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(L to R) Dr. Daleen Penoyer of Orlando Health, Interim Dean Dr. Mary Lou Sole, Visiting Lecturer Dr. Kathi Mooney and Orlando Health Chief Nursing Officer Anne Peach Dr. Joan Shinkus Clark Dr. Peggy Reiley Orlando Health Nursing Lecture attendees Casey Shaouni (right) won a UCF gift basket at the Orlando Health Lecture
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Leadership in Practice Lectures address health care reform >>> The UCF College of Nursing kicked-off the spring and fall 2013 semesters with evening lecture events. In January, Dr. Peggy Reiley, senior vice president and chief clinical officer for Scottsdale Healthcare (Ariz.), discussed the implications of the Affordable Care Act on the role of nurse leaders, evaluated the forces necessitating health care reform, and identified opportunities for nurse leaders to get involved as the nation moves to a new model of accountability for “health care” versus “sick care.” Reiley said, “Shifts in the current health care system are largely cost related. Some of these issues include overtreatment, over-reliance on technology and coordination of care. Nurses are involved in many of these issues and will need to be part of the solution for the future.” In August, Dr. Joan Shinkus Clark, senior vice president and system chief nurse executive for Texas Health Resources in
Dallas – Fort Worth, discussed the prevailing industry response catalyzed by the Affordable Care Act, the key national, regional and local initiatives and trends in health care reform, and the role of innovation in transforming the health care delivery model. “Health care is always changing,” said Clark. “And it is so important for nurses and nurse leaders to keep up with that change. Our knowledge of health care reform must be current, and we must be able to adjust the way we deliver care to our patients and ensure better patient outcomes.” Both events were well attended. Florida Blue provides grant support to fund the UCF Leadership in Practice Lectures. “These lectures are important for expanding our knowledge as nurses,” said Joy Parchment, director of nursing strategy and implementation at Orlando Health and a student in UCF’s nursing PhD program. “I chose to attend because I want to continually broaden my
exposure to the latest evidence and research that influences decisions and affects the practice of nursing.” In addition to the evening community lectures, both guest lecturers taught an intensive seminar the following day. The seminars were exclusively for college faculty and students in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program, which includes nurse executives, advanced practice nurses, and students studying to become nurse practitioners.
practice. We want our nurse executives to better understand practice concerns because they are the ones developing the care environments in which clinicians practice. Also, we want our advanced practice nurses to better understand leadership issues because they are redesigning systems of care in both primary care and acute care settings,” explained Chase. In 2014, the college will host just one Leadership in Practice Lecture on Thursday, Jan. 9.
“Our Nursing Dr. KT Waxman Visiting Lecturer Leadership in Practice Dr. KT Waxman from the Lecture series coupled with the University of San Francisco will intensive seminar helps keeps discuss, “Advancing Nursing our DNP students abreast of Leadership: Key Business Skills key issues affecting health care,” for the Changing Health Care said Dr. Susan Chase, associate Environment.” dean for graduate affairs at the UCF College of Nursing. To register for this evening lecture, visit nursing.ucf.edu. • “Our goal with bringing together the three DNP tracks for these intensives is to bridge the gap between leadership and
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