NPO/OCCNS Present:
The Future of Nursing 2020-2030 and the Role of the APRN in Transforming Healthcare
 Join the Nurse Practitioners of Oregon (NPO) and the Oregon Council of Clinical Nurse
Specialists (OCCNS) for a 1-hour special presentation, "The Future of Nursing 2020-2030 and the Role of the APRN in Transforming Healthcare" on Saturday, Oct. 23 at 9 a.m.
Topics
This 1-hour workshop will cover the following topics:
- Overview of status of health inequity in the United States by geography, racial and ethnic diversity and socioeconomic status
- Nurses' expertise in addressing health inequity including educational background, practice environments, professional values
- APRN opportunities to influence social needs and social determinants of health through practice, education, policy advocacy and research
Featured Speaker
Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, FAAN
Visiting Professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing
Former Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration
 Throughout her career, Dr. Mary
Wakefield has focused on applying nursing expertise to health policy. Recognizing the significant contribution that nurses can make through public policy, she worked in senior positions in federal government, including eight years in the United States
Senate as Chief of Staff to North Dakota Senators.
Dr. Wakefield is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and co-chaired the Consensus Study on the Future of Nursing 2020-2030. She was the only nurse appointed to the IOM committee that produced the landmark reports To Err is Human and Crossing
the Quality Chasm. She co-chaired the IOM committee that produced the report Health Professions Education a Bridge to Quality and she chaired the committee that produced the report Quality through Collaboration: Health Care in Rural America.
In her most recent federal work, Dr. Wakefield was asked to serve as interim Counselor to the Secretary of HHS, leading efforts in the spring and early summer of 2021 related to Unaccompanied Children at the US-Mexico border. Prior to this, in 2015, she
was appointed by President Obama to serve in the Deputy Secretary position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, making her the highest-ranking nurse in the government and the first nurse to hold this senior executive position. She
led strategic Department-wide initiatives in key health policy areas, with a particular focus on programs for underserved populations. Additionally, she had management oversight for the Department, which had a $1 trillion budget and 80,000 employees.
She also represented the United States at international meetings on issues ranging from health professions education to ensuring access to quality care.
Earlier, in 2015, Dr. Wakefield served as the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration. As the first nurse serving in this senior HHS executive position, she directed over 80 health programs ranging from organ transplantation
to maternal and child health services. She led major initiatives to strengthen the health care workforce, including nursing, and to increase access to primary care. Federal policymakers and others continue to seek her health policy expertise.
She currently serves as Visiting Professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing.
Dr. Wakefield has served in nursing leadership positions including the boards of Sigma Theta Tau International and the American Academy of Nursing. Her contributions to health care include serving on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and chairing
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s National Advisory Council.
Her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing is from the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota and her Masters and Doctoral degrees in Nursing are from the University of Texas at Austin. Having started her career in high school as a nurse’s aide in
her rural hometown hospital in Devils Lake North Dakota, Dr. Wakefield views nurses’ opportunities to impact health care as unlimited.
Registration and Fees
Registration is open through Oct. 22 at noon.
Fees:
- NPO/ONA/OCCNS members: FREE
- non-members: $35
For OCCNS or ONA members, please click here to register through the ONA website.
Continuing Education
Participants can earn 1.0 nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) contact hours.
To obtain a CE certificate for this NCPD activity, the learner must complete the following criteria:
- Attend the entire online session on October 23, 2021.
- Complete the online evaluation form by no later than November 23, 2021.
Participants who successfully complete the above requirements will receive a CE certificate via email within 2-3 business days after completion. Any participant who has NOT claimed their contact hours by November 23, 2021 will NOT receive a CE certificate.
Oregon Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The presenter and planning committee members declare
no conflicts of interest in the development and implementation of this educational activity. The presenter has attested that they will provide the best available evidence for this content and present information fairly and without bias.
NPO and OCCNS Open Meetings
Attendees of the conference are also invited to attend the NPO and
OCCNS membership meetings directly following the presentation for a
chance to learn about the organizations, what they are working on and
how you can get involved to shape the future of
our practice. These meetings are also a great opportunity to meet and talk with your colleagues from around the state!
All attendees are invited to attend, membership is NOT required. Meeting times:
- NPO Meeting: 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- OCCNS Meeting: 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Meeting agendas and details will be provided closer to the event.
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