The Ann Ottney Cain Lecture in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
The Ann Ottney Cain Lecture in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Enhancing Nurse Well-Being and Building Wellness Cultures that Sustain Through Character-Building Times: Evidence-Based Tactics that Work!
This event was held on March 2, 2023.
Pressures in the nursing environment have increased significantly over the past decade or so, as nurses are asked to do more with less and to do so faster. Nurses are feeling the effects, and burnout has increased in the profession. In some regions of the United States, nearly 30% of new graduates leave the profession within two years. Nurses are frequently exposed to suffering and death, the demands of patients and families, and ethical issues that can cause moral distress.
This presentation will describe the current state of health and well-being in nurses along with the root cause and consequences of burnout. Evidence-based strategies to reduce burnout and enhance the well-being of nurses, including building and sustaining wellness cultures, will be highlighted.
Registration:
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Lecture Only: FREE; registration is required
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Lecture with CE: $20
Speaker:
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
Vice President for Health Promotion
University Chief Wellness Officer
Dean and Professor, College of Nursing
Executive Director, the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for EBP
The Ohio State University
Melnyk is currently vice president for health promotion, university chief wellness officer, dean and Helene Fuld Health Trust Professor of Evidence-based Practice at The Ohio State University. She also is professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at Ohio State’s College of Medicine.
She is recognized nationally and globally for her expertise in evidence-based practice, mental health, intervention research, and her innovative approaches to a wide range of health and well-being challenges. She is both a pediatric nurse practitioner with an adolescent specialty and a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Melnyk has received numerous national and international awards, including being recognized as an edge-runner three times by the American Academy of Nursing for her cutting-edge evidence-based programs and national initiatives and with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. She recently received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the State University of New York and served terms on the United States Preventive Services Task Force, the NIH/NINR National Advisory Council for Nursing Research, and the National Quality Forum’s Behavioral Health Standing Committee. She is founder and current president of the National Consortium for Building Healthy Academic Communities, a member of the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-being and Resilience, and an elected executive board member for the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, and she recently served on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Promoting Emotional Well-Being and Resilience in Children and Adolescents Expert Panel. She has 490 publications, is an editor of seven books, has received $36 million in grant funding as PI from federal agencies, including NIH, and foundations, and is editor-in-chief of the top ranked journal Worldviews on Evidence-based Nursing. Melnyk is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Nursing, the National Academies of Practice, and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
In her role as chief wellness officer and vice president for health promotion at The Ohio State University, the first at an institution of higher learning in the country, Melnyk spearheads the building and sustaining of a wellness culture that supports healthy lifestyle behaviors and improved population health and well-being outcomes using an evidence-based quality improvement model that targets the grass roots of the organization through top leadership. This comprehensive model has been highlighted as an exemplar by the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-being and Resilience.
Agenda:
- 4 p.m. Welcome/Overview/Introductions
- 4:15 - 5 p.m. Lecture
- 5 - 5:30 p.m. Q&A
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this program, participants will be able to:
- Describe the current state of health and well-being in nurses along with the root cause and consequences of burnout.
- Discuss evidence-based strategies, including building and sustaining wellness cultures, to reduce burnout and enhance well-being in nurses.
Learning Outcome:
80% of the participants will identify one strategy they will incorporate in their practice to reduce burnout and enhance well-being.
Continuing Education Credit for Nurses (CNE):
Nurses may receive 1.5 contact hours for participating in this educational activity. Partial credit is not provided. Participants receive a CNE certificate via email from UMSON approximately two to four weeks after submitting their completed evaluation form, plus a fee of $20. All requests must be received within 60 days of the event.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Additional Information
Lecture History
Dr. Ann Ottney Cain (1934 - 2020), professor emerita at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, was a leader in psychiatric mental health nursing, specifically in family systems therapy. Her tenure at UMSON spanned more than three decades. Dr. Cain ultimately served as associate dean for graduate studies and research at UMSON. When she retired from the School of Nursing in 1994 after serving for 30 years on the faculty, her colleagues and students came together to create the Ann Ottney Cain Endowed Lecture in Psychiatric Nursing.
"I was overwhelmed. It was such a meaningful expression of high regard," Cain recalled. "Psychiatric nursing was the first specialty offered in the Master of Science program at the School, beginning in 1954." Cain says she loved working with graduate students at the School—"serving as teacher, mentor, advisor, and role model to them and to many other professionals in the field of mental health."
Cain made a planned gift to further support the lectureship. "I did this because psychiatric nursing is a wonderful and challenging field," she says, "and the lecture is a way of celebrating it on a yearly basis at a school of nursing with a long history of psychiatric nursing excellence. The lecture calls attention, in a very positive way, to the many contributions psychiatric nurses have made and currently make."
Ann Ottney Cain Tributes
"Dr. Cain was a philanthropist of knowledge and invited each of us on a journey of knowledge to become therapists as well as educators. Additionally, she helped each of us to become better versions of ourselves. Ann was an educator, mentor, colleague and always our friend."
Julie (Klink) Callebret
Judy Duvall
Jodi Irving
Gena Lepage
Bea (Gillespie) Robbins
Susan Poulsen
Class of 1970
"Words cannot convey her tremendous influence over all of us. She was very serious about making sure we learned about Psychiatric Nursing, yet warm and kind to everyone equally. She was a born teacher. She was a mother and let us know she loved her son. Ultimately she became a friend and continued her influence throughout the years. Her values resonated throughout my long career, daily reminders of how systems work and how to put theories into practice. No other person helped shape my career and life as powerfully as Ann Cain. We miss her terribly and are so thankful for her presence in our lives. She will always be loved."
Gena Lepage, MS '70
"In my experiences with her as a teacher, mentor and colleague, Ann Cain combined nurturing qualities with clear eyed expectations and a demonstrable respect for theory.
She encouraged use of technology in the then newer idea of taping therapy for practitioner use in supervision as well as therapeutic review with clients.
Ann was so helpful with advice on navigating the earlier days of creating partnerships with colleagues in the other professions who often needed to reset their expectations of a "nurse’s role."
And finally, she was so warmly supportive personally to me during a difficult time in my life. She was a woman I admired and will never forget."
Barbara Barrett, MS '78
"She was the kindest, most compassionate woman I have experienced in my eight decades. She was loved and respected by all her students. Her caring came through in her teaching, individual guidance, and everyday contacts. She was a legend in psychiatric nursing, a true scholar, interested in all aspects effecting care for those with mental issues. A true champion of human rights and promoter of well-being for all. I learned more than course content and improved practice from Ann. I learned to be a caring person in all settings. Even in her busy academic and clinical practice schedules, she managed to lead advocating against restrictions for our clinical practice and to visit the Annapolis General Assembly legislative bodies to testify. My hero on so many levels. We who knew and learned from her are truly blessed. THANK YOU ANN."
Sally Raphel, BSN '78, MS '84
"Dr. Cain was a pioneer in psychiatric mental health nursing education. As an instructor, she challenged my pre-conceived notions about mental illness. She inspired my passion to provide stellar nursing care to those who lived in a world of depression, anxiety, and chronicity of delusions and hallucinations. She ignited my imagination of thinking 'outside the box' when choose nursing interventions that built trust in the nurse-client relationship and demonstrated true empathy and caring to those who were often marginalized and stigmatized.
Dr. Cain instilled a love of teaching and learning. I remember telling her I wanted to teach "psych." We had many discussions about my career trajectory. I remember when I called her to let her know I got a psychiatric -mental health nursing undergraduate teaching position and how excited she was. She was my mentor and I am forever grateful. I am now approaching 23 years of teaching psychiatric mental health nursing. I am because She was ..."
Crystal Day-Black, MS '95
To honor the life and legacy of Cain, submit a written tribute to nrscommunications@umaryland.edu.
Past Lectures
| 2023 |
Enhancing Nurse Well-Being and Building Wellness Cultures that Sustain Through Character-Building Times: Evidence-Based Tactics that Work! |
| 2022 |
The Shocking Truth about Job-Related Issues Leading to Suicide Amongst Nurses Marie Manthey, PhD (Hon.), MNA, FAAN, FRCN |
| 2020 | Shattering Silence: Clinical Perspectives on Sexual Violence 1970 – 2020 Ann Wolbert Burgess, DNSc, MS '59, APRN, FAAN Professor of Psychiatric Nursing Boston College Connell School of Nursing |
| 2019 |
Exploring Substance Use and Mental Health for Transgender Youth: Implications for Advanced Practice Nurses |
| 2018 |
Determinants of Health: New Directions in Trauma Informed Care |
| 2017 |
Opioid Use Disorders: Implications for Advanced Practice Nurses |
| 2016 |
How Nurses Can Improve Population Health: Positioning Matters |
| 2015 |
Preventing HIV, STI, and Teenage Pregnancy: Family Impact & Solutions |
UMSON Planning Committee
Jeff Ash
Lynn Marie Bullock
Charon Burda
Linda Hickman
Deborah Prout
Giordana Segneri
Cynthia Sikorski
Sonia Smith
Continuing Education (CE) Opportunities
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Organized by the 2023 Dean’s Lecture Planning Committee