Lead, Drive, and Thrive - 2025 Nurses Ed Series Workshop

Sat Jan 25 2025 at 05:00 pm to 07:20 pm UTC+00:00

Online event | University Place, Washington

Rainier Olympic Nurses Association
Publisher/HostRainier Olympic Nurses Association
Lead, Drive, and Thrive - 2025 Nurses Ed Series Workshop
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Join Jennifer S. Mensik Kennedy, President, American Nurses Association, and Sophia Aragon, CEO of Washington Center of Nursing, for a morning dedicated to honing your leadership skills.
Free for WSNA members/$40 for nonmembers/$20 students
2 ANCC contact hours (pending)
Register at https://nwrna.org/education-events/nes-2025-workshop/
"The art of navigating health care systems"
Presenter:
Jennifer S. Mensik Kennedy, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAA
President, American Nurses Association
Learn critical information and practical strategies to embrace your power of leadership and grow your skillset to lead, drive, and thrive in your health care system. Discover how to translate leadership theory into practice by understanding why the system exists and what benefits it brings to nurses and patients.
All nurses are leaders, but the challenges of the role require an adept and agile strategy for the navigation of health care systems. The challenges that nurse leaders face are distinct from any other profession, so leadership styles and solutions need to be just as unique.
We’ll explore how nursing is both an art and a science. Nurses must learn to translate their leadership learnings into practice as they understand and improve systems.
Objectives:
• Identify the relevant aspects of organizational politics to successfully navigate health care systems.
• Identify steps to effectively work with colleagues in decision-making.
• Describe methods to leverage the unique aspects of systems to improve patient care.

"Mentoring as a path to build leadership skills"
Presenter:
Sofia Aragon, JD, BSN, RN, FAAN
Executive Director, Washington Center for Nursing
Explore how mentoring can help you build your leadership skills and social support systems critical for professional fulfillment and career advancement.
We’ll examine WCN’s mentoring program for diverse nurse educators. This program strengthens mentor support systems to build a stronger mentorship pool for future nurse educators.
We’ll hear from program participants who will share their experiences and the impact it has had on their careers as nurses. Mentors and mentees will describe how being a mentor promotes both personal and professional growth and satisfaction in nursing, and how this approach has inspired other efforts to support nurses advancing their careers.
Objectives
• Describe the value of collaboration in development of innovative programs to diversify the nursing workforce.
• Describe a process to develop a nursing faculty mentoring program centered on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Summarize strategies to develop successful mentoring relationships.
Workshop recording
A recording of the workshop will be available approximately three weeks after the event. All those who register will receive a link to the recording.

Continuing education
This activity has been submitted to Oregon Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. Oregon Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Upon approval, attendees may earn 2 contact hours. Participants must be present for all the educational activity to receive contact hours.
Nurses Education Series
The Nurses Education Series is a collaborative effort by the regional associations of WSNA to provide continuing education for nurses in our state to encourage career growth and enhance professional skills. Sponsoring regions include
Central Washington Region Nurses Association, Inland Empire Nurses Association, King County Nurses Association, Northwest Region Nurses Association, Rainier Olympic Nurses Association, and Southwest Region Nurses Association.
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Event Venue

Online event, 4115 Bridgeport Way W, University Place, WA 98466-4331, United States,University Place, Washington, University Place, Washington

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