SHINE Conference
2026 SHINE Schedule
The 2026 SHINE Conference is now closed. Visit the On-Demand Library and Virtual Poster Hall to view all presentations. They will be available until the 2028 SHINE Conference opens on April 12, 2028.
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Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Time: 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Location: Research and Education Building (REB) Auditorium | Map
Contact: ACH Email
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Lunch will be provided to live/in-person attendees who register by Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 11:59 PM EST.Time Presentation Description Presenter 9:30 - 9:40 AM
N/A Welcome & Opening Remarks
Melissa Macogay, DNP, MBA, RN, CCRN, NE-BC
9:40 - 9:45 AM
N/A
Conference Overview and Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Kim Kuperman, MSN, RN, NE-BC, NPD-BC
9:45 -10:30 AM
Keynote
The Courage to Question Julie Bacon, MSN-HCSM, BA, RN, NE-BC, CPN, CFC, C-NPT
10:30 - 11:00 AM
Education Session
Resources for Finding High-Quality Pre-appraised Evidence
Pamela Williams, MS, MLS, AHIP
11:00 - 11:30 AM
Education Session
When Your Patient Is Part of a Study: What Every Nurse Should Know
Kentlee Battick, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNL, CNRN
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
N/A Lunch break - lunch will be provided to live/in person attendees that register for SHINE conference by March 24, 2026, at 11:59 PM EST
N/A 12:00 - 12:30 PM Education Session
Data Analytics 12:30 - 1:00 PM
Education Session Leading with Curiosity: A Pathway to Professional Development
Jade Hanson, MSN, RN, CCRP
1:00 -1:30 PM Podium Identifying Gaps in Sustaining Evidence-Based Practice in a Clinical Practice Environment Samantha O'Leary, BSN, RN, CPN
1:30 - 2:00 PM Podium Soap, Water, and Sponges-Standardizing Neurosurgical Post-Operative Incision Care
Kate Davis, BSN, RN, CPN
Courtney Boerker, BSN, RN, CPN
Mary Kamin, BSN, RN, CPN2:00 - 2:30 PM Podium Pursuing Excellence: Our Zero Harm Program
Lisa Moore, MSN, MHA, RN, NEA-BC
2:30 - 3:00 PM Podium Building a Transfusion Safety Team-Impacting Pediatric Transfusion Safety throughout the Continuum of Care
Sarah Lewis, MSN, RN, a-IPC
3:00 PM N/A Closing - Earning NCPDs and Next Steps Coming soon 3:00 - 3:30 PM Poster Meet the Authors - Poster Hall Multiple Authors -
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Time: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: Knott Conference Room | Map
Contacts: Annie Duremdes | Nayeon Lee | Taylor Yiankos
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Time Presentation Description Presenter 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Poster Poster Hall open - posters available for viewing all day
8:00 - 8:15 AM N/A Welcome Taylor Yiankos, MSN, RN, CMSRN
Nayeon Lee, PhD, RN8:20 - 9:00 AM Keynote Inquiry Ignites Excellence Stephanie Wilmer, MSN, RN 9:00 - 9:30 AM Education Presentation Using Secondary Workforce Survey Data to Differentiate Workforce Outcomes of Internationally Educated, Immigrant and U.S. Born Nurses Nayeon Lee, PhD, RN 9:30 - 10:30 AM Group Presentation & Q & A The Road to 100 Fall-Free Days: Advancing Safer Care through Modified Purposeful Rounding, Teamwork, and Sustainability in Fall Prevention
