On-Demand Webinars
Early Lessons: On the Journey to CBE in Pre-licensure Nursing Education
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
This webinar focuses on insights gained from infusing competency-based education (CBE) into a pre-licensure BSN program. Dr. Shelley Johnson, Dean and Professor at the Florida A&M University School of Nursing, discusses the rationale behind adopting CBE and shares strategies to prepare for curriculum redesign, which faculty from small schools may find helpful. Dr. Johnson shares early lessons learned from successes and challenges, as well as tools to assist with implementation. Additionally, she offers insights into addressing student needs within her nursing school, which is housed in a Historically Black College and University (HBCU).
Nursing and Climate Change: Impact, Urgency, and Engagement
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Hosted by the Faculty Leadership Network (FLN)
Webinar Details
Many state, national, and global health agencies have highlighted the impacts of climate change. However, climate change content is still lacking in nursing curricula. This webinar helps faculty prepare students to care for patients impacted by climate change while building climate action and advocacy skills.
Objectives:
- Describe the impacts of climate change on health, contributing factors, and gaps in knowledge and practice.
- Discuss the urgency of integrating climate change content into nursing curricula, including barriers and necessary support.
- List resources for engaging nurses in climate action, including current initiatives and future directions for climate change education in nursing.
Note: Recording of the webinar will be available soon after the webinar airs. Visit AACN's On-Demand Webinars to watch.
Moving the Needle on Meaningful Competency Assessment
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
Join Dr. Robert Englander, a leading authority on competency-based education and entrustable professional activities, for observations and insights that will inform your school’s approach to competency-based nursing education. The webinar will address the paradigm shift needed to change how we prepare professional nurses in alignment with the 2021 Essentials. Dr. Englander will discuss Entrustable Professional Activities, address challenges and opportunities associated with competency assessment, and answer questions that will help to accelerate your school’s implementation efforts.
Objectives:
- Understand the context and steps for the paradigm shift to Competency-based Nursing Education
- Discuss the specific challenges in assessment
- Envision the future of assessment using the AACN’s Essentials competencies
For the latest updates and resources on the 2021 Essentials, visit www.aacnnursing.org/AACN-Essentials.
Publishing Part 2: Deciding Authorship, Overcoming Writer’s Block, and Selecting Format
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
This webinar is the second in a six-part webinar series addressing publishing in professional journals. In this webinar, Dr. Morton covers factors to consider when deciding to write alone or with a team and strategies for overcoming writer’s block. In addition, how to select a format for an article and tips on creating an outline are explained. Finally, the webinar includes a discussion of the pros and cons of sending a query letter to the editor of the journal.
Objectives:
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Analyze criteria for determining authorship of a journal manuscript.
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Identify sources of writer’s block and strategies to overcome them.
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Describe the selection of a format for a journal article and the creation of a detailed outline to
This webinar is part of a six-part series addressing how to publish in professional journals successfully. For additional webinars in this series, see the links below.
Publishing Part 1: Getting Started with a Topic and Selected Journal
Publishing Part 2: Deciding Authorship, Overcoming Writer’s Block, and Selecting Format
Publishing Part 3: Writing the First Draft and Completing the Final Version
Publishing Part 4: Responding to the Editor’s Decision
Publishing Part 5: Helping Grad Students Turn a Paper into a Publishable Manuscript
Publishing Part 6: The Key to a Successful Manuscript Review
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Publishing Part 1: Getting Started with a Topic and Selected Journal
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
This is the first webinar in a six-part series that address how to successfully publish in professional journals. Faculty often have the desire to publish in professional journals but may wonder “Why bother?” “Is writing worth my time?” This webinar focuses on reasons for integrating writing into your career and facing the excuses often given for not writing. The speaker will address the criteria for selecting an appropriate topic for an article and the importance of matching the topic with the targeted audience and the best journal.
Objectives:
- Explain the pros and cons of publishing during one’s career.
- Analyze criteria for a publishable topic in a professional nursing journal.
- Explain the importance of matching the topic with the journal and intended audience.
This webinar is part of a six-part series addressing how to publish in professional journals successfully. For additional webinars in this series, see the links below.
