Nursing Grand Rounds – Education and Practice Partnerships in Nursing Education: The Capstone Experience in the RNBS Program at CSC



Date & Location
Monday, May 1, 2023, 12:00 PM - Thursday, April 30, 2026, 1:00 PM

Credits
ANCC Nursing Contact Hours (2.00 hours), General Attendance (2.00 hours)

Overview

Senior year is an exciting time for all Colby-Sawyer College (CSC) students, including registered nurses (RN) who are enrolled in a baccalaureate (BS) program. During the capstone experience, RNBS students work side-by-side with faculty, nurse mentors, and other interprofessional colleagues to address topics that are significant to nursing – and to health care in general. Join us as we learn from several CSC RNBS students as they present their capstone projects. 

Presenters
Bianca Fortier, MSN, RN, SCRN (Moderator)
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH 

CSC RNBS students:
Janelle Black, RN - Examining the Effects of Skin-to-Skin and the Initiation of Breastfeeding
Jennifer Brady, RN - Protecting Healthcare Workers: Disruptive Behavior by Patients, Families, and Visitors
Michelle Dion, RN - Developing an Education Tool for Registered Nurses Providing Burn Dressing Care for Patients in a Burn ICU
Terri Higgins, RN - Improving Nursing Practice of Early Progressive Mobility for Surgical/Trauma/Neuro Intensive Care Patients
Melissa Jones, RN, - The Nurse’s Perception of Whether People Think Marijuana Use is Safe for the Developing Fetus/Infant While Pregnant and Breastfeeding; 
Kourtney Langevin, RN - Indwelling Urinary Catheters: Implementing an Antimicrobial Solution
Mary Murray, RN - Improving Birthing Pavilion Staff Morale
Joseph Sansom, RN - Patient Identification and Labeling Laboratory Specimens

Learning Outcome
At the conclusion of the learning activity, (at least 75% of) participants will be able to discuss at least three unique experiences of undergraduate RNBS students in a practice-based clinical setting. 

Disclosure
The activity director(s), planning committee member(s), speaker(s), author(s) or anyone in a position to control the content for this activity have no relevant financial relationship(s)* with ineligible companies** to disclose.

* A “financial relationship" includes employee, researcher (named as the PI), consultant, advisor, speaker, independent contractor (including contracted research), royalties or patent beneficiary, executive role, and/or an ownership interest (not including stocks owned in a managed portfolio).

** An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Bibliographic Material
See reference list at the end of each presentation.


Accreditation

Dartmouth Health Nursing Continuing Education Council is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This educational activity carries 2.00 contact hour(s).

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Provider Contact Information
Provider contact information for questions regarding accreditation of the activity:

Center for Learning and Professional Development
CME/CNE Office
Dartmouth Health
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