Cultivating the Dimensions of Powerful Partnerships; Advancing Nursing Academia & Practice Leadership
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Friday, June 23, 2023 at the Signature Grand in Davie, FL |
Join us as the Nursing Consortium of Florida convenes leading and emerging nurse
leaders from academic and practice settings for a day focused on the critical importance of collegiality and collaboration, by nurse leaders in practice and academic
settings, to the advancement of the nursing profession. The program will include a
poster session, keynote presentation, and panel discussion in the morning. The afternoon will feature a number of concurrent sessions allowing attendees to focus on the
topics of greatest professional relevance while building relationships with colleagues
that have shared interests. The day will also include ample opportunities for interaction with attendees and conference sponsor representatives over breakfast, breaks,
and lunch. Don’t miss what is certain to be a truly exceptional educational conference
and networking opportunity beginning at 8am and concluding at 4:30pm.
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The conference keynote speaker will be Press Ganey's nationally renowned Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer Jeff Doucette, DNP, RN,
NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN, Jeff is an accomplished nurse leader with thirty years of
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ileadership and
executive nursing roles. Throughout his career, he has focused on enabling the
delivery of exceptional patient and family experiences through innovation,
education, and nursing excellence, and he is currently responsible for helping Press Ganey clients transform their patient and caregiver experience. Don’t miss what is certain to be a truly exceptional educational and networking opportunity. To register before the next price increase, please click here.
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Call for Conference Abstracts
Interested in sharing your knowledge and expertise? In preparation for our next educational conference , The Nursing Consortium of Florida is accepting abstracts for podium and poster presentations through May 5, 2023. To submit an abstract, please click here. Of particular interest are abstracts describing programs, research, scholarly projects, and process improvement exemplars on the following topics in relation to the conference theme Cultivating the Dimensions of Power Partnerships; Advancing Nursing Academia and Practice Leadership: - preparing for the new NCLEX (what changes mean for nurse
leaders);
- managing student and graduate nurse expectations;
- building effective
clinical partnerships;
- building resilience in nursing;
- using personality
assessments to find best fits;
- refocusing on patient care (the basics);
- creating active and engaging learning environments;
- creating inclusive work
environments;
- staff retention;
- working with many generations;
- lessons learned from failure;
- closing the education/practice gap (revisiting
skills acquisition training);
- promoting caregiver mental health and wellness
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Serving on a Board? Please reply to a national survey on the value of nurses on boards
The Nurses on Boards Coalition has launched a survey of nurses serving on boards to obtain data supporting the value of nurse directors and to identify perceived barriers,to board service. All nurses currently serving on foundation, corporate, and community organization boards are urged to participate in the survey by clicking here by April 17, 2023. Should you need information
about your rights as a research participant, please contact
Kent State University’s (KSU) Institutional Review Board at (330) 672-2704. Questions about the survey, should be directed to the Principal Investigator (PI), Dr. Anthony Vander Horst at avanderh@kent.edu. The Nursing Consortium
of Florida is a Founding Strategic Partner of the Nurses on Boards Coalition.
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Miami Cancer Institute to hold 3rd Annual
Women’s Cancer Symposium April 21
Consortium member Baptist Health’s Miami Cancer Institute
will hold its 3rd Annual Women’s Cancer Symposium on April 21 at the
Hilton Miami Dadeland Hotel. This important event brings together a
distinguished faculty for a one-day live symposium that will focus on the
medical management of common and important challenges facing healthcare
professionals who care for women with cancer. The multispecialty approach
allows participants to explore new diagnoses and cutting-edge treatment options
for various areas of breast and ovarian cancer care in a concise symposium
format. Please click
here for tto read more or to register.
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Shortage of nurses is global
health emergency says ICN report
A
new report from the International Council of Nurses (ICN) says the worldwide
shortage of nurses should be treated as a global health emergency. It says
health systems around the world will only start to recover from the effects of
the pandemic and be rebuilt when there is sufficient investment in a well-supported
global nursing workforce. The report, Recover to Rebuild: Investing in the
Nursing Workforce for Health System Effectiveness, co-authored by Professor
James Buchan and ICN Chief Executive Officer Howard Catton, builds on the
analysis in ICN’s Sustain and Retain report, published last year, which
highlighted the terrible impact the pandemic has had on individual nurses and
the global nursing workforce. Recover to Rebuild cites more than 100 studies
which show 40% to 80% of nurses reporting having experienced symptoms of
psychological distress, nurses’ intention to leave rates having risen to 20% or
more and annual hospital turnover rates increasing to 10% and even more. Please
click
here to read more.
