CNE Event Calendar

Event Description:

• Monday August 17, 2026
• 8:00am - 4:30pm
• Contact Hours: 5.75
• Format: Live, In person event
• Location: Grappone Hall, Saint Anselm College, Manchester NH
• Cost: $289
   

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Program Description:

This interactive one-day workshop is designed for nurses transitioning into or currently serving as clinical faculty in academic and healthcare settings.

Participants will gain essential skills and strategies to enhance their effectiveness as clinical educators, including methods to foster clinical judgment, effective communication and evaluation techniques, the art of debriefing, and best practices for delivering constructive feedback.

Through scenario-based exercises, group discussions, and guided reflections, attendees will engage in hands-on learning to build confidence in managing common clinical teaching challenges. The program will also provide access to valuable resources, including toolkits and templates.
 

Learning Outcome:

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to articulate the core responsibilities and expectations of clinical nursing faculty in academia, describe strategies to foster clinical judgment and critical thinking skills in nursing students, apply effective debriefing techniques to facilitate reflective learning, compare constructive and ineffective feedback approaches, access resources for continued development such as toolkits, templates, and mentor relationships.

The practice of holistic nursing calls for deep integration of knowledge, presence, and intentional practice. In today’s complex healthcare environment, nurses are increasingly challenged to sustain their well-being while providing compassionate, patient-centered care.

The conference, again, is being held at The Colony Hotel, Kennebunkport, Maine.

This immersive, multi-day conference, Embodied Holism: Living Knowledge, Presence, and Practice, invites participants to explore holistic nursing as both a professional framework and a personal practice. Through a combination of didactic sessions, experiential learning, and reflective activities, participants will examine foundational theories such as Watson’s Caring Science, explore integrative approaches to supporting patient and caregiver well-being, and engage in practices that promote self-awareness, emotional resilience, and professional sustainability.

Participants will have the opportunity to engage in hands-on learning, including techniques to ease suffering through therapeutic touch, reflective practices such as journaling and creative expression, and strategies to foster empowerment, boundary setting, and holistic approaches to care.
Set within a supportive and restorative environment, this conference is designed to nurture the whole nurse—enhancing the capacity to lead, care, and practice with presence, intention, and impact.

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This is a four-part course. All four courses are required to earn the certificate. You do not have to sign up for all four courses at once. The four courses can be taken in any order.

DESCRIPTION: This innovative online certificate program is designed to explore the various components necessary to develop and run simulation scenarios within an academic or clinical setting.

WHO: Any nurse practicing in an education role who is interested in developing or working in a simulation program. This would be applicable to nurse educators in academia or healthcare facilities, preceptors, mentors, or staff nurses who are interested in learning more about this teaching pedagogy.

WHY: The content will provide the nuts and bolts of simulation to include how to assess educational needs, develop, implement and evaluate simulation experiences.

WHAT: In order to receive this 60-hour certificate (equal to 60 contact hours), completion of the four modules is required. Each module is 15 contact hours and is taught in an online format: 6 hours virtual live webinar, 9 hours online utilizing discussion boards and case studies, and required reading over the course of 4 weeks in an asynchronous manner.
 

Module 3: Desiging and Implementing Simulation Scenarios

Topics: nursing education simulation framework incorporating roles of facilitator and participant, educational practices, simulation outcomes and design characteristics.

Learning Outcome: Upon successful completion of this module, the participant will be able to discuss the important components of simulation design and important aspects to consider for simulation scenario implementation in both the hospital and academic settings

Agenda for Live Day:

• Session 1: Components of the NLN/Jeffries Simulation Theory and the INACSL Standards for Best Practice: Simulation Design
• Session 2: Fidelity in Simulation: The physical, conceptual, and psychological components of fidelity
• Session 3: The constructs of participant, facilitator, and educational practices as they relate to simulation scenario design and implementation
• 4 weeks of Readings and Discussion Board Posts and Responses on the Canvas LMS platform

September 30- October 27, 2026, live virtual webinar on September 30, 2026

Cost: $350
 

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Event Specifics:

     October 16, 2026
     Live Virtual Webinar
     8:30am - 4:00pm

     6.5 Contact Hours
     $219

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Today’s nurse leaders are navigating increasing complexity across healthcare systems— balancing workforce challenges, evolving technologies, and growing expectations for quality, safety, and efficiency.

This virtual conference, The Modern Nurse Leader: Identity, Influence, and Impact, explores the evolving role of nurse leaders through a dynamic and integrated lens. Participants will engage in reflective leadership practices to better understand their strengths and professional identity, examine how economic structures influence decision-making and resource allocation and explore systemic factors impacting workforce and staffing models. The program also highlights emerging tools, including artificial intelligence, to enhance efficiency and support leadership effectiveness. The day concludes with a focus on delegation as a critical leadership skill, empowering participants to translate insight into actionable strategies within their practice settings.

This program is designed to equip nurse leaders with the knowledge and practical approaches needed to lead with clarity, confidence, and impact in today’s healthcare environment.

