NONL 2008 CONFERENCE—OCTOBER 5-7, 2008

FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS—PROGRAM INFORMATION
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NONL 2008 CONFERENCE—OCTOBER 5-7, 208—FLAMINGO LAS VEGAS
PROGRAM SCHEDULE

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5th
12:00pm–4:30pm REGISTRATION (PLEASE SIGN-IN AT THE REGISTRATION DESK EACH DAY)

1:00–2:00 Winnie Fritz, MSN, EdD, CNAA, Chief Nursing Officer/Director, International Operations, HCCA International--"Leading in A New Era: Do You Know If Your Staff Are Competent?" - In this new era, with nurse sensitive indicators, core measures and other pay-for-performance (P4P) initiatives, nurse leaders must have strategies in place for assessing and developing four skill types in their nursing staff. To achieve evidence-based practice, customer service and financial soundness, nursing staff must be competent. Join us to learn one competency model. (Sponsored by HCCA International)
Click here to access Winnie Fritz's PowerPoint presentation

2:00–2:15 BREAK

2:15–3:15 Educational Forum: Join a highly interactive session where the conference attendees will weigh in (via electronic voting) on questions posed by the moderator. Panel members from health care institutions and academia will then respond to the outcomes of the votes.

3:15--3:30 BREAK

3:30--4:30 Barbara Farrell, RN MS MJ  -  Director, Quality & Innovation AONE and Director of TCAB will be presenting a TCAB overview to our Nurse Leaders.
Click here to access Barbara Farrell's PowerPoint presentation

4:30--5:30 Magnet Panel Update with Amy Steinbinder, RN, PhD., System Director - Clinical Practice, Banner Health , Managing Partner, Thunderbird Leadership Consulting and Marty Enriquez, RN, MS, VP, Patient Care Services/CNO, UMC-Tucson - The panelists will share two important aspects of Magnet Status - what is involved in achieving Magnet Status, as well as what happens "after the designation." The panelists will also share how Magnet Status has affected their hospitals.
Click here to access Amy Steinbinder's PowerPoint presentation
Click here to access Marty Enriquez's PowerPoint presentation

5:30 - 7:30 President’s Reception & Dan Mordecai Education Scholarship Awards
(weather permitting—reception will be held on the GARDEN VIEW TERRACE)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6th - EXHIBITOR’S DAY
7:30 - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast (PLEASE SIGN-IN AT THE REGISTRATION DESK EACH DAY)
08:30-08:45 Welcome & Intro

08:45-10:30 Business Meeting

10:30-11:30 Legislative Update - Bill Welch, President/CEO of Nevada Hospital Association & Margaret Covelli, NONL President—We will hear of the predicted issues that may arise in the 2009 Legislative Session, as well as NONL's anticipated role during the session.

11:30-1:00pm Lunch in Exhibitor's Hall. (Savoy Room)

1:00-2:30 Keynote Address: Linda Deering RN, MSN, COO at Sherman Health, as well as a Studer Coach, will bring her real life experiences to us as she starts us thinking of how transparency will require us to raise the bar for performance. She will help us define new skills and behaviors, and learn how transparency can turn tough times into success. Linda has led her organizations to achieve inpatient satisfaction increases from the 75th% to the 95th%, turnover from 34% to 14%, and operating margin from 1% to 10%. She has also obtained Magnet Nursing Designation.
Click here to access Linda Deering's PowerPoint presentation

2:30-3:00 Break with Exhibitors in Exhibitor's Hall

3:00-4:00 Judith G. Berg, RN, MS, FACHE Vice President, Professional and Consulting Services Gannett Healthcare Group - "Evidence based leadership - Increasing your personal ROI" While it may seem that some people have innate leadership skills and the rest of us should quit trying, the evidence suggests otherwise. This session will focus on behaviors that can be employed by anyone to increase their personal leadership effectiveness.
Click here to access Judee Berg's PowerPoint presentation

4:00-4:15 Break with Exhibitors.

4:15-5:30 Transparency: Best Practice Panel - This panel will provide a discussion of the latest data transparent to the public, as well as how our states top performing hospitals achieved higher compliance than others
Click here to access Deborah Huber's PowerPoint presentation - (Transparency Best Practice D Huber)
Click here to access Susan Adamek's PowerPoint presentation - (Transparency Best Practice Siena CHW CorpQualityPresentation)

- 5:30 Closing Remarks + Cocktails & Hors D'oeuvres in Exhibitor's Hall

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7th
07:30-09:00 (PLEASE SIGN-IN AT THE REGISTRATION DESK EACH DAY)
Breakfast & Storyboards (Silent Auction starts)

09:00-09:15 Welcome

09:15-10:15 NONL Speaker—Sandy Rush, RN, BSN, MA, FACHE, Director, Service Excellence, Catholic Healthcare West—Healthcare Transparency – Are You Ready to Lead? - While this session will briefly cover the strategies CHW used to improve the perception of the patient experience (as evidenced by moving from the 13th percentile to the 75th percentile in patient loyalty and endorsement), the main content of the presentation will cover the lessons learned in ownership and accountability.
Click here to access Sandy Rush's PowerPoint presentation

10:15-10:45 Break—Storyboards—Silent Auction

10:45-12:15 Endnote Speaker: Bob Murphy, RN, Esq., FACHE, Studer Group—”Achieving Excellence in Healthcare - How Good Can We Be?” a well-known operations leader and national health care presenter from the Studer Group, will share his extensive experiences as our end-note speaker. He will ensure that we leave our conference with a renewed commitment to transparency by helping us understand our role in achieving excellence. By applying techniques to define excellence in healthcare, we will understand the importance that public reporting plays in creating a sense of urgency.
Click here to access Bob Murphy's presentation

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