5^th World Holistic Nursing Conference June 10-11, 2019 Helsinki, Finland

Prof. Dr. Ursula Walkenhorst is Vice President for Studies and Teaching at the University of Health in Bochum (NRW), where she is responsible for the field of occupational therapy. Previously, the educational and health scientist was Professor of Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld. Her scientific topics include professionalisation and academisation of health professions, interprofessionalism and interdisciplinarity in health professions in theory and practice, health-related university didactics. Ursula Walkenhorst is, inter alia, chairman of the committee 'Interprofessional training in the health professions' at the Society for Medical Education (GMA),

Health Sciences, Cosmetology, Nursing

Cathy Rodgers Ward, PhD, RN, NEA-BC is an experienced nurse executive and researcher and was most recently the Chief Nursing Officer for the past 18 years at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, designated three times as a Magnet facility. Dr. Ward also holds an appointment as clinical faculty in the UCLA School of Nursing. Her research has focused on the effects of nursing leadership on patient outcomes in hospitalized patients. Under Dr. Ward’s direction, UCLA achieved high patient satisfaction with overall quality of care ranking above the 90th percentile nationally and nurse satisfaction ranked above the 95th percentile. Dr. Ward has received many awards including the 2017 UCLA Leadership Award, 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, the 2015 Transformational Leadership Award at UCLA, and the United States 2011 Nurseweek National Management Nurse of the Year.

Health Service Research

Rauni Prittinen King, RN, MIH, BSN, CHTP/I, HNB-BC, is the co-founder and executive director of Guarneri Integrative Health, Inc. at Pacific Pearl La Jolla, California, U.S.A. An accomplished business woman, healthcare provider and instructor, she is the founder and president of Holistic and Integrative Medicine Resources Inc. and the president of Miraglo Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization that she founded. Rauni has over 20 years of experience in critical care nursing. A board member of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM), and served for four years on the Healing Beyond Borders Board of Directors. Rauni is founder and former director of Programs and Planning at the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in La Jolla, California and served as the nurse case manager for the Scripps Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease. She is a director and coordinator of national and international holistic and integrative medicine conferences for physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers.

Holistic Nursing, Healing Touch Practitioner and Instructor, Hypnotherapy

Dr. Elaine Fogel Schneider “wears many hats” as a practicing clinician in the fields of speech-language pathology, integrated alternative health, and dance-movement therapy, working in private practice, school-based services, and at the University. Her expertise is in areas of interdisciplinary assessments, social-emotional learning, communication disorders, infant bonding and attachment, early intervention, touch communication, speech sound production and counseling in addition to her teaching in the field of mind-body connections and touch. She is the creator of BeREALNow® (Be Ready Everyone and Learn Now), a curriculum using the 7 strategies presented in her best-selling book, 7 Strategies for Raising Calm, Inspired & Successful Children, promoting social-emotional well-being and success. She is also a best-selling co-author with Amazon.com and her newest book Confidence & Joy: Success Strategies for Kids With Learning Differences. is committed to each child reaching his or her full potential, confidently and joyfully, with parents being strong advocates for their children. Dr. Fogel Schneider is a practicing therapist, serving as a resource and coach to parents who have children with learning differences and special needs. She provides face to face therapy and telehealth for parents, professionals, and children. She is a faculty member at California State University, Los Angeles, a consultant to Long Beach Unified School District’s preschool assessment interdisciplinary assessment team, and early childhood programs. As a trainer, coach, and therapist, she enjoys being a resource for physicians, neonatal intensive care hospital units, families, and teachers offering strategies for building confidence and joy for children with differences, healing infants and strengthening families. She is an invited speaker and trainer for school districts, universities, and agencies in the United States and around the world, helping infants and young children with bonding and attachment issues, and children with developmental disabilities and differences. She speaks with teachers, nurses and university students on topics about self-care, reducing burn-out, and many other strategies for their own well-being. Dr. Fogel Schneider is a world-renowned trainer of doctors, nurses, university professors, educators in early childhood education, therapists, home visitors, and special educators for her TouchTime® strategies for bonding and secure attachment with infants and those who care for them. She is also a trainer and keynote speaker for profit and nonprofit organizations, school districts, early childhood programs, special education learning program administrators, foster care agencies, and home visitation programs about using 7 Strategies for Raising Calm, Inspired & Successful Children, including the BeREALNow® program in private schools, community schools, daycare centers, religious schools for children with or without special needs, and in the home. Dr. Fogel Schneider has utilized the BeREALNow® program in preschools with children with special needs, regular kindergarten classrooms, and homes. She is delighted to help others learn these simple strategies to reach their goals, inspiring teachers and providing training on ways to enrich their classrooms and assist children with self-regulation and social-emotional learning. In only five minutes a day, remarkable transformations take place. Dr. Fogel Schneider has written for popular magazines and professional journals, i.e., Parents Magazine, Massage Magazine, Tampa Times, Homeschool Handbook, Infants and Young Children, Young Exceptional Child, Zero to Three, Nurse Handbook, Speech-Language and California Speech-Language-Hearing Magazine, and more. She is featured on blogs and websites, i.e., parents.com, first5la, Speech Language and Hearing Association Perspectives, org, breezymama.com, nydailynews.com, Rasmussen.com, webtalkradio.com, brighthubeducation.com, and more.

