2011 Fall Semiannual Meeting
October 22-25, 2011
Exhibitor List
AfterCollege
AfterCollege, Inc. is an online professional
platform that connects students, faculty, alumni
and employers through customized career
networks at colleges and professional
organizations across the country. AfterCollege
powers the largest number of career networks
on the internet delivering thousands of exclusive
opportunities to students and alumni each day.
Contact: Nick Fitzpatrick
98 Battery St., Suite 502
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: 415-263-1300 ext. 101
Email: nick@aftercollege.com
www.aftercollege.com
Onsite Exhibitor: Nick Fitzpatrick
Alexander Street Press
Alexander Street Press is the worldwide leader
in streaming video for higher education. Our
newest collection, Nursing Education in Video,
features more than 250 nurse training videos
produced by Medcom-Trainex, and is the
largest, most thorough collection of nursing
education videos ever assembled. Stop by our
table for free trial access.
Contact: Gina Vavra
3212 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-212-8520
Email: gcvavara@astreetpress.com
www.alexanderstreet.com
Onsite Exhibitor: Greg Urquhart
American Nurses Association
ANA is the only full-service professional
organization representing the interests of the
nation's 2.9 million registered nurses.
Nursesbooks.org, the publishing program of the
American Nurses Association, publishes a
variety of books and monographs. These works
translate the latest in evidence-based and
related healthcare activities into practicecentered resources for nurse leaders, managers,
practitioners, educators, and students. To learn
more, go to www.nursesbooks.org, a part of the
ANA website, www.NursingWorld.org.
Contact: Francine Bennett
8515 Georgia Ave., Suite 400
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301-628-5214
Email: Francine.bennett@ana.org
www.nursingworld.org/books
Onsite Exhibitor: Rosanne O’Connor-Roe
Assessment Technologies Institute
ATI partners with students throughout their
nursing education and career, providing various
assessment, remediation, review and virtual
programs to help them pass the NCLEX. ATI
believes that strengthening students’ knowledge
base systematically, while also teaching
important critical thinking and test-taking skills,
leads to a more competent, successful
practitioner after graduation.
Contact: Casey Baker
7500 W. 160th St.
Stilwell, KS 66085
Phone: 913-661-6521
Email: casey.baker@atitesting.com
www.atitesting.com
Onsite Exhibitors: Omar Ahmed, Casey Baker,
John Goodman
Bowie Gridley Architects
Bowie Gridley Architects specializes in work for
institutions of community significance,
academic centers for major universities as well
as performing arts venues, libraries, athletic
facilities and more. Recent experience includes
academic research facilities for leading nursing
schools in the Mid-Atlantic region, including
simulation labs.
Contact: Suzanne Singleton
1010 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-337-0888
Email: ssingleton@bowiegridley.com
www.bowiegridley.com
Onsite Exhibitors: Paul Rudd, Lia Roth
Cerner Corporation
For nearly a decade, Cerner’s Academic
Education Solution (AES) has been integral to
health professions curricula at colleges and
universities nationwide. Cerner is the only
authentic electronic heath record (EHR) for
academic use. With Cerner’s AES, students
interact with health care IT while learning
discipline-specific content and processes.
Schools that adopt AES position their students
and graduates for success in real world
environments.
Contact: Rachel Boden
2800 Rockcreek Pkwy
Kansas City, MO 64117
Phone: 816-885-3236
Email: aes@cerner.com
www.cerner.com/aes
Onsite Exhibitors: Rachel Boden, Shawn Foley
CertifiedBackground.com
CertifiedBackground.com is the industry leader
in student background checks for colleges and
universities nationwide. As the exclusive
provider of background checks for AACN,
CertifiedBacground.com also offers drug
testing, student immunization tracking and
review solutions as well as access to
CertifiedProfile, an online tool for students to
store and share documents with administrators
and future employers.
Contact: Joesph Finley
1845 Sir Tyler Dr. Suite 100
Wilmington, NC 28405
Phone: 888-666-7788
Email: bmhines@castlebranch.com
www.certifiedbackground.com
Onsite Exhibitors: Joseph Finley,
Derric Becker, Mike Kenney,
Michelle Kiesecke, Jenny Bernard,
Kaylie O'Connor, Ed Thear
The DAISY Foundation
The DAISY Faculty Award: The DAISY
Foundation, in collaboration with the American
Association of Colleges of Nursing, is proud to
provide a new way to celebrate nursing faculty
for their inspirational influence on the nurses of
tomorrow. This recognition program may be
tailored to each school’s culture and is turn-key
and simple to implement. Most important, at a
time of tremendous stress on nursing faculty
members, the DAISY Faculty Award’s impact is
meaningful and helps your faculty know how
appreciated they are by their students,
colleagues, administrators, and others.
