The FNA Membership Assembly will be held September 24-25 at the Hilton Orlando.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE
Click here for a registration form that can be emailed, faxed or mailed to FNA Headquarters.
The FNA Membership Assembly is an opportunity for nurses to network, earn CH for continuing education and learn about nursing issues that affect your industry. For members, it is the opportunity to have your voice heard on assocation business. Don't forget, each vote counts.
REGISTRATION FEES
Membership Assembly Package, Before August 4. Membership Assembly Package includes all CE offereings, convention materials and (1) admission to the Awards Dinner.
FNA Member: $225
Non-Member: $325
Student (generic): $200
Retired Member: $200
Daily Rates, before August 4
(Daily rates includes CE offerings, convention materials, forums and meetings.)
Friday, September 24
FNA Member: $150
Non-Member: $250
Student (generic): $125
Retired Member: $125
Saturday, September 25
FNA Member: $175
Non-Member: $275
Student (generic): $125
Retired Member: $125
Optional Events
FNPAC Luncheon
Friday, September 24
$55
Guest Registration, Awards Dinner
Friday, September 24
$75
Advocacy Breakfast
Saturday, September 25
$40
Foundation Luncheon
Saturday, Septmeber 25
$55
LOCATION: Hilton Orlando
Click here for more information on the Hilton Orlando. Please click here or call 407.313.4300 to make a reservation and use code FLN. FNA room rates are $129 nightly (not including fees and taxes). Book early to reserve your room! Complimentary wireless internet will be provided. Daily parking rates are $6 to self park and $10 for valet services.
SPONSOR and EXHIBITOR OPPORTUNITIES
If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at the FNA Annual Membership Assembly, please click here for more information or contact conferences@floridanurse.org today.
AGENDA
FRIDAY, 9/24—TRADITIONAL STUDENT DAY
Students may attend for free.
7:30 am—4 pm: Registration
8—9 am: Orientation to Membership Assembly Review/Discussion of Proposed Bylaw Changes and Proposals
10 am—Noon: Opening Session/Business Meeting and Keynote Session
Keynote Session: “Nurse”opause – the change of life for professional nursing (1 CH)
This session provides a humorous look at nursing’s challenges to change, adapt, and grow in the next 100 years. A comparison will be made between menopause (change of life) and “nurse”opause (change of professional life) in response to scientific discoveries, globalization and a long tradition of current healthcare practices. Both conditions are a natural phase of life, have key timelines, create drastic changes, have uncomfortable side effects and require intervention.
Speaker: Pegge Bell, RN
12:15—1:30 pm: FNPAC Lunch (1 CH) (optional)
Anna Small, CNM, JD, will speak about the importance of nurse participation from a legislative perspective and talk about 2011 FNA legislative priorities. This is an optional lunch for an additional fee.
1:45—4:45 pm: Business Meeting Resumes
BREAK
2—3 pm: Breakouts
Mentoring in Nursing (1 CH)
The intent of this presentation is to provide the audience with a greater understanding of the roles and functions of a mentor in the nursing workplace. Considerations for selecting a mentor, delineating the role of a preceptor from a mentor and desired outcomes of a mentoring relationship will be discussed.
Speaker: Patricia Posey-Goodwin, RN
Or
Vaccine Update (1 CH)
Information on vaccines impacts our nurse members' clinical work and supports the ANA program on vaccine awareness in nurses.
Speaker: Deborah Hogan, RN
5—6 pm: Open Forum Transition Discussion
7-9 pm: Awards Dinner Celebration
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th
8—9:15 am: Advocacy Breakfast (1 CH) (optional)
FNA’s new Director of Professional Practice Advocacy, Jeanie Demshar, Esq. will address issues affecting nurses in the workplace. This is an optional breakfast for an additional fee.
9:30—10:30 am: Breakouts
Developing a Collaborative Work Environment in a Culture of Generational Diversity (1 CH)
One of the issues identified throughout the literature on workplace satisfaction relates to issues involving relationships with coworkers. To preserve the current and future workforce of novice and experienced RNs, there is a need to identify, develop and implement strategies that will encourage nurses to remain in active practice.
Speaker: Patricia Posey-Goodwin, RN
Or
Empowerment of Nursing Staff as a Factor in Performance in Healthcare Organizations (1 CH)
This presentation is evidence based and is derived from a comprehensive review of the literature on nursing empowerment in the workplace. It addresses the nurse’s perception of his/her psychological empowerment and the impact this has on patient care and outcomes. The presenter will demonstrate how using professional development seminars for nurses can improve the nurse’s perception of his/her empowerment in the workplace.
Speaker: Denise McNulty, ARNP
10:30—11:45 am: Transition Round Tables
Noon—1:30 pm: Foundation Lunch (1 CH) (optional)
Florida Nurses Foundation Trustees will speak on the history of the Foundation, as well as distribute 2010 scholarship and research grant awards. This is an optional lunch for an additional fee.
1:30—2:30 pm: Breakouts
Florida Center for Nursing Update (1 CH)
This presentation will provide the latest data available regarding the nursing shortage in Florida. Forecasts will enable the participants to understand how great the demand for nurses will be in the future. Discussion will include review of current activities to address the shortage and suggestions for future approaches.
Speaker: Mary Lou Brunell, RN
Or
The Front-Line Nurse and Job Satisfaction Over Three Decades: What Does Research Reveal? (1 CH)
This presentation provides information about the background and significance of nurse satisfaction over three decades including the cost of dissatisfaction in the workforce, benefits of satisfaction, the reasons for differences over the decades and the future of nursing satisfaction. Workforce changes between the decades will be discussed, as well as societal, generational and workforce population differences.
2:30—3:30 pm: Endnote Address (TBA) (1 CH)
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