Conference Agenda. Wednesday, October 5, :30 am to 8:30 am Registration & Breakfast. 8:30 am to 9:00 am Welcome Ballroom

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1 Conference Agenda Wednesday, October 5, :30 am to 8:30 am Registration & Breakfast 8:30 am to 9:00 am Welcome 9:00 am to 10:30 am Keynote Address: Rural Ethical Situations: Resources and Strategies for Nurses Angeline Bushy, PhD, RN, FAAN, PHCNS-BC, Bert Fish Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair, Professor and Coordinator, Daytona Campus, University of Central Florida 10:30 am to 11:00 am Vendors and Coffee Break 11:00 am to 12:30 pm 11:00 am to 12:30 pm 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Session A1: Community Health 1. Rural Residents Perceived Community Health Assets and Deficits (7) *Jeri L. Bigbee, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAAN, Jody DeMeyer Endowed Chair, Boise State University, School of Nursing 2. A Tale of Two Rural Counties: Barriers to Prenatal Care (14) *Gale A. Spencer, PhD, RN, Decker Endowed Chair in Community Health Nursing & Distinguished Professor; & *Sharon A. Bryant, PhD, Associate Professor Binghamton University, Decker School of Nursing 3. Public Health Nurse Ready: Assisting New and Returning PHN s with Education in Core Public Health Nursing Competences (40) *Michelle Cravetz, MS,RN-BC, PHN Ready; University at Albany, School of Public Health & Center for Public Health Continuing Education & Adjunct Professor Keuka College Session A2: Health & Wellness Endicott Room 1. Rural Women s Health, Curling, and Rural Nursing: A Canadian Study Using Photovoice (10) *Beverly Leipert, PhD, RN, Associate Professor; Robyn Plunkett, RN, PhD Student and Research Assistant, University of Western Ontario; Donna Meagher-Stewart, PhD, MHSc, BScN, RN, Associate Professor Dalhousie University of Manitoba, School of Nursing; Lynn Scruby, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba, Heather Mair, PhD, MA, BA, Associate Professor University of Waterloo; Kevin Wamsley, PhD, Professor & Associate Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences The University of Western Ontario 2. The Effects of Nurse-Run Diet & Physical Activity Intervention on CRP (16) *Margaret Pribulick, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Norwich University 3. School-based Pedometer Program and Well-being Scores in 4 th and 5 th Graders Attending Rural Schools (36) *Susan Terwilliger, EdD, PNP-BC, RN, MS, Clinical Associate Professor Binghamton University, Decker School of Nursing Session A3: Geriatric Populations 1. Facilitating online and collaborative practices in rural hospitals to incorporate best practices in the older adult population (29) *Cindy Nigolian, GCNS-BC, NICHE Clinical Administrator; Elizabeth Capezuti, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dr. John W. Rowe Professor in Successful Aging, Co-Director, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing; Joseph Shuluk, BA, Assistant Research Scientist, Victoria Dickson PhD, CRNP, Assistant Professor, New York University CON 2. Early Alzheimer s Interventions: Making a Difference in Rural Care (20) *Nancy Blume, PhD, RN, ARNP-CNS, Associate Professor & Director, Graduate Nursing Studies, Lamar University, Dishman Department of Nursing 3. Does Resilience Level Differ Among Older Adults Living in Rural, Suburban or Urban Areas? (11) *Margaret Wells, PhD, RN, NP Assistant Professor, Upstate Medical University

2 Wednesday, October 5, :30 pm to 1:45 pm Vendors and Lunch Restaurant 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Session B1: Symposium Serving Our Nations Aging Rural Veterans: Health Care Considerations and Challenges (49) *Maureen Daws, MS, RN, FNP-BC, PhD Candidate, Clinical Assistant Professor, Binghamton University, Decker School of Nursing & Nurse Practitioner NYS Veterans Home at Oxford; *Phillip Dzwonczyk, MD, Medical Director; Sally Venugopalan, Administrator; *Linda Winston, RN-BC, RAC-CT, BS, BSN, Director of Nursing *Jean Van Kingsley MS, RN, FNP-BC, Nurse Practitioner, New York Sate Veterans Home at Oxford Session B2: Endicott Room Understanding Rural from Human Geography and