Time Location Event Speaker Category/CE
FRIDAY AUGUST 9, 2019
6:45AM – 8:00AM Foyer Registration-Breakfast
8:00AM – 12:00PM Kennedy Ballroom Exhibitors
8:00AM – 8:15AM Grand Ballroom Opening Announcements
8:15AM – 9:15AM Grand Ballroom Telehealth 2.0 Past Present and Future Opportunities
for DNP’s
Tina Gustin
DNP, RN
1
9:15AM – 9:30AM Foyer Transition Time
9:30AM – 10:30AM Mini Podium Sessions
 9:30AM Imperial I Mentoring Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Projects Karen Kesten
DNP, APRN
Kelley Anderson
PhD, APRN
Krista White
PhD, RN
Jane Fall-Dickson
PhD, RN
Academia/.25
9:45AM Imperial I Innovative Use of Technology in Clinical Nurse
Practitioner Courses
Alexis G. Hodges
DNP, FNP
Academia/.25
10:00AM Imperial I DNP Leadership for Asynchronous
Inter-professional Education
Courtney Reinisch
DNP, APRN
Academia/.25
10:15AM Imperial I Quest for Success: A Collaborative Model of Instructional
Designer & Faculty Forming Partnerships to Ensure
Educational Success for Graduate Students
Lisa Robinson
DNP, NP
Academia/.25
 9:30AM Imperial II A Step-wise Approach to Preparing DNPs to Influence
Policy Development and Implementation: A Condensed,
Web-based and Synchronous Course Does It!
Deborah Johnson
DNP, APRN
Policy/.25
9:45AM Imperial II Analysis of APRN Qualifications, Competencies, and
Scope of Practice in Preparation for Utilization in
Disasters in Louisiana
Clair Millet
DNP, APRN
Policy/.25
10:00AM Imperial II Preparing DNP Graduates to Be Leaders in Health
Policy Development and Implementation: The Role of the
Nurse Educator
Charlotte Swint
DNP, APRN
Policy/.25
10:15AM Imperial II An Approach for Improving Engagement in Health Policy
Among Acute Care Nurse Practitioner/ DNP Students
Alicia Williams
DNP, CRNP
Ameera Chakravarthy
MS, CRNP
Maranda Jackson-Parkin
PhD, CRNP
Shannon Idzik
DNP, ANP
Policy/.25
 9:30AM Decatur Breaking the Cycle: Utilizing Motivational Interviewing to
Promote Condom Use and Policy Changes
Ann Bell, DNP, NP Clinical/.25
9:45AM Decatur A Self Determination Theory Guided Intervention Program
for Tobacco Dependence in Adult Otolaryngology

