Carfang Conference Agenda

Conference Agenda

Over its two-day course, the Carol Carfang Nursing and Healthcare Ethics Conference will be host to a number of highly-qualified speakers including authors, educators and researchers. Over 20 authors, educators and researchers come together to engage in discussion and presentation of critical topics within the field of Nursing and Healthcare Ethics. In addition to keynote speakers, panels and presentations, the Conference also presents an opportunity to meet and speak with peers and industry professionals through receptions, gatherings and more.

For details about each presentation and event, including start times, locations, topics and participating speakers, please see the Program Schedule below.

Please note that the agenda is subject to change.

Program Schedule

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Time	Description
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Registration
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.	Welcome Reception

Thursday, February 27, 2025

The following agenda is subject to change.

Time	Description
8:00 a.m - 8:45 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Welcome Dr. Mary Ellen Glasgow Dean, School of Nursing, Duquesne Univeristy
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Keynote Address - Clinical and Organizational Ethics: Why Governance Ethics Matter? Gerard Magill, PhD Vernon F. Gallagher Chair & Professor, Center for Global Health Ethics Senior Research Fellow, Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology, and Law, Duquesne University
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Keynote Presentation - Protecting Institutions instead of Individuals: When the Legal or Policy Solution is Not the Ethical One Aliza Narva, JD, MSN, RN, HEC-C Director of Ethics, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania Denene M. Wambach, JD Associate General Counsel Office of the General Counsel University of Pennsylvania & Penn Medicine
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.	Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Panel Presentation - The Four P’s of Ethics Hotlines: Purpose, Persons, Process, Protections Patricia Friend, PhD, APRN-CNS, AOCNS, AGN-BC Associate Professor & Director, Clinical Nurse Specialist Track, Loyola Univeristy Chicago Mary Broderick Donnelly, DBE, HEC-C, JD, RN Retired Clinical Assistant Professor, Loyola University of Chicago
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch (provided)
1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.	Concurrent Session - Madeira Demythologizing Autonomy in Health Care Michael Deem, PhD Professor, Univeristy of Pittsburgh Harm Reduction in the Perinatal Patient Natalie Evenson, MSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, IVSE-C SANE Program Coordinator, St. Michael Medical Center Understanding Nurses’ Perspectives and Beliefs of Key Ethical Issues in Genomic Decision-Making: A thematic Analysis Drs. Elizabeth Skrovanek, PhD, RN Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Duquesne University Ian Tully, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Duquesne Univeristy Rick Zoucha, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, CTN-A, FTNSS, FAAN Professor and Chair of Advanced Role & PhD Programs, School of Nursing, Duquesne Univeristy Concurrent Sessions - Siesta Key Stories of Care: Ethical Communication in Healthcare Through Narrative Poetry and Storytelling Laura Carfang & Thomas Dooley SurvivingBreastCancer.org Navigating Ethical Complexities in Neonatal Nursing Adrianna Watson, PhD, RN, CCRN, TCRN Assistant Teaching Professor, Brigham Young University On the Potential Ethicality of Autistic Embryo Selection Daniel Wilkenfeld, PhD Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Break
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Closing Keynote Address - Clinical Errors: Who is to Blame and How to Prevent Them? Teodor Grantcharov, MD, PhD, FACS Professor of Surgery & Associate Chief Quality Officer for Safety and Innovation, Standford University
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.	Duquesne Alumni Reception

Friday, February 28, 2025

The following agenda is subject to change.

Time	Description
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.	Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Welcome Remarks
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Opening Keynote Address - The Ethics of Diversity and Inclusion: Who is in, who is out, and who decides? Angela Amar, PhD, RN, FAAN Dean and Professor, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University Theresa Brown, PhD, BSN, RN Nurse Author and New York Times Columnist
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions - Madeira With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: The Ethical Imperative to Proceed Cautiously to Prevent Harm in the Implementation of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy Liz Braun, MSN PhD Student/Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, School of Nursing, Duquense University Navigating the Ethical and Legal Challenges of Surrogate Decision-Making in States without a Designated Hierarchy Dakotah Kinsella PhD Candidate in Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University Albert Gnaegu Center for Health Care Ethics Secrets and Promises: Defending Confidentiality Against Competing Legal and Moral Obligations Hirra Rafi PhD Student, Duquesne Univeristy Concurrent Sessions - Siesta Key Mitigating Nursing Burnout Through Automation Tyler Cook, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow in Ethics and Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology Taylor Martin, MSN, RN ICU/House Telemetry Clinical Manager, Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Empowering Charge Nurses as Coaches: Mitigating Moral Distress, Addressing Workplace Violence and Promoting Nurse Wellbeing in Acute Care Donna Durant, DNP, MSN, CRNP-F Nurse Practitioner, UPMC Division of Palliative Medicine and Medical Ethics The Value of Institutional Ethics to Meaningfully Support Health Care Providers’ Moral Choices Kristen Jones-Bonofiglio, PhD, MPH, BScN Director, Lakehead Univeristy Centre for Health Care Ethics
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Break
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions - Madeira Social Determinants of Health: What is a Health System to Do? Grant Martsolf, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN Professor, Acute & Tertiary Care, Univeristy of Pittsburgh Can We Infect Healthy People with Potentially Dangerous Pathogens About Which We Know Very Little, and Does It Make a Difference if It’s an Emergency? Byron Hyde Wellcome Scholar, Bristol Medical School Concurrent Sessions - Siesta Key The State of Surrogacy in New York: Possible Perils and Pitfalls of this New Prototype for Surrogate Parenting in the US Nancy Reame, PhD, RN, FAAN, NCMP Professor Emerita of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Columbia University School of Nursing Professional Ethical Grounding Clayton Clark Assistant Teaching Professor of Nursing and Associate Director of the MU Center for Health Ethics, University of Missouri Compassionate Care for Self and Others Lena Wiklund Gustin Professor in Caring Science, Mälardalen University
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch (provided)
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Closing Keynote - In Pain: Ethical Issues in Pain Management Travis Rieder, PhD Director, Master of Bioethics Ethics Program Assistant Director, Education Initiatives Associate Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	Closing Remarks