Demographics 1. Place as Central to Understand the Construction of Rural Nursing in New Zealand (41) *Jean Ross, RN, BN, MA Principal Lecturer School of Nursing & PhD Candidate, University of Otago 2. Comparison of Coding Schemes for Designations of Rural and Urban with New York State Counties as an Exemplar (1) *Serdar Atav. PhD, Associate Professor; & *Rosa Darling, PhD, RN, Clinical Assistant Professor, Binghamton University, Decker School of Nursing 3. The Changing Demographic Context of Rural Health Care (69) *David Brown, PhD; Professor & Chair Department of Sociology; Co-Director of Community and Regional Development Institute; Director of Graduate Studies at Cornell University Session B3: Kids & Adolescents 1. The Efficacy of the Keep on Track Educational Intervention and Its Impact on Farm Safety Knowledge Levels Among Rural School Age Children (32) *Tina Sullivan, PhD, APRN-BC, FNP, FNP, Associate Professor Hartwick College, & Advanced Practice Nurse in School Based Health Care 2 Using Nursing Students as Open Airways for Schools Facilitators Through Community Partnership to Impact Asthma Outcomes (45) *Judith Quaranta, MS, RN, CPN, Clinical Assistant Professor and PhD student, *Kimberly Brown, BSN, RN, Graduate, *Kayla Logvis, BSN, RN, Graduate, & Danielle Ponticiella, Undergraduate Student, Binghamton University, DSON 3 Attitudes Surrounding HPV Vaccines for Adolescent Males in Rural Populations: A Randomized Controlled Trial (3) *Nicole A. Rouhana, PhD, CNM, FNP-BC, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Stony Brook University Session C: Posters Left Bank off the Restaurant 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm 4:15 pm to 5:15 pm Posters displayed at this session are listed at the end of today s schedule Vendors will be in the Southern Tier Room Session D1 1. A CAM Health Literacy Measure for use with Older Rural Adults (71) *Bette A. Ide, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, College of Nursing, University of North Dakota, Jean Shreffler-Grant, Ph.D., RN, Associate Professor; Elizabeth Nichols, DNS, RN, FAAN, Professor Emeritus & Clarann Weinert, SC, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emeritus, Montana State University, College of Nursing 2. Rural Forensic Nursing: It s Not Just About Dead People (72) *Mary Muscari, PhD, CPNP, PMHCNS-BC Associate Professor & Director of the O Connor Office of Rural Nursing Studies, Binghamton University, Decker School of Nursing

3 Wednesday, October 5, :15 pm to 5:15 pm Session D2: Tobacco in Rural Populations Endicott Room 1. Factors Influencing Rural Tobacco-Free Male Adolescents (9) *Pamela A. Kulbok, RN, DNSc, PHCNS-BC, FAAN, Professor & Chair, Department of Family, Community & Mental Health Systems, University of Virginia School of Nursing; *Peggy S. Meszaros, PhD, CFCS, William E. Lavery Professor of Human Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA; *Ivora D. Hinton, PhD, Coordinator, Data Analyses & Interpretation, UVA, SON; *Nisha D. Botchwey, PhD, MCRP, MPH, Associate Professor of Urban & Environmental Planning and Public Health Sciences, UVA, School of Architecture; & *Devon Noonan, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, Research Fellow, University of Michigan, SON 2 Utilizing Focus Group Data Regarding the Experiences of Pregnant Smokers and Their Providers as Follow-up to a Quantitative Study on Cessation in Rural Population (68) *Geri Britton, PhD., Research Assistant Professor, Decker School of Nursing (DSON); Sean McKitrick, Assistant Provost, Institutional Research & Assessment Office; *Rosemary Collier, RN, PhD Student; DSON; Gary D. James, PhD, Professor DSON & Anthropology; Taffae Cadeau, MS, BS, Graduate DSON; Erica Avidano, BS, RN, Graduate DSON; Rebecca Fears, MS, BS, RN Graduate DSON; *Lori Marie A. Sprague, MS, RN, PhD Student and Clinical Instructor, DSON; Michelle Summers BS, DNP student, DSON, Binghamton University JoAnn Brinthaupt Certified NP, RN, Ivy Obstetrics and Gynecology, Elmira, NY Joyce Stehle, MS, RN Clinical Nurse Specialist, Arnot Ogden Medical Center 4:15 pm to 5:15 pm Session D3: Rural Global Perspective 1. Grand Bahama Island: Diabetes Self-management