Faculty Schedule
  National Student Nurses’ Association, Inc.
69th Annual Convention, Virtual
Faculty Schedule begins on Monday, April 5, 2021
 
TENTATIVE FACULTY, CONSULTANT, ADVISOR SCHEDULE
This activity has been submitted to the Maryland Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours.  The Maryland Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Monday, April 5, 2021
 
The First-Ever Education Database- and More
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (1.5 contact hours) Live session
In this session, you will learn about the first-ever nursing education database that NCSBN has created and how we are collecting the data. Research updates will be highlighted, including those from our longitudinal study of the impact of COVID-19 on our nursing education programs. Other updates, such as our new Licensure Guidance Tool, the progress of the Nurse Licensure Compact, and the United States Department of Education regulation, etc., will be highlighted. 
Speaker: Nancy Spector, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director Regulatory Innovations, National Council of State Boards of Nursing 
Sponsor: National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Chicago, IL 
 
First Time Consultant/Advisor Orientation to Convention
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm (0 contact hours) Live session
As a new, continuing or future faculty advisor or state consultant—you will learn—as well as contribute during this highly interactive session. The goal of the workshop is to orient you to your essential role and enhance your effectiveness. We will touch on utilizing the NSNA tool kit (including Getting the Pieces to Fit and the Consultant’s and Advisor’s Guidelines for Planning), online resources, and give you a preview of the NSNA Faculty Leadership University to be offered in May. 
Speakers: Rosemary Mortimer, MS, MSEd, RN, CCBE, ANA-Appointed Consultant to NSNA; and Cheryl Taylor, PhD, RN, FAAN, NLN-Appointed Consultant to NSNA  
Sponsor: National Student Nurses’ Association, Brooklyn, NY 
 
Preventing Compassion Fatigue and Burnout
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm (0 contact hours) Pre-recorded session with live Q&A
An overview of compassion contentment, compassion fatigue, and burnout will be provided along with a discussion of contributing factors such as facing death, death overload, moral distress, lack of resources, workload, etc. ART, a mindful awareness model, will be described along with how it can be applied to avert and heal from compassion fatigue and burnout. 
Speaker: Vidette Todaro-Franceschi, PhD, RN, FT, professor, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, NY 
Sponsor: Springer Publishing Company, New York, NY, Brooklyn, NY
 
Virtual Engagement: Turning Woes into Wins
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm (1.5 contact hours) Pre-recorded session
One of the unintended consequences of the transition to virtual classrooms is the very real concern surrounding lack of engagement in virtual classrooms and the fallout it can produce. This session will explore the tools, resources, and innovations educators can use to keep their students on track. 
Speaker: Maria Flores-Harris, DNP, RN, CNE, Executive Director of Nursing, Kaplan North America 
Sponsor: Kaplan North America, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 
 
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
 
Faculty-Student Mentorship: Preparing the Next Generation of Nurses for the "Real World"
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm (1.5 contact hours) Live session
Learn how to help your students plan their future career in nursing. This session also serves as an introduction to volunteering in the Career Development Center during Convention. 
Speaker: Lois Marshall, PhD, RN, Nurse Education Consultant 
Sponsor: National Student Nurses' Association, Brooklyn, NY 
 
Bringing Just Culture Principles to Nursing Education
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm (1.5 contact hours) Live session
For years, healthcare has had a shame and blame focus when error occurs, blaming an individual and assigning discipline. Research demonstrates that most error have many contributing factors and it is rarely the fault of a single individual. While practice has moved toward just culture principles, nursing education has not, frequently demonstrating a punitive response to student error. This presentation will provide strategies to bridge this academic-practice gap, applying just culture principles in the academic setting. 
Speaker: Gerry Altmiller, EdD, APRN, ACNS-BC, ANEF, FAAN, Professor of Nursing, The College of New Jersey 
Sponsors: National League for Nursing, New York, NY; and National Student Nurses' Association, Brooklyn, NY 
 
