Agenda
The Agenda for the April 9, 2026 presentation follows. A downloadable PDF version is also provided.
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19th New England Regional Caring Science Consortium Conference 12th Virtual)
Transformative Caring within the Nursing Profession—Caring for Self and Colleagues with Compassion, Presence, and Expanding: Consciousness
Part 1: Developing Self Wellbeing and Caring Intentions
Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026 ~ Time: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm ET
Sponsored and supported by the New England Regional Caring Science Consortium; Cummings SON and Health Sciences, Endicott College; Northeastern University, and University of NH
Purpose: The nursing profession is experiencing personal burnout and high levels of stressful non-caring work environments that impede the health of caregivers, healthy colleague relationships, and best shared care of patients. This first of a two-part series, guided by caring theories, will explore the importance of personal commitment to and practice of caregiver transformative mind-body-heart/soul renewal and wellbeing. Deep self-caring is essential in expanding one’s ability to care for others in shared interconnected healing, nurturing ways. The program will offer examples of core caring attributes and transformative self-renewal practices through presentation and discussion.
Program Objectives/Subjectives:
As a result of this educational activity, participants will be able to:
- Utilize a healing self-affirmation micro-practice.
- Describe concept of “nursing as caring for self” in preparation to care for others.
- Describe how caring reflective practices expand compassionate care consciousness and intent.
- Describe two reflective practices that increase personal knowing of caring.
- Describe the relationship between caring attributes and personal wellbeing.
- Describe two self-caring practices that promote self-development.
Program Content:
11:00 – 11:05 am Welcome and Orientation (Danielle Leone-Sheehan, PhD, RN, Caritas Coach®)
11:05 – 11:15 am A Caring Affirmation Centering Activity (Christine McNulty-Buckley, DNP, MBA, RN, CPHQ, NE-BC, Certified MBSR & Koru Mindfulness Teacher,Caritas Coach®)
11:15 – 11:40 am Caring Reflective Practice: Expanding Personal Knowing, Developing Caring Self (A. Lynne Wagner, EdD, MSN, RN, FACCE, HMCT, Caritas Coach®; Co-Founder of the NERCSC)
11:40 am – 12:05 pm Attributes of Professional Caring for Self-development (Cathleen Colleran, DNP, RN, CNE; Caritas Coach®; Caritas Leader®)
12:05 – 12:25 pm – Discussion/Conversation with Speakers—(moderated byChristine McNulty-Buckley, DNP, MBA, RN, CPHQ, NE-BC, Certified MBSR & Koru Mindfulness Teacher, Caritas Coach®)
12:25 – 12:30 pm Closing Comments & Program Evaluations Process (Danielle Leone-Sheehan, PhD, RN, Caritas Coach®)
Please note that there is NO conflict of interest or commercial support disclosed by planners, speakers, or content reviewers, in relation to this educational activity.
Dear Participants: The New England Regional Caring Science Consortium (formerly the Massachusetts Regional Caring Science Consortium) has grown from spontaneous informal small group meetings in 2013 to far-reaching in-person and virtual programs. The programs offer a forum for exploring and sustaining caring-healing practices and outcomes for nurses, other health-care practitioners, and students in clinical/patient care, leadership/ administration, and education settings. The NERCSC exists through the dedicated NERCSC Executive Leadership Team’s volunteer collaborative work, the graciousand generous support of hosting institutions in New England states, and our speakers who also volunteer their time. We are filled with gratitude for all who contribute to the success of the NERCSC and, of course, for the growing number of nurses, students, and other health care practitioners who attend and help enrich ongoing programs and conversations. Please visit the NERCSC website (NERCSC.org) to learn more about our history, leadership team, our hosting and supporting organizations, our speakers, as well as other caring science learning opportunities and resources. It takes a community to advance Caring Science practices.
The NERCSC Executive Leadership Team welcomes all with loving care and is honored to present this Program:
- A. Lynne Wagner, EdD, MSN, RN, FACCE, HMCT, Caritas Coach®, Professor Emerita, Fitchburg State University; WCSI Faculty Associate; Nurse-Educator Consultant in caring practices and mentoring programs; Co-Founder of the NERCSC (formerly the MRCSC).
- Danielle Leone-Sheehan, PhD, RN, Caritas Coach®, Director BSN Program Boston Campus and Associate Clinical Professor of Nursing, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
- Christine McNulty-Buckley, DNP, MBA, RN, CPHQ, NEA-BC, Certified MBSR & Koru Mindfulness Teacher, Caritas Coach®; Associate Professor, Cummings School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Endicott College, Beverly, MA.
- Cathleen Colleran, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE; Caritas Coach®, Caritas Leader®; Director of DNP Program, University of New Hampshire.
Special thanks and gratitude to: Dr. Amy Smith, Dean, Cummings School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Endicott College, Beverly, MA, who graciously supported the Contact Hour application; and local partnerships, which are critical in sustaining the Consortium mission and vision.
Thanks also to all who attended and participated today in meaningful caring dialogue that has the capacity to change how we care for ourselves and attend to the caring-healing of others.
Contact Hours: 1.5 Nursing Contact Hours have been applied for by the New England League for Nurse Educators (NELNE), an approved provider of continuing nursing education.
For attendees to receive certificate of contact hours, both attendance at the entire program and submission of an evaluation form at the end of the program are required.