The California Association of Colleges of Nursing Spring Conference occurred the week of March 7-8, 2019, at the Embassy Suites in Sacramento. The Spring Conference is designed to assist both emerging academic leaders and seasoned deans to find the power of their collective voices in planning and creating a new future for nursing education and…Read More
From Discovery to Translation
American Association of Colleges of Nursing Doctoral Education Conference Jan. 17-19, 2019 in San Diego, California In addition to a plethora of poster and podium presentations on the latest doctoral nursing research, the conference offered current data on the trajectory of Doctoral Education in Nursing regarding the goals, challenges, and opportunities in preparing doctoral graduates…Read More
Celebrating 50 Years as the Voice of Academic Nursing
Dr. Annette Callis, PhD, MSN, RN, CNS attended The American Association of Colleges of Nursing Master’s of Science in Nursing Education Conference: The Future is Now! in Tampa, Florida Spring, 2019 There is a nursing shortage, according to the American Nurses Association (ANA), which was articulated at this annual meeting. They estimate that by 2022: More…Read More
Meeting Population Healthcare Needs
Transforming Nursing Education in California Dr.’s Wickman and Callis traveled to San Diego to attend the COADN/CACN (California Organization of Associate Degree Nursing/California Association of Colleges of Nursing) Joint Fall 2018 Conference, October 24 to 26th. This conference allowed us the opportunity to network with nursing deans and directors across the state as well as…Read More
Changing the world one advanced practice nurse at a time
WRITING A SELF-STUDY? REMEMBER TO HAVE FUN WITH IT! The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) is a nationally recognized accrediting agency for baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs. The VU Masters’ of Science (MSN) in Nursing program gained CCNE accreditation in 2013. VU is due for reaccreditation in Fall, 2018. In preparation for this, Dr.…Read More
Creating a Healthy Work Environment
While attending the American Association of Colleges of Nursing in Atlanta, GA, Dr. Maureen Gormley, Director for Management of the National Institutes of Health offered some insights into Healthy Work Environments. Nurses face several challenges in overcoming gender stigma related to historically being a female dominated profession in addition to negotiating authority struggles related to…Read More
Palliative Care Education, Practice and Research
I recently attended a conference sponsored by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AANC) and the End-of-life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC). AACN embedded a Palliative Care Conference Day at the University of San Diego in their Doctoral Education Conference in Jan, 2017. I had the pleasure of revisiting my Alma Mater (USD) and AACN…Read More