Annual Conference

The AHNA Annual Conference is a gathering of approximately 500+ holistic nursing professionals from across the country, with growing international attendance from Canada, Japan, China, and Jamaica. This annual event is one of the largest and most valuable conferences dedicated to bringing together nurses who share a passion for holistic healing.

The AHNA Annual Conference offers 6 days of top-notch continuing professional development, leading keynote speakers, networking with fellow holistic nurses, an exhibit hall filled with vendors offering the latest products and services to complement your daily practice, and time to nurture yourself and your connection to holism in an environment primed with energy and the support of fellow healers.

AHNA 43rd Annual Conference - June 6-11, 2023
Holistic Nurses In Action

+ Purpose

Purpose:

The 2023 AHNA conference will inspire the participants to develop their visions of holistic wellness for individuals, groups, and communities and increase their ability to take evidence-informed holistic nursing action. Through listening, active engagement, peer communication, and self-reflection, participants will explore ways they can take action to use the Holistic Nursing Core Values and Scope and Standards of Practice in their lives personally and professionally.

+ Theme

Holistic Nurses in Action

This conference will explore ways holistic nurses can move forward into action and explore the work of changing our healthcare system from a medical model to a more holistic one.

AHNA Core Values

Core Value 1. Holistic Philosophies, Theories, and Ethics
Core Value 2. Holistic Nurse Self-Reflection, Self-Development and Self-Care
Core Value 3. Holistic Caring Process
Core Value 4. Holistic Communication, Therapeutic Relationship, Healing Environments, and Cultural Care
Core Value 5. Holistic Education and Research

+ Learner Outcomes

1. Explore how rising to the challenge of Holistic Nursing in Action can assist us in finding new levels of creativity, self-expression, and vitality that we can apply in various practice settings. (CV 2 & 3)

2. Define how holistic nursing education, research, theory, ethics, and practice guide and support people to nurture themselves, each other, and the environment holistically. (CV 1, 3, 4 & 5)

3. Critique how applying our holistic values, self-care, self-development, and reflection can create more healing environments. (CV 2)

4. Discuss ways to use the holistic caring process and therapeutic communication to help individuals, groups, and communities improve their holistic health and well-being. (CV 3 & 4)

5. Share examples of how using holistic nursing research and theories can promote healing and well-being. (CV 1 & 5)

6. Identify opportunities for holistic nurses to take action in improving nursing education, research, practice, advocacy, and healthcare policy, including advancing social and environmental justice. (CV 1, 4 & 5)

7. Describe creative approaches for holistic nurses to facilitate interprofessional, interracial, intergender, and intercultural learning and collaboration. (CV 4)

8. Describe how one’s personal holistic self can be an instrument of growth, healing, and renewal for individuals, groups, and communities. (CV 3 & 4)