Research into Policy: Making the Journey

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Research Into Policy: Making the Journey

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You are invited to attend a unique one-day conference sponsored by the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing's SMART Center that will examine how nursing research and nurse researchers influence and create health policy across different countries, settings and populations.

Researchers, faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and doctoral students in the health, behavioral, and social sciences are encouraged to attend.

The SMART Center is a National Institute of Nursing Research/National Institute of Health funded Center of Excellence to build the Science of Self-Management: A Systems Approach (P30 NR010676; Shirley Moore, PI).

Tentative Conference Agenda

Date: Friday, March 12, 2010
Time:  8:30 am – 2:45 pm
Location:  Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Large Conference Room, Case Western Reserve University

8:00 - 8:30 am

Registration and Coffee
8:30 am

Welcome to Conference

Katherine Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN
Sarah C. Hirsh Professor and Director, Dissemination and Translation Core, P30 Smart Center

May Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
Denekas Professor & Dean of Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
8:45 am

SMART Center Overview and Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Shirley Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean of Research and Principal Investigator, SMART Center Grant 
9:00 am

Keynote Speaker:
Virginia T. Tilden, DNSc, RN, FAAN
Professor and Dean, College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Polishing Pearls and Other Lessons on Influencing Policy

Dean Tilden is known nationally for research related to end-of-life care. Her research has examined dying from the perspective of patients, families, and clinicians. Her findings have influenced both care management and health policy related to end-of-life care. In 2006, Dr. Tilden was the only nurse appointed by Senator Chuck Hagel to a commission charged with delivering a plan for national health care reform.

9:45 am

Coffee Break
10:00 am

Panel One
Communicating Research Findings to Key Stakeholders: How to Talk with Media Representatives, Governmental Officials

Moderator:

  • Susan Tullai-McGuinness, PhD, RN: Assistant Professor and Member, Dissemination & Translation Core, SMART Center  


Speakers:

  • Dennis E. Eckart, Former US Congressman
  • Monica Robins, WKYC Channel 3 News Senior Health Correspondent
  • Dan Moulthrop, Founding Host of WCPN 90.3 FM's The Sound of Ideas
11:00 am

Dialogue

Audience and panel members

11:30 am

Lunch (provided)
12:30 pm

Panel Two
Linking Research to Policy: An Organizational Perspective

Moderator:

  • Elizabeth Madigan PhD, RN, FAAN:  Professor and Director, Methods and Statistics Core, SMART Center


Speakers:

  • Mary Jarachovic, MetroHealth: Unplanned Extubation in the MICU
  • Joanne M Rogers, University Hospitals Home Care Services: Outcomes Associated with Front-loading Home Visits
  • Nancy Albert, Cleveland Clinic: Nursing Uniforms – Influencing Policy Across the Enterprise
  • Ronald A Savrin, Ohio KePRO: Lessons Learned from Federal/State Initiatives
1:30 pm

Dialogue

Audience and panel members

2:00 pm

Afternoon Cookie Break
2:15 pm

End-Note Speaker:
Laura M. Wagner, PhD, RN
Gerontological Nursing Research Scientist, Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest Geriatric Health Care System (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Translating Evidence-based Nursing Research into Health Policy: A Canadian Perspective

3:00 pm

Adjourn