​​Thursday, April 13, 2023
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Nurses as Healthcare Changemakers: Stories of Care Transformation
​Every day, nurses identify problems and create solutions for some of the biggest challenges in health care. With invaluable hands-on patient experience, insights, resourcefulness and an innate innovative mindset, nurses are uniquely qualified to reimagine what healthcare can be, and how it can best be delivered.
 
For more than 125 years, Johnson & Johnson has championed and supported nurses as changemakers – essential to the work of transforming human health. In this empowering storytelling session, hear from nurses and nurse leaders who represent different perspectives on nurses’ pivotal role in healthcare and the enormous potential of the profession to rethink how healthcare is organized and delivered to improve health outcomes for all. Hear from an ER nurse who developed a screening protocol to identify victims of human trafficking, a trauma nurse who created a tech platform to connect medically tailored meals to the dietary needs of patients experiencing food insecurity, and a nurse/chief experience officer for a health system who is building trust and connections in a rural community. Each of these powerful stories demonstrates the scope and impact of nurse influence, and how important they are to shaping patient care and tailoring healthcare to the needs of their communities.
 
Speakers: Michele Morgan, Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Johnson & Johnson; Danielle Bastien, RN, DNP, FNP-BC, Henry Ford Hospital, Julie Kennedy Oehlert, Chief Experience Officer, Vidant Health, Kwamane Liddell, Founder and CEO, Nutrible

Sponsor: Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ

 
Friday, April 8, 2022
9:00 am – 10:45 am
Transition to Practice: Using Wit and Wisdom to Improve Outcomes and Ensure Your Success                  
Join the cognoscenti for a lively panel of experts, novices, and those in between who will prepare you for your transition from nursing student to practicing nurse. You will hear what is in store for you as you work your way through nursing school and land your first RN position. Their stories, filled with wit and wisdom, will enhance your critical thinking skills and foster your success.  No matter where you are in school, from freshman to senior, you will reflect and resonate with this engaging panel.
Speakers: Fidelindo Lim, DNP, CCRN, Clinical Assistant Professor, New York University, Rory Meyers College of Nursing; Lynn W. Newberry, DNP, RN, CEN, NE-BC, Education and Outreach Program Manager, American Nurses Credentialing Center;  Brandi Borden, BSN, RN, NSNA President, 2020-2021; Stacie Kinsey, BSN, RN, CVOR Scrub nurse, The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano; Alexis Hodges; BSN, RN; Advocate Christ Medical Center, Neuro ICU staff nurse in Oak Lawn, IL; and Jaleighya Townsend, BSN, RN, Labor and Delivery nurse at Piedmont Hospital 
Moderator: Stephanie Brink, DHPE, MSN, RN, Assistant Dean of Online Programs
RN-to-BSN Program Coordinator; Central Methodist University
Sponsor: Central Methodist University