Register Now for Upcoming Government Affairs Webinars
Making Your Message Count
Friday, February 10, 2012, 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET
Darlene Curley, MS, RN, Executive Director of the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence and Suzanne Miyamoto, PhD, RN Director of Government Affairs for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing will lead this session focusing on the importance of sending a collective message to legislators when advocating for the profession and will review lessons learned from independent and coordinated lobbying. Effective strategies for political advocacy will be reviewed.
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The Future of Nursing and You
Friday, January 20, 2012, 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET
Susan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, Senior Adviser for Nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will lead this session focusing on the Institute of Medicine’s report Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health and review the report’s recommendations as well as the current initiatives to implement them at the state and federal level.
Advocacy Actions Now!
Thursday, December 8, 2011, 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET
Frank Purcell, Senior Director Federal Government Affairs of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and Patrick Cooney, President of the Federal Group, Inc. will lead this session and examine ways nursing students can become involved in advocacy at the local, state, and federal levels. Leveraging of media outlets by professional advocates will also be discussed.
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