Seventh National Doctors of Nursing Practice Conference
The DNP in Practice: The Health, the Care, and the Cost

October 8, 9 & 10, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee

View 2014 Poster Presentations HERE

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) prepared nursing professionals continues to transform health care. The demonstration of scholarly contributions to the profession increases. This seventh national conference provided a forum for advanced practice nurses, leaders, policy makers, and scholars to further explore and share competencies of the DNP prepared nurse that influence health care practice, delivery, and patient outcomes.

All presentations are available in PDF. Audio are large files that may take several minutes to download, depending on the speed of your connection.

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

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8-9AM Pre-Conference Workshop Registration
8-10AM Exhibitor Setup
9-11AM Preconference Workshops
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Informatics and Polarity
Michelle Troseth, MSN, RN, DPNAP, FAAN
WS2
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Entrepreneurship in Advanced Practice
Bradley Patrick, DNP, MBA, CRNA
WS3
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Grant Writing for Advanced Nursing Outcomes
Norma Alicea-Alvarez, DNP, PNP-BC
WS4
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BSN to DNP Opportunities
Featuring Karen Kesten, DNP, APRN, CCRN, PCCN, CCNS, CNE, Director of Educational Innovation, American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Facilitated by Karin Armstrong, MSN, RN, CRNP, AGPCNP, DNP Student and Jay Hunter, DNP, CPNP-AC, CCRN, CPEN, CPN
11AM-12PM Conference Registration
11AM-12PM Digital Poster Presentations
11AM-2:30PM Exhibitors and Information
12-12:15PM Opening Announcements / Luncheon
12:30-1:15PM Luncheon Presentation: The State of the DNP Degree, DNP Inc. and You (no continuing education offered)
David G. O’Dell, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC
1:30-2:30PM Digital Poster Presentations
11AM-2:30PM Exhibitors and Information
2:30-3:30PM Breakout Sessions
W1
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NashVitality: The role of the nurse leader in transforming community health
Alisa R. Haushalter, DNP, RN, Celia Larson Pearce, PhD, Tracy Buck, MS, RD 
W2
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Implementation of a Caregiver Support Program via Video-conferencing and Asynchronous Discussion Board Technology – A Pilot Study
Lorraine W. Bock, DNP, NP-C, CEN
W3
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APRN Consensus Model to Improve Access to Care
Gina Bryan, DNP, PMHCNS-BC, APRN
W4
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Testosterone Replacement Therapy: Considerations for Diagnosis and Management for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Kenneth Lowrance, DNP, APRN, CNS, FNP-BC, DCC, NEA-BC
W5
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An Innovative Model Utilizing the Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team in the Primary Care Patient Centered Medical Home
Dianne Conrad, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, Katie Alfredson, BSN, RN
W6
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Establishing a Patient Centered Transition Protocol for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Kelly A. Wolgast, DNP, MSS, RN, FACHE, Greta L. Fowinkle, DNP, RN, CMAC
W7
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Development and Implementation of an Innovative Workflow Methodology Than Incorporates Relationship-Based Care on a 24-Bed Telemetry Unit
Kimberly Howell, PhD, DNP, RN, CCRN
3:30-4PM Digital Poster Presentation
3:30-4PM Exhibitors and Information
4-4:15PM Opening Announcements
4:15-5:15PM
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Value and Impact: The First DNP Decade
Mary Terhaar, DNSc, Director DNP Program, School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University
5:30-8:30PM Welcome Reception and Celebration
5:30-8:30PM Digital Poster Presentation
5:30-7:30PM Exhibitors and Information
8:30PM Today’s Events Conclude

