Dr. Pasqua Spinelli PhD, PMHNP-BC is a Board Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. She has completed her PhD from Capella University and BSN and MSN studies from Adelphi University School of Nursing, Garden City, NY. She is the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at Mather-Northwell Behavioral Health, New York. She has also has worked as Visiting professor, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and Legal Nurse Consultant.

Mental Health Nursing

Dr. Aboul-Enein began his nursing career in Saudi Arabia working in primary care. He held several positions, including staff nurse on a renal transplant unit, nurse practitioner in triage services, senior instructor, hospital staff development and administrative supervisor, associate director responsible for highly successful overall performance and outcomes for multiple units, organization-wide programs, performed while working within academic community hospitals and organizations. In addition, he has taught at several universities at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels, both online and in the classroom. Dr. Aboul-Enein has published in numerous peer-reviewed publications including the Journal of Public Health and International Journal of Nursing Practice. He has published two books in the area of health care management and health care history. He has conducted many presentations, internationally and nationally. Dr. Aboul-Enein was a nurse practitioner reserve officer in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He has won numerous awards such as the Spirit of Nursing award from the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and the Best Nurses award in 2006 from the Texas Nurses Association. Dr. Aboul-Enein is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives, Fellow of the National Academy of Practice- Nurse Scholar and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health. He is an experienced health care leader with expertise in innovative program development and health care strategy.

Nursing and Health Science

Ayman M. Hamadan- Mansour has completed his PhD in psychiatric nursing from school of nursing-pittsburgh university/USA in 2004. Currently, he is a professor of psychiatric-mental health nursing at the school of Nursing, the University of Jordan. Area of research focus is youth substance us and mental health, community mental health and women and child abuse. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and been keynote speaker in national and international mental health conferences. He has received more than five commendations in the past five years including the distinguished researcher award in Jordan and the distinguished researcher at the University of Jordan two times, and distinguished researcher in Arab World from the Society of the Arab Faculties of Nursing. He has also served as consultant in the field of substance use and mental health services for number of national and international organizations. Research focus including youth mental health and substance related problems and has many publications in this field.

Mental Health Nursing

Dr. Aboul-Enein began his nursing career in Saudi Arabia working in primary care. He held several positions, including staff nurse on a renal transplant unit, nurse practitioner in triage services, senior instructor, hospital staff development and administrative supervisor, associate director responsible for highly successful overall performance and outcomes for multiple units, organization-wide programs, performed while working within academic community hospitals and organizations. In addition, he has taught at several universities at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels, both online and in the classroom. Dr. Aboul-Enein has published in numerous peer-reviewed publications including the Journal of Public Health and International Journal of Nursing Practice. He has published two books in the area of health care management and health care history. He has conducted many presentations, internationally and nationally. Dr. Aboul-Enein was a nurse practitioner reserve officer in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He has won numerous awards such as the Spirit of Nursing award from the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and the Best Nurses award in 2006 from the Texas Nurses Association. Dr. Aboul-Enein is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives, Fellow of the National Academy of Practice- Nurse Scholar and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health. He is an experienced health care leader with expertise in innovative program development and health care strategy.

Nursing and Health Science

Dr. Nicole Barnett offers a comprehensive background in biomedical research, education and nursing. She completed her nursing training at Contra Costa College in 1994. She is also an alumna of Oberlin College in Oberlin Ohio , and California State University Dominguez Hills where she earned her BSN and MBA. In August 2005, she earned her doctorate in health sciences from the Nova Southeastern University College of Allied Health and Nursing. Dr. Barnett is also a state certified public health nurse (PHN) and in 2012 achieved her certification as a Clinical Nurse Leader from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).

Nursing and Healthcare

Ann K Peton established and the Director of the National Center for the Analysis of Healthcare Data (NCAHD) located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The mission of NCAHD is to provide data mapping and analysis support of advocacy, healthcare education planning/expansion, research, and other healthcare workforce planning at the national, state and local levels using the nation’s most complete collection of physician and non-physician data, demographic, socio-economic, and political data.

Healthcare

Donna L. Petri completed her nursing education at Bethel College, Kansas, USA and Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. She was a faculty member in the School of Nursing at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) for 27 years with a focus on communication, cultural safety, cultural sensitivity, and international practicums. She developed and led international practicums in four different countries over 10 years. She has numerous local, national and international presentations, including keynote addresses related to the pedagogy of international practicums. She is currently serving in the capacity of Associate Vice President Academic at TRU.

Nursing and Healthcare

Sonia Cottom has been Director of Pain Association Scotland for three years – a national charity providing self-management training and support for people burdened with chronic pain. With a degree in Business Administration, she is continuing to underpin the work of the Association through her research work with the University of Oxford. Sonia is a member of the Institute of Directors (IoD) and recently received the IoD Emerging Director of the Year Award as well as the Sayer Vincent Charity Accounting award for excellence and has published her work in a number of Healthcare Journals.

Healthcare

João R. Mesquita (D.V.M., M.Sc.; Ph.D.) is a Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu where he teaches topics within Infectious Diseases for more than 10 years. On the past decade he has focused on Virology, where he has published 44 papers in Scopus indexed Journals. He has won several scientific prizes from different societies and conferences, where he has presented numerous oral and poster presentations. His research interests are focused on animal and human virology, mainly on zoonotic viruses, with special interest on surveillance tools and epidemiology.

His research interests are focused on animal and human virology, mainly on zoonotic viruses, with special interest on surveillance tools and epidemiology

She graduated in first place from Hacettepe University in 1989. She won the İhsan Dogramacı Superior Merit Award and Science Incentive Award. She earned her pilot’s license from Republic of Turkey Ministry of Transport. She studied about counseling on assisted reproductive techniques at Liverpool Women’s Hospital Reproductive Medicine Unit in United Kingdom on the British Council Research Scholarship. She earned a certificate in management and leadership in nursing. She is an active member of Thematic Network leadership work group. She studied as a research scholar at Kent State University College of Nursing in 2006 for 3 months. In 2007, she worked on a project named “Development of Leadership Skills in Nursing Doctoral Students” at University of Michigan Faculty of Nursing on an international research scholarship which was supported by International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN) and Sigma Theta Tau and provided to only three people around the world every year. She worked as a research assistant at Hacettepe University School of Nursing in the Maternity and Women's Health Nursing Division from 1990 to 1997. She was promoted to assistant professor in 1998, associate professor in 2006 and professor in 2012. She worked as a Co-Head of Nursing Department, Erasmus Department Coordinator, Head of Strategic Planning Group and board member of Hacettepe University Women’s Research and Implementation Center (HUWRICH) between 2009 and 2011. Her interest subjects are sexuality and reproductive health and management and leadership. She is member of national and international nurse’s organizations such as INDEN and Sigma Theta Tau. She has been working as a Director of Nursing Services at Hacettepe University Hospitals between 2012-2016 and Founding Dean of Faculty of Nursing. She has published more than 70 papers, 15 grant projects, eight books as an editor and author, and more than 100 presentation in the national and international congress. She is also invited speaker more than 60 congress and symposium. She has working as a Dean Faculty of Health Science and Director of Nursing of MLPCare in Istinye University.