Planned Sessions:

• Grounding in Self Reflective Leadership Practice: Harness Your Strengths- Stacy Hutton Johnson
• Expanding Professional Identity Economic Fluency as Professional Identity- Briana Posanka
• Understanding Broken Systems A Flaw in the System: The Middle School Math Error That Is Wrecking Your Staffing- Robert Wingo
• Leveraging Tools for Change Overwhelmed to Optimized: Harnessing AI for Professional and Personal Efficiency- Kelly Thorson
• Taking Action the Art of Delegation- Jermaine Moore

Target Audience:

This program is designed for nurse leaders across healthcare settings, including nurse managers, directors, supervisors, charge nurses, and emerging leaders. It is also relevant for nurses in formal or informal leadership roles who are responsible for team coordination, staffing, workflow management, and quality improvement initiatives.

Learning Outcome:

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will increase their knowledge of leadership strategies related to professional identity, economic and system influences, and operational effectiveness, and describe one evidence-based approach they can apply to enhance leadership impact in their practice setting.

This is a four-part course. All four courses are required to earn the certificate. You do not have to sign up for all four courses at once. The four courses can be taken in any order.

DESCRIPTION: This innovative online certificate program is designed to explore the various components necessary to develop and run simulation scenarios within an academic or clinical setting.

WHO: Any nurse practicing in an education role who is interested in developing or working in a simulation program. This would be applicable to nurse educators in academia or healthcare facilities, preceptors, mentors, or staff nurses who are interested in learning more about this teaching pedagogy.

WHY: The content will provide the nuts and bolts of simulation to include how to assess educational needs, develop, implement and evaluate simulation experiences.

WHAT: In order to receive this 60-hour certificate (equal to 60 contact hours), completion of the four modules is required. Each module is 15 contact hours and is taught in an online format: 6 hours virtual live webinar, 9 hours online utilizing discussion boards and case studies, and required reading over the course of 4 weeks in an asynchronous manner.
 

Module 4: Trends in Healthcare and Use of Simulation to Impact Patient Outcomes

Topics: Topics include: evaluation instruments, current research and trends in outcomes, trends in simulation, utilization of resources.

Learning Outcome:  Upon successful completion of this module, the participant will be able to discuss the important components of simulation design and important aspects to consider for simulation scenario implementation in both the hospital and academic settings.

Agenda for Live Day

• Session 1: Historical underpinnings and components of the NLN/Jeffries Simulation Theory and the INACSL Standards for Best Practice: Participant Assessment & Evaluation. (120 min)
• Session 2: Valid and reliable tools used to measure outcomes of a simulation: Grundy’s Confidence Scale, Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric, Satisfaction with Simulation Experience Scale, Satisfaction with Cultural Simulation Experience Scale, The Indiana Simulation Integration Rubric for Measuring IP Communication, The Modified Simulation Effectiveness Tool, & The Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument (90 min)
• Session 3: Development of a systematic evaluation plan for one’s simulation program while keeping in mind educational and patient care outcomes (patient safety/preventable harm, EBP bundles, EBP tools for measurement). Introduction of the PDSA Model for QI (90min)
• Session 4: Trends in Simulation: Content included -Defining interprofessional education and discussion of the INACSL Standards of Best Practice: Simulation-Enhanced Interprofessional Education (Sim-IPE) and virtual simulation (vSim for Nursing™️ and Sentinel City™️).Health Policy and Legislative Issues (60 min)
• 4 weeks of Readings and Discussion Board Posts and Responses on the Canvas LMS plaform

November 4-December 1, 2026, live virtual webinar on November 4, 2026

Cost: $350
 

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Certification is a hallmark of professional excellence in nursing leadership. This comprehensive program provides an overview of the four most common nursing leadership certifications — NE-BC, NEA-BC, CNML, and CENP — and helps participants determine which pathway best aligns with their current role, experience, and long-term career goals.

Through an exploration of the exam blueprints and domains of practice, participants will gain insight into the shared competencies that define effective nurse leaders as well as the unique emphasis of each certification. The session will also include practical strategies for exam preparation and test-taking success, helping nurses approach their certification journey with confidence and clarity.

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Learning Outcome: 

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to compare and contrast the NE-BC, NEA-BC, CNML, and CENP certification exams, identify which credential best supports their professional goals, and apply effective study and test-taking strategies to prepare for certification success.

Date: Friday, November 20, 2026

Time: 8:00-4:30 pm EST

Format: Live Virtual Webinar

Contact Hours: 7.25

Cost: $299   (Or FREE if attended Part 1 and Part 2)
 

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Event Description:

• Wednesday, December 9, 2026
• 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• Contact Hours: 5.0
• Format: Remote, Live Virtual Webinar
• Cost: $129
   

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Program Description:

Nurses are called upon to perform more and more functions, including triaging of a variety of different patient complaints. This session will provide you with the ability to: rapidly obtain a thorough symptom analysis and document those interactions effectively. Legal issues related to triaging will be discussed in detail. Participating in this session will extend your knowledge and confidence with triage in a variety of different practices and specialties.
 

Learning Outcome:

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to apply current evidence-based strategies in the diagnosis and management of Type 2 diabetes, incorporating both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions to improve glycemic control and reduce complications.
 

Target Audience:

This program is designed for registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare professionals
 

Faculty

Wendy L. Wright, DNP, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP