When:	February 17, 2005 - Thursday, from 5:30 p.m.– 8:00 p.m.
Where:	California Cafe Palo Alto, CA 94303
To Register:	(650) 723-6366
Email:	cecenter@stanfordmed.org
Fee:	$100.00 (Includes Dinner and CE's)
Credits:	3.0 CE Hours

Increasingly, healthcare organizations are faced with the challenge of attracting candidates into management and administrative roles to provide leadership within complex organizations.

Additionally, scarcity of nursing faculty at academic institutions is a major barrier to solving the nursing shortage as each year thousands of qualified would-be-nurses are left on waiting lists or shut out from fulfilling their dream of becoming a nurse.

Join us for dinner and dialogue as we explore the future of nursing leadership roles in the academic and clinical settings across the Bay Area.

This evening event is designed in dialogue format to bring together managers, faculty, staff nurses, and students to consider the following:

Career Paths

• How can aspiring nurse managers or nurse faculty determine if management or teaching is the career path for them?
• How does the message sent by experienced nurse leaders impact these decisions?

Work Environment

• What is the impact of the current work environment on the retention and recruitment of nurse managers/ faculty/ leaders? Do we need to begin redesigning how nursing care is delivered and how nurses are educated?

Leadership

• What are the models/ programs that are working to increase the numbers of managers/ faculty and to develop a core group of nursing leaders?

Management

• What is the manager’s role in succession planning?
• How do we attract younger generations: quality of life, pay differentials, continued contact with clinical care…can the manager’s role be changed for the better?

Dialogue Leaders:

Dorrie Fontaine, RN, DNSc, FAAN, Associate Dean for Academic Programs

UCSF School of Nursing, Immediate Past-President, American Association of Critical Care Nurses

Joan Caldwell, RN, MSN, Project Manager Magnet Recognition Program, Stanford Hospital and Clinics

Moderators:

Debra Gerardi, RN, MPH, JD and Virginia Morrison, JD, Health Care Mediations, Inc.

*A gift for each manager bringing an aspiring manager and for each faculty member bringing an aspiring teacher! Space will be limited for this event so register early!