Creating Jazz: Transforming Exchanges in Education & Practice A National Conference on Professional Nursing Education and Development

Thursday–Sunday • October 16–19, 2008

Hotel InterContinental at the Plaza 401 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Mo.

Faculty & Program Committee

Course Co-Directors

Mary L. Gambino, RN, PhD, Assistant Dean for Community Affairs; Director of Nursing Continuing Education, School of Nursing, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kan.

Shirley J. Farrah, PhD, RN, BC , Assistant Dean, Nursing Outreach and Distance Education, Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.

Candace Parker, MSN, RN, Nursing Instructor, Johnson County Community College, Kansas City, Kan.

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Faculty

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Planning Committee

Wanda Bonnel, PhD, RN, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City, Kan.
Vicki Brooks, RN, BSB, BSN, BC, Education Supervisor, Newman Regional Health, Emporia, Kan.
Kim Brucks, MSN, RN, Coordinator, Clinical and Patient Education, Center for Education and Development, University of Missouri Health Care, Columbia, Mo.
Sharon Burnett, RN, BSN, MBA, Vice President of Licensure, Regulation and Accreditation, Missouri Hospital Association, Jefferson City, Mo.
Linda Cook, BSN, RN, Clinical Education Coordinator, Bothwell Regional Health Center, Sedalia, Mo.
Shirley J. Farrah, PhD, RN, BC, Assistant Dean, Nursing Outreach and Distance Education, Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Sara Fry, Continuing Education Director, Missouri Nurses Association, Jefferson City, Mo.
Mary L. Gambino, RN, PhD, Assistant Dean for Community Affairs; Director of Nursing Continuing Education, School of Nursing, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kan.
Anne G. Heine, RN, MS(N), Instructor of Clinical Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Gina Oliver, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Candace Parker, MSN, RN, Nursing Instructor, Johnson County Community College, Kansas City, Kan.
Ashley Peacock, RN, BN, BC, Clinical Education Specialist, Nursing Staff Development, Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Kan.
Kathleen Quinn, Director,ME, MU-AHEC Program Office, School of Medicine, Columbia, Mo.
Kim Sanders, Office Manager & Senior Program Manager, University of Kansas Medical Center, Continuing Education, Kansas City, Kan.
Larry Simmons, PhD, RN, Director of Research, Educational Resources, Inc., Shawnee Mission, Kan.
Anita Singleton, EdD, RN, BC, FNP, Clinical Associate Professor, Joplin Site Coordinator, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Mo.
Shara Spilker, RN, MSN, Consultant for Continuing Nursing Education, Kansas City Community College, Kansas City, Kan; Adjunct Faculty, University of St. Mary, Leavenworth, Kan.
Stephanie Taylor, Executive Director, West Central AHEC, Kansas City, Mo.
Sonora Thigpen, Senior Program Manager, University of Kansas Medical Center Continuing Education, Kansas City, Kan.
Mary Beth Warren, MS, RN, Statewide Director, University of Kansas Medical Center, Area Health Education Centers (AHEC), Pittsburg, Kan.
Todd Winterbower, BA, Continuing Education Coordinator,Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Karen Wray, MSN, RN, BC President, The Heart of American Chapter of NNSDO, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, Kan.