Isabel Maitland Stewart Research Conference
The Stewart Conference on Research in Nursing was established in 1953 in honor of Isabel Maitland Stewart (1878-1963), Director of the Department of Nursing Education at Teachers College (TC) from 1925-1947. Prior to assuming this position, she served as the Asssistant to the Director, M. Adelaide Nutting. Miss Stewart developed the first course dealing specifically with the teaching of nursing, a course that eventually was expanded to become an entire program for the preparation of teachers of nursing at TC. The Stewart Research Conference provides a forum for all nurses, including TC students, alumni and health care professionals to share their research with nursing's scholarly community and to learn about the latest trends and issues in research, education, and practice.
61st Annual Isabel Maitland Stewart Conference
on Research in Nursing
Live Conference
Date: Friday, May 2, 2025Columbia University Teachers College
Plan now to attend the 61st Annual Stewart Research Conference on Friday, May 2, 2025. The Conference takes place at Teachers College Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY.
The topic is Artificial Intelligence (AI). Speakers will engage attendees in discussing how AI systems and technologies require the expansion of nursing research on AI in the areas of nursing education, administration, and practice to advance nursing science. Additionally, significant research findings contribute to nurses developing innovations in these areas. It is anticipated that this will ultimately enhance the ethical delivery of patient care and contribute to positive health outcomes of patients and populations.
Join us on May 2, 2025 and be part of the conversation and collaboration as we explore the impact of AI on the future of the nursing profession.
Watch your email and the NEAA website for more information, announcement of speakers, how to register, and submit poster abstracts.Stewart Conference Planning Committee: Terry Gottlieb, Maria Rosario-Sim, and Linda Scheetz.
The topic is Artificial Intelligence (AI). Speakers will engage attendees in discussing how AI systems and technologies require the expansion of nursing research on AI in the areas of nursing education, administration, and practice to advance nursing science. Additionally, significant research findings contribute to nurses developing innovations in these areas. It is anticipated that this will ultimately enhance the ethical delivery of patient care and contribute to positive health outcomes of patients and populations.
Join us on May 2, 2025 and be part of the conversation and collaboration as we explore the impact of AI on the future of the nursing profession.
Watch your email and the NEAA website for more information, announcement of speakers, how to register, and submit poster abstracts.Stewart Conference Planning Committee: Terry Gottlieb, Maria Rosario-Sim, and Linda Scheetz.
The Nursing Education Alumni Association Board of Directors welcomes members, colleagues, and students to the Milbank Chapel at Teachers College for the 61st Annual Stewart Conference. We are eager to meet again in person and to renew old friendships and foster new relationships as we explore and discuss our conference theme.
About the NEAA Awards Luncheon All attendees are invited to come celebrate with us at the Stewart Conference Awards Luncheon, with support from Teachers College Institutional Advancement. The following awards may be presented: The R. Louise McManus Medal and the Achievement Awards. Award winners are inducted into the NEAA Teachers College Nursing Hall of Fame.
Continuing Nursing Education Contact HoursThis program will be submitted for contact hours by the Mount Sinai Hospital, approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Attendees must sign in, attend 100% of the conference and submit an evaluation form at the conclusion of the program to receive a certificate of completion with the approved contact hours.
Continuing Nursing Education Contact HoursThis program will be submitted for contact hours by the Mount Sinai Hospital, approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Attendees must sign in, attend 100% of the conference and submit an evaluation form at the conclusion of the program to receive a certificate of completion with the approved contact hours.
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Video recording available for 2023 Conference
The 59th Stewart Conference
The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity, A Consensus Study from the National Academy of Medicine.
The nursing profession has witnessed a revolution in education, realizing that traditional teaching strategies are quickly becoming obsolete, and being replaced by electronic substitutes. Moreover, we are faced with a profound teacher shortage which forces the use of part-time faculty and practicing nurses not as an exception, but more the rule.
Institutions, including hospitals, serve the most compromised and critically-ill patients. The nursing skill set must adjust to this new level of acuity and realize that patients are full participants in decisions about their care. The professionmust address whether today’s nurse graduates are up to these challenges or is more sophistication needed than the current “entry-level” credential to serve complex health needs and broader population health.
Closely linked to information technology are its counterparts of artificial intelligence and evidence-based practice. These issues represent many opportunities and determine what the RN will feel obligated to bring to the patient on their behalf. Further, information in all its forms, is already a key element in determining practice liability for the nurse.
The profound nature of these challenges builds a case for serious investigation of the past as we envision the future. There are lessons to be learned through past experiences, and even more from the international community whereTeachers College nursing alumni and other US RNs are strategically present in large numbers.
Speakers 2023 Virtual Conference
Keynote Address: The Future of NursingFranklin A. Shaffer, EdD, Sc D, RN, FAAN, FFNMRCSI, President and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus, CGFNS International. Philadelphia, PA
The Future of Nursing EducationAnn Marie P. Mauro, PhD, RN, CNL, CNE, ANEF, FAHA, FAAN Director, Program in Nursing Education and Visiting Professor, Department of Health & Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY The Future of Nursing PracticeKathleen Gallo, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, Dean and Professor, Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies, Northwell Health, New York
Leadership in Information Technology Suzanne R. Bakken, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, The Alumni Professor of Nursing and Professor of Biomedical Informatics; Co-Director, Reducing Health Disparities Through Informatics; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association In SummaryAlicia Georges, EdD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Nursing, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
The Future of Nursing EducationAnn Marie P. Mauro, PhD, RN, CNL, CNE, ANEF, FAHA, FAAN Director, Program in Nursing Education and Visiting Professor, Department of Health & Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY The Future of Nursing PracticeKathleen Gallo, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, Dean and Professor, Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies, Northwell Health, New York
Leadership in Information Technology Suzanne R. Bakken, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, The Alumni Professor of Nursing and Professor of Biomedical Informatics; Co-Director, Reducing Health Disparities Through Informatics; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association In SummaryAlicia Georges, EdD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Nursing, Lehman College, Bronx, NY