Nurses Week is here and PSNA has a full schedule for our members! Stay up to date throughout Nurses Week via email, and on PSNA’s Facebook and Instagram. We can’t wait to celebrate YOU!
ALL WEEK Member Appreciation Raffle
Exclusive to members, our PSNA Raffle will give away a prize for each day of Nurses Week:
- PSNA Summit Registration
- $50 Figs Gift Card
- Fit Bit Versa 4
- $100 Spa Finder Gift Card
- NFP Stethoscope Necklace
- $50 Home Chef Gift Card
- (2) Tickets to Nurse Blake’s The Shock Advised Comedy Tour
- $50 Amazon Gift Card
Make sure to select the prizes you want to win by 10:00 AM on Friday, May 12. All winners will be announced after the Nurses Week Coffee and Connect that afternoon!
**BONUS** Follow PSNA on Instagram, Facebook and/or Twitter and get an extra raffle entry for each follow. Click icons below to follow now!
Check your email for the link to enter!
MAY 10 Nursing Foundation of Pennsylvania’s Dine and Donate at Market Cross Pub & Brewery
The Market Cross Pub & Brewery in Carlisle will be donating 10% of sales all day to the JoAnne Goss Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund, an endowment that provides scholarships for nursing students through NFP.
Market Cross Pub & Brewery – 113 N Hanover Street, Carlisle, PA 17013
MAY 10 YNP Nurses Week Mixer
Join PSNA and the Young Nurse Professionals (YNP) for our first in-person mixer since 2019! Celebrate Nurses Week with us in State College. The event includes complimentary digital headshots, one drink ticket, and hors d’oeuvres.
This will be a fun night — invite your nursing colleagues and future RN friends too!
PSNA Member – $15, Non-Licensed Nursing Students – $15, Non-Member – $25
Registration closes May 8. Space is limited; click here to register now!
MAY 11 Nursing Foundation of Pennsylvania’s Blingful Evening of Shopping
Join the NFP at Veleska Jewelry in Lancaster for an evening of shopping and refreshments! Veleska Jewelry is donating 20% of all sales on May 11 to NFP. Can’t make it to the event? Shop online at veleska.com any time on May 11.
Veleska Jewelry – 2943 Columbia Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603
MAY 12 Coffee and Connect – Preventing Violence Through Early Intervention
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Combined with the United States’ epidemic of mass shootings, it is crucial to raise awareness and understanding of mental health and promote resources and support for those who may be struggling with mental health issues.
Arlene Holmes is a retired RN who has worked in hospitals, home care, and discharge planning. She is the mother of James Holmes, who committed mass murder after exhibiting concerning symptoms for many years. He is in prison for life without parole.
Join PSNA as Arlene discusses the missed opportunities for intervention and treatment for James’ serious mental illness, schizophrenia.
Arlene will discuss her son’s interaction with other people in school, his relationship with his parents and sister, family culture, genetics, medical care, and counseling. She will also talk about misinterpreting the negative symptoms of schizophrenia and how people tend to stay away from students who appear “odd” to them.
Attendees will receive 1.0 contact hours.* This event is open to PSNA members only. Click here to register now.
ALL MONTH ANA Navigate Nursing Webinar Bundle
ANA is celebrating National Nurses Month with a special free webinar with free CNE – Asking and Advocating for What Nurses Need. Join the live event on May 17 or watch on demand. Either way, you’ll learn how you can use your communication skills to advocate for yourself and the profession. Click here to learn more.
ALL WEEK Stethoscope Necklace Members Only Sale
For those dedicated to caring for others! A sterling silver bar “Stethoscope” necklace with an adjustable 16” – 18” chain. Proceeds benefit the Nursing Foundation of Pennsylvania. And during Nurses Week, PSNA members can purchase at a special price of $65!
Check your email for the code to get this members-only special price!
The Market Cross Pub & Brewery in Carlisle will be donating 10% of sales all day to the JoAnne Goss Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund, an endowment that provides scholarships for nursing students through NFP.
Market Cross Pub & Brewery – 113 N Hanover Street, Carlisle, PA 17013
Join PSNA and the Young Nurse Professionals (YNP) for our first in-person mixer since 2019! Celebrate Nurses Week with us from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at Gigi’s Southern Table in State College. The event includes complimentary digital headshots, one drink ticket, and hors d’oeuvres.
This will be a fun night — invite your nursing colleagues and future RN friends too!
PSNA Member – $10
Non-Licensed Nursing Students – $10
Non-Member – $15
Registration closes May 8. Space is limited, register now!
Join the Nursing Foundation of Pennsylvania (NFP) at Veleska Jewelry in Lancaster for an evening of shopping and refreshments!
Veleska Jewelry is donating 20% of all sales on May 11 to NFP. Can’t make it to the event? Shop online at veleska.com any time on May 11.
