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S211: Myths and Realities of
Accreditation Criteria
( Expert — Nursing Professional Development )
Pam Dickerson, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN
People who “inherit” roles in ANCC accredited
or approved provider units often inherit the
past patterns and practices that reflect “the way
we’ve always done it” and are not necessarily
congruent with current evidence-based criteria
and educational design standards. What are
your “myths” or “sacred cows”? Explore prevalent
myths and current realities of ANCC accreditation
program criteria, with a focus on developing
quality continuing education activities that impact
professional development of nurses and the
provision of quality patient care.
S212: Pitfalls and Perils of
Interprofessional Innovation
( Competent — Technology/Informatics/Simulation )
Khristina Grimm, MSN, RN-BC
Deborah Laughlin, MSN, RN-BC
This session describes the process completed by
an interprofessional team to increase the use of
innovative methodologies to provide education to
a growing regional system. Learn about the pitfalls,
perils, and barriers experienced by the team as they
worked to acquire the resources, train the masses,
and increase their use of innovative technology.
GENERAL SESSION
Thursday, July 21 | 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
G105: Nursing Professional
Development 2016: Scope and
Standards of Practice Update
Mary Harper, PhD, RN-BC
Patsy Maloney, EdD, RN-BC, CEN, NEA-BC
For the past year, a workgroup of nursing
professional development (NPD) experts have
been reviewing and revising the NPD Scope and
Standards of Practice to reflect the evolution of our
practice. Workgroup co-chairs, Dr. Mary Harper
and Dr. Patsy Maloney present the exciting changes
to our specialty’s foundational document that will
propel us into the next era of NPD.
CONCURRENT SESSION VI
Thursday, July 21 – 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
S213: Inquiring Minds Want to Know:
What is the Pivotal Leadership Academy?
( Competent — Career Development, Precepting,
& Mentoring )
Heather Malcolm, BSN, RN-BC
The Pivotal Leadership Academy program is
an interprofessional approach to leadership
development that uses multiple teaching
methodologies to engage the learner.
S214: Rapid Fire Poster Session 2
Justin Dauterman, MSN, RN
Kathleen Brauer, MSN, RN-NIC, RNC
Edna Zeller, MN, BS, RN-BC, CDE
Elizabeth Randall, BSN, RN-BC
Susan Clarke, MS, RNC-NIC, RN-BC, CNS
Jean Crawford, BSN, RNC
Six poster presenters provide a rapid overview
of their poster content. The following posters
are presented:
• Utilizing Best Practices for a Progressive Care
Training Program
• Preventing Unplanned Extubations in a level 3B
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• EBP Boot Camp: Training Nurses to be EBP
Champions
• Using the Nursing Professional Development
Scope and Standards of Practice for Peer Review
• Expansion and Evaluation of an Approved
Provider Unit
• Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA)
Simulation Laboratory
S215: Evidence-based Practice Culture:
Professional Development Initiatives
( Competent — EBP, Nursing Research, & Quality
Improvement )
Cathleen S. Opperman, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CPN
Cheryl Boyd, PhD, RN, NE-BC, WHNP-BC, CNS
This presentation describes a best practice portfolio
of EBP initiatives for professional development to
improve EBP competencies and teamwork with
interprofessional education and mentoring.
S216: NPD Scope & Standards:
Defining Opportunities for Leadership
Development ( Competent — Leadership )
Jean Shinners, PhD, MSN, RN-BC
Using the 2015 NPD Role Delineation study and
the 2016 NPD Scope and Standards of Practice,
participants identify leadership opportunities and
professional goals inherent in each.
S217: Pulling It All Together to Foster
Communication Skills and Assess
Learning of UAPs ( Competent — Nursing
Professional Development )
Edith Hoehn, BSN, RN, CVRN
Using audience participation, this presentation
describes how using a case study approach
evaluates non-licensed personnel’s communication
and attitudes and enhances understanding of key
procedures.
S218: Standardized Patients: Making
the Human Connection in Nursing
Orientation ( Competent — Technology/
Informatics/Simulation )
Kenneth Miller, MSN, RN, CCRN
Come learn about an innovative approach to
nursing orientation using improvisational actors as
standardized patients to create a real experience
based on emotions, feedback, and the humanism
that is vital in everyday nursing practice.
CONCURRENT SESSION VII
Friday, July 22 | 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
S301: Steering the Path, Igniting the
Passion, and Smoothing Out the Edges
of the Graduate Nurse’s Evolution
( Competent — Career Development, Precepting,
& Mentoring )
Belle McCool, DNP, NE-BC
An experiential nurse graduate residency program that
focuses on identifying inherent leadership potential,
igniting personal awareness, developing authentic
leaders, and changing mindsets is presented.
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