Nursing Impact: Journey to a Federal Appointment
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Overview
AACN will host a live panel of Nursing Professionals who hold federal council and committee positions to give insight into the nomination, interview, and selection process. Nursing professionals are underrepresented on federal councils and can give significant insight into federal health policy that would benefit the nation. To address this issue, AACN, along with over 30 other nursing professional organizations have come together to form a nomination consortium nominating nursing professionals such as our notable panelists to federal appointments. This webinar will provide key insight into the importance of nursing professionals seeking nomination to these appointments in order to contribute to the ongoing design and innovation of our nation’s health care.
Objectives
- Increase knowledge and awareness of federal council and committee appointments open to Nursing Professionals.
- Promote the work AACN and partner nursing organizations have done through our nomination consortium.
- Draw in increased numbers of potential nursing professionals open for consideration to open federal appointments.
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Speakers
Speakers
Betty Rambur, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Routhier Endowed Chair for Practice
University of Rhode Island
Dr. Betty Rambur has been a national leader in nursing, health policy, and health reform. Her textbook, Health Care Finance, Economics, and Policy for Nurses: A Foundational Guide, now in its second edition, provides a user-friendly guide to support nurses’ effectiveness and contributions to organizations in rapid transition in response to evolving financial and reimbursement incentives. Her program of research focuses on health services, workforce, and ethics and has produced over 60 published articles and numerous invited presentations on health policy, payment reform, and leadership development. Dr. Rambur received her PhD and MS in nursing from Rush University, family nurse practitioner certificate from University of North Dakota, and a BSN from University of Mary. She previously served as Professor and Founding Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at University of Vermont, Chair of the Division of Nursing at University of Mary, Chair of the North Dakota Task Force addressing health care financing, and has served on a wide array of education, regulation, and accreditation bodies. Dr. Rambur is a trustee at South County Health, a member of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Health Policy Advisory Committee, and a member of Rhode Island’s Cost Trends Steering Committee and Long Term Health Plan Committee. She lives in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Lauran Hardin, MSN, CNL, FNAP, FAAN
Senior Advisor
National Healthcare and Housing Advisors & Illumination Foundation
Lauran Hardin is the Senior Advisor for National Healthcare & Housing Advisors and the Illumination Foundation, working on National Initiatives for underserved populations. She was recently appointed as the first nurse representative and Vice Chair of the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC). For the past six years, she was the Senior Advisor for the Camden Coalition’s National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs, partnering with communities, health systems and payers to co-design models and interventions for complex populations. Hardin earned her MSN from the University of Detroit Mercy, with certifications as a Clinical Nurse Leader, Pain Management, and Hospice. She was named AARP Culture of Health Scholar in January of 2017 and earned "Edge Runner" recognition from the American Academy of Nursing, and was named Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice in 2018 and Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2019.
Catherine H Ivory, PhD, RN-BC, RNC-OB, NEA-BC, FAAN
Associate Nurse Executive
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Cathy Ivory is an associate nurse executive at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN where she oversees professional nursing practice, governance and research. Dr. Ivory is an associate professor at Vanderbilt School of Nursing and is a health services researcher. In 2021, Dr. Ivory was appointed to the AHRQ National Advisory Council.
Christopher Ryan Friese, PhD, RN, AOCN®, FAAN
Elizabeth Tone Hosmer Professor of Nursing, Health Management & Policy
Director, Center for Improving Patient and Population Health
University of Michigan
Christopher Friese is the Elizabeth Tone Hosmer Professor at the University of Michigan, where he studies quality of care. An oncology nurse and former health policy fellow, Friese was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. He serves on the PCORI Board of Governors and the National Cancer Advisory Board, a presidential appointment.
Moderator
Deborah J. Jones, PhD
Dean
School of Nursing
University of Texas Medical Branch
Dr. Jones is a member of AACN Board of Directors and Senior Vice President and Dean, School of Nursing, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston Texas. Dr. Jones' Rebecca Sealy Distinguished Centennial Chair's research contributes to improving outcomes in acute and critically ill patients through evidence-based oral health practices and interprofessional oral health education. She has furthered the development of national oral care protocols aimed at reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia. Dr. Jones has also expanded her focus to explore the professional and personal impact of moral distress on interprofessional healthcare providers and the effect of oral health practices on non-ventilator hospital acquired pneumonia.
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Partnerships Between Academic Health Departments and Schools of Nursing
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
This webinar will provide a brief overview of the concept of an Academic Health Department (ADH) and its roles and functions. This will be followed by presenters from AHDs and Schools of Nursing (SON) partnerships, describing how partnerships facilitate both nursing education and health department goals of improving the health of the public. Presenters will share examples of student experiences, challenges encountered and how to overcome them when working in partnership with an AHD, and possible ways to measure outcomes for student learning and health department goals. The AHD/SON partnership is an important mechanism for helping nursing students acquire public/population health knowledge and skills.
Objectives:
- Define Academic Health Department.
- Identify three benefits of SON partnerships with AHDs for the health department and nursing students.
- Describe challenges in implementing AHD/SON partnerships, and potential ways to overcome these.
- List three potential measures of outcomes of AHD/SON partnerships for the nursing students and AHD.
This webinar is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Academic Partnerships to Improve Health.
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Speakers
Speakers
Kathleen Amos, MLIS
Director, Academic/Practice Linkages
Public Health Foundation
Kathleen Amos, MLIS, serves as the Director, Academic/Practice Linkages for the Public Health Foundation. In this role, she supports collaborative public health workforce development initiatives designed to strengthen connections between academia, public health practice, and healthcare. She coordinates the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice and its initiatives, including the Academic Health Department Learning Community and Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, as well as other performance improvement efforts related to workforce development. Kathleen holds a Master’s degree in library and information studies, with post-graduate training in health sciences information services.
Nola Martz, EdD, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Truman State University
Nola earned her BSN and MSN (with clinical specialty in Public Health) from the University of Missouri - Columbia (MU). Nola completed her Doctorate of Education with William Woods University where her dissertation research was on the impact of accreditation to public health funding in Missouri. Following her early nursing practice in NICU, rural community hospital and physician practice settings, she has spent the majority of her career in public health nursing in rural and suburban local public health agencies, and with the State health department in Missouri at programmatic and administrative levels. Nola joined the Truman State University (TSU) Nursing Department in Fall of 2021 as an Assistant Professor of Nursing. She currently teaches the NU485 – Rural and Public Health Nursing course and the NU250 Life Span Development course. She has also taught Pharmacology I and II for TSU. Prior to joining the TSU Nursing faculty, Nola taught for 6 years as adjunct instructor and full time as Visiting Assistant Professor for the graduate Master in Public Health (MPH) online program at MU where she instructed Applied Epidemiology in Community Assessment, and Introduction to Research Methods courses. At MU, she additionally served as a Public Health Consultant for the MU Extension Community Health Team. Nola currently serves on the Missouri Public Health Association Board.
Joann Hoganson, MSN, RN
Director of Community Wellness
Kent County Health Department
Joann Hoganson is the Director of Community Wellness at the Kent County Health Department in Grand Rapids, MI. Prior to this, Joann, along with her husband and four kids, served in Brazil, South America as a missionary nurse for sixteen years. A primary focus of her efforts in Brazil was providing holistic and redemptive care to children and families living on the streets of Salvador, Bahia. Through this experience, she honed her administrative skills, learned the importance of community collaboration, and deepened her passion and commitment to bringing quality, holistic care to those who most need it. Additionally, she has worked as a Nursing Instructor at Grand Valley State University and Davenport University.
Joann is originally from Danbury, Connecticut, and received her Bachelor’s Degree from Cedarville University in Ohio, majoring in Biology and Chemistry. She then received a Master’s Degree in Nursing from Pace University in Pleasantville, NY, just outside of New York City. Joann has a deep commitment to the future generations of nurses and finds joy in passing her acquired knowledge on to future nurses who are diverse, well-prepared, innovative, and culturally competent. These are the people she hopes will carry the nursing torch after her retirement.
Moderator:
Susan M. Swinder, PhD, PHNA-BC, FAAN
Professor
Community, Systems and Mental Health Nursing
Rush University
Susan Swider is a Professor in the Department of Community, Systems and Mental Health Nursing at Rush University in Chicago. Dr. Swider has practiced in acute care, home health care and public health settings over the past thirty years. Her research has focused on program development and evaluation of community health workers, engaging urban communities in health promotion, and health policy to support health promotion efforts. She has taught public health nursing at the pre-licensure and graduate/specialty level at several universities, and co-directed 10 years of HRSA supported work to develop an online doctoral program in Advanced Public Health Nursing, ensuring that it met the Quad Council competencies for Public Health Nursing practice. She is a member of a number of public health and public health nursing organizations, and is a past president of the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators (ACHNE). In her role with ACHNE, she served on the Quad Council for Public Health Nursing organizations, and was a member of the Task Force that revised the Competencies for Public Health Nursing (2010-2012). In 2011, Dr. Swider was appointed by President Obama to the Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion and Integrative and Public Health, a group designed to advise on the development and implementation of the National Prevention Strategy. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago. In 2016, she was appointed to serve on the Community Preventive Services Task Force of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Catalyzing Climate Change Content in Health Professions Education
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
As a leading public health concern of the 21st century, climate change will continue to affect global population health. Health professionals and health professions educators have important and unique roles in proactively addressing climate change and its implications. To try and create a healthier, climate-resilient future, schools and programs that train health professions students should integrate climate change and its health effects into the curricula.
Webinar participants will hear models and resources that can be used to help institutions integrate climate-health content into health professions curricula.
Objectives
- Compare educational models and resources to train health professions students to prevent, mitigate, and respond to the health consequences of climate change
- Apply the new GCCHE Climate & Health Competencies for Health Professions Students
- Summarize “lessons learned” in the development and implementation of climate-health curricula
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Speakers
Speakers
Cecilia Sorensen, MD
Director, Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Columbia University
Cecilia Sorensen, MD is the Director of the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education at Columbia University, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Columbia Irving Medical Center and Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. Dr. Sorensen received her Doctor of Medicine from Drexel University College of Medicine and completed a four-year emergency medicine residency at Denver Health. Following residency training, she completed a 2-year fellowship in climate change and human health policy with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Her work focuses on the intersection of climate change and health and how policy solutions, clinical action and education can build resilience in vulnerable communities. She currently serves on the working group for the National Academy of Medicine’s Climate and Human Health Initiative. She was an author for the U.S. Fourth National Climate Assessment and serves as a technical advisor for the Lancet Climate and Health U.S. Policy Brief. She is the co-editor of the textbook Climate Change and Human Health: From Science to Practice.
Teddie M. Potter, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP
Clinical Professor/Coordinator, Doctor of Nursing Practice in Health Innovation and Leadership
Director of Planetary Health; Pauline A. Vincent Chair of Public Health
Directorate, Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership
School of Nursing
University of Minnesota
Dr. Potter is deeply committed to climate change education including co-founding Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate, membership in the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, and membership on the American Academy of Nursing Environment and Public Health Expert Panel. She is a member of the Coordinating Committee of Columbia University’s Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education and a Fellow in the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota. She chairs Clinicians for Planetary Health (C4PH) and is a member of the Steering Committee of the Planetary Health Alliance at Harvard.
At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Potter designed and co-teaches an interdisciplinary course titled “The Global Climate Challenge: Creating an Empowered Movement for Change”. In addition, she co-leads a Health Sciences initiative titled, “Climate Change and Health: An Interprofessional Response”. In 2019, Dr. Potter was appointed the first Director of Planetary Health for the School of Nursing.
In addition, Dr. Potter is Executive Editor for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies; a peer-reviewed, open-access, online journal promoting interdisciplinary collaboration as a solution for solving society’s grand challenges.
Dorothy Biberman, MPH, CPH
Director of Global Engagement and Executive Initiatives
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
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Climate & Intergroup Relations: Inclusive Excellence Webinar Series
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
Institutional Climate and Culture is critical to the experience of faculty, staff, and students within nursing schools. Fostering environments where diverse backgrounds are valued and respected is an imperative for achieving the mission-driven goals and commitments. Diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible environments where there is a collective sense of belonging and all individuals thrive and do their best work are critical to achieving the nursing school’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
This webinar will discuss how the dimensions of the Inclusive Excellence Ecosystem for Academic Nursing align and assist nursing schools with organizing and guiding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts.
This webinar is the third installment for the Inclusive Excellence Webinar Series. For more information, on additional webinars in this series, visit www.aacnnursing.org/diversity/webinars.
Objectives:
- Describe the Climate & Intergroup Relations dimension of the AACN’s DEI Faculty Tool Kit
- Discuss the impact of intergroup dialogue on building an inclusive learning environment
- Discuss strategies for nursing schools to improve diversity and feelings of belonging of historically underrepresented and marginalized groups
- Identify best practices from the AACN DEI Faculty Tool Kit to promote belongingness, provide safe spaces for intergroup relations, assess climate and create inclusive learning environment.
Speakers
Speakers
Barbara A. Fowler, EdD, PhD, RN
Professor of Nursing
Wright State University
Barbara A. Fowler holds an EdD in Curriculum Instruction & Design from Teacher’s College at the University of Cincinnati, OH in 1988 and later earned a PhD from Rush University – College of Nursing in Chicago, IL (2003). She has more than 30 years of experience in teaching and mentoring the next generation of nurses across programs (non-licensure BSN, RN-BSN, accelerated BSN, MS and DNP) on providing equitable and evidence-based nursing care to racial/ethnic minorities and marginalized groups (i.e., immigrants and homeless) in underserved urban communities. She has received the Graduate Teaching Excellence Award in the College of Nursing and Health at Wright State University on several occasions. Dr. Fowler’s program of research is funded by the American Nursing Foundation (ANF), Oncology Nursing Society and Bristol-Myers Squibb Community Health Research Grant, Sigma Theta Tau – Honor Society of Nursing/Beta Iota Chapter (Cincinnati, OH) and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (Population-Health Grant) on health disparities faced by racial/ethnic minority females in accessing preventive breast health screenings in underserved urban communities. Recent research on systemic or structural barriers to leadership development and career advancement for minority nurses in public health nursing departments was published in Public Health Nursing in 2020; the findings were presented (virtual) via poster at the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) Annual Conference in April 2021 and oral/podium (virtual) presentation at the Association of Public Health Nursing (APHN) Annual Conference in May 2021. Dr. Fowler was an inaugural member of the AACN subcommittee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in 2019, and later played a leadership role on the Campus Climate & Intergroup Relations portion of the Diversity Tool Kit by compiling available data and co-authoring a scoping review of the literature on systemic, structural barriers and implicit biases affecting racial/ethnic minority nurses across practice settings. In 2020, Dr. Fowler was appointed by the Interim Dean in the College of Nursing and Health to serve on the President's Advisory Council on Inclusive Excellence at Wright State University.
Patricia G. Francis-Johnson, DNP, RN
Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Patricia Francis-Johnson is an Assistant Professor and Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the School of Nursing at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC). She received her DNP with a concentration in Executive Leadership from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas. She has over twenty years of experience in traditional and online education, clinical teaching, quality improvement, patient safety, and interprofessional teamwork. Dr. Francis-Johnson is also a TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer who conducts training classes for students, faculty, and staff. Dr. Francis-Johnson led a diverse group of faculty and staff to design and implement Shared Governance at the School of Nursing, which resulted in the development of an Academic Shared Governance Model for Nursing Education. She serves as the inaugural Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the School of Nursing to increase diversity and inclusion among faculty, staff and students. She represents the School of Nursing (SON) on the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Institutional Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Dr. Francis-Johnson is a member of the search committee for the Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion (VPDEI) position at TTUHSC. She is a member of the AACN Diversity Equity, Inclusion Leadership Network (DEILN) and participated in developing the AACN Diversity Toolkit. She represents TTUHSC as an Executive Board member of the Texas Tech University/ Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTU/TTUHSC) Black Faculty and Staff Association (BFSA), which includes faculty and staff from the Texas Tech System. She also chairs the Texas Nurses Association Leadership Succession Committee. Dr. Francis-Johnson has participated in Unconscious Bias training and attended a webinar on National Inclusive Excellence. She serves as a member of various admissions and progressions committees, bringing the perspective of diversity, inclusion, and unconscious bias into the process. Dr. Francis-Johnson has led the dissemination of educational innovation through invited presentations to various groups.
Antonea’ Jackson, PhD, RN, CNE
Director of Undergraduate Programs
Prairie View A&M University
Antonea’ Jackson is a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs at Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing, where she has served as faculty since 2009. She is a Certified Nurse Educator, and has been recognized a nominee for the President’s Teaching Award Service Learning Award from Prairie View A&M University. In 2020, Dr. Jackson received her PhD from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and completed both her undergraduate and graduate studies at Prairie View A&M University. Her research interests include nursing education, cultural competence of nurse educators, and health disparities and health equity. She is currently the PI of the Texas COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach and Education Grant designed to reduce vaccine hesitancy in communities of color, and the Co-PI of the Nursing Innovation Grant Program funded by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board designed to improve interprofessional communication via telehealth in nursing students. Dr. Jackson has presented at professional conferences on the national level and is an active member of several professional nursing organizations including Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, Eta Delta Chapter. Dr. Jackson has a passion for nursing and nursing education, and believes in educating students by providing opportunities that foster student success academically and professionally. She values education and the opportunities it creates, specifically for students of disadvantaged backgrounds.
Janelle R. Sokolowich, PhD, MSN Ed, RN
Academic Vice President, Dean
College of Health Professions
Western Governors University
Dr. Sokolowich is an accomplished visionary academic leader. She has been an academic leader for over a decade, having held various roles, including dean of academic operations, interim dean, and faculty. In her current role as the Academic Vice President/Dean for the College of Health Professions at Western Governors University (WGU), her goal is to close the equity and access gap in the health professions by providing degree programs and certifications to student who seek to advance their education. Her passion for student success, specifically the underserved, is marked by her drive for innovation to reach all who desire a degree. Her research includes the successful orientation of nursing faculty and intentional, focused academic support of culturally and linguistically diverse students. Dr. Sokolowich has presented nationally and internationally, highlighting the use of technology in the classroom, non-academic support strategies for high-risk students, and cultural inclusivity in the classroom. She is a member of the inaugural American Association of College of Nursing, Diversity Equity and Inclusion leadership network, National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society, and numerous other academic societies. She serves as an American Nurses Association Mentor and is a National League for Nursing Writing Scholar. Dr. Sokolowich earned her bachelor's and master's in the science of nursing degrees from the University of Phoenix and Ph.D. in Education, with Distinction from Capella University.
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Education and Scholarship: Inclusive Excellence Webinar Series
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
Education and Scholarship are core competencies of nursing skills and reflect faculty capacity and pedagogical approaches that embody diversity, equity, and inclusion. The structure of these processes determines the educational experiences of all students who are invited to participate in the learning environment. This webinar engages participants in an interactive scenario to promote discussion to create inclusive teaching and learning environments by developing critical skills that include structural ways of managing microaggressions, conflicts, charged conversations, and discrimination in respectful, psychologically safe ways.
This webinar is the second installment for the Inclusive Excellence Webinar Series. For more information, on additional webinars in this series, visit www.aacnnursing.org/diversity/webinars
Objectives:
- Discuss strategies of “what to do in the moment” to promote inclusive teaching and learning environments.
- Identify best practices from the AACN DEI Faculty Tool Kit to promote critical self-reflection, enhance cultural awareness and create inclusive learning environments.
- Apply best practice strategies for faculty to manage difficult conversations/situations in various teaching and learning environments.
- Identify structural practices to enhance cultural awareness and create inclusive, safe learning spaces.
Speakers
Speakers
Kendra M. Barrier, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE
Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Louisiana State University Health New Orleans School of Nursing
Dr. Kendra M. Barrier is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, serving as the inaugural Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Louisiana State University Health New Orleans School of Nursing. She is also an Associate Faculty for the School of Graduate Studies at LSU Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC). She is a National League for Nursing Certified Nurse Educator. In her administrative role she engages in quality improvement and programmatic development in creating and sustaining an inclusive, an equitable, and a respectful academic environment for students, faculty, staff, and stakeholders. She has a passion for the recruitment and academic success of underrepresented and underserved students.
Dr. Barrier has more than 20 years of nursing experience and over 12 years in academic nursing education. Her clinical expertise spans from emergency and intensive care, to quality management, and school nursing. She has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and podium presentations of her research interests of simulation, diversity, equity, inclusion, mentoring, emotional intelligence, and cultural competence, at local and regional conferences. Dr. Barrier has served in several leadership roles and chaired councils and committees within the SON. She has received many honors and awards. She has been accepted into the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Elevating Leaders in Academic Nursing (ELAN) Cohort III (2021 to 2022) and the AACN Diversity Leadership Institute (2022).
Dr. Barrier mentors and coaches through her dedication to a life of service to the profession and community at large. She currently serves as the President of the New Orleans District Nurses Association (2019), a member of the Louisiana State Nurses Association (LSNA), serving on several committees and subcommittees, a member of the Steering Committee and Communications Subcommittee for the Organizational Leadership Network (OLN). She is a member of the Steering and Nominations Committees for AACN Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Network (DEILN), as well as a member of The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated.
She earned a Bachelor of Science (2000) and a Master of Science in Nursing (2009) in Nursing Education from LSUHSC. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy (2016) in Nursing Education and Administration from William Carey University.
Linda Haen, EdD, MSN, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor/Faculty Success Coordinator
United States University
Dr. Linda Haen is an Assistant Professor and Faculty Success coordinator at United States University teaching in the graduate nursing program. She has been a nurse for 42 years and an FNP for 21 years. Her clinical practice has been primarily in women’s health. She began teaching full time in 2018 and earned her doctorate in Education with a specialty in adult education in December 2020. Her capstone project was titled “Nurse Educators and Implicit Bias: Does Critical Self Reflection Change Practice?”. She has served on AACN’s diversity, equity, and inclusion group since its inception. She also serves on the DEIG at United States University.
Kae Rivers Livsey, MPH, PhD, RN
Western Carolina University School of Nursing
Dr. Livsey has been a nurse educator for more than a decade, with a scholarship focus on community based service learning experiences. She has extensive experience in policy and advocacy and serving underserved populations. Since 2016, Dr. Livsey has been leading development of innovative primary care focused experiences for BSN-RNs and is serving as PI on a HRSA Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant.
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Access and Success: Inclusive Excellence Webinar Series
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
This webinar focuses on access to the nursing school, inclusion and belonging, and success of historically underrepresented and marginalized groups. Nursing schools must critically examine the structures, policies, practices, and attitudes to ensure access, retention, and success for all faculty, students, and staff. The speaker will discuss the dimensions of the Inclusive Excellence Ecosystem for Academic Nursing and how it can assist nursing schools with organizing and guiding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts.
This webinar is the first installment for the Inclusive Excellence Webinar Series. For more information, on additional webinars in this series, visit www.aacnnursing.org/diversity/webinars.
Objectives:
- Discuss promising practices for increasing student access to schools of nursing
- Discuss evidence-based student retention and success strategies for historically underrepresented and marginalized nursing students.
- Discuss practices to improve feelings of belonging of historically underrepresented and marginalized groups
- Discuss tools to build capacity related to structures, policies, practices and attitudes for nursing schools to ensure access, retention and success for all faculty students and staff.
Speakers
Speakers
Michelle DeCoux Hampton, RN, PhD
Associate Professor
Special Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Valley Foundation School of Nursing
San Jose State University
Michelle DeCoux Hampton is the College of Health and Human Sciences Special Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Associate Professor in The Valley Foundation School of Nursing at San Jose State University. She joined SJSU in 2018, but has 16 years of experience in academia and 27 years as Registered Nurse. Her teaching experience has focused on decreasing stigma and promoting a recovery mindset in psychiatric mental health nursing, as well as preparing prelicensure, Master’s, and Doctor of Nursing Practice students for evidence based practice in her research courses. She served as an administrative leader in Doctor of Nursing Practice programs and provided university and departmental leadership with regard to faculty development. Her goal is to contribute to improving health equity for underserved populations by increasing access to health professional education for members of underrepresented communities, and by educating current students and practicing professionals.
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Competency-Based Online Graduate Nursing Education: Instructional Design and Delivery
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Sponsored by AACN's Faculty Leadership Network.
Webinar Details & Objectives
With the publication of the new AACN Essentials and the rise of graduate competency-based nursing education, nurse educators must rethink course design and delivery. Attendees will explore practical, evidence-based instructional design strategies used to create the optimum teaching and learning experience for students, faculty, and leadership. This webinar will offer real world examples for collaboratively meeting online design and delivery challenges.
Objectives:
- Differentiate between instructional design and delivery (a shared language).
- Apply evidence-based instructional design strategies for consistency in competency-based graduate nursing education.
- Select evidence-based instructional design strategies for sustainability in competency-based graduate nursing education.
Speakers
Speakers
Tami J. Rogers, PhD, DVM, MSN, CNE
Professor of Nursing, Curriculum QA/Course Development
Rasmussen University
Dr. Tami J. Rogers holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from Florida State University, a Master’s of Science in Nursing in Nursing (MSN) from the University of Phoenix, a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from Auburn University, and a Ph.D. in Education with a specialization in Nursing Education from Capella University. Tami practiced as a small animal Veterinarian for 12 years before transitioning to nursing, where her clinical background in nursing focused on the adult population in open-heart surgical recovery. Since 2003 Tami has served as Nurse Educator and Curriculum Manager at the Associates, Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral levels. Currently, she manages quality assurance and course development for the School of Nursing Curriculum Team. Dr. Rogers holds a specialty certification as a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) and has presented findings from research and evidence-based interventions at local and national conferences, including Sigma Theta Tau Annual Research Day, National League for Nursing Summit, and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing BSN and MSN Conferences. Her current research interests include perceived self-efficacy for information literacy among faculty and students and use of embedded information literacy activities in nursing education, alignment of ACRL nursing information literacy competency standards to EBP competencies at undergraduate and graduate levels, meaningful evaluation strategies and feedback for the DNP specialty clinical practice experience, and cognitive and emotional impacts of graduate competency-based education.
Becky Costello, EdD
Director of Instructional Design
Rockford Public Schools
Dr. Becky Costello has been designing online learning for adults for over ten years. Her research area of interest is the impact of online faculty training on learning communities. In her current role, she designs professional learning opportunities for teachers and other certified staff at a large, urban public school district in Northern Illinois. She takes great pride in the collaborative relationships she builds with stakeholders in the instructional design process. Though she is not a nurse, she is invested in understanding the regulatory challenges, student and faculty experience, and other key aspects of online nursing course and program quality.
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Impact of Disruptive Social Change: Personal and Professional Dimensions
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Hosted by the Organizational Leadership Network
Webinar Details & Objectives
The on-going pandemic has been a constant challenge to educators in dealing with disruptive social change, compounded by a series of natural disasters and calls for social justice. Academic leaders are emotionally and physically fatigued from the constant pivots in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. The session offers reflective practice strategies for personal and professional applications in developing resilience and self-care and sets the stage for deeper learning at the October meeting of the Organizational Leadership Network.
Objectives:
- Examine impact of disruptive social change on personal and professional dimensions
- Demonstrate reflective practices for managing constant pivots to give rebirth through resilience and self-care
- Reimagine strategies for moving forward through the disruptive social changes towards new visions that advance educational missions
Speakers
Speaker
Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Professor Emeritus
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Dr. Gwen D. Sherwood was a Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing. Her program of scholarship evolved from a model for caring relationships which led to examination of patient satisfaction with pain management, particularly from a multicultural perspective and the development of a Spanish Language tool, the Houston Pain Outcome Instrument. She also applied the caring model to spiritual dimensions of care and the impact on healthy work environments and helped develop the Methodist Caring Tool to examine patient satisfaction with caring. Through her work at the University of Texas at Houston School of Nursing she was co-investigator with the Medical School’s Center for Patient Safety to examine teamwork as a variable in patient safety.
Dr. Sherwood is co-investigator on Phases I, II, III, and IV of the award winning Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to transform nursing curriculum to prepare nurses in quality and safety for redesigned health care systems. She was a nursing leader for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University Inter-professional Patient Safety Education Collaborative to measure effectiveness of teaching modalities for interdisciplinary teamwork training involving nursing and medical students. She participates in the annual Telluride Science Institute on interprofessional education with the University of Illinois at Chicago and is a member of the National Patient Safety Foundation Research Committee. She has been a leader in developing nursing education across borders, working with nursing faculty in China, Thailand, Macau, Mexico, England, and Kenya.
She is Past President of the International Association for Human Caring and served two terms as Vice President of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing.
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Introduction to Competency-Based Education
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
Nursing educators Margaret Rauschenberger, Dr. Judeen Schulte, and Ann Van Eerden from Alverno College, lead a discussion on the evolution of competency-based education from a “journeyman” approach to an ability-oriented, outcome-based framework. This webinar relates contemporary concepts and definitions of competency-based education to nursing education as expressed in the 2021 Essentials.
For the latest updates and resources on the 2021Essentials, visit www.aacnnursing.org/AACN-Essentials.
Speakers
Speakers
Margaret Rauschenberger, MSN, RN
Professor, Dean of Nursing Emerita, and Associate Dean
School of Adult Learning and New Initiatives
Alverno College
Peg Rauschenberger, MSN, RN, is an associate dean in the School of Adult Learning and New Initiatives in charge of health related programming, and the dean emerita of Alverno College's JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions. She has been consulting and lecturing since 1997, and has presented numerous workshops nationally and internationally on topics including ability-based education, nursing education, child and adolescent mental health care, nursing in corrections, conflict resolution, stress management and the effects of stress on health.
Judeen Schulte, PhD, RN
Professor
JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions
Alverno College
Judeen Schulte, PhD, OSF, is a professor of Nursing at Alverno College where she has taught since 1980. In addition to her nursing expertise, Schulte has given presentations on Alverno’s abilities-based curriculum across the country, as well as around the world. She has also served as a consultant to several universities here and abroad on performance assessment, student learning and abilities-based curricula.
Ann Van Eerden, MSN, MS, RN
Associate Professor
JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions
Alverno College
Ann Van Eerden, MSN, MS, RN, CNE, NCSN, is an associate professor of nursing in the JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions at Alverno College. She also serves as the director of both the Undergraduate Nursing Program and the Health Education Program. She has nearly 40 years of nursing experience and has been teaching since 2008.
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Substance Use Disorder Research Dissemination Awards
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
Dr. Colleen Leners, AACN Director of Policy, will be presenting on AACN’s mini-grants that are disseminated through the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Since 2017, AACN and the National Institute of Drug Abuse have partnered to advance research, dissemination, and adoption of evidence-based projects (EBP) focusing on Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) treatment practices in health care. The NIDA Blending Initiative: Moving Science from Research to Practice offers an award up to $10,000 for a graduate student (Master’s, Doctoral, or Post-Doctoral) from an accredited program at an AACN member school. This funding is intended to support projects that contribute to a student’s knowledge of SUDs and advance research, dissemination, and adoption of evidence-based SUD treatment. Students are encouraged to develop projects that address or improve current gaps in dissemination of research findings or implementation/adoption of evidence-based treatment practices. The project results will be presented via poster at an AACN conference.
Objectives:
- Spread education about the grant opportunity with NIDA
- Explain how to apply for the grant successfully
- Drive dissemination of crucial substance-abuse research
Speakers
Speaker
Colleen Leners, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAAN FAANP
Director of Policy
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
Dr. Colleen Leners is the Director of Policy at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), which serves as the national voice of academic nursing. Dr. Leners was selected as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow in the office of Senator John Thune (R-SD) of the Senate Finance Committee. She has maintained an active family nurse practitioner practice for over 25 years and has served our country in the United States Army Nurse Corps, which after multiple deployments overseas was honorably discharged. She has many notable achievements both civilian and military, she has been inducted as a Fellow Academy of Nursing, Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and awarded the Bronze Star for her service overseas.
Dr. Leners has served as the Traumatic Brain Injury Program manager, created a nurse-managed primary care clinic for Wounded Warriors at Navy Medical Center San Diego. She has also been a registered nurse and nurse practitioner for three decades. She received her DNP in Leadership from Case Western Reserve University, MSN FNP from University of San Diego and her BSN from California State University Dominguez Hills.
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Improving Health Outcomes Through Precision Medicine with the All of Us Research Program
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
Discover how academic nursing can help create better health outcomes for underrepresented in biomedical research (UBR) communities through the NIH's All of Us Research Program. The session will explore how schools of nursing can help advance precision medicine and access this important resource to advance their own research missions.
Objectives
- Define the need for more diversity in medical research.
- Demonstrate how to enroll their patients in this program.
- Demonstrate how to use the research hub to further nursing schools’ own research objectives
Speakers
Speaker
Colleen Leners, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAAN FAANP
Director of Policy
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
Colleen Leners is the Director of Policy at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). AACN serves as the voice of academic nursing, encompassing education, research, and practice. Dr. Leners was selected as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow in the office of Senator John Thune (R-SD) of the Senate Finance Committee. She has maintained an active family nurse practitioner practice for over 25 years and has served our country in the United States Army Nurse Corps, which after multiple deployments overseas was honorably discharged. She has many notable achievements both civilian and military, she has been inducted as a Fellow Academy of Nursing, Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and awarded the Bronze Star for her service overseas.
Dr. Leners has served as the Traumatic Brain Injury Program manager, created a nurse-managed primary care clinic for Wounded Warriors at Navy Medical Center San Diego. She has also been a registered nurse and nurse practitioner for three decades. She received her DNP in Leadership from Case Western Reserve University, MSN FNP from University of San Diego and her BSN from California State University Dominguez Hills.
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An Insider’s Look at 2020-2030 Future of Nursing Report: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
On May 11, 2021, the National Academy of Medicine will release the highly anticipated report, The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity. Based on the results of a consensus committee process, this report will cover the vision for the nursing profession into 2030 and chart a path for the nursing profession to help our nation create a culture of health, reduce health disparities, and improve the health and well-being of the U.S. population in the 21st century. Dr. Susan Hassmiller, who served as a key member of the leadership team for the report, will provide an overview of the report’s findings and discuss how nursing educators and students can help to advance health equity.
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Speakers
Speakers

Senior Scholar-In-Residence
Senior Adviser to the President
National Academy of Medicine
Susan Hassmiller is currently serving as the Senior Scholar-In-Residence and Senior Adviser to the President on Nursing at the National Academy of Medicine from January 2019 through August 2021. In this role, she is serving as a key member of the leadership team for the Future of Nursing 2030 report. She is also the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Senior Adviser for Nursing, and in partnership with AARP, Hassmiller also directs the Foundation’s Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. This 50-state and District of Columbia effort strives to implement the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine’s report on The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health and will additionally seek to build a Culture of Health. Hassmiller served as the report’s study director.
Hassmiller’s work has included service in public health settings at the local, state and national levels, including HRSA. She taught community health nursing at the University of Nebraska and George Mason University in Virginia.

Board of Directors, AACN
Vice President for Nursing Affairs, Professor, and Dean
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Nursing
Dr. Susan Bakewell-Sachs is a nationally recognized scholar and clinical expert in the care of prematurely born infants, as well as a distinguished leader in academic nursing. Prior to assuming her current role at OHSU in 2013, she served as nursing faculty at the University of Pennsylvania; program director, professor and dean at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) School of Nursing, Health & Exercise Science; and Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at TCNJ. A strong nurse advocate, she was the director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) New Jersey Nursing Initiative, chair of the New Jersey Association of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs, member of the March of Dimes National Nursing Advisory Council, and on the steering committee of the Oregon Action Coalition. Dr. Bakewell-Sachs was an RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow, Cohort 2007, where her leadership development project focused on strategic effectiveness and nursing education.
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Public Health and Population Health: A Distinction with a Difference: Part 2
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
For the past decade, leaders in health care have been talking about population health and its importance in improving the health of the nation. The simplest definition of population health is "the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group" (Kindig and Stoddart, 2003). This term is often used seemingly interchangeably with public health-so what does that mean? Is population health the same as public health? If they are different, what are the differences? How do these concepts look in nursing practice-and how can faculty educate nurses effectively in each area, at both entry and advanced practice levels? The new AACN Essentials focus on core population health competencies at both the entry and advanced level of nursing practice. As examples of this, AACN will present two webinars looking at similarities and differences between public health and population health in nursing practice-and nursing education. Part 1 webinar will focus on public health and population health in nursing education at the prelicensure/entry level of education and practice, and Part 2 webinar will focus on population and public health in advanced/specialty nursing practice and education.
This webinar is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Academic Partnerships to Improve Health.
Objectives
- Compare and contrast population health and public health in nursing education
- Describe key characteristics of public health clinical experiences at the
- Graduate level
- Entry level
- Describe key characteristics of population health in clinical practice at the
- Graduate level
- Entry level
Speakers
Speakers

