HPAE 2019 Professional Issues Conference: Bringing Our Professional Values into the Transformation of Health Care

Participants will gain a dynamic mix of knowledge to enhance patient advocacy ranging from professional and personal development to strengthening our union’s mobilization, bargaining and political education.

You can register here.

8:00 – 9:00 am

Registration & Breakfast

9:00 – 10:30 am

Opening Reamrks: Deb White, President HPAE

• Healthcare Panel; 1.25 Contact Hours Awarded

HPAE 2019 PIC Workshop Options

A description of each workshop can be found here.

Morning 10:30 – 11:45 am

1. Responding to Workplace Bullying
2. 1.25 Contact Hours Awarded; Limit 45
3. Confrontation and Conflict Resolution
4. 1.25 Contact Hours Awarded; Limit 45
5. Just Culture: Balanced Accountability and Patient Safety
6. 1.25 Contact Hours Awarded; Limit 45
7. Implicit Bias: The Impact on Healthcare
8. 1.25 Contact Hours Awarded; Limit 30

Afternoon 

1:00 – 3:30 pm (2.5 hour worksops, you must attend both if you signup)

1. Preventing Workplace Violence in Healthcare and Social Service
2. 2.5 Contact Hours Awarded; Room: Limit 45
3. Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction
4. 2.5 Contact Hours Awarded; Limit 30

1:00 – 2:15 pm

1. Building Communication Skills using Social Media
2. 1.25 Contact Hours Awarded; Limit 45
3. Best Practices in Bargaining for Patient safety and Professional Values
4. 1.25 Contact Hours Awarded; Limit 45

2:15 – 3:30 pm

1. Member Engagement for Patient Care and Safety
2. 1.25 Contact Hours Awarded; Limit 45
3. Strategies for Compliance to the NLRA:  Avoiding the Legal Pitfalls of Union Representation
4. 1.25 Contact Hours Awarded; Limit 45

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Closing Reception & guest speaker.

The speakers have nothing to disclose; there are no conflicts of interest, sponsorship, or financial/commercial support being supplied for these activities. Workshops are based on best practices that acknowledge and respect the needs of victims from diverse populations.

 Health Professionals and Allied Employees is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission On Accreditation. Provider Number P94-1/18-21.