2018 VCNP Annual Conference

Speakers
Thursday, March 8 to Sunday, March 11, 2018

Rosie Taylor Lewis, DNP, ANP-BC, GNP

Dr. Rosie Taylor-Lewis, DNP, ANP-BC, GNP
Faculty Practice: Health and Wellness Center, Sweet Briar College rtlewis@sbc.edu 434-381-6140 (Mondays only);
Home 434-277-8518 EST, please do not call after 10PM EST
Assistant Program Director of the DNP Program Faculty South University rctaylor@southuniversity.edu;

RN Diploma 1979, Lynchburg General School of Nursing
BSN 1985, Liberty University
MS 1993, Medical College of Virginia/VCU
DNP 2010, Old Dominion University
Dr. Taylor-Lewis is a board certified adult nurse practitioner and a Doctor of Nursing Practice. She is passionate about the role of the nurse practitioner as the primary caregiver blending the researcher, educator, advocate, and clinician roles in a holistic model (REACH) of care. Her motto in practice and in teaching is “Students do not interrupt my work, they are my work.” She has 35 plus years' experience as a RN and 22 years as a nurse practitioner. She has vast experience in academics, teaching clinical courses in the Emergency Department and lecture courses which include Critical Thinking, Pathophysiology, and Crisis Nursing (residential and on-line) on the undergraduate level. For the past 20 years, she has taught on the graduate level, including development of on-line courses. She was graduate faculty with Old Dominion University Family Nurse Practitioner Program for 20 years and taught, advance health assessment, health promotion, senior seminar and supervised student rotations in acute care, chronic care, women's health and pediatrics. She joined the South University nursing faculty in August of 2013. She accepted the position as APD of the DNP recently. She continues to precept students from UVA, VCU,ODU, RU and JMU serving as a preceptor for FNP and DNP students, and LU MPH students.
Dr. Taylor-Lewis has been the Director of Health Services at Sweet Briar College and now works part time as the lead provider. She recently launched a nursing consulting business known as Nursing Steps to provide academic support to those desiring to be a nurse, to help those who are in nursing school achieve more from the experience, and to assist those already in nursing receive more from the nursing profession. “Nurses will change the face of health care, one step and one patient at a time.” The overall goal of Nursing Steps is to ensure that the nursing profession is prepared and progressing to meet the needs of a changing health care system. Professionally, she conducts advance practice workshops on laceration repairs, office dermatology, wounds, basic radiology and coding for the nurse practitioners. She is Board Certified by the ANCC as an Adult Nurse Practitioner and previously practiced in the Level 1 Trauma Center at UVA and at Prompt Care in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her patient's evaluations are rated consistently high and the most common comments are “she is knowledgeable, explains everything well, spends time with you, and she is real.”

She graduated from the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Old Dominion University, and received the teaching fellowship (2009-2010). The focus of her DNP clinical residency was with vulnerable populations and their access to health care. Her capstone research was with homeless male addicts in a transitional housing program determining relapse risks, prevention and promotion of health through self-efficacy. She presented her research at the National Summit of Clinicians for Health Care Justice in Washington, DC. She delivered the keynote address Passport to Nursing: The Journey to REACH Your Destination to the Virginia Nursing Students Association Annual conference in 2011. She is a reviewer for The Journal of Nurse Practitioners.
Dr. Taylor-Lewis finds much satisfaction in her volunteer work at the Ruth Brooks Free Clinic. Dr.Taylor- Lewis is active in the local chapter of the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners and serves as the Lynchburg Region's President. She is a member of Clifford Baptist Church and contributes to the health ministry team. She has lived in Amherst County most of her life and enjoys spending time with her husband, their blended family of four children and 6 grandchildren: Ford, Sawyer, Oliver, Carley (the only Princess) and Benjamin, and Parker. Abby, a very high spirited lab joined the family in August!
Nursing Practice Philosophy excerpt: "I love nursing. Nursing has been good to me, and I want to continue to be a good ambassador for nursing and the patients I care for. It is an exciting time
to be in the profession of nursing. Economic struggles with resulting health care restraints and barriers are an opportunity for advancement in patient care outcomes lead by nurses. Nurses should meet patients where they are and take them where they need to be instead of expecting them to already be there. Advance practice nurses must lead the way in reducing health care disparities and access to care issues from the bedside to the capital beltway. By doing this, nurses will change the face of health care, one step and one patient at a time."
Nurse Educator Philosophy excerpt: “Students do not interrupt my work, they are my work. Whether I am teaching them or they are my patients, I believe every moment is a teaching moment.
I began teaching nursing long before our profession recognized the importance of having Certified Nurse Educators teach students. Straight out of my RN-BSN program (1985), I developed the first Health Occupation Courses for the high school I graduated from, and was required to become certified by the Virginia Board of Education. I loved it! It was those high school students and the adult evening program for CNAs that I established that really taught me how to teach along with many classes at the Curry School of Education at UVA in effective teaching methods. My journey has taken me from high school to my next chapter, which is continuing to teach at the graduate level and teaching at the doctoral level. All the little steps along the way have been critically important. I believe my success as an educator has hinged on my continued dedication to practice. It has been challenging but my years at the bedside of patients in the ED and in primary care have given me rich experiences to share to others aspiring to be nurses, nurse practitioner students, nurse educators etc.
One of the most exciting aspects of nursing is the evolution of the profession, and how we are educating nurses today. How do we preserve the integrity of the profession as we gain knowledge in technology? Not wanting to be left behind, I committed to learning everything about the new nurse and on-line education. And, yes I was skeptical. After developing rigorous courses that have no walls, ceilings or floors on-line and implementing and evaluating student learning outcomes, I know that there is a place for on-line education, particularly at the advance practice level. And, yet I still believe that learning face to face in the traditional classroom will continue to have a powerful place in the evolution of our profession. And, nothing will replace the individual preceptor role that is critical to making sure our profession stays on course. That is why I have advance practice students and want to be nursing students as my men-tees in my office every day of the week. Students do not interrupt my work, they are my work.”
ADVANCE PAY WORKSHOP: Basic Suturing PLUS
March 8, 2018, 12:30 pm

