Conference Program​

 

Leading Systems Change

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The Fourth International Integrative Nursing Symposium was held from April 27-29, 2022. However, you may still view all Symposium presentations and earn continuing education contact hours through May 30 at 11:59 pm Central. Simply register for the Symposium​, and you'll have immediate access to all presentations.

 

Wednesday, April 27, 2022 – 2 to 4 p.m. Central

 

2:00 – 2:10 Welcome from the International Integrative Nursing Symposium Co-Chairs Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, FAAN and Mary Koithan, PhD, RN, CNS-BC, FAAN

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Opening Meditation

Angelica Walton, BSN, RN, CCRN

University of Minnesota Doctor of Nursing Practice - Integrative Health & Healing Student

 

2:10 – 2:35 Integrative Nursing: What is on the Horizon?

Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, FAAN,  Director, Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing, Professor, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota

 

2:33 – 2:45 “Integrative Nursing: A Mosaic of Images and Words”

Video montage

 

2:45 – 2:55 Break

 

2:55 – 3:55 Nurses and Health Equity

Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, NP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psycho-Oncology, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

 

3:55 – 4:00 Closing Comments

Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, FAAN and Mary Koithan, PhD, RN, CNS-BC, FAAN

 

Thursday, April 28, 2022 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Central

 

10:00 – 10:10 Welcome remarks

Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, FAAN and Mary Koithan, PhD, RN, CNS-BC, FAAN

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Opening Meditation

Loryann Fradejas, BSN, RN, CCRN

University of Minnesota Doctor of Nursing Practice - Integrative Health & Healing Student

 

10:10 – 11:20 Whole Person Leadership: Dismantling Racism Begins with Me

Rumay Alexander, EDD, RN, FAAN, Clinical Professor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

11:20 – 11:30 Break

 

11:30 – 12:30 Science Underlying Compassion and System Change

Steve Trzeciak, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair of Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

 

12:30 – 1:30 Break

 

1:30 – 3:15 Leading Systems Change: The University of California Irvine Health Experience Part I

Molly Nunez MSN, APRN, ACNP, Director of Clinical Operations, University of California Irvine, Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute and Susanlee Wisotzkey, PhD, RN, Director, Neuropsychiatry and Acute Rehabilitation University of California Irvine Health

 

3:15 – 3:30 Break

 

3:30-3:45 Q&A with Molly Nunez and Susanlee Wisotzkey

 

3:45 - 4:00 Closing Comments

Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, FAAN and Mary Koithan, PhD, RN, CNS-BC, FAAN

 

Friday, April 29, 2022 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Central

 

10:00 – 10:10 Welcome remarks

Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, FAAN and Mary Koithan, PhD, RN, CNS-BC, FAAN

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Opening Meditation

Johanna Gaskins, DNP, APRN, AGNP-C

 

10:10 – 11:00 Advancing Integrative Nursing: The Role of a Change Agent

Lori Knutson, MHA, BSN, RN, HNB-BC, Senior Director, Health System Redesign, Whole Health Institute

 

11:00 – 11:05 Break

 

11:05 – 12:00  Self-Care Superpowers Nurses Need to Lead Systems Change

Dorrie Fontaine RN, PhD, FAAN, Dean Emerita and Professor Emerita, University of Virginia School of Nursing

 

12:00 – 12:30  Break
 

12:30 – 1:30 Leading Systems Change: The University of California Irvine Health Experience Part 2

Molly Nunez MSN, APRN, ACNP, Director of Clinical Operations, University of California Irvine, Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute and Susanlee Wisotzkey, PhD, RN, Director, Neuropsychiatry and Acute Rehabilitation University of California Irvine Health

 

1:30 – 1:45 Break

 

1:45 – 2:30 Alignment of Integrative Nursing with Education and Practice Standards

Mary Koithan, PhD, RN, CNS-BC, FAAN, Professor and Dean, College of Nursing at Washington State University

 

2:30-2:45 Break

 

2:45 – 3:45 Planetary Health: An Integrative Approach to the Great Transition

Teddie Potter, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, Clinical Professor, Director of Planetary Health, University of Minnesota School of Nursing

 

3:45-4:00 Closing Comments

Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, FAAN and Mary Koithan, PhD, RN, CNS-BC, FAAN

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Continuing Education

Attendees will be able to earn nursing education contact hours for participating in the symposium. Washington State University College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.