Contact: Bonnie Barnes
11995 Dunbar Rd.
Glen Ellen, CA 95442
Phone: 707-996-7936
Email: bonniebarnes@DAISYfoundation.org
www.DAISYfoundation.org
Onsite Exhibitor: Beth Heyman
Dove Professional Apparel
Look professional. Be professional. For 25
years Dove Professional Apparel has
manufactured upscale, quality uniforms for
hundreds of nursing school programs
nationally. Our uniforms are guaranteed to fit,
last, and arrive on time. Whites, colors, nursing
kits, patches, and name badges available.
EasyOrder online at www.doveapparel.com, or
call (800) 829-3683.
Contact: Kelly Bryant
7535 Convoy Court
San Diego, CA 92111
Phone: 800-829-3683
Email: kelly@doveapparel.com
www.doveapparel.com
Onsite Exhibitors: Tina Frank, Alyson Gray
Educational Benchmarking, Inc.
Educational Benchmarking (EBI) in partnership
with the AACN offers surveys for nursing
educators to assess student outcomes and
enhance continuous improvement initiatives.
These AACN/EBI assessment tools are based on
AACN’s The Essentials of Baccalaureate
Education for Professional Nursing Practice;
The Essentials of Master’s Education for
Advanced Nursing Practice and The National
Task Force on Quality Nurse Practitioner
Education’s report. The Commission on
Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), AACN’s
accrediting arm, recognizes these three
publications as the nationally accepted
professional standards for baccalaureate and
master’s nursing programs. The AACN/EBI
benchmarking assessments provide information
necessary to motivate, guide and enhance the
effectiveness of nursing programs. In addition,
they offer comparative analyses with nursing
programs nationwide. Furthermore, the studies
provide, after the first year of participation, a
longitudinal comprehensive look at your
student’s perceptions over time.
Contact: Brenda Jones
3058 East Elm Street
Springfield, MO 65802
Phone: 417-429-4532
Email: bjones@webebi.com
www.webebi.com
Onsite Exhibitor: Brenda Jones
E*Value Healthcare Education Management
by Advanced Informatics, LLC
E*Value gives nursing schools the power to
perform, and represents the premier web and
mobile management solution in its marketplace.
Thousands of nurse students and educators login to E*Value every day to access powerful
assessment, curriculum mapping, clinical
tracking, portfolio, immunization and
scheduling solutions. E*Value’s centralized
cloud-based platform empowers administrators
manage program accreditation, optimize
everyday processes and automate reports.
Mobile compatibility and outstanding
administrative support comes standard, helping
to ensure accessibility and the satisfaction of
our clients. Visit our new website at www.evalue.net and schedule a webinar today.
Contact: Chuck Wagner
10 Second St. NE, suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Phone: 612-253-0130
Email: cwagner@e-value.net
www.e-value.net
Onsite Exhibitors: Suzanne DuBois,
Chuck Wagner
Hurst Review Services
Hurst Review Services was founded in 1988 by
Marlene Hurst. From the beginning, Hurst’s
mission was not to re-teach what students
learned in nursing school – but rather to help
them re-think the content in preparation for the
NCLEX® exam. Hurst provides engaging live
and online lectures that review core nursing
educational content, and are designed to
improve judgment, prioritization, critical
thinking and application skills. Live NCLEX®
reviews follow a 4-day format, are taught by
registered nurses, and are scheduled across the
United States throughout the year. For future
live review schedule and registration, please
visit www.hurstreview.com.
Contact: Sha Walker
111 S. Railroad Ave.
Brookhaven, MS 39601
Phone: 601-990-2295
Email: sha@hurstreview.com
www.hurstreview.com
Onsite Exhibitors: Sha Walker, Paul Johnson
Kahler Slater
Kahler Slater is a creative, multi-disciplinary
design enterprise of architects, interior
designers, strategic facilitators and researchers.
