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The New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence is hosting our
Annual Nurse Educators Conference

Date: Thursday, June 8th and Friday, June 9th
Location: CNM Workforce Training Center

5600 Eagle Rock Ave NE

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87113 
Map and directions

This conference is approved for 13.25 Continuing Education Credits

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the

New Mexico Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the

American Nurses Credential Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Cost for the two-day conference is $225.

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Two-Day Conference Schedule

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM | Welcome remarks and orientation to the day, Meggin Lorino Executive Director, NM Center for Nursing Excellence
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM | Keynote: The Future of Nursing 2020-2030, Speaker Winifred V. Quinn, PhD, FAANP(H), FAAN
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM | New Mexico's Nursing Shortage, Speakers Winifred V. Quinn, PhD, FAANP(H), FAAN; Jerry Harrison, PhD; Patricia Maule, MSN, RN-BC
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | The Emerging Nurse Educator Leader, Speakers Teresa León, PhD, RN, ACNS; Cynthia Nuttall, PhD, RN, NE-BC; Veronica (Ronnie) O'Halloran, MSN, RNC CNE; Natasha Trujillo, RN, MSN
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch Served (Included with registration)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Next Generation NCLEX: We Have Liftoff, Speaker Jason A. Schwartz, MS
2:45 PM - 4:15 PM | ACEs Prevention: How We End the Trauma Impacting Children, Students, Families & Communities, Speaker Dominic Capello
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM | NMNEC Update, Speakers Diane Evans-Prior, DNP, RN; Mary Wright, MSN, RN, CNS, CNE
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Networking Reception on the Patio (Conference Attendees) - Courtyard by Marriott Albuquerque, 5151 Journal Center Boulevard, Albuquerque 87109

7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | Continental Breakfast
8:15 AM - 9:45 AM | Helping Students Improve Soft Skills Through Appreciative Inquiry, Speakers Diane Evans-Prior, DNP, RN; Diane Wesner, MSN, RN
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Advocacy for Nursing Education, Speaker Pamela Blackwell, JD
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Workplace Violence in Healthcare, Speakers Dennis Tafoya, BS Justice Administration; Jess Lewis, AAS Fire Science, NMCEM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch Served (Included with registration)
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Nursing in Today's Legal Environment, Speakers Ryan T. Sanders, Butt Thornton & Baehr PC; Joseph Martinez, Deputy Director, Office of the Attorney General; Michelle Varela, Nurse Investigator Office of the Attorney General; Representative from NMBON
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | The Future of Nursing Education, Speakers Sara Daykin, DNP, RN, CPEN, TCRN, Stacey Hopkins, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC Grace Sun DNP, APRN, FNP-BC; Lyz Carreazo Rivera, MSN-Ed, RN, NPD-BC
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM | Evaluation Time