Schedule

Region 15 Symposium

REPRESENT Excellence: Advancing Nursing Through Science, Art, and Innovation

Total CEU Hours: 4.5

7:30 - 8:20 AM: Morning Program Registration & Breakfast

• Attendees arrive, check-in

• Vendor and exhibitor tables open

• Morning networking

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8:30 - 8:45 AM: Opening Ceremony

• Welcome & opening remarks

• Green Mountain Nurses Honor Guard procession

• Lamp lighting ceremony honoring fallen colleagues

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8:45 - 9:30 AM: Keynote Presentation

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9:30 - 9:45 AM: Morning Break

• Snack stations

• Exhibitor visits

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9:45-10:45: Podium Presentations Block 1 - SCIENCE - Evidence-Based Research and & Innovation

Williams Family Room (403):  Health Equity & Community Research

• Amisha Parekh de Campos, PhD, MPH, RN, CHPN "Barriers and Facilitators to End-of-Life Care Among Black Residents of an Urban Setting"

• Nicholas Raposo, PhD(c), MPH, RNC-OB "Nursing Care, Social Determinants, and the Birth Experience: Data from a Nationally Representative U.S. Sample"

Jost Foundation Room (422): Specialty Practice Research

• Janelle Sarnevitz, MSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC "Sense of Belonging and Wellbeing Curriculum for First-Year Nursing Students"

• Nick Feldman, BSN Student "Pregnancy and Lactation Associated Osteoporosis: Increasing Awareness as a First Step"

Chittenden Bank Room (413): Health Equity & Research Innovation

• William Fyler, RN, CNE "A Nurse-Led Investigation of Chaplain Visits in Advanced Heart Failure Care: Exploring Spiritual and Physiological Health Dimensions"

• Jean Coffey, PhD, APRN, CPNP, FAAN "Creating a Unique Case Study Method"

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10:45 - 11:45 AM: Poster Presentations

Maple Ballroom (400)

• Lauren Spendley, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, AOCNP & Kristin Stankard, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC "Boosting Confidence, Managing Stress: A Proposed Study on the Impact of Code Blue Simulations in Undergraduate Nursing Education"

• Bobbi-Jo Otis, MSN Education "Palliative Care Across Curriculums"

• Julie Grady, PhD, RN, CNL, IBCLC "Involving Nursing Students in the Research Process: An Examination of the Lactation Assessment and Comprehensive Intervention Tool (LAT)"

• Kayla Gallagher, MSN, RN, CNE "Examining the Relationship Between Physical Activity, Nutrition, Sleep, Substance Use, and Resilience in Prelicensure Nursing Students in the United States"

• Christine Denhup, PhD, APRN, CPN-PC & Kimberly Watson, BSN Student "Miscarriage Grief: The Loss of a Child That Did Not Live Outside Our Body"

• Alisa SsuYu Lin, DNP, FNP-C, MSN, RN, MA-MHC "Implementation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients with Weight Management in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Project"

• Zoe Samson, PhD, RN "Patient Characteristics Associated with Volume of Skilled Clinical Home Health Services"

• Louise Racine Bastarache, CNM, WHNP, MSN "A U.S. Nurse-Midwife is a Team Member Implementing the International Guidelines for Skin-to-Skin Contact in the First Hour After Birth: A Pilot Study"

• Ashley Condon, MSN, APRN, FNP-C "Improving Depression Screening Rates in a Primary Care Clinic"

• Suzanne Casey, MSN, RN-BC "Exploring New Nurse Graduates' Perceptions of Readiness to Address Mental Health Concerns with Patients in General Medical-Surgical Units: A Phenomenological Study"

• Gretchen Forsley, DNP, CNL, RN, CVN-BC "Political Astuteness and Civic Knowledge in Nursing Faculty"

• Jean Boucher, PhD, RN, ANP-BC "Pathway for Practice-Based Initiatives in Global Health Communities"

• Karen Doherty, PhD, RN "Mental Health Awareness and Training in Undergraduate Nursing Faculty and Students to Improve Academic Success and Overall Health Outcomes"

• Margaret Delaney, EdD, APRN, PCPNP "Building a Pipeline to Nursing: A High School-University Partnership to Promote Workforce Diversity in Nursing"

• Shannon Hanshaw, PhD, RN, CNE "Using Simulation Gaming to Foster Collaboration, Teamwork, and Data-Driven Decisions in Nursing Students"

• Sarah Haddad, DNP, PMHNP-BC "De-Escalation Training for Nurses Using a Sensory Modulation Approach"

• Melissa Robertson, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CNE, Caritas Coach "Diagnostic Imaging Education with Appropriateness Criteria for the Family Nurse Practitioner"

Rapid Rounds Sessions (5-Minute Presentations)

• Kate Campbell, BSN, RN, CPAN & Hannah Taylor, MSN, RNC-MNN "Innovation Workshop: Ideas to Action"

• Amanda Mack, PhD, RN "Global Health Literacy, Climate Justice, Health Education and Health Care Justice with KSA: A Pilot Pre/Post Education Study in US, Jamaica, and Chile"

• Jessica Hoehne, DNP, NE-BC, CMSRN "Evaluation of Health Literacy on Family Engagement in the Adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Setting"

• Jessica Ochs, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, FNAP "An Interprofessional Initiative to Foster Leadership in Health Equity"

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11:45 AM - 12:30 PM: Lunch

Maple Ballroom (400)

• Buffet lunch

• Visit vendor tables

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12:30-1:30PM: Podium Presentations Block 2 - ART - The Humanistic Experience & Holistic Care

Williams Family Room (403): Family & Community Care

• Yosra Raziani, MSN, BSN, RN "No One Prepared Us for This: The Lived Realities of Parents Coping with Sleep Disturbances and Sociocultural Expectations in Pediatric Oncology"

• Lindsay DuBois, MSN, BSN, CHSE, PhD-C, Celeste Surreira, DNP, FNP- BC, FNP-C, CNL, CEN, & Christopher Diaz DNP, FNP-BC "Improving Responsible Representation: A Clinical Simulation Model for Ethical and Trauma-Informed Nursing Practice"

Jost Foundation Room (422): Spiritual & Psychosocial Care

• Alaina Legere, BSN, RN, CHPN & Jennifer L. Ebbitt, BSN, RN, CHPN "Innovations in Palliative Care: A Successful Nurse-Led Inpatient Palliative Consult Explored Through Narrative Medicine" (Arts Presentation)

• Devin Carr, DNP, RN, RRT, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, CPPS "Fundamental Care in Times of Crisis: The Lived Experience of Chief Nursing Officers"

Chittenden Bank Room (413): Professional Development & Confidence

• Jessica Sennett, DNP, RN, MEDSURG-BC, NPD-BC, NE-BC "Enhancing New Nurse Confidence with Simulation Pre-Briefing Modeling"

• Darlene Rouleau, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNL "Tracheostomy Education: Practice Builds Confidence"

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1:30 - 1:45 PM: Afternoon Break

• Snack stations

• Exhibitor visits

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1:45-2:45: Podium Presentations Block 3 - INNOVATION - Technology, Practice Advancement & Future of Nursing

Maple Ballroom (400): Educational Technology Innovation

• Lauren Spendley, DNP, AGNP-BC, AOCNP "Using Video-Recorded SBAR Assignments to Improve Nursing Students' Confidence with Verbal Reports"

Williams Family Room (403): Practice Innovation & Quality Improvement

• Elizabeth Mayerson, DNP, RN, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE "Learning Science to Promote Student Success: Creation of an ATI Task Force and Policy"

• Tara Reed, DNP "Engaging and Assessing Clinical Judgment Using Evidence-Based Tools in the Clinical Setting"

Jost Foundation Room (422): Advanced Practice & Role Expansion

• Melanie Dunlop, MN NP, PhD Student "Enhancing Patient Care: Evaluating the RN Authorized Prescribers Pilot Project in Nova Scotia, Canada"

• Carrie Strick, MS, CNL, RN, CMSRN "Enhancing Patient Outcomes: The Influence of Interprofessional Stewardship on Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Acute Care"

Chittenden Bank Room (413): Research Methodology & Advanced Practice

• Patricia White, PhD, ANP-BC, FAANP & Joyce Pulcini, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN "Evolution of Nurse Practitioner Education and Practice in Massachusetts: An Oral History Project"

• Carole "Gert" Mayes, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, CNOR "AORN Guideline Research Gaps: Choice Overload"

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2:45 - 3:00 PM: Mid-Afternoon Break

• Snack stations

• Exhibitor visits

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3:00 - 3:45 PM: Endnote Presentation by Sigma CEO

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3:45 - 4:15 PM: Closing Ceremony - Maple Ballroom (400)

• Closing of the lamp ceremony

• Award presentations for best oral and poster presentations

• Final remarks and acknowledgments