ANA-ILLINOIS IS PROUD TO HOST OUR 28TH ANNUAL EVENT IN SPRINGFIELD

Our 2026 event will:

• spark discussion, encourage learning, and foster connection.
• deliver relevant and timely content for the current state of nursing in Illinois.
• energize and fuel the growth of future nurse leaders!

KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Katie Boston–Leary PhD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, FADLN, FAONL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keynote Session: Why We Continue: Equity, Ethics, and Nursing Education Today

In the current climate, student nurses and nursing faculty are navigating increasing complexity around equity-focused work in education and practice. This session creates space to acknowledge that reality while reaffirming nursing’s ethical responsibility to advance fairness, dignity, and justice for all. Grounded in the ANA Code of Ethics, the audience will explore how equity-minded teaching, learning, and advocacy remain essential to professional nursing – especially when the work feels constrained or contested. Through shared reflection and dialogue, this session highlights how students and faculty can continue this work with integrity, courage, and collective accountability, ensuring that nursing education remains aligned with the profession’s core values, social contract and commitment to the public good.

At the end of this session, audience members will be able to:

1. Examine how the current sociopolitical environment impacts equity-focused work in nursing education and professional formation.
2. Apply principles from the ANA Code of Ethics to sustain equity-centered teaching, learning, and advocacy despite organizational or external constraints.
3. Identify practical strategies students and faculty can use to continue advancing fairness and equity in academic and practice settings.

Register for Student Nurse Political Action Day

Download 2026 SNPAD Agenda

Individual Registration
Individuals seeking to participate and register on their own, not with a school or group, may register online.

INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION

Group Registration
Schools/Colleges of Nursing wishing to register as a group should use the form below.  The form must be completed and sent to Jessica Mahnke jessica@sysconsultingsolutions.com by March 2nd at 5p. An invoice will be generated and sent to the college of nursing if paying by credit card.  If paying by check the payment must be received in the office prior to the event.

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Don’t forget about our poster contest – 2026 POSTER CONTEST

Continuing Education Credit
3.25 hrs of nursing continuing education contact hours will be co-provided by ANA-Illinois and the Illinois Nurses Foundation to attendees who attend the entire session and complete the evaluation. The Illinois Nurse Foundation is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.