Highlights include:

  • Two receptions to allow for networking opportunities!
  • Up to 40 vendors!
  • Multiple tracks!
  • Keynote address by nationally-known speaker, Greg Nelson!
  • Learn about motivational Interviewing with national speaker, Ali Hall!
  • Earn nursing CEUs!
  • Special sessions for pre-licensure nursing students!
  • Special session for front-line nurse leaders!
  • Beautiful venue at the Tropicana Las Vegas!

When

Sunday November 16, 2014 at 2:00 PM PST
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Tuesday November 18, 2014 at 12:00 PM PST

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Where

Tropicana Las Vegas 
3801 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
 

 
Driving Directions 

Contact

Margaret Curley 
Nevada Nurses Association 
775-747-2333 
imcmlrc@aol.com

Tropicana Las Vegas 
3801 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
  
 The room block is no longer available, but you can still get assistance in securing a discounted room by calling Pat Zollman at 928-252-3544 or 925-209-7573.

 

2014 Nevada Nursing Convention 

Join nursing colleagues and nursing students at the premier Nevada nursing convention of the year, which will be held November 16-18 at the beautiful Tropicana Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip. Take advantage of this great opportunity to earn CEUs while networking with Nevada nurses and vendors from around the country.

Who should attend? All Registered Nurses and Nevada nursing students!

Keynote Speakers

Greg Nelson is a nationally recognized leadership expert and coach with experience in service and operational excellence.  For more than 35 years, Greg's passion has been working with leaders to achieve and sustain service excellence.  In the last five years, Greg has been honored to speak to and work with over 70,000 health care professionals and leaders.

A respected, highly-rated speaker and coach, Greg’s approach combines down-to-earth enthusiasm and knowledge, with practical solutions to the challenges facing health care. His on-the-job understanding of the tools and tactics that impact patients’ perception of care help the leaders he coaches connect. Audiences also connect with his engaging, high energy style and his message about the mission we serve and the practical tools that work. Back at the work place, the tangible take-aways and tips allow participants to put words into action.

Ali Hall

Ali Hall (JD) is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and an independent consultant and trainer.  Ali has designed and facilitated over two hundred Motivational Interviewing workshops for behavioral health clinicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, program administrators, educators, social and child welfare workers, health care providers, health coaches, and criminal / juvenile justice professionals, and provides training for trainers in evidence-based practices.  Ali is a training associate for the Michigan-based, Center for Strength-Based Strategies as well as the Behavioral Healthcare Institute of the University of North Carolina School of Social Work.. She provides MI coding and skill development coaching, and provides consultation to systems for effective MI implementation.  Ali spent her undergraduate years at Occidental College in Los Angeles, and completed her graduate studies at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University as well as the Cornell University School of Law.

Scheduled sessions include (subject to change):

  • Nevada Action Coalition will discuss the future of nursing in Nevada on Sunday, with a reception to follow
  • Hot topics
  • The New Playground Bully: The Ultimate Cost to Nursing
  • YOU may be That Someone!
  • Achieving and Sustaining Excellence
  • Nevada's Safe Staffing Law: What Does It Mean to Nevada Nurses and Hospitals?
  • Leading Environmental Health Initiatives in Your Workplace
  • Motivational Interviewing: Leading to Extraordinary Results
  • View the complete schedule here

Join us on Sunday evening for a reception hosted by the Nevada Action Coalition and on Monday evening from 4:30-6:30 p.m. for the Presidents' Reception

Register Now!Full registration includes course fees and handouts, receptions on Sunday and Monday, continental breakfast Monday andTuesday, lunch Monday, and refreshments at breaks.

NEW! Vendor registration is now open. Please email or call for a vendor packet, or click here for more information.