On Friday, April 22, Shenandoah University’s Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing and the Rho Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), the international honor society of nursing, will host a research and scholarship symposium, “Raising the Bar on Health Care Delivery: Developing Ethical Nursing Practices that Embrace Comprehensive Care for Vulnerable Populations.” This symposium is for clinicians, academicians and researchers interested in nursing research.
The event will be held in the Brandt Student Center, Ferrari Room, on the campus of Shenandoah University. Registration begins at 8:15 a.m. The morning program will start at 9 a.m. and includes a keynote address by Dean of the Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing Kathryn Ganske, Ph.D., RN, titled “A Culture of Ethical Practice.”
The afternoon keynote speaker is Jacquelyn Campbell, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Anna D. Wolf Chair and professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, who will speak at noon on “The Role of Nursing in Addressing Family Violence.”
The symposium also includes poster displays and dialogue with nurse researchers, afternoon breakout sessions, door prize drawings and a silent auction.
Nursing contact hours (5.5) are available, and this continuing education activity is provided by Shenandoah University, an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Virginia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The registration fee is $100 through Friday, April 8. Fee includes contact hours and lunch. For more information, please contact the School of Nursing at 540/678-4374 or via email at rlewis3@su.edu.
