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Taking a Fresh Look at Health Care


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Mary Pattock, School of Nursing: 612-624-0939
John Halstrom, Center for Spirituality & Healing: 612-624-2141

TAKING A FRESH LOOK AT HEALTH CARE
Series is offered by the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and the Center for Spirituality & Healing

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (March 14, 2006) - Discover how nursing research and integrative approaches are changing how care is conceptualized and delivered at spring events sponsored by the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and the Center for Spirituality & Healing.

Days of Exploration: Pathways to Health in a Changing World, a series of four events taking place from April 21 to 25, is free and open to all health care professionals and the interested public. A fifth event, a reunion, is for School of Nursing alumni. Registration is required: go to http://www.nursing.umn.edu/SpringEvent/.

April 21

School of Nursing Spring Research Day
Pathways to Health through Nursing Research
Posters and presentations will be presented on the latest nursing research from School of Nursing faculty and students, and the Twin Cities nursing community.
Keynote by Elizabeth Clipp, PhD, RN, MS, BSN
Health Trajectories in Nursing Science
8:30-3:45 p.m.; keynote at 9:15 a.m.
4:00-5:30 p.m. Reception for University of Minnesota School of Nursing Alumni and Faculty
McNamara Alumni Center

April 22

School of Nursing Alumni Spring Celebration
For School of Nursing alumni
Celebrate the many ways nurse entrepreneurs are changing practice, research and education to improve health care.
Keynote by School of Nursing Dean Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Nursing Innovation for a Changing World
9:00-Noon; keynote at 10:45 a.m. McNamara Alumni Center

April 23

Florence Nightingale Celebration
School of Nursing, Center for Spirituality & Healing

A non-denominational celebration honoring the legacy and leadership of nursing.
Talk by Barbara Dossey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN
Florence Nightingale and the Call to Healing
2:00-3:00 p.m. Reception to follow.
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Minneapolis

April 24

Annual Otto Schmitt Lecture Series
Center for Spirituality & Healing

Barbara Dossey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN
Healing Environments? What Do We Mean?
7:30 a.m. Continental breakfast
8:00-9:00 a.m. Presentation
Memorial Hall, McNamara Alumni Center

Health Care Leaders may also tour Woodwinds Health Campus following Barbara Dossey's presentation on April 24, at 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.

April 25

Annual Ruth Stricker Mind-Body Lecture
Center for Spirituality & Healing

Mimi Guarneri, M.D., FACC, ABHM
Integrative Approaches to Cardiovascular Disease
4:00-5:30 p.m. Reception and book signing follows.
Memorial Hall, McNamara Alumni Center

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