Professor
Community, Systems and Mental Health Nursing
Rush University
Susan Swider is a Professor in the Department of Community, Systems and Mental Health Nursing at Rush University in Chicago. Dr. Swider has practiced in acute care, home health care and public health settings over the past thirty years. Her research has focused on program development and evaluation of community health workers, engaging urban communities in health promotion, and health policy to support health promotion efforts. She has taught public health nursing at the pre-licensure and graduate/specialty level at several universities, and co-directed 10 years of HRSA supported work to develop an online doctoral program in Advanced Public Health Nursing, ensuring that it met the Quad Council competencies for Public Health Nursing practice. She is a member of a number of public health and public health nursing organizations and is a past president of the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators (ACHNE). In her role with ACHNE, she served on the Quad Council for Public Health Nursing organizations and was a member of the Task Force that revised the Competencies for Public Health Nursing (2010-2012). In 2011, Dr. Swider was appointed by President Obama to the Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion and Integrative and Public Health, a group designed to advise on the development and implementation of the National Prevention Strategy. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago. In 2016, she was appointed to serve on the Community Preventive Services Task Force of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Assistant Professor
Director of PMHNP Program
College of Nursing
Rush University
Michelle Heyland is a board certification psychiatric & mental health nurse practitioner with 8 years of experience as a nurse practitioner and 13 years as a nurse working in mental health overall. She has worked in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings, currently working at a community mental health center and operating her own private practice. She is also director of the PMHNP program at Rush University College of Nursing and an Associate Professor. Her area of scholarship is emergency department diversion of people in mental health crisis. She has worked extensively with the Living Room model, which provides a community based crisis respite center for people experiencing psychiatric emergencies.

