The National League for Nursing (NLN) will hold their annual conference – 2024 NLN Education Summit: A Daring Proposition: Competency-Based Education, on September 18-20, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas. The NLN Education Summit is not just reimagining education but shaping its future. The NLN Summit is not just a conference but a dynamic gathering of minds, ideas, and innovations dedicated to revolutionizing the way nurse educators teach, learn, and grow. The NLN Education Summit brings together nurse educators from around the world to explore trending and emerging topics impacting the nursing education profession and to discover innovative strategies and solutions that address day-to-day challenges. As a media partner, this article by HealthySimulation.com Content Manager Dr. Teresa Gore will provide an overview of the upcoming 2024 NLN Education Summit.
The NLN Summit is dedicated to the inspiration, collaboration, and innovation of nurse educators’ professional development. The 2024 Summit emphasizes the importance of innovation and technology in nursing education. Presenters will showcase cutting-edge simulation tools, virtual reality experiences, and online learning platforms that revolutionize nursing students’ training and preparation for real-world practice. The integration of advanced technology is a crucial aspect of ensuring that nursing education remains relevant and responsive to the evolving healthcare landscape.
The 2024 NLN Education Summit will catalyze meaningful conversations and collaborations to advance the quality and relevance of nursing education. Participants will leave the summit inspired by innovative ideas, best practices, and strategies for promoting excellence in nursing education and preparing the next generation of nursing professionals to meet the evolving needs of the healthcare industry. As the nursing profession continues to evolve, the insights and outcomes from the summit are poised to shape the future of nursing education and practice for years to come.
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Jan Jones-Schenk, Opening Keynote – Competency-Based Education: “Things for the Journey: What Nurse Educators Know” : This timely and noteworthy presentation on competency-based education (CBE) will address some of the challenges in nursing education, the reason why reforms are needed, and why CBE can be a good solution. In addition, Dr. Jones-Schenk will discuss competency-based education principles and the NLN Vision Statement on Integrating Competency-Based Education in the Nursing Curriculum. She will close by focusing on what nurse educators believe and know about teaching and learning and how that knowledge can help on the journey to transforming nursing education using CBE.
Dr. Gerry Altmiller – National Faculty Meeting Transitioning to Competency-Based Education: Structure, Process, Outcomes : The faculty meeting creates an opportune time to explore pathways to transition to competency-based education. Following the Donabedian model of structure, process, outcomes, this presentation will demonstrate practical approaches nursing programs can consider in their transition to competency-based education. Strategic steps to create the infrastructure needed to scaffold competency-based education and assessment across the curriculum will be demonstrated to support faculty in making incremental yet productive advances.
Dr. Jared Kutzin – Debra L. Spunt Lecture: Time in Grade or Grade over Time? : How do we, as educators, know our students are ready to progress or graduate? Is it the time they spend in class? Do we rely on our own gestalt? A standardized test? Do our current assessment mechanisms fairly, accurately, and completely assess competence?
This presentation will draw upon experiences in aviation, health care, and other industries and challenge faculty to re-think their curriculums, assessments, and educational methodologies. We as educators need to ensure our learners are engaged, motivated, and meet a minimum standard.
The health and safety of our patients and our profession demands we consider new, bold approaches to education, including competency-based approaches. Attendees will leave with an understanding of competency-based education, being able to articulate the benefits and the challenges, and a roadmap to use on their own journeys.
Dr. Hege Langli Ersdal – Plenary Speaker: Simulations Save Lives! Major reduction in maternal and newborn deaths after implementation of Safer Births training : In-situ simulation training on “day-of-birth” emergencies, as part of the Safer Births Bundle of Care scale-up, has improved clinical care and reduced early maternal and newborn deaths by around 50% among over 300,000 deliveries in Tanzania. The scale-up has now increased to 152 hospitals with funding from the World Bank.
The Safer Births Bundle of Care is developed in collaboration with midwives, as an iterative process over 15 years, based on identified needs and scientific evidence. Local hospital facilitators are trained in simulation and QI methodologies to lead weekly simulations, addressing procedure-performance gaps guided by own clinical data. The program shows that it is possible to implement sustainable systems for effective simulations improving patient outcomes in busy resource-limited healthcare settings. The presentation will discuss lessons learned in the program and how these may relate to both high- and low-medium income settings.
Sponsors
The National League for Nursing would like to thank the generous sponsors of the 20204 NLN Education Summit:
- Nightingale College
- Walden University
- Laerdal
- Galen College of Nursing
- Vanderbilt School of Nursing
- Duquesne University School of Nursing
- Chamberlain University
- Education Management Solutions (EMS)
- SPIN-Learning.com
- HealthySimulation.com
Exhibit Hall Features Interactive Opportunities with the Vendors
The exhibit hall is sold out! The wait list for the exhibit hall in case of an exhibitor cancellation is full! So, what does this mean for attendees? The answer is an educational, innovative, and engaging opportunity to learn what is new in nursing education and healthcare simulation. The exhibit hall allows nurse educators and administrators the opportunity to compare products in one location to help make decisions for the best options to meet the program’s needs.
More About NLN
The National League for Nursing (NLN) has been involved in nursing simulation and clinical simulation research for numerous years. HealthySimulation.com signed a media partnership to support the NLN in May of 2023. In 2003, through a grant from the Laerdal Medical Corporation, the National League for Nursing began a three-year, multisite study to explore how to design and implement simulations as a teaching strategy and evaluate selected learning outcomes using simulations. As a result of this research, the Jeffries Simulation Framework was developed. The NLN/Jeffries Simulation Theory evolved from the simulation framework in 2015. This HealthySimulation.com page will explore the contributions of NLN to clinical simulation.
Dedicated to excellence in nursing, the National League for Nursing, the nation’s first nursing association, serves as the leading voice for nurse faculty and leaders in nursing education. The NLN offers professional development, networking opportunities, assessment services, nursing research grants, and public policy advocacy for nearly 45,000 individuals and over 1,000 institutional members. NLN members represent nursing education programs across the spectrum of higher education, healthcare organizations, and agencies.
NLN offers many resources for nursing educators and their professional development. Some of these are:
- NLN Simulation Innovation Resources Center (SIRC)
- Simulation Evaluation Instruments
- Nursing Simulation Scenarios
- HomeGrown Solutions, in partnership with INACSL
- NLN Leadership Development for Simulation Educators Program
- NLN Leadership Institute
Learn More About and Register for the 2024 NLN Education Summit!
