Visiting Nurse Scholar on campus Wednesday

Pam Cipriano, Ph.D., a research associate professor at the University of Virginia Health System School of Nursing and a national leader in the role of technology in patient safety will be the 22nd Visiting Nurse Scholar on Wednesday.

Small group sessions The College of Nursing will host small group sessions by Dr. Cipriano, which will be broadcast live from the Center for Nursing Sciences Room 40120, to the college’s divisions in: Lincoln (Room 343); Kearney (Room 144W); Scottsbluff (Room 203); and Norfolk (Room 140). The session schedule is as follows: 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. — “Curricular Issues: Threading Quality and Safety Education from BSN through Doctoral Program Education”; and 3 to 4:15 p.m. — “Research Issues: IT Tools, Mining Data Sets, DNP Capstone Projects.”

Dr. Cipriano, the Institute of Medicine’s 2010-2011 Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence, will make a variety of presentations on campus and during a dinner reception.

As a hospital and nursing executive, Dr. Cipriano led multiple patient care departments at academic medical centers for the past 20 years. In her most recent role, she served as chief nursing officer and chief clinical officer of the University of Virginia Health System from 2000 to 2009.

Those interested in hearing Dr. Cipriano speak can attend one of two large group sessions hosted by the Nebraska Medical Center in the Storz Pavilion Lower Level:

• 8 to 9:30 a.m. — “Managing Effective Transitions in Care”; and
  
• 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. – “Research: Exposing the Deadly Difference.”