The convention will continue until Wednesday, June 28, with over 80 continuing education opportunities for nurses. Pre-convention activities were held on Friday, June 23, giving participants the opportunity to attend media training, grant writing and data collection workshops. Tipper Gore Addresses ANA Convention Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore, will participate in the ANA Convention on Sunday, June 25.
Nurses are the core of the health care system.
It is nurses that provide the care and the human touch in patient care. The role that nurses play is vital and ever-changing whether the nurse is at the beside, managing a facility, researching issues, or preparing tomorrow's nurses in the class room. ANA Past-President Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN, and President of the International Council of Nurses Kirsten Stallknecht, RN, will share their views and stories from a national and international perspective. Medical error experts Lucien Leape, MD, MPH, and David Keepnews, JD, MPH, RN, will look at how system failures contribute to the harm caused by potential or actual errors. Learn how to promote a blame-free environment in which practitioners feel free to report errors, including their own.