DNP Intensive Conference Agenda

This agenda is an example from the 2020 event.

Day 1

Hours Activities
8:00 – 9:00am Registration, Poster set-up
9:00 – 9:10am Breakfast –  Welcome & Opening Announcements
Dean Suzanne Prevost, PhD, RN, FAAN, Angelyn Adams Giambalvo Dean and Professor, Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama
9:10 – 10:00am
Introductions of DNP Faculty and Students
10:00 – 10:15am Break
10:15 – 11:30am Bridging the Research-Practice Divide: Exemplars in Infectious Diseases and Nursing
Jason E. Farley, PhD, MPH, ANP-BC, AACRN, FAAN, UA CCN Alumnus, Professor, Director, PhD Program / REACH Initiative,
Co-Director Clinical Core, Hopkins Center for AIDS Research
11:30am – 1:00pm Lunch and Poster Presentations
1:00 – 1:30pm DNP Leaders as Champions of Change
Carrie Cromwell and Humberto Ortiz – CCN DNP Students and Jonas Scholars
1:30 – 2:00pm
The DNP Nurse Educator
Kristi Acker, DNP, PhD, FNP-BC, AOCNP, ACHPN, Assistant Professor, Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama                                
2:00 – 2:15pm Break
2:15 – 3:30pm  Pain Pharmacology: Match the Drug to the Receptor
Angela Collins-Yoder, PhD, RN, CCNS, ACNS BC, Clinical Professor and Critical Care Clinical Specialist, Capstone College of Nursing, The 
                                         University of Alabama
                                         Cheryl Hines, EdD, MSN, CRNA, Clinical Assistant Professor, Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama
3:30 – 4:30pm DNP Student Panel
                                         Diane Anderson, MS, BS, RN, FNP-BC
Angela Johnson Sheddan, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Jacquelyn Svoboda, MSN, RN, WHNP-BC
4:30 – 4:45pm Wrap-up & Evaluations
5:00 – 6:00pm Reception and College Tour at CCN
CCN Ambassadors

Day 2

Hours Activities
8:30 – 8:45am  Welcome
Dr. Pat Carter, Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs, Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama
8:45 – 9:15am Navigating Your DNP Educational Journey
 JoAnn Oliver, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, CNE, Professor, Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama
9:15 – 9:45am Strategies for a Successful IRB Process
Felecia Wood, PhD, RN, CNL, Professor, Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama
Debra Bruns, PhD, MSN, MSPH, Associate Professor, Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama
9:45 – 10:00am Break
10:00 – 10:15am Evaluation, Wrap-up & Drawing
10:15 – 11:30am Meetings with Advisors
11:30am – 12:30pm Campus Tour (Optional)