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Time Event
8-9AM Conference Registration
8-9AM Digital Poster Presentations
8-9AM Exhibitors and Information
9-9:15AM Welcome and Opening Announcements
9:15-10:15AM
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Improving Population Health in the United States by Participating in Inter professional Global Health Experiences
Julie G. Stewart, DNP, MPH, MSN, FNP-BC, Kerry Milner, DNSc, RN Susan DeNisco, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, CNL
10:15-11:15AM
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Federal Policy, Self Management & Multiple Chronic Conditions
Kim Kuebler
11:15-12:15PM Digital Poster Presentations
11:15-2:30PM Exhibitors and Information
12:15PM Optional Luncheon: Welcome and announcements
12:30-1:30PM
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The Real Dirt on DNP Practice
Dee Everhart, DNP, MSEd, BSPA, FNP-BC, AAS, RN
1:30-2:30PM Digital Poster Presentations
2:30-3:30PM Breakout Sessions
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APRNs in Georgia: Practice Barriers & Contributions of the Essentially Prepared DNP
Dellarie L. Shilling, DNP, FNP-BC
T2
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Assessing Evidence-based Practice in a Same-day Discharge Protocol for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Tara L. Walker, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC
T3
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Instilling Entrepreneurship into the DNP Curriculum to Promote Creation of New Health Care Models
Rebecca A. Lorenz, PhD, RN, Joanne Thanavaro, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, GNP-BC, FAANP, Jerome Katz, PhD
T4
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Scope of APRN/DNP Provider Practice Within a Patient Centered Medical Home Model After The Affordable Care Act
Barbara J. Dupont, JD, DNP, MSN, RN
T5
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Evidence of a Robust Administrative/Leadership DNP Program to Impact Health, Care and Cost
Carol F. Robinson, DNP, MS, BSN, RN, Kelli Damstra, DNP, MSN, RN, Barbara Hooper, DNP, MSN, RN, NE-BC
T6
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Affordable Care Act: Good, Bad or Indifferent?
Brenda L. Douglass, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, CDE, CTTS, Karen L. Gregory, DNP, APRN, CNS, RRT, AE-C, FAARC, Stacie L. Zibel, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, CDE
3:30PM Today’s Events Conclude

Friday, October 10,2014 Save

Time Event
8-9AM Conference Registration
8-9AM Digital Poster Presentations
8-9AM Exhibitors and Information
9-9:15AM Welcome and Opening Announcements
9:15-10:15AM
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The DNP Professional and Informatics
Daniel Gracie, DNP
10:15-11:15AM
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DNPs Leading the Way to Influence and Impact Health Care Policy at the Regional, State and Federal Levels of Government
Susan VanBeuge, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP; Kim Kuebler; and Margaret O’Donnell, FNP, ANP, BC, MS, RN
11:15-12:15PM Digital Poster Presentations
11:15-2:30PM Exhibitors and Information
12:15PM Luncheon Presentation: Welcome and Announcements
12:30-1:30PM
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DNP Scholarship Teams: Build Your Own!
Dianne Conrad, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, Katherine Moran, DNP, CDE, and Rosanne Burson, DNP, ACNS-BC, CDE
1:30-2:30PM Digital Poster Presentations
2:30-3:30PM Breakout Sessions
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The Shared Medical Appointment: An opportunity for DNPs to meet the triple aim of ACA
Shelly Smith, DNP, APRC-BC, Catherine Kane, PhD, RN, FAAN
F2
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Assessment of Barriers to Research and Evidence Based Practice in Nursing Practice: The Results of Two Independent Studies
Sandra D. Copeland, RN, MSN, DNP, CNS-BC, NP-BC, Laurie Eady Parkman, RN, MN, DNP, CRNA
F3
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Cost effective health policy translation: Improving patient outcomes after hospital discharge
Jodie Marcantoni, DNP, FNP-BC
F4
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Facilitating Tobacco Dependence Treatment through Nursing Education
Kelly Henson-Evertz, DNP, MA-NU, BSN, RNC, CTTS
F5
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Tablets and apps in DNP clinical practice: the Health, the Care and the Cost. Essentials for the DNP Practitioner
Susan Berg, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, Kathryn Patterson, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
F6
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Bending the cost curve: Innovations in inter-sector, inter-agency, inter-sector collaborative practice cored to the Doctor of Nursing Practice essentials
Praba Koomson, DNPc, MSc. GPPH, PLNC, RN
F7
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DNP Exemplars: Excellence in Clinical Outcomes
Joyce Knestrick, PhD, APRN, FNP, FAANP, Barbara Anderson, CNM, PhD, FACNM, FAAN
3:30PM Conference ends