Veleska Jewelry – 2943 Columbia Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Combined with the United States’ epidemic of mass shootings, it is crucial to raise awareness and understanding of mental health and promote resources and support for those who may be struggling with mental health issues.
Arlene Holmes is a retired RN who has worked in hospitals, home care, and discharge planning. She is the mother of James Holmes, who committed mass murder after exhibiting concerning symptoms for many years. He is in prison for life without parole.
Join PSNA as Arlene discusses the missed opportunities for intervention and treatment for James’ serious mental illness, schizophrenia.
Arlene will discuss her son’s interaction with other people in school, his relationship with his parents and sister, family culture, genetics, medical care, and counseling. She will also talk about misinterpreting the negative symptoms of schizophrenia and how people tend to stay away from students who appear “odd” to them.
Questions are welcome. However, questions about James’ condition now and his life in prison will not be answered.
Attendees will receive 1.0 contact hours.*
This event is open to PSNA members only. Not a member? Click here for more information on joining PSNA!
*In order to obtain 1.0 contact hours for this activity, the learner must attend the activity and complete the evaluation. Pennsylvania State Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
As healthcare professionals, nurses have a unique understanding of the impact of policies and decisions related to healthcare on patients and communities. Voting allows nurses to have a say in who gets elected and what policies are implemented at all levels of government, from local to national.
By voting, nurses can help ensure that elected government leaders share their values and beliefs on issues important to the nursing profession, such as patient safety and the modernization of professional nurse law. Nurses also have the opportunity to advocate for policies that promote social justice and equity in healthcare.
Furthermore, nurses are highly respected members of their communities and can use their influence to encourage others to vote. By engaging in the democratic process, nurses can significantly impact their patients’ and communities’ health and well-being.
Election Information
Polls are open from 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM.
Click here to learn more about the primary.
Click here to find your polling place.
Click here to learn more about the Special Elections on Tuesday, May 16.
We know our members are busy, both professionally and personally. In the past few years, we have recognized that virtual events work best for nurses across the Commonwealth. So, we have modified the former Star Leadership Program into a monthly virtual format at a more affordable price. Our new Leadership Series will teach participants enhanced leadership competencies, the role of leadership within complex health systems, and the value of interprofessional and multidisciplinary collaboration. This series is geared towards nurses working in or aspiring to leadership positions. Participants may pick and choose sessions or can attend all! Participants will receive 1.0 contact hours for each session.* Click here for full details on the 2023 Leadership Series.
Cost: PSNA Members $150 for all / $30 per session; Non-Members $350 for all / $60 per session
*If purchasing the full series after a session(s) has already occurred, the registrant will be given access to the recording of the past session(s) but cannot receive contact hours for viewing the recording.
Leadership Series Schedule:
2/28/23, 3:30 PM, Team Leadership in Times of Crises | Amy C. O’Neill, MS, LPC
This training will provide current and future nurse leaders a baseline knowledge of the impact of crisis on themselves and team members, leadership skills in times of crisis, and information on elements for effective leadership in a healthcare setting. Nursing leaders will also be introduced to the role of Psychological First Aid while working and leading in times of crisis. The training will be validating and informative for nursing professionals who have previously worked or been guided through a crisis and will inform those who have not on what to expect. This training will be conducted through lecture and Socratic teaching methods.
3/28/23, 12:00 PM, Advanced Negotiation: The Skill of Effective Persuasion | Lisa Dicker JD, Harvard University
This session will combine presentation, discussion, and exercises to examine effective negotiation persuasion. Nurses will learn how to identify the other party’s interests and leverage these interests to frame options in a manner that is persuasive to the listener.
4/25/23, 3:30 PM Advanced Health Policy Innovation: Finding Your Political Voice | Carol Ann Amann, PhD, MSN, RN-BC, CDP, FNGNA, Gannon University
This presentation will provide information on the professional nurse’s role in promoting change through organizational state and federal legislation. Nurses will develop the knowledge necessary to articulate a political position and initiate contact with legislators or organizational leaders related to a topic of concern. RESCHEDULED TO 8/22/23.
5/23/23, 12:00 PM Dare to DISC: Leveraging Your Personality Style at Work | Linda Brain Beck, M.Ed., Beck and Associates Consulting Group
We all have that one person. The one who annoys us who we find it challenging to work with. Sure, we smile and try to be nice, but wouldn’t it be better to find a more effective way of dealing with him or her? More than that, once we learn more about our own personality and then what makes others tick, we have valuable information to better navigate the workplace. And, bonus! This can also be applied to your personal relationships as well.
6/27/23, Is Artificial Intelligence a Friend or Foe to the Nursing Profession? | Nancy Robert, PhD, MBA/DSS, BSN
This session will explore characteristics that define artificial intelligence (AI) and will discuss implications of AI in nursing practice. By the end of this session, participants will be able to describe three artificial intelligence technologies (AI) and their associated characteristics and identify two ways that AI will impact nurse leaders and clinicians in the delivery of health care.
