
Virtual Conference Schedule
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Thursday, March 25 25, 2021
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 All times are listed in Central Standard Time
9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. |
Yoga |
10:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m. |
Welcome Remarks Allison Brauch, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, AGNP-C, CARN-AP 2021 Program Chair
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10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m. |

Opening Keynote Address Palliative Care at the Intersection of Social Injustice, Pandemic, and Hope Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, ACHPN, FAANP, FAAN Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psycho-Oncology, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m. |
Break |
11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 1.1 COVID-19 Unsung Heroes: How Undergraduate Mental Health Student Nurses Stepped Up to the Mark Alicia Stringfellow, RN (Mental Health), MSc, PGCE, PGCert (CBT), PGDip (THORN) Cardiff University School of Healthcare Sciences Education/Teaching Pedagogy
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11:30 p.m.-12:00 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 1.2 Social Media Activation in the Era of COVID-19: An Innovative Approach to Eliminate the Impact of Video Gaming Among Omani Adolescents Zeyana AL Ismaili, BSN, MSN, PhD student Case Western Reserve University Leadership Development
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12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 1.3 Simulation in PMHNP Education: Let's Pretend this is Real Daniel Wesemann, DNP, MSW, PMHNP-BC, ARNP University of Iowa College of Nursing Education/Teaching Pedagogy
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12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 1.4 Management of Bipolar Disorder in Women of Childbearing Age Brayden Kameg, DNP, PMHNP-BC, CARN, CNE University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing Psychopharmacology
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12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. |
Break
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1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 2.1 Adaptation or Revolution: APRN Practice in the Time of COVID Rebecca Schroeder, DNP, MPH, PMHNP University of Southern Maine Evidence-Based Practice
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1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 2.2 A NONPF Survey of How PMHNP Program Directors Facilitate Psychotherapeutic Skill Acquisition Daniel Wesemann, DNP, MSW, PMHNP-BC, ARNP University of Iowa College of Nursing Education/Teaching Pedagogy
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2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. |

Melva Jo Hendrix Lecture Reclaiming the Self: Creating Reality in a Misogynistic World Emily Hauenstein, PhD, LCP, RN, FAAN Professor, University of Delaware
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3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. |
Break
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3:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 3.1 Promoting Advocacy of New Nurses Experiencing Lateral Violence Lorraine Hover, PhD, RN University of Phoenix Research
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3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 3.2 Screening for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Acute and Community Settings Colette Le Bienvenu Melo, BSN (November 2020) Samuel Merritt University Evidence-Based Practice
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4:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 3.3 The Lived Experience of College Faculty Following Student Suicide: A Phenomenological Inquiry Michelle Summers, RN, EdD Bryan College of Health Sciences Research
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4:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 4.1 The Psychiatric COVID Team: An Innovative Way to Care for COVID-19+ Psychiatric Inpatients on a COVID-19 Medical Unit Jessica Frihart, MSN, CNS, RN-BC Stanford Health Care Evidence-Based Practice
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4:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m. |
Circles of Connection
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5:15 p.m.-5:45 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 4.2 Applying Strategies Across a Child’s Social Ecology to Address Child Sexual Abuse Prevention, Recognition, and Response Kate Chappell, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC University of South Carolina Evidence-Based Practice
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021 All times are listed in Central Standard Time
9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. |
Yoga |
9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. |
Circles of Connections |
10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. |
ISPN Awards Ceremony and Business Meeting |
11:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Break |
11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 5.1 Supporting Preceptors in the Clinical Education of Nurse Practitioner Students Karan Kverno, PhD, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, FAANP Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Education/Teaching Pedagogy
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11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
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Concurrent Session 5.2 Efficacy of Structured Family Psychoeducation on Drug Compliance and Caregiver’s Burden Among Psychiatric Patients of a Tertiary Care Centre B. Bhawana, MS, BS {Hons.), (Nursing), RN, RM All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh Evidence-Based Practice
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12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m. |
Break
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1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 6.1 Accounting of ISPN Policy Actions for 2020 Sally Raphel, MS, APRN, PMH, FAAN Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Retired Leadership Development
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1:15 p.m.-1:45 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 6.2 Caring for Clients and Precepting Students in the Age of COVID-19 Daniel Wesemann, DNP, MSW, PMHNP-BC, ARNP University of Iowa College of Nursing Education/Teaching Pedagogy
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1:45 p.m.-2:15 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 6.3 COVID Considerations: Engaging Nurse Practitioner Students through a Telehealth Integrated Team Based Simulation Experience Jennifer Graber, EdD, PMHCNS-BC University of Delaware Education/Teaching Pedagogy
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2:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m. |

Diversity and Equity Keynote The Impact of Colonization on the Mental Health Disparities among Native Americans John Lowe, RN, PhD, FAAN University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing
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3:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m. |
Break
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3:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 7.1 Teaching Empathy Skills Cynthia Handrup, DNP, APRN, PMHCNS-BC University of Illinois, Chicago Education/Teaching Pedagogy
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3:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 7.2 Do We Walk our Talk? Evidenced Based Wellness Lifestyle Practices for the Practitioner and Persons We Serve Linda Jo Volness, MS, PMH-CNS Quality Life Evidence-Based Practice
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4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. |
Poster Session |
5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. |
Reception and Happy Hour and Networking
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Thursday, March 25, 2021 All times are listed in Central Standard Time
9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. |
Yoga
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9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. |
Regionalization – led byMembership Committee Come to hear updates regarding ISPN's Regionalization Initiative over the past year.
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10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. |

Susan McCabe Lectureship Clozapine: Management and Challenges Lorena Rodríguez, MD Private Practice, Medical Editor at Psychopharmacology Institute
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11:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m. |
Break |
11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 8.1 Academic Service Learning (ASL) in the Transforming RN Roles in Primary Care (TRIP) Curriculum: An Advocacy Exemplar Lora Beebe, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAAN University of Tennessee Education/Teaching Pedagogy
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11:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
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Concurrent Session 8.2 Family Caregivers’ Use of Personal and Social Resourcefulness: Differences by Care Recipient Condition Jaclene Zauszniewski, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN Case Western Reserve University Research
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11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 8.3 Effectiveness of Music on Reducing Agitation in Older Nursing Home Residents with Dementia: A Literature Review John Coxey, BSN, RN University of Pittsburgh Research
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12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m. |
Break
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1:15 p.m.-1:45 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 9.1 Incorporating Allyship and Social Justice into a Competency-based Graduate Nursing Curriculum: A Parallel Process of Critical Consciousness and Skill Acquisition Mechelle Plasse, PhD, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC University of Massachusetts Medical Worcester Graduate School of Nursing Education/Teaching Pedagogy
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1:15 p.m.-1:45 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 9.2 Call Psych, STAT! Justin White, DNP, MSN, MSW, PMHNP-BC, LCSW New Mexico State University Evidence-Based Practice
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1:45 p.m.-2:30 p.m. |
Concurrent Session 9.3 Advocating for Revitalization of the Clinical Nurse Specialist Pamela Galehouse, PhD, RN, CNS, CNL Seton Hall University Evidence-Based Practice
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1:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m. |
Workshop #1 Nurstory: Identifying Nurse Resilience in Practice Susan Hagedorn, PhD, RN, FAANP, FAAN University of Colorado College of Nursing Education/Teaching Pedagogy
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2:30 p.m.-3:15 p.m. |
Circle of Connections
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3:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m. |
Break |
3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. |

Closing Keynote Address Shannon Zenk, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research
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