Evidence-Based Practice Poster Day is an annual conference and spring forum hosted by the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing and School of Health Professions at Hunter College. Now in its 14th year, the conference brings together students, faculty, staff, and community partners in Nursing, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Physical Therapy, and Medical Laboratory Sciences to showcase their work and developments in clinical practice and health-related research.
Organizers
Elizabeth Capezuti, PhD, RN, FAAN – William Randolph Hearst Foundation Chair in Gerontology and Professor, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing
Elizabeth Gross Cohn, PhD, RN, NP, FAAN – Rudin Professor of Nursing; Associate Dean for Research; Director, Center for Nursing Research, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing
Martin Dornbaum, MS, FAAN – Director, Hunter College Health Professions Education Center (HPEC)
Zora Flores-Kitongo, MS – Budget Director, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing
Shawn McGinniss, MSEd – Instructional Designer/Educational Technologist, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing
Elizabeth Olatunji – Research Assistant, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing
Vanessa Hernandez – Office Assistant, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing
Avena Sanassie – Administrative Assistant, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing
Acknowledgments
We gratefully recognize and give thanks to Gail C. McCain PhD, RN, FAAN, Joan Hansen Grabe Dean of Nursing and Health Professions, for her support of this event in difficult circumstances. A special thank you to Dr. Julianne Imperato-McGinley and the Weill Cornell CTSC for their generous support. Thank you to the Alpha Phi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International for being a steadfast partner in this annual event. Finally, thank you to all sponsoring faculty mentors, colleagues, and clinical partners who continue to support and push our students to conduct and present their best work.
About Hunter College
Located in the heart of Manhattan, Hunter College is the largest senior college in the City University of New York. Founded in 1870, it is also one of the oldest public colleges in the country. More than 23,000 students currently attend Hunter, pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than 170 areas of study. Hunter’s student body is as diverse as New York City itself. For 150 years, Hunter has provided educational opportunities for women and minorities, and today, students from every walk of life and every corner of the world attend Hunter.
Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing
The Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing is located at Hunter College’s Brookdale Health Science Center at 425 East 25th Street in Manhattan, near Bellevue Hospital. The School’s programs at the Baccalaureate, Master’s, Post-Master’s Advanced Certificate, and Doctoral level combine liberal and professional education with a humanistic and comprehensive approach to health care. The School’s mission is to provide quality nursing education to promote health and provide care to culturally diverse, urban, and global communities through research, scholarship, and service. As an integral part of Hunter College of the City University of New York with a long and distinguished history, the HBSON is committed to educating providers of compassionate, high-quality nursing care to the people of New York City and beyond.
School of Health Professions
Hunter’s Institute of Health Sciences, dedicated to the educational preparation of a range of health care professions, opened its doors on East 106th Street in 1968. Six years later, the Institute became the School of Health Sciences and moved downtown to the Brookdale Campus. Today Hunter College’s School of Health Professions prepares the next generation of health care professionals in the areas of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Physical Therapy. These professionals will work in health care centers, schools, organizations and private practice to improve the lives of those they assist through direct service delivery, research and education.
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