CCNW 44th Annual RN Student Day

KEYNOTE: Creating Your Path in Nursing: Forming Your Professional Identity​

• Define professional identity formation
• Contrast the values that remain central to professional nursing practice with the conflicting values of nursing students
• Explain how a nurse uses the four pillars of professional identity in nursing practice

Held on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at the Aqua Turf Club, Plantsville, CT

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44TH Annual RN Student Day
PROGRAM

Keynote Speaker

Maria Flores-Harris DNP, RN, CNE
Nurse Educator Consultant
KeithRN

KEYNOTE: ​Creating Your Path in Nursing: Forming Your Professional Identity

Dr. Flores-Harris is a registered nurse with experience in clinical, academic, and business settings. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from Clemson University. She remains loyal to her Clemson Tigers! She received her Doctoral degree focusing on Nursing Education Leadership from American Sentinel University. She is a Certified Nurse Educator through the National League for Nursing (NLN).
 
She has served in many roles, including nursing faculty and director roles in practical nursing and registered nursing programs and as a national nurse education consultant. Currently, she is the President and Owner of Academic Partners Consulting, an educational consulting business, and works with KeithRN as their nurse educator consultant.
 
Her areas of interest and expertise are evidence-based teaching strategies, learning science, and academic integrity. She has traveled throughout the United States and overseas, presenting at educational conferences.

AGENDA

8:00 am – 8:50 am
Registration, Exhibitors, Job Fair & Continental Breakfast
 
8:50 am – 9:00 am
Welcome by Tina Loarte-Rodriguez, DNP, RN, CPPS, CPHRM
Executive Director, The CT Center for Nursing Workforce, Inc.
 
9:00 am – 10:15 am
Keynote:  Maria Flores-Harris DNP, RN, CNE
Nurse Educator Consultant, KeithRN
“Creating Your Path in Nursing: Forming Your Professional Identity”

10:15 am – 11:00 am
Break:  Exhibitors & Job Fair

11:00 am – 11:45 am
Graduate Student Panel Presentation and Q&A
 
11:45 am – 12:30 pm
​Break:  Exhibitors & Job Fair

12:30 pm – 1:15 pm
Luncheon
 
1:15 pm – 2:00 pm
Peer Recognition Awards, Raffle & Wrap-Up
 
2:00 pm
Conclusion

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QUESTIONS

Peggy Mallick, CCNW Program Manager
[email protected]
203-691-5013​