Elevating Nursing’s Impact on Boosting Vaccine Confidence
Webinar Details
As the most trusted profession, nurses have the power to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and other diseases on communities and to keep patients safe. With funding provided by the CDC, AACN launched a national initiative in 2022 focused on Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Among Nurses and in Communities, designed to educate vulnerable populations about vaccines and dispel health misinformation. To achieve these objectives, AACN provided funding to 10 schools of nursing to help faculty and students have effective conversations about COVID-19 vaccinations and raise consumer confidence. This webinar will highlight the various educational and outreach strategies launched by participating schools to reach at-risk individuals and populations.
Objectives:
- Describe how to prepare faculty and students to have effective conversations on the need for vaccinations.
- Discuss how to increase the capacity of nursing school faculty and students to share credible vaccine information and respond to misinformation on social media.
- Explain strategies to engage with local communities through health departments, community-based organizations, and other groups to target key populations and address vaccine hesitancy.
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Speakers
Quyen Phan, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Assistant Clinical Professor
Emory University
Dr. Phan is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, with more than eighteen years of teaching experience, both in acute care and public health and community settings. Her areas of expertise include nursing education, population-based and public health nursing, primary care, and care of disfranchised populations. She is a PI/PD of several grants, including $8 million dollar grants from HRSA, and one from the AACN, with a focus on nursing training. As a former refugee from Vietnam, Dr. Phan earned her Bachelor of Nursing degree from Ottawa University in Canada, Masters in Leadership Public Health and Teaching minor from Emory University, and Doctor of Nursing Practice and Family Nurse Practitioner from Augusta University.
Lisa Roberts, PH, MSN, FNP-BC, CHES, FAANP, FAAN
Professor/Research Director
Loma Linda University
Lisa R. Roberts is a Professor and the Research Director at Loma Linda University School of Nursing, with a secondary appointment as Professor in the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies in the School of Behavioral Health to facilitate collaborative translational research. Her MSN and Family Nurse Practitioner training was obtained at Western University of Health Sciences, and her Dr.PH in health education at the LLU School of Public Health.
Dr. Roberts’ clinical practice is foundational to her teaching and research. Her clinical focus is primary care and prevention, including vaccinations. She enjoys teaching and mentoring as this provides the opportunity to influence the next generation of nurses and scholars to care for communities, vulnerable populations, and reduce health disparities.
Melissa J. Geist, EdD, FNP-BC, PPCNP-BC
Professor of Nursing
Tennessee Tech University
A passionate educator, researcher, and practitioner, Dr. Geist maintains dual certification as a Family and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. Her research interest involves interprofessional teamwork, communication, and healthcare mis/disinformation. Dr. Geist serves as the PI for VECTOR (Vaccine Education for Communities to Orchestrate Recovery) and ESTAR Sanos “to be healthy” (Education, Support, Training, Awareness, and Resources), grants from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the TN Department of Health to mitigate the adverse outcomes of COVID-19 in rural and Hispanic populations. The grant team has provided education and resources to over 2000 individuals through robust partnerships with groups such as the TN Association of Hispanic Nurses, local ESL programs, and faith-based organizations. Dr. Geist received national honors from the ANCC (Certified Nurse Award, 2017) and the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association (Award for Healthcare Innovation, 2020).
Stefanie Birk, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN
Assistant Professor
DNP and MS Leadership Area Coordinator
University of Missouri
Dr. Birk is faculty at the University of MO Sinclair School of Nursing and has spent much of her career in public health and nursing education. She holds a DNP in Nursing Leadership from the University of Kansas, a MSN with an emphasis in public health nursing from the University of Missouri – Columbia, and a MBA from William Woods University. She has 15 years academic teaching experience and teaches courses in both the undergraduate and graduate programs in areas of public health and leadership. Dr. Birk also coordinates the DNP and MS Leadership areas of study.
In spring 2022, grant funding allowed the opportunity to work with nursing students on Covid-19 vaccine confidence projects. Undergraduate and Graduate students completed vaccine confidence modules as well as motivational interviewing sessions which have been integrated into the curriculum. The project team also worked with School of Journalism to create social marketing projects.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member schools of nursing. All non-member audiences will be required to pay a $59 webinar fee.
Continuing Education Credits
Eligible attendees may receive one continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hour for participating in this webinar. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is an accredited CNE-provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.