Nursing and Healthcare

1.President of the Association of Nurses and Midwives of Montenegro from 1996 2. President of the National Commission for Nurses and Midwives – Ministry of Health of Montenegro 3. Representative of Montenegro in the European Federation of Nursing Associations (EFN) 4. Member of the International Council of Nurses (ICN)

General Care Nursing

Dr. Bjöörn Fossum is a pediatric nurse and holds a PhD from Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Since 2013 he is professor in nursing sciences at Sophiahemmet university, and senior researcher at Karolinska Institutet, Department for clinical science and education Södersjukhuset.

He has conducted scientific work in communication in the health care system, as well as supervised several PhD-students in areas like: person centredness; early detection of pressure ulcers; being infected with MRSA; the team of palliative care; interprofessional training; experiences of living with inflammatory bowel disease; pedagogical interventions; communication on blogs regarding infertility, the experience of home care after allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; experiences of family members to older adults who have developed neuropsychiatric symptoms, and nursing communication with persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, among others. He is an editor of a text book in Swedish about Communication in the health care system, the third edition is coming during 2018 and one chapter is about complaints in health care.

Emilia Campos de Carvalho, RN, PhD is Senior Professor at University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing (EERP-USP), Brazil. She is a teacher and advisor of nursing students in doctoral, masters and undergraduate courses. Has several clinical researches published in journals.

Has experience on the following subjects: nursing process, simulation, communication, and clinical trials. She is a Scholarship in Research Productivity of The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development – CNPq.

Specialist Professor, PhD, Seton Hall University, MSN, Kean University. Certified School Nurse. Specialty areas and interests include school nursing and emergency nursing.

Specialty areas and interests include school nursing and emergency nursing.

Margaret Delaney E.d.D., A.P.R.N., CNP-BC received her BSN from Loyola University in Chicago, IL, Masters in Science, as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner from DePaul University, Chicago IL and completed her Doctorate of Education in Higher Education and Organizational Change from Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Nursing and Health at Benedictine. Her course specialties are family health, population-based health, community, and leadership clinical, health assessment, advances pediatrics and nursing leadership. She served as a Clinical Educator and Clinical Research Coordinator where she oversaw unit and institutional education initiatives, as well as multiple clinical research studies, and assumed the role of Nurse Practitioner caring for the pulmonary/asthma and allergy population. Margaret is an active board member of Sigma Theta Tau, a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and the American Nurses Association.

2018 Adult RN to BSN Nursing Students Persisting Toward Degree Completion. International Journal of nursing and Clinical Practice (invited to submit-pending acceptance) 2018 Developing unique interactive teaching strategies for both hybrid and online nursing programs. 2nd Global Conference on Nursing & Healthcare, London, UK, August 13(Abstract accepted) 2017 Adult Nursing Students Persisting Toward Degree Completion: A Case Study of an RN to BSN Accelerated Program at a Midwestern University. Published Abstract: National League for Nursing (NLN) Education Summit 2017 our Community of Colleges, San Diego, September 14 2017 Adult RN to BSN Nursing Students Persisting Toward Degree Completion Published Abstract: Sigma Theta Tau International 44th Biennial Convention, October 28 2016: Adult Nursing Students Persisting Toward Degree Completion: A Case Study of an RN to BSN Accelerated Program at a Midwestern University. Benedictine University, Lisle, IL

Penny Gill has been a nurse for over fifty years in Cape Town, South Africa. Recently retired as a university lecturer she is taking a gap year before deciding where her next educational journey will lead her. She is a Pediatric Nurse and has been a Nurse Educator since 1986. Her special interests are curriculum design and the use of innovative teaching strategies using educational technology. Since 2008 she has been the Coordinator of an Extended Nursing Curriculum Program at a University of Technology where previously educationally, disadvantaged first year degree nurses complete their first year over two years. This Program has enabled her to spend time with her students in developing various teaching strategies using modern technology to help the students engage with the curricular content using guided constructivism. The students then successfully integrate into the second year mainstream degree program.

Penny Gill has been a nurse for over fifty years in Cape Town, South Africa. Recently retired as a university lecturer she is taking a gap year before deciding where her next educational journey will lead her. She is a Pediatric Nurse and has been a Nurse Educator since 1986. Her special interests are curriculum design and the use of innovative teaching strategies using educational technology. Since 2008 she has been the Coordinator of an Extended Nursing Curriculum Program at a University of Technology where previously educationally, disadvantaged first year degree nurses complete their first year over two years. This Program has enabled her to spend time with her students in developing various teaching strategies using modern technology to help the students engage with the curricular content using guided constructivism. The students then successfully integrate into the second year mainstream degree program.

Prof.Dr.Gülten KAPTAN ATESOGLU graduated from Istanbul / Maltepe High School in 1977. she completed her university education in Hacettepe University Nursing High School between 1978-1983 and received her undergraduate diploma. Between 1985 and 1993, she worked as a research assistant and lecturer at Cumhuriyet University Nursing High School. In 1989 he received her diploma from the same university. Between 1993-1995, she worked as a lecturer at Van 100. Yıl University Health Services Vocational High School Nursing Department. she received her Ph.D. degree in Internal Medicine Nursing from Hacettepe University Health Sciences Institute in 1997. Celal Bayar University, Vocational School of Health Services Vocational Higher Education Department and Deputy Director in 1997, Celal Bayar University, School of Health, Assistant Professor title, and served as assistant principal. In 2005, he became an associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine Nursing at Celal Bayar University School of Health. she has also worked as the Assistant Director of the Institute of Health Sciences at Celal Bayar University and as the Director of the School of Health at the same university and the Director of Nursing Services at the Educational Research Hospital of Celal Bayar University. she then worked as a professor at the Istanbul Arel University School of Health Sciences and is currently the Head of the Vocational Higher School of Beykoz University. Gülten KAPTAN ATEŞOĞLU who has many national and international publications and books in her field.

