A Nurse Perspective: Integrating EmPATH units in a 47 hour Design Challenge.

Mariella Marfori, BSN, RN, a DNP Student at University of Florida participated in the 2025 AIA/AAH & ASHE PDC Student Design Challenge™. She learned that she could use her experience as a nurse to not only have a great impact on patient care, but also the hospital staff and the overall built environment.

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Add these sessions to your PDC Summit agenda.

NIHD is a proud Supporting Organization of the PDC Summit! Our members assist in the abstract review process, and we work together with ASHE to offer nursing continuing education for approved sessions. This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Each of these sessions offer 1  contact hour for nursing continuing profession development: 

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After Two Years of Cancellations, the PDC Summit Student Challenge Was a Huge Success!

The Student Challenge was a huge success at the PDC Summit March 18-20, 2022! Students gathered in multi-disciplinary teams from five different universities to creatively solve a design challenge.

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