We design the experiences in which future
doctors, nurses, dentists and health
professionals learn. Our team of experts have
planned and designed 20 technology-rich
nursing and health sciences learning and
research environments in 11 states and in
Singapore. Our Academic Health Sciences team
helps deans transform learning and teaching
experiences for health care students, faculty and
patients which requires specialized knowledge
due to the rapidly changing nature of health
care and higher education. Our insights help
colleges and universities attract top students,
retain faculty, provide patients with better
treatment and more effectively utilize everchanging technologies. We work with our
clients to design hands-on and integrated
educational experiences by turning classrooms
into simulated hospital, clinic, and laboratory
environments. The result is health sciences
students who are well prepared to become
exceptional health care professionals.
Contact: Elizabeth Crowley
111 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53203
Phone: 414-272-2000
Email: ks@kahlerslater.com
www.kahlerslater.com
Onsite Exhibitors: Larry Schnuck,
Mary LaFrambois
Kaplan Nursing
The leader in NCLEX Review programs and
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), the
leading international publisher, bring you and
your school the most comprehensive, resultsoriented program for nursing student successfrom admission to licensure. This innovative,
easy-to-use program combines a proven
integrated testing program with the nation’s
leading NCLEX-RN Review Course and offers
both at an affordable price with flexible delivery
options for both RN and PN Institutions.
Contact: Amy Wang
395 Hudson St.
New York, NY 10014
Phone: 212-453-7540
Email: amy.wang2@kaplan.com
www.kaplannursing.com
Onsite Exhibitor: Barbara Irwin
Nurse-Family Partnership
Nurse-Family Partnership is a nurse-led,
evidence-based community health program that
helps transform the lives of first-time, low
income mothers through nurse home visits from
pregnancy to the child’s second birthday. The
program’s primary goals and proven outcomes
are improvements in birth outcomes, child
health and development, and family economic
self-sufficiency.
Contact: Shannon Pursley
1900 Grant St., Suite 400
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303-327-4264
Email: Shannon.pursley@nursefamilypartnership.org
www.nursefamilypartnership.org
Onsite Exhibitors: Kammie Monarch, Elly Yost
NursingCAS
In March 2010, AACN partnered with Liaison
International to launch the Nursing Centralized
Application Service (NursingCAS). Similar to
services available in the other health
professions, NursingCAS offers prospective
students a convenient way to apply to any level
of nursing program - from the diploma to the
doctorate - offered at schools nationwide.
Through NursingCAS, students only need to
complete one electronic application and
prepare one set of corresponding materials (i.e.
references, transcripts, CV/resume, essays) that
will be disseminated online to one or multiple
schools of nursing for consideration.
NursingCAS verifies the application components
for accuracy, provides grade point average
calculations, and sends the materials to the
nursing programs that the applicant designates.
There is no charge for schools to participate in
NursingCAS.
Contact: Caroline Allen
Phone: 202-463-6930 x258
Email: callen@aacn.nche.edu
http://www.nursingcas.org
School Information:
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/CAS
Onsite Exhibitor: Caroline Allen
Pearson
Pearson Health Science is a leading educational
publisher committed to providing quality
nursing resources for both faculty and students.
We invite you to stop by our booth to see our
exciting new publications and innovative
technology solutions.
Contact: Marcie Vander Ploeg
One Lake Street
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Phone: 201-236-5893
Email: Marcie.vanderploeg@pearson.com
www.pearsonhighered.com
Onsite Exhibitors: Hilary Henderson,
Susan Jackson, Maura Connor
Perkins + Will, Architects
Perkins + Will is an architectural firm with
national and international clients focused on
healthcare, education and research. Our
approach is fully integrated, from strategic
facilities planning through programming and
design. In collaboration with our clients, we
design spaces that promote healing and inspire
learning and discovery. Sustainable, highperformance and environmentally conscious
design is a cornerstone of our practice: more
than 70 percent of our professional staff is
LEED Accredited.
Contact: Robert Lavey
617 West 7th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 213-270-8477
Email: Robert.lavey@perkinswill.com
www.perkinswill.com
Onsite Exhibitors: Robert Lavey,
Carrie Rich
ProjectNurse
ProjectNurse is a Nursing Specific web based
application that allows your organization to
track and report on AACN Essentials;
ProgramOutcomes; Student Learning
Outcomes; Student and Facility Portfolios;
Evaluations; Clinical Requirements for
rotations including Passports; Clinical
Schedules; Student and Faculty Administrative
Information; Alumni; Save and Retrieve
Student, Faculty, and Program Documents;
Evaluation Statistical Analytics; and Robust
Student and Program Reporting. No IT support
necessary, Highly Customizable, Collaborative,
Safe and Secure. Attractively priced, enhanced
and updated frequently. Accessible for any
device with a web browser and internet
connectivity.