Prof.Dr.Gülten KAPTAN ATESOGLU graduated from Istanbul / Maltepe High School in 1977. she completed her university education in Hacettepe University Nursing High School between 1978-1983 and received her undergraduate diploma. Between 1985 and 1993, she worked as a research assistant and lecturer at Cumhuriyet University Nursing High School. In 1989 he received her diploma from the same university. Between 1993-1995, she worked as a lecturer at Van 100. Yıl University Health Services Vocational High School Nursing Department. she received her Ph.D. degree in Internal Medicine Nursing from Hacettepe University Health Sciences Institute in 1997. Celal Bayar University, Vocational School of Health Services Vocational Higher Education Department and Deputy Director in 1997, Celal Bayar University, School of Health, Assistant Professor title, and served as assistant principal. In 2005, he became an associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine Nursing at Celal Bayar University School of Health. she has also worked as the Assistant Director of the Institute of Health Sciences at Celal Bayar University and as the Director of the School of Health at the same university and the Director of Nursing Services at the Educational Research Hospital of Celal Bayar University. she then worked as a professor at the Istanbul Arel University School of Health Sciences and is currently the Head of the Vocational Higher School of Beykoz University. Gülten KAPTAN ATEŞOĞLU who has many national and international publications and books in her field.

Denise Smart has her expertise in military population health and occupational health. Her focus is on workplace safety during training and real-world military disaster responses for National Guard medical personnel. She has over 22 years as a Navy nurse and Public Health officer for the Air National Guard before retiring in 2012. She has been working closely with Dr. Lois James (Co-Investigator) on this two-year research project

Denise Smart has her expertise in military population health and occupational health. Her focus is on workplace safety during training and real-world military disaster responses for National Guard medical personnel. She has over 22 years as a Navy nurse and Public Health officer for the Air National Guard before retiring in 2012. She has been working closely with Dr. Lois James (Co-Investigator) on this two-year research project

Millicent M Malcolm, DNP, GNP-BS, AGPCNP-BC, APRN, FAANP, is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Nursing. She was the Primary Investigator for Geriatric Outreach and Training with Care (GOT Care!), a 3 year/1.4 mil government funded Inter professional Training and Outreach Project. This project showed promise for inter professional collaborative education and practice as a means to improve vulnerable patient outcomes. Dr Malcolm has been a specialist in the care of older adults for over 30 years, board certified as a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner for the past 18 years. Dr. Malcolm’s clinical practice focuses on home visits for frail older adults. Her research interests include inter professional training and practice, and reducing risks and preventing iatrogenic suffering for older adults. Dr. Malcolm was awarded the Connecticut Nurse Practitioner of the Year in 2015, and was inducted into the Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners in 2016.

Millicent M Malcolm, DNP, GNP-BS, AGPCNP-BC, APRN, FAANP, is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Nursing. She was the Primary Investigator for Geriatric Outreach and Training with Care (GOT Care!), a 3 year/1.4 mil government funded Inter professional Training and Outreach Project. This project showed promise for inter professional collaborative education and practice as a means to improve vulnerable patient outcomes. Dr Malcolm has been a specialist in the care of older adults for over 30 years, board certified as a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner for the past 18 years. Dr. Malcolm’s clinical practice focuses on home visits for frail older adults. Her research interests include inter professional training and practice, and reducing risks and preventing iatrogenic suffering for older adults. Dr. Malcolm was awarded the Connecticut Nurse Practitioner of the Year in 2015, and was inducted into the Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners in 2016.

Dr. O’Toole has been involved in international outreach related to rehabilitation and curriculum development. Her work has been funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Health Resource Services Administration (HRSA), the Fund for Improvement of Secondary Education (FIPSE) program of the United States Department of Education and the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission on Higher Education. In 2017 she served as a Fulbright Specialist in Jordan. Dr. Marie O’Toole’s primary program of research is academic lexicography. Dr. O'Toole has served as the editor of multiple editions of dictionaries and encyclopedias, including the award winning Mosby Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions. She continues to edit the Mosby series of dictionaries.

Nursing

Dr. Aboul-Enein began his nursing career in Saudi Arabia working in primary care. He held several positions, including staff nurse on a renal transplant unit, nurse practitioner in triage services, senior instructor, hospital staff development and administrative supervisor, associate director responsible for highly successful overall performance and outcomes for multiple units, organization-wide programs, performed while working within academic community hospitals and organizations. In addition, he has taught at several universities at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels, both online and in the classroom. Dr. Aboul-Enein has published in numerous peer-reviewed publications including the Journal of Public Health and International Journal of Nursing Practice. He has published two books in the area of health care management and health care history. He has conducted many presentations, internationally and nationally. Dr. Aboul-Enein was a nurse practitioner reserve officer in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He has won numerous awards such as the Spirit of Nursing award from the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and the Best Nurses award in 2006 from the Texas Nurses Association. Dr. Aboul-Enein is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives, Fellow of the National Academy of Practice- Nurse Scholar and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health. He is an experienced health care leader with expertise in innovative program development and health care strategy.

Nursing and Health Science

Meg Larramendy is Nursing Instructor at University of Phoenix, USA and Nursing Director at Clinicas Del Camino Real Inc, USA

Nursing

Dr. Geetha Jayaram is a senior faculty member in the Departments of Psychiatry, the School of Health Policy and Management, Global Health, and The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. She directs a community psychiatry inpatient service, has directed several outpatient programs, and is an attending physician in the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She had a private practice for over 2 decades. As a highly respected clinician leader and administrator, she has developed and directed a quality assurance program that is unique in psychiatry.

Health Policy and Management

She graduated in first place from Hacettepe University in 1989. She won the İhsan Dogramacı Superior Merit Award and Science Incentive Award. She earned her pilot’s license from Republic of Turkey Ministry of Transport. She studied about counseling on assisted reproductive techniques at Liverpool Women’s Hospital Reproductive Medicine Unit in United Kingdom on the British Council Research Scholarship. She earned a certificate in management and leadership in nursing. She is an active member of Thematic Network leadership work group. She studied as a research scholar at Kent State University College of Nursing in 2006 for 3 months. In 2007, she worked on a project named “Development of Leadership Skills in Nursing Doctoral Students” at University of Michigan Faculty of Nursing on an international research scholarship which was supported by International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN) and Sigma Theta Tau and provided to only three people around the world every year. She worked as a research assistant at Hacettepe University School of Nursing in the Maternity and Women's Health Nursing Division from 1990 to 1997. She was promoted to assistant professor in 1998, associate professor in 2006 and professor in 2012. She worked as a Co-Head of Nursing Department, Erasmus Department Coordinator, Head of Strategic Planning Group and board member of Hacettepe University Women’s Research and Implementation Center (HUWRICH) between 2009 and 2011. Her interest subjects are sexuality and reproductive health and management and leadership. She is member of national and international nurse’s organizations such as INDEN and Sigma Theta Tau. She has been working as a Director of Nursing Services at Hacettepe University Hospitals between 2012-2016 and Founding Dean of Faculty of Nursing. She has published more than 70 papers, 15 grant projects, eight books as an editor and author, and more than 100 presentation in the national and international congress. She is also invited speaker more than 60 congress and symposium. She has working as a Dean Faculty of Health Science and Director of Nursing of MLPCare in Istinye University.

Nursing

Isabel Alvarez is an Associate Professor at Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. Isabel Alvarz has completed her PhD at the age of 28 years from University of Barcelona. She has several papers in reputed. Her interests are in helping to understand the communication between health professionals and patients by providing tools for that communication.

Nursing

Associate Professor, Dr. Azizollah, Arbabisarjou, RN,MSN, PhD, obtained his first academic degree in 1997 in the Nursing management field. He joined as faculty member to Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, IRAN. He received his doctorate(PhD) from University of Isfahan in field of Educational Administration in 2011. He has worked as manager of Curriculum development in EDC. Currently, I am the chairman of Department of Nursing management and nursing procedures at Zahedan School of Nursing, He has published numerous referred papers about patient teaching, knowledge management, management and so on in ISI, Non-ISI and Scientific-professional journals. Dr. Arbabisarjou is teaching for Master students of Information Technology management, MBA and Educational Administration. Also, he has conducted numerous consulting and research works for masters’ student and colleagues.

Nursing and healthcare

Dr. Patti Vanhook is Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Practice and Community Partnerships at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) College of Nursing in Johnson City, Tennessee. She became a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 1994. Dr. Vanhook joined East Tennessee State University College of Nursing as Assistant Professor in August of 2006. In 2008, she became the Director of Practice serving as the College of Nursing leader for five of the nurse-managed clinics and resource for the College of Nursing Federally Qualified Community Health Centers Clinics. Dr. Vanhook assumed the role of Associate Dean for Practice and Community Partnerships in July 2009. In this role she has facilitated the expansion of the nurse-led clinics from five to 14 sites through local, state, and federal grants exceeding $22 million in funding. Under Dr. Vanhook’s leadership, the nurse-led community health center clinics were recognized by the Bureau of Primary Health Care in 2014 as a National Quality Leader for their quality of care outcomes. Dr. Vanhook serves on the National Nursing-Led Nursing Centers Consortium Board, the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnerships Advisory Council, and the Rural Health Association of Tennessee Board. She was recognized as East Tennessee State University Notable Woman for 2016 for her contributions to nurse-led care. She is a member of the Tennessee Nurses Association, American Nurses Association, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

Nursing Education and Leadership

Linda Strong received a BSN from the University of Bridgeport, an MSN from Catholic University of America in Public Health Nursing and an EdD from Teachers College Columbia University. She is the Director of the RN-BSN & RN-MSN Programs. She has more than 50 presentations and published articles.

Public Health Nursing

Karen Bauce is Associate Dean for Online Programs and Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. She received her BSN from the University of Connecticut, MPA from New York University, and DNP from Oakland University. Prior to teaching at SHU she held various senior level nursing and hospital management positions at large health systems in NYC, and also spent several years as a collaborative practice consultant, working with hospitals and their staff to develop and implement models of shared decision-making. Dr. Bauce has travelled internationally to learn about nursing practice in other countries and has published on culture and empowerment. She is a frequent contributor to Dr. Joyce Fitzpatrick’s book publications, and they have co-authored a new book on research critique, scheduled for publication in 2018.

Nursing Practice

Monette recently completed her Doctor in Nursing Practice from American Sentinel University in Aurora, Colorado with a focus on Executive leadership. She is currently the director of a 30 bed heart failure unit at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital, a 500 bed acute care hospital that is a part of a 6 hospital enterprise in southeastern North Carolina. She has presented numerous evidence based posters to various national nursing conferences including the American Nurses association and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

Cardiac Nursing

Dr. Stephanie Maillet has completed her doctorate degree from the Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec (Canada). She is currently an associate professor and vice-director at the Université de Moncton in New-Brunswick (Canada). Dr. Maillet’s research interests involve organizational, groupal and individual factors that promote professional well-being among the nursing population. More specifically, Stephanie has studied psychological work climate, occupational stress, job satisfaction, emotional intelligence, turnover intentions, burnout, and compassion fatigue among nurses.

Dr. Maillet’s research interests involve organizational, groupal and individual factors that promote professional well-being among the nursing population.

Delos Jones received his bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Idaho State Unversity. After working on telemetry units and in cardiology, he returned to school receiving his Master’s Degree in Nursing and Clinical Research from The George Washington University where he is currently enrolled to complete a Doctor of Nursing Practice in Education. His expected graduation date is May, 2018. Professor Jones has been in nursing education for the past 8 years. He currently works as the Director of Clinical Resources for Roseman University of Helath Sciences near Las Vegas, Nevada.

Nursing Education

Dr. Aidah is currently Dean of Nursing College at An-Najah National University, Nablus-Palestine since 2007. The head of Basclor of Science in Nursing and Midwifery Programs. She is coordinator of the Master Programs of Nurse Anesthetists and critical care nursing, Faculty of Higher Studies-An-Najah National University). She was coordinator for master program of community mental health nursing (2010-2014). Dr Aidah was graduated at BSN, MSN, Doctor of Nursing in anesthesiology from Linköping University - Sweden. Teaching in Higher Education speciality from Hadassa University & Linköping University. Aidah has also Bachelor of Law, Arabic University of Beirut, Lebanon. Research Interests, Critical care nursing, anesthetic nursing and mental health nursing.

Critical care nursing, anesthetic nursing and mental health nursing

Joyce Simones has been a Nursing Professor for over 25 years teaching Baccalaureate students in the areas of Leadership, Medical/Surgical, Ethics, Foundations, and Home Care. Her clinical areas of practice have been critical/cardiac care and home care. Her research and publications have involved student thinking during medication administration, delegation through simulation, professional values, career choice, role of the RN in the emergency trauma unit, and role of the RN in home care after the Prospective Payment System

Nursing Education

With a growing elderly population, especially the “oldest old”, in the United States, new models of care incorporating nurse practitioners (NPs) such as house calls program have been created to meet the needs of the aging population who are confi ned to home and are not able to access health care facility. Most of those older adults are over 85 years of age with multiple illnesses and functional impairments. Limiting to their ability to get to offi ce visits, they frequently call ambulance and use emergency rooms for their episodic care. House calls health providers include physicians, physician assistants, and NPs. Among them, NPs are the largest providers delivering primary care to homebound patients over the largest geographical areas based on a 2013 observational study. Reports from the limited outcomes studies show the reduction of preventable emergency room visits, hospital readmissions, and prescription medications per patient while patient satisfaction increases. Th e HouseCalls and Community Palliative program, supported by a community hospital and staff ed by NPs, brings quality and compassionate care to frail and homebound community-dwelling older adults with the goal of promoting quality of life and reducing frequent use of emergency room for episodic care. Th e objectives of this presentation are: to describe the HouseCalls program and its evaluation in general, the role of the NPs, and patient care using a HouseCalls program as an example to discuss the challenges and successes of caring for frail older adults at home.

