Seton Family of Hospitals Nursing Symposium Symposium Faculty

Podium Presenters:

Buffy Allen, RN, MSN
Director of Interdisciplinary Skills Lab & Clinical Simulation, Seton Family of Hospitals

Joyce Batcheller, RN, DNS, NEA-BC, FAAN
Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow Alumna
Senior Vice President and System Chief Nursing Officer, Seton Family of Hospitals

Heather Becker, PhD
Research Scientist, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing

Donna Cardillo, RN, MA
President of Cardillo & Associates, Sea Girt, New Jersey

James Davis, RN, MSN
Senior Vice President, Mission Integration, Seton Family of Hospitals

Jennifer Downing, RN, MSN
Staff Nurse, Critical Care, Seton Medical Center Austin

Michael L. Garcia, RN, JD
Senior Network Director, Surgical Services, Seton Family of Hospitals

Jeff Gregory, RN, MSN, CPN
Project Coordinator RN Senior, Nursing Informatics, Seton Family of Hospitals

Chelsea Hergruder, RN, BSN
RN II, Seton Medical Center Austin, 7 North Oncology

Terry Jones, RN, PhD
Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing

Karen Kincaid, RN, MSN, PhD, CNE
Director of Nursing Education, Round Rock Campus and Assistant Professor
Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Nursing

Barbara Klepfer, RN, MSN
Director, Nursing Informatics, Seton Family of Hospitals

Karen A. Landry, RN, MSN, PhD
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Nursing

Graham J. McDougall, Jr., RN, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN
Professor, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing

Anne E. Michel, RN, MSN
Patient Safety Project Management Consultant, Clinical Quality & Patient Safety, Seton Family of Hospitals

Sandra L. Miller, RN, BSN, NE-BC
Director, Pulmonary, Dialysis & Oncology Services, Seton Medical Center Austin

Colleen Mullins, RN, MSN
Director of Nursing Practice, Seton Family of Hospitals

Joy H. Penticuff, RN, PhD, FAAN
Director, Nursing Program Development, Concordia University, Austin, Texas

Claudia Q. Perez, RN, BSN, MHI
Project Coordinator RN Senior, Network Nursing Systems, Seton Family of Hospitals

Kaia Schroeder, RN, BSN
Unit Educator, Intensive Care, Seton Medical Center Hayes

Judy S. Smith, RN, BSN, CRNI
Senior PICC Nurse, Seton Family of Hospitals

Alexa K. Stuifbergen, RN, PhD, FAAN
Dean ad Interim, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing
Laura Lee Blanton Chair in Nursing
James R. Dougherty, Jr. Centennial Professor in Nursing

Mary Beth Thomas, RN, PhD
Director of Nursing Education and Practice, Texas Board of Nursing, Austin, Texas

Mary Viney, RN, MSN
Vice President, Network JC Accreditation, Patient Logistics, Transfer & Call Center, Wound Care & Venous Access, Seton Family of Hospitals

Andrea Walker, RN, BSN
RN IV, Seton Medical Center Austin, 7 North Oncology

Scholarly Posters:

The Case Manager's use of Evidence-Based Practice to Contribute to the Financial Health of the Acute Care Organization
Marcia Andrews, RN, MSN, RHIA, CPC – University Medical Center at Brackenridge

Inclusion in Care - Implementing Family Centered Care in a Small Community Hospital Beacon ICU
Martha Gooding, RN, BSN, CCRN & Rosanne Lindsey, RN, CCRN - Seton Northwest

Learning While Leading: Integrating Evidence Based Practice into Performance Improvement
Jo Keisman, RN, MBA - Seton Northwest

Preventing Medication-Related Problems: Targeting Sustainability in a Complex Adaptive System
Mick Koffend, MBS, RFG & Mary Koffend - Accountable Aging Care Management

Quality Improvement Survey Results Regarding Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Treatments
Karen McCarthy, RN, MN, ANP – University Medical Center at Brackenridge

Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Cancer Survivors
Martha Meraviglia, RN, CNS, PhD, Alexa K. Stuifbergen, RN, PhD, FAAN, & Dawn Parsons, RN, BSN - The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing and Seton Network Cancer Care Team

Review of the Literature: Functionality of Hospital Design from the Nurses' Perspective
Darlene M. Wilson, RN, BS, MSN - Seton Family of Hospitals