Health Equity in Nursing
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.
8:00 a.m. | Registration/ Breakfast |
8:55 a.m. | Introductions/ Housekeeping |
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 |
10:35 a.m. | Exploring Relationships and Predictors of Job Embeddedness and Intent to Stay in Acute Care Registered Nurses |
10:50 a.m. | Exploring Aromatherapy Tabs and Nurses’ Stress Levels in a Critical-Access Hospital |
11:05 a.m. | Exploring Nurses’ Confidence in Providing Support to Bereaved Families Following Stillbirth Fetal Loss |
11:20 a.m. | Instructions on Posters and Break Out Session |
11:25 a.m. | Posters |
12:05 p.m. | Lunch |
12:35 p.m. | Introduction to Students and Faculty Presentations |
12:45 p.m. | Student/ Faculty Presentations |
2:20 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
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