2016 Baccalaureate and Master's Education Conferences Materials

Master’s Education: Navigating the Present and Anticipating the Future
Royal Sonesta Houston, TX - February 25-27, 2016

Welcome and Opening Program Session  
Master's Education: Are Nurse Faculty Prepared for their Role?
Speaker: Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing and Director of Evaluation and Educational Research, School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC

Program Session
Academic Nursing Leadership: The Best Days of Your Life! 
Speaker: Carolyn Jaramillo Montoya, PhD, Associate Professor and Practice Chair, College of Nursing, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Concurrent Sessions 

• CCNE: Accreditation 101  
  Speaker: Lori Schroeder, MA, Director of Accreditation Services, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Washington, DC


• Delivering Master’s Education for Students Living in Rural/Frontier Communities
  Speakers: Elizabeth Merwin, PhD, Ann Henshaw Gardiner Professor of Nursing and Executive Vice Dean, School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC; Judith M. Paré, PhD, Dean, Nursing & Health Sciences, Becker College, Worcester, MA; and Audrey Snyder, PhD, AGACNP Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO


• Distance Education and Regulatory Issues: What’s Coming down the Pike
  Speaker: Marianne Boeke, PhD, Senior Associate, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, Boulder, CO


• Helping Master’s Students turn Scholarly Projects into Publishable Articles   
  Speaker: Patricia Gonce Morton, PhD, Dean, College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Editor, Journal of Professional Nursing


• The Magnet Journey: Academic-Clinical Partnerships
  Speakers: Debra L. Fowler, PhD, Assistant Professor and Track Director for the MSN in Nursing Leadership and Administration Program, School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX; Cathy L. Rozmus, DSN, PARTNERS Endowed Professorship in Nursing and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX; and Mary Vondohlen, MSN, Magnet Program Director, Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston, TX  


• The Use of Simulation in Master’s Nursing Education
  Speaker: Teresa Gore, PhD, DNP, Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Informal Breakfast Session: How U.S. News Calculates Rankings of Graduate Nursing Programs
Speaker: Victoria Niederhauser, DrPH, Dean and Professor, College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Program Session
Preparing Master’s Graduates for Future Practice in Today’s Healthcare Environment
Speaker: Christine M. Pacini, PhD, Dean and Professor, McAuley School of Nursing, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI 

Closing Program Session 
Legal Issues Confronting Graduate Nursing Faculty Today                                       
Speaker: Hayley E. Hanson, JD, Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP, Kansas City, MO