Health Equity in Nursing

April 21, 2023

This program will inform and update nurses on the latest research studies and findings related to health equity in nursing. The symposium’s purpose is to help reduce inequities and improve patient outcomes.

This course is being offered Live at Miami Dade College Medical Campus and as a Zoom option.

Target Audience

Nurses, allied health professionals, students, administrators, biostatisticians, and other healthcare professionals interested in participating.

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss a framework outlining the role of nursing in addressing equity in healthcare.
  • Identify nursing education strategies that promote a culture of healthcare equity.
  • Examine current research study findings and their implications for nursing.
  • Summarize poster presentation topics related to evidence-based practice.
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.50 General certificate of attendance
  • 4.50 Nurse Practitioners
  • 4.50 Florida Board of Nursing
Course opens: 
01/24/2023
Course expires: 
04/29/2023
Event starts: 
04/21/2023 - 9:00am EDT
Event ends: 
04/21/2023 - 2:20pm EDT
Rating: 
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8:00 a.m.

Registration/ Breakfast

8:55 a.m.

Introductions/ Housekeeping
Dr. Bryan Stewart, President Miami-Dade College Medical Center

9:00 a.m.

Dr. Tommie Norris, Dean Miami-Dade college Benjamin Leon School of Nursing

9:15 a.m.

Diane Amado-Tate, Vice President of Nursing and CNO, Doctors Hospital

9:30 a.m.

Keynote Presentation: Nurses of Tomorrow: Creating a Pathway to Health Equity Dr. Tony Umadhay

10:30 a.m.

Introduction of Baptist Health presenters
Dr. Erika Nusbaum

10:35 a.m.

Exploring Relationships and Predictors of Job Embeddedness and Intent to Stay in Acute Care Registered Nurses
Nada Wakim, Laurie Cogar, and Myriam Bigaud-Ambroise

10:50 a.m.

Exploring Aromatherapy Tabs and Nurses’ Stress Levels in a Critical-Access Hospital
Ashley Garbutt, Julie Erickson

11:05 a.m.

Exploring Nurses’ Confidence in Providing Support to Bereaved Families Following Stillbirth Fetal Loss
Silvia Salazar, Priscilla Kahn, Jill Costley, Roxana Linares

11:20 a.m.

Instructions on Posters and Break Out Session
Dr. Erika Nusbaum

11:25 a.m.

Posters

12:05 p.m.

Lunch

12:35 p.m.

Introduction to Students and Faculty Presentations
Dr. Guillermo Valdes, Assistant Professor
Miami-Dade College

12:45 p.m.

Student/ Faculty Presentations

2:20 p.m.

Closing Remarks
Nohemi Sadule Rios, Ph.D., APRN and Deborah Robinson

 

Live and Zoom
United States

Tony Umadhay, Ph.D., CRNA, APRN
Dean and Professor of Anesthesiology, School of Nursing
Barry University, Miami, Florida

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.

This activity has been approved for 4.5 contact hours, CE Broker Course #20-974866, by Florida State Board of Nursing, Baptist Health South Florida. CE Broker Provider #50-182.

Available Credit

  • 4.50 General certificate of attendance
  • 4.50 Nurse Practitioners
  • 4.50 Florida Board of Nursing
Please login or register for a Baptist Health CME account to take this course.

This course is being offered Live at Miami Dade College Medical Campus and as a Zoom option.
Please choose which option you would like to attend

Health Equity in Nursing - Live

Health Equity in Nursing - Virtual

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