Nursing Education and practice

Mr. De la Parra is an entrepreneur focused on Information Technology, Education and Health. He is creative and results-driven and has 16+ years of Digital Strategy experience in architecture and implementation.

Information Technology, Education and Health

Geraldine Marrocco is an Associate Professor of nursing in the Primary Care Division and an adult nurse practitioner. She received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Western Connecticut State University and her master’s degree from Hunter College in New York majoring in medical surgical nursing. Dr. Marrocco earned a doctoral degree in education from Teacher’s College/Columbia University majoring in disease prevention and health promotion. Dr. Marrocco completed a postmasters certificate as an adult nurse practitioner from Adelphi University in New York. Prior to Yale School of Nursing, Dr. Marrocco taught in the graduate nurse practitioner program at Hunter College in NYC. Dr. Marrocco has taught at all levels of nursing education, primarily in adult and geriatric primary care, medical surgical nursing and critical care. She has a particular interest in the constructiveness theory to achieve transformational learning, incorporating the use of technology and learning activities that include active participation in the class. She also promotes interprofessional learning opportunities through her involvement with Yale School of Medicine programs including the Connecticut Older Adult Collaborative for Health (COACH) program.She serves as a member of Connecticut’s State Board of Nurse Examiner. In August 2015, Dr. Marrocco was selected to serve on the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Committee to examine Advanced Practice Nursing Educational programs. Dr. Marrocco is the past President of Delta Mu, YSN chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, a member of the Connecticut Advance Practice Registered Nurse organization and serves on the Advisory Board of the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH) and Connecticut Hospice. She serves as one of the chief Editors of McGill’s Medical Encyclopedia, (Greyhouse Publishing).Dr. Marrocco is the recipient of 2 teaching awards, the Rosenkranz (2015) and the Webber(2016). Both awards provide funding to examine the use of technology in graduate education.In June 2017, Dr. Marrocco was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners highlighting her involvement in clinical practice, policy initiatives and graduate nursing education.In 2010, she received the prestigious Annie Goodrich Excellence in Teaching Award, presented by the students.

Methods to achieve transformational learning in nursing education as well as policy and leadership in advanced practice nursing.

Susanna Lyubarsky is currently working as Senior Director, Case Management at Mount Sinai Health System at Central Michigan University New York, USA. She was the Director for Case Management and Bed Capacity at Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey, USA. She was also the director for Case Management in Mount Sinai Hospital, USA. She completed her Phd in Nursing.

Nursing and health Care management

mily trained at the Nightingale School of Nursing at St Thomas’ Hospital and has been a nurse for over 25 years. Before joining the team at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, she was the Clinical Director of the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance. Emily has a PhD in ward leadership and has undertaken a management course at Harvard Business School, Boston, USA. She has a role as a senior research fellow at both the University of Surrey and the University of Brighton. Her research interests centre around the patients experience of trauma care and hospital ward leadership. Emily lives in Hove and is an enthusiastic sea swimmer.

Nursing, Healthcare Management

Jean Du Plessis is the Head of Service of Neonatology at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Western Australia. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Notre Dame, Fremantle. In addition to long standing clinical career, he also possesses excellent administrative and diplomatic skills and has track record of successful delivery of high quality patient care to the population of South Perth. He has been closely involved with University of Western Australia. He is currently an Investigator of various clinical trials running in the Neonatal Unit. His research interests include innovations to improve Neonatal Health Care.

Neonatology, Nursing, Health care management

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.

Nurse, Healthcare, Women Health, Geriatric nurse practitioner

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

Nurse, Healthcare, Women Health

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.

Nurse, Healthcare, Women Health, Nursing Practice

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

Nurse, Healthcare, Women Health

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

Nurse, Healthcare, Women Health

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.

Nurse, Healthcare, Women Health

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.

Nurse, Healthcare, Women Health

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.

Nurse, Healthcare, Women Health

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.

Nurse, Healthcare, Women Health

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.

Nurse, Healthcare, Women Health

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.

Nurse, Healthcare, Women Health

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.

Nurse, Healthcare, Women Health

Jeanette Kallstrand Eriksson is a RN and ophthalmic nurse. She is also a PhD in Medical Science with a specialization in Healthcare Sciences and works as a senior lecturer at the School of Health and Welfare at Halmstad University in Sweden.

Healthcare Sciences

Dr. Shargall completed his medical school and bachelor in medical sciences and immunology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He then completed cardiothoracic residency at the Haddasah University Hospital of Hebrew University Jerusalem, followed by cardiac and thoracic surgery fellowship at the University of Toronto. Since 2004 he practiced thoracic surgery at the University of Toronto, St. Joseph’s Health Centre and St. Michael’s Hospital (both in Toronto). Between 2007 and 2010 he was the director of medical education at St. Joseph’s Health Centre and the associate director of undergraduate education at the department of surgery, University of Toronto. Since October 2010 he is the division head of Thoracic Surgery at McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery at McMaster University and an adjunct Associate Professor of surgery at the University of Toronto. He is the local LHIN 4 (Ontario) thoracic oncology lead and serves at multiple expert panels for Cancer Care Ontario. His main research focus is on post-discharge care for thoracic surgery patients and he has received numerous grants, including the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), Heart and Stroke Foundation and Ontario Thoracic Society. He is currently chairing the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ working group on VTE in Thoracic Surgery.

Surgery

COL Sara Breckenridge-Sproat, PhD, RN, has a broad range of clinical, administrative, operational, research and leadership positions in a variety of acute care settings. She has been an Active Duty Army nurse for over 27 years and is currently the Regional Nurse Executive for Regional Health Command Europe. She has spoken internationally and published in the areas of nurse staffing, acuity, nursing workload, change management, organizational culture, and empowering junior nursing staff. She is currently the Principal Investigator on a program evaluation appraising the effectiveness of key aspects of the Patient CaringTouch system, a comprehensive and strategic, yet patient-centered, framework for nursing practice in military hospitals.