Contact: Debbie Akbari
107 E. US HWY 69
Kansas City, MO 64119
Phone: 816-452-0564
Email: Debbie.akbari@akcia.com
www.projectnurse.com
Onsite Exhibitors: Debbie Akbari,
Jollin Shah
RCG Inc., Architects
RCG Architects are leaders in the planning and
design of state of the art facilities for Schools of
Nursing and the Health Professions. RCG is
committed to the exciting possibilities of
simulation, cross-disciplinary collaboration and
research in nursing education. RCG’s detailed
and responsive approach to design yields
innovative solutions that are uniquely tailored
to each institution.
Contact: Jonathan Fishman
509 S. Exeter St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410-685-7033
Email: jfishman@rcgarchitects.com
www.rcgarchitects.com
Onsite Exhibitors: Jonathan Fishman,
Joe Briggs
Sigma Theta Tau International
A subsidiary of the Honor Society of Nursing,
Sigma Theta Tau International, Nursing
Knowledge International is an innovative
website which delivers personalized, high
quality, solution-oriented healthcare knowledge
and information.
At www.nursingknowledge.com, nurses can
access information on clinical topics, leadership
issues, career development, evidence-based
practice and online continuing education.
Contact: Laura Cowden
550 W. North St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317-917-4966
Email: Laurac@stti.iupi.edu
www.nursingknowlede.org
Onsite Exhibitor: Cindy Jo Minett
Software Secure
Software Secure is a pioneer and market leader
in secure, computer-based testing solutions
featuring Securexam Remote Proctor as part of
the company’s Securexam Suite. With an
unrivaled commitment to supporting its
customers, Software Secure provides proven,
patented solutions for traditional and distance
learning environments, as well as professional
certification organizations. Academic
Institutions, as well as organizations overseeing
mid and high-stakes testing environments, rely
on Software Secure’s expertise for testing
solutions that exceed regional and national
accreditation standards as well as federal
regulation requirements, and to facilitate the
responsible use of technology in education.
Contact: Allison Metzler Sands
P.O. Box 33290, Oak Street
Newton, MA 02464
Phone: 802-595-2200
Email: ametzler@softwaresecure.com
www.softwaresecure.com
Onsite Exhibitors: Mark Musachhio,
Brendan Bellefeuille
Terryberry
With a legacy of quality and service since 1918,
Terryberry is ready to help you develop or
enhance a customized nursing pin program and
provide ceremonial attire for your school,
college, or university. Crafted to the highest
standards, Terryberry’s nursing pins are worn
with pride as a symbol of success and
accomplishment. Visit Terryberry online at
www.nursingschoolpins.com.
Contact: Drew Beckeman
2033 Oak Industrial Dr. NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
Phone: 800-253-0882
Email: d.beckeman@terryberry.com
www.nursingschoolpins.com
Onsite Exhibitor: Drew Beckeman
Unbound Medicine
Unbound Medicine presents Nursing Central™,
the premier source of disease, drug, and test
information for nurses. Nursing Central helps
students and nurses find answers fast and
improve patient care with information delivered
straight to a mobile device or the web.
MEDLINE Journals and several review features
complete the web and mobile app.
Contact: Stephanie Cousounis
2 West Baltimore Ave.
Media, PA 19063
Phone: 610-627-9090 ext. 252
Email: scousounis@unboundmedicine.com
www.unboundmedicine.com
Onsite Exhibitor: Amanda Manaro
WHR Architects
WHR is a full service architecture, planning and
interior design firm focused on projects in
healthcare, education, science and technology.
The firm has a growing national practice in the
design of buildings for Schools of Nursing and
Allied Health and specialized experience in the
design of Simulation Labs. WHR is
headquartered in Houston with offices in
Dallas, Washington DC and Lake Como, New
Jersey. The 30-year old, 150-person firm is
working on projects throughout the U.S. for
top–tier public and private medical and
educational institutions.
Contact: Cynthia Brown
1111 Louisiana St. 26th Floor
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: 713-852-3762
Email: cbrown@whrarchitects.com
www.whrarchitects.com
Onsite Exhibitors: Willy Schlein