First Place
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing
Alexia Green, RN, PhD, Dean
Ana M. Valadez, RN, EdD, CNAA, FAAN (Contact Faculty)
Tracey Woodward, RN, MSN
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Second Place
University of Iowa College of Nursing
Melanie Dreher, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean
Mary Patricia Donahue, PhD, RN, FAAN and Toni Tripp-Reimer; Associate Deans
Keela Herr, PhD, RN, Chair, Adult and Gerontologic Nursing
Meridean Maas, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Director, The John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (Contact Faculty)
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Honorable Mention
Southeastern Louisiana University, School of Nursing
Donnie Booth, PhD, Dean, College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Barbara Moffett, PhD, Director, School of Nursing
Joyce Maynor, MSN, RN, C (Contact Faculty)
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First Place
Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing
Gerald Bennett, PhD, Acting Dean; Kathering Nugent, PhD, Associate Dean;
Cathy Green, RN, MSN, RN-CS (faculty contact)
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Second Place
The University of the Virgin Islands
Gloria B. Callwood, PhD, Chair; Edith M. Ramsay-Johnson, EdD (faculty contact)
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Honorable Mention
Wilkes University Department of Nursing (Pennsylvania)
Mary Ann merigan, PhD, RN, Chairperson; Sharon G. Telban, DEd, RNC, Coordinator,
Gerontological Component, Master of Science in Nursing (faculty Contact)
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First Place
The Pennsylvania State University School of Nursing
Sarah Hall Gueldner, DSN, FAAN, Director; Carol Smith, DSN, Associate Director;
Judy Klinefelter, PhD, Professor in Charge of Undergraduate Programs; Bonnie Ashcroft, MS, RN (Faculty Contact)
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Second Place
University of Nebraska Medical Center - College of Nursing
Ada M. Lindsey, PhD, Dean; Barbara Wharton McCabe, PhD (faculty contact)
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Honorable Mentions
Sacred Heart University-Nursing Programs and Physical Therapy Program (Connecticut)
Patricia W. Walker, EdD, Dean, Dori Taylor Sullivan, PhD, RN, Nursing Program Director, Linda L. Strong, EdD,RN  and Michelle M. Lusardi, PhD, PT (faculty contacts)
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Winston-Salem State University-School of Health Sciences- Department of Nursing (North Carolina)
Sylvia A. Flack, EdD, Interim Dean; Kim Hutchinson, EdD, Associate Professor; Bobbie Reddick, EdD, Associate Professor; Carol Boles, RN, MSN
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First Place
University of Akron, College of Nursing
Cynthia Flynn Capers, PhD, Dean; Elaine Nichols, EdD, Associate Dean; Katherine Kolcaba, PhD (Faculty contact)
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Runners Up
University of Maryland, School of Nursing
Barbara R. Heller, EdD, RN, FAAN, Dean and Professor; Ann Marie SpellBring, PhD, RN, Associate Professor (faculty contact)
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University of North Carolina at Greensboro, School of Nursing
Lynne Pearcey, PhD, RN, Dean, Beth E. Barba, PhD, RN-C (faculty contact)
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Honorable Mentions
San Diego State University, School of Nursing Patricia R. Wahl, RN, MSN, FAAN, Dean; John M. Lantz, RN, PhD, Professor Emeritus, (faculty contact)
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University of Arkansas for Medical Science, College of Nursing Little Rock, Arkansas
Linda C. Hodges, PhD, RN, Dean, Janet Lord, PhD, RN (faculty contact)
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University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
Norma M. Lang PhD, FAAN, FRCN, Dean; Linda P. Brown PhD, FAAN, Associate Dean and Director of Undergraduate Studies; Kathleen M. McCauley PhD, FAAN, Former Interim Associate Dean and Director of Undergraduate Studies; Sarah H. Kagan PhD, RN, CS, AOCN, Course Director, Nursing Care of the Older Adult (faculty contact)
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First Place

Minnesota State University, Mankato - School of Nursing
Cheryl Samuels, PhD, RN, Dean; Mary Huntley, PhD, RN, Interim Associate Dean; Regina Smith (faculty contact)
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Runners Up
University of Alabama in Huntsville College of Nursing
C. Fay Raines, PhD, RN Dean; Elizabeth Tanner (faculty contact)
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University of Arkansas Eleanor Mann School of Nursing
Barbara Conrad, PhD, RN, Director; Lynne Seymour (faculty contact)
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University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Ellen B. Rudy, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean; Ann Yurick (faculty contact)
Abstract|Innovation|Replication

Honorable Mentions
Quinnipiac College Department of Nursing
Rita Hammer, PhD, RN, CS, Chairperson; Elizabeth McGann, DNSc (cand) RN, CS (faculty contact)
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