Assistant Professor
Eastern Michigan University
Elizabeth A. Loomis is an Assistant Professor at Eastern Michigan University, School of Nursing and a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Loomis received her DNP at Rush University in Transformative Leadership: Population Health. In addition to teaching full time, Dr. Loomis practices part-time in an OB/GYN office. Her clinical interests include safe opioid prescribing, and the primary care of women, specifically working with adolescents and young adults regarding safe sex practices and STD prevention.
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Maintaining Program Integrity During a Pandemic: Balancing Rigor with Compassion
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
This webinar will highlight the changing landscape of nursing education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The speaker will discuss how the incorporation of professionalism, ethics and accountability can play a role in educating nursing students during this time. Potential stakeholders will be identified. Finally, discussion will take place over how to balance rigor with compassion while moving past the pandemic.
Objectives
- Review the changing landscape of nursing education during COVID-19.
- Discuss the role of professionalism, ethics, and accountability in the education of nursing students during the pandemic.
- Explore the potential impact the pandemic has on potential stakeholders, while educators attempt to balance rigor with compassion.
Speakers
Speakers

ABSN Program Director and Assistant Professor
Gwynedd Mercy University
Dr. Mary Ann Siciliano McLaughlin has been the ABSN Program Director and an Assistant Professor of Nursing in the Frances M. Maguire School of Nursing and Health Professions since August of 2017. Dr. McLaughlin earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Degree from the University of Pennsylvania; her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Degree in Adult Health and Illness, Cardiopulmonary Clinical Nurse Specialist, from the University of Pennsylvania; and her Doctorate in Education, in Nursing Leadership and Organization, from Teachers College at Columbia University.
Dr. McLaughlin is a member of the Xi, Alpha Zeta, and Iotta Kappa chapters of Sigma Theta Tau, the National Honor Society for Nurses; the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN); the AACN Faculty Leadership Network; the National League for Nursing (NLN); the American Nurses Association (ANA); the New Jersey State Nurses Association; and the Nursing Education Alumni Association (NEAA) of Teachers College at Columbia University.
Dr. McLaughlin’s areas of experience and expertise include: cardiac nursing, medical surgical nursing, education, publishing, NCLEX, disease management, telehealth, nursing management, professionalism, leadership, and ethics.
Dr. McLaughlin’s scholarship interests include publications and presentations related to cardiac nursing, medical surgical nursing, NCLEX, professionalism, and ethics. The main focus of her scholarship now revolves around ethical practice in nursing. She has had opportunities to present locally, nationally, and internationally relating to her scholarship on ethics and her model, the Siciliano-McLaughlin Model of Ethics.

Assistant Professor
Rutgers University School of Nursing-Camden
Dr. Tyshaneka Saffold is an Assistant Professor at the Rutgers University School of Nursing-Camden. Dr. Saffold is an advocate who is passionate about improving the health of those in underserved populations. Her core values shape her philosophy of nursing: everyone deserves to be treated with kindness and compassion regardless of race or socioeconomic status. Her service relates closely to her commitment to ensure fair and equitable service to all regardless of their income level. Dr. Saffold volunteers both locally and internationally, providing free health and education services to community members.
Dr. Saffold's program of research is health disparities in urban populations; prevention of both social and racial injustice; impact of poverty on health; and improving the health of vulnerable populations. Dr. Saffold has been a nurse for 18 years, with clinical expertise in the areas of cardiac care, community health, nursing education, geriatrics, and leadership. Currently, her research centers on social determinants of health; particularly health disparities, social injustice, racial injustice, and inequalities in healthcare.

Dean - School of Nursing
Florida A&M University
Dr. Shelley Johnson holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in nursing, and a doctorate in educational leadership. She also completed certificate programs from Harvard University in educational leadership and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and a Community Participatory Research Fellowship at University of Pennsylvania. She is dedicated to lifelong learning and was graduated from Northwestern University’s, Kellogg School of Management’s Executive MBA program. Dr. Johnson lives servant leadership. She serves as subject matter expert and participates in research related to healthy educational environments, health disparities, cultural diversity, advocacy, leadership, and nursing education.
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Advancing Health Equity during COVID-19 Pandemic
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
After one year and more than 500,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the US alone, the pandemic continues to cause major personal, social, and economic consequences. This pandemic has compounded the health, social, and economic disparities in communities of color. This webinar will focus on the ties between COVID-19, race/ethnicity, and geography, and how the pandemic has disproportionately impacted low-income communities of color. The presenters will offer recommendations for enhancing care and protecting populations most at risk.
Objectives
- Describe the magnitude of COVID-19 on communities of color.
- Discuss the role of nursing in addressing the impact of COVID-19 in communities and across care settings.
- Discuss strategies and recommendations to reduce disease burden of COVID-19 in vulnerable populations.
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These webinars are free and open to the public. There is an attendance limit at 1,000 attendees. Recordings of the webinars will be available soon after the webinars air.
Speakers
Speakers

Assistant Professor
Mount St. Mary’s University - Los Angeles
Dr. Alejandro is the Interim Assistant Director for the ADN and RN-to-BSN Programs and Assistant Professor at Mount St. Mary’s University - Los Angeles. Jose currently serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army Reserve and will complete his Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program in June.
As a bilingual, Hispanic male, Dr. Alejandro has first-hand experience of the need to improve diversity in the nursing profession. He has devoted his professional career to being a servant leader with a passion to develop strategies and pathways that improve diversity in nursing pedagogy and evidenced-based clinical and pedagogical practice. He has extensive experience in working and collaborating with at-risk populations.
In addition to Sigma Treasurer (2019-2023), he is active in other professional associations which include serving as Immediate Past President (2020-2021) of the Case Management Society of America (CMSA), Board Member (2019-2021) for the American Academy of Nursing and (appointed) American Association of Men in Nursing (AAMN). Dr. Alejandro also served as the 15th President (2012-2014) of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses.
He was awarded the CMSA’s Case Manager of the Year in 2015 and the AAMN Luther Christman Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021. Dr. Alejandro is a Sigma and Virginia Henderson Fellow of Sigma; Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing; and Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Associate Professor
University of Kentucky
Dr. Lovoria B. Williams is an associate professor in the College of Nursing and Graduate Studies. She is the Director of the Community Health Advocacy iNterventions Generating Equity (CHANGE) Team and the Assistant Director for Cancer Health Equity at the NCI-designated Markey Cancer Center where she holds the endowed Research Professorship in Cancer Health Equity. Dr. Williams received her undergraduate degrees in nursing from Union University and the Medical College of Georgia. She earned a Master’s of Nursing [Family Nurse Practitioner] from Georgia Southern University and a PhD in Nursing with Distinction from Georgia Regents University. Her research aims to advance health equity among racial/ethnic minority and medically underserved populations through community engaged research methods to affect improved diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer outcomes. She is an NIH-funded nurse scientist who is nationally-recognized for developing culturally-adapted interventions for implementation by community health workers in church settings. A strong advocate for diversity, inclusivity and equity, Dr. Williams served the Lexington Mayor as Co-Chair of the Health Disparities Subcommittee on the Mayor’s Commission on Racial Justice & Equality. She also serves on the University of Kentucky UNITed in Racial Equity (UNITE) Research Priority Area Internal Advisory Board and on the Kentucky Nurses Action Coalition (KNAC) External Advisory Committee. She is a member of multiple professional organizations such as the American Nurses Association, the Southern Nursing Research Society where she serves on the Board of Directors and she is President of the Lexington KY Chapter of the National Black Nurses Association.

Assistant Professor
Northern Arizona University
Dr. Regina S. Eddie is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at Northern Arizona University. She is an enrolled tribal member of the Diné (Navajo) Nation of Arizona. Dr. Eddie received her PhD from the University of New Mexico and is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nursing and Health Policy Collaborative fellow. Her nursing background and experience has primarily been in areas of community heath and public health nursing in rural, underserved American Indian communities. As a Diné nurse researcher, Dr. Eddie’s research focuses on American Indian health disparities, school health and wellness policies and practices, and tribal health policy research.
As an educator, she is committed to increasing recruitment and retention of Native American youth into health careers. Dr. Eddie coordinates a ‘Health Profession’ campus visit day for Native American youth from rural remote reservation schools with the goal to increase preparation and interest among Native American youth in the health professions. She also facilitates public health nursing practicums in AI reservation communities for hands-on experiences in working with AI populations, while helping to serve the health needs of rural medically underserved areas, particularly in Navajo communities.
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Public Health and Population Health: A Distinction with a Difference: Part 1
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
For the past decade, leaders in health care have been talking about population health and its importance in improving the health of the nation. The simplest definition of population health is "the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group" (Kindig and Stoddart, 2003). This term is often used seemingly interchangeably with public health-so what does that mean? Is population health the same as public health? If they are different, what are the differences? How do these concepts look in nursing practice-and how can faculty educate nurses effectively in each area, at both entry and advanced practice levels? The new AACN Essentials focus on core population health competencies at both the entry and advanced level of nursing practice. As examples of this, AACN will present two webinars looking at similarities and differences between public health and population health in nursing practice-and nursing education. Part 1 webinar will focus on public health and population health in nursing education at the prelicensure/entry level of education and practice, and Part 2 webinar will focus on population and public health in advanced/specialty nursing practice and education.
This webinar is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Academic Partnerships to Improve Health.
Objectives
- Compare and contrast population health and public health in nursing education
- Describe key characteristics of public health clinical experiences at the
- Graduate level
- Entry level
- Describe key characteristics of population health in clinical practice at the
- Graduate level
- Entry level
Speakers
Speakers