integrated alternative health, dance-movement therapy,infant bonding and attachment, early intervention, touch communication

Irene Müller is a nurse for intensive care and has her expertise in family caregivers of patients with dementia. She acquired her Diploma at Humboldt-University to Berlin (Charité) and her PhD (Dr. phil.) at University for Health and Life Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology on the subject of caring family members of people with dementia. She focuses in her research on impact of homecare of demented family members on their informal caregivers. Since 2012, she holds a professorship for nursing science at the University of applied Sciences at Bielefeld (Germany). In her university teaching she concentrates on chronic care conditions

caregivers, Dementia, Nursing Science

Daphne van der Putten is a passionate midwife and the developer of Integral Pelvic Therapy as an answer of pathology in the obstretic care. In 2009 she graduated as a midwife and worked within all the ranges of the birthing field. As a midwife guiding home- births, but she also worked in a Academic centre attending the high- risk births. Working in a highly medical environment she tried to build bridges between the medical and the spiritual world. Nowadays she guides mostly home- births and works in her practise as a IPT- practitioner. She is also one of the developers of the training Integral Pelvic Therapy- education and is one of the founders, and a boardmember of the Integral Pelvic Therapy- association

Integral Pelvic Therapy, Birth and Boby Work, Midwifery

Dr. Usama Saleh has more than 16 years of experience and expertise in nursing clinical practice, clinical education, and academic leadership. He has enjoyed teaching at the graduate and undergraduate level for the past 15 years. Dr. Saleh assumed various positions starting as an RN caring for oncology patients, clinical instructor at the University of Kentucky, Oncology Clinical Educator, Director of Nursing Education Department at a King Fahad Medical City and a Nursing Department Chair at Herzing University. During his successful career, Dr. Saleh maintained contact with undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Saleh research interest is patient advocacy, leadership styles, and clinical competence. Dr. Saleh published several research articles. He presented his research activities at national and international conferences and meetings. Dr. Saleh is extremely committed to providing service to his department, field, and community. He has served as a reviewer for the Nursing Education Today Journal and an editorial member for the Journal of Nursing Research and Practice. In addition, Dr, Saleh is a member of the American Nurses Association and the National League of Nursing. Dr. Saleh research interest is patient advocacy, leadership styles, and clinical competence. Dr. Saleh published several research articles. He presented his research activities at national and international conferences and meetings. Dr. Saleh is extremely committed to providing service to his department, field, and community. He has served as a reviewer for the Nursing Education Today Journal and an editorial member for the Journal of Nursing Research and Practice. In addition, Dr, Saleh is a member of the American Nurses Association and the National League of Nursing.

nursing clinical practice,clinical education

Natasza Tobiasz-Kałkun has 14 years of experience in Nursing, diabetic research academic leadership

Lipohypertrophy, Diabetiss, Glycemia

Yoshiko Yamaguchi has received her Ph. D in Kyushu University, Japan. Currently, she is working as research associate in Home Care Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Kwassui Women’s University, Japan. She has successfully completed her responsibilities as reviewer for 11 papers from year of 2016 to 2017. She is serving as an editor of International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices and Journal of Comprehensive Nursing Research and Care. And she is honorary president of the scholarly association IAPHLSR: International Association for Promotion of Healthcare and Life-Science Research. She has been awarded as a best presentation of 7th International Conference on Healthcare, Nursing and Disease Management, 2016, Singapore. (Oral presentation), and as a best paper of Journal of Japan Academy of Nursing Administration and Policies, (Research article), 2013.

Nursing Research, Healthcare and Life science Research

Prof. (Dr) Usha Ukande, RNRM, PhD (N) is Professor and Principal, Choithram College of Nursing Indore, India. She did post doctorate on “Perceptions and experiences of Late Motherhood” in collaboration with Karolinska Institute, Sweden. She has around 45 years of professional experience on nursing practice, academic, research and administration. She is recipient of various awards and honor like, Gold Medal in academics & Hall of Fame by NHSI. She is credited with starting nursing education programs UG, PG and PhD at Choithram College of Nursing, Indore, India. She has published 45 scientific papers, presented nearly 50 scientific papers in national and international conferences.

Nursing education and practice