Nursing Practice

Dr. Lori A. Loan, PhD, RN, FAAN is an Associate Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, U.S.A. She received her BSN degree from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, and her MS and PhD degrees from the University of Washington, School of Nursing in Seattle, WA. She has extensive experience as a nurse scientist and mentor. Dr. Loan has completed 48 sponsored research studies with grant funds totaling over $6,000,000, and has 33 data-based, peer-reviewed published papers. Her research efforts led to improved policies, staffing models, training programs, and other practice and health services enhancements.

Healthcare

Mary S. McCarthy, PhD, RN, CNSC, is a senior nurse scientist at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA. Dr. McCarthy has over 15 years of clinical nursing experience in medical-surgical, emergency, and critical care and 20 years of funded research in nutrition, bone health, and nursing quality outcomes with a bench-to-bedside focus. Her program of research, supported by over $2 million in grant funding, focuses on health and wellness for service members; she is currently leading a 3-year clinical trial funded by the TriService Nursing Research Program to evaluate vitamin D genomics and Warfighter nutritional resilience.

Healthcare

Cathy Bailey (PhD) is a Senior Research Fellow in International Ageing, at the Department of Public Health and Wellbeing , Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Her interests broadly encompass participatory approaches to working with older people, to develop preventative, enabling and cost effective, services and supports. She has managed and supported international and national research projects including those focusing on: health technologies and older adults; social aspects of falls and older adults; creating dementia friendly communities and intergenerational understanding of health and well being. Cathy has collaborated within large multidisciplinary and cross sector research teams and is widely published

Health technologies

Joaquim J.F. Soares has a PhD in clinical psychology (Uppsala University). He is professor in psychology and public health sciences (Mid Sweden University). Tutor of 12 PhD students in the areas of psychology and public health. Reviewer of such journals as quality of life research and psychosomatic medicine. He has over 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals in the areas of psychology, public health and epidemiology. Awarded several research grants, including grants from the European Union.

Nursing and Healthcare

Dr. Francisca Cisneros Farrar received her Ed.D in higher education administration with a concentration in nursing, MSN, and BSN from Vanderbilt University. She has 40 years of clinical experience as a registered nurse and 35 years of experience as an educator. She has a diverse clinical background working in hemodialysis, administration, critical care, emergency room, oncology, home health, pediatrics, and mental health. She has conducted multiple research projects, developed best practice guidelines, and had several grants funded. She has authored multiple articles and made numerous presentations at the state, regional, national, and international level.

Nursing & Healthcare

Dr. Roganovic is the Full Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine Rijeka, and the Head of the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka. At the national level, she contributed to the improvement of cure rate of children with cancer, and is interacting with regulatory bodies and parent groups. Dr Roganovic is a certified member of many national and international pediatric hematological and oncological societies. She is the author of more than 300 publications, abstracts and proceedings and several book chapters. She serves as a reviewer and editorial board member for number of journals. Dr Roganovic received several awards, including Patients' Choice Award Winner for 2011 and 2015, City of Rijeka Annual Award for outstanding contribution to the lives of children with cancer and the humanization of hospital care, and University of Rijeka Foundation Award for the contribution in biomedical and biotechnical sciences.

Pediatrics

Eileen Savage is a Chair in Nursing at the School of Nursing & Midwifery, University College Cork, Ireland. Her primary research interests relate to chronic illness management across the lifespan. She has conducted a number of funded commissioned reports, systematic reviews and studies relating to chronic illness management. She has published widely in the international literature and is on the editorial board of Chronic illness. She leads a research cluster on chronic illness management at University College Cork and has developed strong collaborative interdisciplinary research relationships both nationally and internationally.

Nursing

Anjan Bhattacharya is an Honorary Affiliate Tutor and Course Co-ordinator of DCH/IPPC of Sydney University Australia; MRCPCH UK Invigilator for India Examinations and an examiner elect of the DCH, UK examinations. He is a Fellow of the RCPCH, UK. He is ex-head DNB Program of AGH, Kolkata and DNB Centre Appraiser of NBE, New Delhi. He was awarded Pioneer Award by East Zone IAP and Bharat Jyoti Award by India International Friendship Society. He is one of the course designer and national Trainer of the Trainers (ToT) module on Emotional Intelligence as part of Presidential Action Plan 2014 of Indian Academy of Paediatrics. He is one of the first 15 Honorary Fellows of India in the subject of Disability Prevention and Early Intervention, as conferred by the President of Indian Academy of Paediatrics through its Childhood Disability Group. Appointed as one of the Royal College examiners for the Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH, UK) for MRCPCH and DCH, UK

Pediatrics, part of pioneering core standard setters of ICF for Children and lead in multi centre international validation study

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, she has a Parish Nursing Practice.

Nursing and Healthcare

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.

Nursing education and Pediatric nursing

Zekiye Karaçam is professor at Adnan Menderes University Aydın School of Health, Division of Midwifery. She has completed her PhD at Hacettepe University Health Science Instuties on obstetric and gyneacology nursing. She woked at Hacettepe University as lecturer and nurse up to 2004. She has worked at Adnan Menderes University since 2004. She is head of the Deparment of Midwifery. She has published 16 international papers and 21 national papers in reputed journals and has been serving as reviewers for some international and national journals

Midwifery

Evridiki Papastavrou is an assistant professor at the Cyprus University of Technology teaching the Fundamentals of Nursing and Nursing Science. She holds a PhD and a Masters Degree in Nursing (University of Athens and University of Manchester) and a degree in Public Administration. Dr Papastavrou served as a President of the Nursing and Midwifery regulatory body in Cyprus for 6 years (2006-2012) and is an active member of the National Alzheimer’s committee of experts. She also served as a consultant for the evaluation of nursing education programs in Cyprus and in European peer assessment missions concerning the recognition of professional qualifications. Dr Papastavrou is involved in several international research projects and is a reviewer in many nursing journals.

Dr Papastavrou research interest focus on the concept of care form several different perspectives, like the burden of care, caring behaviours, individualized care as well as the organizational and moral aspects of care.

Working as Professor at College of Nursing at Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. She holds Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing from India and she pursued her Post-doctoral Nursing administration degree from USA. With more than twenty years of experience in nursing education, she held national credentials as a Member, Inspection committee in Indian Nursing Council, State Nursing Council and the T.N.Dr.M.G.R.Medical University from 2001 to 2012.She was awarded as best teacher in Nursing education in 2012 from the T.N.Dr.M.G.R.Medical University. She published more than 30 of her Article in national and international reputed Journals.

Major interest focusing on promoting quality nursing care among rural mothers in collaboration with national health programs.

