How You Can Advocate for the Future Advancement of Academic Nursing (FAAN) Act
Webinar Overview
*Please note, this webinar will NOT be recorded*
As Congress returns from their August recess and continues negotiations on future COVID-19 legislative packages, your voice is needed to advance key legislation supporting nursing education. Join us as we discuss the Future Advancement of Academic Nursing (FAAN) Act and how you can advocate for additional federal support for schools of nursing, faculty, and students during this and future public health challenges.
Objectives:
- Provide background and information on the Future Advancement of Academic Nursing (FAAN) Act.
- Discuss Congress' current COVID-19 priorities and the next steps on how to advance this legislation.
- Demonstrate how the academic nursing community can engage in the FAAN Act advocacy process.
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These webinars are free and open to the public. There is an attendance limit at 1,000 attendees. Recordings of the webinars will be available soon after the webinars.
Speaker
Rachel L. Stevenson, MADirector of Government Affairs
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Rachel Stevenson, joined the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) in June 2018 as the Director of Government Affairs. Rachel leads the Association’s daily advocacy efforts and works closely with Members of Congress, their staff, coalitions, and AACN membership to advance health and health care through a nursing lens. Rachel compliments these efforts as the Executive Director of the Nursing Community Coalition, which is convened by AACN. The Nursing Community Coalition is a 63 member organization that is a cross section of nursing education, practice, research, and regulation.
Prior to her arrival at AACN, Rachel spent eight years as a Legislative Director and Senior Legislative Assistant at Polsinelli and Wheat Government Relations, respectively. In those roles, she provided critical advice and advocacy on behalf of a wide-array of health care clients. Rachel also spent more than three years working on Capitol Hill and worked as a lead field organizer in Iowa. Rachel holds a Bachelors of Arts from American University in Political Science and Interdisciplinary Studies in Communication, Legal Institutions, Economics and Government, as well as a Masters of Arts from John Hopkins University in Global Security Studies.
Rachel also teaches a course on the foundations of health systems and policy as an assistant adjunct professor at Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member and nonmember schools.
Continuing Education Credits
CE will not be offered for this webinar.