ANA-Illinois is pleased to announce our first Professional Issues Conference. 

The Professional Issues Conference is a unique opportunity to meet with the strategic leadership of the organization as well as the nurses practicing at the bedside from all over the state of Illinois. 

This program has been developed with the pressing issues that nurses face to deliever safe, effective healthcare. In keeping with the promise to provide opportunity for participants to learn about the latest products, practices, and services they can use to better serve their patients we are offering a limited opportunity for exhibitors and sponsors.

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Keynote Session: 
Optimal Staffing: The Linchpin to Ethical, Quality Care

Study after study has demonstrated the relationship between nurse staffing levels and patient outcomes. This presentation identifies actions nurses can take to support safe staffing and discusses ANA’s work to promote health care quality through safe, ethical work environments for nurses.

Seun Ross DNP, MSN, CRNP-F, NP-C, NEA-BC 

Dr. Ross is the Director of Nursing Practice & Work Environment at the American Nurses Association (ANA).She is also a published author, and lecturer on many topics within her research interests, which include evidence-based practice, nurse staffing, nurse retention, competency and developing/mentoring the novice RN. She is currently the President of the Chi Zeta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, a member of the Academy of Healthcare Executives and holds certifications as a family nurse practitioner and nurse executive-advanced. 

AGENDA - Exhibitor set up 7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

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8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. - Attendee Registration & Coffee

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.  - Welcome Address & Keynote Session 

Seun Ross DNP, MSN, CRNP-F, NP-C, NEA-BC

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Opioid Crisis: Shirley HIlzinger, Family Nurse Practitioner   

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Break

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - Membership Assembly & Special Session

12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. - Lunch / Exhibitor Hall /
                                          Dessert Reception Sponsored by Illinois Nurses Foundation

1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - Choosing Wisely: Lisa Hernadez, DNP, RN, CENP

2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. - Creating Standarized Handoff Using an Electric Medical Record (EMR)
                                       Melissa Hagel, ACNP-BC

3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Break

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Mindfulness - Preventing Burnout and Developing Resilience:
                                      Julia Sarazine, DNP, FNP-BC, ACHPN