David Randall, Ph.D. currently serves as Executive Director of the Consumer Driven Health Care Institute based in Washington, DC. (www.cdhci.org) and is Resident Scholar with the American Research and Policy Institute in Washington. Dr. Randall has testified before both U.S. House and Senate committees of Congress on a variety of health policy issues and has extensive experience as a former top insurance regulator, legislative staff member, health care lobbyist, consultant and executive with not only insurance companies, but also with several provider trade groups in Washington. He has over two dozen peer-reviewed and professional publications as well as book chapters on health care entitlements and the policy process surrounding health care reform. His research includes study of Medicaid entitlements and privatization, Health Insurance Exchanges and health care information technology. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science (Policy Analysis and Administration) from Kent State University.

Study of Medicaid entitlements and privatization, Health Insurance Exchanges and health care information technology

Professor Jeong-Sang Lee has completed his Ph.D. at Seoul National University College of Pharmacy (Biochemistry major) and postdoctoral training from Yale University School of Medicine(Comparative Medicine and Pharmacology) for 3 years. He is now serving as the Director of Food Industry Research Institute of Jeonju University. He has published 45 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of Frontier in Bioscience. He has been studying cancer prevention research especially focusing on gastro-intestinal inflammation. He expanded his expertise to translational research, utilizing human patient samples (gastritis, colitis, gastric and colon cancer).

MicroRNA, Big data mining, Target genes, Colon, Cancer prevention

Thurayya Eid has completed her Ph.D at age 35years from the University of Melbourne. She is the Director of Nursing Clinical Practice and Research Unit at King Abdulaziz University hospital since 2012. Her research interests are in decision-making, pain management and communication. She has undertaken various clinical positions, published in reputed journals and served as reviewer for abstracts of medical decision-making conferences, and manuscripts for various journals.

Nursing and Healthcare

Dr. Storfjell is Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Practice Partnerships and Policy, and is the Executive Director of the Institute for Healthcare Innovation in the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago—a top ten ranked nursing school. She is responsible for the entrepreneurial, continuing education and clinical practice initiatives of the College and also teaches graduate classes on healthcare financial and strategic management.She is founder and past President of a diversified home health care company operating in four states and affiliated with a multi-institutional health care system

Dr. Storfjell is interested in field nursing, communicable disease, home health, and clinic services, health care costs and care management.

Wahoush is an Assistant Professor in the school of nursing at McMaster University, a recent graduate from Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto with a PhD in Health Policy Management & Evaluation (Outcomes measurement & evaluation stream). She has extensive experience in international settings in nursing practice and leadership, education and research. Dr Wahoush’s most recent international experience includes the opening of a new 160 bed pediatric cancer centre in Cairo Egypt and currently coordinating a collaborative Oncology Nursing program with the University of West Indies in Trinidad

Primary interests for education and research are in health system performance and capacity development in communities, specifically in relation to child health, immigrant health, equity, and the application of knowledge and research to practice. Dr Wahoush received two postdoctoral fellowship awards a Lawson Post Doctoral Fellowship Jan.-Jun 2008 and a CHSRF fellowship Jul 2008 – June 2010

Prof.Dr.Gülten Kaptan, PhD in Nursing from Hacettepe University Institute of Health Sciences in the field of Internal Medicine in year of 1997.2005 in the year received the title of associate professor in the same area, has been professor in 2012. Many articles in international journals in the field served as a faculty member. Prof.Kaptan,30 years, has made college and university health research and practice serves as a director of nursing at the hospital. That the author published in Turkish and internal school used as a textbook in health and geriatric diseases are nursing books. Euthanasia, pain and spritüalizm,violent in pregnancy have been published by titles in international book in English. Scientific board member one of the international open access journal. The scientific committee membership in Turkish health journals about nursing.In Turkey ,She is the Turkish Nurses Association, Oncology Nursing Society and Nephrology Nursing associations member. Currently, Istanbul Arel University Medical Nursing is a Professor.

HPV, Health Profession, Attitude

HWKim has been the professor, from Seoul National University College of Nursing.She in Director of the Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University. And she has been Editor in chief, Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing (indexed in SSCI) since 2014 and Perspectives in Nursing Science (published by Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University) since 2013.

Nursing

D. Ayman K.M. Hassan has completed his interventional cardiology Ph.D. at the age of 33 years from Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands after finishing this Master studies from Assiut University School of Medicine. He was nominated as the vice director of Assiut University Hospitals and the head of a new health care quality unite. He has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute. He is the founder of E-learning courses for under-and post-graduate students. Also as an experienced interventional cardiologist he pushed the field forward by practicing difficult cases.

Cardiology,

Pam Bellefeuille is a clinical professor of nursing at UCSF with extensive experience developing and conducting simulation in an accelerated Masters Entry Program in Nursing that promotes clinical judgement skills using unfolding case studies (based on Patricia Benner’s work) and a theatre approach which enhances group critical thinking. Her 40 years an RN and over 30 years teaching in university nursing programs have contributed to the development of this unique teaching strategy.

Traditional simulation experiences employ a single scenario assigning learners static roles as active participants (in the room) or passive observers (in an observation room). We will present an alternative model utilized in an accelerated pre-licensure Masters Entry Program in Nursing. To promote critical thinking and clinical judgment skills in simulation, we've designed a series of 4-part unfolding case study scenario simulations with both active participants and observers in the same room, as one group, using a theatre approach. The unfolding nature of the scenarios and the engagement of both active participants and observers collectively, encourage critical thinking as a team and promote clinical judgment skills. The unfolding case study simulation scenarios are built with an emphasis on QSEN competencies. In particular, the scenarios prioritize patient centered care, patient safety, evidence based practice, and team work and collaboration. The "patient" presentation is the priority for assessment and intervention, each student is assigned a "nursing role" to assume during the scenario and SBAR is used as the form of communication to develop teamwork and collaboration, "safety" is emphasized by including safety hazards in the scenario that need to be assessed, and the students "pre-lab" to explore the "evidence based practice" they will utilize in their nursing interventions.

Chairman of the Foundation of the future (applied medical research recognized of public utility Foundation) from the 1St January 2012 and since 1993 Associate Professor in Créteil University School of Medicine. Head of Master Management of health care organizations since 2008, previously Director of the Institut engineering of health (1996-2007).Qualification Associate Professor, Créteil University School of Medicine (1993) Diploma of thorough study in social history, Créteil University (1991) Masters of science and technology in mental health, Créteil University (1989) Diploma of psychiatric nurse (1980)

Publication of about thirty articles in the professional press health and social and more than forty communications in conferences on health and training issues. Contribution to two books and various reports, studies and research. Member of several committees and ministerial working groups in the field of health and training as a qualified person.

