Theresa McGuire, DNP, MS, RN, NPD-BC, NE-BC

Are you stuck in a rut of using the same old strategies in your enduring education strategies? Time to leave those dusty practices behind! NPD practitioners will explore various strategies to effectively engage learners, especially when creating content for enduring educational activities. Participants will also be able to reflect on their learning throughout the process.

Contact Hours: 0.5

Audience Level: Novice

Elaina Robinson, MSN, RN, NPD-BC

This session explores a self-regulated and reflective framework to retrospectively examine a conflict or difficult situation through storytelling. Through narrative exploration, the learner unwinds and rewrites their story, identifying and building a new experience for future applications. Participants will explore how the framwork can be used in their professional practice.

Contact Hours: 0.5

Audience Level: Competent

Ivy Torres, EdD, MS, NPD-BC, RNC-OB, RNC-MNN, C-EFM, IBCLC

Creating a Virtual Escape Room (VER) can be a fun way to provide education, but can we demonstrate more than saying it was engaging? Unlock how an innovative VER enhances nursing education in managing cardiac arrest during pregnancy. This presentation reveals compelling evidence on how VER outperforms traditional methods, boosting knowledge, confidence, and satisfaction among healthcare professionals in a high-stakes resuscitation scenario.

Contact Hours: 0.5

Audience Level: Novice, Competent, Expert

Cynthia LaFond, PhD, RN, CCRN
Vallire Hooper, PhD, RN, CPAN, FASPAN, FAAN

Are you interested in pursuing external funding for your nursing professional development programs, but don't know where to start? In this session, you'll learn from our presenters as they describe common sources of funding, offer insights into writing grants, and tips on engaging in clinical-academic partnerships. You'll also learn through their example of utilizing state apprenticeship funding for a student-nurse internship that resulted in positive organizational outcomes.

Contact Hours: 0.5

Arjuna Jacob, MS, RN, NPD-BC
Gabriella Bolanos, MS, RN, MEDSURG-BC, GERO-BC

Modern technology is an integral part of how new nurse graduates participate in learning. Learn how virtual reality (VR) was integrated into nursing education curricula at an academic health system. You'll learn a three-phase approach used, including a participant tutorial, implementation with a VR scenario, and a debrief, as well as project outcomes and how VR use impacted clinical skills and practice gaps.

Contact Hours: 0.5

Nicole Ferreira, MSN, RN, BMTCN, OCN
Anne M Kolenic, DNP, APRN, AOCNS
Jody Giannotti, MSN, APRN, CNS-C, AOCN

Imagine engaging experts from across the country to produce an engaging, cost effective, evidence-based program for your learners. Hear how one group of NPDs across more than a dozen organizations achieved just that! Partnering together, removing regional bias, and emphasizing national standards of care, learn how they developed, implemented, and have sustained for over 10 years a validated program with impressive ROI for their organizations.

Contact Hours: 0.5

Cheryl Richards, EdD, RN, NPD-BC
Melani Mangum-Williams, MSN, RN, CCRN, NPD-BC
Naomi A. Leland MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, NPD-BC  

Accompany a team of Nursing Professional Development practitioners as they recount best practices, challenges, and lived experiences while transitioning to fully remote positions.  You'll hear how supportive structures, communication strategies, relationship building, and prioritizing well-being for individuals, the team, and the organization were the keys to their success! 

Contact Hours: 0.5

Ashley Sewell, MSN, RN, CPN
Katie Dachniwsky, MSN, RN, CPN
Alyssa Welford, MSN, RN, CPN

New hire orientation is a complex and pivotal time for new nurses, preceptors, and the NPD team. Join us to discover how to leverage a multidisciplinary team to integrate an electronic health record into simulation-based experiences. Learn how we utilized preceptors, coaches, and unit-based education to improve orientation efficiencies, staff confidence, and patient outcomes.

