Penn State Altoona faculty present at nurse educator summit

ALTOONA, Pa. — Three Penn State Altoona nursing faculty were guest presenters at this year’s National Nurse Educator Summit held April 7 through 10 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The summit, presented by Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) Nursing, is a leading industry event featuring nursing professionals from across the country who share a passion for education and lifelong learning. This year, the summit focused on critical issues facing healthcare and nursing education with topics to help educators prepare future nurses.

Joan Krug, assistant teaching professor of nursing, presented twice: the electronic poster podium presentation “Faculty to Faculty Incivility: Surviving a PhD and Incivility,” and the poster “Making Conversation: Using Flipgrid to Develop Effective Nursing Communication.”

Suzanne Kuhn, teaching professor in nursing, and Danielle Peterman, assistant teaching professor of nursing, presented the poster “Moving Forward to Create a Culture of Engagement and Inclusion from Student to Professional Practice.”