Alicia Rivero-Ombao, BSN, RN
Reducing Falls on an Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit through implementation of a Fall Prevention Bundle Christine Onyango, MSN, RN, CRRN
Dianne Campo, MSN, RN, CRRNUtilizing a Bedside Visual Goal Display to Increase Patient Mobility: A Quality Improvement Initiative Using JH-HLM Guidelines
Kaia Asmar, BSN, RN, CMSRN
Tony Briggs, RN10:30 - 10:45 AM Podium Decreasing Order-to-Administration Time for IV Antibiotics in NICU Patients with Suspected Early-Onset Sepsis: A Quality Improvement Initiative Emy Ann Panganoron, BSN,RN,RNC-NIC
Maria Cecille Rubrico, BSN, RN
Ashley Creel BSN, RN, RNC-NIC10:45 - 11:00 Podium Collaborate to Extubate! Reduce Risks and Build Relationships
Julianne Woodbury BSN, RN, CCRN
11:00 - 11:15 AM Podium Getting Down with EHR Downtime
Shelby Cahill, MS RN
Erica Willits MS, RN11:15 - 11:30 AM Podium Q & A 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM N/A Closing / Awards
John Davis, MBA, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, NEA-BC
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Poster Meet the Authors - Poster Hall Open -
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Time: 7:00 - 11:00 AM
Location: 1C Conference Room | Map
Contact: Email
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Time Presentation Description Presenter 8:00 - 11:00 AM Poster Poster Hall Open Multiple Authors 8:00 - 8:10 AM Opening Ron Langlotz, DNP, RN 8:10 - 8:15 AM Introduction Kate Kelly, MSN, RN 8:15 - 8:45 AM Podium Co-designing care in partnership: Working with Puerto Rican & Korean American communities to tailor shared decision-making at the end of life: The Korean American community
Vicki Lowe,, PhD, RN
Rebecca Wright, PhD, RN
Soo Hyun Kim8:45 - 9:15 AM Podium Supporting Antenatal Milk Expression (AME) in the Intrapartum Hospital Stay
Angela Horman, RN, BSN, IBCLC
Melissa Fleming, MSN, RN, CNM, IBCLC9:15 - 9:30 AM Poster Meet the Authors Multiple Authors 9:30 - 10:00 AM Podium Discharge Hospitality Suite: A Nurse-led QI project to address Emergency Department (ED) throughput and patient experience
Chad Dammers, MSN
Adam Luckwaldt, BSN, RN10:00 - 10:30 AM Podium Nurse Driven Palliative Care Screening using the P-CARES Tool in Critical Care
Darlene Norton, MSN, RN, CCRN-CMC, NE-BC 10:30 - 10:45 AM
Closing Kate Kelly, MSN, RN -
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Location: Turner Auditorium | Map
Contact: Email
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Time Presentation Type Title/Description Presenter 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Poster Poster Hall open - posters available for viewing all day
8:00 - 8:30 AM Poster Meet the Authors! Poster Hall open Multiple Authors 8:30 - 9:00 AM N/A Welcome & Opening Remarks Sharon Smyth, DNP, RN, CENP 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Keynote Technology Enhanced Bedside Nursing: What is on the Horizon for Johns Hopkins Nursing?
