Description: Our hospitals and healthcare systems work better when our members can speak freely in the workplace about the quality of patient care, safety, and workplace standards. We need to strengthen our workplace voice by strengthening our communication skills and methods to advocate with one voice. Change is possible when we stand together with members who are engaged and mobilized into action. Participants of this workshop will learn how to communicate about workplace issues, how to best identify which issues they should address, and how to engage and mobilize their colleagues both individually and collectively to make improvements regarding those identified issues.

Outcome: 85% of workshop participants will self-report increased knowledge to communicate, engage, and mobilize colleagues to advocate effectively to improve patient care and workplace issues.

Speakers:

Aarti Patel, BS, MPS

Jed Tyrpak, MA, MDiv

Joel Brooks, BA

Marcus Presley, MSW

ACCREDITED PROVIDER: American Federation of Teachers/Nurses and Health Professionals is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. P#0003.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST: There has been no commercial support of this program and the presenters declare there is no conflict of interest.

SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION: The learner must attend 100 percent of each chosen session. After the learner has completed all of his or her chosen sessions, a certificate of attendance, program evaluation/survey must be completed and returned to the provider.

CONTACT HOURS: If applicable; contact hours awarded 100% of activity; or missing no more than 10 minutes of activity; attendee with a successful completion (noted above) will be awarded contact hours.

There has been no commercial support of this program and the presenters declare there is no relevant financial relationships.