Judy Wessell, DNP, APRN BC, AACRN

Bio Sketch 2017

Judy A. Wessell DNP, APRN, BC, ACRN, AACRN, AAHIVS. Dr. Wessell has been a Nurse Practitioner for 19 years and a registered Nurse greater than 44 years.
She received her diploma of Nursing from the Newport Hospital School of Nursing in Newport, RI, her BSN, MSN and DNP at Old Dominion University (ODU), Norfolk, VA. She is dual certified through the ANCC as a Family and an Adult Nurse Practitioner. In 2016 she was also certified as a Faith Community Nurse.
Dr. Wessell is currently a Nurse Practitioner and Assistant Professor/ Adjunct Faculty at ODU, Old Dominion University. A clinical mentor and instructor with MSN and DNP students and a Health Educator at VCU, Virginia Commonwealth University, with the MAAETC - Mid Atlantic AIDS Education Training Center, providing educational programs and guidance for nurses, case managers, health care providers and allied health team members.
She is an active member of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) the founding and past president of the local, The First Virginia chapter, is currently a Board of Director with the National Association of Nurses in AIDS care, board liaison for the Rural and Frontier Health and Diversity Committees. She served as past director at large and bylaws chair for the HIV/AIDS Nursing Credentialing Board (HANCB), chair of the nominations committee, serves on the Nurse Practitioner Board for the American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM). She is a member of the American Nurses Association (ANA) the Virginia Nurses Association (VNA) and a member of the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners (VCNP), and the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) organization in Virginia.
She is best known as a patient advocate and developed the HIV+ peer educator program that has provided education and certification to individuals that are HIV positive and are now providing peer, professional and community services in the Hampton Roads Virginia area. The HIV+ peer educator program has developed as a model for peer education for statewide Ryan White funded programs. Dr. Wessell completed her doctoral studies, at Old Dominion University, in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. Her capstone research project addressed Procedures for Improving Patient Adherence with Health Care Appointments Through the Utilization of Formally Trained HIV + Peer Educators. Her recent interest and professional attention has been directed towards HIV prevention and education about treatment as prevention and pre - exposure prophylaxis.
ADVANCE PAY WORKSHOP: NP Role in HIV Care and Prevention 2018
March 8, 2018, 12:30 pm

Shaughanassee Vines, DNP, CNM

Shaughanassee Williams, DNP, CNM is an emerging trailblazer looking to establish positive change in her community. She is a Certified Nurse Midwife holding a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Frontier Nursing University, a Master and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Old Dominion University, and a midwifery endorsement from Shenandoah University. She is the owner and founder of HealthyHER Center for Women's Care in Chesapeake, VA , a unique medical practice in that it combines gynecology, primary care, massage therapy and skin care all within one location. She also serves as graduate course faculty at Frontier Nursing University as well as part of The Thrive Research Project conducted by University of California San Diego (UCSD). She is a regularly featured health expert on the online lifestyle magazine, Bustle, as well as recipient of the 2018 ACHI Magazine Health and Wellness Award and the 2018 Bennett Center Wellness Award. Aside from her career, Dr. Vines remains active within her community and grounded by her family. She enjoys spending time with loved ones, traveling, laughing and making others smile. Her personal motto is “I live to inspire.”
ADVANCE PAY WORKSHOP: Women's Health Potpourri
March 8, 2018, 12:30 pm

Eileen O'Grady, PhD., RN, NP

Dr. Eileen O'Grady is certified Nurse Practitioner and Wellness Coach who uses an evidence-based approach with people to reverse or entirely prevent disease. She believes deeply that more attention must be paid to getting us unstuck from lifestyles that do not support wellness.
She is an expert on intentional change in humans -with an emphasis on the importance of extreme self-care and how to identify and remedy a life that is out of balance. She runs the School of Wellness, which offers program on revolutionizing self-care.

She is currently an adjunct faculty in the Graduate Schools of Nursing at Pace University, Georgetown University, Duke University, and The George Washington University, where she was given 'Outstanding Teacher' Award.
ADVANCED PAY WORKSHOP: Mastering Me
March 8, 2018, 12:30 pm
Patient Engagement: The New Blockbuster Drug
March 9, 2018, 2:30 pm

Cindy Cooke, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP

Cindy Cooke is a board certified family nurse practitioner from Huntsville, AL. Dr. Cooke has a diploma in nursing from Mary Meek School of Nursing in Abilene, TX, a BSN from the University of Texas Arlington and an MSN from the University of Alabama Huntsville. She completed her Doctorate of Nursing Practice at the University of Alabama Birmingham with a focus on health literacy. She is an experienced nurse and nurse practitioner with national board certification as a family nurse practitioner.
Dr. Cooke has been active in local, state and national NP organizations since her graduation. She is past president of North Alabama Nurse Practitioner Association (NANPA), the founding president of the Nurse Practitioner Alliance of Alabama (NPAA), past American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) state representative for Alabama and past AANP Region 11 Director. She served as the AANP President from 2015-2017. Dr. Cooke has been active in speaking locally and nationally on various clinical and health policy topics. She was selected as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners in 2009. She is a member of numerous professional organizations including NANPA, NPAA and AANP.
Dr. Cooke is married and currently resides in Huntsville, AL. She enjoys family activities with their adult children, sports, singing in a female a cappella group and travels extensively.
Nurse Practitioners - Impacting Change in Healthcare
March 9, 2018, 8:00 am

S. Hughes Melton, MD, MBA

Biography for S. Hughes Melton, MD MBA FAAFP DABAM
As of January 2016

As a leader, healer and educator, my current mission is to protect and promote the health of all Virginians as Chief Deputy Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Health. I will improve internal operations and build connections with outside stakeholders to accelerate the realization of our vision that Virginia is the healthiest state in the Union.

Prior to my role as VDH Chief Deputy, I served as the VP, Medical Education for NE and NW Markets of Mountain States, a not-for-profit, thirteen-hospital health system serving SW VA and NE TN. I developed robust medical education programs to address the work force shortage issues and increase the capability of the medical community to meet the needs of the region in the area of population health.

From 2012-2014 I served as the Chief Medical Officer for the Virginia facilities of Mountain States Health. In 2015 one of my teams won the President's Quality Award, the highest quality award granted at MSHA, and I received the Servant's Heart Award, the highest patient service award granted at Mountain States.

The American Board of Addiction Medicine certified me in 2012 and I started HighPower, P.C. a patient centered medical clinic in Russell County, VA. HighPower provides specialized clinical pharmacy consults and addiction treatment services and has been recognized at the state level for our innovative approach to addiction treatment.

Prior to working with Mountain States, I co-founded C-Health, P.C. in Lebanon, Virginia in 2000. C-Health still provides full-spectrum family medicine services to over 18,000 people in rural southwest Virginia.

The American Academy of Family Physicians selected me to be the 2011 Family Physician of the Year for C-Health's innovative work in the primary care treatment of addiction and chronic pain, and for our leadership in recruiting health professionals to what was once considered a medically underserved county.

The University of Virginia is my academic home where I earned my medical degree and completed my family medicine residency in 1996. In 2012 I returned to earn my MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Running, biking, aviation, church activities, serving the underserved and spending time with my wife Sarah and our two daughters are
Addiction Treatment and the Nurse Practitioner: Great Opportunities!
March 9, 2018, 9:15 am

Elizabeth Wheatley, DNP, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC

Dr. Elizabeth Wheatley, DNP, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC (Nurse Practitioner)

Elizabeth has over 38 years experience in healthcare. Her Bachelor's degree is from Florida State University. She has a Masters in Human Relations from Liberty University and both a Masters in Nursing and Post Masters certificate from University of Virginia. Her Doctor of Nursing Practice is from the University of South Alabama. She is board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner through the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) and Family Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner through American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
Her mental health practice includes an interest in the individual experience and impact of trauma, as well as church education regarding trauma impact and support. She has been involved as a NP preceptor as well as DNP mentor. Elizabeth's practice philosophy is a partnership with patients from a holistic perspective. This includes medical, psychosocial, and spiritual elements as needed by individual patients.

Professional memberships include: Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Kappa Chapter; American Association of Nurse Practitioners; Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners; Neuroscience Education Institute; and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

Outside her NP responsibilities, Elizabeth enjoys time with her family (including 7 grandchildren), her church family, gardening, fishing, and assorted creative activities.
A Spectrum for Depression?
March 9, 2018, 11:00 am

Lori Brien, MS, ACNP

Lori Brien has over 20 years of acute and critical care nursing experience. She graduated from the University of Connecticut with her BSN in 1994 and began her nursing career in acute and critical care nursing in the metropolitan DC area afterward. Lori went on to graduate school and earned her masters degree from Georgetown University in 2000. She has been practicing as an acute care nurse practitioner in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery in Arlington, VA since that time. In addition, Lori has been teaching in the AG-ACNP program at Georgetown University since 2006 and currently serves as the assistant program director.
HAP, VAP, and So Long HCAP: Implementing the Latest Pneumonia Management Guidelines
March 9, 2018, 11:00 am
Anticoagulants: Prescribing Information and Practice Implications for the Advanced Practice Nurse
March 11, 2018, 8:00 am

Rachel Berger, MD, FACC

I grew up in Bethesda, Maryland and attended Haverford College for undergraduate studies. I then attended the University of Rochester for Medical School and Mount Sinai for Internal Medicine Residency and NYU for Cardiology Fellowship. I did research in the field of women's heart disease throughout my training and have continued to focus on women's heart disease, diagnosis and prevention, since I joined Virginia Heart in 2007.
Prevention of Heart Disease in Women
March 9, 2018, 11:00 am

deborah quinn, MSN, FNP-C

Certified FNP in 2008 from Old Dominion University, Dermatolgoy certified NP in 2012 by NP Society of Nurse Practitioners. Practice at Pariser Dermatolgoy in Norfolk, Virginia. See Medical and Surgical Patients. Currently working on my Doctorate degree at Radford University.
Review of Common Rashes in Primary Care
March 9, 2018, 11:00 am

Margaret Hadro Venzke, DNP, FNP-BC

Margaret (Maggie) Hadro Venzke, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC received a BSN from the University of Virginia, a MSN/FNP degree from Virginia Commonwealth University (MCV) and her DNP from The George Washington University. She has taught for over 20 years in graduate adult and family nurse practitioner programs. She has practiced as a nurse practitioner in a variety of clinical settings including college health, public health and adult/geriatric settings. She currently practices in a nurse practitioner managed travel clinic, which provides immunizations and pre-travel health consultation for adults and children traveling abroad.
Dr. Venzke's academic interests are in creating innovative on-line curriculum and simulation in graduate nursing education and developing opportunities for inter professional collaborative practice. Her clinical/research interests are on the topics of vaccines in primary care, strategies to address patient vaccine refusal and infectious disease management. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners and the National Organizations of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF).
The Wonderful World of Immunizations: So What's New?
March 9, 2018, 11:00 am

clio long, Psy. D.

Dr. Long is a neuropsychologist in private practice in Alexandria. She specializes in health psychology, including sleep disorders, and cognitive rehabilitation with brain injured patients. She has a passion for treating insomnia with CBT-I (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for insomnia) and for raising awareness in the community about this non pharmacological treatment. In addition, Dr. Long has a special interest in treating trauma, both developmental and PTSD, with accelerated healing techniques including Rapid Resolution Therapy and hypnosis.

