
2025 Mary L. Morris Distinguished Visiting Professorship- Everyone Can and Needs to Lead: Improving Care to Save Lives
Dr. Mary L. Morris, Professor Emeritus in the UT Health Science Center College of Nursing, began her career at UTHSC in the 1950s, eventually becoming Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Foundations of Nursing. An ardent supporter of graduate nursing education, Dr. Morris was one of the faculty who was instrumental in the establishment of the graduate program in nursing at UTHSC. Dr. Morris attended Baptist Memorial Hospital’s School of Nursing and received her bachelor of science from Siena College in Memphis. She then received her Masters Degree from Memphis State University and completed her PhD at Columbia University. Dr. Morris retired from the College of Nursing in 1984 as Professor, Medical-Surgical Nursing.
2025 Mary L. Morris DVP
Title: Everyone Can and Needs to Lead: Improving Care to Save Lives
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Location: FedEx Event Center at Shelby Farms (next to Coastal Fish Company; map included in Venue tab)
Time: 5:30pm
Speaker: Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, FAAN
Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, FAAN, is the founder and CEO of the Institute for Perinatal QI, which has the mission of expanding the use of improvement science in order to eliminate preventable maternal and infant (perinatal) morbidity and mortality and eliminate perinatal racial and ethnic disparities.
Target Audience
Nurses and Nursing Students
All audiences that are interested in this topic are also invited to attend.
Schedule of Events
5:00pm-5:30pm .……........Onsite Registration and Refreshments
5:30pm…………..Welcome and Introduction of Distinguished Visiting Professor
5:45pm-6:30pm…..............Mary L. Morris DVP- Everyone Can and Needs to Lead: Improving Care to Save Lives (Part 1)
6:30pm-6:45pm….............Break
6:45pm-7:30pm……......Mary L. Morris DVP Everyone Can and Needs to Lead: Improving Care to Save Lives (Part 2)
7:30pm-7:45pm.............Q&A
7:45pm-8:00pm.............Closing Remarks and Evaluation

The FedEx Event Center is one of the most unique venues in Memphis! With more than 7,200 square feet of flexible space, the Lakeside Ballroom is the perfect place for weddings and receptions, corporate events and other social gatherings. The entire west side of this venue is windows that offer an expansive view of Hyde Lake. The stunning lakeside views (and beautiful sunsets!) are unrivaled. Two breakout rooms offer over 500 additional square feet of space perfect for break-out rooms or smaller meetings.
Lisa Beasley, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, AFN-C
Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, FAAN
UTHSC College of Nursing, Memphis is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
2 NCPD credit hours will be awarded for this event, and there is no charge for the Nursing Professional Development credit hours.
In order to receive credit hours for this NCPD activity, you must:
- Be in attendance for at least 80% of the program, and
- Complete and submit the Evaluation and Verification of Attendance through the CENow Learning Management System (A code will be provided to you at the closing of the presentation to access the evaluation and verification of attendance through the CENow Learning Management System)
Requirements for successful completion may also include participation in individual or group activities, such as discussion, exercises, practice questions, pre-/post-testing, etc.
Conflicts of Interest
Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
The planners and presenters of this NCPD activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Commercial Support: No
Noncommercial Sponsor Support: No
Off-label Product Use: This NCPD activity does not include any unannounced information about the off-label use of a product for a purpose other than that for which it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Available Credit
- 2.00 ANCC
- 2.00 Attendance