2010 Third National DNP Conference, San Diego
Breakout session W3 Details, Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 4PM
Riviera Room
Ann Cary, PhD, MPH, RN, A-CCC, Cynthia R. Collins, PhD, ANP-BC,
& Gwen George, DNP, FNP-BC
Loyola University, New Orleans
Leading Leaders: Intentional Pedagogies to
Ignite the Leader Within
Goal of Presentation:
Provides a comparative analysis of pedagogies applied to the education and practice of leadership with DNP students who practice as nurse practitioners and nurse executives.
Objectives:
1. Describes the evidence of effective pedagogical methods used to discover and refine the leadership assets of DNP students
2. Provides educational tools that have resulted in improved leadership behaviors in the “C Suite” and in clinical practice.
3. Analyzes the implications of translating evidence-based leadership strategies from leadership science to discipline-specific practitioners.
Speaker’s Background:
Ann H Cary has been teaching graduate students in nursing and public health using an evidence-based approach to leadership development since 2006. She holds a certificate in Leadership from The John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and is a Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow. She consults with nurse executives on strategic leadership behaviors, which bring value to the organization. Most recently she was selected to join Leadership America, a cohort of corporate women leaders who interface with Fortune 500 executives, and federal policy makers; and selected for the 2010 cohort of Bryn Mawr Leadership for Women in Higher Education.
Cynthia R. Collins served as Director of Nursing Education for Hershey Medical Center – created programs and directed staff in leadership education, Supervisory Nurse Consultant and Program Administrator for Health clinics, FBI and teaching numerous leadership courses in MSN University nursing courses.
Gwendolyn George completed her course work related to leadership in my DNP program and expertise in the development of curriculum and instruction for last 7 years in masters programs.
Deena Nardi, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN
University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL
A Model of Peer Mentoring for DNP Students and
Doctorally Prepared APNs in New Leadership Roles
Goal of Presentation:
The purpose of this paper is to present a peer mentoring model for mentoring DNP students as well as DNP prepared nurses in new health care leadership roles. Doctorally-prepared APNs must take the lead in mentoring qualified candidates in order to establish a pipeline of competent and confident APNs who are health care providers, scientists, educators and researchers.
Objectives:
1. Discuss the need for mentoring for doctorally prepared APNs in new leadership roles as well as DNP students
2. Examine the types of interactions needed to sustain a peer mentoring relationship
3. Identify the organization resources that support the establishment of a mentoring program
Speaker’s Background:
Deena Nardi is a professor of nursing and Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at the University of St. Francis College of Nursing. She is also P.I. of the HRSA grant #1D09HP14821, “Post-Masters DNP with a Focus on Vulnerable Populations.” As co-founder of the University’s nurse-managed Health and Wellness Center in Joliet, Illinois, she manages her faculty practice as a psychotherapist and consultant in family and individual therapy, specializing in addictions and dependency recovery treatment. She maintains board-certification in Illinois and California as a psychiatric mental health clinical nurse specialist, and provides psychotherapy in nontraditional settings such as Healthy Start, Head Start, domestic violence shelters, clinics for the homeless, and nurse-managed centers. She has managed a private practice and conducts research on risks to children, particularly in drug-exposed families, and spirituality in nurses. She has numerous publications on nursing education, nursing policy, and psychiatric and mental health clinical practice. Her article advocating health care policy change,” A Time for Redesigning Healthcare: Everybody In, Nobody Out,” is published in the Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services. She is a member of the American Academy of Nursing’s Expert Panel on Global Nursing and Health, which is proposing global standards for cultural competency in nurses, and a co-author of its “White paper on global nursing and health”.
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