Who Should Attend?
- NICU Directors, Managers, Supervisors, and members of their leadership teams
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Supervisors
- Executive Directors of Women’s Services
Learn from leadership experts who map out clear strategies for success
Network with a community of like-minded leadership professionals to share best practices and challenges
Stay at the forefront of industry trends, products and services
WHAT OUR NURSE LEADERS
COVID-19 Policy
At Synova, we believe in the importance of science, leaders leading by example, and maximizing the health and safety of our participants who will return home to families, colleagues, and the babies and families they serve. For more information on our Health and Safety plan, see the COVID-19 Health and Safety Information page.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The great Nelson Mandela once said, “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” The NICU environment requires strong nurse leaders to be vigilant on patient safety, staff safety and the overall well-being of those on their teams. Choosing to lead fearlessly allows nurse leaders to return to an intentional leadership approach, conquering fear that can hold them back.
At the 2023 NICU Leadership Forum, we will:
Are you interested in submitting an abstract for a 60 or 20 minute speaking spot, or poster?
Call for Abstracts for the 2023 NICU Leadership Forum is closed.
2023 NICU LEADERSHIP FORUM
Tadele (Tad) Adugnaw Worku is a Family Nurse Practitioner, an educator, a musician, and most recently, a mission coach in the Inland Empire, lending his efforts to supporting clinician well-being for providers in the inland empire region of Southern California. Worku, at his core, is committed to purpose and serving those around him.
Worku is a Daisy award winner, the Vanderbilt outstanding student of the year, the Loma Linda University Health Nurse of the Year, the Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital Child Life Hero’s award, and more. Worku describes every recognition as a blessing and affirmation that he is doing purposeful work.
In 2012, Tad was set to embark on an international tour and release his debut pop album which he received funding for from a grant. Instead, Tad chose to cancel his tour, return his funding, and step away from music completely in search of the deeper calling that he had not yet found. Despite the benefits of performing, Worku said without a connection to purpose, he did not feel at peace. More than a decade later, Worku describes this decision as the best he’s ever made.
Worku spent six years working for a level one trauma center in Southern California, released a new album that captured his experiences as a healthcare provider, and toured the world, sharing his music and story with thousands of people.
Creating Psychological Safety at Work
RaDonda Vaught: Lessons Learned from the Criminal Case Against a Nurse
Exploring the Future of Nurse Leadership
‘We’ Always Wins in the ‘Us versus Them’ Competition
Reducing Nurse Leader Burden: A Data-Driven Approach Using Lean Methodology
Reducing Nurse Leader Burden: A Data-Driven Approach Using Lean Methodology
Featured Panel: Fatigue to Fearless: Nurse Leaders’ Journey to Wellbeing
Featured Panel: Fatigue to Fearless: Nurse Leaders’ Journey to Wellbeing
Featured Panel: Fatigue to Fearless: Nurse Leaders’ Journey to Wellbeing
Featured Panel: Fatigue to Fearless: Nurse Leaders’ Journey to Wellbeing
2023 NICU LEADERSHIP FORUM
In today’s ever-changing healthcare landscape, leaders are tasked with setting an environment with an emphasis on quality and safety. Quality improvement is dependent upon strong multidisciplinary relationships as well as engaging frontline staff in a shared mental model and accountability to patient safety. In this preconference, we will review the foundations of quality and safety, how to display metrics in a meaningful way for all team members as well as how to choose the improvement initiative to focus on. We will also assess your current culture of safety and review how to apply systems thinking and utilize tools to identify meaningful solutions through case studies.
Pattie Bondurant, DNP, RN, Chief Transformation and Quality Officer, Transform Healthcare Consulting LLC
Samantha Alessi, MSN, RNC-NIC, CLC, ACCNS-N, Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone
$175 USD
Knowing how to create a budget to maximize your staffing and unit’s needs is an essential skill for all nurse leaders. In this half day preconference, we will delve into updates on nursing economics, staffing, line-by-line budget explanation, and strategies to make the case to senior leadership to get what you need. Case studies, breakout discussions and role play activities will hone your skills to advocate for funding and provide new strategies to improve the management of your unit.
$175 USD
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Take a look at our NICU Leadership Forum brochure for an overview of the 2023 NICU Leadership Forum Event.
Our agenda is ever expanding. Take a look to see what we’ll be talking about at this year’s event.
2023 NICU LEADERSHIP FORUM
$799 USD Early Bird Registration (Ending December 9th, 2022)
$899 USD Regular Registration
$949 USD Late Registration (After February 10th, 2023, If Available)
Quality & Safety: A Workshop to Design and Execute Your QI Projects (Half Day PM) – $175
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Synova will be granting tuition scholarship for NICU nurse leaders to attend the 2023 NICU Leadership Forum. Scholarship application deadline is November 15th. Notifications will begin in early December. If accepted, you commit to attend the event.
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2023 NICU LEADERSHIP FORUM