ALSN Live Webinar: Nurse Leaders’ Experiences During COVID

Nurse Leaders’ Experiences During COVID

DATE & TIME

Tuesday, June 14, 1pm Eastern
(Duration: 1 hour)

DESCRIPTION

Even before the COVID-19 outbreak, at least one out of every ten nurses worldwide was suffering from high burnout, contributing to high turnover rates. The stress of struggling to maintain nurse staffing and reduce turnover consequently may contribute to burnout and turnover among nurse leaders. The pandemic has compounded these stressors for nurse leaders, e.g., managing staff shortages, reassigning nurses to cover COVID-19 units, limited bed capacity, high patient acuities, shortage of personal protective equipment - all while supporting their staff nurses. This presentation will review research that explores COVID-related stressors, work environment, burnout, turnover intention, and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

LEARNER OBJECTIVES

1. Identify the presence of COVID-related stressors, burnout, turnover intention, and resilience among nurse leaders in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis in Birmingham hospitals.
   
2. Review strategies that nurse leaders have used during this pandemic to maintain resiliency.
   
3. Describe how work environment impacts burnout, turnover intention, and resilience among nurse leaders.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Nurse leaders who are experiencing the difficulties and/or challenges in their workplace during COVID-19.
• This webinar is also appropriate for providers and/or providers-in-training from diverse healthcare professions including physicians, nurses, dentists, physician assistants, pharmacists, and program administrators. 

PRESENTER

Aoyjai P. Montgomery, PhD, BSN
Post-doctoral Fellow
School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department: Office of Research and Scholarship
Birmingham, Alabama

Patricia A. Patrician, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Rachel Z. Booth Endowed Chair in Nursing
School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham

PRESENTER BIO(s)

Dr. Montgomery received a BSN from Thamasart University, in Thailand. She worked as a pediatric nurse for Thamasart University Hospital in Thailand for 4 years and came to the U.S. to pursue her PhD. She received her PhD from School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in 2019 and was offered a post-doctoral fellow position at School of Nursing, UAB. Dr. Montgomery studies focus on nurses’ burnout, well-being and health, practice environment as well as patient safety and patient outcomes. Her work also involves how shift work, burnout, sleep, and circadian misalignment in nurses impacts patient and nurse safety. She is an expert on data analysis and interpretation, as well as data visualizations. She is a statistician consultant for DNP and PhD projects as well as being a data analyst for many research projects and teams.

Dr. Patrician joined the UAB faculty in August 2008 after having served 26 years in the US Army Nurse Corps, where she held clinical, administrative, educational, and research positions. Prior to military retirement as a Colonel, she was the Chief, Department of Nursing Science, Academy of Health Sciences, Ft. Sam Houston, TX. At UAB, she teaches and mentors students in the PhD and the Executive Doctorate of Nursing Practice Programs. She conducts research on the nursing workforce and nursing’s contributions to patient safety and quality outcomes. Dr. Patrician is Co-Director of the VA Quality Scholars (VAQS) fellowship program at the Birmingham, AL site and mentors post-doctoral nurses, physicians, and pharmacists in quality improvement and improvement science activities. She also co-directs the Deep South Quality and Safety Regional Collaborative at UAB School of Nursing.

NURSING CEs

• This course has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider #CEP16785, for a maximum of 1.00 Nursing Contact Hour. The licensee must retain this document for a period of four (4) years after the course concludes.
  
• All participants will receive their certificate of attendance with CE after completion of the webinar survey. An archive will be available if you are unable to participate in the live webinar. CE may be requested after viewing the recorded session.

CANCELLATION POLICY

No refunds due to cancellation. An archive will be available if you are unable to participate in the live webinar.