23^rd World Nursing and Healthcare Conference July 10-12, 2017 Golden Tulip Berlin - Hotel Hamburg, Berlin, Germany

Julie Pullen holds a DNP from Concordia University Wisconsin, a Master’s of Science in Nursing and Counseling Psychology. She practiced full-time as a Family Nurse Practitioner before completing a post-master’s certification in geriatrics. She is a certified geriatric nurse practitioner. Her doctoral project, focusing on suicide prevention in long-term care, was published in a geriatric journal. She currently serves on a community suicide prevention coalition and educates Montana State University faculty, staff, and students in suicide prevention gatekeeper training.

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Fredricka Gilje holds a PhD, Master’s degree, and Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. She has 40 years of experience as a nurse educator in baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs in North Dakota, Montana, Washington and Alaska. In addition she engages in international collaboration in nursing research in Norway and Sweden. She has authored and co-authored various publications in nursing journals and books, including articles concerning caring for suicidal persons. She is a board member of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention-Montana Chapter and serves on a local suicide prevention coalition in a state located in northwestern U.S.A

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Heather MacDonald completed her MScN at the University of Toronto, Canada, and her PhD in Nursing at the University of Manchester, UK. She has been a professor at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, Canada, since 1990. In addition to having authored a number of publications, she has presented papers at various local, national, and international conferences. In addition to working at the University of New Brunswick, MacDonald has a Parish Nursing Practice.

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Dr Jennifer Loke, a lecturer at the University of Hull, is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She was awarded the Professor Sir Ron Cook International Scholarship in 2012 which has provided her the opportunity to extend her researh work outside the UK. Dr Loke is committed to integrating research with pedagogic practices, in the hope to benefit learners who are responsible for delivering nursing care and also, service users who are receiving the care. She is also keen on supporting others’ learning; this paper is a research project she led and supported the learning of colleagues and students. Her research interests include caring behaviours, critical theories, simulation learning and leadership and management in healthcare

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Werner Schuetze has finished law schhool at the university of Freiburg in germany before he studied medicine and became a Dr. med in 1981. He is a children and youth psychiatrist as well as for adults, studied family therapy and was educated in psychodynamic therapy as well as treatment of severe psychic traumas. As a head of a psychiatric department in Nauen/ Brandenburg/ Germany he implemented the finnish Open Dialogue Approach in his hospital. After retirement he is working as a trainer and supervisor in the education of Open Dialogue and connected projects in Germany, Poland , Italy and US

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Emilia Campos de Carvalho, RN, PhD is Senior Professor of University of Sao Paulo. She was Dean of the Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing – Brazil. She has interest in Nursing Education, Nursing Clinical, Clinical Simulation and Nursing Process.

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Jasmine Schmidt completed her Doctorate in Nursing Practice with an orthopaedic emphasis from Grand Canyon University. She is current faculty at California Baptist University College of Nursing in Riverside, California. Dr. Schmidt is orthopaedic nurse certified and wound care certified. She was the founding director of the Spine and Joint Institute in Southern California and is an orthopaedic nurse leadership consultant, as well as legal nurse consultant and educator, for growing organizations. Dr. Schmidt has spoken nationally and internationally on orthopaedics, customer service, wound care, and cultural diversity and served on a number of committees to promote quality and innovation.

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Dr. Su-Fen Cheng has completed her Ph.D. at the age of 34 years from University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in the USA. She is an Associate Professor of National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences and teaches pediatric nursing. Her research focus is on nursing education and pediatric nursing. She has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

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Dr. Edwards is a medical professional with 35 years’ experience in healthcare. She is a RN, medical investigator, legal nurse consultant and medical writer. She holds a MHA degree, a MD degree & she completed post-doctoral fellowship training in researching and analyzing medical data at CDC in Atlanta GA. Her passion lies in caring for the elderly and investigating what happens when medicine and law collide. For more than 6 years, Dr. Edwards has volunteered healthcare services to 3rd world countries; earning her the status of Dame of Grace, Dame of Honor and Dame of the Grand Cross.

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Katherine Pollard obtained a PhD in 2007 and has a clinical background in midwifery. She has been working as a researcher in health and social care in the United Kingdom since 2001 and is currently a Senior Research Fellow in the Nursing and Midwifery Department, Faculty of Health and Applied Science, University of the West of England, Bristol.

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Christy has completed her MSN FNP at California State University Dominguez Hills, and is nationally certified through AANP. She is currently completed her DNP in the study of self- efficacy. She is the director of the family nurse practitioner program at California Baptist University. Additionally, she works in internal medicine at Riverside Medical Clinic. She has been an RN for over 18 years and in that time have developed various programs which include an emergency room case management program, gastric bypass program, acute care cardiac nurse practitioner program, and the medical home model. She is an active member of CANP.

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Susette Brynard is currently a lecturer in Education Management at the University Free State, South Africa. Previously she was Head of the Department Natural Sciences, Bloemfontein College of Education. She was born in South Africa and graduated at the University Free State to receive a B. Sc.-degree. While lecturing Biology at an Education College she commenced her studies at the University of the Free State, where she received the B Ed (honors) and M Ed Degrees Cum Laude and then her Ph.D. She received numerous awards during her studies and published papers on the education and development of Down syndrome learners. She is doing ground-breaking work on education opportunities for Down syndrome learners, focusing inter alia on improved educational opportunities through implementing principals of self-advocacy. Her work includes both research about, and advocacy for, such opportunities.

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