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neonatal nursing community</h2> <p>Throughout the year, NANN will be hosting different events to help you focus on self-care while connecting, networking, and growing with your fellow nurses from all over the world.&nbsp;These virtual events are free to all neonatal nurses and APRNs, including those who aren't NANN members. <strong>Stream past recordings on iLearn with our without a NANN membership. Log in with a NANN account or create one easily to use <a href="https://nann.mycrowdwisdom.com/cw" target="_blank">iLearn</a> today!</strong></p> <p>NANN is grateful to Chiesi USA, Inc. for their generous support of NANN Connections.</p> <h3>Thursday, November 3 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm CT: Everything Student Nurses Need to Know</h3> <p>This Connections event invites current nursing students to learn about careers in neonatal nursing from a panel of seasoned neonatal nurses in different neonatal nursing roles - from beside to management to advanced practice - about getting started in the NICU, early career survival skills, and advice for making the most of early neonatal nursing career experiences. <a href="https://nann.mycrowdwisdom.com/cw/course-details?entryId=11010724" target="_blank">Register for Everything Student Nurses Need to Know on iLearn today!</a></p> <h3>October 2022 NANN Connections - Conference Encore Presentation: Lessons Learned from the RaDonda Vaught Case</h3> <p>Elizabeth Rudolph, JD, MSN, RN, PLNC will provide a presentation on the impact and application of the RaDonda Vaught case to nursing practice. Topics discussed include the timeline of facts, reactions to the outcome, analysis and application to clinical nursing practice, use of error policies and procedures, the investigation in medical error matters, potential civil and/or criminal lawsuits, and conclusion along with references. The Vaught case will be carefully dissected so nurse attendees will be able to utilize key takeaways in their nursing practice. <a href="https://nann.mycrowdwisdom.com/cw/course-details?entryId=11010108" target="_blank">Stream Lessons Learned from the RaDonda Vaught Case on iLearn through October 17, 2025</a>.&nbsp;</p> <h3><strong>Thursday, August 11 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm CT: NICU Survival Skills</strong></h3> <p>Terry S. Johnson, APN NNP-BC ASPPS MN presents on the impact of daily stressors experienced by NICU staff. Terry was the keynote speaker at the 2019 Annual Conference and is currently the Director of Education and Professional Development at Prolacta Bioscience. <a href="https://nann.mycrowdwisdom.com/cw/course-details?entryId=10843807" target="_blank">Stream NICU Survival Skills on iLearn today!</a></p> <h3>Thursday, June 23 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm CDT: Crucial Conversations in the NICU&nbsp;</h3> <p>Join NANN鈥檚 Membership Committee on Thursday, June 23 at 6:00pm for NANN Connections: Crucial Conversations in the NICU. A panel of neonatal nurses will share tools from <em>Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High</em>&nbsp;by Joseph Grenny for mastering difficult conversations, regardless of the topic or person. NANN Connections events are free for all neonatal nurses and APRNs. Invite your peers for a night focused on nursing self-care!</p> <h3>Thursday, April 14 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm CDT: Babies and Bioethics</h3> <p>Explore ethics in the NICU at NANN Connections! Dr. Kristen Coggin, neonatologist and the NICU medical director at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina, explained the history of medical ethical issues and how neonatal nurses and APRNs can manage ethical issues in the NICU.</p> <h3>Thursday, February 10 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm CDT: Choosing Wellness: Create your Own Weather in Stormy Times</h3> <p>We are living in highly uncertain times and neonatal nurses have been on the front lines of the global pandemic. A nurse practitioner wellness expert will present ideas on how to practice self-leadership, combat nurse fatigue, and form habits that serve us and practice extreme self-care, no matter your circumstances. Join us for this lively, supportive discussion to explore strategies to preserve your sanity in this unprecedented time.&nbsp;Dr. Eileen O鈥橤rady is a certified Nurse Practitioner and Wellness Coach. She uses an evidence-based approach with individuals and groups to reverse or entirely prevent disease.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Thursdsay, November 11 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm CDT: Everything Student Nurses Need to Know about Neonatal Nursing</h3> <p>NANN's Membership Committee hosted this NANN Connections event for nursing students. NANN Connections: Everything Student Nurses Need to Know about Neonatal Nursing invited current nursing students to learn about careers in neonatal nursing. They heard from a panel of seasoned neonatal nurses about their experience in the NICU and the steps they took to become neonatal nurses.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Thursday, October 14th from 6:00 - 7:00 pm CDT: Bullying in the NICU Part 2</h3> <p>In June 2021, the Membership Committee hosted NANN Connections: Bulling in the NICU Part 1. This event was a conversation cicle focused on incivility in the NICU, based on Maggie Ciocco's book,&nbsp;<em>Fast Facts on Combating Nurse Bullying, Incivility and Workplace Violence.&nbsp;</em>Attendees were so engaged in discussion that we ran out of time to cover all of the topics! So, we held a part 2 to continue the important conversation on workplace bullying. Attendees shared their experiences with nurse bullying and provided guidance to one another on how to manage workplace incivility.</p> <p><a href="https://healthyworkforceinstitute.com/">Healthy Workforce Institute</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Thursday, August 12th from 6:00 - 7:00 pm CDT: Dealing with Loss</h3> <p>Dr. Christine "Chris" Fortney is an assistant professor in the Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women, Children, and Youth at The Ohio State University College of Nursing. As a nurse scientist, Dr. Fortney has built a program of research based on the study of the experiences of critically-ill infants in the NICU and their families. She has highlighted challenges to the identification and management of symptoms in critically-ill infants in the NICU, developed a framework to evaluate the quality of neonatal death, and published the first manuscript to illuminate parent-reported symptom data in this population. Dr. Fortney has also had an ongoing interest in nurse distress, as well as grief and loss in the NICU. Her presentation focuses on dealing with grief and loss in the NICU and beyond; recognizing compassion fatigue, and taking steps toward developing resiliency.</p> <p> <div class="moduletable"> <div class="custom" > <iframe width="900" height="506" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pf_OsdBTpOg" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> </div> </p> <h3>Thursday, June 3rd from 6:00 - 7:00 pm CDT: Bullying in the NICU</h3> <p>NANN Connections: Bullying in the NICU featured a round-table discussion on bullying and incivility in the NICU. We had such an engaged discussion that we will be hosting a part 2 for this NANN Connections. Be on the lookout for event details!&nbsp;</p> <p> <div class="moduletable"> <div class="custom" > <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dZZVu3vEbsU" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> </div> </p> <h3>Thursday, April 8th from 6:00 - 7:00 pm CDT: Compassion Fatigue</h3> <p>This virtual event focused on the cost of caring for neonatal nurses and included a Pilates workout and a presentation from NANN Past President Pamela Spivey on the important topic of compassion fatigue.</p> <p> <div class="moduletable"> <div class="custom" > <iframe width="900" height="506" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xZCKjhVFkoA?list=PL01tSZLyBR5cvxzd3N4TkbAsgGDVf0EEC" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> </div> </p> <h3>Thursday, February 4th from 6:00 - 7:30 pm CDT: Caring for the Caregiver&nbsp;</h3> <p>This session focused on self-care for neonatal nurses and included an instructor-led barre workout, stretches and mediation from a physical therapist, and group discussions on the best ways to make self-care a priority.</p> <p> <div class="moduletable"> <div class="custom" > <iframe width="900" height="506" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HGdYACdlB_c?list=PL01tSZLyBR5cvxzd3N4TkbAsgGDVf0EEC" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; 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