SDAHOSouth Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations

The Nurse Leadership Program is a customized education program designed to equip hospital and post-acute care nurse leaders and emerging nurse leaders with leadership and operational skills they need to be a successful, supportive leader in their organization. The training is designed to give nurse leaders education that can be immediately applied to their current role. The content will be taught by South Dakota nurse leaders and other South Dakota healthcare industry experts regarding current best practice, applying change management principles to real world concerns and developing critical communication skills in a fast-paced healthcare field. 

Professionals who attend this program will build skills and confidence in leadership, critical thinking, conflict management, effective team building, and change management. The program will include lecture, discussion, reflection, independent project study, networking, and opportunities to interact with nurse leaders and other resource experts.

Who Should Attend: 

The nurse leadership program is available to current and emerging nurse leaders within hospitals and post-acute care (nursing home, assisted living, home health and hospice) settings. If you are a Nurse Executive, Director of Nursing, Associate DON, Nurse Manager or an emerging nurse leader, this program is for you!

Why you Should Attend:

• Develop a network of nurse colleagues throughout the state.
• Enhance critical communication skills while fostering relationships in the workplace.
• Demonstrate reflective and communication practices that 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.

Objectives

• Improve skills by application of real-world scenarios to foundational operational and leadership principles.
• Examine and apply critical communication skills.
• Discuss the responsibilities of regulatory compliance, survey preparedness and clinical quality.
• Identify responsibilities of the nurse leader when making decisions, developing teams, inspiring leaders, understanding financials, and championing change.
• Examine partnership with Human Resources and the legalities of employment.

FAQs

Program Overview:

• Crucial Conversations^© curriculum
• Board of Nursing role
• Nursing Inquiry (Evidence-Based Practice, Quality Improvement, & Research)
• State Advocacy: Review of Current Legislative Session
• Healthcare Ethics
• Maintaining Leadership Development
• Human Resources: Legal Aspects of Management
• Healthcare Finance
• Innovative Leadership: Managing Change

Tentative Schedule

Expectations for the Program:

• Attend all in-person and virtual events.
• Active participation in both in-person and virtual events.
  • Ensure you have a working webcam.
• If you are unable to attend a virtual or an in-person event, notify SDAHO immediately.
• Program is designed for 10 sessions, no substitutions.
• Complete course evaluations at the end of each event.

Successful Completion of the Program: 

• Attend at least 8 of the sessions, 2 of which must be in-person events. 
• Submission of final independent project study by 1600 on Wednesday, October 9, 2024.

2024 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 $330 – $1795) 
  • Post-Acute Partners in Care Convention (Post-Acute Care focus) registration (a savings of $200 member/$300 nonmember)
  • Annual Convention (Hospital and Post-Acute Care focus) registration (a savings of $250 member/$375 nonmember)
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Have questions? 

Contact Debra Morello at debra.morello@sdaho.org or call 605-789-7536