2016 Doctoral Conference Materials

Presentations

Enhancing nursing Science and Improving Patient Care through Big Data
January 21-23, 2016 | Naples, FL

Welcome, Presentation of Awards, and Opening Program Session
Data Science and the Nursing Doctorate
Speaker: Patricia Flatley Brennan, PhD, Lillian S. Moehlman-Bascom Professor of Nursing and Industrial Engineering, and Director, Living Environments Laboratory at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

AACN Updates
Speakers: Eileen Breslin, PhD, Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Chair, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington, DC; and Deborah E. Trautman, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington, DC

Program Session
Big Data Analytics for Healthcare
Speaker: Bonnie Westra, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, and Director, Center for Nursing Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Integrating Omics Content in PhD Programs
Facilitator: Yvette P. Conley, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair for Research, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

CCNE: Accreditation 101
Speaker: Lori Schroeder, MA, Director of Accreditation Services, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Washington, DC

Facilitating the Academic Success of International Students
Speakers: Catherine M. Bender, PhD, Professor, Nursing and Clinical and Translational Science Institute and PhD Program Director, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Elizabeth Madigan, PhD, Independence Foundation Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; Marie T. Nolan, PhD, Professor and Executive Vice Dean, School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and Joanne Kraenzle Schneider, PhD, Interim PhD Program Director and Professor, School of Nursing, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO

Federal Funding: Updates and Anticipated Trends
Speaker: Marguerite Littleton Kearney, PhD, Director, Division of Extramural Science, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD

Helping Doctoral Students turn Dissertations and Scholarly Projects into Publishable Articles
Speaker: Patricia Gonce Morton, PhD, Dean and Professor, College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Editor, Journal of Professional Nursing

Lessons Learned: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholars Program
Speakers: Elaine J. Amella, PhD, Professor and Director of the PhD Program, College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; Julie Fairman, PhD, Nightingale Professor of Nursing, Chair, Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, and Director of the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, Co-Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholars Program, Princeton, NJ; Linda D. Scott, PhD, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; and Geri L. Wood, PhD, Professor and Coordinator of the Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Program, School of Nursing, University of Texas, Houston, TX

Metrics for QI Projects
Speaker: Brian Collins, BS, Director of Operations Improvement, Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, MA

Transition to Practice for DNP Students: Three Exemplars
Speakers: Linda C. Andrist, PhD, Interim Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA; Linda Roussel, PhD, Professor and DNP Program Director, School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; and KT Waxman, DNP, Assistant Professor, Director of the Executive Leader DNP Program, and Director of the Masters in Healthcare Simulation Program, School of Nursing and Health Professions, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Tips for Working with Federally-Funded Research-focused Doctoral Students
Speakers: Debra Brandon, PhD, Associate Professor and Director for PhD and Postdoctoral Programs, School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC; Susan M. Rawl, PhD, Professor, Science of Nursing Care Department, Director, PhD in Nursing Science Program, and Director, Training in Behavioral Nursing Research, School of Nursing, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; and Barbara A. Smith, PhD, Associate Dean for Research, College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Integrating Data Science Concepts and Methods into the PhD Curriculum
Speaker: Suzanne Bakken, PhD, Alumni Professor of Nursing, and Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY

Implementation of the DNP Task Force: Recommendations
Speaker: Sarah Thompson, PhD, Dean and Professor, College of Nursing, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO and Chair, AACN’s Implementation of the DNP Task Force

Closing Program Session
Enhancing Nursing Science and Improving Patient Care: PhD-DNP Collaborative Studies
Speakers: Elizabeth J. Corwin, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Connie White Delaney, PhD, Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Ann Marie McCarthy, PhD, Professor, College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Anna M. McDaniel, PhD, Dean and Professor, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Judith M. Pechacek, DNP, Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Doctor of Nursing Practice Programs, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; and Michael T. Weaver, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Academic and Institutional Review Board Collaboration to Ensure Ethical Conduct of Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Jan M. Foote, DNP, ARNP, CPNP; Virginia Conley, PhD, ARNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC;  Janet K. Williams, PhD, RN; Ann Marie McCarthy, PhD, RN; and Michele Countryman, BA, CIP