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

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

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

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

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

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

Seth Dressekie is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMH-NP); he has been a Registered Nurse for 30 years and a Nurse Practitioner for four years. He is Veteran of the United States Army. He currently works as a Nurse Practitioner for the New York City Department of Social Services and has his own practice in Valley Stream, New York a suburb of New York City. Mr. Dressekie has been a member of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) for 15 years and has been on the Board of Directors for the past four years.

Psychiatric Mental Health

Dr. Ravi Gutta completed his Internal Medicine residency, MD and Allergy & Immunology Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, USA. He was proctor for his internal medicine board exams during his residency, chief fellow during his fellowship and graduated in the top ten percent in the country for both his Internal Medicine and Allergy and Immunology board exams. He is American Board Certified in Allergy and Immunology and Internal Medicine. Dr. Ravi was in tertiary referral academic practice at the University of California at Irvine (UCI) with a distinguished career as Head of Adult and Pediatric Allergy clinics and Program Director for Allergy and Immunology Fellowship (the youngest Allergy and Immunology Fellowship program director in the USA). He has mentored many medical students, residents and fellows and has been President of Orange County Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. He was Head of Immunological Clinical trials, Clinical Research for his speciality of Allergy and Immunology at UCI and has published many articles in his field. He was in charge of unique clinics for chronic cough, eosinophilic esophagitis and food allergy. He was certified CME speaker for his speciality in southern California, spoke at many universities, community hospitals on allergy topics, and was also on national speaking circuit for various allergy and immunology initiatives. Dr. Ravi was part of Jeffry Model Primary Immunodeficiency Clinical Center as well as IVIG Infusion Clinic at UCI and was part of the post graduate education committee at UCI. He is very active member of the American Academy Of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI), American College Of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI), Joint Council Of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (JCAAI)

Primary Immunodeficiency, Allergic Rhinosinusitis, Allergen Immunotherapy, Complex Asthma, Chronic Cough Skin Allergy: Atopic Dermatitis, Chronic Urticaria Food Allergy, Eosinophilic Esophagitis Drug Allergy: Penicillin Allergy , Allergy to CT Radiocontrast media Systemic Mastocytosis

Academics: MSc in Leadership in Health Professions Education, University of Sharjah (UAE) & Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (2017), Bachelor degree in General Nursing (BSN), RAK MHSU – UAE (2010), Bachelor degree in Management Science (Public Administration), Al Yarmouk University, Jordan (1996), General Nursing Diploma, Nussaiba Almazeniah College for Nursing and Midwives, Jordan (1990), Professional Diploma in Health Education (Clinical Instructor), Italian Project, Jordan (2000) Accreditation: Life support instructor course, Dubai Health Authority, Medical Education Department, 2016, Competences for Nurse Manager, Dubai Health Authority, Medical Education Department, 2014, Train the trainer course (T.O.T) Certified Trainer, ALPH UK training academy - HRD Academy UK,Dubai Campus, 2014

Nursing education programs, Nursing fundamental, Medication management, Pain assessment and management, Peripheral Intravenous Therapy, Infection control, First aid (BLS instructor), Patient family rights & Confidentiality Agreement, Nursing Documentation and Nursing Care Plan, Professionalism among Nurses and Midwives, Hospital Policies: Patient and Family education; Core Policies - Admission, Transfer, Discharge, Performance Appraisal/Competency Skill List and Job description, Nursing leadership, Nursing education, Lippincott competency procedure, Mosby competency procedure

Mohammad zeyad lutfi shaban, Clinical instructor nurse, have a wide experience in many countries for more than 15 years, his experience focus on clinical areas and critical care situation, with focusing on high standard quality of nursing care and critical thinking. Dealing with all levels of nurses, starting on preparing nurses for graduating programmers, joining to hospital, excellent working, preparing of promotion, cooperation with head nurses and unit managers, supporting nursing office and coordinate with CNO for annual plans or strategist. As nurse, his working experience was focusing on different areas, Medical surgical, Emergency and critical care area, then he start interesting in life support courses particularly with great efforts he put in saving lives, he start taking life support instructor courses (BLS, ACLS, PALS) with American heart association, also he is a First aid instructor with High field British association, now consider as senior life support instructor. Now he is a running orientation program of new joining nurses, and performs competencies annually, conducting CME, CNE, speaker and coordinator in conferences, participating in frequent international conferences and with honor of best speaker frequently.

