Kentucky Nurses Association Bluegrass Chapter 2019 Spring Conference

Target Audience: 

Nurses, nursing students and individuals interested in leadership education.

Conference Overview:

At the conclusion of this leadership education participants will be able to describe leadership pathways, define emotional competence and verbalize coaching skills essential for nursing roles and partnerships. 

Conference Objectives:

1. Describe various leadership pathways/roles for nurses.
2. Define emotional competence and other behaviors important in nursing leadership.
3. Develop new coaching skills that are essential for expansion and enhancement of today’s nursing roles and inter-professional partnership.

Presentations & Speakers:

Essential Leadership in a Complex and Uncertain Era of Healthcare
Dr. Colleen Swartz, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC

When You Look Behind You, is Anyone Following You:
Nursing Leadership in the 21st Century
Dr. Jill Cornelison, DNP, RN

Nurse Coaching: Tools for Healing, empowering and inspiring
Carla Baumann, MSN, RN, NC-BC

Program Schedule:

7:30 am ~ Breakfast and Registration

8:00 am ~ Welcome and Introductions

8:10-9: 20 am ~ Essential Leadership in a Complex and Uncertain Era of Healthcare

Dr. Colleen Swartz, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC Chief Nurse Executive & Chief Administrative Officer Robert Woods Johnson Nurse Executive Fellow UK HealthCare Lexington, KY

9:30-10: 40 am ~ Nurse Coaching: Tools for Healing, Empowering and Inspiring

Carla Baumann, MSN, RN, NC-BC Robert Woods Johnson Nurse Executive Fellow Associate Faculty International Nurse Coach Association, Osage Nurse Coaching, Berea, KY

10:50-Noon ~ When You Look Behind You, is Anyone Following You? Nursing Leadership in the 21st Century

Dr. Jill Cornelison, DNP, RN Associate Professor Baccalaureate & Graduate Nursing Eastern KY University Richmond, KY

Attendance Requirement:

Attendees must stay for the duration of the program to be awarded contact hours for continuing nursing education, provide license number or social security number upon registration and complete an evaluation for the program. Partial credit will not be awarded for any session. We reserve the right to cancel or alter the program if unanticipated circumstances necessitate changes.

Conference Questions:

For questions about the conference, contact: Melanie Johnson at: melanie.johnson@eku.edu or Kim Wilder at: kim.wilder@BHSI.com

KBN Approval:

This offering for 4.2 contact hours is provided by the Kentucky Nurses Association (KNA; approval pending). Kentucky Nurses Association is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Kentucky Board of Nursing 1-0001-12-19-26. The KBN approval of an individual nursing continuing education provider does not constitute endorsement of offering content.

A $5 processing fee will be added to all credit card registration fees. 

No refunds will be given; however, a substitute may attend in your place.