Baccalaureate Education Conference
November 11-13, 2004
Trump International Sonesta Beach Resort, Sunny Isles, Florida

Fortifying the Foundations: Teaching From an Evidence Base in Baccalaureate Education

Executive Development Series
November 10-11, 2004

Special Note on Executive Development Series and Baccalaureate Education Conference Location:
Please note that the Sanibel Harbour Resort, the originally-scheduled location for AACN's November Executive Development Series and Baccalaureate Education Conference, has requested that AACN find an alternate hotel to host these meetings. The Sanibel Harbour Resort assessed that the reparations and renovations required from Hurricane Charley damage would not be completed in time for our meetings. AACN is pleased to announce that the Trump International Sonesta Beach Resort will host these November meetings.

Registration details at the end of the page.

END-OF-LIFE NURSING EDUCATION CONSORTIUM (ELNEC) MINI-COURSE
Wednesday, November 10, 1:00-6:00 p.m. and Thursday, November 11 8:00-11:45 a.m.
If you teach end-of-life care and need updated class materials, teaching strategies, case studies, and other resources, this is the meeting for you. This mini-course is based on the nationally known ELNEC program and is designed for nursing faculty members who are not ELNEC-trained but who have a basic understanding of end-of-life and palliative care issues. All nine modules will be reviewed, including content and teaching strategies. Upon completion, participants will be qualified to teach the ELNEC curriculum to students and colleagues. The nominal cost of $69 includes a 1,000-page syllabus (hard copy and CD-ROM) containing course outlines, PowerPoint slides, and other resources, as well as a copy of Textbook of Palliative Nursing by Ferrell and Coyle. Enrollment is limited to the first 60 registrants.
Speakers: Judith Paice, PhD, RN, FAAN, Research Professor of Medicine, Palliative Care and Home Hospice Program, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Medical School, Chicago, IL; Polly Mazanec, MS, APRN, BC, AOCN, Nurse Practitioner, University Hospitals Health System, Ireland Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH; Anne Rhome, MPH, RN, Deputy Executive Director and Pam Malloy, MN, RN, OCN, Director of Special Programs, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington, DC

BACCALAUREATE EDUCATION CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Nursing as a profession increasingly is endorsing evidence-based practice as a means to ensure optimal patient care, yet many currently practicing nurses are not sure how to find and use the various types of evidence. In order to prepare nursing professionals who confidently utilize evidence and best practices, educators must master this approach and determine effective ways to include it in the basic nursing curriculum. In addition, faculty can benefit from growing evidence that directly supports the teaching role. Join colleagues in exploring various types of evidence important to baccalaureate nursing education.

Conference Schedule

Thursday, November 11

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Registration

12:30-2:30 p.m.
Two Free Pre-Conferences

Wound Care Competencies for the 21st Century
Sponsored by an unrestricted educational grant from Smith & Nephew
This interactive session will provide faculty with strategies to help their students obtain basic wound care competencies needed for moist wound healing. Speakers are internationally known, board-certified wound care nurses, have many years of experience in baccalaureate nursing education, and are authors/editors in this specialty area. They will discuss existing curricula and demonstrate teaching materials available for use by faculty to incorporate the latest science into the art of wound care. Enrollment is limited to the first 100 registrants.
Speakers: Elizabeth A. Ayello, PhD, RN, APRN, BC, CWOCN, FAPWCA, FAAN, Faculty, Excelsior College School of Nursing, Albany, New York and Janet E. Cuddigan, PhD, RN, CWCN, CCCN, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.

Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Sponsored by a grant from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
This pre-conference allows faculty to consider ways to incorporate complementary and alternative therapies into nursing curricula. Speakers have received federal funding for their schools of nursing from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health. They will address the approaches of their respective schools including program planning, implementation, and evaluation, as well as the
successes and struggles they encountered during various stages of program development.
Speakers: Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, Director, Center for Spirituality and Healing and Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, MN; Janice M. Zeller, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Department of Adult Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, IL; B. Jane Cornman ARNP, PhD, Project Director, Integrating CAM Grant, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

3:00-4:00 p.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Third Annual Excellence in End-of-Life Nursing Education Awards

Program Session
Issues and Initiatives of AACN
Join the AACN President to explore how AACN is responding to challenges in health care and changes in nursing education, and how the organization is making thoughtful choices about future directions.
Speaker: Jean Bartels, PhD, RN, Chair, School of Nursing, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA and President, American Association of Colleges of Nursing

4:00-4:30 p.m.
Break

4:30-6:00 p.m.
Program Session
Evidence-Based Teaching
Faculty members work hard to prepare students to make evidence-based decisions in clinical practice, a critical skill in the increasingly complex health care system. However, many of these clinically expert faculty might be less well-prepared to describe how professional literature describes best teaching practices, how quality in teaching can/should be defined and evaluated, and related ideas that inform and strengthen the teaching role of faculty. In view of the escalating nursing faculty shortage, this topic is of particular import to schools that recruit clinical experts and need to develop them in the unique teaching role.
Speaker: Barbara Brandt, PhD, Assistant Vice President for Education, University of Minnesota Academic Health Center, Minneapolis, MN

6:00-7:30
Reception, Poster Presentations, and Exhibits

Friday, November 12

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

7:30-8:25 a.m.
Informal Interest Forums
Join colleagues in informal discussion of a topic of interest:

• Managing Clinical Placements * Teaching for Cultural Competence
  
• Facilitating Non-Traditional Learners * BSN Completion/Accelerated 2nd Degree Programs
  
• Integrating New Faculty into the Role * Dealing with Difficult Students

8:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions on Specialty Curricula
These sessions address specialty-specific curriculum, competencies, and/or best practices. Each 90-minute session is repeated so that participants may attend two.