Clinical areas and Critical Care situation

Dr. Jothi Clara J Micheal had her professional journey over the past 28 years reaching pinnacle positions in both academia and clinical services, challenging various capacities and leadership majority in India and few years abroad. Her areas of interest and research accomplishments have been on women’s health, quality of care, accreditation and nursing profession. Present Placement:(From December 2017- Till date) Chief Clinical Governance officer, Kauvery Hospital, Corporate Office (from September 2009), she has functioned as the Chief of Nursing, at the Nursing Directorate of the Global Hospitals Chennai and elevated to Group Director of Nursing for Global Hospitals of India (2013) and further got her position expanded to Director - Nursing & Quality Gleneagles Global Hospitals India in 2016 representing Indian operations Division for PPL. She has been instrumental in the designing and setting up of the Directorate of Nursing with four fold dimension - Practice, Education, Research and Administration. She has lead the team with system building, branding, to bring nursing at Global Hospitals to visibility, and has been a key person in restructuring and reframing nursing care and practice at Global Hospital Chennai group for NABH & JCI Accreditation. She has standardized nursing care with Evidence Based implementation of Nursing Care and has developed strategic plans for nursing, being a member in the Senior Leadership Team and the Strategic Planning Team of Global Hospital Groups. She was instrumental in establishing MoU between GHC and University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh USA, RCSI Bahrain, Birmingham University, UK and with SQU CON, Sultanate of Oman. She prepared and qualified the 4 hospitals for NABH Nursing Excellence (NE) Certification with First in Tamilnadu State, First in Telangana state and First in Karnataka state.

Women’s health, Quality of care, Accreditation and Nursing profession

Sharadha Ramesh is the Director um Professor in Symbiosis College of Nursing, India. Her academic awards include Unnamalai Achi general proficiency prize 2000, Sigma Theta Tau – Eta Pi Research award from USA received for the year 2008 for the best thesis.“CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE” for the outstanding achievements and remarkable role in the field of education in the year 2010. NATIONAL MAHILA RATHNA GOLD MEDAL AWARD, in the year 2010 by International Institute of Education & Management, New Delhi. Best research paper award for the year 2010 in the International Nurses Conference conducted by Omayal Achi College of Nursing in association with Saskatchewan University, Canada. In recognition of Academic Excellence and Outstanding contribution to Research an award, she received in the year 2013 from the International Centre for Collaborative Research and Alumni Association Omayal Achi College of Nursing Chennai. Received the best research paper award in World wide Nursing Conference held at Singapore in July 2017. She have presented a total of 148 Papers on invitation in various national and International conference forums inside and outside India.9 papers on invitation outside my country. Her Publications is about 59 which includes indexed, peer reviewed and Scopus journals. She is in the Doctoral committee of various Universities. She is also the Institutional Scientific Review Board Chair, Research Advisory Committee Chairman and Institutional Ethical committee Chairperson for UG & PG Students. She is the Board of studies member, Academic council, Senate member, Human ethics committee, University Library committee member, University Research Advisory member in couple of Universities.

Correlation of dysthmia and yoga practice among women

A Senior healthcare Executive, Graduate of AUB School of Nursing with a diverse background in Clinical nursing, quality management, Strategic & operational management in Healthcare for around 38 years, my career history includes leading hospital-wide initiatives in quality improvement, risk management, executing strategies, initiating innovative and transformative projects, and building performance excellence. Headed efforts to obtain JCIA accreditation and Magnet Accreditation at AUB Medical Center in Lebanon and International Medical Center in( KSA), and lately in Taiba hospital ( Kuwait), My current role as an Advisor to the CEO at Makassed General Hospital Lebanon, allows me to utilize my skills and abilities for the best outcomes.

Clinical nursing, quality management, Strategic & operational management in Healthcare

Hicran Çavuşoğlu has received bachelor’s degree in nursing from Hacettepe University School of Nursing in 1981, MS in 1983, PhD in 1989 from Hacettepe University Institute of Health Sciences Nursing Program. She received Certificate of Education in 1981 from Hacettepe University Faculty of Education. She began her career as a staff nurse in 1981 at the Hacettepe University Children’s Hospital. She was appointed to the Assistant Professor position in 1991 and gained her Associate Professorship in 1994 and Professorship in 2002 in Pediatric Nursing. She has been working as the Head of Pediatric Nursing Department since 1998 at the Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Science Nursing Department. She was the Editor of Nursing Science Section of Türkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Science between 2006-2010 and she has been the Editor of Türkiye Klinikleri Journal of Nursing Science since 2009. She is the founding president of Ankara Office of Pediatric Nursing Association established in 2007 president of the Ankara Office of Pediatric Nursing Association. She attended 5th International Pediatric Nursing Courses held by Dina Academic School of Nursing and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel between June 17 and August 7- 1999, Ravin Medical Center in Petach Tikva. She received second prize award from 24th Annual Pediatric Nursing Congress, Las Vegas, Hilton Otel, “Problems of Siblings of Children with Leukemia”, June 26-28 (Poster Presentations). She had been in Molloy College as visiting scholar for attending Independent Study Course NUR 599 and she had been attended various education activities, July 6-19 2010, New York