Dr.Rose E. Constantino, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN, FACFE, is Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Department of Health and Community Systems. She teaches Forensic Nursing. She is the senior editor of Forensic Nursing: Evidence-based Principles and Practice published by F. A. Davis in 2013. Her pro bono family law practice is founded on her research on the consequences of Intimate Partner Violence on the health, safety and well-being of women, men and children worldwide. Her current research is in comparing the effectiveness of Online and Face-to-Face intervention in women and children in intimate partner violence. She is mentoring students in developing the HELPP Zone app as a training tool for bystanders worldwide in recognizing, responding and preventing relationship violence including domestic and sexual violence.

My research is focused on comparing the effectiveness of online with face-to-face HELPP intervention in women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) which gave us the impetus to integrate evidence-based studies into the book. HELPP means Health, Education on Safety, and Legal Participant Preferred intervention. HELPP intervention came about after completing a RO1on nursing care of widows whose spouses committed suicide funded by NIH division of nursing. A serendipitous finding in the RO1 was that 63% of the suicide victims were reported as being abusive to their surviving partners immediately prior to their suicide. Because the consequences of IPV are multi-faceted, we are comparing multi-faceted interventions such as comparing the feasibility of online, face-to-face and control HELPP on depression, social support, and other measures using mixed methods methodology with women who have experienced IPV. As a lawyer in Family Law, I see lawyers come too late in helping the survivor of violence because there are now children, parents, in-laws, and workplaces involved in the abusive relationship. For primary prevention to be effective, we need to reach young people before experiencing TDV and provide them with knowledge, social networking, and social support accessible from a product that they use daily (cell phone) during their waking hours in making safe choices and practice safety-seeking behaviors. I am currently working with two undergraduate students in a research project using text messaging as a strategy in building healthy dating relationships and preventing intimate partner violence among college students. Further, I am working with 2 graduate students in developing a HELPP Zone App to prevent IPV. With Robinson’s Diffusion of Disruptive Innovations (DDI) as the framework for both projects, we attempt to diffuse an intervention using an intentionally and deliberately developed product or service, designed as a simple product that enters the transformative research arena as a common activity- text messaging and the App. It OFFERS an inexpensive and convenient service that has the potential to be diffused as a disruptive tool in preventing or stopping intimate partner violence. Our research projects enhanced the evidence-based portions of the book while this book provided robust nursing research questions for future research topics and proposals. I am very interested in collaborating with other mHealth working group members to prevent if not stop violence worldwide through mobile interventions.

Dr Noordeen Shoqirat is Jordanian researcher graduated in 1998 from Jordan University with a BSc degree in nursing. He then received his postgraduate studies in UK. In 2004 Dr. Shoqirat was rewarded his MSc in acute care nursing from Edinburgh-Napier university about care of patients in comma. He later in 2009 obtained his doctor of philosophy degree from Queen Margaret University in the UK. He has an extensive international nursing clinical experience. He worked as an in charge of neuro-ICU at Jordan university hospital and clinical neuroscience for 4yrs and neuro-surgery at western general hospital , Edinburgh, UK for 5 yrs years . Currently he is dean of nursing faculty at Mutah University. Dr.Shoqirat’s research interest focuses on health promotion, clinical placement, pain management and adult and neuroscience health nursing. He is experienced in both quantitative and qualitative research approaches as well as meta-analysis.

Internationally, it is agreed that pain management is a central component of nursing care. Although much has been written about pain prevalence among patients after surgery, research is scant on patients' experiences of nursing pain management and factors involved. This study explores patients' experiences of nursing pain management in Jordan and identifies contributing factors. A qualitative research design was used. Data were collected through focus group discussions (n = 4). A total of 31 patients were purposively selected. Two main themes emerged. The first theme was living in pain and comprised two categories: from sleep disturbances to the fear of addiction and from dependence to uncertainty. The second theme was about barriers that affect nursing pain management. Patients' experiences of nursing pain management were not up to their expectations; their needs were largely ignored and were dealt with in a mechanistic way. Barriers precipitating this situation were referred to in this study as the three “nots,” including not being well-informed, not being believed, and not being privileged. The study concluded that patients' experiences of nursing pain management are a complex world that goes beyond medically orientated care. Nurses, therefore, are urged to look beyond standardized assessment tools and use patients' experiences and voices as valuable evidence contributing to more effective pain management. Unless this occurs in their daily encounters with patients, another decade will pass with little change in the practice of pain management.

Dr. Andi Mabhala: is a reviewer for the National institute of health research, International Journal of Preventive Medicine; and International Journal for public health research and environment. He is a senior research fellow at Newman University and Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health. His research interest is around the area of inequalities in health and social justice. His research has been published in several international peer-reviewed journals. He was an invited speaker at the “UK public health Festival in Manchester in 4 July 2013, presented a research paper at the International Public Health Conference in Kuching, Malaysia in August 2013 and International conference for nursing and healthcare in Chicago, USA, 2014. He contributed several chapters in Key Concepts in public Health wrote several (2009), London: Sage edited book Key concepts in public health (2009) London: Sage. He contributed a chapter “Policy Drivers” in Key Concepts in Palliative Care (2010). London: Sage. His recent book is “Health Improvement and wellbeing” published in October 2014.

His research interest is around the area of inequalities in health and social justice. His research has been published in several international peer-reviewed journals.

Lunic Base Khoza has completed her Ph.D. from the University of South Africa. She is currently serving as Dean, Senior Professor in the School of Health Sciences. Her area of specialty is nursing education, nursing management and health promotion. She has published more than 40 papers in reputed journals and has previously served as an editorial board member of reputed national Journal Curationis and involved in peer review of manuscripts for national and international journals. She is a National Research Foundation C3 rated as established researcher.

The purpose of this study was to obtain the nursing students’ perceptions of clinical learning experiences. Nursing students following the course leading to registration as a nurse general, psychiatric and community) and midwife at the University of Venda constituted the target population. The study used a qualitative descriptive survey to provide insight into the situation. The population was all students studying at the University of Venda and following the four year degree in nursing science. A non-probability purposive sampling was employed to sample 45 participants variably from each level of study. Data was collected from the students through focus group interviews. Participation was voluntary as the study was not interested in obtaining information about a particular clinical setting where learning experiences occur. Findings indicate that nursing students are aware of the value of the contribution that clinical learning experiences make to their development of professional socialisation. Nursing students regard a patient as the central focus of their clinical learning experiences, they are able to identify those factors which could promote and enhance and those which could hinder or be detrimental to their learning in the clinical setting. However, proper guidance and support from their superiors appears to fall short. There appears to be a need to assist both students and clinical nurse practitioners to increase their understanding with regard to their roles and mutual expectations in the clinical field.