 Visions of Nursing’s
Emerging Horizons
Save the Date: September 29 - October 1, 2006
Hosted by Case Western Reserve University
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
For more information, call (216) 368-1867 or email srsconference@case.edu
Overview:
This conference is grounded in Martha E.
Roger’s Science of Unitary Human Beings
(SUHB), unitary science, and postmodern
thought in nursing. This year’s conference
will feature a Master Class in SUHB and
unitary thought. The following day-and-a-half
conference will provide academic
presentations on nursing practice, theory,
and research related to SUHB and unitary
science.
The goals of the conference are to:
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Disseminate emerging theoretical, scientific, and praxis knowledge in SUHB and unitary science |
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Facilitate scholarly dialogue about postmodern thinking in nursing |
Preliminary Agenda:
Friday, September 29 |
3:30 - 5:30 pm |
Master Class:
Dialogue on Unitary Science
Faculty:
Elizabeth Ann Manhart Barrett, RN, PhD, FAAN
Francis C. Biley, PhD, RN |
6:00 - 7:00 pm |
Welcoming Reception
Hosts:
Dean May L. Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
First Floor Lounge (Dinner on your own) |
Saturday, September 30
Meditation Room: Faculty-Staff Lounge/First Floor (8:00-5:00) |
8:00 - 9:00 am |
Registration and Breakfast
First Floor Lounge |
9:00 - 9:05 am |
Welcome and Introductions |
9:05 - 10:05 am |
Keynote Session:
Fragments of the Whole: A Narrative Approach to Appreciating Lived Experience
Christopher Johns, PhD, Professor of Nursing, University of Bedfordshire, UK
Dr. Freshwater has had to withdraw from the conference; her co-author and colleague, Dr. Christopher Johns, will be presenting in her place.
Dr. Johns is an internationally recognized expert in reflective practice and application of complimentary therapies; his interest is in clinical leadership issues. He is the author of publications on palliative care, reflective practice, and caring theory.
NOA 31A, Ground Floor |
10:05 - 10:15 am |
Break |
10:15 - 11:15 am |
Breakout Sessions (rooms on the Ground Floor)
Effects of Music on Osteoarthritis Pain in Elders
Ruth McCaffrey, ND, ARNP-BC
[Session #1] [Room NOA 31A]
A Cochrane Systematic Review: Therapeutic Touch for Anxiety Disorder
Jacqueline Robinson, BSc (Hons) Nsg Science, DipCounseling, RMN
[Session #2] [Room NOA 290] |
11:20 - 12:20 pm |
Breakout Sessions
Toward of Rogerian Theory of Health Empowerment in Homebound Older Women
Nelma B. Shearer PhD
[Session #3] [Room NOA 31A]
Self-Rated Health and Chronic Pain: Pattern Perceived as a Single Wave
Sandra L. Siedlecki, PhD, RN, CNS
[Session #4] [Room NOA 290] |
12:30 - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
First Floor Lounge |
1:40 - 2:40 pm |
Breakout Sessions
Rhythms of Spousal Transition
Jo Stecher, MA, RN, BC, CCTC
[Session #5] [Room NOA 31A]
Families with a Member with Schizophrenia: A Unitary Portrait
Noreen Brady, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, LPCC
[Session #6] [Room NOA 290] |
2:45 - 3:45 pm |
Breakout Sessions
Reiki and Changes in Pattern Manifestations: Unitary Filed Portrait
Marcia Ellen Ring, PhD, APRN-BC
[Session #7] [Room NOA 31A]
The Use of Touch Therapy in Moderately Premature Infants
Carolyn J. Herrington, PhD(C), MSN, RN, NNP
[Session #8] [Room NOA 290] |
3:45 - 4:00 pm |
Break |
4:00 - 5:00 pm |
Plenary Session
Re-visiting the Enchantment of Unitary Science: Emergence of Concepts and Theories
W. Richard Cowling III, RN, PhD, APRN-BC
[Room NOA 31A]
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5:15 - 6:30 pm |
SRS Business Meeting
First Floor Lounge
(Dinner on your own) |
Sunday, October 1
Meditation Room: Faculty-Staff Lounge/First Floor (8:00-5:00) |
8:30 - 9:15 am |
Registration and Breakfast
First Floor Lounge |
9:15 - 10:15 am |
Breakout Sessions
Music as an Environmental Field Patterning Modality
Sandra L. Siedlecki, PhD, RN, CNS
[Session #9] [Room NOA 31A]
Life Story Health Assessment: Building a Communication Bridge between Patient and Student Nurse
Brian E. Mendyka, PhD, RN; Frederick R. Bloom, PhD, RN
[Session #10] [Room NOA 290] |
10:15 - 10:30 am |
Break |
10:30 - 11:45 am |
Keynote Session: Sponsored by Alpha Mu Chapter, STTI
Performance/Process: Bringing It All Back Home
Carol Picard, PhD; Elizabeth Henneman, PhD, RN; Caryl Sickul, MA, DMT
Shannon Snapp, MA, APRN
[Room NOA 31A] |
11:45 - 12:00 pm |
Wrap-Up and Evaluation |
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Posters will be on displayed on Ground Floor
9-5 Saturday, September 30, 2006; 9-12 Sunday, October 1, 2006
#1 Assessment of Well-being and Depression in Community Dwelling Elders
Sarah Hall Gueldner, DSN, FAAN
#2 Continuous Change: Historical Analysis of a Theory-Based Baccalaureate Nursing Curriculum
Maryellen McBride, PhD(c), ARNP-BC
#3 Processing a Nursing Student’s Suicide from the Perspective of the Science of Unitary Human Beings
Ronda Mintz-Binder, MN, RN
#4 Can Reiki Effect Self /Esteem and Empowerment of Staff Nurses
Jeanette L. Plodek, MS, CSHN, CCAP; Bozena M. Padykula, MSN, RN, AHN-BC |
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