Publishing Part 1: Getting Started with a Topic and Selected Journal
Publishing Part 2: Deciding Authorship, Overcoming Writer’s Block, and Selecting Format
Publishing Part 3: Writing the First Draft and Completing the Final Version
Publishing Part 4: Responding to the Editor’s Decision
Publishing Part 5: Helping Grad Students Turn a Paper into a Publishable Manuscript
Publishing Part 6: The Key to a Successful Manuscript Review
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Implementing the New Essentials in the Transformation to Competency Based Education
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
Implementing the 2021 Essentials and shifting to competency-based education (CBE) requires organizational models and processes that include intentional faculty development. Transforming curricula with a priority towards prepping graduates who are competent, predictable, resilient, and lead with a social justice lens is paramount. This presentation by Dr. Dawn Mueller-Burke, assistant professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, focuses on utilizing a faculty-led model to navigate Essentials implementation, strategies for adapting to CBE, stakeholder engagement, and faculty development.
The Graduate Nursing Student Academy (GNSA): Resources for Graduate School Success
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Overview
Are you a new graduate nursing student eager to take the next step forward in your education? Going back to school can quickly get overwhelming with a mounting pile of questions and real-life concerns. Come learn more about the GNSA and its many free resources designed to help you succeed in your graduate studies, including a popular webinar series (CEs available), an online community, networking opportunities, advocacy tools, and funding announcements. Come hear success stories and learn insider tips for navigating the GNSA website, locating opportunities, and finding answers to your questions quickly.
Objectives
- The learner will understand how to navigate the GNSA website and easily access the available resources.
- The learner will asses how to use the resources available for success in their graduate nursing program.
This Webinar is hosted by the Graduate Nursing Student Academy (GNSA). For more information on the GNSA, visit www.aacnnursing.org/GNSA.
Threading Design Thinking Into Curriculum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
Design thinking is a design methodology that supports creative problem-solving and optimistic thinking—and can help empower future nurses and leaders to drive innovations in healthcare. This webinar aims to describe how faculty at New York University Meyers College of Nursing integrated Design Thinking into the undergraduate curriculum to prepare nurses who have the competencies and confidence to lead and contribute meaningfully to innovation and deliver safe and effective patient-centered care.
Note: Recording of the webinar will be available soon after the webinar airs. Visit AACN's On-Demand Webinars to watch.
Teaching Professional Identity in Nursing: A Faculty Perspective
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Hosted by the Faculty Leadership Network (FLN)
Webinar Description
Professional Identity Formation is considered an educational objective in other health disciplines, yet in nursing, many faculty are still unfamiliar with the term or its meaning. In this webinar, faculty will be able to explain and apply professional identity in nursing through definition(s) and iteratively-derived domains, helping students to incorporate identity formation in beginning their journey into the nursing discipline.
Objectives:
- Describe how the concept of professional identity is important in the relationship with other disciplines
- Explain the definition of professional identity in nursing and the relevance/evolution of the four domains: values and ethics, knowledge, nurse as a leader, and professional comportment.
- Discuss the goods for both patients and professional nurses with language and knowledge about professional identity in nursing.
Note: Recording of the webinar will be available soon after the webinar airs. Visit AACN's On-Demand Webinars to watch.
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Developing Emotional and Social Intelligence— What Is This and Why Should I Care?
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
This webinar is hosted by the Organizational Leadership Network.
Webinar Details & Objectives
This webinar provides an overview of social and emotional intelligence, including what it is, how it’s measured, and how it improves productivity as well as health and wellness. Recent reports show that compassion fatigue is at an all-time high in health care, and incivility against healthcare professionals is on the rise globally. Discover how strengthening your social and emotional intelligence can enhance well-being and elevate your impact.
Objectives:
- Participants will understand the history, definition, and significance of social and emotional intelligence.
- Participants will discuss the ROI and the case for health and wellness.
- Participants will experience an overview of the distinct competencies, application, and measurement of social and emotional intelligence.
Note: Recording of the webinar will be available soon after the webinar airs. Visit AACN's On-Demand Webinars to watch.