Friday, May 2nd, 2025
I. Dodd Wilson Education Building
UAMS main campus, Little Rock, AR
Click HERE for a downloadable map, with a star marking the conference location.
Click HERE for the conference flyer in PDF. Feel free to print and distribute!
Conference Overview
Arkansas Nursing Research Day is a statewide conference dedicated to advancing nursing research and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration among healthcare professionals, faculty, staff, and students. For over a decade, this event has provided a platform to showcase nursing research that drives evidence-based practice and improves healthcare outcomes. This year’s conference will emphasize team science, highlighting the power of collaboration in addressing complex healthcare challenges. Attendees will engage in multidisciplinary panel discussion and breakout sessions, promoting the exchange of innovative methodologies and insights, shaping the future of nursing research and practice.
Theme: Nursing Excellence: Using Research to Advance Science and Practice
Objectives:
- Participants will analyze the impact of violence as a public health crisis and propose interdisciplinary intervention strategies.
- Participants will apply evidence-based approaches to mitigate health disparities in diverse populations, focusing on maternal and childhood health outcomes.
- Participants will evaluate opioid impact on vulnerable populations, ESC implementation, and prevention of adolescent drug misuse.”
- Participants will examine methods to conduct or disseminate research, including quality improvement, AI applications, and abstract development, to advance knowledge and inform strategic innovations in nursing research.
Conference Agenda: Check back for more information!
To register, click here
2025 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- COMMITTEE CHAIR: Bridget McCarty, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC
- COMMITTEE CHAIR-ELECT: Jocelyn Anderson, PhD, RN, SANE-A
- Pearman Parker, PhD, MPH, RN, PMH-BC
- Margaret Love, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
- Janice Taylor, DNP, APRN, GNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC
- Sharon Stevenson, DNP, RN, APRN, PPCNP-BC
- Maeghan Arnold, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC
- Jamie Jones, PhD, RN, CNE
- Elizabeth Riley, DNP, RNC-NIC, CNE
- Natalie Capps, PhD, MNSc, RN
- Britni Ayers, PhD
- Lynette Mathews
- Jonathan Rodriguez
- Taylor Skarda
- ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR RESEARCH: Judith Weber, PhD, RD
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES
- Amber Westpheling, BSN
- Rebekah Thacker, MNSc, RNC-NIC
- Heather Hunter, MSN, RN
- Jon David Adams, BSN
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- Is there an online option to attend the conference? No, this is an in-person event only.
- Will any of the presentations be recorded? No, come meet us in person!
- Are CEU’s being offered? Please check back for more information regarding CEUs.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Sponsors:
- Baptist Health
- Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Exhibitors:
- Arkansas Nurses Association
- Arkansas Nurses Foundation
- Arkansas Nurse Practitioner Association
- Arkansas Center for Nursing
- Gamma Xi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International
- Emergency Nurses Association
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