Psychiatric Mental Health 70th Anniversary

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Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Program 70 years

Friday, Nov. 7 - Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025

University of Maryland School of Nursing
655 W Lombard Street
Baltimore , MD 21201

Please RSVP by Monday, Oct. 27, 2025

Schedule of the Day

Unless otherwise noted, all activities will take place in UMSON’s Lobby and Auditorium, Room 130.

Friday, Nov. 7
4 - 4:30 p.m.	Arrival
4:30 - 6	Psychiatric-Mental Health Panel Honoring Our Past, Embracing Our Present, Shaping Our Future
6 - 7	Reception
Saturday, Nov. 8
8 - 9:15 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:15 - 9:45	Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD ’11, MS ’05, BSN ’04, NNP, FNAP, FAAN The Bill and Joanne Conway Dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing and Professor Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC Assistant Professor and Director, Doctor of Nursing Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Specialty
9:45 - 10:45	Health Policy, Advocacy, and You Kamala D. Via, DNP, MS ’12, CRNP-PMH Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Shine Behavioral Health
10:45 - 11	Break
11 a.m. - noon	The Ann Ottney Cain Lecture in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: The Active Shooter Case Ann Wolbert Burgess, DNSc, MS ’59, APRN, FAAN Professor of Psychiatric Nursing Boston College Connell School of Nursing
noon - 1 p.m.	Luncheon Southern Management Corporation Campus Center, Elm Ballroom
1:15 - 2	Student Poster Session
2 - 3	Expanding the Dialogue on the Nature of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Practice: Why Now? Kathleen R. Delaney, PhD, BSN, APRN, PMH-NP, FAAN Professor Emerita Rush College of Nursing, Chicago
3 - 4	Principles for Prescribing Psychotropic Medications During Pregnancy and Lactation Lyons Hardy, EdD, APRN, PMHNP-BC Clinical Associate Professor and PMHNP Concentration Lead Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing
4 - 4:15	Wrap-Up and Evaluation Sara Robinson

Parking and Hotel Accommodations

Parking

Parking is available at the Pratt Street Garage, which is behind the UMSON building and open 24/7.

Cost: $10 per day on weekends

Hotel Accommodations

If you are staying overnight in Baltimore, these hotels have rooms available for UMSON Alumni:

Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor
401 W. Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
443-573-8700

Cost: $186 per night, not including taxes

Make a reservation at Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor
Reference: University of Maryland rate

Hampton Inn Baltimore - Downtown - Convention Center
550 Washington Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21230

Cost: $129 per night, not including taxes

Make a reservation at Hampton Inn Baltimore
Reference: Psych Mental Health

Digital Collage

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Nursing Continuing Professional Development

Nurses may receive 5.0 contact hours for attending the entire educational activity and completing the evaluation. Partial credit is not provided. Participants paying for CE will receive a certificate via email within two - four weeks. All requests must be received within 30 days of the event.

The University of Maryland School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.