CNL Summit

The 2020 CNL Research Symposium, is a pre-conference workshop to the CNL Summit that focuses on the CNL’s role in data collection, evaluation for reporting clinical outcomes, and quality improvement. The CNL Research Symposium is scheduled for the morning of the CNL Summit (separate registration required). This workshop unites faculty, practicing CNLs, students, healthcare administrators, nurse executives, physicians, financial officers and others. Participants will also earn CE hours.

Hilton Palacio Del Rio
200 South Alamo Street
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: (210) 222-1400

Room Reservations

• The room rate is $189 single/double. 
• The cutoff date for reservations at the group rate is February 7, 2020. 
• Phone Reservations: call 210-222-140 and request the group rate for AACN. 
• Online Reservations: Book Here

The room block may fill before the deadline, so please make your reservation early. If/when the room block fills, AACN will post a list of alternative hotels on its website.

San Antonio International Airport is approximately a 20 minute drive to/from the hotel. Uber fare is approximately $15.00 each way. View additional ground transportation information. View directions to the Hotel Palacio Del Rio.

Hotel self-parking is not available; valet parking is available at $44.00 per night.

Above rates are subject to change.

Participants are eligible to earn continuing nursing education (CNE) hours, which will be awarded to those who attest to attendance at entire sessions and complete the electronic evaluation process after the event.

If you have any dietary restrictions (e.g., vegetarian, kosher, or gluten-free) or special needs, please email us prior to the event at conferences@aacnnursing.org.

12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Registration Desk and Networking Lounge Open

1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Welcome Session
National Award Presentations

• Update on the CNL National Initiative & CNL Certification
• CNL Vanguard Award Presentation
• CNL Educator Award Presentation

Speaker: Joan Stanley, PhD, NP, FAAN, FAANP, Chief Academic Officer, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington, DC.

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Opening Keynote Address - Selling Yourself and the CNL Role Using Social Media
The media landscape has changed a lot in 20 years. So has nursing. Yet, nurses remain invisible in health news stories with no progress made in the past 20 years despite their increasing levels of education, unique roles, and expertise. Clinical Nurse Leaders have stories to share that can describe the problem, connect the dots to bigger social issues- including poverty, inequity, mental illness, and offer workable solutions. Learn the tools to be sources and media makers on all media platforms. Become media savvy so you can amplify the voice of Clinical Nurse Leaders.
Speaker: Barbara Glickstein, MPH, MS, RN.

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Break

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Plenary Session - Achieving Quality Outcomes in a Changing Healthcare Environment
St Lucie Medical Center piloted the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) role in 2006 collaborating with Florida Atlantic University as the Academic Partner. The first five years showed significant improvement in the clinical outcomes of core measures and hospital acquired conditions. The hospital has doubled the number of CNLs including promotions into other nursing roles. With the changes in healthcare including technology, bundled payments and value-based purchasing, the role of the CNL continues to reinvent itself showing a high return on investment (ROI).
Speaker: Nancy Hilton, MS, RN,NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, St. Lucie Medical Center, Port St. Lucie, FL.

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Welcome to San Antonio Reception, Exhibits, & Poster Presentations

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

• Conference Registration
• CNLA Meeting (Open to CNLA members & non-members)
• Poster presentations continue through lunch time
• Exhibits continue throughout the day

8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions

• Getting Your Work Published: Disseminating Your Outcomes
  Speaker: Pamela DeGuzman, PhD, MBA, RN, CNL, Associate Professor, University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville, VA.
• Applying Design Thinking to Improve HealthCare
  Design thinking has been used for years in the engineering and business fields, but it's customer focus is of great value in healthcare. Harnessing clinical workarounds and ideas to transform clinical practice is needed. Using the design thinking methods to optimize improvements that affect care delivery can expedite meaningful change that results in improved patient and staff satisfaction, improved quality, and creation of a culture that thrives on continual improvement.
  Speaker: Kristen Noles, DNP, RN, CNL, Nurse Manager Clinical Decision Unit, University of Alabama Birmingham Health System, Birmingham, AL. Nancy Wingo, PhD, MA, Assistant Professor and Director of Instructional Innovation, University of Alabama School of Nursing, Birmingham, AL. Rebekah Barber, DNP, RN, CNL, CEN, Assistant Nurse Manager, University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL.
• Preparing for the CNL Certification Exam
  As the number of CNL education programs and graduates throughout the country continues to grow, it is critical for CNL students and faculty to know how to prepare for the CNL Certification Exam. Earning the CNL credential reflects a deep personal commitment and sense of accountability, inspiring credibility and confidence in a CNL’s professional knowledge. This session will include an overview of the CNL certification exam, as well as its administration and development. Participants also will learn effective methods for reviewing and preparing for the exam.
  Speaker: Shantal Johnson, Director, Commission on Nursing Certification, Washington, DC.
• Why Should I Hire You? The CNO and CNL Perspective
  In today’s resource scarce healthcare environment, Chief Nursing Officers (CNO) are looking for force multipliers that lead healthcare teams in coordinating care and analyzing system gaps. The Clinical Nurse leader is prepared to improve and sustain patient outcomes promoting our metrics to ZERO harm.. The Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) is the ideal role to meet the challenges faced by many CNO’s throughout the United States. This session will answer the question; Why should a CNO hire a CNL.
  Speaker: David Allen, DNP, RN, CCNS-BC, CCRN, Chief Nursing Officer, Methodist Healthcare, San Antonio, TX. Bonnie Haupt, DNP, RN, CNL, CHSE, CNL, South Texas VA Healthcare System, San Antonio, Texas
• Using Data to Build the Business Case for the CNL
  Speaker: Speaker: Brian Collins, Director of Decision Support, Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, MA.
• What Does the Data Show on Effective CNL Practice
  Speaker: Miriam Bender, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA. (only 10:30-11:45 a.m.)
• CNLs Going Global
  Speaker: Gordana Dermody, PhD, RN, CNL, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. Tricia Thomas, Associate Dean Nursing Faculty Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. (only 8:45-10:00 a.m.)
• Process Improvement: Change at the Point of Care
  Healthcare delivery is enormously complex, and can be dangerous when errors occur. The same systems needed to save lives often include processes that can cause serious harm. As healthcare organizations model themselves after safer industries such as airline and nuclear power, the journey to high reliability requires continuous robust process improvement. Although improvements can and should occur at a macro level, without frontline staff involvement sustainable change is impossible to achieve. How can CNLs facilitate change at the point of care? What techniques and tools are available to assist in process improvement and change management?
  Speaker: Amjed Baghdadi, Chief Quality Management Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, San Antonio, TX.

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Break & Visit Exhibits and Posters

10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions (repeated)

11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
AACN Essentials Update
The AACN Board of Directors appointed a task force to update The Essentials update reflects today’s healthcare and higher education environments, a transition to competency-based education, and alignment across baccalaureate and graduate degrees. This visionary approach will re-envision future nursing education.. This presentation will provide an overview of the progress to date and allow sufficient time for attendees to ask questions and provide feedback to inform this work as it work moves forward.
Speaker: Cynthia McCurren, PhD, RN, FNAP, Dean, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI.

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Break: Visit Posters and Exhibits (refreshments provided)

2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Abstract Sessions (see separate schedule)

4:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Special Forums

• CNL Program Faculty/Deans/Directors
• Nursing Management/Administrative Executives and CNLs in Practice

Join colleagues to discuss issues of mutual interest and future directions. This year nursing administrators and practicing CNLs will have the opportunity to explore mutual questions and discuss issues. Bring your burning questions and hear what others are thinking and doing to address them. All are welcome.

6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
VHA CNL Meeting and Networking Opportunity
Meeting & networking opportunity for practicing VA CNL’s and CNL students in VA facilities. Meeting will be led by Robert LaPointe, MSN, CNL, Medical Telemetry Clinical Nurse Leader, VHA Clinical Nurse Leader Field Advisory Committee, CMC VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA.

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Dialogue with CNC Board
Speaker: CNC Board Members

8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Plenary - The CNL and Population Health: Improving Health Outcomes
Increasing evidence shows that health outcomes cannot be improved significantly without transforming the way healthcare providers and society as a whole think about and address structural influences of health. As CNLs diversify where they practice and expand their areas of influence, it is imperative the also transform the way they think and practice. A panel of CNLs will share how and where they practice, the populations they serve, and how they are re-thinking their roles in improving health outcomes.
Speakers: Rachel Start, MSN, NE-BC, Director, Ambulatory Nursing, Nursing Practice and Magnet Performance and Interim ICU Unit Director, Oak Park, IL. Hannah E. Ritsema, MSN, RN, CNL, Care Coordinator for Adult Neurology, University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, VA. Megan Williams, Manager of Complex Care, Regional One Health, Memphis, TN. Emily Simmons, MSN, CNL, Advance Nursing Coordinator, University of Alabama at Birmingham Healthy System, Birmingham AL.

10:00 a.m. -10:30 a.m.
Break

10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Closing Plenary - How CNLs Can Build a Culture to Improve Health Outcomes
Dr. Hassmiller has provided foresight and leadership in shaping our nation’s conversation around population health and improving health outcomes for all. She will describe how health is greatly influenced by non-medical factors that affect communities, such as access to jobs that pay a living wage, safe housing, reliable transportation, walkable neighborhoods, good schools, fresh food, and adequate green spaces. She will discuss how hospitals and health systems are partnering with community organizations to improve the conditions where people, live, learn, work, play, and worship. Clinical Nurse Leaders (CNLs), who are skilled as patient advocates, educators, and communicators between physicians and families, have great potential for identifying risks and connecting patients more effectively with institutions and organizations outside the medical system.
Speaker: Susan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, Senior Advisor for Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Washington, DC.