The Future Is Now: Nurses Advancing Health Equity (Virtual)

54. That's the number of recommendations the Future of Nursing Report 2020-2030 published. But how will nurses take on these recommendations to advance health equity in California? 

This year, our annual conference focuses on actions nurses can take to improve health equity in their institutions, their communities, and within their profession. Here is what you can expect to hear from health equity experts and speakers on topics such as:

• Simulation's impact on health equity
• Nurse-led, community-based care models
• Insight on ANA\C's Racism in Nursing Assessment
• Other nursing associations' health equity initiatives
• Review of ANA\C's Future of Nursing Report Progress

Speaker Bios:

Dr. KT Waxman is an international nurse leader and executive with extensive experience in academic and healthcare settings. She is a Professor and the Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing. She is also the director of the California Simulation Alliance (CSA) at Healthimpact and is the editor-in-chief for Nursing Administration Quarterly (NAQ).

Dr. Garrett Chan is the CEO and President of HealthImpact, California’s nationally recognized nursing workforce center. HealthImpact works closely with government entities, schools of nursing, health care providers, professional organizations, consumer groups, and foundations to address statewide nursing issues that impact the health of all Californians including Simulation.

Dr. Tammy Vant Hul is President at the California Organization for Associate Degree Nursing - South Region and Dean of the School of Nursing at Riverside City College.

Gema Knipe is the Simulation Educator for the California Association of Colleges of Nursing and RuralSim Center and Assistant Professor of the Nursing Program at CSU, Chico. Her work largely focuses on the intersection simulation, health equity, and justice, diversity, and inclusion.

Paul Leon is the CEO & Founder of the Illumination Foundation (IF), a grassroots non-profit organization whose mission is to disrupt the cycle of homelessness. He is also a senior fellow of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to improve America’s health through Nursing.

Dr. Marlon Saria is the Western Region President of the Phillipino Nurses Association of America, Director of Advanced Practice Providers at Providence St. Johns Medical Center, CNS and Nurse Scientist.

DaJanae Gresham-Ryder is the Vice President at Capitol City Black Nurses Association Clinical Nurse II at UC Davis Health