Leadership, Innovation, and Strategy: The Keys to Delivering High Quality Nursing Programs
November 16-18, 2017 - Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta. GA
Welcome and Opening Plenary Session
Changes to the NCLEX: Preparing the Graduates of the Future
Speaker:Philip Dickison, PhD, RN, Chief Officer of Examinations, National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Chicago, IL
Plenary Session
Reality-Based Leadership: Implications for Academic Nursing Leadership
Speaker:Cy Wakeman, MS, President and Founder, Reality-Based Leadership, Omaha, NE
Emerging Solutions
- CCNE Accreditation Standards Forum: An Update on the Review and Revision Process
Speakers: Debra Davis, PhD, RN, Professor, College of Nursing, University of South Alabama, AL and CCNE Standards Committee Co-Chair; and Jane C. Voglewede, JD, Former Legal Counsel at Sanford Health (MeritCare Health System), Fargo, ND and CCNE Standards Committee Co-Chair
Moderator: Jennifer Butlin, PhD, RN, Executive Director, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Washington, DC
- Civility Matters! An Evidence-Based Pathway to Foster Healthy Academic Work Environments and Learner Engagements
Speaker: Cynthia Clark, PhD, RN, Strategic Nursing Advisor for ATI Nursing Education, Leawood, KS
- Innovations in Online Teaching
Speaker: Linda Merillat, PhD, Instructional Design/Lecturer, School of Nursing, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
- Innovations in Simulation: Virtual Reality
Speakers: Sherrill Smith, PhD, RN, Professor, College of Nursing and Health, Wright State University, Dayton, OH; and Sharon L. Farra, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Co-Director for Curriculum, National Disaster Health Consortium, College of Nursing and Health, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
- Making a Difference in Student Retention and Success through Program Innovations and Holistic Competence
Sponsored by AACN’s Faculty Resource Network (formerly ILN)
Speaker: Marianne R. Jeffreys, EdD, RN, Professor, Graduate College and College of Staten Island, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY
Moderator: Rhonda Elaine Maneval, DEd, Associate Dean, Lienhard School of Nursing, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY
- Shedding Light on the Complexities of RN-BSN Education: Synthesis and Solutions
Speaker: Carole Eldridge, DNP, RN Vice President Post Licensure & Graduate Programs, College of Nursing, Chamberlain University, Downers Grove, IL.
Plenary Session
Teaching and Learning in a Practice Discipline: Transformative Research-Based Pedagogies
Speaker: Patricia Benner, PhD, RN, Chief Faculty Development Officer, Educating Nurses, LLC, Knoxville, TN and Professor Emerita, University of California San Francisco, Departments of Physiological Nursing and Social and Behavioral Sciences, San Francisco, CA
Closing Plenary Session
Disruptive Innovation
Speaker: Gail Stuart, PhD, RN, Dean and Distinguished University Professor, College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Master’s Education Perspectives: Preparing Nurse Educators and Leaders to Embrace Change and Improve Practice
Atlanta Marriott Marquis - February 23-25, 2017
Welcome and Opening Plenary
Driving Quality Improvement in Today’s Health System
Speaker: Margarita Baggett, MSN, RN, Chief Clinical Officer, UC San Diego Health, San Diego, CA
Plenary Session
Emerging Technologies: Trends in Health Care and Nursing Education
Speaker: Kevin H. Souza, MS, Associate Dean for Medical Education, University of California –
San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Breakout Session
The Future of Healthcare: The Role of the Master’s Prepared Clinical Nurse Leader in a Value-Based System
Speaker: Beth Anderson, MSN, Hospital Administrator, University of South Alabama Medical Center, Mobile, AL
Learning Labs
- How to be a Manuscript Reviewer
Speaker: Patricia Gonce Morton, PhD, RN, Dean and Professor, College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Editor, Journal of Professional Nursing
- Innovative Online Teaching Strategies
Speaker: Penny Ralston-Berg, MS, Penn State World Campus, University Park, PA
- Insights into the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) Accreditation Process and Standards
Speaker: Lori Schroeder, MA, Director of Accreditation Services, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Washington, DC
- Master’s Essentials: Standards, Guidelines, and Expectations
Speaker: Doreen C. Harper, PhD, Dean, Professor, and Fay B. Ireland Endowed Chair in Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
- Strengthening Holistic Review in Nursing Admissions
Speaker: Vernell P. Dewitty, PhD, RN, Program Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington, DC
Plenary Session
Building a Culture of Health
Speaker: Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, Senior Adviser for Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ
Closing Plenary
Creating a Healthy Work Environment
Speaker: Maureen E. Gormley, PhD, RN, Deputy Director for Management, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD