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College of Nursing to showcase 2020 Vision for the Future of Health Care
Jan 10 2008National health care leaders, nursing educators, scholars, clinicians and students will discuss their vision for excellent health care at the 3rd Dorothy M. Smith Nursing Leadership Conference. The conference is scheduled for January 17 and 18, 2008 at the UF Health Professions/Nursing/ Pharmacy Complex.
The UF College of Nursing will bring together national health care leaders to discuss their vision of the education, research, practice and policy necessary to develop excellent health care by the year 2020.
This conference will present the latest data and trends related to the nursing shortage, nursing education and the impact of nurses on patient care. Also planned is a panel discussion on nurse work environments and strategies to improve patient outcomes, encouraging an interactive dialogue with the attending health care professionals.
Among the featured speakers are Dr. Joanne Disch, Director, International Center
for Nursing Leadership at the University of Minnesota; Ms. Bobbi Kimball, Healthcare Management Consultant and Executive Coach, and Senior Fellow at the Center for the Health Professions at the University of California San Francisco; and UF’s own Dr. Bruce Kone, Dean of the College of Medicine and Dr. Kathleen Long, Dean of the College of Nursing, who will be jointly presenting about challenging the status quo in health professions education.
Registration now underway! To register, visit www.conferences.ufl.edu/nur or for more information, contact Tracy Wright at 352-273-6421 or e-mail tracyb@ufl.edu
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