Agenda NHNA Graduating Student Nurse Conference: Advocacy for Yourself and Your Patients

April 17, 2026, 0830 - 1430

Plymouth State University  

0830 - 0900 Registration, Coffee/Continental Breakfast, and Vendors

 0900 - 0915 Welcome by NHNA President Mary Behnke BSN, RN, CHTP

0915 - 0945 Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Janet Carroll RN, SANE-A,-P, SANE Program Director

0945 - 1010 Nutrition Advocating for a Healthy Self Braelynne Jurius RD, LD, Hannaford Dietician

1010 –1025 Break and Vendors

1025 - 1110 Interprofessional Collaboration Panel Case Study: Working out of silos- value of interprofessional collaboration

• Sean Collins PT, ScD
• Yunieska Juney Trujillo-Ramirez MSW, LICSW, MLADC
• Janet Carroll RN, CEN, SANE-A, SANE-P
• Tracia O’Shana MSN, APRN, EdD (c)
• Jigar Mehta Pharmacist PharmD, RPh, BCACP, AAHIVP, 340B ACE
• Braelynne Jurius RD, LD, Hannaford Dietician
• Elizabeth Disney MD, Obstetrician

1110 – 1145 Workplace Violence Yunieska Juney Trujillo-Ramirez, MSW, LICSW, MLADC

1145 - 1230 Lunch and Vendors

1230 – 1300 Transition to Practice Tracia O’Shana MSN, APRN, EdD (c)

1300 – 1320 Qigong Dianne Reid MS, BSN RN, NE-BC, Caritas Coach

 1320 – 1350 Advocacy: An Essential Role for the Registered Nurse Deb Hastings, PhD, RN, NPD-BC

1350 – 1420 New Nurse Panel, Activity for Movement

• Alexandra Sheedy BSN, RN 2024- Neurological ICU, Tufts Medical Center
• Ashleigh Magoon BSN, RN 2024- In-Patient Surgical/Adolescent, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
• Ali Dutton ADN, RN 2025- Progressive Care Unit, Concord Hospital
• Lindy Bent ADN, RN 2025- Intensive Care Unit, Portsmouth Regional Hospital

 1420 – 1430 Announcement of Rising Star Award, Vendor Raffle drawings and Evaluations