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Tennessee Nursing Institute for Leadership and Policy Webinars

Lafayette, TN
The Macon County Advanced Practice Network

Here is your opportunity to participate in a free webinar series that will help prepare you as we move the profession forward.

  • Each webinar (30 minute presentation and 15 minute questions and answers) is a standalone presentation, but together the six sessions comprise a comprehensive whole.
  • 0.75 CEUs will be awarded for each session. There is no charge to participants thanks to the generous support of the Tennessee Nurses Foundation.
  • Each session will be offered first as a live session the first Tuesday of the month beginning November 5, 2013 through March 4, 2014 with the final offering in May 2014 (in conjunction with Nurses Week). The schedule is below. All webinars will take place at 3pm Eastern, 2pm Central time. Sign up now.
November 5, 2013
  • Future of Nursing: Blueprint for Change
December 3, 2013
  • Nurse Advocacy and Change
January 7, 2014
  • Policymaking in Tennessee: A Primer for Nurses
February 4, 2014
  • APRN Full Practice Authority: A State Perspective
March 4, 2014
  • Communications and Relationship-Building with State Legislators and Other Policymakers
May 2014 (TBD)
  • Nurse Engagement: Perspectives from Tennessee Nurses

For more information about the webinars and to register for a live webinar or connect to an archived webinar

Nurses must see policy as something they can shape rather than something that happens to them.

Carole R. Myers, PhD, RN

Associate Professor-College of Nursing
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
1200 Volunteer Blvd.
Knoxville, TN 37996
cell phone: 865-414-7218
office phone: 865-974-7626
fax: 865-974-3569