CNLs: Disrupting the Impact of COVID-19 to Deliver Excellent Care
Webinar Details
Join the Commission on Nurse Certification (CNC) and a panel of certified Clinical Nurse Leaders (CNLs) to hear about efforts to mitigate the lingering effects of COVID-19 even in the most challenging healthcare environments. Find out more about how CNLs are uniquely qualified to advance quality improvement efforts and how their skill set is critical across healthcare settings.
Objectives:
- Explain the unique value of the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL)..
- Examine how the CNL skill set transcends in different healthcare facilities.
- Discuss how CNLs deliver quality care during COVID-19 and confront burnout.
- Understand CNL evidence-based projects that lead to optimized healthcare nationally and internationally.
- Discuss how data driven methodologies are critical to the CNL.
- Identify examples of the impact of the CNL’s skill set while working in healthcare facilities.
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Speakers
Jeanne Bernier, MSN, RN, CNL-BC
MSN-CNL Program Director/Instructor
Mississippi College
Jeanne Bernier is the MSN-CNL program director at Mississippi College in Clinton, MS. She currently in her final semester of coursework in the PhD in Nursing program at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN. Jeanne earned her BSN from the University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing in 2006 and her MSN in Nursing Education from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2014. After working as a staff nurse on primarily medical/surgical and gynecological/oncological hospital floors for 8 years, she moved into a full-time role as a nurse educator in 2014 teaching adult health didactic and clinical courses, pharmacology, and research to undergraduate students. Mississippi College began its CNL program in 2019 and, along with program director responsibilities, Jeanne teaches the CNL specific course and oversees students’ clinical projects. The CNL program at Mississippi College is the only one in the state, and Jeanne and the MSN team are busy trying to spread the word and “make the case” for CNLs to area hospital systems.
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.