• Critical Care -Justine Medina, MS, RN, Practice Director, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Aliso Viejo, CA
  
• Genetics - Jean Jenkins, PhD, RN, FAAN, Senior Clinical Advisor, Office of the Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, and Cynthia A. Prows, MSN, CNS, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
  
• Geriatrics - sponsored by The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York, NY. Beth E. Barba, PhD, RN-C, Associate Professor, School of Nursing University of North Carolina at Greensboro; H. Michael Dreher, DNSc, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA; and Ann Marie Spellbring, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
  
• Environmental Health - Health Care Provider Initiative, Leyla Erk McCurdy, Senior Director, Health and Environment Programs, The National Environmental Education & Training Foundation, Washington, DC
  
• Tobacco Control - Tobacco Free Nurses Initiative (funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), Stella Aguinaga Bialous, DrPH, MScN, RN, President, Tobacco Policy International, San Francisco, CA and Linda Sarna, DNSc, RN, FAAN, Professor, School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles

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

1:30-4:45 p.m.
Abstract Presentations
Click here for the Call for Abstracts. Submissions are due byWednesday, September 22.

Saturday, November 13

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

8:30-9:30 a.m.
Program Session
Aces and Spaces: The Missing Pieces in Evidence Based Practice
As with many past trends, nursing education has embraced evidence based practice with gusto. Many of us already have integrated the language into our course outlines, classroom and clinical discussions, journal articles, and textbooks. There also is much discussion about overcoming opposition and barriers to evidence based practice. However, perhaps we do not need to overcome barriers as much as we need to analyze why they emerged and how they represent the missing pieces of evidence based practice.
Speaker: Pamela Bayliss Webber, PhD, RN, CFNP, Professor, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA and co-author of An Introduction to Theory and Reasoning in Nursing

9:30-10:00 a.m.
Break

10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Closing Program Session
A Primer on Teaching Evidence-Based Practice in Baccalaureate Nursing Programs
Many influential organizations and agencies continue to be staunch advocates for evidence-based practice (EBP), which also is supported by important landmark documents, including Crossing the Quality Chasm and Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality. However, only a small percentage of nurses and other healthcare professionals are using best evidence to guide their clinical practices. One important strategy is to integrate this content throughout baccalaureate curricula. This session will provide an overview of the elements of EBP, common barriers in its implementation, the five key steps in EBP, strategies for teaching and integrating EBP, and overcoming barriers to EBP in educational and clinical settings.
Speaker: Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/NPP, FAAN, FNAP, Associate Dean for Research and Professor, Director, Center for Research & Evidence-Based Practice, School of Nursing, University of Rochester, NY and editor of Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice.

General Information

Registration
The registration fee for each conference is $389 for members/ $439 for non-members. The deadline for early registration is October 22. The registration fee after October 22 is $459 for members/ $509 for non-members. For AACN member schools, there is a $30 discount for each additional registrant from the same school. Graduate students who are preparing for faculty roles are encouraged to attend and may register for the Baccalaureate Education Conference at the reduced rate of $339. Please note that those registrants attending both the Executive Development Series and the Baccalaureate Education conference will receive a savings of $75 on the total cost of registration. The fee for the ELNEC mini-course is $69. Email messages confirming registration will be sent to all participants.

Click here to print a registration form.
Online registration will be available soon.

Hotel Information
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Trump International Sonesta Beach Resort, 18001 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. The luxurious Trump Sonesta Resort is situated on 10 acres of beach/ocean front in Sunny Isles, Florida. Located equidistantfrom the popular South Florida destinations of Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Sunny Isles is easily accessible from all areas of the country.

The room rate is $165 single/ double plus a $15 resort fee. The resort fee includes wonderful amenities such as utilization of the fitness center, complimentary local calls and access fees waived for credit card and 800 calls, morning newspaper and more. The resort fee also features scheduled shuttle service to Aventura Mall, Bal Harbour Shops, local restaurants and South Beach Miami. The cutoff date for reservations is October 22, 2004. To make reservations, please call the hotel directly at 1-800-461-8501 or 305-692-5600 and request the group rate for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). Reservations made after October 22 will be on a space and rate available basis.

Transportation
Fort Lauderdale International Airport (FLL) is located approximately 20 minutes from the hotel. For airport transportation, the cost for Super Shuttle is $16 each way and the cost for Yellow Cab Taxi is $26. For additional information on airlines that serve the Fort Lauderdale International Airport, please see www.broward.org/airport.

Miami International Airport (MIA) is located approximately 30 minutes from the Trump Sonesta. For transportation from the airport to the hotel, Super Shuttle is available for $17 each way. The cost for Yellow Cab Taxi is $41 each way. For additional information on the Miami International Airport, please see www.miami-mia.com.

Reservations are not required for Super Shuttle transportation from the airports to the hotel. Reservations are needed for transportation from the hotel to the airports. Please call (305) 871-2000 for reservations.

Continuing Education Credit
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 cancelled 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 Shana Cohen at AACN or by email at scohen@aacn.nche.edu. The Sanibel Harbour Resort is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Baccalaureate Education Conference Subcommittee
Judeen Schulte, Alverno College (Chair)
Judy Beal, Simmons College
Daisy Cruz-Richman, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Sarah Farrell, University of Virginia
Mary Hoke, New Mexico State University
Patricia Martin, Wright State University
Mary Ann Merrigan, Wilkes University

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