2010 Third National DNP Conference, San Diego

Breakout session T10 Details, Thursday, September 30, 2010, 4PM
St. Tropez Room

Teresa Stanford, DNP, FNP-BC
Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center, Amory, MS
Nurse Practitioner Hospitalists: Coming to a Hospital Near You

Goal of Presentation:
To define the role for APRNs as hospitalists

Objectives:
1. To define the role of hospitalist for APRNs in Mississippi
2. To identify facilitators/barriers to practice for APRNs in Mississippi
3. To identify guidelines for use in credentialing of hospitalist APRNs in Mississippi

Speaker’s Background:
Dr. Stanford earned her DNP from Samford University, her MSN from Mississippi University for Women, her BSN from the University of North Alabama, and her AND from Itawamba Junior College. She began working as a nurse in the local hospital in 1981. She worked all areas over time, became manager of critical care and emergency services. Later she assumed management duties for all med-surgical units. After her graduation from the nurse practitioner program she took on a different role as a provider in an Internal Medicine clinic for eleven years. Missing the acute care aspect of patient care, she began discussion with other local hospitalists about the potential of adding a family nurse practitioner to their staff. After two years of negotiating, piloting, and making sure all guidelines were in accordance with the state board of nursing, the job became a reality. Since then, as a group, adjustments have been made and the role developed to a point that is working well for all. Dr. Stanford is becoming a leader in the state in regard to this role.

Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, FCCM, CNS
Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA
Creation of a role for the DNP prepared nurse in hospital leadership

Goal of Presentation:
The purpose of this presentation will be to describe the successful utilization of a DNP prepared nurse within the role of Director of Advanced Practice Nursing and Research.

Objectives:
1. Define the attributes of the DNP prepared nurse that are necessary for successful transition into the nurse executive role of Director of Advanced Practice Nursing and Research.
2. Define strategies the DNP prepared leader may use to preserve the value of hospital-based advanced practice nurses during economic hardship.
3. Define strategies for engaging staff in clinical/translational research in the service sector

Speaker’s Background:
Judy Davidson is a DNP prepared clinical nurse specialist. She has conducted investigator-initiated research projects since 1990 with the attainment of her master’s degree from San Diego State University. Following completion of her doctoral studies from Case Western Reserve University, where she received the DNP Student of the Year award, she entered into a new position to provide leadership to a group of advanced practice nurses as well as to stimulate nursing research across all departments within an urban non-university affiliated community hospital. Since entering this position, her new department was scored within the top 100 on the Great Place to Work survey. During these times of economic crisis, the department has grown due to her leadership strategies. She has created a Nursing and Allied Health Interest Group with over 60 members, and created and executed successful Council of Scientific Inquiry, to increase interest in nursing research. She coordinates the hospital journal club attended by over 30 nurses monthly, and also coordinates the system-wide research conference, attracting over 100 multidisciplinary participants yearly. She has assisted over 10 teams to conduct staff driven research in just 2 years, and has several on-going research projects of her own. Her research builds teamwork by inclusion of multidisciplinary investigators and focuses largely on improving patient safety. In one action research study to identify outdated practices, 16 nurses presented 24 outdated practices that stimulated change in multiple departments across the expanse of the organization. Over the last two years, an average of 15 nurses have published articles in nursing journals each year. Judy Davidson is a nationally recognized speaker and author and has published widely in nursing and medical journals on topics related to critical care nursing for over 25 years.