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2020-2021 Committee Members

Committee Role  2020 - 2021 Term
Chair

Jeanette Palermo (Thomas Jefferson)

Co-Chair

Lois Scipione (Temple)

Past Chair

Kelly Gallagher (Penn Medicine)

Director Member

Lindsey Ford (Geisinger Medical)

System Coordinator Member

Elizabeth Holbert (Penn State Hershey Medical Center)

Coordinator Member

Cathy Levonian (Thomas Jefferson)

New to Vizient Member

Ashley Iannazzo (UPMC)

Networking Lead  
Academic Partner

Jennifer Barton (Penn State College of Nursing)

Nurse Resident Lead

Lydia Kim (Penn Presbyterian Medical Center)

PA-AC Executive Director

Sarah Hexem Hubbard

PA-AC Manager Jennifer Horn
PA-AC Director of Nursing Professional Advancement Amy Ricords
PA-AC Coordinator Zaharaa Davood
 

 

 

 

Feb 25, 2019

PA-NRC Materials

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Spring Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - April 19, 2024

Theme: Saying the Right Thing is NOT Easy: How to Handle the Tough Situations 

Presentations included: 

  • Trauma-Informed Care presented by UPMC Central PA: Trauma-Informed Steering Committee, Lauren Brandon, LCSW, LMSW and Drew Krantz, PsyD, LPC, NCC, CATP
  • Stress First Aid: Caring for Ourselves and Each Other presented by Laura Ramsey & Kelly Fuddy, Staff Care Chaplains, Dept. of Pastoral Services, Penn State Hershey Medical Center
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Winter Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - January 26, 2024

Presentations included: 

  • Historical Look at How the New Graduate Nurse has Changed presented by Andrew Capalong MSN, RN, System Director of Workforce Development, Geisinger
  • Academic Accommodations: A Decade of Changes Panel
Panelist School of Nursing Type of Program
Rebecca Stoudt DNP, PhD, CRNA Associate Dean, Nursing Student Education Geisinger College of Health Sciences AD
Dr. Mary Jean Osborne, RN Nursing Program Director, Northampton Community College AD
Brianna N. Blackburn, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNE Instructor of Nursing/PhD Candidate
The Pennsylvania State University
Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
BSN
Cynthia L. Donell, MSN, RN Department Chair, Nursing 
Professor, Nursing
HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College
AD
Sandy Lakesa, EdD, RN, CNE Director, UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing Diploma
Mary Hanson-Zalot, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Jefferson College of Nursing 2nd degree BSN

5th Annual Educational Summit (IN-PERSON) - September 28, 2023

You Can Have It All: Your Nurse Residency Program Return on Investment

Presentations included: 

  • Retention: A Signature Return on Investment presented by Meg Ingram, MSN, RN

Examples of Nurse Residency Coordinator Work: Making a Difference to the Institution: 

  • Nurse Residency and Respiratory Therapy Collaborative presented by Anita Baldoni, MSN, RN, NPD-BC and Nora Scotch, BS RRT
  • Individual Learning Plan for Struggling Residents presented by Diane Murphy, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, PCCN-K and Karen Wilf, MSN, RN, PCCN
  • Road Trip to the Museum: Igniting Essential Skills presented by Jan Zillman, MSN, RN
  • Resiliency Education in NRP to Reduce Turnover presented by Kerry Maier, DNP, RN, NE-BC
  • Through the Eyes of Our Elders: Health Literacy presented by Amy Popp, BSN, RN, OCN and Delancy Zeller, MSN, RN, NPD-BC
  • Return on Investment: The Evidenced Based Practice Project presented by Robin George, BSN, RN

Examples of EBP: Making it Work for You

  • Anxiety Reduction Through Music presented by Jennifer Gorant, BSN, RN
  • Improving Perceived Stress with Aromatherapy presented by Lauren Hoch, RN, ADN
  • Say What Improving Nurse Communication with Patients presented by Kylee Miller, BSN, RN

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Summer Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - June 23, 2023

Presentations included: 

Can You Hear Us Now? A Feedback Tool presented by Christina Piroso MPH, MSN, RN, NPD BC, CPN and Allison, Moomaw, MSN, RN, NPD-BC

Nurse Educator Generalists Provide Night Shift Support presented by Joanna Dixon, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CEN

From Incivility to Engagement: Leveraging Workplace Civility Training presented by Elizabeth Holbert MSN, RN

Mentor SHIP: Structured Help in Projects presented by Delancy Zeller, MSN, RN, NPD-BC and Amy Popp, BSN, RN, OCN

Resident self-care: It’s a personal choice! presented by Deborah Lidey, MSN, RN and Courtney Nyoh, DNP, RN, CCRN-K, NPD-BC

Spring Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - April 28, 2023

Presentations included: 

Taking Clinical Judgement from the Classroom to the Clinical Unit presented by Janice Nash, DNP, RN

Preparing the Nurse Graduate for the NCLEX RN: The Academic Perspective presented by Brianna N. Blackburn, MSN, RN, CMSRN, NPD-BC, CNE

Corporate Best Practices Creative Strategies to Support this Milestone presented by Lindsey Ford DNP, RN, NPD-BC

Next Generation NCLEX: We Have Liftoff! presented by Jason A. Schwartz, MS

Winter Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - January 20, 2023

Moral Injury and It's Impact on the Nursing Workforce

Summer Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - June 10, 2022

In Case You Missed It: PA at Vizient, Part 2 

Spring Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - April 22, 2022

The Struggle is Real: Reinventing Nurse Residency 

Winter Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - January 28, 2022

VIRTUAL Educational Summit - November 5, 2021

Adapting to the New Normal: New Graduates and Preparing Them for Success

Spring Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - April 30, 2021

VIRTUAL Educational Summit - October 6, 2020

Spread the Wealth: How Solving Nurse Residency Issues Translates to All Nursing

Summer Quarterly Meeting (VIRTUAL) - June 26, 2020

Winter Quarterly Meeting (AHN Pittsburgh) - January 25, 2019

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Feb 15, 2019

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Feb 12, 2019

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