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Thursday, November 9, 2023

• 1:00pm - 4:30pm

  Poster Blitz

  3.5 CE Credits

  Daily Theme — Turning on the Lights
  Come spark your interest in the posters as the poster presenters give just a quick flicker of information about their work. Want to learn more? Find your favorites at the poster session on Friday.

• 4:30pm - 5:00pm

  Sweeping IBD under the rug: The Observant Jewish experience of duality living with chronic illness

  Toby Bressler, PhD, RN, OCN, FAAN
  0.5 CE Credits

  Gain insight regarding the lived experience of OJ people living with IBD and understand some of the faith-based and cultural issues of this community.

  Develop a deeper understanding of the healthcare experience of this minority faith-based and culturally diverse community living with a chronic illness.

  Summarize knowledge that may have the potential to be used as a guide to assist the shaping of future training programs for healthcare professionals in order to meet the needs of diverse minority groups.

• 5:00pm - 7:00pm

  Optional Committee Dinner Meetings

  Committee Members Only

Friday, November 10, 2023

• 7:30am - 8:00am

  Breakfast

  Daily Theme — Keeping the Light On: Supportive Work Environments

• 8:00am - 8:15am

  Welcome & Land and Labor Acknowledgement

  Daily Theme — Keeping the Light On: Supportive Work Environments

• 8:15am - 9:45am

  Developing a Philosophical Identity

  John Perricone, MS
  1.5 CE Credits

  Compelling, introspective exercises will help you better know yourself and your professional path.

• 9:45am - 11:00am

  Don't Let Your Light Go Out — Keynote Innovations Panel

  Lisa Alteri, RN (facilitator); Quoida Lauzon, RN; Kenya Beard, EdD, RN, AGACNP-BC, FAAN
  1.25 CE Credits

  Daily Theme — Keeping the Light On: Supportive Work Environments

  "Don't Let Your Light Go Out" is an inspiring and insightful panel discussion featuring accomplished nurses who have charted unconventional career paths beyond the bedside. This captivating session brings together a diverse group of nurses who have harnessed their knowledge and skills as stepping stones to create fulfilling careers. From healthcare consulting and public health to education, policy, and entrepreneurship, these panelists showcase the boundless opportunities that nursing expertise can unlock. Through engaging anecdotes and personal experiences, they shed light on how their clinical backgrounds, problem-solving abilities, and compassionate approaches have uniquely prepared them to thrive in these alternative arenas. The discussion aims to motivate aspiring nurses to embrace the versatility of their profession, encouraging them not to let their passion and dedication falter, but rather to forge a path where their light can continue to shine brightly, impacting lives far beyond the bedside.

• 11:00am - 11:30am

  Exhibit & Snack Break

  Daily Theme — Keeping the Light On: Supportive Work Environments

• 11:30am - 12:00pm

  The 124 Hour Interview:  An Innovative Preceptorship Program

  Susan Chin, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, NNP-BC
  0.5 CE Credits

  This organization built an innovative preceptorship program focused on building meaningful ongoing relationships that meets the needs of the students and the units hosting the students, by implementing the following strategies:

  Providing more specialty opportunities

  Flexible scheduling

  Strong preceptor development and support

  Creating a clear recruitment pathway

• 12:00pm - 12:30pm

  Lateral Violence as Experienced by Registered Nurses Working in New York State Magnet-Designated Hospitals

  Simone Bovell, PhD, RN
  0.5 CE Credits

  The purpose of this qualitative descriptive phenomenological study was to understand lateral violence as experienced by registered nurses in magnet-designated hospitals.

• 12:30pm - 12:45pm

  Group Photo

  Meet us at the Flower Wall for a photo to memorialize the conference

• 12:45pm - 2:00pm

  Exhibits & Lunch

• 1:00pm - 2:00pm

  Tabletop Escape Room I — Virtual Escape Rooms: A Remote learning Adventures: A Remote Learning Adventure

  John Erman Obidos, RN
  1.0 CE Credit

  Learn how to engage learners in the virtual environment and facilitate learning through gamification. Limited Spots Available

• 1:00pm - 2:00pm

  Organizational Affiliate & Special Interest Group NetworkingNetworking

  1.0 CE Credit

  As requested, we have included time for ANA-NY's OAs to get together and share ideas. We also have ANA-NY SIGs, so come and listen to what they are talking about.

