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Mar'2023
23 & 24
Princeton
Bonnie Clipper, DNP, MA, MBA, RN, CENP, FACHE, FAAN
Founder & CEO of Innovation Advantage
Dr. Bonnie Clipper is a top healthcare influencer, nurse futurist, global speaker and podcast host. She was a successful chief nurse executive for over 20 years and was the first Vice President of Innovation at the American Nurses Association. Bonnie is the founder and Managing Director of a healthcare innovation consulting company and supports Wambi, a health technology company, as chief clinical officer.
As an internationally recognized nurse futurist and nursing innovation expert, she was a coauthor on the seminal work, The Innovation Roadmap: A Nurse Leader’s Guide and was the lead
author of the International Best-Selling book, The Nurse's Guide to Innovation. She publishes and blogs regularly on the future of nursing practice. She is a Fellow in the American Academy
of Nursing, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow alumna, and ASU/AONL Executive Fellow in Health Innovation Leadership alumna. Dr. Clipper is the sole nurse member of the HIMSS Innovation Board of Advisors, is a start-up coach for MATTER international health technology accelerator and helps connect start-up to potential funders.
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Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Chief Executive Officer, AONL and Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President for Workforce of the AHA at American Organization for Nursing Leadership and American Hospital Association
Robyn Begley is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership and Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President for Workforce of the American Hospital Association. She previously served in nursing leadership roles, most recently as system chief nurse executive for AtlantiCare Health System in Atlantic County, NJ, achieving Magnet designation four times and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award during her tenure. She has also served in leadership roles for various state and national nursing organizations.
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Approaches and Interventions: Addressing Nurse Leaders' Workforce Challenges
Friday Mar. 24 - 10:50am - 11:50am (60 min)
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Helene Burns, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer at Jefferson Health New Jersey
Helene Burns, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, is Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
of Clinical Services at Jefferson Health in New Jersey. In this role since 2013, Dr. Burns led her organization to receive its first Magnet Designation® in 2018.
Dr. Burns has overall responsibility for patient care services and nursing operations at the multi-hospital New Jersey division of Jefferson Health, with oversight of its more than 1,400 RNs and Department of Nursing staff. Dr. Burns has direct oversight of patient safety as it relates to nurse-sensitive indicators, e.g., patient fall rates, readmission rates, catheter-associated urinary track infections, blood stream infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia rates, sepsis rates, and pressure ulcer rates. She collaborates with the medical staff and administrative teams leading High Reliability initiatives as they relate to patient safety.
An inspiring and engaged leader, Dr. Burns has championed many key initiatives linking patient and employee satisfaction, including leading a healthy work environment nursing council with clinical nurses; infusing shared governance councils within the organization; and improving nurse communication through nursing hourly rounds and beside communication initiatives. She also implemented several nursing retention initiatives, including Nurse Intern, Nurse Residency, and Nurse Mentorship programs. Dr. Burns has jointly led initiatives with two hospital administrators to design new patient towers with clinical staff putting design input.
Dr. Burns serves as president of ONL NJ, and she will be the master of ceremonies for the conference
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Jackie Noll, MSN. RN
Director of Nursing of the Emergency Department at Cape Regional Medical Center
Jackie Noll is currently the Director of Nursing for the Emergency Department and CARES Program at Cape Regional Medical Center in Cape May Court House. Formerly, she was a Senior Director of Nursing at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia covering Emergency Services, Sedation/Radiology/IR and Vascular Access Services
Ms. Noll received her BSN from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and MSN in Leadership and Health System’s Management from Drexel University. She authored a book titled Nurse Led Savings published by Sigma Theta Tau, co-authored evidenced based articles on unit-based patient safety walk rounds and establishing nursing research priorities in pediatric emergency care through using Delphi methodology. Jackie has presented at national conferences including Press Ganey, Children’s Hospital Association, and Magnet on topics including patient safety walk rounds, reducing labor expenses using efficiency and quality improvement methodology, and using nursing shared governance to drive non-labor cost savings. Her professional platform rests on the foundation of gratitude and she is excited to share some thoughts on making gratitude your leadership essential too.
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Rafael Villalobos, Jr., Esq.
Deputy General Counsel at Capital Health System
Mr. Villalobos serves as Deputy General Counsel for Capital Health System, responsible for all litigation and risk management issues. His areas of practice include health law, employment law, professional liability, commercial litigation matters, medical staff and credentialing issues, risk avoidance and mitigation, internal investigations, mediation and dispute resolution as well as training and education of residents, nurses and medical staff. He is directly involved with the management of the Capital Health captive insurance company and serves on various committees throughout the health system.
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Criminal Liability in Healthcare - Implications of RaDonda Vaught
Thursday Mar. 23 - 02:00pm - 03:00pm (60 min)
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Laura Mularz, DNP. MSN, RN, APN, ACNS-BC, NE-BC,CCRN
Clinical Assistant Professor and Specialty Director for Leadership Programs of Rutgers School of Nursing
Dr. Laura A. Mularz is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Specialty Director for the Leadership Specialty Track within the Advanced Practice Division. She serves as Chairperson for the New Jersey Nursing Collaborative Center and is on the Board of ONL NL. Dr. Mularz is a transformational leader who focuses on data-driven decision making and nurse mentoring. She is also currently supporting health care advances as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. Her most recent experience was as a Director of Patient Care Service in a large healthcare network. She was an inspirational and influential leader during the COVID-19 Pandemic for both the acute care hospital and the acute care rehabilitation hospital. Dr. Mularz has practiced as a Nurse Manager, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Advanced Practice Nurse, Magnet Program Director, Director of Nursing Education and Nursing Performance Improvement. As an Advanced Practice Nurse her clinical focus was wound and ostomy care.
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Riding the Wave of Change: Teaching Nurses to Surf
Thursday Mar. 23 - 03:15pm - 04:15pm (60 min)
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Brenda Snipes, MBA, MHA, MSHRM
Vice President and Associate Chief Diversity Officer, Enterprise Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Community Engagement at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health
Brenda is an advocate for creating strong organizations through the power of inclusion as we re-imagine healthcare, education and discovery to build the diverse and exciting future we seek. Her deep background in organizational development includes major health systems in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and she is currently earning her doctorate in business administration.
In her role at Jefferson Health Brenda is leading divisional DEI Councils to define and execute strategic action plans focused on education, people and community. Brenda is the inaugural ombudsperson to the HR team where she consults on concerns related to anything diversity, equity or inclusion. Brenda is also an adjunct faculty member for Wilmington University Graduate School of Business.
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Introduction to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Workplace Practices
Friday Mar. 24 - 09:05am - 10:05am (60 min)
Day 1
Based in Trenton, New Jersey, Capital Impact Group (CIG) is a bipartisan government affairs firm that advocates for its clients at all levels of government. With a focus on healthcare, CIG represents clients’ interests on legislative, permitting and rulemaking matters. The firm is comprised of former public officials, agency professionals, and communications experts with an intimate knowledge of government and access to key decision makers in every realm of public policy. CIG Principal Gene Mulroy and his team have represented ONL, and formerly ONE, for more than a decade.
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Sabeen Masih is the Vice President of Public Affairs at Capital Impact Group (CIG), where her policy expertise ranges from healthcare to animal welfare, while representing a variety of clients including Progressive Insurance, Girl Scouts of New Jersey, and the Wine Institute.
While earning her Dual BA in History and Political Science and Minor in Spanish at Drexel University, Sabeen worked in Philadelphia on local and budgetary issues and on state campaigns as a Speech Writer. Sabeen earned a Masters of Public Policy from Rutgers, and as an Eagleton Fellow, she was placed in the NJ Department of Human Services, focusing on healthcare.
Sabeen co-founded the growing Asian Women of Trenton Networking Group and is also a member of the Eagleton Alumni Committee, the Bipartisan Coalition for Women's Appointments (BCWA), and serves as a Mentor for: Rider Women’s Leadership Council at Rider University, Rutgers’ Road to Government, Policy and Service (RTGPS) program, and the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
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Marli Gelfand, MA, LPC
Associate Vice President of the Behavioral Service Line at RWJBarnabas Health - Monmouth Medical Center
Marli J. Gelfand, M.A., L.P.C. is the Associate Vice President of the Behavioral Health Service Line at RWJBarnabas Health – Monmouth Medical Center. Ms. Gelfand holds Master’s Degrees in Counseling Psychology and Art Psychotherapy from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia. She has been a practicing psychotherapist for over 20 years focusing on work with pediatrics through young adults specializing in Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, Grief, Eating Disorders, family systems, and LGBTQ+ related concerns and along with her role at RWJ Barnabas Health has an active private practice. Ms. Gelfand has been an administrator at Monmouth Medical Center since July 2022 and prior to that was with Jersey City Medical Center in a similar role for 20 years and a practicing clinician for 25 years.
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Self-Leadership: Align Your Actions With Your Values - The Healthy You!
Friday Mar. 24 - 11:55am - 12:55pm (60 min)
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