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PLEASE NOTE: The block of rooms reserved for the Executive Development Series at the Fairmont Hotel is selling out quickly. Please click here for a list of alternate hotels.

The popular Executive Development Series is designed for new deans as well as for faculty members who hold or aspire to leadership positions within the nursing academic unit. The theme emphasizes practical approaches to resolving issues of concern, and the conference offers opportunities for academic leaders to think in new ways about both old and new challenges and plan for a preferred future for nursing education. The program is repeated from November 2004 when registration approached the record high for this conference.

Friday, March 18

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

8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Opening Program Session
Future Planning: The Context of Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
Reflect on how nursing education must be a good university citizen as well as prepare practitioners for the health care system's vital, complex future. Strategize how leaders can help strengthen the nursing academic unit, convey nursing's message to others, and improve the nursing school's position on campus and in the community. Use the "future search" framework to think about things differently and formulate plans for your own institution. With colleagues, discuss the practical issues and challenges facing nursing education and begin to strategize solutions.
Speakers: Carole Anderson, PhD, RN, FAAN, Vice Provost for Academic Administration, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Janet Allan, PhD, RN, CS, FAAN, Dean, School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; John Lantz, PhD, RN, Dean, School of Nursing, University of San Francisco, CA

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

1:30-3:30 p.m.
Program Session
Achieving Enrollment Goals
In many schools, planning is underway for recruiting the entering classes of fall 2005 and beyond. Whether your program is faced with having too many or too few students, this session will help you develop a better understanding of the enrollment management approach and how you can use it to increase academic quality and student diversity, enhance revenue, and efficiently use scarce resources. Consider the processes and strategies fundamental to building and shaping a student class, information needed for your marketing communications, and development of effective enrollment models. Participants will be encouraged to discuss strategies in small groups.
Speakers: Eleanor V. Howell, PhD, RN, Dean, Creighton University School of Nursing, and Don Bishop, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management, Creighton University, Omaha, NE

3:30-4:00 p.m.
Break
Discussion on Expanding Capacity
In resource-constrained times, schools are developing increasing numbers of creative approaches to maximize faculty resources and accommodate larger number of students. What are your issues regarding expanding capacity? What strategies have you found helpful to create faculty resources or to locate new clinical sites for students? Join colleagues in discussing how nursing programs are overcoming these challenges and "doing more with less."
Facilitator: Mary Beth Mathews, PhD, RN, BC, Chair, Department of Nursing, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

Saturday, March 19

8:00-8:30 a.m.
Light Continental Breakfast

8:30-10:30 a.m.
Program Session
Finance 101: Issues in Financial Administration of Nursing Programs
Academic nursing leaders are expected to develop and justify accurate, adequate budgets for their schools' complex and often changing missions, but even experienced leaders concede lack of preparation for this task. As resources become more austere, ideas for expanding capacity may have significant financial implications. Learn practical lessons from a dean who independently mastered the basic premises of financial planning in order to represent her school more effectively in this area. Topics include recognizing the importance of financial data, issues and considerations in creating a nursing education budget, and articulating the contributions of nursing to the larger university. Discuss fiscal concerns and challenges from your setting, and share successful strategies.
Speaker: Gloria Donnelly, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

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

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Closing Program Session
Working Toward Nursing Education's Preferred Future
Strategic planning for a school of nursing depends on a vision of where the nursing academic unit needs to be, and this is based in large part on what the future holds for nursing and nursing education as a whole. Join the AACN President to consider how nurse educators can actively influence the planning process to create a preferred future.
Speaker: Jean Bartels, PhD, RN, Chair, School of Nursing, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA and President, American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Registration
The registration fee for the 2005 Spring Executive Development Series is $389 for members/ $439 for nonmembers. The deadline for early registration is February 23, 2005. The registration fee after February 23 is $459 for members/ $509 for nonmembers. There is a $30 discount for each additional registrant from the same school and a $75 discount for deans/chairs/directors of AACN member schools of nursing who are also attending the Spring Annual Meeting. E-mail messages confirming registration for this meeting will be sent to all participants.

Register online at https://www.aacn.nche.edu/Registration/registration.asp.
Click here to print a registration form to print, complete and fax to AACN. AACN's fax number is 202-785-8320.

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 $200 single/double. The cutoff date for hotel reservations is February 23, 2005. To make reservations, please call the hotel directly and request the group rate for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Reservations made after February 23 will be on a space and rate available basis only. Please make your reservations early as space fills quickly at the hotel.

PLEASE NOTE: The block of rooms reserved for the Executive Development Series at the Fairmont Hotel is selling out quickly. Please click here for a list of alternate hotels.

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 Shana Cohen at AACN or by e-mail at scohen@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.

Executive Development Series Subcommittee
Mary Beth Mathews, University of Hartford (Chair)
Janet Allan, University of Maryland
Michael Bleich, University of Kansas
Susan Gunby, Mercer University
Eleanor Howell, Creighton University
John Lantz, University of San Francisco

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