
Virtual Conference Schedule
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Thursday, March 25 25, 2021 Poster Presentations
All registrants will be sent a link to access the virtual Annual Conference a few days in advance of the meeting dates. Please plan to use the most up-to-date version of Chrome as your browser in order to maximize your experience at the Annual Conference.
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), Georgia Hedges, and Catherine Williams, 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 and Emily Sinnwell, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, 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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12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. |
Student Social
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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, Dawn Goldstein, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, Michigan State University, and Katerina Melino, MS, PMHNP-BC, PMHNP, University of California, San Fransisco 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, MSN, 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 and Gail Williams, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, 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. |
Circle of Connections
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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. |
Circle 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, Miki Goodwin, PhD, MS, RN CNE, NEA-BC, FAAN, and Marianne Logan Fingerhood, DNP, ANP-BC, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Education/Teaching Pedagogy
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12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m. |
Product Theater Sponsored by Abbvie The Management of Bipolar I Disorder Manoj V Waikar, MD Psychiatry Private Practice, Los Gatos, CA
Please join this Product Theater, by clicking the invite link below.
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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, Pamela Galehouse, PhD, RN, CNS, CNL, Seton Hall University, Cynthia Handrup, DNP, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, University of Illinois, Chicago, Brayden Kameg, DNP, PMHNP-BC, CARN, CNE, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Barbara Peterson, PhD, PMHCNS, APRN, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, and Edilma Yearwood, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, Georgetown University 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, Beth Bonham, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, University of Southern Indiana and Linda Jo Volness, MSN, APRN, PMH-CNS, Quality Life, and Sandra Wood, APRN, BC, IU Health Methodist Hospital/IU School of Nursing, Retired 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
*This presentation will not be recorded for on-demand viewing.
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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 and Marsha Snyder, PhD, APRN, PMHNP/CNS-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, Lizanne Elliott, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, Sandra Mixer, PhD, RN, CTN-A, and Helen Annette Whitaker, BSN, RN, 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, DNP, PMHNP-BC 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 *This presentation will not be recorded for on-demand viewing.
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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, Pamela Minarik, PhD, RN, CNS, FAAN, Samuel Merritt University, and Edilma Yearwood, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, Georgetown 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, Raeann LeBlanc, PhD, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, CHPN, University of Massachusetts, and Kate Siegrist, MS, RN, Nurse-Family Partnership 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* All Health is not Created Equal: Social Determinants of Health and Health Inequities Shannon Zenk, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research
*This presentation will not be recorded for on-demand viewing.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. CT Poster Session
The poster session will be split into two concurrent sessions. More information about the posters in each session will be available in the final program.
Poster Session A Wednesday, March 24, 2021 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. central time U.S.
Poster 1, Poster Session A Research Professional Quality of Life in Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Lindsay Bouchard, DNP, PMHNP-BC, RN, University of Arizona and Deborah K. Williams, PhD, MPH, RN, University of Arizona
Poster 3, Poster Session A Research Suicide Prevention and Interventions with Children and Adolescents with Eating Disorders Michele Desmarais, BscN, MSN, PhD Student McGill University
First Place Poster Award Recipient in Evidence-Based Practice! Poster 5, Poster Session A Evidence-Based Practice Effects of a Post-Discharge Telephone Follow-up Call on Psychiatric Readmission Rates Michelle Gorey, RN, BSN University of Maryland, Baltimore
First Place Poster Award Recipient in Research! Poster 8, Poster Session A Research N2N: Nurse to Nurse, A Peer Support Model to Support Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic Bobbie Posmontier, PhD, CNM, PMHNP, Aparna Kumar, PhD, CRNP, Angela Gerolamo, PhD, PMHNP, and Kathryn Shaffer, EdD, RN, Thomas Jefferson University
Second Place Poster Award Recipient in Evidence-Based Practice! Poster 9, Poster Session A Evidence-Based Practice Implementation of a Pain Reference Model to Improve Reassessment Documentation Rates Rebecca Noll, BSN, DNP Student University of Maryland School of Nursing
Poster 11, Poster Session A Factors Associated with a Trusting Relationship Between Pregnant and Postpartum Women with Substance Use Disorders and Maternity Nurses Kalyin Renbarger, PhD, RN Ball State University
Student Poster 15, Poster Session A An Interdisciplinary Approach to Evaluating Multiple Sclerosis Effects on Quality of Life Lubna Jahjah, MS Nova Southeastern University
Poster Session B Wednesday, March 24, 2021 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. central time U.S.
First Place Student Poster Award Recipient! Student Poster 2, Poster Session B Acknowledge Me as a Capable Person: How Persons with Mental Ill-health Experience Encounters with Healthcare Staff within General Emergency Care Katharina Derblom, PhD-student, RN Umeå University
First Place Poster Award Recipient in Education/Teaching Pedagogy! Poster 4, Poster Session B Education/Teaching Pedagogy Psychiatric Nurses Advocating for Healthy Communities through Interviewing and the Work of Dr. Christopher Shawn Shea Susan L. Glodstein, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC Stony Brook University
Poster 6, Poster Session B Research Student Impressions about People with Mental Illness: Supporting Better Attitudes on Campus and Beyond Todd Hastings, PhD, RN, CNE Cedar Crest College
Poster 10, Poster Session B Research Mental Health Status Among Hispanic/Latino and Somali Youth Barbara Peterson, PhD, PMHCNS, APRN University of Minnesota School of Nursing
Second Place Poster Award Recipient in Research! Poster 12, Poster Session B Partners in Campus Suicide Prevention: Question, Persuade and Refer Problem Statement: Rising Rates of Death by Suicide Across College Campuses in the United States are Cause for Concern Tanya Vaughn-Deneen, DNP, CNM, FNP-BC, Andrea Kwasky, DNP, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, Kimberly Moner, DHA, MSN, RN, Roberta Thomas, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, and Janielle Losaw, MS Ed, University of Detroit Mercy
Second Place Poster Award Recipient in Education/Teaching Pedagogy! Poster 13, Poster Session B Education/Teaching Pedagogy Teaching Nursing Students About Autism Using Movies and Simulation Christa Moore, MSN, RN, CNE, COI and Moniaree Jones, EdD, MSN, RN, COI, Samford University
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