AGENDA  

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7:00 — 8:00 a.m. 
 

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL OPTION: The Intersection of Research and Innovation 


Lee Anne Siegmund PhD, RN, ACSM-CEP    

 

8 — 8:30 a.m. 
 

Welcome and Opening Remarks  

Jim Ballinghoff, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC 

 

8:30 — 9:30 a.m. 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Gender Affirmation Care:  Putting Research into Practice 

Kimberly S. Glassman, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAONL, FAAN 

 

9:30 — 10:30 a.m. 


FACULTY PRESENTATIONS: 

With and For the Community: Penn COVID-19 TRACE (Testing, Resources, and Community Engagement)

Antonio Davila, Jr., PhD 

 

Equity Centered Innovation Improves Post-Acute Care Quality for Individuals Insured by Medicaid 

Margo Brooks Carthon, PhD, RN, FAAN 

 

10:30 — 10:45 a.m. 


Break 

10:45 — 11:30 a.m. 


OPENING GENERAL SESSION: Workplace racism effects on nurses' job-related outcomes, including their emotional wellbeing 

Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins, PhD, RN, FAAN 

11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. 


CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS: 

Secondary Traumatic Stress Syndrome in L&D  

Erika Nicholls, MSN, RN, C-EFM       

 

Music Listening in the PACU 

Anna Sigueza, MSN, RN and Erin Kelly-Hellyer, MSN, RN-BC, CNIV 

 

Emergence delirium in pediatric oncology patients getting daily radiation under anesthesia 

Beth Henry, RN  

 

Pressure Injury Outcomes of a Prone –Positioning Protocol in Patients with COVID and ARDS 

Janet Viscomi, RN 

12:30 — 1:15 p.m. 


LUNCH WITH OPTIONAL CHOICE OF TWO SPEAKERS: 
 

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Publishing Your Scholarship: How to Get Started and See it Through 

Marilyn “Lynn” Stringer PhD, WNP-BC, RDMS 

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Research and the IOM Future of Nursing 2020-2030 Report 

Regina Cunningham, PhD, RN FAAN 

1:15 — 2:15 p.m. 


CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSION:

Choose One

A Courageous Dialogue…Racism in Nursing 

Rumay Alexander, EdD, RN, FAAN & Kendra McMillan, MPH, RN 

Leveraging Implementation Science to Improve Handoffs and Transitions in Critical Care 

Rebecca Trotta, PhD, RN & Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM 

Writing a Winning Abstract 

Pamela Z. Cacchione, PhD, CRNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN 

Becoming Everything to Everyone: A Grounded Theory Study of Nurse Perceptions during the Pandemic 

Cheryl Monturo, PhD, MBE, ACNP-BC 

2:15 — 2:30 p.m. 


Break 

2:30 — 3:30 p.m. 


CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSION: 

Choose One

What’s your problem? – How design thinking tools can help you define your research area of inquiry 

David Resnick, MEd, MPH

Creating and Testing a Customized Virtual Reality Experience for Patients Preparing for Chemotherapy Treatments 

Susan Birkhoff, PhD, RN & Cynthia Waddington, MSN, RN, AOCN, NE-BC 

Key Considerations for Survey Research 

Aditi Rao, PhD, RN 

Innovative Structures to Advance Nursing Science & Improve Patient Care 

Reynaldo Rivera, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN 

3:30 — 4:30 


CLOSING GENERAL SESSION: Research with Vulnerable Populations 

Lisa M. Lewis PhD, RN, FAAN 

 

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Following the conference: 

VIRTUAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS