MONDAY, September 21, 2026

 Meet DNP Student Alex King

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Faculty and staff volunteered across the community during this year's Day of Caring, writing notes for military service members, helping maintain the Charlottesville High School urban garden, and making holiday stockings for UVA Health patients. The day also marked a special milestone for Becky Bowers, facilities coordinator, who organized the School of Nursing's participation and celebrated her 35th and final Day of Caring with the School after helping build the tradition over three and a half decades.

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Advancing Tuberculosis Prevention: Screening, Diagnosis, and Short-Course Regimens
Join Alanna J. Bergman, PhD, RN, AGNP-BC
assistant professor, for this clinical update that reviews current best practices in tuberculosis screening and diagnosis with an emphasis on identifying and managing tuberculosis infection.
Sep. 24, 4-5 PM on Zoom

Faculty Development Series: Progression Review Committee & Referrals
Louise Fleming, PhD, MSN-Ed, RN, FAAN, associate dean for academic operations and professor of nursing, provides a roadmap for navigating the purpose and processes associated with the School of Nursing's Progression Review Committee (PRC). The session will help you understand referral pathways, expectations, and best practices for promoting equitable and consistent progression decisions.
Sep. 28, 12-1 PM, on Zoom

2026 Caring Beyond Cure: Cultivating Excellence in Pediatric Palliative End-of-Life Care
This pediatric End-of-Life care conference will address compassionate communication, symptom management, cultural and ethical considerations, family support, grief, interdisciplinary teamwork, and strategies to improve quality of life for children with life-limiting conditions and their caregivers. Event jointly provided by UVA Health Continuing Education and Hospice of the Piedmont. Register for the event.
Oct. 6, 7:30 AM-4:30 PM, Hillsdale Conference Center

Updates from the Experts: The Intersection of Moral Distress & Administrative Harm
Moral distress in healthcare is broadly defined as knowing the correct action to take but being prevented in doing so by a factor beyond one’s control. Administrative Harm are adverse consequences of administrative decisions within healthcare that impact work structure, processes, and programs. Both are pervasive and disruptive in healthcare yet poorly understood. We examine the interplay between the two “quiet epidemics” in healthcare and offer thoughtful analysis and insight on mitigation strategies from the lens of two clinical ethicists with different clinical practice settings. Join Dawn Bourne, DNP, FNP-C, HEC-C, clinical ethics consultant and assistant professor at UVA School of Nursing, and Peter Murray, MD, MSM, MABE, FAAP, HEC-C, UVA Health neonatologist, associate professor of pediatrics at UVA School of Medicine, and UVA Health Ethics Committee Chair, for this education session.
Oct. 8, 4-5 PM, on Zoom

Faculty Development Series: Accreditation and Regulation Updates
Join Louise Fleming, PhD, MSN-Ed, RN, FAAN, associate dean for academic operations and professor of nursing, and Travis Boyd, EdD, director of compliance, accreditation, and enhancement, for this learning session about SACS, CCNE, and Board of Nursing requirements. Each operates at a distinct yet interconnected level, and all rely on transparent, measurable evidence of student learning, program quality, and regulatory compliance. Well-designed learning outcomes, assessment strategies, curriculum mapping, and program evaluation processes generate meaningful data that support continuous quality improvement and demonstrate compliance with institutional accreditation, nursing accreditation, and state regulatory expectations. Understanding how these systems differ, overlap, and reinforce one another equips faculty to design curricula that are aligned, consistent, and accreditation- and approval ready.
Oct. 12, 12-1 PM, on Zoom

53rd Annual Edward W. Hook, Jr., MD, Recent Advances in Clinical Medicine
This efficient conference is a multidisciplinary, interprofessional continuing education conference designed to provide primary care, family medicine, and internal medicine clinicians with the knowledge, skills, and clinical "pearls of wisdom" to practice state-of-the-art generalist medicine. Offered virtually and in-person, up to 22 CME credits are available for Physicians, Physician Associates, APPs, Nurses, and Pharmacists. Early bird registration is now open.
Oct. 21-23, Virginia Guest House Conference Center

Faculty Development Series: NCLEX Updates, Tips, and Resources
Christian Simmers, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, assistant professor of nursing, will provide an overview of recent NCLEX updates and their implications for nursing education, while highlighting School of Nursing resources available to support student success on ATI and NCLEX preparation. Faculty will explore evidence-based remediation strategies that address diverse learning needs and discuss how evolving NCLEX content and testing priorities can be integrated into didactic and clinical teaching to enhance student outcomes.
Oct. 26, 12-1 PM on Zoom

Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Key Pearls for Primary Care
Jack Weisskohl, DNP, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, family nurse practitioner at VCU Health's Complex Primary Care Clinic discusses how CGM data can augment traditional measures of glucose control in routine diabetes care and apply a stepwise approach for interpretation and analysis of CGM data. We will also highlight patient selection and insurance coverage criteria, as well as review the documentation requirements for using CGM-specific CPT codes that support complex medical decision-making.
Nov. 5, 4-5 PM, on Zoom

Faculty Development Series: Designing for Competency Progression
Crystal Toll, EdD, MSN, RN, CCRN, PCCN, assistant professor of nursing and specialty lead for curricular innovation, provides a practice-focused update on the School of Nursing’s AACN Essentials implementation and its alignment with competency-based principles. The session will examine course-level strategies for aligning learning activities and assessments with the CBE framework and for integrating progression indicators into rubric design. The session also highlights approaches to enhancing competency transparency and learner engagement while supporting students' agency in their development.
Nov. 9, 12-1 PM, on Zoom

Leading Together: Psychological Safety, Collaboration, and the Power of Interprofessional Teams
Join Dr. Meg Zomorodi, who is the Professor and Senior Associate Provost for Academic Excellence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for the UVA School of Nursing’s Zula Mae Baber Bice Memorial Lecture. Dr. Zomorodi will explore what it takes to lead effectively in today’s complex healthcare environment. Drawing on her expertise in leadership and interprofessional education and practice, Dr. Zomorodi will examine the critical role of psychological safety in creating teams where individuals feel empowered to speak up, contribute ideas, navigate challenges, and learn together. She will highlight practical approaches to building trust, strengthening collaboration across professions, and fostering team cultures that support both people and excellent patient care. Presented in conjunction with Medical Center Hour.
Nov. 11, 12-1 PM, UVA Pinn Hall Conference Center Auditorium

Learning to PIVOT: Preparing Nurses for Constant Change
Sharon Bragg, DNP, RN, CCRN, CNL, assistant professor at UVA School of Nursing, discusses the concept of pivoting in healthcare, with a focus on responding to changing clinical situations. Participants will discuss the alignment between clinical judgement and the ability to pivot, emphasizing how decision-making supports safe patient care. There will also be discussion of strategies to assist nursing students and practicing nurses to develop skills and confidence to pivot in healthcare.
Nov. 12, 4-5 PM, on Zoom

Beyond Academic Stress: Emerging Lessons from Embedded Mental Health Care in the School of Nursing
Embedded counseling services offer a unique perspective on the mental health needs of nursing students by combining direct clinical care with ongoing engagement within the academic environment. Drawing on three years of embedded counseling experience in a School of Nursing, Amelia Walton, LPC
Staff Psychotherapist – School of Nursing, discusses student demographics, presenting concerns, emerging trends, and the complex interplay among academic demands, clinical education, professional identity development, trauma exposure, relationships, and personal life stressors.
Nov. 16, 12-1 PM on Zoom

Beyond UVA: A DNP's Blueprint for Clinical, Professional, and Research Leadership
2018 SON DNP alumna HoChong Gilles, DNP, FNP-BC, AF-AASLD, program director GI & hepatology/liver transplant and assistant director GI research at U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs leads this session about the power of nursing education to transform beyond the hospital into homes and communities.
Nov. 19, 4-5 PM on Zoom

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