Beth Phelps

DNP, APRN

Clinical/.25
10:00AM Decatur Use of the Direct Primary Care Model by Advanced
Practice Registered Nurses to Improve Patient Outcomes
Maria Walker
DNP, APRN
Clinical/.25
10:15AM Decatur Effectiveness of Early Intervention and Electronic
Interventions for Teens with Risk Factors for the
Development of Heart Disease and Diabetes
Lorena Jung
PhD, RN
Elizabeth Courts
DNP, FNP
Pamela Webber
PhD, RN
Pearl Zhou
PhD, RN
Clinical/.25
 9:30AM Longworth Obstructive Sleep Apnea Surgical Screening Protocol:
A Journey to Success
Linda Lakdawala
DNP, RN
Clinical/.25
9:45AM Longworth Uncapping Their Highest Potential: Putting Policy into
Action with Army Medics
Rosie Bennett
DNP, RN
Clinical/.25
10:00AM Longworth Mentoring: An Odyssey of Relationship Building
and Self-Discovery
Rebecca A. Bates
DNP, APRN
M. Rod Kresge
DNP, APRN
Clinical/.25
10:15AM Longworth Telemedicine SQUARED! Kelly Rotondo
DNP, RN
Clinical/.25
 9:30AM Latrobe 2019 Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in Family
Practice: A Clinical Practice Guideline
Payton L. Ten Hagen
DNP, FNP
Clinical/.25
9:45AM Latrobe How to Develop a Foot Care Clinic for the Homeless Emily Estes
DNP, FNP
Clinical/.25
10:00AM Latrobe Difficult Patient Discussions: When is the Best Time for
Advance Care Planning and Working Through
Goals of Care
Laurel Tor
DNP, FNP
Clinical/.25
10:15AM Latrobe Assessing Vaccine Hesitancy In a Catholic-Centered
Primary Care Clinic
Natalie McHugh
DNP, CPNP
Jan Odiaga
DNP, CPNP
Clinical/.25
 9:30AM Culpeper A Qualitative Analysis of Barriers to Colorectal Cancer
Screening Among Homeless Individuals: Policy Implications
Saramma M. Russell
DNP, FNP
Solomon, Abida, PhD
Policy/.25
9:45AM Culpeper Maternal Influenza Vaccination: Use of a Provider
Vaccine Prompt
Amy F. Nassar
DNP, FNP
Clinical/.25
10:00AM Culpeper Nutrition, Behavior, and Health Policy: The Need for Early
Intervention Through the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP)
Shauna T. Johnson
DNP, APRN
Policy/.25
10:15AM Culpeper Effect of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Education on
Sexual Behaviors and Sexually-Transmitted Infections (STI)
Rates of Gay and Bisexual Men
Randulf Erguiza
DNP, APRN
Clinical/.25
 9:30AM Roosevelt Promoting Patient and Family-centered Care:
Implementing a Patient and Family-activated Rapid
Response Team Initiative
Morgan Talley
DNP RN
Admin/.25
9:45AM Roosevelt Analysis of ER Visits Reveals a Seriously Mentally Ill,
Medically Fragile Population Requiring Policy Change for
Dually Certified Nurse Practitioners
Kavinder K. Sahota
DNP, APRN
Admin/.25
10:00AM Roosevelt A Good Plan Now Beats an Outbreak Later: Establishing
an Infectious Disease Response Unit Using the
Agile Management Model
Glenn A. Barnes
DNP, RN
Admin/.25
10:15AM Roosevelt Open
10:30AM- 10:45AM Foyer Transition time/AM Break
10:45AM-11:45AM Poster Presentations
10:45AM Imperial I Is it Time for the Addition of the “4th P” to Advanced
Practice Nursing Curricula?
Darryn W. Dunbar
DNP, RN
Timian M. Godfrey
DNP, APN
Marianne K. Schallmo
DNP, APN
Rita F. D’Aoust
PhD, APN
Academia/0.10
10:55AM Imperial I Admission Medication Reconciliation Process to Improve
Patient Outcomes
Vanessa Irwin-Nieto
DNP, RN
Informatics/0.10
11:05AM Imperial I Persistence, Attrition Rates, Satisfaction, and Learning
Outcomes of DNP Students
Wilaiporn Rojjanasrirat
PhD, RN
Academia/0.10
11:15AM Imperial I Development and Evaluation of a Comprehensive Type II
Diabetes Program Utilizing Board Certified Advanced
Diabetes Managers
Gina M. Slobogin
DNP, APRN
Clinical/0.10
11:25AM Imperial I Identifying Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Trauma
Surgeons to Impact Patient Outcome- The Role of the
DNP Leader
Renee Smith
DNP, ACNP, EdD(c)
Clinical/0.10
11:35AM Imperial I Enhanced Recovery with Multi-Modal Analgesia in
Spine Surgery
La Donna Brown
DNP, CRNA
Clinical/0.10
10:45AM Imperial II Implementation of TeamSTEPPS: A Scholarly Project Trynequa Jones
DNP, RN
Clinical/0.10
10:55AM Imperial II Partnerships with Academic Institutions to Improve Patient
Outcomes Utilizing Technology for Women with Breast
Cancer in the Ambulatory Setting
Tameka N. Jones
DNP, RN
Janeane Anderson, PhD
Ilana Graetz,  PhD
Clinical/0.10
11:05AM Imperial II Reducing 30-Day Hospital Readmissions With a
Telemedicine Intervention
Victoria A. Blucher
DNP, CRNP
Clinical/0.10
11:15AM Imperial II Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines to Prevent
Post-Operative Delirium in High-risk Elderly Population
in Rural Hospital Setting
Laila Budhwani
DNP, CRNA
Clinical/0.10
11:25AM Imperial II Enhancing Skin Protection Knowledge and Practices of
Veterans Administration Nurses
Remedios A. Jallorina
DNP, APRN
Dana N. Rutledge
PhD, RN
Clinical/0.10
11:35AM Imperial II Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR):
Learned Experience & Generated Research
Allison Scott
DNP, APRN
Kelly Vowell Johnson
EdD, RN
Clinical/0.10
10:45AM Decatur Understanding Women’s Motivational Factors in Weight
Management: An Exploratory Study
Sharon L. Stager
DNP, FNP
Clinical/0.10
10:55AM Decatur Collaboration of DNP Nurse Practitioners and Low-Income
Public Housing Authority, to Create On-Site Interdisciplinary
Primary Care Clinic for Older Adults
Della Lee Hughes Carter, DNP
Elizabeth Henschel
BSN, RN
Clinical/0.10
11:05AM Decatur Exploring Cognitive Dissonance in the Correctional
Nursing Experience
Sarah Cukale-Matos
DNP, RN
Clinical/0.10
11:15AM Decatur Development and Evaluation of a Family Nurse
Practitioner-Directed Weight Management Program
Andrea M. Zockoll
DNP, FNP
Clinical/0.10
11:25AM Decatur Developing an Evidence-Based Supportive Services
Program for Cancer Survivors in a Private
Oncology Practice
Joseph Charles Ellul
DNP, RN
Clinical/0.10
11:35AM Decatur DNP Role in Impacting Policy to Improve End of Life
Care for Prisoners
Morgan A. Kochajda
DNP, RN
Dianne Conrad
DNP, RN
Clinical/0.10
11:45AM – 12:00PM Transition Time
12:00PM – 1:00PM Breakout Sessions
Imperial I DNP Programs National Survey: Current Practices Regarding
Faculty Project Team Structure, Group Projects and DNP
Scholarly Project Final Products

Jeannie Garber, DNP, RN

Cindy Zellefrow DNP, RN

Sharon Guthrie, PhD, RN

Linda Rousell, PhD, RN

Academia/1
Imperial II The Role of a DNP Prepared Nurse in Influencing
Legislation in Georgia: Compassionate Care for Victims
of Sexual Assault
Charlotte Swint
DNP, APRN
Policy/1
Decatur An Influential Journey of the DNP Prepared CNS to
Integrate EBP into Policy Standards Impacting Clinical
Practice and Healthcare Outcomes
Bevra S. Brinkman
DNP, APRN
Sherri Harkless
MSN, APRN
Clinical/1
Longworth A Policy Process Framework and Policy Mentors:
Two Strategies for Developing Effective
DNP-Prepared Leaders
Teresa Serratt
PhD, RN
Pamela M. Gehrke
EdD, RN
Sara M. Ahten
DNP, RN
Policy/1
Culpeper One Academic’s Center Battle Against the Opioid Crisis Kellie Bryant
DNP, WHNP
Academia/1
1:00PM Conference Concludes