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ForwardMarch 2026 Joseph and Joan Pranis Kenney Endowed Conference for Excellence in Nursing Education: Helping the struggling Student Achieve Academic and NCLEX Success
Endowed conference for nursing faculty focusing on presenting a variety of topics to enhance learning and education for faculty.
This presentation will focus on aiding the participant in identifying the "struggling" student early in the program of study. Strategies to enhance test taking performance will be presented as well as specific metacognitive, cognitive and behavioral interventions to decrease anxiety and enhance the student's thinking, reasoning and problem-solving ability
Target Audience
Nurse
Nurse Practitioner
Learning Objectives
1. Identify factors that describe the "struggling" student.
2. Describe various test taking strategies that enhance student performance.
3. Describe intervention strategies that help the "struggling" student.
4. Discuss methods of enhancing students' thinking, reasoning and clinical judgment related to academic performance.
Additional Information
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 March 2026 JJPK Agenda draft (1).docx | 270.35 KB |
| JJPK conf 3 26 speaker reference list Strugg stud references .doc | 85 KB |
Endowed conference for nursing faculty focusing on presenting a variety of topics to enhance learning and education for faculty.
This presentation will focus on aiding the participant in identifying the "struggling" student early in the program of study. Strategies to enhance test taking performance will be presented as well as specific metacognitive, cognitive and behavioral interventions to decrease anxiety and enhance the student's thinking, reasoning and problem-solving ability
Melissa Mastorovich, DNP, RN, PMH-BC, FAADN, Senior Clinician, STAT Nursing Consultants, Inc.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 5.0 contact hours.
Other Healthcare Professionals: Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 5.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 5.00 Attendance
To cancel, please contact Wendy Mildner via email at [email protected]. The deadline to cancel is 3/17/26