Opening Ceremony and Keynote Address
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Live session
The Keynote Address, recognition of scholarship winners and sponsors, and presentation of awards including Honorary Membership, make the Opening Ceremony one of the highlights of the convention.
Keynote Speaker:  Keynote Speaker: Susan B. Hassmiller, RN, PhD, FAAN, Senior Advisor for Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ 
Sponsor: Nurses Service Organization, Fort Washington, PA 
 
Career Development Center Grand Opening - Exhibit Hall
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Click here to sign up to volunteer to review resumes and coach students about planning their career. For your participation, you will receive partial registration rebate following the convention.
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021
 
NLN Co-Sponsored Faculty Session: How to Teach Thinking
10:00 am – 5:00 pm (6 contact hours available) Additional Registration Required
Live session (10:00 am - 12:00 pm; 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm; 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT)
New nurses require well-developed clinical reasoning skills in order to deliver safe, effective, and compassionate care. Preparing students for practice demands that academic and practice-based educators use transformative strategies to develop clinical reasoning skills. Good teaching is "knowing the content," but great teaching guides the learner to "use the content." This interactive workshop will highlight the known areas of risk as we transition our students through coursework into professional practice. You will have hands-on experiences in the use of the NLN Guide for Teaching Thinking to develop solid teaching and learning dialogue strategies and practice specific techniques with feedback from the experts. 
Speaker: Susan Gross Forneris, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE-A, FAAN and Mary Fey, PhD
Sponsors: National League for Nursing, Washington, DC; and National Student Nurses' Association, Brooklyn, NY 
 
Career Development Center in the Exhibit Hall
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Live session        
Sign up to volunteer to review resumes and coach students about planning their career. For your participation, you will receive a partial registration rebate following the convention.
 
General Session
Career Readiness through a Pandemic
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm (2.0 Contact Hours) Live session
This panel will focus on the importance of career readiness through a pandemic and the steps to be a prepared candidate. The panelists will discuss communication skills, education plans, professional organization involvement, resume writing, interviewing skills, digital technology, Board of Nursing and licensure information, and other career management strategies. Our engaging and diverse panelists will speak to each of these areas and emphasize the importance of career readiness and provide “real world” advice as you step forward into your nursing career. At the completion of the discussion, there will be an opportunity for students to ask questions of the panelists. 
Moderator/Panelist: Giselle Melendez, EdD, RN, Nurse Leader, Pediatric Inpatient and Intensive Care Units, Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY 
Panelists: Sheri Cosme, DNP, RN-BC, Director, Practice Transition Accreditation Program and Nursing Skills Competency Program, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, MD; Khay Douangdara, MSN, RN, CPEN, UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital, Lexington, KY; Jennifer Hanks, BSN, RN, UnityPoint Health, Finley Hospital, Dubuque, IA; Lois Marshall, PhD, RN, Nurse Education Consultant; Miami, FL; Jim Puente, MS, MJ, CAE, Director, Nurse Licensure Compact, Chicago, IL; and Cathlyn Robinson, MSN, RN, St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ 
Sponsor: Emergency Nurses Association, Schaumburg, IL 
 
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm 
“In Case of Emergency” (Movie)
Live session
To celebrate and recognize all emergency nurses for their hard work, perseverance and indelible impact on society, Emergency Nurses Association partnered with filmmaker Carolyn Jones on the award-winning documentary film, “In Case of Emergency.” The film follows 16 emergency nurses from across the United States and paints a startling picture of emergency departments stretched to the breaking point as our nation’s biggest public health challenges – from COVID-19 to the opioid crisis to gun violence to lack of insurance – collide in emergency departments. With nearly half of all U.S. medical care delivered in EDs, emergency nurses are at the forefront, not just during a pandemic, but every day to address a patient’s physical and emotional needs. 
Sponsor: Emergency Nurses Association, Schaumburg, IL 
 
Thursday, April 8, 2021
 
Career Development Center in the Exhibit Hall
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Live session
Sign up to volunteer to review resumes and coach students about planning their career. For your participation, you will receive a partial registration rebate following the convention.
 
