Keynote Presenters
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Suzanne Gordon, is an award-winning journalist and author. She has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and many other national publications. In addition, she has authored or edited 13 books including Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines Nursing Against the Odds: How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media Stereotypes, and Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses and Patient Care -and Complexities of Care: Nursing Reconsidered.
She is also co-author, with playwright Lisa Hayes of the play about doctor/nurse relationships entitled Bedside Manners. Hayes and Gordon have just completed a new play about nurse-nurse relationships entitled, No We Don’t Have to Eat Our Young.
Ms. Gordon has lectured on health care and nursing across the world and is currently working on a book about how the aviation industry became safer and what health care can learn from its recent efforts to create genuine teamwork among all levels of workers.
Suzanne Gordon's Keynote Presentation
Breaking into the Debate: Holistic Nurses Raising their Voices to Transform HealthCare
The purpose of this presentation is to empower holistic nurses to break into the healthcare debate, be heard, and have an influence in transforming healthcare.
Learning Objectives:
• Identify the historical problem of silence and the “virtue” script within nursing and how it pertains to holistic nursing.
• Discuss the concept of “breaking into the debate” to articulate holistic nursing’s value and contributions.
• Identify strategies to capitalize on opportunities to transform the health care system.
Michael Bleich
Michael R. Bleich is an energetic and passionate nursing leader who currently serves as Dean and Dr. Carol A. Lindeman Distinguished Professor for the School of Nursing at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He has published more than 50 articles, book chapters, and monographs on the topics of leadership, academic–service partnerships, and workforce supply and demand; two chapters were in books that were named the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year.
Dr. Bleich’s passion for nursing is apparent in all that he does, including his work in transcending academic silos and bringing stakeholders from academic and service sectors together to improve educational and service delivery systems with high impact strategies that will change health care delivery.
He holds and has held appointments on the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Nursing Advisory Council and the National Advisory Council for the RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows Program and memberships in the American Organization of Nurse Executives, American Nurses’ Association, Sigma Theta Tau, the Plexus Institute, and other health services organizations. Dr. Bleich was also a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee that wrote the IOM Future of Nursing Report.
Michael Bleich's Keynote Presentation
The Future of Nursing: Key Messages & Key Directions in Collaboration
This presentation will address how individual nurses and the American Holistic Nurses Association can act to revitalize and take nursing to new heights. It will explore the public’s need for nursing in the future and how collaboration with key stakeholders are critical links to meet increasing demands for care.
Learning Objectives:
• Reflect on the unique lens that holistic nurses bring to the health care reform table.
• Identify major transformational initiatives that align with the Future of Nursing Report.
• Strengthen the capacity to articulate nursing at various stakeholder tables.
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