Nursing

Jill Furillo became a registered nurse in 1985 and has worked as an Emergency Room nurse, an organizer, the Executive Vice President of the RN Division of 1199, and the national bargaining director of National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the U.S., among other roles. As government relations director of the California Nurses Association, Furillo led the lobbying effort that successfully shepherded the country's first safe nurse-to-patient ratios through the California legislature. Building on this groundbreaking legislation, Furillo worked on behalf of thousands of nurses as a chief negotiator and strategist at NNU to win comprehensive safe staffing standards in collective bargaining agreements in states from Nevada to Florida. Furillo joined NYSNA as executive director in 2012 in order to work with the newly elected Board of Directors and rank and file activists to help transform NYSNA into a progressive voice and union for registered nurses throughout New York. Under this new leadership, NYSNA launched a campaign to keep hospitals open, winning a moratorium on all hospital closures in the state until such time as an accurate and complete assessment of the health needs of distressed communities is carried out.

Nursing, Healthcare

Dr Anjan Bhattacharya has worked in the field of Paediatrics, Neonatology and Developmental Paediatrics both in India and the UK for last 28 years, 12 years of that being in the UK. While working in London, he has developed special interest in Developmental Paediatrics. The Child Development Centre of Apollo Gleneagles Hospital has become a reality with his sheer determination. It is India’s first integrated Child Development Centre in corporate healthcare sector, implications of which reverberates now and in days to come. He has been chosen as one of the 27 experts in the world, by the WHO (World Health Organization) International to provide his expert input in an international consensus meeting at Vancouver, Canada in June, 2013 where for the first time in the world, core standards are being set on ICF (International Classification of Functionality) for children. Vancouver model will now be applied in all Paediatric conditions all over the world and by WHO following this pioneering work. World’s pioneering model is in Cerebral Palsy. He has now leading the multicentric international research for our WHO regions on this pioneering topic and has successfully completed this, the findings of which were presented in a prestigious international conference in Stockholm, Sweden, patroned by Her Royal Highness, Crown Princess Victoria. He has skills in assessing children’s mental development using Griffiths tool and Bayleys tool for children. He also has expertise in leading multidisciplinary assessment and management of children with complex disabilities. A part of this includes specific diagnostic assessment tools for children with Autism. He is trained in diagnostic evaluation of such children with the Internationally Gold Standard Assessment Tools like Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule [ADOS] and Autism Diagnostic Interview – Revised [ADI-R] techniques. He often led a multi-professional team of Paediatric Tube Feeding team at Newham University Hospital in London and has efficiently managed children on long term Gastrostomy or Nasogastric Tube Feeding Regimes. He has done his clinical observership on Paediatric Epilepsy at the esteemed Great Ormond Street Hospital [GOSH] for Children at London for more than1½ years before returning to India. He was the “Named Doctor”for adoptive children. He is an Examiner for MRCP, UK examinations for children from the UK, as well as DCH, UK India Examination initiative of RCPCH, UK. He is a Fellow of this Royal College of the UK. He is also the course co-ordinator and the affiliate tutor of the DCH/IPPC course for Sydney University, Australia. He acted as international expert on medicolegal case to Singapore. He has been awarded Pioneer Award by Indian Academy of Pediatrics, East Zone Branch and Bharat Jyoti Award by India International Friendship Society. He is part of the task force of Indian Academy of Pediatrics’ Central Office to develop the training module nationally for the Paediatricians. This is IAP President’s 5-year Action Plan. Dr. Bhattacharya, with his 7 national colleagues, are completing training the senior child specialists throughout India at present on Emotional Intelligence promotion in Indian children. As part of School Health Programme, he regularly used to write statutory reports for the London schools for children with health and developmental conditions, which were followed statutorily by the school and the Local Educational Authorities.

Pediatrics,

Dr. Yoshiko Yamaguchi has received her PhD in. Kyushu University during the period of 2013-2016. 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 a reviewer of The Open Nursing Journal, Archives of Nursing Practice and Care, Journal of Nursing and Women’s Healthcare and LIFE: International Journal of Health and Life-Sciences. She has authored a research articles on International Journal of Nursing Studies in Dec, 2016. She is an editor of LIFE: International Journal of Health and Life-Sciences. 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.

Healthcare, Nursing and Disease Management

Luigina Mortari is Dean of the Department of Human Sciences of the University of Verona. She is full professor in Epistemology of Qualitative Research. Her main research fields are: epistemology and qualitative methods in educational research, epistemology and qualitative methods in nursing research, the evaluative research in educational contexts, the practice of caring in educational settings

Care is today a widespread term, but its meaning is not clear. One evident fact is that caring is fundamental in life, given that, without caring, life could not flourish. Therefore it is essential achieve a valid theory of good caring that illuminates in its essence the entity of a human being and how it is necessary to take care of human existence. The lacking of a full and complete being that characterizes human life at the same time opens up to the being, to further not predefined existential possibilities; to exist means to be called upon to embody these possibilities. Giving body to the potentiality of our being requires care; therefore caring for life also means committing to achieve our potential for a fully human life, one that is worthy of being lived. To define the essential qualities of care in nursing involves to develop a discussion process capable of showing that care is not only an obligation that the subject has towards him/herself, but that there is a relational dimension of care, a dimension that is ontologically necessary, and since it is ontologically necessary to interpret cure in relational terms, caring for others has all the features of becoming an ideal of existence. In order to define this issue this presentation will present the line of a rigorous theoretical analysis recursively related to a rigorous empirical research. Through this it will be achieved a descriptive theory of caring based on well-pondered arguments and on the results of our investigation aimed.

