Published Mar 3, 2013
NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN
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Pennsylvania Nursing Congress on Practice, Education, & Policy
April 16, 2013
10 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Central Pennsylvania College (10 miles west Harrisburg)
College Hill and Valley Road, Summerdale, PA 17093
Presented by:Frances Ward, PhD, RN, CRNP, Interim Executive Director, PA Action Coalition
This presentation provides a perspective on the 2010 Institute of Medicine's (IOM), "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health."
Through interactive exercises, participants will be challenged to delineate changes they forecast as required to enhance nursing's contributions to improving the health status of PA.
Participants' proposed recommendations will be compared and contrasted with the IOM's. "Next steps" to lead change in nursing will be detailed, with actions to be undertaken in nine Regional Action Coalitions.
One and one half (1.5) contact hours will be awarded for the presentation.
Space is limited. Online registration only.
* RSVP no later than April 8, 2013 by registering at http://www.panurses.org/events/congress