Buffet Breakfast & Special Interest Groups — Salon 1A, 1B

Special Interest Groups (SIGs) provide an opportunity for colleagues from similar settings or with similar interests to discuss current trends, problems and issues. They will take place from 7:30–8:20 a.m. during the buffet breakfast.

See List of Special Interest Groups.

Key

• Mary Anne Hanley, PhD, MA, RN, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, Lubbock, Tex.

This presentation examines the role the art of improvisation plays in nursing education and practice. Case examples are used to illustrate the effectiveness and contribution of improvisation in nursing practice.

• Wendy J. Waldspurger Robb, DNSc, RN, CNE, Assistant Professor, Cedar Crest College, Quakertown, Pa.

This presentation will provide an overview of the current literature related to the use of cooperative testing and focus on one nursing professor’s experience with cooperative testing in the senior year medical surgical complex care course. The presenter will share guidelines for implementation of a collaborative testing model as an alternative evaluation method of nursing knowledge.

• James Hauschildt, EdD, MA, BSN, RN-BC, Adjunct Professor and President, United Partners Consulting, LLC, Overland Park, Kan.

This session will describe the imperatives surrounding clinical healthcare education programs and discuss innovations that support successful preparation, implementation and deployment.

• Marlene Vicky Obermeyer, MA, BA, RN, Independent Continuing Education Provider, Cultural Trainer, Owner Culture Advantage, Marion, Kan.

In this interactive session, we will use the Cultural Detective Model, focusing on working relationships with international nurses, Philippino nurses, in particular. Participants will "play detectives" to discover and uncover cultural values that underlie behavior and motivations, without resorting to generalizations and stereotypes. Instead of using a list of "do’s and don'ts" when dealing with other cultures, we will use critical thinking and problem-solving skills in transforming cross-cultural misunderstandings into cultural synergy.

Key

Using the Instruments of Technology to Create a Symphony of Learning

• Anne Longo, MBA, BSN, RN-BC, Sr. Director, Center for Professional Excellence
• Lorna Frank, MSN, RN, Education Specialist, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio

In a fast-paced practice environment, how do you choose the instruments of technology to deliver the content resulting in a symphony of confident, competent caregivers at the bedside? This session provides the participant with an overview of the types of instruments that can be used to deliver the same content in a variety of ways.

• Amy Vogelsmeier, PhD(c), MSN, RN
• John A. Hartford, Pre-doctoral Scholar, Lead Faculty, Leadership Development Academy, MU Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.

This presentation will focus on the strategies used to develop and evaluate an innovative, multi-method continuing education program used to improve leadership behaviors for registered nurses working in the complex environment of long — term care.

• Robyn Setter, MSN, RN, Education Specialist
• Chris Ruder, MS, BSN, RN, Vice President, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, Kan.

Multiple studies describe the difficulties faced by new nurses during the initial year of their career. The transition from the classroom to the intense day-to-day challenges of working at the bedside can create disenchantment, reduce self-confidence and ultimately cause very talented caregivers to abandon the practice of nursing. Faced with the nursing shortage, now and into the future, losing even one great nurse in her/his transition from the classroom to the bedside is unacceptable.

• Rose Schaffer, MS, BSN, RN, Staff Development Specialist, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, Kan.

This session will describe how a staff development specialist in a community hospital facilitated change using its newly created Education Council to drive transition to a more efficient and meaningful competency assessment process.

Key

Using the Coaching Model to Promote Student Success in a BSN Program

• Maryann Thorhallsson, PhD, ARNP, MSN, CNM, CNS, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Bethune-Cookman University, Edgewater, Fla.

Nursing education has become very challenging as is living and functioning in the 21st century. Coaching has become a growing profession to support individuals to live in an emotional equilibrium while following their dreams to become a BSN-prepared nurse .

• Michelle Dorin, PhD, MSN, RN, Assistant Professor
• Rosanna Crackel, MSN, MBA, RN, Clinical Instructor
• Nancy McMenamy, MSN, RN, Clinical Professor, Texas Woman's University-Dallas Center, Dallas, Tex.

The presenters will discuss successful online course development by utilizing a basic course basic format/template.

• Carolyn Brose, EdD, MSN, RN, Associate Professor, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, Mo., and Consultant, Performance Management Services, Inc., Liberty, Mo.

Tremendous resources are expended to develop/validate competency, but do we really know what we are looking for? This session clarifies the concept and context of competency and is relevant for practice and academia.

• Jennifer L. Manos, RN, Health Educator, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

The development, implementation and evaluation of the course will be presented along with video examples of actual performances during simulated scenarios. The aim of the course is to provide the noncritical care nurse with the education needed to effectively manage a pediatric emergency.

Keynote VI
Teaching and Professing

William B. Bondeson, PhD, Curator's Distinguished Teaching Professor, Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
— Salon 1A, 1B

In this session we will explore the difference between teaching and professing, discuss some teaching strategies and some of the ethical issues that teaching raises.

Objectives

1. Distinguish between teaching and professing.
2. Explore ethical issues encountered in the teaching-learning process.