School of Nursing

CLO, Room 313
2200 169th Street
Hammond, Indiana 46323-2094

Hours:

Monday – Thursday:
7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Phone:

Undergraduate:
219-989-2814
1-800 HI-PURDUE, x.2814
Locally within Indiana & Illinois

Online RN BS Completion Program
219-989-8450

Graduate:
219-989-2815
1-877-687-8777

Fax:
219-989-2848

Undergraduate Nursing Program

Standard Four Year Program & LPNs
Kathleen Galovic

Second Degree Accelerated Undergraduate
Angelo Cicco

Online RN BS Completion Program Information & Advising:
Pat Mellon

- for advisee’s whose last name begins with letters A-L


Angelo Cicco

- for advisee’s whose last name begins with letters M-Z

Graduate Nursing Program

Graduate Nursing Program Information & Advising:
Heather Cook

Webmaster:
Jill Ullmann

EBP Agenda

Patients, Providers and the Evidence

AGENDA

8:00–8:30

Registration and coffee

8:30–8:50

Greetings
Jane Walker, PhD, RN, Graduate Program Coordinator, School of Nursing
Lisa Hopp, PhD, RN, Director ICEBNP
Ralph Rogers, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

8:50–10:15

Keynote Address: “Partners in Care: Sharing in Decisions about Health”

Dawn Stacey, RN, PhD, CON (C). Dr. Stacey is the director of the Patient Decision Aids Research Group at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada. Her research is focused on exploring methods for health professionals to support patients in preparing to make health decisions and to implement decision aids into clinical practice.

Workshop Series
Track A
This track focuses on the EBP Process and is designed for those new to the EBP process or wanting to enhance
your skills in developing a question, locating, appraising and applying evidence.
Jane Walker PhD, RN
Beth Vottero, PhD, RN
Kim Whalen, MLIS
10:30–11:30  Track A Concurrent Session I – Asking Questions That Lead To Evidence to Keep Patients Safe
 11:30–12:00  Posters for Track A and B
 12:00–1:00  Lunch will be provided
 1:00–2:00  Track A Concurrent Session II: Acquiring Evidence that Works for Patient Safety
 2:00–2:15  Refreshment Break
 2:15–3:00  Track A Concurrent Session III – Applying Evidence to Keep Patients Safe
 Workshop Series
Track B
 This track focuses on the importance of blending evidence and patient preferences through patient decision
making aids. The workshops are designed for both healthcare providers and patients who will together, explore
strategies to implement patient decision aids.
Lisa Hopp, PhD, RN,
Leslie Rittenmeyer, PsyD, RN
 10:30–11:30  Track B Concurrent Session II – Identifying the Decision: Patients and Providers as Partners
11:30–12:00 Posters for Track A and B
12:00–1:00 Lunch will be provided
1:00–2:00 Track B Concurrent Session II – Finding Patient Decision Aids
2:00–2:15 Refreshment Break
2:15–3:00  Track B Concurrent Session II – Overcoming Barriers to Implement Decisions Aids and Support
3:00–3:40 Panel: Partners in Care: Patients, Mass Media and Provider Perspectives
Ms. Julie Deardorff, Dr. Wendy Tuzik Micek, Dr. Dennis Rittenmeyer
3:40–3:50 Wrap up and evaluation

(Student attendees are not required to be PUC students to receive the student registration rate.)