Date: March 26, 2010 (Friday)
Time: 12:30-14:00 (sandwich lunch from 12:30 –12:45; seminar begins at 12:45)
Venue: Seminar Room 3, G/F, Room LG-S3, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine Building, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

CME/CPD/CNE points have been applied and details will be announced at the seminar.

Abstract:

RNs in clinical setting are the "FACE" of nursing. We need to embolden the Face as the "knowledge worker" for professional practice. As knowledge workers, clinical nurses should stay abreast of new knowledge in clinical practice as amount of healthcare information doubles every five years. Education and Credentials are requisites for professional (not occupational) nursing practice and that include BSN-DNP pathway and BSN-DNP/PhD pathway. DNP is a doctoral degree for advanced clinical nursing and it focuses on clinical decision-making, research utilization in clinical practice, organizational strategies to support science-based practice, creation and testing of innovative care delivery models, and outcomes assessment and evaluation. American Association of Colleges of Nursing decided to move the current level of preparation necessary for advanced nursing practice from the master’s degree to the doctorate-level by the year 2015. DNP is comparable to MD, DDS, PharmD, PsyD, DPT, AudD. 92 DNP programmes are currently enrolling students at schools of nursing in USA, and an additional 102 DNP programmes are in the planning stages. To establish a national standard for doctors of nursing practice, the non-profit Council for the Advancement of Comprehensive Care announced the National Board of Medical Examiners agreed to develop a voluntary DNP certification exam based on the same test physicians take to qualify for a medical license. Wall Street Journal carried an article, The Informed Patient: Making Room For 'Dr. Nurse‘ on 4/2/08. Ms Gleason (retired journalist) said that she liked the practice's emphasis on preventive care…"They are patient-oriented, and they always pick up the pieces, so to speak"…"Edwidge is my primary-care provider now."

Magnet Recognition Programme by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) epitomizes leadership in clinical practice. It recognizes healthcare organizations for EXCELLENCE in: Quality Patient Outcomes, Nursing Care, and Innovations in Professional Practice. In 2009, about 110 healthcare organizations received such recognition whereas it was one in 2003 when it began the programme.

Bio-sketch:

Dr. Kim is currently a Professor and Interim Dean at the College of Nursing (CON), University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and is the Director of the Academy of International Leadership Development at UIC CON. She served as the Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of the Graduate College at UIC (1995-1999) as well as the Dean of the College of Nursing during 1989-1995. Dr Kim received her BSN from Yonsei University College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea and her PhD in Physiology from the UIC. She received honorary Doctoral degree in Law from North Park College, Chicago, Illinois. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing (FRCN), UK.

She has published over 100 articles, and her Pocket Guide to Nursing Diagnosis received the AJN Book of the Year award and had 7th edition in six languages. She chaired 20 master’s research projects and nine doctoral dissertation research projects, and trained/mentored over 30 international post doctoral fellows and visiting scholars. She has been the principal investigator of the Bridges to the Doctorate for Minority Nursing students funded by NIH-NIGMS. She received numerous funding from NIH, and served on the Study Section and the National Advisory Council of the National Institute for Nursing Research, NIH. She served as a Chair of Science and Technical Review Board of the National Center for Research Resources, NIH. She served on the Research Assessment Exercise of the UK Higher Education Funding Council as an international advisor.

She was a Senior Fulbright Scholar for one year at Yonsei University College of Nursing in Seoul, Korea, and served on the White House Health Professional Review Group for the Health Care Reform under the leadership of Mrs Hillary Clinton. She currently serves as the Treasurer and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools. She is the founder and the Chair, Board of Directors of the Global Korean Nursing Foundation.

Major awards include Mary Tolle Wright Leadership award from the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing; the Public Women’s award by the ANA Minority Fellowship Programmes and the Cabinet on Human Rights; selected as one of 100 most Influential women in Chicago by the Chicago Tribune; University Scholar award by the President of University of Illinois; and two Golden Apple awards for Teaching Excellence from undergraduate students.

She is known nationally and internationally for her leadership in research, training of future leaders and scholars, administration, and policy development. She enjoys golfing and has 5 grandsons from her daughter and son.

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