#NURSELEADERPSNA STAR LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

PSNA’s Star Leadership Institute is designed to assist nurses achieve their leadership goals. In Spring 2016, Institute participants will engage in interactive leadership competency sessions. Over the course of six months, they will reinforce these new skills through quality change projects within their organization. Mentors will provide guidance, support and direction during the individual project work. Participants return in November to share their projects and explain how they have applied evidence-based practice within their organizations.

• Nurses at all levels are rising to leadership positions.• These leaders are eager to embrace change and improve healthcare systems. • To achieve this goal, nurses need experiential learning.

Dates to RememberApril 27 Star Leadership Alumni Banquet April 28 Day 1April 29 Day 2November 4 Day 3, Closing Reception

$75 / Banquet$1500 / 2016 3-Day Institute

Cost to Attend

The Gettysburg Hotel

Cost to Attend

inter-professional collaboration Kathy Chappell, PhD, RN | VP, Accreditation & Institute for Credentialing Research, Director, ANCC Accreditation Program, ANCCThe future of healthcare includes leaders that collaborate from the classroom to the bedside. This session will look at best practices in inter-professional collaboration and how the nurse leader can improve outcomes by focusing on collaboration.

finance 101Paul Tarves, RN, MSN | Chief Nursing Officer, Evangelical Community HospitalThis session will present and review all aspects of operational and capital budgeting. Topics include how to manage variable expenses; developing and monitoring a department budget; and creating relationships.

What could You do With $600,000?Melanie Duffy, MSN, RN, CCRN, CCNS | Clinical Nurse Specialist, PinnacleHealth SystemThe session will demonstrate how utilizing evidence-based practice can be cost-effective. Specific examples of evidence-based research and practice and associated savings will be presented.

hiring, firing and everYthing in betWeenLucretia C. Clemons, Esquire | Partner, Ballard Spahr, LLPEmployees have rights. Managers have rights. Everyone has rights. This session is an excellent primer in employment practices for today’s nurse manager.

crucial conversations®: tools for talking When stakes are high Kevin Brown | Master Trainer and Consultant, VitalSmartsWhen you’re not getting the results you’re looking for, it is likely that a crucial conversation is keeping you stuck. Problems may vary – from poor quality to patient dissatisfaction to broken rules - but if you can’t talk honestly, you should expect poor results. This program will equip learners with tools for talking when stakes are high and help them discover the Seven Crucial Conversations in health care.

Day 1 | april 28, 2016

PA Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Day 2 | april 28, 2016

Closing reception | November 2016Our final session is your chance to shine! participants will present their unique project focusing on an issue within their unit or department. presentations will include the project goal, actions and outcomes. CNOs and class mentors are invited to attend. Join us at The Gettysburg Hotel! Application Deadline: February 1, 2016

problem-based learningBetsy M. Snook, MEd, RN, BSN | PSNA Chief Executive Officer

Participants will be tasked with creating transformative change in their workplace. This presentation will review problem-based learning skills and provide leadership tools to take careers to the next level.

graduate highlightsCarol Teets | Director, 5B /5C Observation, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkRobert Stull | Nursing Supervisor, Paoli Hospital

The Star Leadership Institute is pleased to welcome two alumni during our second day of education! Our graduates will highlight their problem-based learning projects and discuss the impacts they have had on their leadership journey.

the mentoring experienceBetsy M. Snook, MEd, RN, BSN | PSNA Chief Executive Officer

This session will give participants the opportunity to meet their assigned mentor and learn about individual leadership experiences. Participants will create a plan-of-action to implement their upcoming problem-based learning project.

Pennsylvania State Nurses Association3605 Vartan Way, Suite 204Harrisburg, PA 17110www.psna.org

Join us at The Gettysburg Hotel! Application Deadline: February 1, 2016

Star Leadership Institute showed me that organizations have similar struggles in striving for best practice and outcomes. I learned that by working together, RNs can make a difference. Leadership is my new passion! Sue Barlett ’14, Trauma PI Coordinator

What Our GraDuates are sayiNG

The Star Leadership Institute greatly facilitated my professional development. It provided me with the insight, direction and tools to further strengthen my leadership skills. I was able to utilize those skills to impact my performance within my organization. The professional development that I received helped me advance from nurse manager to CNO. James Ballinghoff ’07, CNO / Associate ED

hOW DO i apply? 1. Access the application at www.psna.org.2. Provide recommendations, leadership experience and a written essay 3. Mail to 3605 Vartan Way, Suite 204, Harrisburg, PA 17110 4. OR email to Dr. Aislynn Moyer at amoyer@psna.org

Attending the PSNA Star Leadership Institute facilitates nurses to establish a strong foundation and confidence in leading the change needed in improving the delivery of health care to our patients. The Institute presents a stimulating curriculum to promote problem solving and strategic thinking. I am very fortunate for the guidance I received through the Institute and recommend the program to future leaders and change agents in our challenging healthcare environment. Michelle Trupp ’08, Project Director