NE Nurses Day at the Legislature (On-Demand)

Description

The 2023 Nebraska Nurses Day at the Legislature will be a virtual, on-demand program this year. Nurses and student nurses are invited to join their colleagues in online learning about nursing’s role in behavioral health, energizing your involvement in policy setting, challenges with the upcoming legislative session, and legislative updates.

On-Demand Educational Sessions: Educational content will be provided on-demand from February 23-March 31 for everyone registered.

Capitol Experience: Licensed, practicing RNs/APRNs also have the option to participate in a live, in-person experience at the Capitol on February 23 from 9am – 4pm. Participation in the Capitol Experience on February 23 is limited to the first 100 RNs/APRNs. 

On-Demand Sessions 

• Enhancing Your Voice Via Political Advocacy – Jason Richie
• Taking and Planning Advocacy Action – Holly A. Chandler EdD, CRNA & Tiffany Wenande, MSN, CRNA 
• Panel Presentation – Voices from Isolation: Bedside Nurses Advocating at the Capitol – Lacie Ferguson, BSN, RN, Jennifer Ferris, MAEd, BSN, RN, Nikki Hanson, BSN, RN, and Linda Stones (Moderator) 
• Nebraska Legislative Update 2023 – Don Wesely, BS & Barbara Petersen, APRN, MSN, RN, CPHQ 

Registration Fees 

• RNs: $75.00 
• APRNs: $75.00 
• Pre-Licensure Student: $30.00 

The on-demand site will open to those registered on February 23 and the content will be available through March 31, allowing registrants 30+ days to view the educational sessions. 

A link to access the on-demand activity will be emailed to all pre-registered individuals the week of February 20, so you can view the presentations at your convenience, anytime, anywhere. 

RNs/APRNs registering for the Capitol Experience on February 23 will receive instructions on how to prepare for the day the week of February 20. 

Registration Process 

We offer two ways to register – 1) as an individual and 2) as a group or school. 

The deadline to register is February 17, 2023. No registrations accepted after February 17, 2023. 

Individual Registration
Individuals seeking to participate and register on their own, not with a school or group, may register online.

Interested in being an individual sponsor of the 2023 NE Nurses Day at the Legislature?
For an additional $25, you can support the event and be recognized as an individual sponsor on the website for our on-demand participants to view. If interested, add this recognition to your registration before submitting! 

Group & School Registration
Schools of nursing and specialty groups seeking to register as a group have two registration options. Groups of 20 people or less may register online. Groups of 20 or more must register using the Group Registration Form and corresponding Group Payment Form below. Online registration is not an option. See instructions below: 

Smaller Groups of 20 or less
Smaller groups may register online by clicking the Register Now button, or complete and submit the Group Registration List and corresponding Group Payment Form (forms below) to our office for processing. Register groups of 20 or less online at: https://cvent.me/bRlOZb 

Larger Groups of 20 or more
Please complete the Group Registration List and corresponding Group Payment Form below. Both forms are required. The Group Payment Form will ask you to identify the total number of students versus faculty participating along with payment information, and the Group Registration List will ask you to identify each individual in your group by first and last name, address, email address, type of registrant (RN/APRN, Faculty/Non Faculty, Student), and Legislative District. For those registering licensed, practicing RNs/APRNs, please also indicate if the individual plans to participate in the live, in-person Capitol Experience on February 23. Please submit both forms to our office for processing. We will communicate details about registration and the event to the individual identified as the faculty/group liaison on the forms. 

Group Registration List – please remember as you complete this list that the Capitol Experience on February 23 is limited to the first 100 licensed, practicing RNs/APRNs to register 

Group Payment Form 

REMINDER: It is important that payment be in the form of ONE check (no individual student payments please), money order, or ONE credit card covering all attendees from the group/school. 

Sponsorship 

The Nebraska Nurses Association would like to invite you to sponsor the 2023 NE Nurses Day at the Legislature, provided as a virtual, on-demand program this year. 

Who will be in Attendance?
We anticipate around 500 registrants in this year’s virtual event*. Approximately 60% will be student nurses, representing Schools of Nursing and Hospitals across Nebraska, and 40% experienced, registered nurses from a variety of settings. We hope you will choose to support our event! *Attendance numbers are estimates, not guarantees, are based on attendance trends from past events and are subject to change. 

Sponsorship Opportunities – Please select one or more of the sponsorship opportunities below: 

• Pre-Recorded Video/Audio Ad – $1,000.00 (space is limited; placement provided on a first-come basis) Sponsors pre-record a 3-5-minute video and/or audio advertisement introducing their company to event participants and submit to the MSD office as an MP4 file, along with a high-resolution company logo. The video/audio file received will be linked to the sponsor’s logo and posted to the on-demand site home/landing page for learners to access (space is limited). 
• Banner Ad – $500.00 (placement provided on a first-come basis) Sponsors create a 295-pixel (width) x 350-pixel (height) graphic/image advertisement to display at the top of a dedicated ‘SPONSOR’ page of the on-demand site, which will be linked to the company website for learners to view as they access the pre-recorded session presentations. The company name and web address provided in the registration details above will be used when displaying companies on the page. 
• Virtual Sponsor Page Listing – $200.00 Sponsor company names displayed in alphabetical order on a dedicated ‘SPONSOR’ page of the on-demand site. Registrants will be encouraged to visit the page and click on the company names to learn more about each company supporting the event. The company name and web address provided in the registration details above will be used when displaying companies on the page.

Interested in being an individual sponsor of the 2023 NE Nurses Day at the Legislature?
For an additional $25, you can support the event and be recognized as an individual sponsor on the website for our on-demand participants to view. If interested, add this recognition to your registration before submitting! 

A list of event participants opting in to receiving emails from our sponsors will also be provided to all supporters. 

Sponsors REGISTER ONLINE NOW or click here to download the sponsor form and register by email 

Sponsor Registration Deadline – February 1, 2023 

Video/Audio Ads with Sponsor Logos & Banner/Ads due February 1, 2023 

Refund/Cancellation Policy – Sponsor fees, less a $100.00 enrollment processing fee, will be refunded to exhibitors who cannot attend and notify the Nebraska Nurses Association/Midwest MSD office in writing of the cancellation before February 3, 2023. No refunds will be made after February 3, 2023. 

Disclosures

• Successful Completion – Participants must register, view each of the presentation recordings available on-demand, and complete the online evaluation to receive a certificate of completion.
• Contact Hours – Participants meeting the successful completion requirements will receive 3.0 contact hours. Contact hours will only be available to those who view the presentations before March 31, 2023 and complete the online evaluation by April 14, 2023.
• Relevant Financial Relationships – This educational activity does not include any content that relates to the products or services of an ineligible company/organization, which would require identification and mitigation.

Accreditation

3.0 contact hours will be available to those participants who meet the successful completion requirements. 

The Midwest Multistate Division is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 

Questions? Please contact Sara Fry at (573) 636-4623 x102 or sara@midwestnurses.org with any questions.