Alice Jane Haines has obtained her BSN from West Virginia Wesleyan College and her Master of Science in Nursing Education and Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Pittsburgh. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Acute and Tertiary Care at the University of Pittsburgh. She has worked for 33 years in Nursing and has 25 years of Nursing Education experience. She has also worked as a Staff Nurse for more than 5 years on a Lung Transplant Step-down Unit. Caring for Lung Transplant recipients and their caregivers is truly her passion.

Low molecular weight and unfractionated heparin have long been effective interventions to prevent and treat clots. Potential complications of this therapy includes bleeding, clotting or heparin Induced thrombocytopenia. Frequent monitoring of lab work is critical to maintain positive patient outcomes. When assessing therapeutic levels of unfractionated Heparin, two laboratory tests are available; the Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) and the Anti-Factor Xa Assay. The aPTT has been the gold standard for monitoring IV heparin for more than 50 years. It is cost-effective and familiar to most personnel. However, it has no standard result. Each hospital has their own therapeutic range based on equipment that is available. It was determined that a “normal therapeutic ” result was obtained when the patient’s aPTT was 1.5-2.5 times the control. This is now considered to be an unsafe assumption because in many cases, as the patient is actually sub-therapeutic when within this range. The Anti-Factor Xa Assay is recommended for monitoring unfractionated heparin by both the American College of Chest Physicians and the College of American Pathologists. Advantages of this test include less blood needed for the test, shorter time to therapeutic goal, fewer dosage adjustments and laboratory tests,. This may decrease hospital length of stay. Disadvantages include cost, initial errors form a learning curve and that after the blood has been obtained.the test must be completed within 1 hour The presenters will conclude by discussing how a major health system converted from the aPTT to the Anti-Xa Assay.

Jean D. Pawl is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Biobehavioral Department of Nursing at Augusta University. She completed her PhD in nursing prior to consolidation while teaching in the former Department of Nursing on the liberal arts campus. She served as the interim program director of the BSN program at Augusta State University after the program director resigned with the announcement of consolidation. She led the relocation of faculty and students to the Health Sciences Campus and participated in the weekly task force. She is a certified nurse educator with 20+ years of academic experience.

Leading change to create a singular identity between two diverse cultures is challenging. During a consolidation of two Bachelors of Science in Nursing programs, the ADKAR Change Management Model provided a framework for guiding and assisting individuals through the change process. By examining Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Abilities, and Reinforcement, leadership can foster the desired behavior by assessing individual needs to promote new ways of thinking and working. Each of the five sequential areas of focus presents with unique challenges that may need to be addressed by leadership. Behaviors exhibited in each element during this consolidation illustrate the concepts and measurements used by leadership to move the consolidation efforts forward. When the five elements are achieved, faculty are engaged and energized; however, if any element is weak or missing, the change progression can be undermined and halted. Lessons learned by leadership involved in the consolidation of these two programs included: respect and patience is needed as individuals move through transitional change at different paces; clear, honest and frequent communication is imperative; allow faculty to participate and help with problem solving; and to realize that losses continue in many forms, yet remember to celebrate the successes.

Lori S. Anderson is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs at Augusta University College of Nursing. As Associate Dean, she ensures quality and excellence of the college’s nursing programs and provides leadership and vision in the development, implementation and evaluation of all academic programs. During consolidation, she led various faculty teams with the creation of the BSN curriculum and was instrumental with the various accreditation requirements that ensued. She has over twenty-nine years of nursing experience in various roles ranging from staff to administration and academia.

Leading change to create a singular identity between two diverse cultures is challenging. During a consolidation of two Bachelors of Science in Nursing programs, the ADKAR Change Management Model provided a framework for guiding and assisting individuals through the change process. By examining Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Abilities, and Reinforcement, leadership can foster the desired behavior by assessing individual needs to promote new ways of thinking and working. Each of the five sequential areas of focus presents with unique challenges that may need to be addressed by leadership. Behaviors exhibited in each element during this consolidation illustrate the concepts and measurements used by leadership to move the consolidation efforts forward. When the five elements are achieved, faculty are engaged and energized; however, if any element is weak or missing, the change progression can be undermined and halted. Lessons learned by leadership involved in the consolidation of these two programs included: respect and patience is needed as individuals move through transitional change at different paces; clear, honest and frequent communication is imperative; allow faculty to participate and help with problem solving; and to realize that losses continue in many forms, yet remember to celebrate the successes.

