Speakers

Kristine L’Ecuyer, PhD, RN, CNE, CNL
Interim Dean
Saint Louis University Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing
 

Dr. Kristine L’Ecuyer is a distinguished nurse educator with experience caring for adult and pediatric patients recovering from cardiovascular surgery and preparing future generations of nurses through innovative teaching and leadership. At Saint Louis University, Dr. L’Ecuyer has made a significant impact as a faculty member, teaching medical-surgical clinicals and nursing courses in adult health, critical care, pathophysiology, and Ph.D.-level knowledge development in nursing. Her leadership roles include Director of Continuing Nursing Education, coordinator for the Accelerated Master of Science in Nursing (AMSN) program, and Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Pre-Licensure Education. She currently serves as Interim Dean, where her leadership continues to advance the school's mission of excellence in nursing education and practice. Dr. L’Ecuyer is a recognized leader in preceptor training and development, teaching the Missouri Hospital Association (MHA) Preceptor Academy for the past 15 years. She is the developer of the Preceptor Self-Assessment Tool (PSAT-40), a licensed resource widely used to enhance preceptor competency and training. Her scholarly contributions include publications on preceptor training, interprofessional education, clinical nurse leader (CNL) certification and outcomes, nursing leadership, and preceptors’ experiences with nursing students who have learning disabilities.

Speakers

Catherine Horvath, DNP, CRNA, CNE, CHSE, FAANA
Simulation Director and Faculty
Anesthesia for Nurses Program
Medical University of South Carolina

Catherine Horvath is a nurse anesthesiology educator and currently works at Medical University of South Carolina in the Anesthesia for Nurses Program. Previously, Catherine served in the role of Program Director for the DNP Nurse Anesthesiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and the Assistant Program Director for the DNAP Program at Georgetown University. In those roles, she was responsible for leading institutional planning, curriculum design, and governance roles. She has served as the simulation/cadaver lab director and led innovative approaches to incorporate novel educational uses of simulation into the training curricula for over 18 years. Foundational to these efforts, Catherine has completed a fellowship in simulation pedagogy through the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning and has earned the status of Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator with the Society of Simulation in Healthcare. Catherine also has a passion for the health of providers in the anesthesia profession, having focused her DNP project on drug security, and previously was chair of the AANA Health and Wellness Committee. She received her BSN in 1992 from University of Virginia, MSN in 1994 from Northeastern University, and DNP in 2016 from Georgetown University. Her CRNA clinical practice spanned 32 years.

Speakers

Nicole Mollenkopf, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCPPS
Assistant Professor
Director of Interprofessional Education
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Nicole Mollenkopf is a nursing educator, pharmacist, and patient safety specialist with over 20 years of clinical experience working in interprofessional health care teams in both the community and acute care settings. She has been educating nursing, pharmacy, and other health professions students for 18 years with the last 8 years as full-time faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing as an assistant professor and Director of Interprofessional Education. In this role, Nicole oversees the interprofessional education (IPE) program which educates thousands of learners each year. Under her leadership, the IPE program scope expanded to include a community-based, health equity focus. We have an IPE experience that leverages teams to mitigate provider and systemic bias in opioid-use disorder care, as well as an interprofessional critical service-learning program that brings interprofessional students together with community partners to foster community-service learning within a social justice framework. Similarly, the IPE program has moved from didactic learning methods to include simulation- and clinically-based interprofessional experiences. Her scholarship involves a variety of funded and unfunded projects assessing outcomes associated with interprofessional education, simulation training, as well as the use of human factors engineering to improve medication safety and team-based care.
 

Jessica Heacock, MSN, PMHNP-BC
DNP Executive Student
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Jessica Heacock is a psychiatric nurse practitioner, aspiring policy expert, and nurse educator nearing completion of her doctoral degree at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She has twenty years of nursing experience, much of which has been dedicated to working with underserved populations. In her clinical role, Jessica specializes in working with people with severe and persistent mental illness and co-occurring substance-use disorders. She consistently demonstrates the value of patient-centered care, focusing on patient education and shared decision-making. She has previously worked with similar patient populations as a care manager, helping to address the many social determinants negatively impacting health outcomes. Jessica is passionate about mentorship and is committed to passing these values to future practitioners. Jessica was recently awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Interprofessional Education Fellowship. In her fellowship capacity, she collaborated with the National Academy of Medicine to lead a pilot project implementing the 3Cs Framework for Pain and Unhealthy Substance Use for interprofessional education development focused on opioid use disorders.

Speakers

Nicole Mollenkopf, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCPPS
Assistant Professor
Director of Interprofessional Education
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Nicole Mollenkopf is a nursing educator, pharmacist, and patient safety specialist with over 20 years of clinical experience working in interprofessional health care teams in both the community and acute care settings. She has been educating nursing, pharmacy, and other health professions students for 18 years with the last 8 years as full-time faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing as an assistant professor and Director of Interprofessional Education. In this role, Nicole oversees the interprofessional education (IPE) program which educates thousands of learners each year. Under her leadership, the IPE program scope expanded to include a community-based, health equity focus. We have an IPE experience that leverages teams to mitigate provider and systemic bias in opioid-use disorder care, as well as an interprofessional critical service-learning program that brings interprofessional students together with community partners to foster community-service learning within a social justice framework. Similarly, the IPE program has moved from didactic learning methods to include simulation- and clinically-based interprofessional experiences. Her scholarship involves a variety of funded and unfunded projects assessing outcomes associated with interprofessional education, simulation training, as well as the use of human factors engineering to improve medication safety and team-based care.
 

Jessica Heacock, MSN, PMHNP-BC
DNP Executive Student
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Jessica Heacock is a psychiatric nurse practitioner, aspiring policy expert, and nurse educator nearing completion of her doctoral degree at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She has twenty years of nursing experience, much of which has been dedicated to working with underserved populations. In her clinical role, Jessica specializes in working with people with severe and persistent mental illness and co-occurring substance-use disorders. She consistently demonstrates the value of patient-centered care, focusing on patient education and shared decision-making. She has previously worked with similar patient populations as a care manager, helping to address the many social determinants negatively impacting health outcomes. Jessica is passionate about mentorship and is committed to passing these values to future practitioners. Jessica was recently awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Interprofessional Education Fellowship. In her fellowship capacity, she collaborated with the National Academy of Medicine to lead a pilot project implementing the 3Cs Framework for Pain and Unhealthy Substance Use for interprofessional education development focused on opioid use disorders.

Speakers

Susan Bakewell-Sachs, PhD, RN, FAAN
Vice President for Nursing Affairs and Dean & Professor of Nursing
Oregon Health & Science University

Since 2013, Susan Bakewell-Sachs has served as Vice President for Nursing Affairs, professor and dean at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Nursing. She has a clinical background as a pediatric nurse practitioner, specializing in caring for infants and children born prematurely. She is also a recognized expert in nursing education, interprofessional education, and academic-practice partnerships, seeking ways to develop and evaluate innovative models of education and practice to prepare healthcare professionals and improve patient care.

Dr. Bakewell-Sachs is active in national organizations, recently completing service as an appointed member of the Veterans’ Administration National Academic Affiliations Council and Co-chair, Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce Subcommittee. She is past Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2020-2022. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the Western Academy of Nursing. Dr. Bakewell-Sachs was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Executive Nurse Fellow and served as Program Director for the New Jersey Nursing Initiative, an RWJF program aimed at addressing the nurse faculty shortage through new curriculum models, faculty development, and academic-practice partnerships.
 

Brooke Baldwin, DNP, MSN, RN, CENP
Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Executive
Oregon Health & Science University Healthcare

Brooke Baldwin, DNP, RN, CENP serves as the vice VP and chief nursing executive (CNE) for OHSU Healthcare and the Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs at OHSU School of Nursing. University of California, Irvine Health system (UCI Health) and has been in the role since January 2021. As the CNE, Brooke contributes to the development of strategic goals and provides a vision for all aspects of patient and quality of care, ensuring professional nursing standards are uniform and maintained across the system. She is responsible for nursing and patient care initiatives across the health system and oversight in all inpatient and outpatient care settings.