State of the Science Conference: Advancing Nursing Practice Excellence
The State of the Science Conference: Advancing Nursing Practice Excellence convened in Washington, D.C. from September 26 to 28. Offered every two years, this major nursing research gathering provides a national forum for communicating emerging scientific discoveries related to the nursing practice, disseminating research findings that can influence policy, and shaping the nursing research agenda of the future.
Ann Hurley, RN, executive director, Center for Excellence in Nursing Practice at BWH, delivered two presentations at this year’s conference. Hurley spoke on the Experience of Moral Distress among Crisis-Deployed and Non-Crisis-Deployed Military Nurses, a study funded by the Department of Defense and based on her work in the U.S. Army Reserve. She also organized the symposium “Improving Care For Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease: Preventing Injury in the Home, Management of Resistiveness to Care, and Pain Assessment - Methods, Outcomes, Critique and Application to Practice.”