8/22/23, 12:00 PM Advanced Health Policy Innovation: Finding Your Political Voice | Carol Ann Amann, PhD, MSN, RN-BC, CDP, FNGNA, Gannon University
This presentation will provide information on the professional nurse’s role in promoting change through organizational state and federal legislation. Nurses will develop the knowledge necessary to articulate a political position and initiate contact with legislators or organizational leaders related to a topic of concern.
9/26/23, 12:00 PM Nursing Leadership and its Connection to the Current Staffing Crisis | Denise Hammel MSN, RN, CLSSBB, CPHQ, XcellenceFirst
The literature affirms that over 50 hours a week leads to patient safety events and staff burnout. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated staff attrition leading many organizations to ask staff to work overtime. Compounding the hours in overtime, many organizations do not utilize firm boundaries to ensure that staff maintain appropriate work hours and avoid staff exhaustion and patient harm. This presentation will feature an interactive discussion about when to hit the breaks on work hours and determine practical alternative approaches to meet the needs of your unit.
10/24/23, 3:30 PM Using Innovation Strategy in your Organization: Transforming the Role of the Leader in Complex Organizations | Denise Hammel MSN, RN, CLSSBB, CPHQ, XcellenceFirst
Healthcare organizations are complex and sometimes chaotic systems that are difficult to manage. Yet, such environments provide a fertile foundation to create new solutions. Nurse leaders must use healthcare’s dynamic and complex nature to innovate and solve challenges. This session will explore Innovation Strategy, including the structures, relationships, leader styles, and approaches to create the desired end-state. Nurses will discover how to harness the power of their organization through practical improvement and innovative strategies.
11/28/23, 12:00 PM, Utilizing Data and Technology to Improve Nursing Practice | Heather Shirk, MSN, RN-BC, Wellspan Health
Using the PICOT framework as a guide, we will discuss how to incorporate data and leverage technology into Evidence-Based Nursing practice. Challenges to data capture and reporting will be examined as well as a foundational review of Informatics principles. Nurses will develop a conceptual framework for how data and technology can be leveraged to support EBP projects.
*Pennsylvania State Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Successful completion will require attendance at entire activity and completion/submission of evaluation form. None of the planners or the presenter for this activity have any relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.
**This event is canceled and will be rescheduled for later this summer.**
In this month’s Coffee and Connect, Sarah Simons from the American Nurses Association (ANA) will provide an overview of the accomplishments of ANA’s Inaugural Commission to Address Racism in Nursing and where the Commission’s work is headed in 2023-2024. Within the context of ANA’s work, Sarah’s presentation will define racism, how to address racism and provide ways and resources to be anti-racist.
About the presenter: Sarah Simons, MSW, is ANA’s Special Initiatives Program Manager. Before coming to ANA she worked for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, managing funding for harm reduction and HIV programs and serving on the divisional action team to address racism as part of DOHMH’s Race to Justice initiative. Sarah is married to a nurse midwife and is passionate about public health and racial justice.
This event is free to PSNA members and non-members.
We know our members are busy, both professionally and personally. In the past few years, we have recognized that virtual events work best for nurses across the Commonwealth. So, we have modified the former Star Leadership Program into a monthly virtual format at a more affordable price. Our new Leadership Series will teach participants enhanced leadership competencies, the role of leadership within complex health systems, and the value of interprofessional and multidisciplinary collaboration. This series is geared towards nurses working in or aspiring to leadership positions. Participants may pick and choose sessions or can attend all! Participants will receive 1.0 contact hours for each session.* Click here for full details on the 2023 Leadership Series.
Cost: PSNA Members $150 for all / $30 per session; Non-Members $350 for all / $60 per session
*If purchasing the full series after a session(s) has already occurred, the registrant will be given access to the recording of the past session(s) but cannot receive contact hours for viewing the recording.
Leadership Series Schedule:
2/28/23, 3:30 PM, Team Leadership in Times of Crises | Amy C. O’Neill, MS, LPC
This training will provide current and future nurse leaders a baseline knowledge of the impact of crisis on themselves and team members, leadership skills in times of crisis, and information on elements for effective leadership in a healthcare setting. Nursing leaders will also be introduced to the role of Psychological First Aid while working and leading in times of crisis. The training will be validating and informative for nursing professionals who have previously worked or been guided through a crisis and will inform those who have not on what to expect. This training will be conducted through lecture and Socratic teaching methods.
3/28/23, 12:00 PM, Advanced Negotiation: The Skill of Effective Persuasion | Lisa Dicker JD, Harvard University
This session will combine presentation, discussion, and exercises to examine effective negotiation persuasion. Nurses will learn how to identify the other party’s interests and leverage these interests to frame options in a manner that is persuasive to the listener.
