Lakeview College of Nursing to Hold Research Day

DANVILLE , IL (04/04/2016)(readMedia)-- Lakeview College of Nursing will hold a research day for its faculty and students on Friday, April 15 from 8 am to 2 pm at the Round Barn Center located at 1900 Round Barn Center in Champaign, IL. The event will highlight the art of nursing and will include a guest speaker as well as student presentations.

The guest speaker will be ?Mary Ann Boyd, PhD in Education Research Methodology and PhD DNS in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. She is currently the Director at Mental Health Consultants, LLC in Columbia, IL; Clinical Faculty at the St. Louis University School of Nursing in St. Louis, MO; Professor Emerita at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in Edwardsville, IL; and Nursing Consultant/Nursing Educator at the VA St. Louis Health Care System in St Louis, MO.

Boyd has decades of nursing experience and is well published having written over 30 textbooks and numerous other publications. Boyd is scheduled to speak at the LCN Research Day event from 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Also during the event, the senior-level nursing students will be presenting their required legacy projects. All students from both campuses of Lakeview (Charleston and Danville) will be in attendance and given time to view project boards summarizing the different legacy projects that have been conducted throughout the semester. They will also have time to discuss these projects with the students who initiated them.

Lakeview's legacy projects require students to work in small groups and make a difference in the community by helping service organizations fulfill specific needs. About ?12 different groups of senior-level Lakeview students will be giving formal presentations during this research day event that will demonstrate how they made an impact in the local community.

Students will also vote on which project they found to be the best. A winner from the Charleston Campus and a winner from the Danville Campus will be chosen and announced ?at approximately ?1?:?3?0 pm.