Annual Meeting & Exposition: Pre-Conference Programs

AONE is pleased to provide three pre-conference options that will address hot topics facing nurse leaders today.

In addition, the Certified in Executive Nursing Practice (CENP) and Certified Nurse Manager and Leader (CNML) Essentials Review Courses will be held as individual full day programs. (Click here to learn more about the CENP Review Course and click here for the CNML Review Course.)

Program Topics
(Full descriptions below)

• Money Talks: Finance and Business Skills for Nurse Managers
• Maintaining Parity at the Executive Level in the New Era of Value Based Care
• Improv for Nurse Leaders

The  pre-conference sessions will be held Wednesday, March 20, 2013. An extra registration fee is required.

Improv for Nurse Leaders
Eric Francque, Marketing Communications Manager, AONE; former member of the Chicago-based Second City National Touring Company

Did you know that improvisers generally think better on their feet, are more adept at presenting in front of others, and are considered stronger collaborators by their peers? 

This highly interactive session will outline the basic tenets of improvisation including thinking on your feet, fostering a “group mind” approach to collaboration, and increasing basic presentation skills. Participants will be broken into groups and will engage in ice-breaking physical warm ups, classic improv games and laughter-inducing character exercises. Designed and geared toward nurse leaders of all levels, attendees will create role plays on workplace issues such as staffing shortages, conflict resolution and employee engagement. Participants will then engage in discussion relative to improvisation as a learning innovation and will take away practical exercises to utilize in their organizations. 

Sheila Kempf, RN, PhD, Sr. Vice President, Patient Care Services
Chief Nursing Officer, Bristol Hospital; Susan Gergely, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, AONE
 
Today’s health care environment requires that nurse managers have a solid knowledge of finance and business skills. This workshop will focus on three aspects related to finance and business:  finance and budget knowledge, building a business case and project management.  Equipped with knowledge and skill in these three areas, nurse managers will be better prepared to use financial data to promote  quality care and influence change while staying aligned with organizational fiscal and strategic goals.

Maintaining Parity at the Executive Level in the New Era of Value Based Care
Nancy Formella, Kristopher Goetz, Kristin Ramsey

Executive leadership collaboration is imperative as organizations position themselves for value based care. It requires a shift for the CNO to expand into new leadership behaviors and language that keep the nurse as an essential part of the decision making team of the future. This session will discuss the current state of executive nursing leadership and where we need to go, from the perspective of a nurse CEO.  An in depth look at a successful model of CFO and nurse executives working together will demonstrate the value of enhancing leadership behaviors, partnerships and communication to create a synergistic team where the nurse executive is a critical partner.