among Rural Bahamians (33) *Ishan Williams, PhD, Assistant Professor; Sharon Utz, PhD, RN, Associate Professor; Kathryn Reid, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia SON; Theresa Long, DNP, FNP-BC, CDE, Riverside Shore Diabetes Center, Nassawadox, VA & Judy Bridgewater, MSN, RN, Nurse Educator, Grand Bahamas Health Services Public Hospitals Authority 2. Embodiment of Social Practices in Rural and Remote Places: Global Perspectives on Depression in Women (12) *Emily J. Hauenstein, PhD, LCP, MSN, RN Formerly University of Virginia Currently Associate Dean for Research, University of Rochester, SON 5:15 pm DINNER ON YOUR OWN

4 SESSION C POSTERS Wednesday Oct. 5, 2011 Left Bank 3:15 PM 4:15 PM 1. New Mexico Rural Nurse Residency (NMRNR) Program (46) Deborah, J. Cassady, MSN, RN, Coordinator NMRNR & Anna von Dielingen, MSN, RN New Mexico Rural Nurse Residency Program, New Mexico Centers for Nursing Excellence 2. Predictors of Internet and Technology use in Caregivers of Individuals with Diabetes or Dementia: Findings From A 2009 National Survey (18) Myra Clark, MS, FNP-C, Doctoral Student; Kim Heejung, MSN, RN, Doctoral Student, Sharon Utz, PhD, RN, Associate Professor; Karen Rose, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia School of Nursing 3. Using Mixed Method Research Designs to Improve Care for Older Adults in Rural Settings (24) Daniel Cline, RN, MSN, CRNP, PhD Student; Victoria Vaughan Dickerson, PhD, RN, CRNP, Assistant Professor Brookdale Leadership in Aging Fellows; Elizabeth Capezuti, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dr. John W. Rowe Professor in Successful Aging & Co-Director, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University College of Nursing 4. Best Practices in Computer Ergonomics for On-Line Learners and Faculty (35) Lennie Davis, MSN, MS, RN, NEA-BC, Assistant Professor, DeVry University, Chamberlain College of Nursing 5. The Effect of an Arthritis Self-Management Program for Older Koreans in Rural Areas (26) Jennie DeGagne, PhD, MSN, MS, RN-BC, Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University & Aeyoung So PhD, MPH, RN, Professor, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Kangwon Province, Republic of Korea 6. Teaching Rural Nursing in an Undergraduate Nursing Program: A Day on the Farm (27) Patricia Eathington, MS, RN, Lecturer Western Illinois University School of Nursing & Doctoral Student, University of Illinois at Chicago 7. The Integration of Breastfeeding Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes into a Baccalaureate Prelicensure Nursing Curriculum (54) Mary Murphy-Smith, DNP, CNM, APRN, IBCLC, Clinical Nurse Educator, Assistant Professor, St. Xavier University, School of Nursing 8. Health Behaviors in Rural Older Adult Spouses of Cardiac Surgery Patients (56) Paula S. Schultz, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), College of Nursing 9. Sparking a Flame in a Rural Community: A Walking Program in Hancock, Maryland to Encourage Physical Activity and Healthy Eating (34) Katherine Rabon, MS, RN, Clinical Assistant Professor, Towson University, Hagerstown, MD 10. Participatory Methods to Improve Latino Farmworker Health and Safety (63) Sherry Wyckoff, Research Coordinator; Lynae Hawkes, Research Coordinator; John May, MD, Center Director, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH), Bassett Healthcare Network, Cooperstown, NY

5 Thursday, October 6, :00 am to 9:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:00 am to 10:30 am Keynote Addresses: Nursing s Two Cents Deana Molinari, RN, PhD Associate Professor Idaho State University School of Nursing; President Rural Nurse Organization (RNO) 10:30 am to 11:00 am Vendors and Break 11:00 am to 12:00 pm 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Session E1: Perceptions of Rural Nurses 1. Staff Nurses Perceptions of The Factors That Influence Quality of Care In Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) (67) *Marianne Baernholdt, PhD, MPH, RN, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia School of Nursing 2. Rural Nurses and the Intent to Move (8) *Deana L. Molinari, PhD, RN, CNE, President