Become an NIH “All of Us” Ambassador
2:30 pm– 4:00 pm (1.5 contact hours) Live session
Learn about the All of Us Research Program as well as its future funding opportunities to advance the rapid dissemination of the National Institutes of Health Precision Health/Medicine initiative. The All of Us Research Program, part of the National Institutes of Health, is building one of the largest biomedical data resources of its kind. The All of Us Research Hub will store health data from a diverse cohort of one million or more participants in the All of Us Research Program. 
Speaker: Colleen Leners, DNP, FNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, Director of Policy, American Association of Colleges of Nursing 
Sponsor: American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington, DC 
 
Lessons from the Front Line: Malpractice Case Studies and Stats
4:15 pm – 5:45 pm (1.5 contact hours) Pre-recorded session with live Q&A
Understand the nature of malpractice claims through the exploration of current claims data of nurses across the country. We will review the nature of claims, injuries, and outcomes from both a risk and a fiscal perspective. We will also review claim scenarios as a didactic tool with a focus on risk management. 
Speaker: Roxanne Filson, BBA, Program Manager, Aon Affinity Insurance Services 
Sponsor: Nurses Service Organization (NSO), Fort Washington, PA 
 
General Session
Ward 5B: Nurses Who Defied Convention to Establish a New Standard of Care for HIV/AIDS Patients
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Live session                                       
At the heart of the HIV/AIDs crisis and widespread hysteria, a single number and letter designated a ward on the fifth floor of San Francisco General Hospital, the first in the country designed specifically to care for AIDS patients. The critically acclaimed documentary 5B tells the inspirational story of the courageous nurses and caregivers who took extraordinary action to establish a new standard of care for the patients of 5B. 5B was proudly commissioned by Johnson & Johnson as part of their long-standing commitment to supporting nurses on the front line of healthcare. Following the film screening, stay for an inspiring Q&A session featuring Alison Moëd, Ward 5B’s first nurse manager. Join us, together, we celebrate the essential contributions of nurses whose innovation and leadership immeasurably changed lives during the onset of the AIDS crisis. 
Speakers: Lynda Benton, Senior Director, Global Corporate Equity, Johnson & Johnson; and Alison Moëd, MSN, RN, Ward 5B Nurse Manager (retired), San Francisco General, San Francisco, CA 
Sponsor: Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ 
 
Friday, April 9, 2021
 
Career Development Center in the Exhibit Hall
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Live session
Sign up to volunteer to review resumes and coach students about planning their career. For your participation, you will receive a partial registration rebate following the convention.
 
Helping Students Form a Professional Identify of Nursing
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (1.5 contact hours) Live session
How can faculty most ably help students develop a contemporary, research-based notion of professional identity in nursing? Discover the newest findings for developing a contemporary, far-sighted understanding of professional identity within our discipline and practice strategies with workshop participants.   
Speaker: Nelda Godfrey, PhD, ACNS-BC, FAAN, ANEF, Associate Dean, Innovative Partnerships and Practice, University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS 
Sponsor: National Student Nurses’ Association, Brooklyn, NY 
 
Thinking about Publishing? Here’s What You Need to Know to Avoid Problems
4:00 pm –5:30 pm (1.5 contact hours) Live session
This 90-minute “cram” session for faculty will cover developing an approach to writing; choosing and submitting to a journal; the peer review process and editorial decisions; avoiding unethical behaviors; and avoiding common mistakes. 
Speaker: Maureen “Shawn” Kennedy, MA, RN, FAAN, Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Nursing 
Sponsor: American Journal of Nursing, New York, NY; and Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA 
 
