In these challenging times, collaboration and competency assessment surface as the underwriters of emerging trends in nurse education. Our country is evaluating Health Care Reform that will move us hopefully into better alignment with patient centered care. The nursing shortage is still very real and our task as nurse educators is to look at ways to develop programs that produce expert practice nurses at all levels and in most cases with shrinking budgets. Weaving technology into our curriculums offers consistency and improved outcomes, but is costly. Collaboration and communication are the skills that can take us to the level of continued best practice in these changing times. Join us in the sun of San Diego for a tune up and opportunity to meet colleagues from across the nation that are working with similar challenges and find innovative solutions that may work within your own institution.

Highlights of this program:

• 4 half-day Preconferences designed to give you a concentrated session on one or more areas of your practice: Legal Issues, Teaching Strategies, Simulation, and Virtual Experiences.
  
  
• Comprehensive training on selected Evolve products from Elsevier.
  
  
• Poster presentations and exhibits of teaching tools that help promote quality and efficiency in nurse education.
  
  
• A Welcome Reception for networking with poster presenters and exhibitors.
  
  
• Ability to design the program to fit your needs by selecting from 5 workshops during each time frame on Tuesday.

Partners In Education

Elsevier (Mosby, W.B. Saunders, and Churchill Livingstone) and Contemporary Forums are proud to provide nurse educators with the outstanding tools they have relied on for years. We continually strive to meet the needs of today’s health care professionals and remain at the forefront of nursing education. Faculty Development Institute 2010 reflects our constant commitment to being your preferred information source for all of your nursing education needs.