Redesigning Clinical Education for APRNs: Recommendations of the APRN Clinical Training Task Force
Join colleagues to hear about the recommendations from the AACN’s APRN Clinical Training Task Force. Learn about the role of simulation, competency-based education, academic practice partnerships, and new models of APRN clinical education. This presentation will also provide insight on the next steps for APRN clinical education.
NOTE:This Webinar is open to everyone including non-members, communities of interest, practice representatives, and AACN member schools including deans, faculty, staff, and students
Webinar Speakers
Laurie M. Lauzon Clabo, PhD, RN
Dean and Professor
School of Nursing
Wayne State University
Dr. Laurie Lauzon Clabo was appointed the eighth dean of the College of Nursing at Wayne State University in April 2015. Previously she served for five years as the dean of the School of Nursing at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, a graduate school in Boston, and prior to that as the Associate Dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Lauzon Clabo served as the Chair of the AACN Task Force on APRN Clinical Training and is currently serving as the Facilitator of the AACN Competency-Based Education for Doctoral-Prepared APRNs work group. She has teaching and senior leadership experience across a variety of settings in both practice and higher education. She has served in a variety of leadership roles in professional organizations including as the President of the Massachusetts Association of Colleges of Nursing and as a member of the Board of Trustees of Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, Rhode Island, and the inaugural Board of Trustees for CharterCARE Health Partners of Rhode Island, a community-based hospital system. Dean Clabo received her baccalaureate in nursing from the University of Windsor, her master’s in Nursing Administration from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and her PhD in nursing from the University of Rhode Island. She is an alumnus of the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program and the AACN-Wharton Executive Leadership Program. She is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Professional Nursing and the Journal of Nursing Education. Her research interests center on the development of critical thinking in nursing and medical students. She is a frequent national speaker on issues related to workforce development and nursing education.
Barbara Berner, EdD, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP
Director
School of Nursing
University of Alaska
Dr. Berner has had a long career in nursing. She received her bachelor’s degree from St. Anselm College, her master’s degree in nursing as an adult nurse practitioner from Oregon Health and Science University, a post-master’s certificate as a family nurse practitioner from the George Washington University and her doctorate in Adult Education, Policy and Program Planning from Boston University. She came to the University of Alaska Anchorage in 1998 and became coordinator of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program, a position she held for ten years. She then accepted a position as Project Director to develop the Doctor of Nursing Practice at the School of Nursing. She was Interim Director for the School of Nursing until September of 2011 when she accepted the position as Director of the School of Nursing. Dr. Berner has maintained her professional career as a practicing nurse practitioner and has had many leadership roles. She is past president of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, served two terms as president of the Alaska Nurse Practitioner Association, chaired the Professional Practices Committee for the Alaska Nurses Association and chaired the Legislative Committee for the Alaska Nurse Practitioner Association. In addition, she served on the Alaska State Board of Nursing and chaired the Board for two years. She has received numerous awards. She received the alumni award of excellence from St Anselm College in 1992. She was Alaska Nurse Practitioner of the Year 2000, a statewide award presented by the Alaska Nurse Practitioner Association. She also received a national award from the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty as Outstanding Nurse Practitioner Educator of the Year, 2008. In addition, she received the 2010 Nurse Practitioner Advocate Award from the Alaska Nurse Practitioner Association. She became a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners in 2005. Dr. Berner has had many publications and presentations. She did original national research on clinical competence in distance delivered nurse practitioner programs. She has spearheaded statewide research that is now providing the first data on nurse practitioner practice trends in Alaska. That data has begun to identify and quantify the role and impact of nurse practitioners in primary care in Alaska