Professor
Community, Systems and Mental Health Nursing
Rush University
Susan Swider is a Professor in the Department of Community, Systems and Mental Health Nursing at Rush University in Chicago. Dr. Swider has practiced in acute care, home health care and public health settings over the past thirty years. Her research has focused on program development and evaluation of community health workers, engaging urban communities in health promotion, and health policy to support health promotion efforts. She has taught public health nursing at the pre-licensure and graduate/specialty level at several universities, and co-directed 10 years of HRSA supported work to develop an online doctoral program in Advanced Public Health Nursing, ensuring that it met the Quad Council competencies for Public Health Nursing practice. She is a member of a number of public health and public health nursing organizations and is a past president of the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators (ACHNE). In her role with ACHNE, she served on the Quad Council for Public Health Nursing organizations and was a member of the Task Force that revised the Competencies for Public Health Nursing (2010-2012). In 2011, Dr. Swider was appointed by President Obama to the Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion and Integrative and Public Health, a group designed to advise on the development and implementation of the National Prevention Strategy. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago. In 2016, she was appointed to serve on the Community Preventive Services Task Force of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Assistant Professor
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Dr. Pamela Guthman is an assistant professor at UW-Eau Claire, College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She also has taught the Rural Immersion Nursing Program in the summer for UW-Madison, School of Nursing in rural, northwestern Wisconsin. She has spent her career practicing rural community and public health nursing with a focus on the determinants of health, health equity, poverty, and population health. Dr. Guthman has previous administrative experience with a rural community action agency providing programming aimed at the social determinants of health including domestic violence prevention, youth and mental health prevention initiatives, food pantries, transportation, early childhood education, housing, business development, home health and personal care services. She has experience as an education practice liaison for the Linking Education and Practice for the Excellence in Public Health Nursing (LEAP) project from 2007-2012. She has served on the Wisconsin Center for Nursing’s Board as Secretary, is a Board of Director for Forward Community Investment, and for Workforce Resource, is Vice-Chair of the Wisconsin Health Professionals for Climate Action (WHPCA), has served on the Advisory Committee on Healthy Aging in Rural Towns, and is member of Association of Community Health Nurse Educators, Wisconsin Public Health Association, and American Public Health Association - Public Health Nurse Sections, to provide leadership and support innovative collaborative initiatives aimed at prevention, health equity and population health nursing. She holds AACN board certification in home health nursing, was the 2016 recipient of the Wisconsin Community Action Program Association President’s Award and the Wisconsin Nurses Association Community Service Award. Dr. Guthman was awarded the Dr. Brenda Pfaehler Award in 2017 through UW-Madison's Center for Educational Opportunity. In May 2017, she received the DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Award for care, skills, and compassion. In August 2018, the Rita Kisting Sparks Faculty Service Award for exemplary service and leadership was awarded through UW-Eau Claire, College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

DNP Student and Graduate Assistant
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Kaitlyn Moore, BSN, RN is a current DNP student at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire, College of Nursing and Health Services. She attended UW- Eau Claire for her undergraduate program and graduated in May 2017. Since graduating, her career has been spent working with the geriatric and underserved populations. Her current role is a RN Care Coordinator working with the Medicaid population in Minnesota. Kaitlyn's previous work experience includes working as a director of nursing at a 75-apartment assisted living facility. She has spent her first year of the DNP program working as a graduate assistant conducting research on breast cancer, virtual clinical experiences, and academic practice linkages within the population health education. She is currently a member of the Wisconsin and American Nurses Associations and the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators.

Executive Director
Ambulatory Care Management and Population Health
AdvocateAurora Health Care
Laura Wieloch is the Executive Director of Ambulatory Care Management at AdvocateAurora Health Care (AAH). She has been a nurse for over 30 years. Laura has served in various healthcare leadership roles over the past 15 years specifically in Population Health, Care Management, Quality, Home Health and Nursing Education. Currently, as part of the Enterprise Population Health/Integrated Care Management service line at AAH, she is responsible for advancing the strategy of Ambulatory Care Management, partnering with hospital, operational, physician, and executive leaders to execute seamless care across the continuum. In the past 7 years, Laura has developed and implemented care coordination/management services and has grown a successful, adaptive team of clinicians who consistently deliver top tier performance in quality and patient engagement and are deployed strategically across the health system to advance population health and value-based care initiatives. In the past year, Laura has led the advancement and implementation of technology solutions in Enterprise Population Health related to COVID-19 care and Heart Failure Remote Monitoring Programs. She is responsible for the RN Care Management team in primary care, Care Transitions Program for Inpatient and ED discharges, Social Work and Behavioral Health Care Navigation, and Community Based Case Management.
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Certified CNL Day Webinar: CNLs Innovating Through Unprecedented Times
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
Celebrate Certified CNL Day by exploring the impact and positive outcomes associated with the Clinical Nurse Leader. During this webinar, participants will discover how certified CNLs are transforming health care and nursing education, and hear from the Commission on Nurse Certification (CNC) on how CNLs have delivered quality patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Working in over-burdened medical facilities, CNLs navigate the rapid influx of COVID-19 patients while managing normal patient admissions. They maintain safe medical environments for patients and coworkers, and exercise resourcefulness amidst critical supply shortages. Pressed beyond their normal functions, CNLs have had to innovate through these unprecedented times to ensure the proper healing and safety of their patients. This webinar is a great opportunity to ask questions and learn from CNLs.
NOTE: This webinar is open to everyone including non-members, Chief Nursing Officers, Executives, CNLs, communities of interest, practice representatives, and AACN member schools including deans, faculty, staff and students.
Learn more about the Clinical Nurse Leader.
Objectives
- Explain the value of the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) and how they promote change and collaboration within the healthcare system.
- Examine how CNLs deliver quality patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Understand how CNLs navigate through the rapid influx of COVID-19 patients and manage normal patient admissions.
- Discuss how to maintain safe medical environments for all patients and staff.
- Identify examples of the impact of the CNL’s skill set while working in over-burdened medical facilities.
This webinar is hosted by the Commission on Nurse Certification (CNC), an autonomous arm of AACN that administers the CNL Certification Program.
Speakers
Speakers

Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Rose Hoffmann has been on faculty at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing since 1995 and currently an associate professor. Since 2008, she has been the program coordinator for the Clinical Nurse Leader area of concentration leading to an MSN. She is also the Online Program Coordinator and MSN Program Director for the School of Nursing. She has been a lead faculty member for online programs and courses within the School of Nursing and the University. She is a guest speaker for the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs on a variety of topics including education, mentoring, and leadership/management strategies. As a primary teacher for graduate students she coordinates clinical precepted experiences throughout Western PA and the United States. This includes orientation, follow up and evaluation for both the student and preceptor. She has lectured locally, nationally, and internationally on a variety of teaching strategies that incorporate active learning. Currently she advises graduate students in addition to serving as capstone chair for many DNP students. In 2007, she received the Distinguished Clinical Scholar’s award to incorporate interprofessional healthcare education within the School of Nursing and in 2016 received the Cameo of Caring Nurse Educator Award. She is the nursing school's representative within Pitt's schools of the health sciences to incorporate interprofessional healthcare education. As a result of the success of the Model A CNL program Pitt is also creating a Model C MSN Entry into Practice Program which will take effect within the next year.

Advanced Clinical Education Specialist for Critical Care
UPMC Passavant
Latasha Kast, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNL, is an Advanced Clinical Education Specialist for Critical Care at UPMC Passavant. Latasha provides on-boarding, education, mentorship, and leadership support to nurses in her role as an Advanced Clinical Education Specialist for Critical Care. She previously worked in progressive clinical and leadership positions within Trauma/Vascular Step-Down, Surgical Trauma ICU, and Neurovascular ICU. Additionally, she serves on the CNL Advisory Board at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. Ms. Kast was selected for this award for her commitment to nursing practice by leading and developing several quality improvement projects to improve patient outcomes, including hair washing to reduce surgical site infections in neurosurgical patients.

Nurse Educator, Clinical Nurse Leader
Medical Division Medical-Telemetry Nursing
Atrium Health
Amanda Truesdale currently serves as a Clinical Nurse Leader and the unit educator for the medical-surgical COVID unit at Atrium Health at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. She started her nursing career on a dialysis medical-surgical unit in Columbia, SC before transitioning to Charlotte. Since 2012, she has worked on the medical-surgical unit at CMC and has taken the opportunities provided by the system to advance into her current role. In 2015, she became the unit educator and obtained her Medical-Surgical Board Certification through ANCC. In 2016, she began the process of obtaining her Masters in Nursing from Queens University of Charlotte and graduated with her degree in 2018. Later that year, she officially became a certified Clinical Nurse Leader. Ever since, she has been serving in her current job title working closely with the interdisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes.

Clinical Nurse Leader/Med Surg Nurse Educator
Preston Brown is passionate about improving patient outcomes through process innovation and multi-disciplinary collaboration. Preston received his Master of Science in Nursing from Texas Christian University and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Tarleton State University. Preston attained clinical nurse leader certification in 2017 and served as a clinical nurse leader at Texas Health Fort Worth. During his tenure at Texas Health Fort Worth, Preston was involved in the system wide expansion of the CNL role and successfully directed and collaborated with many multidisciplinary teams to improve patient metrics including the patient experience, length of stay, and infection rates. In March 2020, Preston joined Wise Health System in Decatur, Texas. At Wise Health System, Preston serves in a hybrid role of med surg nurse educator and clinical nurse leader. In his short time at Wise Health System, Preston successfully implemented processes that have drastically reduced med surg CAUTI rates. Preston believes in sharing best practices across the nursing continuum and has authored a journal article detailing the nursing experience and response to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. In his spare time, Preston enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons, Asher and Jack.
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Preparing Nursing Students to Effectively Address Vaccine Hesitancy
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
Teaching methods for health professional education including nursing practice are in need of enhancements to stay with the growing need of vaccine and immunization training. With the increase in vaccine hesitancy, it is important that future nurses are armed with the best evidence to promote immunizations. With the current trend of vaccine hesitancy, it is important that future nurses are armed with the best evidence to promote immunizations. To improve the integration of immunization in pre-licensure nursing education, the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) and the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened the Nursing Education Experts (NEEs), a group of experts with diverse nursing perspectives. During this webinar, the speakers will share the development and framework of Immunization Resources for Undergraduate Nursing (IRUN) teaching resources and how they can be used to prepare nursing students to address vaccine hesitancy in their communities of practice.
Objectives
- Discuss history and current state of vaccine hesitancy in the United States
- Explain the immunization resources for undergraduate nursing (IRUN) project including target audience, contributing members, goals, history and development of the IRUN products.
- Share strategies on how IRUN resources can be used to prepare students to address vaccine hesitancy.
This webinar is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Academic Partnerships to Improve Health.
Speakers
Speakers

Public Health Nursing Fellow
Centers for Disease Control
Priya has a background in public health and nursing and has worked with several government programs and non-governmental organizations, including the United States Peace Corps in Togo and Partners in Health in Boston. She also spent two years supporting workforce and career development initiatives and HIV resource development within the CDC’s Division of Global HIV & TB. Priya is currently a Doctor of Nursing Practice Candidate at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.
As the AACN-CDC Public Health Nursing Fellow, Priya works in CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases managing the design, distribution, and evaluation of project materials for the Immunization in Undergraduate Nursing Project. Which will be featured during this webinar.

Assistant Professor
Emory University
Dr. Susan Brasher has an extensive pediatric background in both the inpatient setting as a pediatric Registered Nurse in a pediatric dedicated hospital and in the outpatient setting as a Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (CPNP). Additionally, she has several years of experience in teaching Pediatric Nursing to both undergraduate and graduate nursing students. She received her PhD in Nursing from the University of Florida with an emphasis on pediatric neurodevelopmental disorders, specifically Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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Zoom3 : Interprofessional Education in the Age of COVID-19
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
This webinar will focus on avoiding a “ZoomZaster” by presenting an exemplar program at Loyola University Chicago which engaged more than 300 health professional learners about the topic of interprofessional infection prevention in the time of COVID-19. What would regularly have been performed in person, had to shift with innovative strategies to keep everyone safe. Lessons learned and pitfalls will be discussed.
Objectives:
- Present an exemplar program of interprofessional education
- Describe innovations in virtual education
- Discuss essential resources needed for effective Zoom education for large audiences
Speakers
Speakers

Co-Director, Institute for Transformative Interprofessional Education
Professor, Family Medicine, Bioethics & Health Policy, and Medical Education
Loyola University Chicago
Aaron J. Michelfelder, M.D., FAAFP, FAAMA, grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado and moved to Illinois to attend Northwestern University. He then attended the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and completed a family medicine residency at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois. In 2000, He joined the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and Loyola University Medical Center as a faculty member. He later completed a fellowship in medical acupuncture and advanced training in medical hypnosis. Dr. Michelfelder currently serves as Loyola’s chair of family medicine and interim director of primary care, co-director for Loyola’s Institute for Transformative Interprofessional Education, and is a professor of family medicine, bioethics & health policy, and medical education. He also serves as the President-Elect for the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. His clinical practice includes general family medicine along with integrative medicine. His research interests are in practice transformation and the process of traveling from interprofessional education to collaborative practice. He is also interested in global health and has participated in 25 international medical and educational trips to 10 countries.

Co-Director, Institute for Transformative Interprofessional Education
Professor, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing; Professor
Stritch School of Medicine
Loyola University Chicago
Dr. Frances Vlasses’ career spans 40 years in healthcare, academia, and administration. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the NLN Academy of Nursing Education, as well as one of the 100 Ohio State University College of Nursing, Alumni Transformers in Nursing and Healthcare.
Most recently, her focus has been studying innovation in the redesign of healthcare system infrastructure to improve patient outcomes. She has attracted grant money and led the implementation of an integrated, interprofessional, nurse-led team delivery model in Primary Care. In this project, the scope of the registered nurse leadership role was expanded, online education modules related to interdisciplinary and community culture were developed, and electronic documentation was created to capture quality and nursing outcomes and provide evidence for sustainability. This project has been recognized as a Nexus Innovation Network site by the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Collaboration.
As the inaugural Co-Director of the Loyola Institute for Transformative Interprofessional Education, Dr. Vlasses has cultivated the additional interprofessional sphere of influence to develop policy on education and practice for health professional students and faculty on the development of high performing teams to enhance quality and safety. She has been invited to serve as a panelist and respondent to discuss nursing roles, interprofessional education, and teamwork for the AACME, LGME, the National Collaborative for Improving the Clinical Learning Environment (NCICLE), and the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC).
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Resiliency and Self-Care
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
Nurses and healthcare workers often sacrifice their own health while caring for others. The unprecedented professional demands during the COVID-19 pandemic presents new and daunting challenges. It is quite easy to offer support and care to others, but nurse educators need to address their personal self-care and resiliency needs in order to be effective in the workplace. This webinar offers strategies for personal renewal and suggestions for improving resiliency.
Objectives:
- Define resiliency
- Discuss strategies to promote self-care
- Identify healthy practices to include in daily living
This webinar is hosted by the AACN’s Faculty Leadership Network.
Speakers
Speakers

Associate Professor; School of Nursing Archive Coordinator
University of Alabama School of Nursing
Lynn Nichols has been a nurse educator for nearly 30 years and has taught a wide variety of courses in both undergraduate and graduate programs. She is an advocate for RN-BSN education and serves as the Director of the National RN-BSN Faculty Forum, a professional organization for RN-BSN educators. Her clinical background is in pediatrics and women’s health, and she enjoys being involved with interprofessional education opportunities, such as poverty simulation and ethics activities.

Director, RN-NS Program
Boise State University School of Nursing
Marilyn O’Mallon serves as Director of the online RN-BS Completion Program at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. She is passionate about hospice and palliative nursing, and works as a Faith Community Nurse in the Treasure Valley.
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Promoting Health & Well-Being Within & Across Health Professions Learners
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
Hosted by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC)
Multi-prong efforts to promote the well-being and resilience of health professional learners are needed now more than ever, especially as the country faces the national public health epidemic of clinician burnout. The topic of health and well-being in the health processions is increasingly identified as a needed area of focus in health professional education. In collaboration with the American Psychological Association (APA), the Interprofessional Education Collaborative’s (IPEC) first 2021 webinar addresses the mental health and wellness needs of interprofessional learners.
Webinar participants will hear innovative strategies to integrate wellness academic programming into interprofessional education curricula at their home institutions.
Objectives
- Discuss the importance of wellness integration into health professions education
- Highlight curricular innovations that target health professions learners to cultivate resiliency and wellbeing
- Share "lessons learned" in implementing educational strategies to foster resilience in health professions students
To Register
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Speakers
Speakers

Chester F. Carlson Professor of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences
Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center
University of Virginia School of Medicine Contemplative Sciences Center University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
Jennifer “Kim” Penberthy, PhD, ABPP, is the Chester F. Carlson Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, where she conducts research, teaches, provides clinical care, and promotes clinician and learner wellbeing. Dr. Penberthy is the Associate Director for the UVA Clinician Wellbeing Program as well as a founding member of the Wisdom & Wellbeing Program that addresses both systems and individual occupational challenges in the healthcare setting. She is the Co-Director of the Effective Coping and Communication Skills for Clinicians Program, a national CME approved offering. She is a member of the UVA Contemplative Sciences Center, the UVA Academy of Distinguished Educators, the UVA Leadership in Academic Matters Program, and is a Fellow of Humanism in Medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Penberthy is also a member of the UVA Diversity Consortium and past chair of APA Division 12 Diversity Committee. She is a fellow in the APA Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology and currently serving on the advisory committee for the American Psychological Association Continuing Education Committee after being chair. She is an APA Council Representative for the Society of Clinical Psychology, past-president of the International Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) Society and a founding member of the CBASP Training Program. Dr. Penberthy has published extensively on clinician wellbeing and lectures nationally and internationally on psychotherapy with a focus on mindfulness-based interventions, and clinician and learner health and wellbeing.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, Director of Graduate Health and Wellness
Academic Programming, Director of Innovative Telehealth Services
The Ohio State University College of Nursing
Alice M. Teall is Director of Graduate Wellness Academic Programming, Director of Innovative Telehealth Services, and an Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing at Ohio State University. She was a founding member of the College of Nursing’s team delivering distance education and served as Director of the online Family Nurse Practitioner program. She has published and presented nationally about innovation in online education, incorporation of health and wellness coaching techniques in clinical practice, and best practices for teaching telehealth competencies. In recognition of her contributions to advanced practice nursing education, Dr. Teall was honored with the Ohio State University Provost’s Award for Distinguished Teaching and inducted into the Academy of Teaching.
Alice Teall has received leadership, alumni, and practice awards, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. As a certified Nurse Practitioner and an Integrative Nurse Coach, her areas of clinical practice expertise include adolescent health, primary care of at-risk youth and families, college health, and statewide quality improvement initiatives in primary care. In response to the pandemic and in collaboration with the Ohio State University Chief Wellness Officer, Dr. Teall implemented the Wellness Partner Program, which established an emotional support line for nurses working in COVID-19 hotspots, provides wellness assessments for university students across all campuses, and pairs graduate students with clinicians to provide wellness support and partnership.

Chief Education Officer
American Psychological Association
Catherine L. Grus, PhD is the chief education officer at the American Psychological Association and has been on the staff of the APA since 2005. She was named deputy executive director, Education in 2010. In her role as chief education officer, she leads the association’s efforts to promote psychology in education and education in psychology. Grus has played a lead role in the association’s efforts related to advancing interprofessional education for psychology students, primary care psychology practice, development of models and tools for competency assessment, and supervision. She serves as APA’s representative to the National Academy of Medicine’s Global Forum on Innovations in Health Professions Education, the Interprofessional Professionalism Collaborative and the Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions.
Before coming to APA, Grus was an assistant professor in the department of pediatrics at the University of Miami School of Medicine where she served as the director of an APA accredited internship program. Grus is the recipient of many awards including the Paul Nelson Award, the Friend of the Association of Directors of Psychology Training Clinics and the Nova University Distinguished Alumni Achievement award. In 2016 she was inducted into the National Academies of Practice as a distinguished scholar and Fellow. Grus is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters on topics including competency-based education, supervision and professionalism.
Grus completed her PhD in clinical psychology at Nova University, with an internship in pediatric psychology at the University of Miami School of Medicine Mailman Center for Child Development and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
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COVID-19 Vaccine: Key Considerations for Academic Nursing
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
This webinar will provide an overview of the COVID-19 vaccines that are currently available and an update on vaccination implementation programs, including the latest scientific information on vaccine storage, distribution, safety and efficacy, and monitoring for adverse reactions. Our discussion will reinforce those non-pharmaceutical interventions such as masking and social distancing that need to be maintained to prevent transmission of COVID-19 throughout the vaccine campaign.
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These webinars are free and open to the public. Recordings of the webinars will be available soon after the webinars air.
Speakers
Speakers

Senior Advisor, Policy, Advocacy & Communications
Director, Adult Vaccines
International Vaccine Access Center, Department of International Health
Lois Privor-Dumm is Senior Advisor, Policy, Advocacy & Communications and Director, Adult Vaccines, at the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH). She is an expert on immunization across the life-course. She is currently advising a variety of institutions including the Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore City Health Department, and the World Health Organizations on decision making and implementation around influenza and COVID-19 vaccination. She works with a variety of stakeholders including governments, healthcare professionals, organizations working on health and social justice issues as well as with a network of pastors in Baltimore to help address hesitancy issues around healthcare and vaccines. She worked with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security to contribute to the Interim Framework for COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation and Distribution in the United States and report on the Public’s role in COVID-19 Vaccination.
She joined JHSPH in 2005 and supported vaccine programs in more than 70 countries. Previously she worked in the pharmaceutical industry where introduced of a variety of vaccines including the first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. She holds a master of International Business Studies (University of South Carolina) and executive certificates in Innovation and Human-Centered Design and Business Communication from Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business.

Professor of Nursing and Public Health, Visiting Scholar
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Tener Goodwin Veenema, PhD, MPH, MS, is a Contributing Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and a Professor of Nursing and Public Health in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. At the Center, she conducts, manages, and leads research projects to explore health systems optimization and healthcare worker protection during disasters and large-scale biological events. She also serves as an Associate Editor of the peer-reviewed journal Health Security (formerly Biosecurity and Bioterrorism). Dr. Veenema’s program of research focuses upon informing evidence-based policy related to health care systems and public health response for catastrophic events such as pandemics and radiation/nuclear disasters. She has conducted national workforce analyses evaluating emergency healthcare worker readiness and health systems coordination for disaster response in Ireland, Japan and the United States. Dr. Veenema is currently conducting studies addressing the use of personal protective equipment and the mental health burden on emergency healthcare providers during COVID-19. She is editor of Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness for Chemical, Biological and Radiological Terrorism and Other Hazards, 4th Ed., the leading textbook in the field and developer of Disaster Nursing, a digital technology application (“App”) to provide decision support during disasters at the point of care. Dr. Veenema was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal of Honor (International Red Crescent, 2013) the highest international award in Nursing for her professional service in disasters and public health emergencies. Dr. Veenema served as the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) 2017-18 Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence.
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Navigating Nominations
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
Since 2018, AACN has been the convener of the ad hoc Nominations Consortium, allowing the association to collaborate with fellow nursing organizations in identifying and nominating nursing experts for membership positions on federal advisory committees, councils, task forces, and boards. While individuals interested in serving on federal committees may also self-nominate, the consortium provides a unified voice that has had a successful track record. In fact, since AACN initiated the consortium, 20 percent of AACN-led nominations have been selected to serve. This webinar provides an overview of the Federal Register, the nominations process, and a opportunity to participate in identifying qualified candidates to represent academic nursing at the federal level.
Objectives
- Discuss Federal Register, Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), and reoccurring advisory committees.
- Direct those interested in appointments through nomination process.
- Give an overview of AACN’s Nominations Consortium.
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Director of Policy
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Colleen Leners is the Director of Policy at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) in Washington, D.C. AACN serves as the voice of academic nursing, encompassing education, research, and practice. Dr. Leners was selected as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow in the office of Senator John Thune (R-SD) of the Senate Finance Committee. Colleen serves on the Case Western Reserve Alumni Board and many committees for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). She has maintained an active family nurse practitioner practice for over 26 years and has served our country in the United States Army Nurse Corps. She has many notable achievements both civilian and military and was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and in American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Dr. Leners was awarded the Bronze Star for her service overseas.
She received her DNP in Leadership from Case Western Reserve University, MSN FNP from University of San Diego and her BSN from California State University Dominguez Hills.

Policy Assistant
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
As Government Affairs and Policy Assistant for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), Emily assists in policy and legislative initiatives pertaining to health policy and higher education issues that impact nursing schools. Prior to AACN, Emily was a United States Senate staffer, and focused on health care strategies and policy in fellowships with think tank and lobbying organizations.
Emily earned dual BA degrees in Public Relations and Policy with a focus on Economic Systems from Drake University.
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NIDA Grant Opportunity: How to Elevate Your Career and Help the Community
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
AACN is excited to announce its renewed partnership with the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) mentored training award to support a graduate student (Master's, Doctoral, or Post-Doctoral) at an AACN member schools. Come hear from three past grantees and their experiences. Learn about how to apply for this grant and how this opportunity can enhance your network!
Objectives
- Define the need for Evidence-based education in the treatment of substance use disorder
- Discuss NIDA Grant Process
- Demonstrate how to implement the NIDA grant though the experiences of past awardees
Speakers
Speakers

Director of Policy
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Colleen Leners is the Director of Policy at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). AACN serves as the voice of academic nursing, encompassing education, research, and practice. Dr. Leners was selected as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow in the office of Senator John Thune (R-SD) of the Senate Finance Committee. Dr. Leners, alongside the staff at the Senate Finance Committee, managed the Medicare and Medicaid portfolios and worked on issues of veteran’s care in Senator Thune’s office. She has maintained an active family nurse practitioner practice for over 25 years and has served our country in the United States Army Nurse Corps, which after multiple deployments overseas was honorably discharged. She has many notable achievements both civilian and military and was inducted as a Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and awarded the Bronze Star for her service overseas.
Dr. Leners has served as the Traumatic Brain Injury Program manager, created a nurse-managed primary care clinic for Wounded Warriors at Navy Medical Center San Diego. She has also been a registered nurse and nurse practitioner for three decades. She received her DNP in Leadership from Case Western Reserve University, MSN FNP from University of San Diego and her BSN from California State University Dominguez Hills.

Senior Instructor
University of Colorado
Aimee is a psychiatric and addictions nurse practitioner. Her background in nursing includes public health, mental health and addictions nursing. She is currently a senior instructor at the University of Colorado in the college of nursing and Denver Springs. She is a grant recipient from National Institute of Drug Abuse and American Association of Colleges of Nursing to educate nurses on opioid use disorders and medication assisted treatment. To date she has trained over 2,500 nurses nationwide as a part of her grant. Aimee’s clinical and research expertise include creating and implementing new evidence guidelines to low-barrier approaches to medication assisted treatment for substance use disorders in integrated care settings to reduce stigma and improve access to care. Aimee is also the clinical director for a $5 million legislative initiative to expand access to medication assisted treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in rural Colorado counties. Aimee’s work on the initiative included the creation and deployment of a state-wide medication assisted treatment for Opioid Use Disorder toolkit that facilitates provider ease in treating OUD. She is also currently the PI spearheading an integrated, multiyear, state-funded maternal/child SUD research project to reduce maternal mortality due to drug overdose and to improve infant-related health indictors. She continues to grow her research and expertise by pursuing her PhD by studying novel biomarkers in substance use disorder.

Assistant Professor
Health & Community Systems
University of Pittsburgh
Brayden Kameg is an assistant professor of nursing at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP-BC), and a certified addictions registered nurse (CARN). Primarily, her research and clinical interests include substance use disorders and addiction, with focused interest in screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT), fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, and opioid use management. She also has expertise in adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their association with adult substance use disorders, and recently evaluated rates of ACEs and substance use disorders in a sample of nearly 700 undergraduate and graduate nursing students.
She was awarded funding through the AACN and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Mentored Training Program to develop and disseminate training materials regarding opioid use management. She worked with various professional nursing organizations to broadly disseminate these training materials, which included a three-webinar series, and then sought feedback in regards to barriers to and facilitators of opioid use management in clinical practice, particularly buprenorphine prescribing.

Nurse Practioner
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Roberto Clemente Center
Yovan Gonzalez is a family nurse practitioner working as a primary care provider for the NYC Health + Hospitals system. At Gouverneur Health, Yovan has led efforts to integrate behavioral health into primary care by participating as a member of the Integrated Mental Health Services (IMHS) committee. Yovan was also the first nurse practitioner at Gouverneur to be waivered to prescribe buprenorphine. At the Roberto Clemente Center, he has focused on providing integrated care at a behavioral health facility whose clients are mainly Hispanic. He has also successfully integrated a buprenorphine clinic and screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) into routine clinical practice.
Yovan is originally from Lima, Peru. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he received his BSN and MSN. Yovan recently completed his Doctor in Nursing Practice (DNP) degree and his post-master’s psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) certificate at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. His DNP scholarly project focused on increasing nurses’ knowledge in the screening and management of substance use through an online SBIRT program. Yovan was a doctoral fellow of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Minority Fellowship Program and a finalist of the Don Quixote Award for the American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry in 2019. Yovan also has several publications based on his doctoral work.
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Online Teaching Strategies to Keep Your Students Engaged Virtually
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
This webinar will offer a forum for nurse educators to explore strategies that can be used to enhance the student educational experience through faculty engagement with students and presence in the online classroom.
This webinar is hosted by the AACN’s Faculty Leadership Network
Objectives
- Identify challenges for faculty engagement in an online learning environment
- Discuss opportunities to increase faculty presence and engagement of students in the online learning environment
- Explore strategies that can be used to enhance communication between faculty and students in an online learning environment
Speakers
Speaker

Professor, Aspen University
President/CEO, AEN Services, LLC
Dr. Novak is a professor teaching online courses for the Aspen University’s School of Nursing programs. She teaches classes for all three of the program offerings: DNP, MSN, and RN-BSN. Dr. Novak is board certified in Nursing Professional Development and is a Fellow in the Academy of Emergency Nursing. She has over 30 years of experience in adult education and continuing professional development for healthcare professionals. Dr. Novak is also the President and CEO of AEN Services, LLC, which provides consultation, continuing professional development, and conference management services. She is also a Peer Reviewer for NCNA/ANCC. Her doctorate is in Public Health: Community Health & Education, she holds 2 masters degrees, 2 bachelors degrees, and 1 associate degree (and a Partridge in a pear tree!). She is the poster child for lifelong learning.
Moderator
Marilyn O’Mallon, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
RN-BS Program Director
Boise State University, School of Nursing