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The twelfth annual PEI Nursing Research to Practice Conference is being held May 27 in Don and Marion McDougall Hall at the 69传媒. The conference brings together practicing nurses, academic researchers, and students to hear and share the latest research from their respective fields of practice.

This year鈥檚 conference will be filled with powerful research and compelling practice initiatives, which focus on the mental, physical, and emotional health of healthcare professionals and how this affects the way in which we care for our patients, clients, and residents. This is sure to be a day of captivating presentations, engaging discussions, and strong networking with others in the healthcare field. A variety of concurrent sessions by local and regional presenters is scheduled between the key note addresses.

鈥淗ealth PEI is pleased to partner with 69传媒every year in this important conference for our health care professionals,鈥� said Brenda Worth, Chief Nursing Officer and Executive Director of Laboratory Services for Health PEI. 鈥淏ringing together nursing researchers and clinical practitioners for a day of shared learning can only improve health care services for Islanders.鈥�

Interim Dean of 69传媒School of Nursing Dr. Jo-Ann MacDonald describes the conference, 鈥渁s a prime opportunity for our two organizations to focus on enhancing our work life and our profession in a research to practice forum.鈥� 

Conference Keynotes:

Dr. Wendy Austin is a Registered Nurse and Professor Emerita at the University of Alberta. Her research includes a national study of compassion fatigue, now published as Lying Down in the Ever Falling Snow: Canadian Health Professionals鈥� Experience of Compassion Fatigue. Arts-informed dissemination of research is a current interest; Wendy and her colleagues鈥� narrative study of the moral distress of paediatric intensive care teams has been dramatized as a film, Just Keep Breathing.

Gord McNeilly is a motivational speaker and exercise instructor; he is also a former professional basketball player, military fitness instructor, and policy and health promotions officer at DVA. His presentation focuses on motivation, change, and commitment in relation to groups and management.

Speakers and organizers will be available for a photo opportunity at 8:15 am, outside of the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, room 242, Don and Marion McDougall Hall.

The 2016 PEI Nursing Research To Practice Conference is co-organized by UPEI鈥檚 School of Nursing and Health PEI.