"The Florida Center for Nursing Presents: Strategies to Combat Florida's Nursing Shortage" is a webinar series designed to explore innovative strategies and practical solutions to address the ongoing nursing shortage in Florida. Our expert speakers will delve into critical issues, share success stories, and provide actionable steps to enhance nursing recruitment, retention, and professional development across the state.
Previous Webinars
"The Role of Preceptors in Nursing Education"
Friday, December 20, Online Asynchronous
This webinar, "The Role of Preceptors in Nursing Education," features, Rayna Letourneau, PhD, RN, Executive Director at Florida Center for Nursing, Mary Harper, PhD, RN, NPDA-BC, FAAN, Director of Research & Inquiry at Association for Nursing Professional Development, and Solimar Figueroa, PhD, MSN, MHA, RN, CPP, Preceptor Specialist at Baptist Health South Florida
The webinar will focus on key topics like:
"Facilitating Transition to Practice"
Tuesday, November 12 at 10am ET
"Facilitating Transition to Practice," featured Rayna Letourneau, PhD, RN, Executive Director at Florida Center for Nursing, Leah Robinson, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, Advanced Specialty Program Coordinator at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, and Kendra Siler, PhD, CEO at CommHIT . The event focused on key topics like:
"Partnerships to Promote Student Success"
The Florida Center for Nursing is committed to listening to nurses, educators, consumers, business and industry partners, lawmakers, and other health care providers about the issues impacting the nursing workforce and state of health care in Florida.
The Florida Center for Nursing Community Engagement Tour is a series of regional workshops that allow the community to:
Dates and locations of the previous Florida Center for Nursing Community Engagement Tour events are listed below. All Community Engagement Tour events were hybrid offering both in-person and virtual attendance options. We hope you were able to attend one of the regional workshops!
Past Community Engagement Tour Events
Presented by the Florida Center for Nursing, Frontline Nursing is a podcast that recognizes the impact nurses have on our lives and our communities. Throughout this series, FCN Executive Director, Rayna Letourneau, PhD, RN, will talk with those on the frontlines of health care to hear about the issues impacting the nursing workforce, insights from their personal journeys, and what inspires them. Find the full catalog of Frontline Nursing episodes here.
The Florida Center for Nursing is proud to support the Great American Teach-In and school career days. FCN believes nurse participation can make a significant impact and offered resources to assist Florida nurses with their presentations.
The Great American Teach-In (GATI) is an annual event that takes place in November. At this event, professionals, parents, and community members visit K-12 schools to share information about their career, lead an activity, read a story, and more.
In-school presentations are an excellent opportunity to inspire future nurses, providing students with a deeper understanding of the nursing profession and highlighting the vital role nurses play.
This program, initiated by the Florida Center for Nursing (FCN), is a strategic educational venture designed to unravel the intricacies of the nursing faculty role for those aspiring to pursue this vital career path. The program, running from May 2023 to May 2025, encompasses many outreach strategies, learning objectives, and accreditation processes in adherence to Florida Statute 464.0195. The purpose of this continuing education program is to explore the role of nursing faculty for nurses that may be interested in this important career path.
In line with Florida statute 464.0195, the program ambitiously targets goals such as developing recommendations to increase nurse faculty and clinical preceptors, supporting nurse faculty development, promoting advanced nurse education, and piloting innovative projects to bolster the recruitment, development, and retention of qualified nurse faculty and clinical preceptors.
This activity is free to all nurses licensed to practice in the State of Florida! It's an online and asynchronous program so you can participate whenever and wherever you want. To register, click the image or button below or visit flcntr.org/nursefaculty.
The Florida Center for Nursing has piloted the Prelicensure Professional Networking Program to address transition shock. This program provides students with a platform for networking and promotes active engagement and a sense of community among students. Immersive experiences can enhance student understanding of complex healthcare organizations. The PPNP offers prelicensure students the opportunity to gain knowledge, confidence, and collaborative skills to navigate and excel within the healthcare system.