2013 BONUS Meeting Schedule
BONUS: Steering the Future of Nursing
2013 BONUS Annual Meeting
April 17-19, 2013
OMNI Austin Hotel - Austin, TX
Wednesday, April 17
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Registration
12:00 - 12:45 p.m.
New Member Welcome and Orientation
Facilitators: Tracy Brate, Northern Kentucky University; Rudy Gomez, The University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio; Lisa Miller, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Socorro Rico, Western New Mexico University; and Sybil Strano-Perry, University of Nevada Las Vegas
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Welcome, Opening Remarks, Introductions and Announcements
Speakers: Carla Ho-a, MBA, Associate Dean for Finance and Administration, College of Nursing, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO and Chair, Business Officers of Nursing Schools and Susan Perez, BONUS Planning Chair, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Opening Program Session: The Future of Nursing – Been There, Done That? Not This Time!
The 2010 landmark Institute of Medicine (IOM) report regarding the future of nursing calls for broad changes in nursing practice and education. This session will cover the IOM recommendations and leadership strategies to deal with increased accountability and decreased certainty.
Speaker: Kim W. Hoover, PhD, RN, Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Program Session: Developing an Infrastructure to Support Research
Research underpins graduate education and advances the science of health promotion and disease prevention. In this session, The University of Texas at Austin’s business structure will be presented as a successful model for Schools of Nursing to promote research excellence.
Speaker: Alexa K. Stuifbergen, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Reception
Hosted by The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio, and The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
6:30 p.m.
Small Group Dinners
BONUS members will escort small groups to a selection of restaurants. Sign-up sheets with information on restaurant choices will be available at the conference.
Thursday, April 18
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Guests of BONUS members welcome.
9:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Poster Session
9:45 – 10:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks, Introductions, and Announcements
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Program Session: The Clinical Continuum
The clinical mission in a school of nursing includes a continuum of clinical activity, from students’ clinical learning to direct patient care by faculty. This session will look at trends in clinical education, fostering community partnerships, and developing a sound faculty practice.
Speakers: Amy Barton, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Dean for Clinical and Community Affairs and Carla Ho-a, MBA, Associate Dean for Finance and Administration, and Chair, Business Officers of Nursing Schools, College of Nursing, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Business Meeting and 2013 Elections
12:15 - 12:30 p.m.
Group Photo
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Networking Luncheon
Participants will have the opportunity to network with colleagues from similar institutions.
Lunch provided for BONUS members. Guests welcome - $40 pp
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Breakout sessions are opportunities to choose among several small group sessions where BONUS members present on a variety of aspects of business management of nursing schools. Questions, comments, and discussion are encouraged.
- New and Changing Learning Environment
Facilitators: Susan Frey, Case Western Reserve University; Lisa Vaughan, University of Mississippi Medical Center - Revenue Generation
Facilitator: Katharine Bonneson, University of Minnesota - Leadership, Change Management, and Human Resources
Facilitators: Deidre Wesley, Rush University; Carla Ho-a, University of Colorado Denver
2:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 - 3:45 p.m.
Concurrent Breakout Sessions (topics repeated)
4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
BONUS Steering Committee Meeting
6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Group Dinner - Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
Centrally located in Austin’s popular downtown entertainment district, Stubb’s Bar-B-Q is a landmark attraction housed in a 19th-century structure that has served as a homestead, a grocery, a used furniture store, a beer bar and a tavern called the One Knite, still remembered by longtime Austinites. The building has been a live music venue for almost 40 years with Stubb’s indoor stage, huge backyard and amphitheater featuring some of the greatest names in music.
$55 pp - Guests welcome
Friday, April 19
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Guests of BONUS members welcome.
8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Program Session: How Lean and Other Improvement Methods Can Assist in Organizational Financial Objectives
The basic concepts of lean thinking will be introduced and sources of waste will be identified including how waste can be mitigated. These concepts have real application in academia/education and the speaker will close with a review of potential methods that could be utilized to accelerate lean concept adoption in the academic environment.
Speaker: Mark Story, Senior Consultant, Practical Quality Services, Inc.
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Closing Comments and Preview of 2014 BONUS Meeting in Charleston, SC