4/25/23, 3:30 PM Advanced Health Policy Innovation: Finding Your Political Voice | Carol Ann Amann, PhD, MSN, RN-BC, CDP, FNGNA, Gannon University
This presentation will provide information on the professional nurse’s role in promoting change through organizational state and federal legislation. Nurses will develop the knowledge necessary to articulate a political position and initiate contact with legislators or organizational leaders related to a topic of concern. RESCHEDULED TO 8/22/23.
5/23/23, 12:00 PM Dare to DISC: Leveraging Your Personality Style at Work | Linda Brain Beck, M.Ed., Beck and Associates Consulting Group
We all have that one person. The one who annoys us who we find it challenging to work with. Sure, we smile and try to be nice, but wouldn’t it be better to find a more effective way of dealing with him or her? More than that, once we learn more about our own personality and then what makes others tick, we have valuable information to better navigate the workplace. And, bonus! This can also be applied to your personal relationships as well.
6/27/23, 3:30 PM Is Artificial Intelligence a Friend or Foe to the Nursing Profession?
This session will explore characteristics that define artificial intelligence (AI) and will discuss implications of AI in nursing practice. By the end of this session, participants will be able to describe three artificial intelligence technologies (AI) and their associated characteristics and identify two ways that AI will impact nurse leaders and clinicians in the delivery of health care.
8/22/23, 12:00 PM Advanced Health Policy Innovation: Finding Your Political Voice | Carol Ann Amann, PhD, MSN, RN-BC, CDP, FNGNA, Gannon University
This presentation will provide information on the professional nurse’s role in promoting change through organizational state and federal legislation. Nurses will develop the knowledge necessary to articulate a political position and initiate contact with legislators or organizational leaders related to a topic of concern. RESCHEDULED FROM 4/25/23.
9/26/23, 12:00 PM Nursing Leadership and its Connection to the Current Staffing Crisis | Denise Hammel MSN, RN, CLSSBB, CPHQ, XcellenceFirst
The literature affirms that over 50 hours a week leads to patient safety events and staff burnout. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated staff attrition, leading many organizations to ask staff to work overtime. Compounding the hours in overtime, many organizations do not utilize firm boundaries to ensure that staff maintain appropriate work hours and avoid staff exhaustion and patient harm. This presentation will feature an interactive discussion about when to hit the breaks on work hours and determine practical alternative approaches to meet the needs of your unit.
10/24/23, 3:30 PM Using Innovation Strategy in your Organization: Transforming the Role of the Leader in Complex Organizations | Denise Hammel MSN, RN, CLSSBB, CPHQ, XcellenceFirst
Healthcare organizations are complex and sometimes chaotic systems that are difficult to manage. Yet, such environments provide a fertile foundation to create new solutions. Nurse leaders must use healthcare’s dynamic and complex nature to innovate and solve challenges. This session will explore Innovation Strategy, including the structures, relationships, leader styles, and approaches to create the desired end-state. Nurses will discover how to harness the power of their organization through practical improvement and innovative strategies.
11/28/23, 12:00 PM, Utilizing Data and Technology to Improve Nursing Practice | Heather Shirk, MSN, RN-BC, Wellspan Health
Using the PICOT framework as a guide, we will discuss how to incorporate data and leverage technology into Evidence-Based Nursing practice. Challenges to data capture and reporting will be examined as well as a foundational review of Informatics principles. Nurses will develop a conceptual framework for how data and technology can be leveraged to support EBP projects.
*Pennsylvania State Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Successful completion will require attendance at entire activity and completion/submission of evaluation form. None of the planners or the presenter for this activity have any relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.
Join PSNA and Lisa DiLello, RN, BSN, from the Body + Beauty Lab for an introduction to Aesthetic Nursing. Aesthetic nursing is a specialized branch of nursing that focuses on providing comprehensive and innovative care for individuals seeking aesthetic enhancements, rejuvenation, and overall well-being. This session will explore various aspects of aesthetic nursing, including the education and training required, career outlook, and the benefits of this field of nursing. Lisa will also share the training courses offered through Body + Beauty University.
About the presenter: Lisa DiLello, RN, BSN, brings over 18 years of nursing experience with an extensive background in critical care and surgical services. After leaving the hospital setting, Lisa found her passion in aesthetics working as a clinical nurse alongside reputable cosmetic surgeons. Working with and following clients through their surgical process, as well as assisting with cosmetic office procedures, she gained valuable knowledge of facial aesthetics and became certified as a nurse injector. With a strong drive for continuous learning, she is trained in the most current and effective injectable treatments and techniques. Lisa loves working with clients to develop individual plans to help them achieve their aesthetic goals. She strives to help her clients feel their best, happiest, and most beautiful version of themselves.
This event is free to PSNA members and non-members.