ANA-Illinois 2024 Professional Issues Conference – There is No Healthcare Without NURSES

The one-day conference will be held on November 2, 2024 in Lisle, Illinois.

Relevant & Inspiring Sessions

This year’s theme for the conference is “There is No Healthcare Without NURSES.” RaDonda Vaught, BSN will deliver the keynote session, entitled: “Owning My Role”

Keynote Speaker – RaDonda Vaught, BSN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RaDonda Vaught was the subject of one of the highest profile healthcare criminal cases in recent years.  She holds a BSN and a Certificate in Leadership from Western Kentucky University. While working as a BSN prepared registered nurse, Mrs. Vaught committed a medication error that ended the life of a patient in 2017.

She was charged under administrative law by the Tennessee Department of Health, leading to the revocation of her nursing license by the Tennessee Board of Nursing in a July 2021 hearing.  Additionally, she was charged under criminal law and found guilty by jury trial of two felony charges in March of 2022: Negligent Homicide, and Abuse of an Impaired Adult, with placement on an Elder Abuse registry in the state of Tennessee.

Mrs. Vaught is uniquely qualified to speak first hand on the impact this sentinel event has had on her life and her profession, along with the implications of the legal actions that followed.  A passionate advocate for safety and improvement, her story will be one that is not easily forgotten.

Other sessions include:

• IGNITE: Combating Professional Isolation and Burnout Through Meaningful Connections
• Escape from Nowhere: Gamification for Small-Scale Activities
• Nurses Uniting Students in the Community: Promoting Youth Health and Well-Being
• Use Your Grown-Up Voice: Empowering Nurses to Speak Up and Be Heard

This event offers 5.0 CE credits to attendees.
Accreditation Info: Illinois Nurses Foundation is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

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