Many UMSON faculty members present at 2024 MNA Convention.
The Maryland Nurses Association 121st Convention, "Nursing: From Health Promotion to Crisis Response," held Sept. 26 - 27 in Annapolis, featured presentations by many UMSON faculty members:
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD '11, MS '5, BSN '04, NNP, FNAP, FAAN, the Bill and Joanne Conway Dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing: “The Changing Landscape of Nursing: Innovating and Leading for Community and Social Impact”
PODIUM PRESENTATIONS
- Susan Bindon, DNP '11, MS '96, RN, NPD-BC, CNE, CNE-cl, FAAN, associate professor, associate dean for faculty development, and director of the Institute for Educators in the Department of Partnerships, Professional Education, and Practice; and Dawn Mueller-Burke, PhD '01, MS '98, CRNP, NNP-BC, assistant professor and chair, New Essentials Curricular Revisions Taskforce: “Mapping, Gapping, and Wrapping Our Heads Around Competency-Based Education”
- Bindon: “EQ: What It Is and Why It Matters in Nursing Education and Practice”
- Brittany Burch, PhD, RN, assistant professor: “Motivating Older Adults Through Immersive Virtual Exercise (MOTIVE)”
- Rebecca Weston, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE, assistant professor; Nancy Culpepper, MBA, director, Standardized Patient Program; and Patricia Schaefer, DNP, RN, CNE-cl, CHSE, CNE, assistant professor and director, Simulation Lab at the Universities at Shady Grove: “Promoting Inclusive Health Care in Maryland: Partnering with Special Olympics Health Messenger Athletes to Prepare Future Health Care Providers”
- Hershaw Davis Jr., DNP, MBA, BSN ’09, RN, assistant professor: “Development and Evaluation of a Depression Screening Program for an Adult Primary Care Practice”
- Lynn Marie Bullock, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, assistant professor and director, Office of Professional Education; and Linda L. Costa, PhD, BSN '76, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, associate professor: “Academic-Practice Partnership: Development of Nurse Leaders in Maryland”
- Carissa Bragdon, DNP, ACNP-BC, CNE, assistant professor; and DeNiece Bennett, DNP, RN, assistant professor and director of the NCLEX Success Program: “Team Up for NCLEX: Harnessing the Strength of Collaborative Learning”
- Crystal DeVance-Wilson, PhD ’19, MS ’06, MBA, BSN ’00, PHCNS-BC, assistant professor and director of the Maryland Nursing Workforce Center: “The Maryland Nursing Workforce Center: A Collaborative Solution for a Strong Nursing Workforce”
- Joan Davenport, PhD '00, RN, assistant professor, and Regina Phillips, PhD, MS '79, RN, CNE, assistant professor: “Collaborative Assessments in Nursing Education”
- Weston; Samantha Fuld, DSW, MSW, LCSW-C, clinical assistant professor, University of Maryland School of Social work; and Schaefer: “Partnering for Progress: Developing an Inclusive Nursing Course to Enhance Disability Care Competencies”
- Laura Petri, PhD '09, RN, NPD-BC, assistant professor; and Linda J. Hickman, PhD '98, MBA, RN, FACHE, assistant professor: “Guiding the Journey: Fostering Graduate Nursing Students in a Leadership Practicum with Preceptor Support”
- Jana Goodwin, PhD, RN, CNE, chair, UMSON program at the Universities at Shady Grove, and assistant professor; Nicole Smith, PhD, MS ’14, RN, CNE, CHSE, CNE-cl, assistant professor and co-director of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program; and Denise Owens, DNP, RN, CCRN, CNE, assistant professor: “Enhancing Clinical Faculty’s Questioning Skills to Foster Clinical Reasoning in Nursing Students: A QARRD Approach”
- Sandra Lucci, PhD, MS '95, RN, CNE, CMSRN, assistant professor: “Enhancing Academic and Professional Development Strategies to Strengthen Nurse Educator Readiness”
- Charlotte A. Seckman, PhD '08, RN-BC, CNE, FAAN, assistant professor; and Cheryl A. Fisher EdD, MSN, RN, associate professor, both co-directors of the MSN Nursing Informatics specialty: “Reimaging Nursing Practice in the Age of Generative AI”
- Cory Stephens, DNP, RN, NI-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, assistant professor; and Martine Kirwin, DNP, FNP-C, RN, assistant professor: “Integrating Generative AI into Nursing Education: Innovating from Health Promotion to Crisis Response”
- Amy Daniels, PhD '18, MS '12, BSN '89, RN, CHSE-A, assistant professor and director of the Clinical Simulation Labs in Baltimore: “Psychological Safety: Understanding Our Learners’ Perception”
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
- Theresa Di Seta, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, assistant director, student placements for partnership development and community health: “Healthcare Preceptor Tax Credit: A Call to Action”
- Fisher; Seckman; Arpad G. Kelemen, PhD, professor; Ernest Opoku-Agyemang, PhD, MA, RN, assistant professor; Barb Van de Castle, DNP '14, RN-BC, ACNS-BC, OCN, assistant professor; Stephens; and Eun-Shim Nahm, PhD '03, RN, FAAN, FGSA, professor and associate dean for the PhD program: “Transforming Nursing Informatics Education: Redesigning Our Master’s Program to Align with AACN Competency-Based Essentials”
- Robyn Gilden, PhD '10, MS '01, RN, associate professor and director, Environmental Health Certificate; Amy Nahley, MS '17, RN, OCN, program manager; and Laura Allen, MA, MS ’15, RN, program director, Community and Public Health Environmental Initiative: “Meeting Maryland’s Future Health Care Needs by Promoting Community Health Interventions and Evaluation in Early Childhood Settings”
- Hannah Murphy Buc, PhD, RN, assistant professor, co-director of the BSN program, and director of restorative justice; and Yvette Conyers, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CTN-B, CFCN, CFCS, CNE, FADLN, CWCN-AP, assistant professor and associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion: “Cultivating a Community of Belonging Through Development of the Restorative Justice Student Leadership Program”