It is crucial for nurse leaders to prioritize the development and implementation of a successful Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) program in their institution. This endeavor offers numerous benefits, such as increased employee satisfaction, reduced turnover rates and enhanced patient care.
Key Actions all Nurse Leaders Can Take Now | Free, On-Demand Webinar
In this 90-minute webinar, nurse DEI expert Nikki E. Akparewa, RN, MSN, MPH, will address the challenges associated with DEI programs and provide actionable steps that can be taken immediately to ensure the achievement of program goals. Attendance to this webinar is free for both ANA members and non-members. Register and view now or anytime it is convenient.
Topics to be addressed include:
- How to know if you have succeeded: Setting goals and metrics for your DEI program
- Assessing the current nurse culture in your organization and ways to use it to advance your DEI program success
- Do you have buy-in of senior leadership: A make or break situation
- Working with a limited budget: The things that are more important to success than money
- The impact of implicit bias: Facing your own and others unconscious beliefs and attitudes
Important information: After viewing, all registered viewers will be able to download personalized documentation of attendance right from the webinar console. No CNE is awarded for this program.
Presenter: Nikki Akparewa is the Founder of Transform Nursing, a nurse entrepreneur and a subject matter expert in racial equity and inclusion work. With over a decade of experience teaching racial justice, Nikki has worked in the international space, in critical care and HIV community-based care and in clinical instruction of nursing students. She is also a published author of the workbook “The Clinician’s Guide to Microaggressions & Unconscious Bias: Racial Justice in Healthcare.” Nikki has partnered with academic nurse leaders all over the world to develop nursing program agility in integrating racial justice concepts into their curriculum. Nikki uses her vast consulting skills to coach academic nurse leaders and nursing students to successfully navigate barriers around race, class and health equity so that nurses will be leaders in addressing biased care. Nikki’s result oriented stress-free approach strengthens organizational leaders’ ability to think, act and operate confidently as inclusive spaces. She is one of a few experts offering an online accredited course focusing on influential leadership, coaching, restorative practices, and racial justice combined.
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This series is intended to continue the conversation; creating a space to dive into some of the interdependent components that impact the ability to achieve health equity. We have invited leaders and subject matter experts across the Dakotas to share their expertise, personal experiences, best practices, and application strategies.