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Meet the Officers of the Consortium: Jean Seaver, President
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Jean
Seaver, Associate Vice President Learning & Development at Broward Health, has
been elected to serve a two-year term as President of the Nursing Consortium of
Florida. Jean served |
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as President-Elect during the COVID-19 crisis and convened a committee of executive nurse leaders at
member hospitals, schools of nursing, and nurse staffing agencies to assess the impact of the pandemic and to chart a path forward for the profession. No other nursing organization
is known to have engaged in such an initiative during the height of the
pandemic. The initiative discovered seven factors (exacerbators) unique to hospital nursing in South Florida that caused the pandemic experience
to be much more challenging, made specific recommendations for
addressing each, and proposed ways that foundation executives, elected
officials, and other leaders interested in addressing the current nursing shortage can help.
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CMS issues 2024 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a
final rule on April 5, 2023 that revises the Medicare Advantage (MA or Part C),
Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicare Cost Plan, and Programs
of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) regulations to implement changes
related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, health equity, provider
directories, coverage criteria, prior authorization, network adequacy, and other
programmatic areas. This final rule also codifies regulations implementing
section 118 of Division CC of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and
section 11404 of the Inflation Reduction Act, and includes provisions to codify
existing sub-regulatory guidance in the Part C, Part D, and PACE programs. Please click
here for a fact sheet on the major provisions of the final rule.
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Broward Health Medical
Center awarded National Accreditation from Commission on Cancer
Broward Health Medical Center's cancer program recently
earned a three-year national accreditation from the Commission on Cancer, a
quality program of the American College of Surgeons. This significant
accomplishment demonstrates the hospital's success at providing optimal care
for its cancer patients. “This accreditation reflects the tremendous dedication
of our multidisciplinary cancer center team, which strives to provide
world-class care to our South Florida community,” said Heather Havericak, CEO
of Broward Health Medical Center. “We are committed to providing transformative
care to patients undergoing cancer treatment.” Broward Health’s flagship
hospital was evaluated through a survey process and successfully met 34 Commission
on Cancer quality standards of care, proving the hospital maintains high levels
of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive patient-centered care. Please click
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Nicklaus Children’s Hospital forms Clinic to assist
patients with undiagnosed conditions
Consortium member Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has launched a new clinic
dedicated to assisting families seeking answers for a child with a rare or
undiagnosed disease. The Undiagnosed Diseases Clinic, which occurs monthly,
offers the latest genetic testing technologies for eligible patients. Dr. Parul Jayakar, Director of Clinical
Genetics and Metabolism said, “For some families of children with rare
diseases, the search for a diagnosis can be a prolonged and often frustrating
experience. These families may have already visited multiple specialists and
undergone a variety of tests in hopes of finding answers. The Undiagnosed
Diseases Clinic is dedicated to helping such families identify the genetic
condition affecting their child in hopes it leads to diagnosis and treatment.” The
clinic has access to new genetic testing technologies, including whole genome
sequencing and metabolomics. These new technologies make possible the detection
of genetic alterations that are not typically identified by more common clinical
genetic tests. Ck Please click here to read more.. |
Lee Health Hospital among nation’s Top 50 Hospitals
for heart care
Lee Health’s HealthPark Medical Center, has again been named one of the country’s 50 Top Cardiovasculr
Hospitals by Premier, joining some of the most elite hospitals in the country that
provide top-tier heart care. This marks the tenth year the hospital has won the
award. HealthPark Medical Center is one of only four hospitals in Florida, and
the only hospital in Southwest Florida, to earn the designation. Formerly known as the IBM Watson award, the
PINC AI 50 top-performing cardiovascular hospitals represent the highest
standard of heart care in the United States. Premier Inc. acquired the
distinction from Merative (formally IBM Watson) and the program will be integrated
within PINC AI™, Premier’s technology and services brand. Please click here to read more.
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Keiser University Nursing Advisory Council announces recommendations to
address Florida’s nursing shortage
Consortium member Keiser University’s Nursing Advisory Council
recently held a press conference at the Florida
Capitol to propose a series of recommendations to help address Florida’s nursing shortage. Prompted by a Florida Hospital Association (FHA) report finding that Florida may face a
shortfall of 60,000 nurses by 2035, the Nursing Advisory Council was formed in 2021 with a goal of
developing practical solutions to help solve the State’s nursing shortage. The
council consists of 34 individuals including government officials, nursing
education leaders, and health care industry experts. The council’s
recommendations address barriers that exist in growing Florida’s nursing
workforce including affordable housing, early retirement and burnout, a lack of
nurse educators, and limitations on clinical availability for advanced nursing
students. The recommendations included requests for additional Linking
Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) funding, and Effective Access to Student
Education (EASE) Grant funding, childcare agreements, and grants for additional
preceptors and nurse educators. Please click here to read more.
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