Inés Llamas-Ramos completed her PhD at the age of 26 from The University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. Currently she is working as a physiotherapist in Salamanca. As well as her clinical work she is also fortunate to be able to work as a visiting professor at The University of Salamanca, in the Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy. She has published several articles about cancer and dry needling in reputed international journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of various medical journals.

Physiotherapy , Nursing , Oncology Nursing.

Mr. Alejandro De la Parra Solomon Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder at RegenerAge Clinic / Senior Partner at WAMS, The World Academy of Medical Sciences Mexico City, Mexico Mr. Alejandro De la Parra Solomon 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. Mr. De la Parra is the COO and Co-founding Partner at The Solomon Brokerage Firm. He currently leads as CEO at Mass Media Dynamics and De la Parra Mobile Solutions and is former CEO & Founder at Astrum Salud Móvil and its Telemedicine service Astrum Móvil. Moreover, he is COO & Co-founder at RegenerAge® Clinic & RegenerAge® Beauty, the Digital Strategy Director & Co-founder at Dr. Jois®, BiorganicAging®, What Skin Needs™/WSN International Pty. Ltd. He also serves as current CMO at ReAnima Advanced Biosciences and is the Digital Media Director at Bioquark, Inc. He is also the former Latin America Region Manager and Digital Strategy adviser at CardiacSense and former CITO & Senior Partner at Cerezo Editores. Within the academic and educational fields, Mr. De la Parra is a Senior Partner, Executive Vice President: Executive Chairman of the WAMS Mobile Health Division, WAMS Chief Coordinating Officer, Member of the WAMS Executive Council (WAMS Executive Board), Member of the WAMS Education & Training Board (ETB), Member of the WAMS Editorial Board, Honorary Member of the Academy Faculty FWAMS, WAMS Digital Strategy Chairman & Fellow of the Academy. Moreover, Mr. De la Parra acts as the Chief Operating Officer and is a Co-founding Partner at The Reprogramming Medicine Association. Mr. De la Parra is also a member of the National Introducing Brokers Association and a part of the National Biofuel Board, (Alliance Program), also being the founder and former Board of Directors member of Astrum Fundación, an Advisory Board member of the Lifeboat Foundation, an Advisory Board member of the Future Worlds Center - Cyprus Neuroscience & Technology Institute (Senior TV Program), a Federated member of the International Longevity Alliance, and volunteered as Digital Strategy adviser at the Major Mouse Testing Program. He is also a member of the Web Committee at the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation / Lifespan.io and has volunteered with SENS Research Foundation for the OncoSENS Program in Digital Strategy.

Mobile Health Management.

Dr. Amr I.M. Hawal has his expertise in evaluation and passion in improving the health and wellbeing. His open and contextual evaluation model based on responsive constructivists creates new pathways for improving health care specially in Neonatology field. He has built this model after years of experience in research, evaluation, teaching and administration both in hospital and education institutions. Our case presentation was done in one of the biggest & modern of art & advanced NICU based on tertiary generation level in the region (Latifa Hospital, DHA, Dubai, UAE).

Neonatology , Improving the health and wellbeing

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Nursing

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.

finding one’s purpose in life, the importance of giving back through volunteerism