By Nancy Claflin, DNP, MS, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, CCRN-K, CPHQ, FNAHQ

Did you know you may be able to receive financial assistance from your facility to attend NOVA’s Annual Meeting? You should check with staff in the Education or Nursing Education Department to see what is required from your facility.  

Event Details

Although each facility has its own forms and requirements, this is some of the information that you may need:

• Event or Training Title:  NOVA 42nd Annual Meeting: Celebrating Health, Wellness, & Resiliency

• URL for the Event:  https://ashq.eventsair.com/2022nova42ndannualmeeting

• Location (Address, City, State, Zip):  Harrah’s New Orleans, 228 Poydras St., New Orleans, LA 70130

• Start Date of Training: 10/19/22

• End Date of Training:  10/20/22

• Sponsor/Vendor of Training:  Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs

• Billing Address: 1120 NJ-73, Suite 200, Mt. Laurel, NJ, 08054

• Email of Sponsor/Vendor:  nova@vanurse.org

• Phone Number of Vendor:  703-444-5587

• Total Tuition/Registration Fees: 

  • RN or APRN: $500 

  • LPN, Nurse Emeritus, Non-licensed Student: $240 

  • Non-Member. $600 

• Type of Conference: The NOVA Annual Meeting is a professional meeting and an elective conference that is useful for professional development and skills enhancement.  It provides Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) contact hours.

Training Justification

Here is some information that you can use for training justification. 

My objectives for attending the course:

• Improve ability to accomplish mission and carry out daily operations to assist veterans

• Find innovative ideas to implement to improve veteran healthcare

• Learn latest information and best practices regarding VA healthcare

• Experience knowledge sharing with like-minded professionals regarding VA healthcare

• Participate in in-depth discussions around VA healthcare

• Network with dedicated experts regarding VA healthcare

• Receive education and professional development (receive Nursing Continuing Professional Development Contact Hours) regarding VA healthcare

How the program will improve my competency/how I will apply it to my job:

This program will improve my competency because I will receive information on resources to support shared governance for VA nurses. I will be able to identify methods for VA nurses to mitigate nurse burnout by managing stress and self-care. I will be able to describe methods for VA nurses to find resiliency. I will be able to provide a positive impact on patient care by describing treatment options supporting sobriety for veterans experiencing opioid crises. I will be able to provide a positive impact on patient care by describing a comprehensive approach to identify veterans at risk for suicide and identify treatment plans for those veterans.

I will be able to summarize changes in the promotion process for VA nurses, including the role of the Nurse Professional Standards Board. I will demonstrate the process of facilitating the development of an evidence-based culture. I will be able to provide a positive impact on patient care by facilitating the development of an evidence-based culture. I will be able to describe practices to increase VA nurse satisfaction in today's workplace. I will be able to provide a positive impact on patient care by identifying ways that I can work with members of Veterans Service Organizations to strengthen partnerships to work together on behalf of veterans.

How I will share knowledge gained:

I will share the knowledge I have gained by presenting an in-service for my peers, or by sharing information during informal discussions with my peers, or by developing a poster for my peers, or by providing information for a newsletter. I will implement at least one new idea that I learned at this conference in my work setting.

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