Prof. Congiunti is Directress of International Society of St. Thomas Aquinas (SITA), Corresponding Academician of Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas and Member of Scientific Committee of Vatican Foundation STOQ “Science, Theology and the Ontological Quest”. Since 2007, she has thaught “Introduction to Ethics” in John Carroll University at Vatican City.

There are some philosophical notions connected to nursing and healthcare, such as compassion, vulnerability and happiness. Compassion isn’t only a feeling, but it is a moral virtue, and vulnerability isn’t only an accident but it is a weakness of ontic character. For a clearer analysis of compassion and vulnerability we need a clear philosophical anthropology. Materialistic monism and spiritualist dualism try to explain the essence of human beings, but only an ontologically based Personalism is capable of an explanation: human beings are a unified whole of body and soul. Humanity consists not only in being-human but also in becoming human, making one-self human, drawing ever closer and better to what we are. We are human beings: this is a fact. We are imperfect: this is a fact. So our being-human is bit simply a fact, but it is a task. Our end is to realize the potential implicit in our humanity, by developing ourselves in the direction indicated by our humanity. Finally, happiness consists in this task of “humanization.”

Prof.Dr. Gülten Kaptan ;graduated from Istanbul / Maltepe High School in 1977. She completed the university education in Hacettepe University Nursing High School between 1978-1983 .Between 1985 and 1993, she worked as a research assistant and lecturer in Cumhuriyet University Nursing High School. In 1989 she had master degree in fundamentals of nursing from the same university. Between 1993-1995, she worked as a lecturer at Van 100. Yıl University Health Services Vocational High School Nursing Department. She received Ph.D. degree in Internal Medicine Nursing from Hacettepe University Institute of Health Sciences in 1997. She worked as an assistant professor at Celal Bayar University School of Health in 1997 and served as an assistant professor in 1997 at Celal Bayar University Health Services Vocational School Nursing Department. In 2005, she had been assoc.prof.degree. Kaptan ,also served as the Director of the Institute of Health Sciences at Celal Bayar University and the Director of the School of Health at the same university and as the Manager of Nursing Services at the Celal Bayar University Educational Research Hospital. She worked as a professor / manager at Istanbul Arel University School of Health Sciences. She is still working as a vocational college manager at Beykoz University. KAPTAN, have many national and international publications and books in internal medical nursing area.

Nursing

Anita Comfort

Nursing

Aline Neutzling Brum is a Brazilian Ph.D scientist, graduated in biological science since 1997, when started to investigate tropical agriculture and rural development. She started her studies focusing in herd modeling and biostatistics looking for alternatives toquality life improvement. During the last ten years she was based on GAUG University in Germany participating in research for tropical areas. Actually she is occupying a PD position at Nursing School at Federal University of Pelotas in Brazil when started study public health and drugs consumption.

An observational, cross-sectional and descriptive study aimed at establishing quantitative indicators to help monitor and evaluate the effects of the new Uruguayan policy of regulating the Cannabis market on aspects of drug use practices in 9 municipalities in the Brazilian border zone with Uruguay. The urban area of each municipality was divided into seven strata for which routes were defined to be covered for seven days, in the morning, afternoon and evening shifts. Between January and March 2016, the data were collected through a semi-structured instrument of observation of consumer practices, which sought to ascertain the profile of the places where the consumption was carried out, as well as the characteristics of the users observed. Data collection was complemented with the application of georeferencing and photographic registration. A total of 667 users of Cannabis were observed, most of whom were young people aged 15 to 25 (84.1%), male (91.7%) and white (65.8%). With predominant use in the night shift (64.2%), being 91.4% the use of shared type. At the time of use it was observed that 21.2% used alcohol and 27.8% tobacco. For a faithful portrayal of patterns of drug use in the border area and possible changes resulting from the new Uruguayan law on Cannabis, annual monitoring of the indicators raised in this study is necessary. This is a part of report on the results obtained from the qualitative-quantitative research entitled "Identification of indicators for monitoring and evaluating the impact of the new Uruguayan policy on the regulation of Cannabis on public health and drug use in the border area between Brazil And Uruguay, developed by the Faculty of Nursing (FEn) of the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL), with funding from the National Secretariat for Policy on Drugs of the Ministry of Justice SENAD / MJ.

Franklin A. Shaffer, EdD, RN, FAAN, FFNMRCSI was previously executive vice president of Cross Country Healthcare and chief nursing officer for Cross Country Staffing. He was appointed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO or the Joint Commission) to serve on their Nursing Advisory Council. Prior to his tenure with Cross Country Staffing, Dr Shaffer served as chief nursing officer at several medical centers, deputy director for the National League for Nursing and adjunct faculty in graduate nursing programs at Teachers College, Columbia University, Adelphi University and Hunter College. Dr Shaffer holds a doctorate of education in nursing administration, a master of education in nursing administration, and a master of arts in nursing administration and adult health from Teachers College, Columbia University. In 2002, Dr. Shaffer was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing.