RNO, Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Ashvin Jaiswal, BS, Graduate Student, College of Pharmacy, Idaho State University Session E2: Interprofessional Partnerships Endicott Room 1. Interprofessional Fellowship Program in Clinical Outcomes & Comparative Effectiveness Research in Rural Primary Care (64) *Sally J. Reel PhD, RN, FNP, BC, FAAN Director, Arizona AHEC Program & Associate Dean for Academic Practice, School of Nursing; Ivo Abraham, PhD, RN, College of Pharmacy (PI, COCER); Tamsen Bassford, MD Dept. of Family & Community Medicine (PI, Primary Care); Myra Muramoto, MD Dept. of Family & Community Medicine; Ed Armstrong, PharmD College of Public Health; Joe Gerald, MD, PhD College of Public Health University of Arizona 2. Hispanic Migrant Farmworker Health in Rural East Tennessee: Interprofessional Education and a University/Community Partnership (48) * Sharon Loury, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing; Joseph Florence, MD, Associate Professor & Director of Rural Programs, Quillen College of Medicine; Ken Silver, D.Sc., Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health & *Christie Reining, LPN, BSN student nurse, CON, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Lunch and Vendors Session E3: CVD 1. Older Rural Women Moving Up & Moving On In Cardiac Rehabilitation (43) *Elizabeth N. Austin, PhD, MA, RN, CNE, Assistant Professor, Towson University, College of Nursing 2. Cardiovascular Knowledge, Beliefs, and Healthcare Practices of the Old Order Amish of Northern Indiana (52) *Deborah R. Gillum, PhD, MSN, RN, Assistant Professor, Associate Dean of Nursing, Bethel College, School of Nursing; Beth A. Staffileno, PhD, RN, FAHA Assistant Professor, Rush University; & Karon S. Schwartz, PhD, MS, RN, Graduate Program Director, Bethel College, School of Nursing 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm Session F1: Symposium Saving Lives by Changing Practice: Migrant Farmworkers and the Role of Nurses: Successfully Integrating Environmental and Occupational Health into Primary Care Practice (60) *Amy Liebman, MPA, MA Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, & Candance Kugel, MSN, FNP, CNM, RN, Women s Health and Quality Improvement, Migrant Clinicians Network

6 Thursday, October 6, :30 pm 3:00 pm 1:30 pm 3:00 pm Session F2: Technology/Educational Research Endicott Room 1. Preparing Nurses for Technology Applications in Rural Health Practice (6) *JoAnn Klaassen, RN, MN, JD, Clinical Assistant Professor; University of Missouri-Kansas City Director, UMKC_RN-BSN Rural Nurse Initiative 2. Comparative Descriptors of Applicants and Graduates of Online and Face-to-Face Masters of Science in Nursing Programs (13) *Nancy Granberry, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, East Tennessee State University, College of Nursing 3. Turkish Undergraduate Students Attitudes Toward Older People: An Examination of Rural-Urban Difference (62) Merdiye Sendir, PhD, Associate Professor, Istanbul University, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing; *A. Serdar Atav, PhD, Associate Professor, Binghamton University, DSON; & Funda Buyukyilmaz, PhD Research Associate, Istanbul University, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing Session F3: Advanced Practice/Primary Care 1. What do Rural NPs Do? A Task Analysis of Rural NPs in Oregon (28) *Gary Laustsen PhD, FNP-BC, RN, Associate Professor, Oregon Health and Science University 2. Case Management as an Adjunct to Free Clinic Care in Rural KY (25) *Audrey Darville, APRN, PhD Candidate & Marie Manaheim, RN, Hope Clinic and Pharmacy, Danville, KY 3. The Community Speaks: Voices of Underserved Latina Women at Risk for Breast Cancer: An Academic Service Community Health Focus (38) Susan Neville, PhD, RN, Associate Professor & Chair Department of Nursing; *Ellen Greer, OTR/LP PhD, Assistant Professor & Director Occupational Therapy Department, New York Institute of Technology, School of Health Professions Session G: Posters Left Bank off the Restaurant 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm Posters displayed at this session are listed at the end of today s schedule Vendors will be in the Southern Tier Room 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Session H1: Research & Theory 1. Rural Networking Nuts and Bolts of Participant Recruitment (2) *Florence M. Weierbach, Ph.D, RN, MPH, Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University, College of Nursing 2. Competency In Rural Nursing : An Evolutionary Concept Analysis (4) *Bernadethe Marheni Luan, MA, RN, PhD Student, University of Virginia School of Nursing & Sint Carolus School of Health Sciences, Jakarta, Indonesia Session H2: People to People Endicott Room 1. Family Ties: Connecting Migrant Families in Rural TN with Their Families in Mexico (47) *Sharon Loury, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing & *Ardis Nelson, PHD, Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, East Tennessee State University 2. A Community Health Nursing Project for People Living in Soreang Village, South Sulawesi, Indonesia (30) *Rini Rachmawaty, MN, RN, Associate Lecturer University of Hasanuddin, Nursing Study Program, Makassar, South Sulawesi. Indonesia and PhD Student University of Virginia School of Nursing; Rosani Naim BS, Associate Lecturer, Nursing Academy of Kolaka; & Darwis, Muhammad, BS, RN, Nurse Practitioner, Intensive Care Unit, Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital 5:00 pm Break

7 5:45 pm Cash Bar Lobby 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Silent Auction Lobby DINNER (EXTRA COST $30.00) 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm Music by the Burns Sisters SESSION G POSTERS Thursday Oct 6, 2011 Left Bank 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 1. Operation Stat: Academic and Military Mass Casualty Simulation on a University Campus (66) Elizabeth N. Austin, PhD, MA, RN, CNE, Assistant Professor; Kathleen T. Ogle, PhD, RN, Graduate Program Director/Assistant Professor; Nancy Hannafin, MS, RNc, Clinical Assistant Professor; Elizabeth Rudolf, MS, RN, CPN, FNE-A, Clinical Assistant Professor; Lori Geier, MS, RN, Clinical Assistant Professor Towson University Alexis Nusbaum, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, U.S. Veterans Affairs Regina Phillips, PhD, MA, RN, CNE, Assistant Professor; H. Wayne Nelson, PhD, Professor; Gerald J. Jerome, PhD, Assistant Professor; Margaret McCormick, MS, RN, Clinical Assistant Professor; Daniel Agley, PhD, Associate Professor; Michelle Kirwan, MS, CRNP, Clinical Assistant Professor; Marcie Weinstien, PhD, Associate Dean, College of Health Professions, Towson University 2. Association of Adherence to Follow-up Recommendations from Community Health Blood Pressure Screening Clinics to Healthy Lifestyles: Results from a Rural Cohort (5) Debra M. Backus, Ph.D., RN, CNE, NEA-BC, Associate Professor Department of Nursing, SUNY Canton 3. Implementation Of Rural Nurse Residency Programs In Montana (59) Lori A. Chovanak, RN, Program Coordinator, Montana BAN; Northwest Rural Nurses Residency; Helena MT 4. Psychometric Analysis of Instruments Used for Research Among Rural African Americans With Diabetes (23) Myra Clark, MS, FNP-C, Doctoral Student & Sharon Utz, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, University of Virginia School of Nursing 5. The Community Heart Program (51) Diana Gaetano, BS, RN, COHN-S, Supervisor Healthworks, Bassett Healthcare Network, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH) 6. Lessons from the Congo: Conflict, Sexual Assault, and the Displaced Child (19) Jamela Martin, MSN, RN, PNP, PhD Student University of Virginia, School of Nursing 7. The Impact of Breast Cancer Treatment on the Meaning of Occupational Patterns in the Lifeworld of Women Who Return to Paid And Unpaid Work (39) Susan Neville, PhD, RN, Associate Professor & Chair Department of Nursing & Ellen Greer, OTR/LLP PhD, Assistant Professor and Director Occupational Therapy Department; New York Institute of Technology, School of Health Professions 8. Home Care Nurse Orientation: Improving the Process (65) Janet M. Pope, MSN, RN, Clinical Educator, UHS Home Care: Twin Tier Home Health, Binghamton, NY 9. Interdisciplinary Approach with Enhanced Nursing Care Improves Anticoagulation Safety and Outcomes in the Rural Setting (42) Kelly