April 2019 MRCSC Conference at Regis College

2019-MRCSC Conf. Sheila Davis keynote[13985]

November 2019 MRCSC Conference Featuring Dr. Jean Watson at University of Massachusetts Worcester, Graduate School of Nursing November 5, 2019 from 7:30 am to 12 noon

Fireside Chat with Jean Watson and Joan Vitello on Holistic Nursing November 5, 2019 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm

Next Consortium Conference

With the COVID-19 situation hopefully being soon resolved, plans for the 8th Massachusetts Regional Caring Science Consortium Conference have taken shape. The conference is scheduled for Tuesday, September 29, 2020 from 7:00 am to 12:30 pm at Endicott College, Beverly, MA. The conference will be Celebrating the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, which has become even more profoundly important in the midst of the pandemic. The conference theme is The Power of Nurse Caring and Community in Turbulent Times: Cultivating Resiliency with Mindfulness and Storytelling. The conference is sponsored by Endicott College and Beverly Hospital. Details are posted on the EVENTS page of this site in the coming months.

Most Recent Consortium Conference

The theme of the 7^th Massachusetts Regional Caring Science Consortium (MRCSC) conference was The Power of Caring Science Practices to Create Healing Work Environments, featuring Dr. Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, (LL-AAN), renowned nurse theorist of Caring Science. It was held November 5 at UMass Worcester Graduate School of Nursing. Because reservations to the conference were quickly filled, an afternoon Fireside Chat with Jean Watson and Joan Vitello on Holistic Nursing was added. Both sessions were well attended and, we believe, proved a rewarding experience to attendees. The audio recording of the afternoon session is accessible at – https://echo360.org/media/687769e6-e946-486c-b67d-df3dfccea709/public. We thank UMass Worcester Graduate School of Nursing for providing the venues and, for the morning session, the excellent breakfast and continuing education credits; the volunteers who helped organize and run the conference; UMass Worcester Medical School, Graduate School of of Nursing staff for their generous efforts and cooperation; and of course the speakers, particularly Dr. Watson and Dr. Vitello, for sharing their time and expertise.