ANA-Illinois Educational Partners:
ANA-Illinois 2nd Annual
Professional Issues Conference
ANA-Illinois knows that keeping up with the issues and an ever changing healthcare environment can be a challenge. The 2018 ANA- Illinois Professional Issues Conference is a one of a kind event that brings the membership together with the association leadership to discuss issues of importance to the profession. This is a unique opportunity to meet with the strategic leadership of the organization as well as the nurses from various settings (clinical practice, education, research, public health, and administration) from all over the state of Illinois.
Knowledge of the issues occurring in the nursing profession is just the start of finding a solution. Together we can continue to create the change to improve the quality of health care for all.
6.5 CE awarded with attendance.
Keynote Session:
Inside the Crystal Ball – Anticipated State Legislative Trends Impacting Nursing
Janet Haebler, MSN, RN, Senior Associate Director, State Government Affairs, American Nurses Association
Ms. Haebler will review and lead a discussion on legislative trends impactingthe profession at the state and federal level and what drives the agenda and how to be an effective advocate.
Janet Haebler, MSN, RN is committed to policy and government affairs for nurses and healthcare for more than a decade which included lobbying for 5 years at the state level.
She created and leads the ANA Advocacy Institute a year-long mentored program designed to grow nurses into grass-tops /political leaders.
Ms. Haebler has 20 years in staff development in acute andlong term care settings and nursing education, as faculty and director forschools of nursing. She is an excellent speaker and expert on a wide array of advocacy issues specific to nursing. She routinely does presentations at the local, regional and national levels.
EVENT AGENDA
This year's program builds on ANA's theme - Year of Advocacy. Sessions include political advocacy at a state level as well as advocacy for the nurse professional and for patients/ public.
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. - Attendee Registration & Coffee
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Welcome Address & Keynote Session -- Advocacy for the Profession
Inside the Crystal Ball – Anticipated State Legislative Trends Impacting Nursing Professionals
Janet Haebler, MSN, RN, Senior Associate Director, State Government Affairs, American Nurses Association
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Self Advocacy: Strategies for Nursing Professionals to Advocate on Their Own Behalf to Protect and Defend Their Nursing License
Susan Wagener, JD, RN
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - ANA-Illinois Membership Assembly
Report from the President/Treasurer
Workplace Safety Report from ANA-Illinois Expert Panel
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch / Exhibitor Hall
Dessert Reception Sponsored by Illinois Nurses Foundation
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Poster Presentations
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Advocacy for the Patient/Public: The Food Surplus Project; Lifeline for a Food Insecure Population
Jennifer Grenier, DNP, RN-BC
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Advocacy for the Resident: Building a Case for Nurse Advocacy in Long Term Care Setting
Mary Foote, RN, MSN, CWCN, AP, CNS, ED.Dc
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. - Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. - Advocacy for the Nurse / Patient: Correctional Healthcare Nursing
Deborah Ash, RN, MSN, MBA, Legal Nurse Consultant
4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Advocacy for the Public: Human Trafficking--Compassion as Caring Through Assessment
Pam DiVito-Thomas, Ph.D, RN, CNE
5:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Close of Conference
ANA-ILLINOIS MEMBERS: $75.00 -- NON- MEMBERS: $125.00
A small block of rooms has been reserved for the Professional Issues Conference- Room Rate is 109.00
Reserve by calling 630-505-0900 --reference the booking code: CANN
To assist RNs in the pursuit of a wide range of nursing degrees, ANA-Illinois is seeking to form educational partnerships with university partners that are offering exclusive discounts on nursing degree programs to ANA-Illinois members.
Each educational partner offers nursing programs that are accredited by either the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. ANA-Illinois will add more educational partners over time. The goal is to increase the number and diversity of partners to provide more choices to nurses.
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