UIC Nursing Faculty Retreat
August 17, 2022
8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Location
All Campuses
Calendar
Download iCal FileFrom Tradition to Technology: Enhancing our Communication Skills for our Student Population in a Post-Covid World
Purpose:
The purpose of the 2022 Faculty Retreat is to highlight current challenges facing our diverse student population, discuss faculty support through effective communication, and increase awareness of available resources.
Objectives:
- Describe the diverse population of our current students;
- Identify at least three challenges our current students have faced since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic;
- Describe effective communication techniques that can be used in supporting our students with current challenges; and
- Recommend the available Student Success Center and acknowledge resources available to students.
Presenters:
Faith Bresnan Roberts, MSN, RN, NEA-BC. Faith has published on Spirituality, Faith Community Nursing, Generational Diversity, Clinical Education of Nursing students, Sexuality, Prayer and Presence. Her work on the nursing diagnosis Spiritual Distress was presented for NANDA at the Mayo Clinic. She has completed 3 editions of the International Core Curriculum for Faith Community Nursing. Her chapters included Communication and Collaboration as well as Process Dynamics. Ms. Roberts has practiced in 4 states in the areas of acute, long term, public health, and community nursing. She has been a clinical instructor as well as lead instructor for Leadership and OB. She served as the Director of Magnet and Professional Practice for Carle Health in Urbana. She led the organization to 3 successful Magnet designations as well as 1 Pathway to Excellence designation.
Susan Hovey, PhD, RN is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science at University Illinois Chicago College of Nursing. She is also the Associate Director and Student Success Coordinator on the Springfield Regional Campus. Dr. Hovey teaches and co-teaches Professional Nursing 1 and 2, collaborates with the Director to oversee campus operations, and meets with students to explore barriers to academic performance and build plans for success. Dr. Hovey has an extensive nursing background in gerontology and her research focuses on the older population and their caregivers. Currently, Dr. Hovey is collaborating with U.S. Congressman Bucshon providing insights and recommendations on the National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality report, which was submitted to Congress by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Dr. Hovey’s goals are to raise awareness of 1) the bias attitudes society, healthcare providers, and individuals have toward older people and 2) the struggles faced by formal and informal caregivers for this population with an overarching goal of improving the quality of care for older adults.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, August 10
Date posted
Jun 21, 2022
Date updated
Jun 21, 2022