Rudd, PharmD, BCPS, CACP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist; Tammy White, LPN, Advanced; Amanda Groshans, LPN, Advanced & John G. Dier, MD, Attending Physician, Bassett Medical Center 10. Getting It Right with the Right Team: Improving Compliance with Stroke Assessment Using Rapid Cycle Improvement Process and Stroke Super Nurses (55) Coleen Vesely, RN, BSN, CEN, CPEN, MEP; Lydia Saltsman, RN; Connie Jastremski, RN, VP Nursing & Jennifer Mordore, Bassett Healthcare Network 11. Rural and Urban Differences in Symptoms and Physical Activity After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (57) Lani Zimmerman, PhD, FAHA, FAAN, Professor; Susan Barnason, PhD FAHA, Professor; & Paula S. Schultz, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), College of Nursing

8 7:30 am to 8:30 am Registration & Breakfast Friday, October 7, :30 am to 10:00 am 10:00 am to 11:00 am 10:00 am to 11:00 am 10:00 am to 11:00 am 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Keynote Address: Rural Nursing Concepts, Theory, And Practice: Past, Present And Future Charlene A. Winters PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC Associate Professor, College of Nursing at Montana State University (Bozeman), Missoula Campus Session I 2: Workforce Solutions 1. Utilizing Nursing Students, MSW Interns and AmeriCorps Members to Support Rural Health Services (44) *John (Jack) C. Salo Director Rural Health Network of South Central New York Danielle Director, Rural Health Service Corps; Whitney Point, NY 2. How the Relational Process Shapes Rural Preceptorship (37) *Deirdre Jackman, RN, BScN, MN, PhD Candidate & Florence Myrick, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning, University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing Session I 3: Symptom Management Endicott Room 1. Stuffy Nose/Stuffy Lungs: The Impact of Nasal Congestion on Pulmonary Function and Asthma Control in Rural and Non-Rural Adults with Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis (61) *Donna Hogan, FNP, APRN, BC, PhD Candidate, Binghamton University, Decker School of Nursing 2. Pain Management Learning Needs Assessment in Rural Appalachia (21) *Cathy Campbell, PhD, ANP-BC, Assistant Professor; Diane Boyer, DNP, Assistant Professor; Virginia Rovnyak, PhD, Senior Research Scientist University of Virginia School of Nursing; & Lisa Campbell, PhD, Assistant Professor and Associate Director Center for Health Disparities Research, East Carolina University Session I 4 1. Rural vs. Urban Newly Licensed Nurses: Are They Different (53) *Marilyn Meyer Bratt, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Marquette University, College of Nursing 2. Connecting with Community: Experiences in the Philippines (70) *Susana A. Salvacion, PhD, MA Nursing, Dean, School of Nursing, Southern Luzon State University of the Philippines Session J: Symposium Beyond Henry Street: Nurses and Access to Rural Health Care, Lessons From the Past (17) John C. Kirchgessner PhD, RN, PNP, Assistant Professor of Nursing St. John Fisher College & Assistant Director, Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry; Arlene W. Keeling, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor of Nursing; Director Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry Mary E. Gibson, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing; Assistant Director, Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry, University of Virginia School of Nursing 12:30pm to 2:00 pm Lunch with Editors Interested in writing or reviewing for the Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care? Have lunch with the editors and discuss the opportunities and process. Pamela Stewart Fahs, DSN, RN, Editor-In-Chief, Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, Professor and Decker Endowed Chair of Rural Nursing, DSON; & Erin E. Rushton, Managing Editor, Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care and Associate Librarian, Binghamton University Must be registered for lunch. NB the number in parenthesis after the title indicates the abstract number. Please refer to the abstract listing. Scheduled Presenters are identified with an asterisk *