Description

The Midwest MSD Regional Health Policy Conference is being provided as a live, virtual event through ZOOM on September 20, 2023. We hope you will choose to participate!

Today's health policy is created by people like you – individuals from all aspects of the health care industry and the health policy process. Policy decisions and debates impact everyone in our region, and your voice is needed at the table. Not experienced in health policy? Presenters passionate about health policy will share knowledge and spark your enthusiasm!

This virtual conference is designed for Individuals from all aspects of health care industry and health policy, including health care decision makers, clinicians, advocates, and students – future health policy champions, from across the Midwest. Whether you are a seasoned advocate or a novice, we hope you will join us for this event, to learn and determine how you can make an impact on health policy.

Agenda

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Educational Sessions

• Nurses as Leaders, Advocates & Legislators Lisa Summers, MSN, DrPH, FACNM & Kimberly Gordon, DNP, CRNA
• Civic Health in Practice and Our Profession Echo Koehler (Perlman), DNP, RN
• The Power of One, The Power of Many: How Can I Impact Health Policy Kari Wade EdD, MSN, RN, CNE
• Health Impacts of our Built Environment Kiley Petersmith, DNP, RN, CPEN, CPN
• Challenges and Opportunities: State to State Barb Petersen, Linda Adams-Wendling, & Jack Seigel
• When Policy Meets Practice: Implications for Legislative and Judicial Actions to Affect Patient Care Susan Kendig, JD, WHNP-BC, FAANP
• Where Do We Go From Here? Alice Kindschuh, DNP, APRN-CNS, CNE

Registration

• $99.00 Member - must be a member of the state nurses associations in KS, MO or NE
• $129.00 Non Member

Register now by clicking the Register>> button in the upper right 

Registration Deadline: September 15, 2023 at 12:00 pm CST

DISCLOSURES

Successful Completion – Attendees must pre-register, participate in the entire live, virtual activity, and complete the online evaluation to receive a certificate of completion. The link to the online evaluation will be emailed to participants (to the email address provided at registration) upon conclusion of the activity.

Relevant Financial Relationships – This educational activity does not include any content that relates to the products or services of an ineligible company/organization, which would require identification and mitigation.

ACCREDITATION

5.75 contact hours are available to those who meet the successful completion requirements.

The Midwest Multistate Division is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

What is the Midwest Multistate Division? The Kansas State Nurses Association, Missouri Nurses Association and Nebraska Nurses Association formed a collaborative, namely the Midwest Multistate Division (Midwest MSD), with the goal of promoting efficiencies and growth. As part of this collaborative, the Midwest MSD Professional Development Unit (PD Unit) was formed, which is accredited as an ANCC approver and provider of NCPD, to address the educational needs of nurses in the Midwest region.

Questions? Please contact Sara Fry at 573-636-4623 x 102 or sara@midwestnurses.org with any questions.