2010 Third National DNP Conference, San Diego

Breakout session W5 Details, Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 4PM
St. Tropez Room

Mary Brann, DNP, MSN, RN
Touro University, Henderson, NV
Improving Nursing Performance through a Staff Driven Peer Review Process

Goal of Presentation:
This project addressed the problem of development and implementation of a staff driven, cost effective peer review process for all staff nurses at a 500+ bed acute care facility. The focus of this process was to return the ownership of improving nursing care to the nursing staff who actually delivers the care.

Objectives:
1. Discuss the need of ongoing peer review for the profession of nursing.
2. Demonstrate DNP leadership in developing and implementing a cost effective peer review process for staff nurses.
3. Analyze the results of unit PI data after one year of piloting the peer review process.

Speaker’s Background:
Dr. Brann has been a professional nurse for over thirty years and has practiced in various roles within nursing including that of staff nurse, unit manager, hospital supervisor, case manager, utilization manager, and coordinator for nursing administration. While practicing in those roles, she was fortunate to be awarded the March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Award in Case Management (2001) and Nursing Administration (2006). Currently, Dr. Brann is an Associate Professor of Nursing and the DNP Coordinator for Touro University Nevada. She continues to consult within the hospital and medical office settings. She is a nurse advocate and strives to empower nurses and assist them to elevate their nursing practice as professionals.

Anna K Wehling Weepie, DNP, RN, CNE
Allen College, Waterloo, IA
Development of the Center for Engagement, Learning, and Leadership (CELL)

Goal of Presentation:
The purpose is to describe how the Center for Engagement, Learning, and Leadership (CELL) was established at an institution of higher education. The category of DNP Leadership as an Educator will be highlighted in this presentation.

Objectives:
1. Discuss the benefits of involving students and faculty in service-learning and civic engagement opportunities in institutions of higher education.
2. Explain how service and service learning can be enhanced in an institution of higher education through a Center for Engagement, Learning, and Leadership.
3. Describe skills used by a Doctor of Nursing Practice nurse educator in creating the Center for Engagement, Learning, and Leadership.

Speaker’s Background:
Anna K. Wehling Weepie, DNP, RN, CNE is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at Allen College in Waterloo, Iowa. She received her BSN from Allen College, MSN with a focus in community health nursing from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, and DNP from Rush University in Chicago, Illinois. She has been a member of the community service committee for the past two years and currently serves as the Service-Learning Coordinator for the Center for Engagement, Learning, and Leadership at Allen College. As Service-Learning Coordinator, she coordinates both the Undergraduate Honors Program and Faculty Scholars Program. In addition to these responsibilities, she teaches community health nursing and service-learning concepts and principles in the undergraduate nursing program, as well as professional nursing roles in the graduate nursing program.