The 2024 IN Nursing Summit will be virtual and on-demand beginning November 4, 2024. View a keynote speaker, panel discussion, virtual 15-minute presentations, and poster presentations featuring nursing work from around the state.
Keynote Address:
Gratitude: An Evidence-Based practice
Cindy Adams, PhD, ANP-BC, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer, Ascension St. Vincent
Dr. Adams has a 40-year healthcare career spanning critical care nursing, clinical research, 15 years as a nurse practitioner (emergency department, cardiology and chronic disease management), and 14 years in executive leadership. She earned her PhD in Nursing with a minor in Health Economics from Indiana University. She joined Ascension in 2015 and is responsible for nursing, pharmacy, research, post-acute and virtual care, clinical career pipeline, and capacity and demand management at Ascension St. Vincent in Indiana.
Prior to Ascension, Dr. Adams served as the System Chief Nursing Officer for Community Health Network in Indianapolis. She has co-authored ACC/AHA practice guidelines and published research abstracts, papers and book chapters largely focused on heart failure management. She serves on multiple boards with a focus on nursing, the broader health care community, and workforce development. Cindy is the current President-elect of the Indiana Center for Nursing Board of Directors.
Panel Presentation:
Anchored by Care: What Keeps Nurses Dedicated to Their Work
Tabitha Henigan, RN, ADN
Medical/Surgical Cardiac Renal Nurse
Deaconess Gateway Hospital
Newburgh, IN
Colby S. Trane, RN, MSN
Chief Nursing Officer
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
Fort Wayne, IN
Angela Barron McBride, PhD, RN, FAAN
Distinguished Professor and University Dean Emerita
Indiana University School of Nursing
Indianapolis, IN
Jennifer M. Fuentes, SN
Student Nurse
Indiana University School of Nursing
Patient Care Tech
Indiana University Health Arnett
Lafayette, IN
This nursing continuing professional development activity has been submitted for approval to Purdue University School of Nursing, an accredited provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The Indiana Center for Nursing would like to thank the Indiana Organization for Nursing Leadership (IONL) for a License Plate Fund Grant to help partially cover conference expenses.