Bayhealth’s Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Council presents the 2026 Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Conference.
Friday, Nov. 13
8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Bayhealth Blue Hen Conference Center
665 Bay Road, Unit A
Dover, Delaware
The conference theme is Evidence in Action: Shaping Healthcare for 2030. The event will feature various research findings presentations, a poster breakout session and a keynote speaker address.
The keynote speaker is Danielle Altares Sarik, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, FAAN, a clinically-based nurse scientist with expertise in health services and outcomes research. She holds a PhD, MSN, and BSN from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA from Cornell University. She is a Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in primary care and has cared for patients in China, Botswana, and Nicaragua, in addition to the U.S. In her role as Director of Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice she leads strategic planning for scholarship, works closely with clinical nurses to conduct research and evidence-based practice projects, and develops innovative models of care for patients and families. She also serves as Senior Policy Service Professor at George Washington University School of Nursing and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.
The conference is free to all Bayhealth team members and nursing students. The fee for all other attendees is $40. The registration deadline is Nov. 6. Information about registration will be released in the future.
Bayhealth is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Maryland Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (MNA #4003178).
If you have any questions, then please contact Conference Chair, Ludmila Santiago-Rotchford at 302-744-6166 or Ludmila_Santiago-Rotchford@bayhealth.org.