How the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Will Impact the Future of Nursing
Webinar Description
In September 2015, all Member States of the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the Sustainable Development Agenda as a commitment to achieving equity, inclusion, and safety for all peoples everywhere by 2030. The Agenda is composed of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets that focus on five themes: People, Planet, Peace, Prosperity, and Partnership. Nurses play key roles in attaining each of the 17 SDGs through reform in practice, research, and education. By integrating the vision of the SDGs into local and global nursing initiatives, the profession has the potential to become a forerunner in health equity attainment through interdisciplinary collaboration and policy advancement. The SDGs represent the future of nursing and an invitation to expand our disciplinary scopes for the betterment of individuals, families, communities, populations, and at the planet at large.
A topic most recently discussed at the 2018 AACN Thought Leaders Assembly. A meeting created as an opportunity to engage AACN’s Board, a small designated group of invited guests, as well as select AACN members and senior staff to process information, trends, and challenges in a new way. The 2018 assembly was titled, The Global Nursing Workforce: Examining International Trends to Combat the Nursing Shortage. After a compelling presentation at the event by Mr. Rosa, the attendees wanted to engage the entire AACN community in this critical conversation.
Objectives:
- Discuss a brief history and the vision of the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
- Identify the nursing’s myriad roles in the attainment of the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
- Articulate opportunities for nursing to contribute to health equity - local to global - through integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into nursing practice, research, and education initiatives.
Speaker
William E. Rosa, MS, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN, FCCMRobert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
William Rosa, MS, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN, FCCM is currently an RWJF Future of Nursing Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, PhD Program, Philadelphia, PA and Nurse Practitioner, Supportive Care Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY. Mr. Rosa received his BSN magna cum laude from New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing (2009) and was valedictorian of his MSN class, Hunter College (2014). He recently completed the MSKCC Palliative Care Fellowship (2016-2017); additional specialties or board certifications include holistic nursing, critical care, nurse coaching, and global health. Mr. Rosa spent one year with the Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda, East Africa (2015-2016), contributing to the curriculum content for the first Masters-prepared nursing cohort in the country. He is the editor of three books on leadership, global health, and caring science and has contributed more than 100 publications in a host of diverse forums. Mr. Rosa has been recognized with numerous awards, including the American Association of Nurse Practitioner’s New York State Award for Excellence (2018); NYU’s Young Distinguished Alumnus Award (2018); and Sigma’s Daniel J. Pesut International Spirit of Renewal Award (2017). He was also named one of America’s Most Amazing Nurses by The Doctors television show and Prevention magazine. Mr. Rosa serves on the national Nominating Committee for the American Holistic Nurses Association and the editorial board for the Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing. He is a proud member of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses’ Circle of Excellence Society, Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, and Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. This fall he will be inducted as a Fellow to the American Academy of Nursing and receive the national Lillian Wald Service Award from the American Public Health Association’s Nursing Section.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member schools of nursing. All non-member audiences will be required to pay a $59 webinar fee.
Continuing Education Credits
Eligible attendees may receive one continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hour for participating in this webinar. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is an accredited CNE-provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.