April Saathoff, DNP, RN
10:00 - 10:15 AM N/A Awards Ceremony
10:30 - 11:00 AM Podium Identifying Gaps in Sustaining Evidence-Based Practice in a Clinical Practice Environment
Heather Watson, PhD, RN Podium Behind the Scenes: Care Facilitation Shines Light on Regulatory Compliance
Regina Hendrix, MPA, MSN, RN, NPD-BC
Latonya Anderson, MSN, RN
Emelia Hurley, MBA, MSN, RN11:15 - 11:45 AM Podium Line by Line, One Check at a Time: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Daily Safety Audit Tool in Reducing CAUTI and CLABSI Rates in an Adult Surgical ICU
Vanessa Jean-Mary BSN, RN
Madison Goundry BSN, RNPodium Enhancing Quality and Safety in Emergency Cardiac Surgery Response
William Saba, BSN, RN
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM N/A Lunch - Turner Concourse 12:30 - 12:45 PM N/A 2024 Shirley Sohmer Award - Project Update
AwardsAmy Espino, MS, RN, OCN, CNL
Lynn Richards McDonald, DNP, MSN, RN, CNML
12:45 - 1:30 PM Poster Meet the Authors! Poster Hall open
Multiple Authors 1:45 - 2:15 PM Podium Integrating Emerging Technology: A Mixed Methods Study of Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Virtual Nursing in an Acute Care Setting
Kia Hope Shine, MBA, BSN, RN
Jen Guo, BS, BSN, RN, CCRN
Education Session Welch Library Resources Stella Seal, MLS 2:30 - 3:00 PM Podium Oral Honey Compared to Usual Oral Care in Oncology Patients with Chemotherapy and/or Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis
Shannon Ogrysko, BSN, RN
Education Session Leading Change | The Role of Project Management in Nursing Initiatives Katie Howell, MBA, PMP
Sarah Porter, MS, RN, NE-BC3:15 - 4:15 PM Panel Career Pathways Lisa Grubb, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, CWCN, C/DONA, CPHQ
Holley Farley, DNP, RN
Betsy Zink, PhD, RN, CCNS
Cecelia Canchanya, MSN, CRNP, FNP-BC
Lisa Keleman, MSN, RN
Sheila Miranda, MS, RN, NPD-BC4:15 - 4:30 PM N/A Closing Remarks Heather Watson, PhD, RN -
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:45 PM
Location: MOB #1 | Map
Contact: SMH Email
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Lunch will be served
Time Presentation Description Presenter 11:00 - 11:30 AM
N/A Arrival - Lunch Provided N/A 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Keynote Then, Now, and Next: The Endurance of the Nurse-Led Council
Rowena Milburn, DNP, MSN, RNC-LRN
Catherine Soriano, BSN, RN, RNC-LRN, RNC-NIC12:00 - 12:30 PM Podium A Retrospective Analysis to Evaluate Outcomes in the Emergency Department Utilizing a Geriatric Nurse Navigator Service
Suzanne Dutton, DNP, GNP-BC, RN
Abdul Sherif, MSN, RN-BC12:30 - 12:45 PM
Poster Improving Delirium Screening and Management in Hospitalized Older Adults with 4AT
Michelle Poon, DNP, FNP-C, RN-BC
12:45 - 1:00 PM
Poster Behavior Response Nurse: Impact on Nursing Staff and Hospital Workplace Violence
Ivy Hunt, MSN, RN, PMH-BC 1:00 - 1:15 PM Poster Not It! Identifying Gaps in Sustaining Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in a Practice Environment Rowena Milburn, DNP, MSN, RNC-LRN
1:15 - 1:45 PM
Podium Retrospective Analysis of Retention Rates in a Nurse Residency Program Utilizing a Resilience Nurse Service
Darleen Dagey, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CNPR
Suzanne Dutton, DNP, GNP-BC, RN
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Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Location: Marriott Conference Center, Rooms 3 & 4
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Time Presentation Type Description Presenter 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM Poster Poster Hall open Multiple authors 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Poster Meet the Authors! Multiple authors 12:00 - 12:30 PM Podium Unseen Risks: A Nurse-Led Approach to Strengthening Fall Prevention in Psychiatry Marie Anne Flores, BSN, PMH-BC
Stephany Alabanza, BSN
Laketa Dyson MSN
12:30 - 1:00 PM Podium Dual Clinician Approach to HAPI Prevention
Michelle Tanner, BSN, RN
Ginaya Crooks, MSN, BSN, RN, CCRN, CSC
1:00 - 1:30 PM Podium Evaluation of current limb restriction practices in post-mastectomy patients: A systematic review
Linda Simpson, BSN, RN, OCN
Franklin Leung, MSN, RN1:30 - 2:00 PM Podium Identifying Gaps in Sustaining Evidence-Based Practice in a Clinical Practice Environment
Meha Dalal, MSN, RN 2:00 - 2:30 PM Poster Poster Hall Open Multiple authors