12^th Nursing and Healthcare Congress October 03-05, 2016 Vancouver, Canada

Dian Baker is an associate professor at the School of Nursing, California State University Sacramento and an adjunct faculty member at the Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the MIND Institute University of California Davis. She holds master degrees in child development and nursing. Baker obtained her PhD from University of Hawaii and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at the University of California Davis. Her research interests include health inequities, transdisciplinary education, translational research, developmental disabilities and nursing history.

Dian Baker is currently working on several research projects including diabetes in the Hmong community, hospital acquired pneumonia and nursing history in Laos.

Hilary Whyte has been a neonatologist at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto for the past 25 years. She graduated from Trinity College Dublin University, Ireland, in 1976. She is currently the Head of the Neonatology Program which encompasses Transport, NICU and Follow-up. She is also Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto.

Her research interests are in clinical effectiveness, neonatology, technology assessment, telehealth medicine & transport medicine.

Sharon Decker is the Associate Dean for Simulation, a Professor in the School of Nursing, the Executive Director of The F. Marie Hall SimLife Center, and Covenant Health System Endowed Chair in Simulation and Nursing Education at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. She was the past Director of the Health Sciences Center’s Quality Enhancement Program (QEP): Interprofessional Teamwork. Dr Decker has been engaged in simulation-based activities since the mid 1900’s to include using simulation for both learning and assessment and education of educators related to integrating simulation into curricula, and techniques related to the debriefing process.She currently serves as the Chair of the Certification Committee for the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. As a past member of the Standards Committee for the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning, Dr. Decker was the lead author for two evidence-based standards. Dr. Decker has been the recipient of the Texas Tech’s Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching Award and the TTUHSC President’s award for Academic Achievement, Excellence in Teaching, and Outstanding Professor. Dr. Decker is a fellow in the Academy of Nursing Education and American Academy of Nursing.

Dr. Decker’s research, supported by multiple grants, is related to how simulation can be used to improve learning and promote professional and interprofessional competencies.

Seyed Afshin Shorofi has attained his PhD degree from School of Nursing & Midwifery of Flinders University, where he subsequently started working as Research Associate. H e is currently an Adjunct Research Fellow at Flinders University (South Australia), and an Assistant Professor at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (Iran). Dr Shorofi has been a senior lecturer at medical universities for many years, and is nationally well known for his publications, for which he has won several prizes. He is part of the editorial/advisory board of several peer-reviewed journals. He has been working with various multidisciplinary teams running a variety of workshops for academics, aimed at improving and maintaining the academics’ skills in the context of education as well as research. Dr Shorofi has participated in designing, analyzing and/or reporting a couple of quantitative and qualitative research studies.

Dr Seyed Afshin Shorofi research interests are Aged Care, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Evidence-based Practices, Holistic Care, Research Issues in Health, Research Methodologies, Pain Management, Palliative Care.

Michael has been a Registered Nurse since 1988 and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner since 1993. Currently is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing, where she enjoys teaching, Holistic Health Assessment to Registered Nurse in the RN-BSN. She also teaches Vulnerable population and health disparities topics for the DNP Program. She continues to practice as a Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Colposcopist, and owns her own practice. Dr Michael has worked on the TNA Dist 4 Mock Trial Planning Committee for the past 3 years and serves on its board as well. Dr. Michael has many presentations, papers, and posters to her credit. She is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners as well as the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health. She is presently serving as Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society Delta Theta Chapter President. She serves as a Mentor in the STTI and Elsevier Foundation’s NFLA program. She was the University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing’s nominee for Provost Award in 2006, 2007 and 2011. She continues to visit India to teach and research topics in Nursing Education and health assessment. She is actively involved with National Association of Indian American Nurses and Indian American Nurses of North Texas (Dallas Chapter) and serves as President.

Comparison of Self-Directed Learning Versus Instructor-Modeled Learning During a Simulated Clinical Experience. Simulation in Healthcare

Dr. Sugalski completed his residency training at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in 2009 and served for four years on active duty with the United States Army. Currently, he serves as the Chief of Service and Medical Director for Emergency Medical Services at University Hospital in Newark, NJ. Dr. Sugalski played a key role in New Jersey’s response to the Ebola epidemic where his Emergency Department screened more potential Ebola patients than any department in the United States. at the age of 25 years from Andhra University and postdoctoral studies from Stanford University School of Medicine.

His research intrest areas are Pre-hospital emergency care, Emergency Medicine 

Dr. Kathryn A. Blair, a professor at UCCS has been an educator and practicing advanced practice nurse (family nurse practitioner) for over 25 years. Dr. Blair had written 17 refereed journal articles, book chapters, serves on several editorial boards and is active in many professional nursing organizations.

Kathryn A. Blair is intrested in NP Education, Practice and Policy

Dr. Hunter completed her PhD from University of Connecticut in 1994. She has been involved in global health for over 20 years in Africa, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Belfast, and Taiwan. She is a full professor and Associate Director of Nursing Programs at WSU-Vancouver Campus; as well as the Medical Director for the Holy Innocents Children’s Hospital Uganda Charitable Foundation. She has published more than 35 papers in reputed journals and over 50 professional presentations on her research across the globe.

Her research interests are in Global health, child and adolescent health, curriculum development, organizational systems, and leadership

Professor Paul Morrison completed studies in nursing, psychology, education and counselling and has a long-standing interest in mental health issues and the education of health professionals. Before taking up his present position at Murdoch University Paul worked in a range of health care settings as a general and mental health nurse (UK and Queensland); in universities as a lecturer, senior lecturer (Cardiff), assoicate professor (Brisbane) and professor (Canberra & Perth) and in private practice as a psychologist. Paul is an experienced teacher, researcher, practitioner and writer with over 100 publications. Some of his books have been translated into German, Norwegian and Indonesian.

His research focuses on the application of psychology to health care generally with a special emphasis on nursing care: Evaluation of health care services Psychological care and counselling Mental health and wellbeing Personal construct theory & repertory grid technique Multiple sorting technique Multidimensional scaling (MDS) & multidimensional scalogram analysis (MSA) Narrative analysis

Dr. Rosenkoetter has over 30 years experience in nursing administration, teaching, and research. She is a recognized authority on global nursing and health care. She has numerous publications as well as national and international presentations, and has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing for 25 years.

Dr. Rosenkoetter's primary area of research is on the psychosocial adjustment to retirement and adjustment in later life. Her study of 1,500 subjects funded by a Fortune 500 corporation has been published in a number of journals, quoted in the national media including Time Magazine, and widely presented at national and international gerontological conferences, including the Pan American Congress and World Congress on Aging.

Nan Smith-Blair completed her PhD from the University of Kansas in 2000. She is an Associate Professor in nursing at the University of Arkansas whose primary duties include working with honors students and conducting research. She has previously worked in the healthcare system at all levels of management including hospital administration. She has published more than 20 papers. She was elected as a Distinguished Fellow in the National Academies of Practice in 2014. Dr. Smith-Blair currently serves as President of the Southern Nurses Research Society and on the Leadership Council of the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science.

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As a single mom and recipient of assistance from many volunteer organizations, Irene persevered and graduated in 1994 with honors from California State University of Northridge. Within a few short years, she went from being a welfare mom to a successful business woman, public speaker and entrepreneur. She has addressed tens of thousands of people and her story has been featured in the L.A. Times, Daily News, and on television and radio. Irene has inspired corporate CEOs and millionaires, as well as politicians, blue collar workers, high school students, and even gang members. Ms. Brennick also speaks on topics that include, finding one’s purpose in life, the importance of giving back through volunteerism, and how anyone can be an inspirational public speaker.

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