The American Academy of Nursing invites you to attend the 2022-2023 virtual Policy Dialogue Series, which reflects the 2021-2022 Policy Priorities of Advancing Health Equity & Championing Wellness, Promoting Innovation & Sustainability, and Reducing Patient, Provider & System Burden. Each dialogue will be 90 minutes and 1.5 contact hours will be available for purchase at $20. Registration is open to Academy Fellows at no cost, students at $20, and non-members at $75.
This page will be updated throughout the year with additional information, resources, and registration links.
August 16, 2022
Policy Priority: Promote Innovation and Sustainability
December 6, 2022
Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mobilizing Nursing Leadership to Advance Global Equity
Policy Priority: Advance Health Equity & Champion Wellness
January 20, 2023
Nursing Leadership in Decarbonizing the US Health Sector
Policy Priority: Advance Health Equity & Champion Wellness
- The Environmental & Public Health Expert Panel will review the health and environmental impacts of climate change and the urgent need for action, introduce attendees to the sources of greenhouse gasses generated by the health sector (the three scopes of decarbonization), and promote dialogue about priority policy recommendations that nursing can champion and lead to expedited decarbonization.
Nursing Continuing Professional Development
The American Academy of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The fee for Contact Hours is $20 per policy dialogue. A total of 1.5 contact hours will be awarded by the American Academy of Nursing following the completion of the virtual event and the post-event evaluation.
Conflict of Interest: There are no relevant financial relationships identified for any individual in a position to control or influence the content of this activity.
2022 Previous Policy Dialogues
June 29, 2022
Finding Gain in the Losses: Strategic Solutions to the Mental and Behavioral Health Crisis in Children and Youth
Policy Priority: Promote Innovation and Sustainability
- The Child, Adolescent, and Family Expert Panel, in collaboration with the Expert Panels on Psychiatric, Mental Health, and Substance Use and Violence, will address strategies and best practices to mitigate the effects of the national crisis of chronic stress on children, youth, and families, explore the impact of nursing on mental health resources, and address these policy implications.
- Resource List
- Presentation Slides
- Purpose Statement
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the mental and behavioral health of U.S. children and adolescents and increased awareness of societal inequities in a public health crisis that raises the frequency and intensity of stressors for children, youth, and families. This policy dialogue, presented by the Expert Panels Child, Adolescent & Family and Psychiatric, Mental Health & Substance Abuse, and Violence will address strategies to mitigate the effects of chronic stress on children, youth, and families, explore the impact of nursing on broadening mental health resources in schools and communities, and address policy implications for increasing resiliency in children and youth by promoting compassionate wellness strategies to support families connections to school and community.
- Featured Speakers:
Bridgette Brawner, PhD, MDiv, APRN
Richard and Marianne Kreider Endowed Professor Nursing for Vulnerable Populations
Villanova University M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing
Jill Bohnenkamp, PhD
Core Faculty & Clinical Assistant Professor
National Center for School Mental Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Melissa Gomes, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN
Associate Professor
Hampton University School of Nursing
Annie Lewis O'Connor, PhD, NP-BC, MPH, FAAN
Founder & Director
C.A.R.E. Clinic, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Moira Szilagyi, MD, PhD
President
American Academy of Pediatrics
May 18, 2022
Optimizing the Nursing Workforce: Exploring Innovative Reforms and Policy Implications
Policy Priority: Reduce Patient, Provider, and System Burden