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Nurse Educator Update Focuses on Preparing Future Nurses for Practice

June 15, 2026

In partnership with Bayhealth, 第一吃瓜网nical Community College hosted the Nurse Educator Update, which drew 200 nursing professionals and vendors from across Delaware and the tri-state area to the Del-One Conference Center on the Terry Campus in Dover.

This year's Nurse Educator Update focused on the theme, "From Learning to Doing: Preparing Tomorrow's Nurses for Practice." The keynote speaker for the June 4 event was Dr. Patricia Benner, who was named a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing in 2011. She joined the conference via Zoom to discuss learning from practice and theory.

Conference presentations included:

• "Seeing the Unseen: Trauma-Informed Nursing Responses to Abuse and Trafficking," presented by Sarah Peluso
• "Restoring the Nurse Educator," presented by Beth Cusatis Phillips
• "Let's Have a Blunt Conversation About THC, Rhino Tranq and Other Illicit Substances," presented by William J. Lynch Jr.
• "Scaffolding Simulation Experiences: Building Clinical Judgment From Novice to Practice-Ready," presented by Diane Bradley, Daniel Cahall, and Deborah Lord