Online International Scientific Conference »Research and Education in Nursing«

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Online International Scientific Conference »Research and Education in Nursing«

Microsoft Teams, September 29^th 2020

University of Maribor Faculty of Health Sciences is organizing an international scientific conference “Research and Education in Nursing” which will be held on September 29^th 2020 via online tool Microsoft Teams and will include most recent findings of domestic and foreign researchers in nursing and other fields of healthcare. 

The conference aims to explore advances in nursing research and education as well as linking nursing theory and practice in Slovenian and international arena. Furthermore, it will provide an opportunity for nursing practitioners and educators to exchange research evidence, models of best practice and innovative ideas. 

With great anticipation, we look forward to this year's conference "Research and education in Nursing", which we traditionally organize at our faculty, this time due to the measures introduced to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus in an online version. The conference will be divided into four sessions after the plenary session and will be joined again in the end. 

It is a great honour for us to host lectures, held by globally recognized, awarded and valued professors, researchers of Nursing Care Theories and Advanced Nursing Practice. 

Professor Jean Watson is a "living legend" nurse theorist, best known for her theory of human caring and the founder of Watson Caring Science Institute. 

Professor Marlaine Cappelli Smith is devoted to two nursing areas: developing knowledge related to processes and outcomes of healing and analyzing, extending and applying existing nursing theories. 

Professor Marie Carney is an expert in management and leadership as well as Advanced Nurse and Midwife Practice. 

Professor Jean Watson,PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, LL (AAN) 

Prof Jean Watson is a theoretician, author, professor, researcher and professor of nursing science who devoted life and research to the phenomenon of care, subjective feelings, emotions and experiences. Her research of care includes human and philanthropic science, which focuses on human processes, phenomena and experiences. With her work, she laid the foundations for the profession of nursing care. As a visiting professor, she lectured in many countries, such as Great Britain, Japan, Canada, Israel, Australia, Taiwan and others. She established the Center for Human Care in Colorado. She is also a member of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) and former President of the National League for Nursing. In 2012, she retired as a Distinguished Professor Emerita and as Dean Emerita. She has received ten honorary doctorates, of which seven are international. She is also the recipient of many other awards and prizes, among which she also received the Fullbright Research Award in Sweden. In 2013 she was honoured with the highest honour of AAN and was honoured as "Living legend". Currently, she lives in Boulder, Colorado, and actively works for a non-profit Watson Caring Science Institute foundation, as founder and Director. The Foundation takes care of the progress and development of philosophy, practice and the theory of human care. Jean Watson is the author and co-author of more than 30 books that guide the education, research and practice of nurses around the world. There is not a nurse around the globe who is not aware of her philosophy and the theory of caring in nursing. However, we must be aware that the adoption of the concept of care and the provision of caring in nursing care is a central and fundamental task for ourselves.  

Professor Marlaine Cappelli Smith, RN, PhD, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC, FAAN   

Prof Marlaine Capelli Smith has worked as a nurse on medical-surgical units in acute care, in public health and in long-term care, and has been a nurse educator since 1976 when she held her first faculty position at Duquesne University. Following that she taught at Penn State, LaRoche College and the University of Colorado at Denver School of Nursing where she was the Director of the Master's Program, Director of the Center for Integrative Caring Practice and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Prof Smith served as  Associate Dean and Helen K. Persson Eminent Scholar at Florida Atlantic University's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing from 2006 until 2011. In 2011 she was named the 2nd Dean of the College of Nursing and served for eight years (2011-2019). For the past 25 years, Prof Smith has been conducting research related to touch therapies, specifically examining how massage, therapeutic touch, simple touch and hand massage mediates pain, symptom distress, sleep, quality of life and other experiences for patients facing various health-related challenges. She has completed four studies related to outcomes of touch therapies and was invited to participate on the Samueli Institute's interdisciplinary scientific panel to advance guidelines for the study of healing. Her work in theory development includes concept analyses, testing and extending nursing theories, meta-theoretical commentaries, and developing and evaluating models of theory-guided practice. Marlaine is a student and practitioner of holistic approaches to health and healing, self-reflection and spiritual development. She has studied therapeutic touch, Reiki, High Touch Jin Shin, guided imagery, meditation, and has completed a certificate program in aromatherapy. She is passionate about developing the discipline of nursing, unitary and caring perspectives in nursing, and transforming healthcare through holistic approaches to healing. In 1999 Marlaine received the NLN's Martha E. Rogers' Award for her contributions to the advancement of nursing science, and she is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

Professor Marie Carney, PhD

Prof Marie Carney completed her PhD studies and MBA degree in University College Dublin (UCD) and is a registered nurse, midwife and nurse teacher and  Fellow from the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). She is Dean Emeritus and Board member of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery having held the position of Dean and Chair of the Faculty from 2014 to 2016. She was appointed to University College Dublin in 1994 and held the position of Head of the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems from 2001-2007.  She entered RCSI as an Associate Professor in 2008. She acted as Visiting Senior Lecturer and Professor to universities in Italy, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Spain, Britain, Pennsylvania and Saudi Arabia as well as invited advisor to Nursing Councils in Ireland, Jordan and Croatia.  Her academic and research focus was on curriculum design, undergraduate nursing education, international nursing developments, strategic management and advanced nursing practice. She is currently the NMBI Subject Expert in advanced nurse and midwife practice.  She remains an active researcher in the field of regulation of nursing practice and advanced nurse and midwife practice. She was awarded Outstanding Reviewer for the International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance in the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence in 2015 and is an editorial reviewer for several international peer-reviewed journals. Her research is published in peer-reviewed journals of repute and during  60 invited international presentations. She has held membership of multiple national and international professional organisations which include the American Organisation of Nurse Executives (AONE), FINE (Federation of International Nursing in Europe) and Thematic European Nursing Network for Advanced Practice in Nursing (TENN). 

*The organizer reserves the right to change the programme.

General Information:

• Abstracts can be submitted in English or Slovenian, but must be presented in English language.
• We are requesting abstracts and not full papers; they should be structured using IMRAD.
• All abstracts will be subject to blind peer review and published in the Conference Proceedings.
• All authors will receive a Certificate of Participation.
• All participants shall arrange and cover the costs of their travel and accommodation.
• Fee payment for the conference:
• Active participants 100,00 EUR including VAT
• Passive participants 120,00 EUR including VAT
• Other students 45,00 EUR including VAT
• Staff and students of the University of Maribor Faculty of Health Sciences are exempt from the fee payments.
• Additional information: aleksandra.lovrencic@um.si.

Conference topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Linking Theory and Practice in Nursing
• Evidence Based and Informed Nursing including Safety, Caring and Care for Patients
• Research and Education in Nursing and Health Care
• Leadership in Nursing, Nursing Management and Nursing Practice
• Spirituality, Health and Nursing Practice

  Important submission dates: 

• June 30^th 2020: Title and Author/Co-author Submission Deadline
• July 30^th 2020: Abstract Submission Deadline (Guidelines)
• August 30^th 2020: Peer Review Deadline
• September 10^th 2020: Final Abstract Submission Deadline

We cordially invite you to submit your abstracts. 

We look forward to your participation.