth to a school of nursing and are on the forefront of educational transformation. The latest innovations in online teaching are presented by an expert in instructional design, skilled in this methodology.
  Speaker: Linda Merillat, PhD, Instructional Design/Lecturer, School of Nursing, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
   
• Innovations in Simulation: Virtual Reality
  With the increasing availability of virtual reality technology in its many forms, it is important for nurse educators to have an understanding of how this technology can be incorporated into the curriculum. Types of virtual reality simulation are discussed including theoretical underpinnings and best practice approaches for use. This presentation will move you from curiosity to a comprehension of the value and uses of virtual reality in nursing education.
  Speakers: Sherrill Smith, PhD, RN, Professor, College of Nursing and Health, Wright State University, Dayton, OH; and Sharon L. Farra, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Co-Director for Curriculum, National Disaster Health Consortium, College of Nursing and Health, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
   
• Making a Difference in Student Retention and Success through Program Innovations and Holistic Competence
  Sponsored by AACN’s Faculty Resource Network (formerly ILN)
  This educational program introduces Jeffreys’ Nursing Universal Retention and Success (NURS) model as a framework, along with essential information and easy-to-apply, evidence-based program innovations for enhancing retention and success. The acronym HOLISTIC COMPETENCE is used to describe essential elements for coordinated program implementation: human-connectedness, optimization, learner-centered, individualized, scientifically-based, teamwork, integrated, and creative (HOLISTIC) and: caring, ongoing, multidimensional, proactive, ethics, trust, education, networks, confidence, and evaluation (COMPETENCE).
  Speaker: Marianne R. Jeffreys, EdD, RN, Professor, Graduate College and College of Staten Island, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY
  Moderator: Rhonda Elaine Maneval, DEd, Associate Dean, Lienhard School of Nursing, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY
   
• Shedding Light on the Complexities of RN-BSN Education: Synthesis and Solutions
  Post-licensure Baccalaureate education is complex, often all online, and programs are increasing rapidly in number. A member of the RN-BSN Education Task Force that published the white paper, “Expectations for Practice Experiences in the RN to Baccalaureate Curriculum” covers some of the nuances of RN-BSN education and offer solutions to challenging problems seen in these programs.
  Speaker: Carole Eldridge, DNP, RN Vice President Post Licensure & Graduate Programs, College of Nursing, Chamberlain University, Downers Grove, IL.

10:45-11:15 a.m.
Good Morning Coffee and Tea Break

11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Emerging Solutions (repeated)

12:30-2:00 p.m.
Lunch (on your own) 

12:45-1:45 p.m.
Optional Lunch Forum
Bring your lunch and join colleagues in a discussion of “Life after APIN - the National Education Collaborative in Nursing (NEPIN), the Next Chapter”. The Organization for Associate Degree Nursing is working with various groups including the Center to Champion Nursing in America to build on the work of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to improve pathways for education progression to the Baccalaureate degree. Come share your perspective on this very important issue.

2:00-5:00 p.m. (refreshment break from 3:30-4:00 p.m.)
Podium Abstracts
(See separate schedule)
This is AACN’s version of TEDTalks, whereby presenters have 20 (twenty) minutes to get their key points across, the audience has 5 (five) minutes to ask questions, and then the last 5 (five) minutes of each podium presentation are used strictly as a passing period among rooms in order to attend the next session of interest. 

6:30 p.m.
Networking Dinners
A great opportunity for you to connect with other participants while enjoying the local cuisine! Simply choose from our pre-selected restaurants posted near the registration desk and sign-up – it’s just that easy. Participants are responsible for their own tabs and share transportations costs (if any).

8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.      
Registration Desk and Networking Lounge Open

8:00-9:00 a.m.
Light Continental Breakfast

8:00-9:00 a.m.
Faculty Resource Network (formerly ILN) Session
Join colleagues for a celebration of future directions for the network. In addition to seeing old friends and meeting new ones, we will identify issues of mutual interest and future directions for the network in a festive setting. All those responsible for curriculum development with teaching and/or curriculum as their primary responsibility are welcome to attend.
Facilitated by AACN’s Faculty Resource Network (FRN) Steering Committee (formerly known as ILN)

9:00-10:15 a.m.
Plenary Session
Teaching and Learning in a Practice Discipline: Transformative Research-Based Pedagogies
Come hear noted scholar, editor, and international nursing expert Dr. Patricia Benner describe teaching and learning strategies that move beyond the old-fashioned Artificial Intelligence models of the brain and human learning. This new way of thinking will stimulate innovative changes for those open to a new and creative approach to nursing education at the Baccalaureate level.
Speaker: Patricia Benner, PhD, RN, Chief Faculty Development Officer, Educating Nurses, LLC, Knoxville, TN and Professor Emerita, University of California San Francisco, Departments of Physiological Nursing and Social and Behavioral Sciences, San Francisco, CA

10:15-10:45 a.m.
Good Morning Coffee and Tea Break

10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Closing Plenary Session
Disruptive Innovation
The theory of Disruptive Innovation states that organizations can respond more quickly to market forces with a disruptive innovation which is usually simpler, and over time, can sweep off the customer base of those that have embraced sustaining innovations. Dr. Gail Stuart describes how Disruptive Innovative can be used as a positive force for change in Schools of Nursing
Speaker: Gail Stuart, PhD, RN, Dean and Distinguished University Professor, College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC