When Nurses Talk, Legislators Listen: Driving Change in Health Policy
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
Registered nurses have unique opportunities to be involved in health policy advocacy at the state and federal levels, yet too often do not have the tools and support to engage in this critical work. As the largest segment of the healthcare workforce, nurses are uniquely well-positioned to engage in the policy process and advocate for change that can have a dramatic impact on both practice and patients.
Jonas Nursing is hosting a webinar offering insights into the policy process, providing background knowledge, highlighting engagement opportunities, and sharing practical tools designed to allow nurses to advocate for policy changes that influence their practice and patients. Participants will hear first-hand about the successful efforts of Dr. Rebecca Vortman to pass legislation in Illinois concerning Surgical Smoke Plume Evacuation and how participants c an effectively advocate for causes they care about.
Objectives:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of nurses being engaged in health policy.
- Assess opportunities to advance healthcare policy.
- Describe the journey of two nurses leading a grassroots coalition advocating for a specific bill in Illinois.
- Develop effective communication strategies to convey messages to policymakers in oral and written form.
This Webinar is hosted by Jonas Nursing.
Speakers
Speaker
Rebecca K. Vortman, DNP, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC
Clinical Associate Professor
Associate Department Head
DNP Health Systems Leadership Co-Program Director
University of Illinois Chicago College of Nursing
Dr. Vortman is a Clinical Associate Professor, Associate Department Head, and Co-Director of the Health Systems Leadership DNP Program at the University of Illinois Chicago for the Population Health Nursing Science department and serves as a Perioperative Education Consultant, and Associate Editor for the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Novice Nurse Digital Publication, The Stitch.
She has over thirteen years of experience in perioperative nursing, education, and leadership. Dr. Vortman is recognized as an international, national, and regional leader and expert in perioperative nursing and is currently serving a second term as a board m ember for AORN.
Her policy focus is on workplace safety initiatives and surgical smoke evacuation practices. She has disseminated her scholarly work through publications and presentations at the local, regional, national, and international levels. She co-led a state-based grassroots coalition to successfully pass a surgical smoke evacuation law in Illinois.
Dr. Vortman received a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Illinois Chicago. She is certified as an operating room nurse (CNOR) through the Competency and Credentialing Institute and holds a nurse executive advanced certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
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Improving Communication and Care of Patients with Autism in Healthcare Settings
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Hosted by the Faculty Leadership Network
Webinar Details
Autism diagnosis rates and associated co-morbidities continue to rise. Yet, many who work in the healthcare field have limited understanding of the autism spectrum and how autism manifests. Hear from experts who will provide the latest evidence and information on supportive interventions to better care for both the patients and families living with autism.
Objectives:
- Learn to recognize autism characteristics and the common challenges associated with autism in the healthcare setting
- Increase understanding of how to effectively manage environments of patients and families living with autism and identify strategies to reduce risk of behavioral challenges.
- Gain knowledge to enh ance communication about autism to improve outcomes for patients and families.
- Expand awareness of healthcare avoidance by patients and families living with autism.
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Speakers
Speakers
Sharon L. Colley, PhD, DNP, RN, ACAC, CNE
Professor
Ferris State University School of Nursing
Dr. Sharon Colley has been a nurse for 34 years, working for many years in mental health as well as med-surg, rehab, and ambulatory care prior to moving into a faculty position in 2006. She earned a PhD in higher ed leadership and a DNP in nursing leadership. Dr. Colley has a passion for education and preparing nurses to be educators. She has earned certification as a nurse educator, as an advanced autism specialist, and as a neurodiversity professional. She has also earned several awards for her teaching, including the Ferris State University Distinguished Teacher Award in 2016.
Sharon’s interest in providing information sessions for healthcare professionals stems in part from her own experiences as the paren t of a child with autism as well as her DNP project work that focused on improving healthcare environments for those with autism.
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Anti-DEI Legislation - How to Engage to Protect the Health of All
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
Anti-DEI legislation continues to sweep across the nation. Learn different ways to get involved in advocating and engaging in the legislative process, from contacting legislators, writing Op-Eds, rallying a grassroots campaign, or joining the legislative efforts of professional organizations.
Objectives:
- Discuss legislative trends impacting nursing, education, and healthcare.
- List three actions you can take to inform legislators about the potential harm of the proposed anti-DEI legislation.
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Speakers
Speakers
Melissa McLaren, DNP, MBA, MSML, RN
Administrative Director Graduate Nursing
Interim Department Chair RN-BSN
Western Governors University
Dr. McLaren is an Administrative Director of Graduate Nursing and Interim Department Chair for RN-BSN at the Leavitt School of Health at Western Governors University. She serves on several committees and projects related to DEI work at the Leavitt School of Health. Dr. McLaren began her advocacy work over 13 years ago with the recognition that her very young child was transgender. What started as talking to teachers and school nurses at her child’s school grew to talking to educators and healthcare providers at a national level. Melissa and her family have engaged with lawmakers at the local and state level, as well as the Congressional LGBTQ Equality Caucus a nd the US Department of Health and Human Services in support of gender-affirming care and other LGBTQIA+ rights. They have spoken at state and national conferences to educate on the importance of family support when raising a transgender child. Dr. McLaren has partnered with organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign, Welcoming Schools, PFLAG, the ACLU, TransOhio, Equality Ohio, and many others to advocate for transgender youth.
Dr. McLaren currently serves on the Human Rights Campaign Parents for Transgender Equality National Council. She is a board officer for Equality Ohio and the Vice President for her county LGBTQIA+ organization. She is a member of the AACN DEI Leadership Network Communications Committee.
Ahnyel Burkes, DNP, RN-BC, NEA-BC
Executive Director - Louisiana State Nurses Association and Louisiana Nurses Foundation
Adjunct Nursing Faculty - Lou
isiana State University
Chief Executive Officer - Culture of Care LLC
Dr. Ahnyel Burkes is the Executive Director of the Louisiana State Nurses Association and Louisiana Nurses Foundation. She is a nurse entrepreneur and serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Culture of Care LLC. She is an Adjunct Nursing Faculty at Louisiana State University. She has served in numerous nursing leadership roles ranging from local, statewide, and national. Dr. Burkes received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Dillard University, a Master of Science in Nursing with a Healthcare Systems Management concentration from Loyola University in New Orleans, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice with a Nurse Executive Leadership concentration from Chamberlain University. Dr. Burkes is certified in Medical-Surgical Nursing and as an Advanced Nurse Executive. In her previous role as the Director of Health Policy and Advocacy for the Louisiana State Nurses Association she led the association’s legislative agenda. Dr. Burkes is the chair of the Louisiana Nursing Supply and Demand Council and Chair of the Louisiana Healthcare Workplace Violence Task Force.
One of her most notable contributi ons was spearheading Louisiana first Workplace Violence Law in 2022. Dr. Burkes completed the American Nurses Advocacy Institute in 2022. Dr. Burkes also led initiatives to make Louisiana the 12th state to enact Surgical Smoke Evacuation legislation. She is passionate about Health Policy and has served on various governmental boards, committees and taskforces focused on the healthcare workforce, healthy healthcare work environments and nursing practice.
Dr. Burkes has received numerous awards. She was inducted into the Louisiana Great 100 Nurses in 2018 and selected as a City Business 2021 Health Care Hero. In addition, she was awarded the Louisiana State Nightingale Registered Nurse of the Year Award in 2018, the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s 2019 Certified Nurse Award in Medical Surgical Nursing and the New Orleans District Nurses Association’s Legacy award in 2022. In 2021 she was recognized by Ochsner Health for Outstanding Community Achievement by a Nurse. She was recognized as a 40 under 40 honoree at her alma mater, Dillard University and recognized as the National inaugural 2022 Chamberlain University Emerging Caregiver. Dr. Burkes was listed on the 2022 an d 2023 Becker’s Hospital Review Black Healthcare Leaders to Know. Dr. Burkes was acknowledged as a Health Impact Daisy Nurse Leader in 2023 for her dedication to advancing compassion through policy. Dr. Burkes is a lifetime member of the National Black Nurses Association, a member of the American Nurse Association (Louisiana Nurses Association) and serves on the National Committee for Nursing Practice Standards as well as the National Committee on Workplace Violence. She serves on the National Black Nurses Association’s Health Policy Committee. She is also a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
Teri A. Murray, PhD, PHNA-BC, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Professor
Dean Emerita
Inaugural Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing
Saint Louis University
Dr. Murray is a professor, dean emerita, and the inaugural chief diversity and inclusion officer at the Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing, Saint Louis University. She is also the project director for a Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resource and Service Administration, Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant. Dr. Murray works tirelessly to advance diversity in nursing education and the nursing workforce. She has been actively involved in workforce development and governmental affairs at the state and national levels. Her research and policy interests are focused on the social and structural determinants of health, the interconnections among the social and political environments, and health equity.
She is the Chair of the American Academy of Nursing’s Expert Panel on Health Equity. Dr. Murray is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, the Academy of Nurse Educators, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows Program, a recipient of the Saint Louis American Foundation Excellence in Healthcare Award for Stellar Performance, the Exemplary Leadership Award by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, and the recipient of the Distinguished Black Alumni and Woman of the Year Awards from Saint Louis University. Dr. Murray has garnered significant external funding, presented nationally, and has numerous publications.
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Legislation Restricting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Harms Nursing Workforce Development
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
Several legislative bills are being introduced within state legislatures that educators and healthcare providers may not be aware of or how to respond to. Yet, these bills can have an enormous effect on admissions, academic curricula, policy, and programs. This webinar helps academic leaders, faculty, and other stakeholders identify actionable steps that can be taken to thwart bills that aim to prevent Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) education
Objectives:
- Discuss state legislative trends impacting academic curricula, policies, and programs relevant to diversity, equity, inclusion, and the population’s health.
- Identify three action steps that can be taken to impede diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that negatively impact population health, academic freedom, and free speech.
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Speakers
Speakers
Teri A. Murray, PhD, PHNA-BC, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Professor and Dean Emerita
Saint Louis University
Dr. Murray is professor, dean emerita, and the inaugural chief diversity and inclusion officer at Saint Louis University School of Nursing, St. Louis, MO.
Dr. Murray is actively involved in workforce development and governmental affairs at the state and national levels. She skillfully uses regulatory, public, and legislative policies to promote and lead innovation in nursing education and healthcare. Appointed by Missouri Governors, Dr. Murray served on the State Board of Nursing. As state board of nursing president, she regulated nursing education and practice for Missouri and served on the National Council of State Boards of Nursing to formulate policies for nursing education and practice in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. ter ritories. Appointed by U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services, she served on the National Advisory Council for Nurse Education and Practice, which advised the Secretary and the U.S. Congress on policy issues related to nursing education and practice.
Dr. Murray has worked tirelessly to advance diversity in nursing education in faculty, student bodies, and the nursing workforce. She has been the project director of several U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Nursing Workforce Diversity Grants aimed at increasing diversity in the registered nurse workforce.
As a board-certified advanced public health nurse, her research and policy interests focus on the social determinants of health, and the interplay between the social environment, the political environment, and health outcomes.
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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 popul ations. 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 Ex
ecutive
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 joinin g 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 l iving 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 Professio ns 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 Ins titute 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 o
f 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 jour nal 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 aff ecting 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 S uccession 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. Ja ckson 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 student s.
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 Communica tions 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 ful l 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 pr actices 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 pr ovided 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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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 man ager, 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 T raumatic 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.