Contact Hours: 0.5

Maggie Madlangbayan, MSN, RN, NPD-BC
E. Paige Huchro, MBA, MA, RN 

Ineffective communication and workflows in the onboarding process can lead to overwhelm, confusion, and inefficiencies for managers and new hires. Learn how one NPD team at an organization hiring over 1,500 people per year streamlined their process to provide onboarding information that was easy to follow. Using a quality improvement process, this team transformed their workflow into one supported by technology with resources available in a cloud-based system.

Contact Hours: 0.5

Jami Fregeau, BSN, RN, CCRN, SCRN

In this session, we'll explore effective strategies for educating neurodivergent healthcare team members, emphasizing the importance of tailored approaches that empower individuals in their roles. You'll hear from a neurodivergent registered nurse with extensive clinical experience and a passion for supporting neurodiverse people. Gain practical insights to create learning environments that support neurodivergent professionals, and strengthen your NPD knowledge of inclusive strategies that will positively impact healthcare teams!

Contact Hours: 0.5

Deanna Beveridge, MSN, RN

Discover the benefits of transitioning from traditional skills fairs to assessing ongoing competencies by incorporating elements of Donna Wright's competency model. Increased staff satisfaction, improved completion rates, and reduced costs are achievable when you are willing to break free from tradition.

Audience Level: Novice

Rachel Braasch, MHA, BSN, RN, NPD-BC

NPD Practitioners are not one to boast about their work. Using objective data, connecting outcomes, and demonstrating value in a succinct fashion makes this easy. Enjoy this microlearning that tells the story of one departments approach to enhance NPD value and stakeholder communication via a "Show me the Data!" campaign.

Audience Level: Competent

Lynnette Ramos, MSN-Ed., RN, NPD-BC, CPN, PHN

The goal and metrics tracker is a method utilized to promote transparency among a Nursing Professional Development (NPD) department, while recognizing monthly progress towards goals along with proactively identifying areas where additional support may be needed in order to aim for completion of department goals. By having metrics and goal status readily available, this aids in communication efforts with department and interdisciplinary colleagues in discussing data driven decisions.

Audience Level: Competent

Denelle Hebert, BSN, RN, SCRN
Samanta Allen, BSN, RN

Night shifters can get the short end of the education stick. Relax, sit back for 10 minutes and learn all about how you can implement a night shift lecture series at your hospital.

Audience Level: Novice

Amy Garcia, MSN, NPD-BC, CVRN-BC
Candace Bilotta, MSN, RN-BC, NPD-BC
Mayra McBride, BSN, RN-BC

Transforming the way in which we educate by exploring Mixed Media Education. Learn about how to incorporate technology through innovative methods to deliver education to the bedside, engage staff, provide resources, and promote clinical growth.

Audience Level: Competent

Beth Millican, MSN, RN

Discover a meaningful approach to addressing practice gaps through a simulated nursing peer review! Join us as we explore the benefits of mock peer review in improving nurses' approach to documentation, patient safety, and understanding of the standards of nursing practice.

Audience Level: Competent

Tashiana Jackson, PhD, RN-BC, NPD-BC, NEA-BC

Unlock NPD practitioners' potential: Empowerment leads to stronger commitment. Learn about pathways to retain NPD practitioners and ultimately improve patient care.

Audience Level: Competent

Elizabeth Xavier, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CV-BC, MEDSURG-BC
Cristina Romanczyk, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CMSRN

Discover how a transformative curriculum redesign paves the way for a new era of success in orientation by aligning with our organization's mission, vision, and the latest evidence-based practices. This curriculum incorporates innovative teaching strategies that foster a culture of prioritizing diversity and patient safety in nursing care.

Audience Level: Expert

Linnea Lockett, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, RNC-NIC, CLC

Tales of how one low-volume Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) center's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) incorporates interdepartmental and interprofessional high fidelity in situ simulation to maintain competence, improve processes, and provide the best outcomes.

Audience Level: Competent

Diana Kott, MSN, RN, OCN, NPD-BC

This session will discuss an organized and efficient process for prioritizing education requests and minimizing response time.

Audience Level: Competent