2007 Fall Semiannual Meeting
Nursing Higher Education:  Internal Impact -Teaching, Learning, and the Institution


 October 27, 2007
Pre-Conference Sessions

October 28-30, 2007
Fall Semiannual Meeting

The Fairmont Washington
Washington, D.C.


Associate/Assistant Deans Invited
Each Dean/Director is invited to bring one associate/assistant dean to the Fall Meeting as a way to familiarize these senior academic leaders with content and issues they will find useful as they assist their deans and improve education in their settings. A reduced rate is offered for this representative. All meeting sessions are open to associates/assistants who are particularly encouraged to attend the orientation session on Saturday afternoon. Associate/assistant deans may register for the special Sunday morning meeting and program of the Organizational Leadership Network (OLN), as well as the group dinner on Saturday. DEANS MUST BE REGISTERED IN ORDER FOR THE ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT DEAN TO ATTEND.

 

Organizational Leadership Network
October 27-28, 2007
Separate registration required for members of this network.

Saturday, October 27

5:15 p.m.
Dinner at Filomena’s
A special menu has been selected. Join us for fun, fellowship, good food, and great networking!

Sunday, October 28

7:30-8:00 a.m.
Registration and Light Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:45 a.m.
Business Meeting

8:45-10:15 a.m.
Program Session: Creating Healthy Learning Environments
Examine leadership in the current academic work environment with a focus on how academic leaders may fashion healthier work and learning environments for faculty, staff, and students. Issues include faculty retention/recruitment, collegiality/collaboration among faculty, and tolerance for unique generational characteristics in the current cadre of nursing faculty.  Enjoy dialogue with the speaker and colleagues.
Speaker: Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Director, Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership and Katherine R. and C. Walton Lillehei Chair in Nursing Leadership, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN

Fall Semiannual Meeting

Saturday, October 27

Pre-Conference Sessions

11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Registration

12:00-1:20 p.m.
Committee Meetings

1:30-3:00 p.m.            
Concurrent Sessions

Administering Academic Nursing Centers
Join colleagues whose schools offer academic nursing centers or nurse-managed health centers that provide care to a patient population.  Consider the teaching, service, economic, faculty practice, and research opportunities provided within an academic nursing center; national benchmark data; and positive and negative experiences of these schools. 
Speakers: Julie Cowan Novak, DNSc, Head, School of Nursing, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; Sally Lundeen, PhD, Dean, College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI; Mary H. Hill, Associate Dean, Division of Nursing, Howard University, Washington, D.C.; and Joanne Pohl, PhD, Associate Dean for Community Partnerships, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Nursing’s Role in Teaching Public Health to All Undergraduate Students
Hear from nursing schools already active in this national initiative to offer curriculum in public health, global health, and epidemiology to all undergraduate students across the country, regardless of their major. 
Speakers: Richard Riegelman MD, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology-Biostatistics, Medicine and Health Policy and Founding Dean, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University, Washington, DC; Janet Allan, PhD, Dean, School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Susan Fetsch, PhD, Dean, School of Nursing, Avila University, Kansas City, MO; and Barbara Synowiez, PhD, Chair, Department of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC

HRSA Advanced Nursing Education Grants
Learn more about grant support (programs, faculty development, nurse faculty loan program, traineeships, comprehensive geriatric education programs) for those preparing to become nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, nurse educators, nurse administrators, public health nurses, or other nursing specialties requiring advanced education.
Speaker: Irene Sandvold, DrPH, MSN, CNM, FACNM, Acting Branch Chief, Advanced Nurse Education Branch, Division of Nursing, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD

3:00-3:30 p.m.
Break

3:30-5:00 p.m.
Concurrent Interest Forums  

Building or Renovating Nursing Facilities
Confer with colleagues who have extensive recent experience with new construction or renovation of their nursing school facilities.  Take advantage of their practical advice if you are planning similar building or remodeling at your school.
Panel: Elizabeth Poster, PhD, Dean, School of Nursing, University of Texas-Arlington, Arlington, TX; Nancy F. Langston, PhD, Dean, School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; and Debra B. Wollaber, PhD, Professor, School of Nursing, Belmont University, Nashville, TN

Using PDAs in Teaching-Learning
In this era of exploding technology, benefit from the experience and guidance of colleagues who have successfully implemented the use of PDAs for nursing faculty and students at their schools. 
Panel: Carolyn Kreamer, PhD, Chair, Department of Nursing, Messiah College, Grantham, PA; Lynn George, PhD, Interim Dean, School of Nursing, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA; and Debra Jenks, PhD, Chair, School of Nursing, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI

Benefits to Students and Schools Through AfterCollege
Learn how your students can have access to scholarship funds and job networking, and how your school can create free, customized Job Resource Pages through AACN’s strategic partnership with AfterCollege. 
Panel: Alexis Violon, University Relations, AfterCollege; Marc G. Dee, Director of University Relations, AfterCollege, Inc., San Francisco, CA; and representatives from nursing schools working with AfterCollege

Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity
Consider how this growing national program supports the development of academic geriatric nurses in the areas of research, scholarship and leadership, and how your students can participate in the Hartford Scholars and Fagin Fellows Program. 
Panel: Patricia G. Archbold, DNSc, RN, FAAN, Program Director, and Patricia D. Franklin, MSN, RN, Program Manager, Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity, American Academy of Nursing Coordinating Center, Washington, DC; Rachael Watman, MSW, Program Officer, John A. Hartford Foundation, New York, NY; and Lynne G. Pearcey, PhD, Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC


Sunday, October 28

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Registration

9:30 – 10:20 a.m.
Baccalaureate Essentials Task Force Update and Discussion

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Like-Schools Informal Discussions
Join colleagues from like-schools to discuss issues of interest and importance to each group. 

  • Small/Liberal Arts Schools
  • Academic Health Centers (AHC)
  • Private Colleges/Universities without an AHC
  • Public Colleges/Universities without an AHC

11:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m.                          
Exhibits open

12:00-1:30 p.m.
Lunch (on your own) and Visit Exhibits

1:30-3:00 p.m.
Welcome and Opening Program Session
The Impact of Good Teaching on Faculty, Students, and the Institution
The Carnegie Foundation has been a national and international center for research and policy studies about teaching for over a century.  Its stated mission is to address the "hardest problems faced in teaching in public schools, colleges, and universities," which the Foundation describes as being "how to succeed in the classroom, how best to achieve lasting student learning, and how to assess the impact of teaching on students." Join the Foundation’s President to explore the differences made by good teaching in institutions of higher learning. 
Speaker: Lee S. Shulman, PhD, President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, San Francisco, CA

3:00-3:30 p.m.
Break – Visit Exhibits

3:30-5:00 p.m.
Program Session
Shaping Health Policy Through Nursing Research
Sponsored by the Government Affairs Committee
Learn more about how nursing research is shaping health policy at multiple levels--organizational, state, national and international.  Delineate the characteristics of research that seem to make the information more useful for policy makers, and the environmental factors that facilitate the uptake of some research and barriers that block the use of other nursing research. 
Speaker: Ada Sue Hinshaw, PhD, RN, FAAN, 2006 IOM/ANF/AAN Distinguished Nurse Scholar

5:00-5:30 p.m.
Break – Visit Exhibits

5:30-6:45 p.m.
Awards Presentations:
Individual Membership Awards
Sr. Bernadette Armiger Award
BSN Champion Award
Innovations in Professional Nursing Education Awards

John P. McGovern Award and Lecture
Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, Founding Director, Partners in Health, Boston, MA

6:45-7:30 p.m.
Reception and Exhibits
Cash Bar


Monday, October 29

7:30-8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:50 a.m.
Orientation for New Members, New Deans, Associate/Assistant Deans, and Prospective Members
Sponsored by the Membership Committee
Join this group to learn more about the association, how it can benefit you, and how you can become active within it.

9:00-10:30 a.m.
Dialogue with the Board
Join groups of like-schools to discuss AACN issues of mutual interest with members of the Board of Directors.

10:30-11:00 a.m.
Break

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Issues Forum
Business Meeting
President Jeanette Lancaster

  1. Call to Meeting
  2. Establish Quorum
  3. Instructions on Voting Cards
  4. Minutes of Previous Meeting
  5. Call for Additions/Changes to Agenda
  6. Reports from President/Executive Director/JPN Editor
  7. Reports from Committees/Task Forces
  8. Announcements
  9. New Business
  10. Report from Nominating Committee
  11. Adjournment of Business Meeting

12:00-1:30 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)

1:30-2:30 p.m.
Business Meeting (continued)

2:30 p.m.
Capitol Hill Visits (on your own)

Meetings with your federal legislators are a priority during AACN meetings. We encourage you to schedule congressional appointments in advance for your time in Washington. Legislative advocacy is an essential role of the dean, and the AACN Government Affairs staff is available to help you prepare for your Hill visit.