Nursing and Healthcare

Ana Lucia Abrahão is a full Professor,Aurora de Afonso Costa Nursing School of the Fluminense Federal University (UFF). Post-Doctor linked to the permanent framework of the Health Care Science Program (UFF) and of the Health Education Professional Master (UFF), UFF Director of Nursing – 2011-2015 Management;Leader of the Study and Research Nucleus in Management and Health Work (NUPGES/CNPq). Coordinator of the Distance Education Specialization Course, Labor Micropolitics and Health Management/MS.Coordinator of the Program of Education by means of Work (PET/MS) and Pro-Health at UFF. Guest Teacher of the Public Health course at the University of Barcelona. Member of the Rechercheavec Scientific Committee, research network dedicated to social issues, based in Canada. Affiliated with the Association pour LatinelAnalyse des Systèmes de Santé (ALASS) based in Barcelona, Spain.

women Health, public health

Marques is Undergraduate degree in Nursing from the Federal University of Rondonia (1993); Master’s degree from the Federal University of Para (2002); PhD (2007) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Post-doctoral by the Laboratory of Nutritional Biochemistry of the University of Brasilia (2010). She is a professor at UFRJ. Researcher at the Research Groups registered at CNPq: Evaluation of Heavy Metals Exposure on Human Health and Ecosystems – FIOCRUZ; The Rondonia Center on Indigenous Health – CESIR/UNIR, Toxicology and Environmental Health Center – CETSA/UNIR, Radioactive tracers in biogeochemistry of environmental pollutants – IBCCF/UFRJ. Her research focuses of environmental health, maternal and child health.

women's health, child's health and environmental health.

Dalmo Machado is Adjunct Professor, Postgraduate Program in Cardiovascular Sciences (PPGCCV/UFF) and Professional Masters in Assistance Nursing (MPEA/UFF), Editor-in-chiefof the Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing, Brazilian Scientific Editors Association (ABEC), Leader of the Research Group:Cardiac Intensivism based on Evidence and Information Management and Knowledge in Health.

cardiovascular Nursing

Maria Antonieta Rubio TyrrellRetained the title of nurse and specialization in Obstetrical Nursing (1978), Master of Science in Nursing (1978) and Doctorate in Nursing (1994) by Anna Nery School of Nursing of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (EEAN / UFRJ). Has four titles Expert: in Obstetric (EEAN / UFRJ), Pediatric Nursing (EEAN / UFRJ), Hospital Administration (PUC / RJ) and Educational Technology in Health (NUTES / CLATES). From 2002 to 2010 she was elected Director of EEAN (02 administrations). Founder of UFRJ Nursing Graduation Course in Macaé (2009-2). She is a professor of Graduate and Post-Graduate Nursing since 1977, she is a teacher Free teaching and Holder (1989) of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Acts as Consultant Ad hoc CAPES, CNPq, PR2 / UFRJ, FAPERJ, Magazine Science & Public Health (ABRASCO) in Public Health (FIOCRUZ), Journal of School Anna Nery (EEAN), Journal of Northeastern Nursing Network ( RENE), Latin American Journal of Nursing (EERP / USP), Journal Enfermería Herediana (UPCH / Peru), Journal of ALADEFE (Founder and Member of the Committee Editorial- 2011). It has experience in nursing, with emphasis in Public Policy on Women's Health and Children, acting on the following topics: public policy and health, women's health and child nursing, midwifery, professional practice and primary care. Hold 03 titles Doctor Honoris Causa (UNT / Peru 2007; ULADECH / Peru and UIGV / Peru in 2009), and 03 nominations for awards in international and national events (COBEON / ABENFO / Brazil, CNEE / ASPEFEEN / PERU, Day Scientific EP / UNT / Trujillo, Peru). They have publications in journals nursing and related fields, scientific articles, books and book chapters, as well as numerous participations in national and international events which have served as a member of the Scientific Committee, Speaker and / or Lecturer, Consultant and Organizing Committee member .

Obstetrical Nursing,Pediatric Nursing, Public health

Dr. Krupinski is a Professor at Emory University in the Department of Radiology & Imaging Sciences where she is Vice-Chair for Research. She received her BA from Cornell, MA from Montclair State and PhD from Temple, all in Experimental Psychology. Her interests are in medical image perception, observer performance, medical decision making, and human factors. She is Associate Director of Evaluation for the Arizona Telemedicine Program and Director of the Southwest Telehealth Resource Center (SWTRC). She has published extensively in these areas, and has presented at conferences nationally and internationally. She is Past Chair of the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, Past President of the American Telemedicine Association, President of the Medical Image Perception Society, and Past Chair of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine. She serves on editorial boards for both radiology and telemedicine journals and is the Co-Editor of the Journal of Telemedicine & Telecare.

