Virginia Nurses Today - May 2022

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VNA & VNF’s spring conference reaches record numbers
• Bon Secours
• Carilion Clinic
• Centra Health
• Inova Health System
• Mary Washington Healthcare
• Riverside Health System
• UVA Health
• VCU Health.
VNA and VNF’s spring conference, Calling All Disruptors for the Future
of Nursing, was a smash hit! We couldn’t be more thrilled to report that eight
health systems and four schools of nursing across Virginia took advantage of
our group registration to provide ALL of their nurses access to integral topics
related to positive disruption and the future of the nursing profession! If you are
employed at one of the following health systems, please contact your employer
for access to this important content:
Participant feedback included, “Overall an excellent conference with
great speakers and important content. All issues were well presented in a
comprehensive way with practical suggestions for improving practice.”
Calling All Disruptors for the Future of Nursing featured an impressive lineup
of expert speakers in the nursing industry such as: Dr. Susan Hassmiller, Dr.
Katie Boston-Leary, Dr. Peter Buerhaus, and Dr. Tener Goodwin Veenema.
Conference speakers challenged participants to become positive disruptors in
their work environments by highlighting both best practice and ‘fail forwards.’
The conference concluded with a robust discussion of the challenges that the
nursing workforce, organizational leaders, nursing educators, and policymakers
need to overcome so that the future nursing workforce will be prepared to
address the health needs of society.
One participant wrote of what they learned from Calling All Disruptors for the
Future of Nursing saying, “What we would have considered traditional issues
for the nursing profession, even five years ago, has expanded. We must not shy
away from confronting issues affecting our patients and the communities in
which they live, work and learn. That includes social determinants of health,
racism, implicit bias and resulting health inequities.”
VNA and VNF’s ultimate goal was to have nurses attending be able to walk
away with strategies, tools, and resources to support their nursing practice as
they move to a greater understanding of the power of positive disruptors in the
nursing field.
Participants noted, “This conference was one of the best conferences I have
attended with VNA. All of the speakers were excellent, information and content
was relevant and had takeaways that could be put into action. It served as a
launch of gaining momentum to get the nursing profession on the move as one.”
Intrigued? There’s still time to view the conference and access 8.75 hours of
continuing education! If you registered but were unable to view the program live,
check your email for the link to access the content on demand. If you missed the
registration window, you can still sign up at https://virginianurses.com/store/
default.aspx and access your CE until 11:59pm July 31, 2022.