2017 Baccalaureate and Master's Education Conferences Materials

Leadership, Innovation, and Strategy: The Keys to Delivering High Quality Nursing Programs
November 16-18, 2017 - Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta. GA

Welcome and Opening Plenary Session
Changes to the NCLEX: Preparing the Graduates of the Future
Speaker:Philip Dickison, PhD, RN, Chief Officer of Examinations, National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Chicago, IL

Plenary Session
Reality-Based Leadership: Implications for Academic Nursing Leadership
Speaker:Cy Wakeman, MS, President and Founder, Reality-Based Leadership, Omaha, NE

Emerging Solutions

• CCNE Accreditation Standards Forum: An Update on the Review and Revision Process
  Speakers: Debra Davis, PhD, RN, Professor, College of Nursing, University of South Alabama, AL and CCNE Standards Committee Co-Chair; and Jane C. Voglewede, JD, Former Legal Counsel at Sanford Health (MeritCare Health System), Fargo, ND and CCNE Standards Committee Co-Chair
  Moderator: Jennifer Butlin, PhD, RN, Executive Director, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Washington, DC
   
• Civility Matters! An Evidence-Based Pathway to Foster Healthy Academic Work Environments and Learner Engagements
  Speaker: Cynthia Clark, PhD, RN, Strategic Nursing Advisor for ATI Nursing Education, Leawood, KS
   
• Innovations in Online Teaching
  Speaker: Linda Merillat, PhD, Instructional Design/Lecturer, School of Nursing, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
   
• Innovations in Simulation: Virtual Reality
  Speakers: Sherrill Smith, PhD, RN, Professor, College of Nursing and Health, Wright State University, Dayton, OH; and Sharon L. Farra, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Co-Director for Curriculum, National Disaster Health Consortium, College of Nursing and Health, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
   
• Making a Difference in Student Retention and Success through Program Innovations and Holistic Competence
  Sponsored by AACN’s Faculty Resource Network (formerly ILN)
  Speaker: Marianne R. Jeffreys, EdD, RN, Professor, Graduate College and College of Staten Island, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY
  Moderator: Rhonda Elaine Maneval, DEd, Associate Dean, Lienhard School of Nursing, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY
   
• Shedding Light on the Complexities of RN-BSN Education: Synthesis and Solutions
  Speaker: Carole Eldridge, DNP, RN Vice President Post Licensure & Graduate Programs, College of Nursing, Chamberlain University, Downers Grove, IL.

Plenary Session
Teaching and Learning in a Practice Discipline: Transformative Research-Based Pedagogies
Speaker: Patricia Benner, PhD, RN, Chief Faculty Development Officer, Educating Nurses, LLC, Knoxville, TN and Professor Emerita, University of California San Francisco, Departments of Physiological Nursing and Social and Behavioral Sciences, San Francisco, CA

Closing Plenary Session
Disruptive Innovation
Speaker: Gail Stuart, PhD, RN, Dean and Distinguished University Professor, College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC