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Theme: Inspiring Optimism in Times of Turbulence: A Rogerian Nursing Science Perspective
Location: Florida Atlantic University
The conference was held at the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University. Participants had the option of attending in person or virtually.
- Friday, October 24: 2:15PM to 5:00PM (EDT)
- Saturday, October 25: 9:00AM to 2:30PM (EDT)
- SRS Annual Business Meeting, 2:45 PM – 4:15 PM (EDT)
- Sunday, October 26: 9:15AM – 12:45PM (EDT)
Keynote Speaker: Rosemarie Parse, RN; PhD, FAAN – “Words and Meanings Matter: Keeping Rogerian Science Alive”
Invited Guest Speaker and Author: Anna Biley, Dip. N, MSc (Nursing) ‘From ‘Loving in Presence to Loving in Absence’*: A unitary story of love, legacy and hope”
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Program Details
Day 1: Friday, October 24, 2025 (EDT)
- 2:15 PM Sign-in and Gathering
- 2:45 PM Welcome; Land and Diversity; Acknowledgment; Disclaimer
- 3:00 PM – Martha E. Rogers Scholars Fund Lectureship Session – “Future and Evolution of Science of Unitary Human Beings”
- 5:00 PM Adjourn for the Day
Day 2: Saturday, October 25, 2025 (EDT)
- 9:00 AM Sign-in and Gathering
- 9:15 AM Welcome; Land and Diversity Acknowledgment; Disclaimer -FAU CEL CON Dean: Cameron Duncan, Ph.D., DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, CNE, FAANP
- 9:30 AM Keynote – “Words and Meanings Matter: Keeping Rogerian Science Alive” – Rosemarie Rizzo Parse, RN; PhD, FAAN
- 10:30 AM Break
- 10:45AM Podium Session 1 – “Beyond Words: Exploring Affirmations Through the Lens of Rogerian Science “ – Nadine Cesaire, DNP, MBA, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC
- 11:15 AM Podium Session 2 – “Love: A Unitary Nursing Science Dialogue “ – Richard Cowling, RN, PhD, AHN-BC, SGAHN, ANEF, FAAN and Peter Alandt, MSN, RN, HNB-BC, Caritas Coach
- 11:45 AM Lunch Break
- 1:00 PM Podium Session 3 – My life, my choice, my happiness, my voice” – Laurie Toohey, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, ANP-BC, AGPCNP-BC
- 1:30 PM Podium Session 4 – “Cultivating Inspirational Optimism in Senior Living Through Unitary Nursing Science: A Well Zen Studio Initiative “ Janine Horne, MSN, Ed, RN, AHN-BC
- 2:00 PM Podium Session 5 – The Overview Effect and Cosma Hypothesis: A Rogerian Evolutionary Perspective of Homospatialis to Homopandimensionalis“ – Howard Butcher RN; PhD, FAAN
- 2:30 PM Break
- 2:45 PM SRS General Assembly and Business Meeting – All members are encouraged to attend; non-members are invited
- 4:15 PM Adjourn for the Day
Day 3: Sunday, October 26, 2025 (EDT)
- 9:00 AM Sign-in and Gathering; Welcome; Land and Diversity Acknowledgment; Disclaimer
- 9:15 AM Podium Session 6 – “Inspiring Change Through Knowing Participation: Applying Barrett’s Theory to JEDI Workshops Using the WHOLE Framework “ – Darcel Reyes, PhD, ANP-BC
- 9:45 AM Podium Session 7 – “Turning Setbacks into Strength: Developing the Emerging Concept of Awakening Power” – Nadine Cesaire, DNP, MBA, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC –
- 10:15 AM Podium Session 8 – “Unitary Human Caring Science: Calling Forth the Highest Good “ – Joyce Perkins, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, CHTP, RMP-T, ACE-GFI, SGAHN
- 10:45 AM Break
- 11:15 AM Podium Session 9 – “Follow the Leader” – Martha Alligood, RN; PhD, ANEF and Jaqueline Fawcett, RN; PhD, ScD (hon), FAAN, ANEF
- 11:45 PM End Note – “From ‘Loving in Presence to Loving in Absence’*: a unitary story of love, legacy and hope”. Anna M. Biley, Dip. N, MSc (Nursing)
- 12:45 PM Closing Summary and Evaluations
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