Dr. Long graduated from Universita' degli Studi di Milano Law School in her native Italy and from Argosy University with a degree in clinical psychology. She completed a 2 year fellowship in neuropsychology and cognitive rehabilitation at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute under the mentorship of Keith Cicerone, Ph.D. Prior to starting her own private practice she was responsible for inpatient neuropsychology services at Inova Mt. Vernon hospital.
CBT-I: A Non Pharmacological, Evidence Based Treatment for Insomnia
March 9, 2018, 4:00 pm

S. Craig Thomas, MSN, RN, ACNP, CHFN

Craig has been a heart failure/ cardiovascular nurse since 2001, working as a bedside nurse, Nurse Manager and now an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in the Heart Failure program as well as Clinical Instructor in Nursing for UVA School of Nursing. He received his BS degree in Biology from James Madison University, his BSN, MSN and post-Master's ACNP from University of Virginia. He is certified as a Clinical Nurse Specialist, and Acute Care NP by American Nurses Credentialing Center and as a Heart Failure Nurse from American Association of Heart Failure Nurses.

Craig has been heavily involved in heart failure readmission reduction strategies, remote monitoring and transitional care strategies for UVAMC. He has first-hand knowledge of the impact nursing care has on patient transitions.
Heart Failure (rEF and pEF): Putting Guidelines into Practice
March 9, 2018, 4:00 pm

Sandra Hearn, MSN, CPNP

Sandra Hearn, a retired US Navy Captain of 30 years, served as the Chief Nursing Officer at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA. As a pediatric nurse practitioner, she served a 7-month tour in Afghanistan providing primary care to Afghan children under austere conditions. As the Medical Operations officer aboard the USNS COMFORT hospital ship, she coordinated 20,000 + primary care visits and surgeries in 12 South American countries with the Ministries of Health during the Partnerships of the Americas Humanitarian mission. Mrs. Hearn, is completing her doctoral studies in Advance Practice at Old Dominion University and enjoying some free time before launching into her next adventure.
Intervention: Measuring Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Intent to Support Maternal Breast Feeding
March 9, 2018, 4:00 pm

Loretta Vece, DNP, FNP-BC

I have a Doctor of Nursing Practice as a Family Nurse Practitioner. As a doctoral student, I was awarded an American Association of Nurse Practitioner (AANP) grant for my project where I developed and launched an integrated oral healthcare program into the Mason and Partners safety-net clinics. This included process development, referral collaboration, and establishment of interprofessional education with the Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) dental hygiene program. Additionally, I developed best practice recommendations for inclusion of oral healthcare competencies into the nursing curriculum at George Mason University. My research and practice focus is on oral health and preventive care using evidence based best practice.
Oral Health for Adults with Chronic Illness, Diabetes and the Geriatric Population
March 9, 2018, 4:00 pm

Deena Hollingsworth, MSN, FNP-BC, CORLN

BSN 1971 Univ of Wyoming, MSN 1975 Univ of Colorado FNP- Marymount University 1998. Past president NVCNP , VCNP Board Current President Society of ORL-Head&Neck Nurses(SOHN), certified ORL-HN nurse ( CORLN)
The Ups and Downs of BPPV: How to Recognize and Treat this Common Peripheral Vertigo
March 9, 2018, 4:00 pm

Carolyn Rutledge, Ph.D., APRN, FNP-BC, FAAN

Carolyn Rutledge, PhD, FNP-BC is Professor and Associate Chair of Nursing at Old Dominion University (ODU) where she directs their Doctor of Nursing Practice program. Dr. Rutledge is a Professor of Family Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School where she maintained a clinical practice for 32 years and served in a faculty role for the medical school, family practice residency, and faculty development. She has published over 60 articles and served as an investigator on 32 grant applications totaling over $23 million focusing on new models of care such as telehealth to provide care to rural and underserved populations. She was the lead in developing the NONPF position paper on educating Nurse Practitioners in telehealth. Dr. Rutledge led the development of the Telehealth Certification for Providers and Educators, a national training programs for telehealth delivery and education. She is a sought-after national consultant in telehealth education and published the book, “Telehealth Essentials for Advanced Practice Nursing” in June 2020. She recently led the development of several “Gap” clinics for the homeless that are manned by nursing students from ODU and allow for collaboration with other professions via telehealth delivery. She is the Academic Director of the Center for Telehealth Innovation, Education, and Research (C-TIER) at ODU. In 2014, Dr. Rutledge received the SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award, the highest honor provided to faculty in Virginia.
Telehealth: A Tool for Empowering Nurse Practitioners and Optimizing Health Care
March 9, 2018, 5:30 pm

Rebecca Bates, DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Dr. Rebecca A. Bates is passionate about providing healthcare for vulnerable populations and believes healthcare is a right for all. She earned her DNP at Old Dominion University and has been a nurse since 2000 and a Family Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care since 2009. Her DNP research explored nurse practitioner assessment of adolescent psychosocial risk factors. During her doctoral program, she completed a health policy fellowship and remains active in state and federal health policy advocacy. She is the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners northern region co-chair of Government Relations. She has also engaged in global health advocacy and medical missions. In 2015, she left private practice and works for the Adams Compassionate Healthcare Network, a Free Clinic in Chantilly, Virginia, where she continues to precept NP students. In 2017, Rebecca received the VCNP Distinguished NP Award. Rebecca believes nurses must have a seat at the table to improve the health of individuals and communities throughout the world.
Telehealth: A Tool for Empowering Nurse Practitioners and Optimizing Health Care
March 9, 2018, 5:30 pm
Hot-Spotting in a Nurse Practitioner-Managed Free Clinic
March 10, 2018, 1:00 pm

Tina Haney, DNP, APRN, CNS

Dr. Haney has served as the PI and Co-Pi on several HRSA grants funded over 8 million dollars that have focused on preparing advanced practice nurses to care for the rural and underserved via telehealth technologies. Her research interests include preparing students and teams for interprofessional work with telehealth as a platform. She has a particular interest in telehealth etiquette and the human factors that can effect a telehealth visit. She has recently developed two instruments that measures providers' knowledge related to telehealth etiquette, and interprofessional teams telehealth performance specifically related to etiquette and human factors. She has published and presented her work at the state and national level. She is an Assistant Professor of Nursing and Old Dominion University and the Telehealth Manager at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, where she is assisting in the development of a new Telehealth department.
Telehealth: A Tool for Empowering Nurse Practitioners and Optimizing Health Care
March 9, 2018, 5:30 pm

Winifred Carson-Smith, J.D.

Windy Carson-Smith is an attorney who currently serves as CEO of Carson Company, LLC and administrator of Meiger Health, a home health company which serves patients with underlying behavioral and psychiatric illness. Windy also has and continues to provide support, guidance and assistance to advanced practice nurses and nursing organizations in their pursuit for independent practice.
Attorney Carson-Smith began working on advanced nursing practice issues over thirty (30) years ago when tasked to write legislation consolidating the regulation of health occupations in the District of Columbia. In doing so, she was the principal drafter of the District's Health Occupations Revision Act which contained some of the earliest independent practice provisions in the country. Knowing the provisions would face critique by the medical community, she authored the earliest nursing-related request for review on record by the Federal Trade Commission.
And over 25 years ago, Attorney Carson-Smith crafted and initiated the grassroots campaign which led to DEA recognition and regulation of independent nurse prescribers. Attorney Carson-Smith identified, advocated and promoted use of the FTC to address anticompetitive practices against advanced practice nurses while serving as counsel to the American Nurses Association.
Attorney Carson-Smith has testified before Congress and numerous federal agencies; individually submitted federal and state comments on regulations; visited almost every state in the Union, lecturing, speaking or assisting state nurse associations with advanced practice legislation. And served as liaison to the DEA and the National Practitioner Databank for the American Nurses Association.
She had also participated in lawsuits related to NP and advanced nursing practice.
The author of several chapters and articles on the law and regulation of nursing practice, Carson-Smith has served on numerous nursing and health editorial boards; and is one of two non-nurses to have been recognized by Nurse Practitioner Magazine on the 25th anniversary of advanced practice.
She has spent her career working on issues related to nursing and advanced practice.
Carson-Smith continues to advocate for advanced practice through social media, including a FB page and podcasts dedicated to advanced nursing practice.
Advanced Practice Nursing in the 21st Century: New Threats New Opportunities
March 10, 2018, 8:00 am

Carolyn Engelhard, MPA

Carolyn Long Engelhard directs the Health Policy Program in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and holds the academic rank of associate professor in both the School of Medicine and in the Frank Batten School of Public Policy and Leadership. Professor Engelhard's academic activities include analyzing and monitoring changes in health policy at the federal and state governmental levels and teaching in both the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Medicine. Ms. Engelhard co-authored a book looking at the myths surrounding the U.S. health care system, completed a national project in conjunction with the nonpartisan Urban Institute examining the use of public policies to reduce obesity, and contributed a textbook chapter examining the effect of the new law on health care organizations. More recently, Professor Engelhard co-directed a national webinar featuring health policy experts and students across four universities, and has been a contributing health policy expert for the web-based news journal, TheHill.com, since 2014.
From ObamaCare to TrumpCare
March 10, 2018, 9:45 am

