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Tails of Joy Member Meeting

Topic: A Study about Pet Therapy for New Nurses' Wellbeing

Speaker: Cheryl A. Smith-Miller, PhD, M.Ed., MEDSURG-BC

Nurse Scientist at Center for Nursing Excellence - UNC Medical Center Chapel Hill, NC 
IRB Committee E Chair - UNC-CH Office of Human Research Ethics
Adjunct Faculty - UNC-CH School of Nursing

Dr Smith-Miller will be discussing her recent research looking at the effects of pet therapy with new nurses completing their first year of training. She recently presented this awesome work at the annual conference of the Association for Leadership Science in Nursing in Los Angeles, CA (where Jen Hehl met her!) Dr. Smith-Miller also is a registered pet therapy team with her wonderful dog, Buddy!