• 2:00pm - 3:00pm

  Poster Session

  1.0 CE Credit

  Come shine the light on our fellow NY nurses as they share their work.

• 2:00pm - 3:00pm

  Escape Room II — Escaping is Just the Beginning

  Connie Perkins, PhD, RN, CNE
  1.0 CE Credit

  Participants will have a better understanding of emotional intelligence as it relates to transitions in care.

  Participants will have gained knowledge of care coordination as related to the patient experience and interdisciplinary roles.
  Limited Spots Available

• 3:00pm - 3:30pm

  Exhibit & Snack Break

  Daily Theme — Keeping the Light On: Supportive Work Environments

• 3:30pm - 6:00pm

  Governing Assembly

  2.5 CE Credits

  Participate in the govenance of ANA-NY through our annual membership meeting. Voting items will include the 2024 Legislative Priorities and a Bylaws Amendment. Congratulate your newly elected representatives at their swearing in ceremony.

• 6:00pm - 6:30pm

  Nurse Licensure Compact Dialogue Forum

  Marilyn Dollinger, DNS, FNP, RN
  0.5 CE Credits

  You've heard the buzz, now get the facts!

• 7:00pm - 9:00pm

  Gala & Awards Ceremony

  Cocktails, Dinner, Award Presentations & Dancing

  This event requires a ticket separate from conference registration.

Saturday, November 11, 2023

• 7:00am - 8:00am

  Nurses House Fundraiser Walk

  Join the walk and support nurses in need.

• 8:00am - 8:30am

  NSO-Sponsored Breakfast

  Thank you to our sponsor, NSO!

• 8:30am - 9:30am

  Albany 411

  Amy Kellogg, J.D., Esq.
  1.0 CE Credit

  An annual highlight of the conference - hear Amy breakdown the legislative happenings for 2023 and set the stage for 2024.

• 9:30am - 10:00am

  ANA-NY Political Action Committee (PAC) Presentation

  Amy Kellogg, J.D., Esq.

  Learn what the ANA-NY PAC has been supporting and see how you can join in.

• 10:00am - 10:30am

  Exhibit & Snack Break

  Daily Theme — Shine the Light for All: Health Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

• 10:30am - 11:00am

  Venous Access Equitability

  Elizabeth Conderman, MS, BSN, RN, OCN
  0.5 CE Credits

  Employing universal, exhaustive, and objective vein evaluation cultivates equitability, patient safety, and quality of patient care. It lowers healthcare costs and medical event utilization, ultimately advancing a specialized population's health when empowered nurses and progressive healthcare leaders challenge and transform routine organizational practices.

• 11:00am - 11:30am

  The Long Road: The Journey to Becoming a Certified Wound Care Nurse

  Michelle Dunn, MSN, RN
  0.5 CE Credits

  Staff nurses who are further empowered to provide specialized wound care at the bedside gain insight and the necessary skills for elevating their professional status.

• 11:30am - 11:45am

  Break

• 11:45am - 12:15pm

  Genesee Valley Nurses Association and the Coalition of Regional Nursing Organizations

  Nancy Iafrati, MS, RN, FNP-BC
  0.5 CE Credits

  The GVNA represents nurses and the profession of nursing in a seven-county region located in the Greater Rochester-Monroe County-Finger Lakes region. Over five years ago, GVNA developed the Coalition of Regional Nursing Organizations (CORNO) so that specialty nursing organizations would have the opportunity to interact with each other and GVNA.

• 12:15pm - 1:30pm

  Fireside Chat — Leading with Purpose: Lighting the Way with Affirming Care During Dark Times

  Dallas Ducar, MS, RN, NP, CNL, FAAN
  1.25 CE Credits

  Join in the conversation with the CEO of Transhealth, a pioneering organization committed to transforming healthcare, as we discuss the current political climate and health equity.

• 1:30pm - 1:45pm

  Closing & Grab-and-Go Boxed Lunch

  Daily Theme — Shine the Light for All: Health Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging