September 9, 2021

4:15PM - 5:30PM

A brief Chapter Meeting will be held from 4:15 - 4:30PM.

Join us for this jam packed session that will include an opportunity to learn more about:

- The work of the Angels of Allegheny
- Highlights from the National ANPD Conference
- Member Lorna Woodhall to discuss the research from her dissertation for her doctorate in education (EdD).  There is more on her project below.

You must register for this event!

Registration will close September 6th

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Lorna Woodhall, EdD, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, EMT-P

Dr. Lorna Woodhall is the Emergency and Trauma Education Manager for Allegheny Health Network, where she has worked since 2018. She has been a registered nurse for thirty years specializing in critical care, emergency/trauma, and flight nursing, and has worked in prehospital care as an EMT and Paramedic since 1987. Dr. Woodhall earned a doctorate in education from Liberty University in 2019.  Her research was a transcendental phenomenological study of student nurses with learning disabilities in the clinical learning environment.

Session Description:

The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to record the lived experiences of nursing students with learning disabilities while in the clinical learning environment. 

This study answered the following research questions: (a) What are the lived experiences of student nurses with learning disabilities in the clinical learning setting? (b) How are nursing students impacted by their learning disability during clinical learning experiences? (c) What are perceived obstacles that hinder nursing students with learning disabilities during clinical learning experiences? and (d) What are reasonable accommodations or solutions for students with learning disabilities during clinical learning experiences?

During this presentation, the impetus for her research interest in this topic, the responses from the participants to the study questions, data collection methods, and implications for schools of nursing, nursing faculties, and nursing students with learning disabilities will be discussed.

We look forward to seeing you on the September 9th!

All who are interested are welcome!