Catherine Tierney, RN, MS, ACNP-BC

Graduated Masters in Trauma/ Critical Care University of Maryland, 1998
CV Surgery Nurse Practitioner Virginia Hospital Center since 1999
Adjunct Faculty AG-ACNP Masters program Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies since 2011.
Currently Pursuing DNP at Duke University
Caring for the Patient Post Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: What ICU Providers Need to Know
March 10, 2018, 2:15 pm

Beth Uzzle, MSN, CNM

Beth Uzzle has a wealth of experience with perinatal topics and well-woman gynecology/ family planning. She has over 30 years of experience as a full-scope CNM. Her sense of humor and down-to-earth style make her a popular instructor, clinical preceptor, and guest speaker on a variety of topics. She enjoys cooking, camping, and spending time with her family. When she is not providing clinical CNM care, she operates Uzzle Consulting which provides expert witness services in a variety of nursing specialties. Highly sought after as a standard of care expert for both defense and plaintiff cases involving CNM care. With three adult children, 4 step-children, and three spoiled dogs she lives in Elizabeth City, NC, but works at multiple locations both there and in Tidewater VA.
Pills, Rings, and Other Things: Helping Clients Choose Contraception Wisely
March 10, 2018, 2:15 pm

Laura Leahy, DrNP, APRN, FAANP

Inducted as a 2017 Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Dr Laura Leahy is an honors Graduate of Duke University, the University of Pennsylvania & Drexel University, where she received her doctoral degree in nursing, focusing on Premenstrual Symptom Exacerbation in Women with Psychiatric Comorbidities, Dr Leahy is Certified as a Child/Adolescent & Adult Psychiatric & Addictions Advanced Practice Nurse, specializing in individual, couples and family therapy as well as pharmacogenetics and psychopharmacology, including the medical management of substance use disorders. She maintains specialization as a Master Clinician in Psychopharmacology through the Neuroscience Educational Institute. Dr Leahy is also the first Advanced Practice Nurse to receive her DEA-X Waiver to prescribe buprenorphine as a medication assisted treatment to combat the opioid epidemic. With almost 30 years experience as an Advanced Practice Nurse & Therapist, Dr Leahy founded APNSolutions, LLC, a holistic Advanced Practice Nurse managed private practice located in Southern New Jersey
Dr Leahy maintains a faculty position as an Advanced Senior Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania-School of Nursing. She is also Course Instructor for the Post-Doctoral Master's Degree in Psychopharmacology Program at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Dr Leahy regularly precepts graduate nursing students from universities across the country.
In addition to being a prominent clinician and educator, Dr Leahy has been an invited lecturer for numerous Local, Regional, and National conferences. She is the Psychopharmacology Section Editor for the Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services. She has published The Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Nurses (2013); the first nurse edited and authored text published through the American Psychiatric Association, and Pocket Psych Drugs: A Point of Service Clinical Guide (2010) as well numerous nursing text book chapters and journal articles.
The Addicted Brain
March 10, 2018, 2:15 pm

Amy Johnson, DNP, FNP-C

I currently work as an FNP for Centra Medical Group - Bedford. I received my DNP from Radford University in 2013; I also have a BSN from Radford, an Associate Degree in Emergency Health Services from Jefferson College of Health Sciences and a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science from Virginia Tech. Having lived on a farm my entire life, my graduate work focused on raising awareness of and preventing agricultural injuries. I am an AgriSafe provider, a certification that recognizes healthcare providers who have obtained additional training in occupational health concerns in the agricultural population; and I recently completed recognition as an Agricultural Nurse Scholar. I have delivered many presentations across the state of Virginia on agricultural trauma and providing medical care to the farming population, including Fire-EMS agencies, Farm Bureau organizations and the Virginia EMS Symposium. I am active in advocating for agricultural policy, currently serving on my local Farm Bureau Board of Directors. I also serve as Medical Advisor on the Board of Directors for Moneta Rescue Squad and was the 2017 Advanced Practice Provider of the Year for Centra Bedford Memorial Hospital.
The Food Revolution: Do You Know What You Are Eating?
March 10, 2018, 2:15 pm

