| Agenda | |
|---|---|
| Thursday November 19, 2026 | |
| 4:00-6:00pm | Check in and Registration |
| Friday November 20, 2026 | |
| 7:30 - 8:50 am | Check-In & Registration with Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 9:30 am | Welcome |
| 9:30 - 10:00 am | Ethics of Hands and Ethics of Face |
| 10:00 - 11:00 am | Vanderbilt University School of Nursing - Science and Soul |
| 11:00 -11:30 am | Comfort Break |
| 11:30 - 12:45 pm | Experiential Breakout Sessions |
| 12:45 - 2:00 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 -3:15 pm | Experiential Breakout Sessions |
| 3:30 - 4:00 pm | Closing Ceremony |
| 4:00– 6:00 pm | Poster Viewing and Conversations |
| 7:30 PM | Evening Activity (TBD) |
| Saturday November 21, 2026 | |
| 8:00 - 8:30 am | Optional morning Qigong w/ Dianne Reid |
| 8:45 - 9:00 am | Centering Moment |
| 9:00 - 9:45 am | Education: Curriculum - Weaving Caring Science through the Essentials |
| 9:45 -10:15 am | Q & A Panel |
| 10:15 -10:45 am | Comfort Break |
| 10:45 - 11:30 am | Praxis: Hospital Nurse Residency |
| 11:30 - 1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 11:30 -12:30 pm | Optional simulation tours |
| 1:00 – 1:45 pm | Keynote with Dr. Jean Watson “Living out Science and Soul” |
| 1:45 - 2:30 pm | Experiential Global Meditation |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm | Closing Ceremony and Woosh |
| 3:00 - 4:00 pm | Book Signing and Photo Opportunity with Jean Watson and other Caring Science Authors |
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Vanderbilt University School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hours for this conference are currently being reviewed and are pending approval through the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Final determination of awarded contact hours will be communicated to participants prior to the start of the conference.