Tuesday, October 30

7:15-8:30 a.m.
Light Continental Breakfast           

7:30-8:20 a.m.
Informal Breakfast Discussions
Take your continental breakfast to one of these optional sessions:

Forging Alliances: Corporate Academic Interfaces
UHC has formed strategic alliances between their clinical agencies and historically Black colleges and universities to maximize clinical experiences and scholarship for students at participating schools.  Consider the exemplar of Howard University, and discuss how your school might form similar alliances with UHC institutions.   
Facilitator: Patricia A. Kappas-Larson, MPH, APRN-BC, Senior Vice President for Public Affairs and Community Alliances, University HealthSystem Consortium, Minnetonka, MN

Efforts to Recruit American Indians and Alaska Natives in Nursing
Schools who are active in programs to recruit and retain American Indians and Alaska Natives in nursing, and those interested in becoming so, are invited to share ideas and resources.
Facilitators: Chandice Covington, PhD, Dean, College of Nursing, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND and Sandra L. Haldane, MSN, RN, Chief Nurse, Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD

8:30-10:00 a.m.
Program Session
Dialogue with the CCNE Standards Committee
The CCNE Standards for Accreditation of Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Programs (amended October 2003) is being revised for the accreditation of baccalaureate, master's, and Doctor of Nursing Practice programs.  Learn about the standards revisions process and take advantage of the opportunity to provide feedback to the CCNE Standards Committee.
Panel: Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) Standards Committee

10:00-10:30 a.m.
Break

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Closing Program Session: The Impact of Faculty Work and Work Lives
Join the first author of Rethinking Faculty Work: Higher Education's Strategic Imperative to explore the difficulties of attracting and retaining excellent nursing faculty and how to overcome them.  Topics include the practice orientation of the profession versus traditional faculty work, and today’s faculty appointment systems and working conditions -- all factors in the decision to enter and continue a faculty career.  Consider the authors’ model for how to rethink faculty work that offers encouragement to nursing academic leaders.  
Speaker: Judith M. Gappa, EdD, Emerita Professor, College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

General Information

Registration
The registration fee for the 2007 Fall Semiannual Meeting is $389 for the dean/chair/director and $359 for the associate/assistant dean.  Registration for the Organizational Leadership Network is $40 for members and $65 for non-network members and includes a continental breakfast. The deadline for early registration is October 5, 2007.  Late fees will apply to registrations received after October 5.  The associate/assistant dean must register when the dean is registered (see registration form). Email messages confirming registration for this meeting will be sent to all participants.

Register online or click here to download a registration form.

Hotel Information
A block of rooms has been reserved at The Fairmont Washington, 2401 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037; (202) 429-2400 or (877) 222-2266.  The room rate is $210 single/double. The cutoff date for hotel reservations is September 24, 2007.  To make reservations, please call the hotel directly and request the group rate for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.  Reservations made after September 24 will be on a space and rate available basis only. NOTE: The AACN block of rooms at The Fairmont has been SOLD OUT.

The following hotels are also within walking distance of The Fairmont Washington and may have availability during the time of the meeting:

Best Western Georgetown Hotel and Suites
1121 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037
1800/762-3777
202/457-0565
www.bestwesternwashingtondc.com

Embassy Suites Washington
1250 22nd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
202/857-3388
www.embassysuites.com

Transportation
Reagan National Airport (DCA) is located approximately 15 minutes from The Fairmont Hotel.  Dulles International Airport (IAD) is approximately 30 minutes from the hotel.  Baltimore/ Washington Airport (BWI) is approximately one hour from the hotel.  Taxis are recommended from Reagan National and Dulles Airports; Super Shuttle is available for ground transportation from BWI (approximate cost is $35 each way). 

Continuing Education
Continuing Education contact hours will be provided by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to all conference participants at no additional cost.  CE certificates will be provided in your conference packet.

Refund and Cancellation Policy
Registrations that are canceled up to one week before the meeting will be refunded minus a $50 administrative fee.  Cancellations received with less than one week’s notice will be refunded minus a $150 administrative fee.  There will be no refunds for no-shows.

AACN reserves the right to cancel this conference and any group activity that does not meet minimal group requirements.  Non-refundable airline tickets are the responsibility of the registrant. 

Additional Information
For more information contact AACN, One Dupont Circle, Suite 530, Washington, DC  20036; (202) 463-6930.  If you require any special access in order to take part in this meeting, please contact Meghan Deford at AACN or by e-mail at mdeford@aacn.nche.edu.  The Fairmont Washington Hotel is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Information about this and other AACN conferences is available at the AACN Web site, www.aacn.nche.edu.

 

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