Description

This one-day symposium is designed to engage and inform nurses in all roles and care settings with evidence-based, invigorating, useful, and actionable content. This live presentation focuses on promoting patient and workplace wellbeing, trauma informed care, sustainable transformation and learning, and tools for health equity. There will be a panel on "Pathways to Excellence" where nurses can engage with panel members in discussion on achieving the six essential components of this framework: Shard-decision making, shared governance leadership, safety priorities, quality improvement, healthy workplaces, and professional development. Attendees will also be given the opportunity to engage with nurse researchers who will present on different pilot initiatives, mitigation of practice gaps, nurse-focused research questions, and more.

Target Audience

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives

After this activity, learners should be able to:

Connect, Engage, and Energize with Self-Leadership!

By Diane Sieg

Review the empowering benefits of Self-Leadership
Experience the CPR practices that support Self-Leadership
Gain accountability and support through a follow-up Self-Leadership Digital Campaign

From Advocacy to Action: Age-Friendly Approaches to Guide Whole-Person Health for Older Adults with Delirium or Dementia

By Lisamarie La Vallee, DNP, RN, ACM-RN, Kerri Maya, PhD(c), MSL, RN, NPD-BC, and Kim Windsor, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, CPHQ

Describe how the Age-Friendly Health System framework applies to Sutter Health’s Commitment to Care Excellence.
Examine the impact of nurses championing Age-Friendly care on patient, family, care team, and organizational outcomes.
Identify the special care needs of older individuals with delirium, dementia, and/or depression as presented in a clinical vignette.
Apply best practice support and advocacy strategies in the care of older individuals.

Workplace Violence Prevention

By Rose Colangelo and Jonathan Judy-del Rosario

Describe the types and sources of workplace violence in healthcare and strategies for prevention and response.
Analyze data from the organization to identify high-risk areas or contributing factors to workplace violence.
Explain the rationale behind current and ongoing initiatives aimed at reducing workplace violence and promoting a culture of safety.

The Heart of Advocacy

By Allison Gonthier

Explain the components of emotional intelligence and how they influence nurse-patient interactions and patient-centered care.
Evaluate how emotionally intelligent communication enhances patient trust, shared decision-making, and care outcomes.
Explain how emotional intelligence—particularly empathy, self-awareness, and social awareness—enhances a nurse’s ability to recognize when and how to advocate for a patient.

Action For Avah

By Lisa Hayhurst and Kat Holmes

Explain how advocacy and speaking up contribute to patient safety and recognize situations where raising a concern is necessary.
Analyze a real clinical scenario to identify missed opportunities for speaking up and evaluate the impact on patient and family members.
Develop a personal plan for integrating advocacy practices into daily nursing

Course summary

Available credit:

2.75 ANCC
Nursing Credit - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 2.75 ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
2.75 CA BRN
Nursing Credit - California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
This activity is approved for 2.75 contact hour(s) by Sutter Health, which is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. (Provider Number 17182). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Course opens:

05/13/2025

Course expires:

07/13/2025

Event starts:

05/13/2025 - 7:30am PDT

Event ends:

05/13/2025 - 4:30pm PDT

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Providing Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases (AB 1195 & 241):

Learners are strongly encouraged to engage in self-directed learning related to the impact of implicit biases in this clinical area via the references provided below:

SDoH

California Department of Aging. (n.d.). Find services in my county. https://aging.ca.gov/Find_Services_in_My_County/

Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (2023). What matters to older adults: A toolkit for health systems to design better care with older adults. https://www.ihi.org/sites/default/files/2023-09/IHI_Age_Friendly_What_Matters_to_Older_Adults_Toolkit.pdf

Sutter Health. (n.d.). FindHelp social resource platform. https://sutterresources.findhelp.com/

Institute on Aging. (n.d.). Friendship Line: Social connection for older adults.https://www.ioaging.org/services/friendship-line/

Implicit Bias

Mate, K. (n.d.). “How we ask and who we ask, ‘What matters to you?’ has often been – and too often continues to be – inequitable.” Institute for Healthcare Improvement. https://www.ihi.org/my-health-checklist

National Center for Reframing Aging. (2022). Communication best practices guide: Reframing aging initiative.https://www.reframingaging.org/Portals/0/pdfs/RAI-Communication-Best-Practices-Guide.pdf

Hyatt Regency

1333 Old Bayshore Hwy

Burlingame, CA 94010

United States

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

No one involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.

– Provider Designee/Verification: Kerri Maya, PhD(c), MSL, RN, NPD-BC