Date Nov 03, 2022
Time 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
Topics: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, AACN Local Engagement
Webinar Summary
Join nurse colleagues from across the country for our quarterly virtual check-in to discuss the current state of nursing. As AACN advocates for solutions to improve working conditions for our community, we want to hear directly how you are feeling, answer your questions and understand what you are experiencing.
AACN President Amanda Bettencourt and board director Tonka Williams will weigh-in on timely topics and then open up the forum for discussion with participants. We will also provide an update on how AACN is advocating for nurses and healthy work environments.
If you have topical questions for the forum, please email them to info@aacn.org.
Presenters
Amanda Bettencourt, PhD, APRN, CCRN, ACCNS-P
Amanda Bettencourt is an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Health at University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. As an educator, researcher and pediatric clinical nurse specialist, her focus is on achieving the best possible outcomes for acutely and critically ill children.
Tonka M Williams, MHA, MSN, RN, CMSRN
Tonka Williams is nursing director of Medicine and Nursing Nutrition Support at VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia. She oversees the acute/progressive care nursing medicine units, an ambulatory incarcerated medicine clinic and the nursing nutrition support team.