Wyoming Nursing Leadership Institute
A partnership project between Wyoming Nurses Association and the Wyoming Center for Nurses and Health Care Partnerships.
Institute Description
The Wyoming Nursing Leadership Institute consist of four sessions that gives nursing leaders the critical leadership skills required to lead today’s healthcare organizations.
Institute Sesions
First Session
Date: September 14-16, 2010, Cheyenne, WY
Topic: Where are you as a leader?
Facilitator: Mary Burman, RN, PhD, Dean of Nursing, Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing and Veronica Taylor, RN, M
Objectives: Participants will discuss core competencies of American Nurses Credentialing Center nursing admin-istrators and the AONE nursing leaders certification; will analyze their own personality styles and how it affects their response in the workplace; set goals for their own personal leadership growth; discuss the need for net-working and professional organizations; and plan a pro-ject to develop and initiate in their facility in relation to recruitment and retention of nursing staff.
Second Session
Date: October 27-29, 2010, Gillette, Wyoming
Topic: Leading an Empowered Organization
Facilitators: Donna Wright, RN, MS from Creative Healthcare Management and Sue Howard, RN, MSN
Objectives: During the three day Leading an Empow-ered Organization (LEO) course, novice and experienced leaders alike deepen their understanding of leadership. The workshop provides a conceptual framework for lead-ership, practical skills and an opportunity to develop those skills. Participants also learn how to help their staff develop problem solving, relationship and risk taking skills. The practical applications presented in LEO set it apart from other leadership programs.
**Mentoring dinner will also take place during this ses-sion.
Third Session
Date: January 25-17, 2011, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Topic: Quality initiatives, core measures, accreditation and legislative agendas
Facilitators: Robin Roling, RN, MS, Vice President of Patient Services, Powell Valley Healthcare and Toni Decklever, MA, RN, WNA Lobbyist
Objectives: Participants will analyze quality initiatives and core measures; determine the need for facilities to initiate national patient safety goals and differentiate between various facility accreditation venues; share ex-ample of policy development in healthcare facilities; and learn the legislative process and how it affects a nursing leader; observe the legislature in action and discuss how laws affect healthcare delivery; and present their pro-jects that were selected in September.
**Participants will attend a minimum of one day of the Nurses Day at the Legislature as part of the Institute.
Forth Session
Date: April 7-9, 2011, Casper, Wyoming
Topic: Regulatory, educational preparation, legal issues in nursing, nursing ethics, and nurse practice act
Facilitators: Veronica Taylor, MS, RN; Marlene Ethier, MS, RN Director of WWC Nursing Program
Objectives: Participate in a mock hearing of the WSBN. Discuss how the nurse practice act and rules and regula-tions affect nursing and nursing positions ; verbalize un-derstanding of regulatory process and how their posi-tions are affected by laws; analyze the differences in nursing education, creative future endeavors, and edu-cational needs in WY; present their projects that were selected in September; and evaluate through surveys and focus groups the effectiveness of the WNLI.
**All participants will prepare a poster presentation for the Wyoming Nursing Summit in 2011.
Applications
To obtain an application form (click here) Applications are due by August 15, 2010. Thirty nurses will be selected to participate in the institute, each candidate will be notified by August 30th.
Each participants will commit to complete the four sessions and select a project they will develop, implement, evaluate and present at one of the sessions. Participants will also accept and complete a mentorship experience with defined expectations.
Financial Obligation
Tuition for each participant of the Wyoming Nursing Leadership Institute is a $400 registration fee. (Scholarship assistance is also available for those who clarify-see application)
Food, lodging, mileage, class supplies, registration cost to attend Summit and WNA Convention, registration cost for WNA Legislative days, and continuing educa-tion credits associated with the institute will be paid for each participant with registration and grant funds.
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