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URL:https://researchweek.unc.edu/events/innovate-nurse-led-interventions/
SUMMARY:Innovate nurse-led interventions: Improving outcomes for older adul
 ts and their care partners
DESCRIPTION:Join the UNC School of Nursing for a virtual seminar featuring 
 faculty members Ashley Leak Bryant and Mark Toles as they share their expe
 rtise in developing innovative nurse-led interventions that improve outcom
 es for older adults and their care partners.\n \nAshley Leak Bryant\, PhD\
 , RN\, OCN\, FAAN\, serves as the Frances Hill Fox Distinguished Professor
  at the UNC School of Nursing\, where she also holds the role of Senior As
 sociate Dean for Strategy and Global Affairs. Additionally\, she co-direct
 s the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collabora
 ting Center for Quality and Safety in Nursing and Midwifery. As a key memb
 er of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center\, Dr. Bryant serves a
 s Assistant Director of Cancer Research\, Training\, and Education Coordin
 ation. Her expertise encompasses palliative and supportive care\, acute my
 eloid leukemia (AML)\, interprofessional collaboration\, and workforce dev
 elopment. Dr. Bryant's research centers on multidisciplinary interventions
  aimed at improving symptoms\, functional status\, and quality of life for
  older adults with blood cancers and their caregivers. She is currently te
 sting a nurse-led\, team-based intervention designed to enhance symptom ma
 nagement and function in older adults with AML\, while also addressing the
  well-being of their caregivers through a team that includes physical thar
 apy\, occupational therapy\, and social work professionals.\n \nMark Toles
 \, PhD\, RN\, FAAN\, is a professor and the Beerstecher-Blackwell Distingu
 ished Term Scholar at the UNC School of Nursing\, where he also serves as 
 the Senior Division Chair for Health Systems\, Policy\, and Leadership Inn
 ovations. His expertise lies in improving the care of older adults and the
 ir caregivers\, particularly the quality of care in nursing homes and the 
 transitional care of older adults as they move between healthcare settings
 . Most recently\, Dr. Toles completed his R01 study\, “Connect-Home\,”
  which tested the efficacy of transitional care for patients and caregiver
 s during transitions from skilled nursing facilities to home. He has also 
 received funding for a continuation R01 to adapt this model for patients w
 ith dementia and their caregivers\, further exploring an interdisciplinary
  team-based approach that includes nurses\, social workers\, and occupatio
 nal and physical therapists.
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CATEGORIES:Carolina Nursing,Virtual Event
LOCATION:https://zoom.us/j/94657594350
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