| The 4th NLN Technology Conference
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
October 29 - November 1, 2009
 CELEBRATE
HALLOWEEN with the Technology Experts in the City Edgar Allan Poe
Called Home!
The 4th NLN Technology Conference showcases state-of-the-art applications
of simulation, e-learning, informatics, and telehealth in presentations
delivered by nationally and internationally acclaimed speakers.
Join us as Patti Abbott discusses current federal initiatives, what
it means for nursing, and implications for nursing education. Take
a walk in Second Life with Diane Skiba and Judy Warren. Listen to
Pam Jeffries discuss three challenges to implementing simulation:
Framing, Facilitation, and Faculty. Learn about the federally funded
HRSA HITS Scholar Program and the accomplishments of the first two
groups of scholars in the HITS/HRSA grant program.
These plenary sessions, along with our concurrent sessions, will
keep you current in these rapidly evolving so you can prepare your
students to function in today’s
technology-rich health care environment.
Objectives
- Discuss federal initiatives in informatics and
their impact on nursing and nursing education.
- Implement the recommendations of the NLN's position
statement: Preparing the Next Generation of Nurses to Practice
in a Technology-rich Environment: An Informatics Agenda
- Incorporate
e-learning into classroom and clinical experiences
- Plan strategies to encourage faculty to embrace
simulation as a teaching/learning strategy
- Create a nurturing environment for effective integration
of informatics, telehealth, and simulation in the nursing curriculum.
- Describe how schools are using Second Life and
social networking.
- Discuss the purpose and goals of the HRSA funded
Health Information Technology grant, and the accomplishments of
the first two cohorts of scholars
This workshop addresses the following Core
Competencies for Nurse Educators©.
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