Legislative & Health Policy Conference To Explore Current Events, Issues and Policies Impacting Today’s Nurse

As healthcare policy and legislation continue to change rapidly, nurses throughout Ohio will benefit from Cleveland Clinic’s progressive Nursing Legislative & Health Policy Conference.

In its second year, this educational and informative conference offers nurses added perspective on key issues and policies that are affecting patients and care delivery. Scheduled for Sept. 29, 2017, the conference is an all-day event with the morning hours highlighting current events and the afternoon hours focusing on how nurses can take action to positively impact and shape future policy.

“As a patient’s number one advocate, nurses are uniquely positioned to influence healthcare policy and legislation of key issues that affect bedside care and the professional practice of nursing,” says Meredith Lahl Foxx, MSN, PCNS-BC, PPCNP-BC, CPON, Associate Chief Nursing Officer of Advanced Practice Nursing and Executive Sponsor of Cleveland Clinic’s Nursing Legislative Council. “Nurses in any facet of the nursing profession – from the bedside to the boardroom – are encouraged and needed to have a voice in legislation to help improve access, affordability and quality of care.”

Enhance understanding, influence action

Broken out into two primary themes – ‘current events’ and ‘taking action’ – this exciting day will feature numerous presentations, guest speakers and educational sessions designed to inform nurses of issues and policies that are currently impacting care delivery, while guiding caregivers in a way that maximizes their ability to influence change.

The conference will open with an intriguing presentation on Ohio’s 2017 Health Value Dashboard by Amy Rohling McGee, President of the Health Policy Institute of Ohio. The sessions that follow will highlight current events, such as:

• Ohio’s Opioid Crisis
• Infant Mortality in Ohio
• Ohio’s ‘Big Three’ Chronic Diseases

From 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., conference content will encourage nurses to take action in local, regional and national health policy, through sessions like:

• Nurse Participation on Legislative and Policy Boards
• Personal Experiences from Serving on Boards
• Strategies for Communicating with Legislative Representatives

The day will conclude with a session by Nancy Fellows, member of the Ohio Board of Nursing and past Willoughby Hills Council President.

Don’t miss this unique event, register today

“Conference participants will walk away from this experience with a deeper understanding of how health policy impacts nursing as well as how to become more involved in shaping the future of healthcare,” Foxx adds.

The Nursing Legislative & Health Policy Conference will be held on Sept. 29, 2017, in Building 4 of the Cleveland Clinic Administrative Campus in Beachwood, Ohio.

The day will open with registration and a continental breakfast at 7 a.m. EST. Welcome remarks are slated to begin at 8 a.m. EST, and the conference will conclude at 3 p.m. EST. Lunch will also be served. Don’t miss out – register today!