General Session
Social Justice Seekers: Nurses as the Movers and Shakers
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (2.0 Contact Hours) Live session
Join this panel of speakers as they discuss innovative approaches to the social justice topics such as social determinants of health; incivility/bullying; climate action; and accessibility of care. The panel will highlight how social justice relates to your role as a student and nurse and actions you can take to make a difference. 
Moderator/Panelist: Gerry Altmiller, EdD, APRN, ACNS-BC, ANEF, FAAN; Professor, Director, Quality and Safety Innovation Center, School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science, College of New Jersey 
Panelists: Billy A. Caceres, PhD, RN, AGPCNP-BC, FAAN, Assistant Professor, Columbia University School of Nursing; Cara Cook, MS, RN, AHN-BC, Climate & Health Program Manager, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments; Sheldon D. Fields, PhD, RN, CRNP, FNP-BC, AACRN, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN, Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion, Research Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Nursing; Soohyun Kim, MPH, MSN, CPH, APHN-BC, Tribal communities in Alaska on environmental issues; Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, Fellow; Ecoee Rooney, DNP, RN, SANE-A, Director, Nursing Leadership Professional Development, Ochner Health System|System Nursing Professional Development 
Sponsor: Central Methodist University, Fayette, MO 
 
Saturday, April 10, 2021
 
Sailing the 7 C's of Change
11:00 am – 12:30 pm (1.5 contact hours) Live session
The radical transformation of nursing education is required to successfully meet the growing needs for increased numbers of highly qualified nursing professionals. Quick adaptability, led by dedicated change champions, will determine the organization's ability to succeed. Participants will explore seven key strategies that can promote successful and positive disruption in the academic setting. 
Speaker: Teresa Maggard Stephens, PhD, RN, CNE, Nursing Education Consultant, Medical University of South Carolina 
Sponsor: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 
 
Coming Up for AIR from Trauma: Aware-Identify-Recognize 
12:30 pm – 3:30 pm (3.0 contact hours) Live session - Limit 100 attendees.
Note: This session for students and faculty will NOT be recorded or available after Convention.
Nurses face unprecedented challenges in today's healthcare environment. Having the tools to not just survive but thrive is essential. This workshop will provide attendees with an understanding of how to: become Aware of ways trauma shapes one's view of the environment and response to events; acquire information needed to Identify vulnerability factors that can reduce one's ability to effectively cope with stressors; and learn to Recognize the importance of developing individual resiliency with tools to integrate self-care into daily living. 
Speaker: M. Melissa Earley, BSN, RN, NHDP-BC, QMHP-A/C, Director of Advocacy and Outreach, The If You Could See Me Project, Richmond, VA 
Sponsor: National Student Nurses’ Association, Brooklyn, NY 
 
How to Encourage Students to Accept Personal Responsibility
12:45 pm – 2:15 pm (1.5 contact hours) Live session
Teaching in the pandemic has been brutal, draining, and often discouraging when you read some of your student evaluations. Join us for this 1.5 session where we will discuss practical strategies for resolving student conflict where you will see an increase in students accepting responsibility. These strategies will re-energize how you feel about teaching (and students). This session is led by a veteran nursing faculty who is right in the trenches with you teaching undergraduates every day! She is also a national speaker and passionate about research in academic resilience, academic self-efficacy, and academic mindset.
Speaker:  Rhonda Lawes, MS, RN, PhD(c)
Sponsor: Lecturio, Leipzig, Germany
 
Mnemonic Pre-learning can Improve Student Engagement and Retention
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm (1.5 contact hours) Live session
Are your students not reading before class, overwhelmed, showing up unprepared and struggling to retain the material? Learn how nursing educators are implementing mnemonic scaffolding strategies into their pre-lecture assignments, PowerPoints, and activities to drastically improve learning outcomes and student engagement.
Speaker: Marlee Liberman, RN-BSN, Master Nursing Scholar, Ken Robertson, COO
Sponsor: Picmonic: Remember More in Less Time, Phoenix, AZ
 
Closing Ceremony and Endnote Address: Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Live session
The Closing Ceremony also includes introduction of the newly elected 2021-22 Board of Directors and Nominating and Elections Committee and announcement of NSNA chapter award winners and Stellar School Recognition.
Endnote Speaker: Teresa Maggard Stephens, PhD, RN, CNE, Nursing Education Consultant, Medical University of South Carolina 
Sponsor: Central Methodist University, Fayette, MO
 
If all programs are approved:
NSNA Faculty Program: up to 20.5 Contact Hours
NLN Pre Conference (separate registration fee): 6.0 Contact Hours

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