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2025 Nursing Reignited Symposium: The Evolution and Future of Nursing Science
The annual Nursing Reignited Symposium is a one-day, hybrid event where learners will explore how different methods of clinical inquiry can advance nursing practice and improve patient outcomes. This year’s theme is “The Evolution and Future of Nursing Science.” Our sessions will explore how nursing continues to evolve and how nurses can influence the future of our practice and profession through nursing science.
Target Audience
RNs, APRNs, LPNs/LVNs
Learning Objectives
After completing this session, the attendee will be able to:
1. Understand the essentials of artificial intelligence and its impact on nursing practice.
2. Explore how nurses can use research to make impactful changes in diversity, equity, and inclusion in nursing.
3. Discuss how nurses can develop and use tools and resources to address identified practice gaps in the clinical setting.
4. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between research, education, and practice and how nurses can use all three to advance practice and improve patient outcomes.
TBA
In-Person attendance will be held in the Houston Methodist Research Institute (6670 Bertner Avenue, Houston, Texas 77030).
Virtual information will be provided to registered learners.
Travel
Houston Methodist Way Finder Map
Direction from nearest parking garages:
From Garage 1:
- Take parking garage elevator to 3rd floor.
- Exit and turn left and enter doors into the hospital on the right.
- Take stairs down to ground level, walk straight past the Information Desk. This is the Crain Garden. Continue straight toward the Weiss Chapel, turn right and continue past the Gift Shop.
- Turn right before the Dunn Tower Elevator bank and then a quick left (Starbucks will be on the right). Proceed down this hall toward the Market Café.
- Turn Right, then a quick left to leave Dunn Tower and enter into the Research Institute.
- Continue straight toward exit doors.
- Turn right at the RI Information Desk. Proceed up the staircase and the John F. Bookout Auditorium will be on the right side.
- Elevators to the second floor are also available, pass the staircase and proceed to end. Elevators will be on the right.
From Garage 7:
- Take parking garage elevator to ground floor, exit and turn left to outer walkway.
- Turn left and proceed to glass double doors on left, enter Walter Tower.
- Proceed straight down hallway past the Fondren/Alkek elevators, then past the Dunn elevator bank.
- Take a left (Starbucks will be on the right) and follow the directions from above to the Research Institute.
From Garage 15 (McGovern Commons):
- located directly across the street from the Houston Methodist Research Institute
Keynote Speaker - TBA
Kathleen McGrow DNP, MS, RN, PMP, FHIMSS, FAAN
Dr. Kathleen McGrow serves as the Global Chief Nursing Innovation Officer at Microsoft. She provides guidance on digital transformation issues, including workforce challenges, consumer and patient engagement, and cognitive computing for a learning health system.
Dr. McGrow holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. With experience in trauma critical care and IT, she specializes in the intersection of clinical care and technology. Her work includes publications on AI in healthcare, such as “Foundation Models, Generative AI, and Large Language Models: Essentials for Nursing” and “Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Nurse Managers.” Dr. McGrow’s latest publication is the book “Empowering Nurses with Technology: A Practical Guide to Nurse Informatics,” released in January 2025.
She co-chairs the HIMSS Nursing Innovation Advisory Committee and serves as an adjunct clinical instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing.
Kimberly Souffront, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAHA, FAAN
Dr. Souffront is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Equity Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS). She is also Associate Director of the Center for Nursing Research & Innovation for the Mount Sinai Health System.
With over 20 years of experience as an emergency Nurse Practitioner, Dr. Souffront has garnered national recognition for her research addressing healthcare inequities related to asymptomatic hypertension in the emergency department. Her work—leveraging blood biomarkers, bioinformatics, and telehealth—highlights the ubiquitous nature of subclinical heart disease in emergency patients with asymptomatic hypertension.
Equally committed to building research capacity, Dr. Souffront is Principal Investigator and Director of three funded programs—including the NIH-funded Translational Research and Implementation Science (TRAIN) program, the American Heart Association funded Learning in Virtual Environments (LIVE) program, and the Gordon Moore Foundation funded Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research (iCORE) program—to build research capacity across nursing and interdisciplinary fields, from undergraduate to doctoral levels.
Dr. Souffront co-founded and is Editor-in-Chief of Practical Implementation of Nursing Science, a journal dedicated to highlighting innovations driven by clinical nurses. In 2021, she was recognized as one of the top ten nurse scientists in the country by the Betty Irene and Gordon Moore Foundation as a leader and innovator. Dr. Souffront is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Nursing, and the American Heart Association. She completed her training at Northeastern University, Pace University, and New York University (NYU), and two postdoctoral fellowships – one at NYU and the other at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she continues to inspire the next generation of clinician-scientists.
Martina Raquel Gallagher, PhD, PMHNP-BC, MSN, RN
Dr. Martina Raquel Gallagher is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center, with expertise in mental health, health disparities, community-based participatory action research, and qualitative research methodologies. She has taught a range of nursing courses, including psychiatric nursing, community health nursing, nursing fundamentals, and nursing research.
Students consistently describe Dr. Gallagher’s teaching style as engaging and creative, noting her use of innovative techniques to deliver complex content. For example, she has used Argentine tango as a metaphor to teach leadership and followership within interprofessional healthcare teams.
Dr. Gallagher is a strong advocate for the integration of technology and artificial intelligence in nursing education, research, and clinical practice. Her national service includes appointments to the Advisory Panel on Addressing Disparities for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Telemental Health Task Force.
The activity's Nurse Planner has determined that no one who has the ability to control the content of this CNE activity - planning committee members and presenters/authors/content reviewers - has a conflict of interest. Please send any questions to [email protected]
Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Available Credit
- 5.75 Attendance
- 5.75 Nursing Contact Hours
Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Houston Methodist will award up to 5.75 nursing professional development contact hours for this activity.
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REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
- STEP 1 - Click the "Enroll" button.
- STEP 2 - Once enrolled, the Status should say "In progress" and then click the "Take Course" button to begin the activity.
FEES
| REGISTRATION TYPE | FEE |
|---|---|
| HM Employees | $50 |
| Non-Houston Methodist Employees | $60 |
| Alpha Gamma Gamma Sigma Members (Coupon Code Required) | FREE |
| Virtual | $70 |
| Students | $20 |