Tammy Maloney, FNP-BC, DNP, AE-C

Characteristics of Nurse Practitioners Assessing Intimacy in COPD, Abstract". Poster presented at Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Albuquerque, NM ( November, 2015).
Character is of NPs Assessing Intimacy in COPD". Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners, Homestead, Va March, 2016.
"Tools of the Trade for Pulmonary Patients" presentation for Tidewater Region Nurse Practitioner 2014
"Pulmonary Illnesses" Guest lecturer for Old Dominion University NP program.
Understanding Respiratory Devices in Primary Care
March 10, 2018, 2:15 pm

Olivia Newby, DNP, FNP-BC, CDCES, FAANP

Dr. Olivia Newby has practiced as a family nurse practitioner for over 25 years. She is a certified diabetes educator, for over 10 years, in an urban primary care medical practice and a 'Prevent Type 2' certified lifestyle coach; diabetes has been forefront in her clinical practice. Dr. Newby is an entrepreneur/owner of Healthy Living Center (HLC) in Norfolk, a nonprofit organization, where she focuses on implementing innovative ways to reduce the health disparity within the community by addressing social determinants of health. As president of HLC, her leadership for diabetes management achieved over 75% required goals, thus obtaining accreditation from the American Association of Diabetes Educator (AADE) and the Center for Disease Control "full recognition" and 100% achievement for their diabetes prevention program.
"Let's Get Real, Controlled A1c's Matter" The Three E's to Move the A1c: Educate + Empowerment + Efficacy
March 10, 2018, 3:45 pm

Marianne Beare Vyas, ANP-BC

Marianne has worked as a nurse practitioner in a neurosurgery practice in Northern Virginia for the last 8 years. Prior to that she was a neuro ICU nurse for 10 years. She defends her PhD at the end of March and will then be starting a post doctoral T32 position at Johns Hopkins University in their behavioral pharmacology department.
Cannabis in Clinical Practice: What Clinicians Need to Know
March 10, 2018, 3:45 pm

Clareen Wiencek, PhD, RN, ACNP, ACHPN

Over 17 years as a ACNP and over 10 years as a palliative care NP with specialty in the integration of palliative care and critical care.
Over 40 years of experience as a nurse, manager, educator and researcher in the care of acute and critically ill adults. Served as president of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) from July 2016 to June 2017. Currently work as the director of advanced practice programs at the UVA School of Nursing.
Primary Palliative Care: What Ever Nurse Practitioner Needs to Know
March 10, 2018, 3:45 pm

Cindy Zerfoss, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC

ACNP 17 years, past 5 in neurosciences at Centra, other experiences include critical care pulmonary and inpatient rehab with focus on TBI and SCI patients
Quality Improvement in Acute Stroke: How Functional Status Impacts Readmission and Reimbursement
March 10, 2018, 3:45 pm

Katie Page, MSN, CNM

Katie Page has been a Certified Nurse Midwife since 2009 when she graduated from Vanderbilt School of Nursing. She has worked in VA at Forest Women's Center since 2013. She is the team lead at Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital for ACNM Health Birth Initiative: Reducing Primary Cesarean Collaborative since 2016. She is also the Data Center Co-Lead for Collaborative beginning in 2018. Professionally, her current focus is on quality work, teaching, and issues related to professional liability and full practice authority. Katie loves spending time with her supportive husband and 2 daughters and serving in the community.
Reducing Primary Cesarean Birth through Bundle Implementation
March 10, 2018, 3:45 pm

Cecelia Koetting, OD, FAAO, ABO

Dr. Koetting practices at the secondary tertiary surgical center Virginia Eye Consultants in Norfolk, VA. Her primary focus is ocular disease specializing in anterior segment and corneal disease, neuro-optometry, and peri-operative care. She also partakes in clinical research and the maintenance of the referral network alongside the practices other optometrists. Dr. Koetting serves as the Externship Director and is adjunct faculty for several schools and colleges of optometry including Pacific University, MCPHS, Southern California College of Optometry, Salus University, Southern College of Optometry, and the University of the Incarnate Word.

Dr. Koetting is fellow in the American Academy of Optometry, a diplomate of the American Board of Optometry, communications chair for the Glaucoma Section of AAO, secretary for her local Tidewater Optometric Association, and an active member of AOA. After graduating from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis,TN in 2012, she completed a residency in Primary Care at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center in Ohio. Dr. Koetting lectures both locally and at national conferences for optometrists and has been published in Review of Optometry, AOA Focus and AOC.
Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease and Medication
March 11, 2018, 10:45 am