Hotel check-in

(Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina)

Registration, Concurrent Session Sign Up and Continental Breakfast (Empire foyer)

Registration and concurrent session sign up.  Individuals will be able to select Track 1 or 2 and Track 3 or 4 for day 2 (April 3, 2009).  Specific room locations for Track 1 and 3 will be given. 

Poster Session One (Empire Foyer C, D and E; posters are up until 12:00)

• Aul, K. – Interactive learning through geriatric simulation scenarios
• Berryman, S. – Innovation in geriatric nursing education
• Kitzmiller, R. – If we build it, will they come? Overcoming barriers to using learning object repositories in geriatric nursing education
• McMillan, D. – Integrating geriatric nursing education and simulation technology into the curriculum
• Roberts, T. – Relationships among geriatric nursing education and student nurse attitudes toward and preferences for working with older adults.
• Stewart, J. – Simulation Training: Mr. Sim, My how you’ve changed
• Strelow, J. – Simulation: Big as life and twice as real
• Xiao, L. – Partnership based action research applied in clinical placement development in aged care facilities

Welcoming Remarks (Empire Ballroom)

Linda Cronenwett, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, USA
Paul Arbon, PhD, RN, FRCNA, MAIES, Dean, Flinders University School of Nursing and Midwifery, AUS
Mary H. Palmer, PhD, RNC, FAAN, Helen W. and Thomas L. Umphlet Distinguished Professor in Aging, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, USA
Jan Paterson, PhD, RN, FCN, MRCNA, Professor in Nursing (Aged Care), Flinders University School of Nursing and Midwifery, AUS

Keynote Address "Through the Looking Glass" (Empire Ballroom)

Susan Reinhard, PhD, RN, FAAN, Senior Vice President, AARP Public Policy Institute, USA

Hospitality Break from Down Under (Empire Foyer)

Sponsored by Flinders University School of Nursing and Midwifery, Adelaide, South Australia.

Special Preview “Come Into My World: How to Interact with a Person who has Dementia: An educational resource for undergraduate health care students on person-centered care.” A workbook and DVD for teaching and learning using simulation of case scenarios developed from case studies from the field. Flinders University School of Nursing and Midwifery, Adelaide, South Australia, and the South Australia and Northern Territory Dementia
Training Study Centre - An initiative of the Australian Government (Empire Ballroom)

General Session 1 – Innovations in Geriatric Education - Focus on Students (Empire ballroom)

Moderator: Gail Mazzocco, EdD, RN, Clinical Associate Professor and Statewide AHEC Liaison, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing

Papers presented:

• Chiang-Hanisko, L. – The Capstone Project: Using problem-based learning to identify functional needs and environmental improvements of older adults [Abstract]
• Hurley, M.R. – Developing leaders in geriatric nursing [Abstract]
• Bishop, P. – Teaching the impact of aging with repeated perioperative scenarios [Abstract]
• Lekan, D. – Reconnecting classroom and clinical teaching: Heart failure exemplar in long term care [Abstract]
• Gallagher, P. – Reminiscing: The impact on the elder and the student who listens [Abstract]

Lunch (Empire Ballroom)

Poster Session Two (Empire Foyer C, D and E; posters are up until 5:00)

• Cartwright, J. – Integrating simulation into staff nurse development to support nursing student learning in long-term care
• Diener, M. –Innovations in geriatric nursing education
• Dyck, M. –Gerontological simulation laboratory
• Fay, V. –Using simulation to increase geriatric competencies in the family, adult and acute care nurse practitioner curriculum
• Harris, M. –Returning slow-stroke back massage to the curriculum and nursing care of older adults
• McGrath, N. –The “Re”search for geriatric nurses
• Nance, K. –Online teaching: Engaging undergraduate students in an online gerontological nursing course
• Quinlan-Colwell, A. –Exploring the correlation among reports of pain, analgesia and the instance of falling

General Session 2 –Innovations in Geriatric Education: Focus on Faculty (Empire Ballroom)

Moderator: Linda Starr, LLM, BN (Ed), RN, RPN, Associate Professor, Flinders University School of Nursing and Midwifery, Australia.

Papers presented:

• Van Son, C. – Tip of the iceberg: Breaking the ice among faculty and students to develop an interest in geriatric nursing [Abstract]
• Miller, L. – Strength In numbers: A regional initiative to improve the teaching of geriatric nursing [Abstract]
• Egerton, E. – Birds of a feather… Introducing a virtual learning community for geriatric nursing educators [Abstract]
• Miller, L. – Geriatric nursing education curriculum: results of a faculty development project [Abstract]
• Krichbaum, K. - Teaching the teacher in geriatric nursing education: Faculty Learning About Geriatrics (FLAG) program at MnHCGNE [Abstract]

General Session 3 –Teaching Geriatric Nursing Concepts Using Simulation (Empire Ballroom)

Moderator: Anna Beeber, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, USA.

Papers presented:

• Miller, S. – Teaching geriatric nursing concepts using a simulated medical-surgical setting[Abstract]
• Gordon, M.A. – Teaching geriatric nursing concepts using simulation as an instructional strategy
• Leach, K. – Clinical simulation of geriatric syndromes[Abstract]

5:00-6:30

Welcome and Signing Reception (Cash Bar, Empire Ballroom)

Dean Linda Cronenwett from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing and Dean Paul Arbon from Flinders University School of Nursing and Midwifery, Adelaide, South Australia welcome all participants to this year’s conference.

Posters from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing and Flinders University School of Nursing and Midwifery will be highlighted at the reception.

Continental breakfast (Empire Foyer C. D and E)

Poster Session Three (Empire Foyer C, D and E; Posters are up until 12:00)

• Barnum, S. –Low tech, low cost, high impact geriatric simulation
• Culross, B. –Integrating simulation into geriatric nursing curriculum
• Hewett, B. –Resonating relationships between nurses and elders in long term care
• Krainovich-Miller, B. –Enhancing baccalaureate-level nursing education in geriatric care with high-fidelity simulation
• Krause-Parello, C. –Pet attachment support and geriatric health: Impacting nursing practice
• Sheets, I. –The “Geri Sim Fair” experience as one university’s approach to integrate high and low levels of simulation into a foundational gerontological nursing course

Keynote Address "Ruminations on Simulation" (Empire Ballroom)

Speaker: Diana J. Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN, Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Nursing, USA.

Break/Poster session (Empire Foyer)

Break (Empire Foyer) and Hotel Check Out

Poster Session Four (Empire Foyer; Posters are up until 5:00)

• Davis, E. –Long-standing type 1 diabetes in the hospitalized older adult population
• Hanberg, A. –Using simulation technologies to teach diagnostic reasoning in the care of older adults
• Jennings-Sanders, A. –Measuring self efficacy for mammography screening in older African American women
• Leonardo, M. –Development of competencies in geriatric nursing through clinical simulation
• Michalski, S. – Rachel’s story –The impact of intimate partner violence in later life: Making the healthcare connection
• Mueller, C. –The most challenging dot to connect: Clinical experiences in nursing homes
• Peyser, D. –Innovations in gerontological nursing education: “Get smart about getting old!”
• Scaletty, K. –Who will care? Changing student attitudes about older adults

Lunch (Empire C, D and E)

Concurrent Sessions  

Track 1: Interactive Simulation Session: Using Human Patient Simulators and Standardized Patients as a Teaching Strategy (Rooms assigned at registration)

Track 2: Podium Presentations (Empire A, B, or C)     

Innovations in care for vulnerable elders (Empire A)

Moderator: Leslie Siegloff, RN, MNA, Senior Lecturer, Aged Care, Associate Dean (Practice Development),
Flinders University School of Nursing and Midwifery, Australia.

• Saunders, L. – Responding to Crime: Preparing the mandated reporter in elder abuse [Abstract]
• Davis, P. –End of life simulation with a high fidelity human patients simulator [Abstract]
• McCall, B. – Mistriage of elderly in the emergency department [Abstract]
• Cartner, L. – ACE unit implementation of Relationship Based Care  - Improving outcomes [Abstract]
• Schreier, A. Use of a simulated case as preparation to manage nursing post operative care for older adults [Abstract]

Geriatric Nursing education (Empire B)

Moderator: Julianne B. Page, MSN, RN, Clinical Assistant Professor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.

• Medalen, N. – Nursing-Student/Faculty managed adult health maintenance clinic: Meeting a dual need [Abstract]
• Kerr, K. – Connecting the dots with a guided case study and home visit [Abstract]
• Wheeler, B. – Interdisciplinary clinical education: Implementing a gerontological home visiting program [Abstract]
• Hale, G. –Empowering undergraduate healthcare providers: Critical lessons in interdisciplinary communication and end of life care[Abstract]
• Thompson-Heisterman, A. – Connecting geriatric nursing practice, education and research through an interdisciplinary memory and aging care clinic [Abstract]

Simulations, Technology, and Creativity (Empire C)

Moderator: Pauline Guerin, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Flinders University School of Nursing and Midwifery, Australia.

• Harrison, R. – A simulation exercise to improve care for the older age adult [Abstract]
• Eymard, A. – “Take a Walk in My Shoes” interactive in-services: A qualitative analysis of participant and student impressions [Abstract]
• Smith-Stoner, M. –Integrating simulation and other technologies into geriatric nursing education
• Wiles, L. – Teaching gerontological nursing practice using simulation venues [Abstract]
• Wotherspoon, A. – Use of digital media to engage undergraduate students in person-centered care [Abstract]
• Callen, B. Preparing undergraduate nursing students for community assessment with geriatric assessment simulation [Abstract]>