The Pennsylvania State Nurses Association (PSNA) Young Nurse Professionals of the Lehigh Valley are hosting a family-friendly IronPigs night at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown. All nurses, students, and guests are invited to join us on May 10 for a 7 pm game. Kick off warmer weather with an exciting night of baseball and networking.
Tickets are: $13 (PSNA Members and Guests) / $18 (Non-PSNA Members and Guests). Limited seats available, so hurry and reserve today!
Tickets include:
- $2 ballpark credit redeemable for food, beverage, or merchandise inside Coca-Cola Park
- Field-Level seating
- “Pig in a Poke” raffle ticket for an exclusive prize pack
NOTE: Children two (2) and under do not need a ticket if they sit on an adult’s lap
PSNA is looking for volunteers to assist at the Lehigh Valley Amputee Support Group Annual Golf Outing. Areas to assist include the PSNA table, breakfast and lunch set up, raffle tickets, 50/50 tickets, delivering things as needed to golfers, announcing and distributing prizes at the end of the outing, and more! If interested in volunteering – please contact Suzanne Wurster at [email protected]
If interested in golfing – please complete THE REGISTRATION FORM and return to Kimberly Bartman (info provided on form).
Join PSNA at the Lehigh Valley Zoo on Saturday, June 29 from 10 AM – 4 PM for the 3rd annual Food Truck Festival! Meet PSNA staff, your nurse colleagues, and their families at the Admissions Gate at 10 am for casual networking as we tour the zoo and food trucks as we represent nurses! We’ll try delicious food, explore the zoo, and visit with the adorable inhabitants, including fan favorites Kangaroo, Lorikeets, and Goats! DJ’d entertainment will be provided from 12 PM-2 PM by the talented DJ Ray of Fling-a-Things! PLUS — PSNA will bring goodies for our guests! Register by Wednesday, June 26. Join our networking group for $16 / ticket for PSNA members / $22 for non-members.
Register using the ticket link above.
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About this Event
- The Pennsylvania State Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
- 3.0 contact hours can be earned by attending 100% of the activity and completing an evaluation.
- No conflict of interest exists for any individual in a position to control the content of the educational activity.
What You’ll Learn
- Lead with Influence: Learn proven strategies to drive rapid and sustainable behavior change for your teams
- Motivate Others: Enable others to take initiative, think strategically, and improve performance
- Transform Corporate Culture: Grasp essential behavior improvements that create a cascading effect on corporate culture
- Experience Change: Achieve successful team and organizational initiatives, reduce errors, and engage employees
Facilitator
Kevin Surdi, RN / VitalSmarts
Master Certified, Crucial Conversations
Certified, Crucial Accountability, The Power of Habit, Virtual Classroom
With over 15 years of experience in emergency medicine — from EMS and nursing to senior administration — Kevin has personally led many organizational and culture change initiatives. He’s also worked with a variety of frontline healthcare professionals, middle management, executive teams, and leadership development programs. As a result, Kevin provides valuable insights regarding relationship dynamics within organizations. In addition, his emergency medicine experience has trained him to be comfortable in fast-paced, rapidly changing environments and high-stakes situations — and to empathize with those working in similar conditions.
A registered nurse, Kevin has a passion for helping others, which you can feel in his training. When he facilitates, Kevin ensures that everyone has grasped the material and can walk away with a new perspective on complex situations.
Award-Winning Training
The VitalSmarts training solutions address the most common behavioral workplace challenges. Each training focuses on a practical skillset that empowers employees and hospital systems to achieve lasting change and measurable results.
VitalSmarts Knows Healthcare
For the past 20 years, VitalSmarts has researched the effects of silence in healthcare and uncovered some startling trends:
- Cultures of poor communication among health professionals result in medical errors and staff turnover. Their research shows while 84% of doctors and nurses have seen coworkers take dangerous shortcuts, fewer than 10% voice their concerns.
- While safety tools are one part of the solution to improving patient care, they do not compensate for crucial conversations failures in the hospital.
- On the other hand, organizations that build cultures of dialogue among their administrators, physicians, nurses and staff experience significant reductions in medical errors, increased patient safety, higher productivity, and lower staff turnover.
The Biggest Problem in Healthcare is Silence
Unfortunately, drama in healthcare isn’t reserved for TV.
VitalSmart’s latest research shows that while interpersonal drama within caregiver teams is frustrating — it’s not the real problem.
The real problem in healthcare is silence.
Specifically, how well or how poorly employees can speak up and address behavior challenges predicts patient safety, quality of care, quality of patient and family experience, and staff engagement.
Cost
Student* $25
PSNA Member $75
Non-Member $150
* unlicensed nurse graduate or student