Deadline to register for SDAHO’s 2025 Nurse Leadership Program is December 27

Are you registered for the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organization’s 2025 Nurse Leadership program? Time is running out and there are only a few spots left.  Registration will close December 27, 2024.

Still unsure if this program is for you? Attendees to this year’s program will:

  • Develop a network of nurse colleagues throughout the state.
  • Enhance critical communication skills while fostering relationships in the workplace.
  • Demonstrate reflective and communication practices to enhance professional growth.
  • Immediate application of foundational business and leadership principles.
  • Discuss the role of political advocacy in nursing.
  • Discuss best practices in hiring and managing staffing needs while considering legal implications.
  • Identify impacting revenues / expenses particularly how nursing influences organizational decisions and patient outcomes.

Attendees will be asked to attend at least 8 of the 10 sessions, 2 of which will be in person. Below is the tentative schedule.

Tentative Schedule:

  • *January 8 | Virtual | Prep Call
  • *January 13 | Virtual | SDAHO’s preview of the 100th SD legislative Session
  • January 28-29 | In-Person (Fort Pierre) | Crucial Conversations
  • February 19| Virtual | SD Board of Nursing & Center for Nursing Workforce, review of AONL Nurse Leader Core Competencies
  • March 19 | Virtual | Nursing Inquiry (evidence-based practice and research, quality assurance and performance improvement)
  • April 1 | Virtual | Recap of 2025 Legislative Session
  • April 8-9 | In-Person (Sioux Falls) | Post-Acute Partners in Care Conference
  • May 21 | Virtual | Health care Finance
  • June 18 | Virtual | Human Resources – Legal Aspects of Management
  • July 16 | Virtual | Innovative Leadership
  • August 20 | Virtual | Health care Ethics
  • September 24-26 | In-Person (Sioux Falls) | Annual Convention

2025 Registration Information:

  • SDAHO Members = $375
  • Non-Members = $500
  • Pricing includes all sessions in education program, such as:
    • Crucial Conversation© training and books (a savings of $1795)
    • Post-Acute Partners in Care Convention registration (a savings of $200 member/$300 nonmember)
    • Annual Convention registration (a savings of $250 member/$375 nonmember)
    • Meals for in-person events

Have questions? Contact Debra Morello at debra.morello@sdaho.org

To learn more, visit: https://sdaho.org/nurse-leadership/