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Leadership is a role that nurses are expected to fulfill, regardless of their job title and experience…but many nurses are not prepared.  You are expected to lead and manage care as soon as you graduate…but you may not have the skills. The development of leadership skills and the associated learning can be challenging, especially for less experienced nurses and those at the beginning of their careers. In addition, the pressures of nursing leadership can become overwhelming. Historically, the time and stress constraints have led to a great deal of burnout.

In this comprehensive course, you will develop new leadership skills. We will focus on effective communication techniques, explore leadership styles, and effective ways to motivate and retain your team. Stress and time management skills will also be addressed as we give you tools to become the nurse leader you were meant to be.

Imagine if you:

Were suddenly assigned the shift manager position… and felt totally unprepared.

Noted an opportunity to apply for a leadership position but feared you did not have the necessary skills.

Faced a natural disaster that overwhelmed your institution and you needed to act fast to organize and lead.

Had to implement a major change at your institution and didn’t know how to get your team to accept it.

Faced opposition and conflict from people on your team and you did not know the best way to address it.

This Workshop Will:

  • Unlock Your Leadership Potential: Discover the key qualities and strategies that will empower you to become a more effective and confident nurse leader.
  • Comprehensive Leadership Training: Dive into in-depth modules covering leadership styles, communication, problem-solving, and more, all tailored to the nursing profession.
  • Real-World Scenarios: Gain practical insights through real-life nursing scenarios, equipping you to lead effectively in the healthcare environment.
  • Expert Faculty: Benefit from the expertise of a seasoned nurse leader, national speaker, and Certified John Maxwell leadership speaker, leader and coach will guide you through each module with real-world experience.
  • Nurse Leadership Toolbox: Build a comprehensive toolkit of leadership skills, including conflict resolution, team building, and decision-making, to excel in your nursing career.
  • Professional Development: Elevate your nursing career with a course that not only enhances your leadership skills but also opens doors to new career opportunities.

Presentations and Guided Case Studies Include:

  • Talk is Cheap, but Communication is Pure Gold (9-10:30)
    • Communication Techniques
    • Dealing with Opposition
    • Inspiring Your Team
  • Workplace Resilience through the power of social connections (10:45-12:00)
    • Increase productivity
    • Enhance Retention
    • Improve employee health
  • Managing the Stress in Your Life (12:45-2:15)
    • Positive vs Negative Stress
    • Using stress to our advantage
    • Controlling our response to stressful situations
  • Enhancing Your Influence (2:30-4:00)
    • Influencers Listen
    • Lead by example
    • Empower your team

Objectives:

  • Categorize and differentiate among three distinct leadership styles.
  • List three critical aspects they should learn about individuals they intend to influence.
  • Determine two essential characteristics of effective leadership.
  • Employ two specific tactics to enhance their capacity for influence.
  • Assess the influence of social connections and friendship on workplace resilience.
  • Identify at least two risk factors associated with loneliness in a workplace context.
  • Outline at least four sequential steps to actively foster meaningful social connections in a professional setting.
  • Evaluate the impact of stress on their professional growth and development.
  • Identify at least two risk factors associated with unmitigated stress.
  • Construct at least four strategies for effectively managing and mitigating stressful situations.
  • Identify at least 3 ways to improve their communication techniques
  • Recall at least 2 strategies to find common ground with those who hold opposing views.
  • List at least 2 practical steps to inspire others through the art of communication.

Many pharmacologic agents block or mimic a few key neurotransmitters in the human body. Acquiring an understanding of the roles of these neurotransmitters equips learners with practical application tools to advance pharmacologic knowledge. This interactive presentation is designed to engage learners in understanding pharmacologic content that applies to current agents and those yet to be brought to market.

Learning Outcomes: Participants will identify:

  • how understanding the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system aids in understanding several pharmacologic agents.
  • the role of dopamine in the body and the impact of blocking or mimicking it.
  • the role of serotonin in the body and the impact of blocking or mimicking it.

Our purpose, or “Why”, drives our decisions, actions, and goals. It is the inspiring picture of the future that energizes us to achieve.  This interactive presentation will offer 10 practical steps in identifying our “why” and provide tools we can use to shape our future.

Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

  1. At least 2 reasons people fail to identify their why.
  2. At least 2 considerations when measuring the cost of your why.​
  3. At least 5 steps to put your why to the test.

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To achieve success in your professional and personal life you must enhance the art of communication. This is a skill set we can acquire through intentionality which can open doors we may never have imagined possible.  Skilled communicators have better relationships, less conflict, and enhanced influence.  This interactive session will focus on practical steps we can take to improve our communication skills. The two-hour session will take a deeper dive into the challenges of engaging in difficult conversations.

Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

  1. At least 3 ways to improve their communication techniques​
  2. At least 2 strategies to find common ground with those who hold opposing views.​
  3. At least 2 practical steps to inspire others through the art of communication.

Stress can push us to become the best versions of ourselves. Growth and change rarely occur without it. However, stress can also be disabling with potentially dire consequences to mental and physical health. This presentation is designed to help participants recognize and manage stress.  

Objectives:

The participant will be able to identify:​

  1. The impact of stress on professional growth and development.
  2. At least two risk factors of unmitigated stress.
  3. At least four steps to promote meaningful management of stressful situations.

Time is probably one of the most valuable commodities on earth and we all get the same amount. While we cannot control the number of hours in a day, we do have influence over how we spend our time. This presentation is designed to help participants consider a thoughtful review of how they use their allotted time. Through a systems approach, participants will be challenged to take steps towards more intentional time (self) management.

Objectives:

The participant will be able to identify:​

  1. The importance of time/self-management.
  2. A strategy for analyzing their time utilization.
  3. At least two action items to promote time/self-management.

There is a strong correlation between the power of social connections and workplace resilience. Studies show productivity can be increased by 74% through strong friendships. An epidemic of loneliness has settled over our world and the impact has been disastrous. This interactive presentation explores the impact of social connections on job and life satisfaction. Steps to promote healthy friendships will be discussed. Conflict resolution strategies will be reviewed and listening exercises will be included. Strong social connections can have a dramatic impact on life quality measures. It is important to take intentional steps to foster and preserve these relationships.

Objectives:

The participant will be able to identify:​

  1. The impact of social connections and friendship on workplace resilience​
  2. At least two risk factors associated with loneliness​
  3. At least four steps to promote meaningful social connections and friendship
  4. At least two ways managers can encourage social connections among staff.

The use of psychotropics to manage the neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with dementia is historically widespread. This is despite evidence showing limited benefits and high mortality risk. This interactive presentation is designed to explore a root cause analysis of these neuropsychiatric symptoms using an interdisciplinary approach. Strategies to promote psychotropic stewardship will be addressed.

Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

  1. Differentiate between a root cause analysis and a medication-based approach to neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with dementia.​
  2. Identify at least three potential adverse events associated with psychotropics. ​
  3. Identify at least three common etiologies behind neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with dementia.​
  4. Recall at least three benefits of an interdisciplinary approach for neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with dementia 

Please contact Amy for more information about this topic.

Please contact Amy for more information about this topic.

Patient to staff aggression occurs, but it shouldn’t be thought of as just part of a caregivers’ job. Tools for prevention and response to client aggression are critical for promoting worker safety and satisfaction. This interactive, application-based training will explore some of the reasons for patient aggression, provide strategies for violence prevention, de-escalation, and during incident response. We will address post-incident response strategies that promote the prevention of future incidents as well. The role of policy, consistent and effective communication, and a workplace violence prevention culture will be explored. Interactive learning experiences and discussions will help participants apply these important concepts.

Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

  1. Identify at least two physical indications that a patient is escalating.
  2. Recall at least two tactics to de-escalate a tense patient interaction.
  3. Identify at least two safety communication tools.

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The risks associated with antipsychotic usage in older adults is well documented. Despite this fact, their usage to manage neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with dementia remains common. This presentation will review some of the risk factors associated with antipsychotic agents, the CMS regulatory requirements for clients in long term care, and some practical tips to employ antipsychotic stewardship. Finally, specific antipsychotics will be compared for their safety profiles.

Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

  1. Identify at least three risk factors of antipsychotics.
  2. Recall at least two regulatory considerations when using antipsychotics.
  3. State at least 3 actionable steps that can be used to promote antipsychotic stewardship

Maximizing our ability to impact those around us is attainable if we take the time to develop our skill set and understand the people we desire to influence. This presentation will help us become more intentional in our efforts to enhance our sphere of influence. We will learn practical steps to help us inspire and encourage others.

Objectives

  • Participants will be able to identify at least three things they need to learn about those they desire to influence
  • Participants will be able to recall at least two characteristics they must possess as a good leader
  • Participants will be able to identify at least two tactics that will help them enhance their influence

Individuals afflicted with dementia often suffer from dysphagia. Physical limitations, sensory changes, decline in cognition, and other issues may ultimately impact a person’s ability to consume food and fluids. This presentation will explore these issues along with interventions we can employ to promote safe eating practices.

Objectives:

The participant will be able to:

  • Identify at least two potential etiologies of dysphagia.
  • Recall at least two interdisciplinary team members to consult for dysphagia.
  • Identify the importance of a patient-centered care approach.
  • Identify at least two safe eating evidence-based practice guidelines.

This presentation explores the clinical evaluation of dementia and the cognitive assessment tools we use. Profiles of common dementias will be discussed and the associated neuropsychiatric symptoms will be addressed.

Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

  1. Identify at least two considerations in the clinical evaluation of dementia
  2. Recall at least two cognitive assessment tools used to evaluate dementia
  3. Differentiate between at least two different types of dementia

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This timely and practical session explores the growing movement to deprescribe—safely reducing or discontinuing unnecessary medications to improve patient outcomes. This presentation will examine the clinical, ethical, and economic reasons driving deprescribing, along with common barriers and strategies for success. Learn how to identify high-risk medications, engage patients in shared decision-making, and apply evidence-based guidelines to streamline polypharmacy. Real-world case studies will highlight opportunities to optimize therapy across settings and populations. Join this session to enhance your prescribing practice, reduce medication-related harm, and promote safer, more effective care—one thoughtful change at a time.

Objectives:

The participant will be able to:

  • Define polypharmacy
  • Recall why older adults are at higher risk of adverse drug events
  • Identify at least two considerations when looking at a medication list
  • Name at least two drugs that may represent a high risk for older adults

When someone is given a terminal diagnosis, family and friends often rally around that individual and pledge together to fight against the disease. When death finally takes the person, those at the funeral find comfort when people say they “fought until the end”. What is the true cost of this approach, and does it rob individuals from really living and then dying well? When we are engaged in a battle, it is exhausting and leaves little time for anything else. Making meaningful memories and connecting with loved ones can get pushed to the back burner as we spend all our time, energy, and resources in hospitals and searching for a miracle cure. This presentation will engage the listener as they consider stories of clients who have “fought until the end”. It will encourage them to consider their own advanced directive decisions and guide them in conversation ideas that can help clients make informed decisions at the end of their lives.

Objectives: The participant will be able to identify:

  1. At least two considerations of what it means to die well.
  2. At least two ethical considerations when caring for the terminally ill ​
  3. At least two strategies to help clients consider goals of care in end-of-life discussions

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Engaging in Meaningful activities is important for every human, including those in long term care. Clients with dementia are no exception. Our lives need to be filled with more than sleeping, eating, and entertainment. This presentation will explore challenges in offering meaningful activities in the long-term care environment, especially for those with dementia. Tailored activity programs will be explored through an interactive format.

Objectives:

  1. Participants will be able to identify at least two ways to help residents feel appreciated.
  2. Participants will be able to describe the tension between autonomy vs safety in long term care settings
  3. Participants will be able to create a tailored activity program based on a client’s past history of interest

Please contact Amy for more information regarding this topic.

Please contact Amy for more information regarding this topic.

Trauma shapes how people experience the world- and how they respond to care. In this session, you’ll learn the core principles of Trauma-Informed Care and why it’s essential for supporting residents. Real-world examples will show how understanding trauma can improve communication, behavior, and outcomes. Discover practical ways to weave trauma-informed approaches into assessments, daily routines, and the entire plan of care- ensuring every resident feels safe, respected, and truly seen.

Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

  • Identify at least two reasons people respond differently to the same traumatic event
  • Describe at least two potential long-term impacts of trauma
  • Name at least one assessment tool that can be utilized to evaluate for trauma impact
  • List at least two considerations when responding to a person impacted by trauma

Non-Pharmacologic Management of Pain

This program explores the etiology of pain and why we respond so differently to painful stimuli. Types of pain will be discussed and the role of non-pharmacologic strategies for pain management will be addressed.

Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

  1. Identify the purpose of pain.
  2. Recall at least two pain assessment tools.
  3. Report at least two reasons why there are varied response to noxious stimuli.
  4. Identify at least two non-pharmacologic management strategies to control pain.

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Your license is your livelihood—protect it with knowledge and proactive strategies in this essential session for nurses. Learn the most common reasons nurses face board discipline, including documentation errors, scope-of-practice violations, and boundary issues, and discover how to avoid them through best practices and ethical decision-making. The session will cover real-world case studies, risk-reduction techniques, and steps to take if a complaint is filed. You’ll also gain insight into the disciplinary process, legal resources, and how to maintain professionalism under pressure. Equip yourself with the tools to safeguard your career and practice with confidence and integrity. This presentation does not constitute legal advice.

Objectives: The participant will be able to identify:

  1. The mission of boards of nursing
  2. At least three steps of the nursing discipline process
  3. At least three actions the board of nursing can take against a licensee
  4. At least two strategies to avoid board discipline.

Think back to the passion you first had for your profession. Is your light still burning bright or do you find yourself on the brink of burn out? Compassion fatigue has plagued many caregivers resulting in emotional and physical distress. This presentation will help participants identify personal areas of compassion satisfaction vs. compassion fatigue. We will discuss ways to create positivity and promote self-care. 

Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

  1. Identify at least two risk factors for compassion fatigue.
  2. Recognize how interdisciplinary team work can promote well-being.
  3. Recall at least two strategies to promote compassion satisfaction.
  4. Identify at least two ways caregiver self-care can improve patient outcomes.

The ability to practice a licensed profession, like nursing, is dependent on the power of the state. What happens when licensing boards abuse their power or if corruption seeps in? Kansas nurses exposed a broken system in 2025, and through their deeply personal experiences, this presentation will demonstrate how ordinary citizens, working within the democratic process, challenged entrenched institutions and created meaningful reform.

Objectives: Participants will be able to:

  1. Identify the role of professional licensing boards.
  2. Recall at least two tactics to start a grassroots movement.
  3. Name at least three strategies to push legislative efforts forward.


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