2024 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES
The importance of professional development is that high-performing organizations recognize the significance of professional development plans for new and incumbent nurses as well as nurse educators.
2024 Workshops
- Combating Nurse Burnout by Promoting Resilience - April 25, 2024
- Engaging the C-Suite in Nursing Workforce Planning - March 20, 2024
- AI in Nursing Education: Let's ChatGBT - January 17, 2024
Combating Nurse Burnout by Promoting Resilience
Lunch & Learn Workshop held on Thursday, April 25th was facilitated by speaker April McGrath, DNP, RN, NPD-BC and Stephanie Tomasheski, BSN.
The workshop, viewers will learn how to:
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April McGrath, DNP, RN, NPD-BC
Director of Nursing Education and Graduate Nurse Residency Program Coordinator, Waterbury Hospital April is currently the Director of Nursing Education and Graduate Nurse Residency Program Coordinator at Waterbury Hospital and serves on the Board of Directors for the Connecticut Center for Nursing Workforce. April has worked in nursing education and professional development since 2015. She participates in nursing academic advisory boards for various Connecticut State Colleges and Universities and serves as Vice Chair on the Arizona College of Nursing’s advisory board for their Connecticut campus. April is a strong believer in lifelong learning. She is a second-career nurse with a BA in Visual and Performing Arts from Fairfield University, an ADN from Gateway Community College, and an MSN in Education from Sacred Heart University. April earned her DNP from Salve Regina University in 2023 with a dissertation focus on enhanced leadership development in a graduate nurse residency program. |
Stephanie Tomasheski, BSN
Clinical Instructor, Emergency Department, Cardiac Catheterization Lab & Heart Failure Clinic, Waterbury Hospital Stephanie graduated in 2002 from Naugatuck Valley Community College and started her nursing journey. She graduated in 2020 with her BSN from Southern New Hampshire University and is currently working on her MSN in nursing education at Post University. Stephanie’s nursing career began in a medical-surgical unit at Waterbury Hospital, but she quickly transitioned to the emergency department where she found her love of emergency nursing. She also has experience working in the Cardiac Cath Lab and Heart Failure Clinic. She is passionate about mentoring, teaching, and preparing nurses to be successful in their nursing careers. These interests led her to her present job as Clinical Instructor of the Emergency Department, Cardiac Catheterization Lab, and Heart Failure Clinic. Her hard work and dedication have led to her promotion to Team Lead for the Workforce Development Department/Nursing Education. Stephanie promotes the delivery of patient-centered care and considers it an honor to care for patients and their families. She strives to connect with her team to create an educational and supportive environment that ensures success. She is enthusiastic about applying best practices to reduce patient harm, while increasing patient safety, and has recently worked with interdisciplinary teams to create a new rapid response committee and policy at Waterbury Hospital. Stephanie is certified as a CPR/ACLS and TNCC instructor through the American Heart Association. One of her proudest nursing accomplishments is receiving the Nightengale Award in 2016. |
Engaging the C-Suite in Nursing Workforce Planning
Lunch & Learn Workshop held on Wednesday, March 20th from 12:00 – 1:00 pm facilitated by speaker Barbara MacArthur, RN, MN, FAAN.
By attending the workshop, the attendees learned how to:
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Barbara MacArthur, RN, MN, FAAN
Co-Director, The Kansas Nursing Workforce Center Clinical Assistant Professor, The University of Kansas School of Nursing I describe my life and career as dynamic and a privilege. I am diligent in my commitment to family, the next generation, and the community I live in. I am shameless in my zeal for healthcare and for nursing. Professionally, I have combined advanced clinical practice, education, national and international public policy formation, and leadership. My BSN from the University of Missouri and my Master’s in Nursing from the University of Kansas served as strong foundations. My post-graduate studies included ethics and healthcare public policy. I was a Wahington Annenberg Program Fellow in Public Policy Communication. I have had appointments by five governors in three states, serving on the Governor’s Commission for Women in Texas, and on the Board of Directors of the Able Trust which was charged with providing Floridians with disabilities opportunities for employment. I have testified before Congress, served on National Institutes of Health panels, and co-authored an Institute of Medicine report addressing organ donation and transplantation. I was the Chief Nursing Officer for a 770-bed hospital in Florida which humbled me and re-grounded me to the personal and vital nature of caring for patients and for those who do so. I started my professional career at the University of Kansas Hospital, left for over 20-years, and returned 12 years ago, serving as the Vice President of Cardiac Services for the Health System. In May of 2023, I transitioned to the University of Kansas Medical Center and was named the Co-Director of the Kansas Nursing Workforce Center. |
AI in Nursing Education: Let's ChatGBT
Lunch & Learn Workshop held on Wednesday, January 17th from 12:00 – 1:00 pm facilitated by speaker Susan Deane, EdD, MSN, CNE.
Attendees learned how to:
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Susan Deane, EdD, CNE, RN
Susan Deane, EdD, CNE, RN is CCNW's Online Education Consultant specializing in curriculum development, teaching with technology, and virtual simulation. She is a noted nurse educator with over 25 years of experience in nursing education. She served as the Dean and Professor of the School of Nursing at the State University of NY’s (SUNY) College of Technology at Delhi until August 2023. Dr. Deane has developed expertise in best practices for online learning, development, and facilitation of online learning, and the use of technology in nursing education has been her passion for many years. |