Program Details

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.

Sponsors

 

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

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Nurse Leadership FAQs
Why was the Nurse Leadership Program created?

SDAHO created the Nurse Leadership Program to help South Dakota hospitals and long-term care organizations support, retain and recruit nurse leaders. With the growing complexity of healthcare practice environments and pending nurse leader retirements, the development of future nurse leaders is increasingly important.

Many nurse leadership programs have been developed; however, SDAHO’s nurse leadership program is South Dakota specific, utilizing South Dakota nurse leaders and other South Dakota healthcare industry experts. Throughout this program, emerging and current nurse leaders will gain a deep understanding of their job, including regulatory, quality, administrative and leadership functions as well as developing critical communication skills in a fast-paced healthcare field.

About the Nurse Leadership Program:

The Nurse Leadership Program is a customized education program designed to equip hospital and post-acute care nurse leaders with leadership and operational skills they need to be a successful and 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.

 

Frequently Asked Questions:

 

Question: When does the program start?
  • Answer: Our first official session will begin on January 24-25, where we will meet in-person, in Fort Pierre, to examine what it means to have a crucial conversation. We are planning a prep call to review the Nurse Leadership program and portal site on January 17.

 

Question: What if I miss a webinar, will this be recorded?
  • Answer: Our Crucial Conversation sessions will not be recorded per contract agreement; the other webinar sessions will be recorded.  We highly encourage everyone to attend in person, as it will give you the opportunity to ask questions and participate directly with those on the call.

 

Question: Where do I find information for sessions, call-in information, and the location of events?
  • Answer: We will have a password protected website that will contain all information related to the Nurse Leadership program. This information will be available in early January 2023.

 

Question: Will the nurse leadership program cover the cost of travel expenses?
  • Answer: The Nurse Leadership program does not include the cost of travel expenses. The Nurse Leadership program will consist of in-person and webinar trainings. The in-person locations tentatively includes Fort Pierre, Sioux Falls and Rapid City SD. Participants will be responsible for all travel expenses – lodging, mileage, and food outside of the event

 

Question: What is needed for the training?
  • Answer: Each participant will need access to a webcam during the virtual sessions and be ready to actively engage.

 

Question: What if I’m unable to attend an in-person session?
  • Answer: Please notify SDAHO immediately and we will work with each situation on a case-by-case basis.

 

Question: What if I need to drop the entire course?
  • Answer: If a participant needs to unenroll from the nurse leadership program, SDAHO should be notified immediately. The participant will not be refunded for the cost of the program and will not receive the certificate of completion.

 

Question: What if I would like to enroll a nurse leader mid-year?
  • Answer: The program content is designed to build on one another and it will be important the participant is involved on day one. However, we will have the option for interested participants to be added to the 2025 program waitlist.

 

Question: How will I apply this to my current job?
  • Answer: This program is intended to be ‘boots on the ground’ education, with real-world scenarios and relevant topics that you deal with every day. The goal is to provide you with resources, networking opportunities, shared learning, and real-life education to apply immediately within your role.

 

Question: Will there be homework?
  • Answer: We understand your world is busy, so we will make every attempt to limit external work. However, to ensure the program is beneficial and valuable for those attending there is an Independent Study Project. You will identify one major challenge or concern in your current work.  Throughout the sessions you will be asked to reflect on what you learned, how each session can be applied to your identified challenge and what action steps can be taken to move your challenge forward.  For the final step, you will pull your applied learning together in a report to share how the program helped you to address your challenge or concern in new and innovative ways.

 

Question: Are refunds available?
  • Answer: Refunds will not be honored if the participant began the program and chooses to unenroll.

 

Question: If I’m unable to complete the course, could I substitute another nurse to replace me?
  • This course is designed as an entire leadership program and the content builds off each session. We will not be accepting substitutions once the course has begun.
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2024 Nurse Leadership Program
Tentative Schedule
  • January 3 | Virtual | SDAHO’s Preview of the 99th SD Legislative Session
  • January 17 | Virtual | Prep Call
  • January 24-25 | In-Person (Pierre) | Crucial Conversations
  • February 21| Virtual | SD Board of Nursing & Center for Nursing Workforce, Review of AONL Nurse Leader Core Competencies
  • March 20 | Virtual | Nursing Inquiry (Evidence-Based Practice, Quality Improvement, & Research)
  • April 10-11 | In-Person (Mitchell) | Post-Acute Partners in Care Conference
  • TBD April/May | Virtual | Recap of 2024 Legislative Session
  • May 22 | Virtual | Principles of Healthcare Finance
  • June 18 | Virtual | Human Resources – Legal Aspects of Management
  • July 17 | Virtual | Innovative Leadership
  • August 21 | Virtual | Healthcare Ethics
  • September 25-27 | In-Person (Rapid City) | Annual Convention

 

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