Dr. Krupinski is an experimental psychologist with research interests in medical image perception, observer performance, medical decision making, and human factors as they pertain to radiology and telemedicine. The goal of her research is to improve our understanding of the perceptual and cognitive mechanisms underlying the interpretation of medical images in order to reduce errors, improve training, and optimize the reading environment, thereby improving patient care and outcomes.

Eny Dórea graduated in Nursing from Federal University of State of Rio de Janeiro (2002), Specialist in Maternal and Child Nursing from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (2004), master’s degree in Neonatology and Obstetrical Nursing from University of São Paulo (2007), doctorate degree in Health Science from University of São Paulo (2012). Professor of Maternal and Child Nursing and Psychiatric Department at Fluminense Federal University. Assistant Editor at Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing. She has experience in Pediatric and Neonatology Nursing

Pediatric and Neonatology Nursing

Prof. Dr. Creso Machado Lopes, Associate Professor IV of Health and Sport Sciences Center (CCSD) Federal University of Acre (UFAC), Nurse graduated in 1975, Ribeirão Preto School of Nursing (EERP-USP), University of São Paulo; Specialization in Teaching Methodology and Nursing Care at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ); Master in Fundamental Nursing (1979-1983) at EERP-USP; Inter doctorate (1985/1990) in (EERP-USP / EE-USP); Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Nursing at the University of Valladolid - Spain (10/2014 / 04/2015); Leader of the Research Group Research Group, Events, Research and Extension Health (NUEEPES) registered in the CNPq Research Directory of Teacher Disciplines: Research Methodology in Nursing and Surgical Center in Nursing Course; Associate Professor of the Graduate Program in Public Health (PPGSC / UFAC); Guiding student of the Master in Public Health; Member of Committee of Research Projects Evaluation of PPSUS / MS; Deputy Director (CCSD / UFAC).

Traffic-accidents

Leandro Gustavo de Oliveira specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology. A master's degree (2004) and PhD (2008) at the Federal University of São Paulo, having been performed as sandwich doctorate at Newcastle University England. A post-doctorate in immunology of pregnancy, with an emphasis on pre-eclampsia, held at the Immunology Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental (Department of Nephrology - UNIFESP), with stage in Immunobiology Laboratory of Transplantation (ICB - USP). He is currently a collaborator researcher of both laboratories. It is also a medical researcher and developer of the Obstetrics Department at the Federal University of Sao Paulo. It has experience in delivery care and acts as a tutor of the medical residency in Obstetrics Maternity Hospital Vila Nova Cachoeirinha. As a researcher is interested mainly in immunology and physiology of pregnancy, trophoblastic invasion, preeclampsia, angiogenesis and inflammation. In clinical care is concerned mainly by the performance in the delivery room and monitoring of pregnant women with kidney diseases and following renal transplantation.

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Gunnar Taets has completed his Doctoral Degree two years ago from Federal University of State of Rio de Janeiro. Also, he has a PhD Degree from Lorenz University and a Master Degree in Nursin beyond more four Post Graduations. He is a Intensive Care and Oncology Nurse at National Cancer Institute of Brasil and Professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

Oncology Nurseing, Clinical Nursing

Vanda Elisa Andres Felli is now a Senior Professor of the University of Sao Paulo - School of Nursing (EEUSP). She completed her master's degree in Nursing Services Administration (1988), a Doctorate in Nursing (1996) and the Lecturer Teaching (2002), in the same institution. Teaches at all training levels (undergraduate, specialization, master's and doctorate), advises and develops projects in the area of nursing management and nursing occupational health. She has scientific production, projects and developed products, as well as provides advisory and consulting services in the same thematic area. It is leader of the research group “Studies on the Health of Nursing Workers”, to which are linked national and international multicenter projects. She is member of the Scientific Committee on Occupational Health Nursing and the International Council on Occupational Health and she is also an associate researcher of the Collaborating Centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute in Brazil. Also, she is currently permanent advisor of the Graduate Program on Nursing Management (EEUSP) and coordinator of the Research Network on Nursing Management

Nursing and Occupational Health

Amer Kaissi joined Trinity University in 2003 after earning a Ph.D. degree in Health Services Administration, Research & Policy from the University of Minnesota. While doing his doctoral work, he worked in "Quality Measurement & Analysis" at Allina Hospitals in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prior to that, he earned a Master of Public Health in Hospital Administration from the American University of Beirut in his native Lebanon

Amer Kaissi research interests include diabetes in primary care clinics, strategic planning, retail clinics, quality of care & patient safety, and application of organizational theories to health care settings. He has published extensively on these topics in various administrative and clinical peer-reviewed journals.

Vladimir Obolenskiy, PhD (2002), Head of the Septic Surgery Unit, City Clinical Hospital № 13, Moscow; Associate Professor of the Department of surgery of the Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov, Moscow; correspondent member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS). He is a member of several professional societies, including EWMA, AO Trauma, participant EBJIS. He has published more than 40 articles in reputed journals and 8 tutorials. He has been serving as an editorial board member of the journal "Wound Medicine" and "International academic journal of RANS".

Nursing

Dennis C. Stevens, M.S., M.D. is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed post-graduate training in Pediatrics and Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine at the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. He holds a masters degree in clinical research design and statistical analysis from the University of Michigan. He is certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine. Dr. Stevens joined the faculty of the Sanford School of Medicine in 1980. He is a Professor and the Interim Chairman of the Dept. of Pediatrics and the Chief of Section of Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine. He has served as an attending neonatologist and was recently appointed the Medical Director of the Boekelheide Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Sanford Children’s Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD

Stevens has major interest in clinical research, pediatrics and neonatal care, recently investigating the impact of the NICU environment upon tiny preterm neonates and their families.

Evridiki Papastavrou is an assistant professor at the Cyprus University of Technology teaching the Fundamentals of Nursing and Nursing Science. She holds a PhD and a Masters Degree in Nursing (University of Athens and University of Manchester) and a degree in Public Administration. Dr Papastavrou served as a President of the Nursing and Midwifery regulatory body in Cyprus for 6 years (2006-2012) and is an active member of the National Alzheimer’s committee of experts. She also served as a consultant for the evaluation of nursing education programs in Cyprus and in European peer assessment missions concerning the recognition of professional qualifications.  Dr Papastavrou is involved in several international research projects and is a reviewer in many nursing journals.

Dr Papastavrou research interest focus on the concept of care form several different perspectives, like the burden of care, caring behaviours, individualized care as well as the organizational and moral aspects of care.

David Randall, Ph.D. currently serves as Executive Director of the Consumer Driven Health Care Institute based in Washington, DC. (www.cdhci.org) and is Resident Scholar with the American Research and Policy Institute in Washington. Dr. Randall has testified before both U.S. House and Senate committees of Congress on a variety of health policy issues and has extensive experience as a former top insurance regulator, legislative staff member, health care lobbyist, consultant and executive with not only insurance companies, but also with several provider trade groups in Washington. He has over two dozen peer-reviewed and professional publications as well as book chapters on health care entitlements and the policy process surrounding health care reform. His research includes study of Medicaid entitlements and privatization, Health Insurance Exchanges and health care information technology. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science (Policy Analysis and Administration) from Kent State University.

Study of Medicaid entitlements and privatization, Health Insurance Exchanges and health care information technology

Hana Kadhom has 33 years experience in nursing as a practitioner and educator. Her experience has been across the Middle East and UK. She obtained her PhD from the University of Hull (UK) and she has postgraduate diplomas from British universities (in nursing education and Health & Safety). She is currently a senior lecturer and Director of a Nursing Degree Bridging program in Bahrain and Saudi Aramco. Salim Fredericks got his PhD from St Georges University of London. He is as a senior lecturer in biochemistry in Bahrain. He has published more than 40 PubMed cited articles.

Lars Brorson Fich is educated as an architect, graduating from the school of architecture i Aarhus, Denmark, in 1984. He has worked for 24 years in an architectural office part wise specialized in hospital design, the last 10 years as a partner, before turning to research at the Department of Architecture and media technology at Aalborg University, Denmark, in 2008. He completed his Ph.D. entitled “Towards a Neuroaffective Approach to Healing Architecture” in 2014. His research is concentrated on how architectural space might influence health, concentrating on how space might influence physiological stress reactions.

Nursing

Dr. Storfjell is Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Practice Partnerships and Policy, and is the Executive Director of the Institute for Healthcare Innovation in the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago—a top ten ranked nursing school.  She is responsible for the entrepreneurial, continuing education and clinical practice initiatives of the College and also teaches graduate classes on healthcare financial and strategic management.She is founder and past President of a diversified home health care company operating in four states and affiliated with a multi-institutional health care system

Dr. Storfjell is interested in field nursing, communicable disease, home health, and clinic services, health care costs and care management.

Wahoush is an Assistant Professor in the school of nursing at McMaster University, a recent graduate from Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto with a PhD in Health Policy Management & Evaluation (Outcomes measurement & evaluation stream). She has extensive experience in international settings in nursing practice and leadership, education and research. Dr Wahoush’s most recent international experience includes the opening of a new 160 bed pediatric cancer centre in Cairo Egypt and currently coordinating a collaborative Oncology Nursing program with the University of West Indies in Trinidad

Primary interests for education and research are in health system performance and capacity development in communities, specifically in relation to child health, immigrant health, equity, and the application of knowledge and research to practice.  Dr Wahoush received two postdoctoral fellowship awards a Lawson Post Doctoral Fellowship Jan.-Jun 2008 and a CHSRF fellowship Jul 2008 – June 2010