Live Events & Conference Calendar
UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS
April 2025
Everybody Works: Healing What Hurts Us All
In partnership with the Consortium for Inclusive Nursing Education in Michigan
April 8 | Film viewing: 12-1:10 pm: Panel Discussion 6:15-7:30 pm FREE and ONLINE
This event explores the collective responsibility of addressing structural and systemic issues that impact health equity. Through a film viewing and panel discussion, participants will engage with experts on strategies to heal and promote justice within communities. Panelists include Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN, FADLN, Professor, University of Washington, Meriam Caboral-Stevens, PhD, RN, CNE, NP, FNYAM, FAAN, Associate Professor, Eastern Michigan University, Stephanie DePetro, BSN, RN, CNOR, Community Health Nurse, Sault Tribe Health Division and Supervisor, Marquette Tribal Health Center, Anna Valdez, PhD, RN, PHN, CEN, CFRN, CNE, FAEN, FAADN, Professor, Sonoma State University and James Bell III, DSW, Chief of Staff & Health Equity Lead, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Target Audience: All are welcome. Participants attending the entire session and completing an in-session pre-assessment question and post session evaluation will receive an electronic contact hour certificate immediately following the event.
CE/CNE: 2.25 contact hours
**Meets content criteria for 2.25 hours of State of Michigan implicit bias continuing education credit for healthcare professionals.
Public health is a team sport: Interdisciplinary practice
In partnership with the Michigan Public Health Association Public Health Nursing Section
Tuesday April 8, 2025 | 9a - 4p
This year's MPHA PHN annual conference will provide participants with strategies for interacting with clients with an interdisciplinary lens to incorporate holistic and team-centered health promotion and disease prevention concepts into their daily practice. Conference sessions will include interprofessional collaboration in public heath including tribal health and the role of Community Health Workers in addressing SDOH in rural northern Michigan. Additional presentations will highlight challenges for collaboration in a health education center and partnerships in programs including MDHHS asthma, lead control and air quality programs. Target audience: the program's content is intended to inform public health nurses and all healthcare providers in various settings, disciplines, and contexts. Cost: $50.00 MPHA members; $80.00 non-MPHA members; $10.00 Pre-licensure students. In the spirit of Interdisciplinary Practice, Public Health Nurses may invite a non-nurse PH colleague to accompany him/her at no charge. Registration and information via email at CrystalHepburnRN@gmail.com.
CE/CNE: 5 contact hours
Special Topics Grand Rounds: Introduction to Advance Care Planning - Level Setting
In partnership with the Michigan Center for Rural Health
April 9 | 12-1 pm FREE and ONLINE
This session will improve understanding of advance care planning basics and related laws in Michigan. Amy Bailey, LMSW, Advance Care Planning Specialist, will define the Advance Care Planning (ACP) Process for Michigan, Discuss laws and common vocabulary used in ACP, and connect information learned with case scenarios. Target Audience: Community Health Workers, Nurses, Social Workers. Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 1 contact hour.
CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
Special Topics Grand Rounds: Bias and Obesity
In partnership with the Michigan Center for Rural Health
April 15 | 12-1 pm FREE and ONLINE
This session will provide participants increased knowledge of weight bias and tools to challenge bias in their communities and practices. Joe Nadglowski, President/CEO, Obesity Action Coalition, will define weight bias and stigma and its various forms and types, discuss the consequences of weight bias and its impact on physical, emotional, and social health, and explain actions to stop or minimize weight bias and stigma. Target Audience: Registered Dieticians, Nutritionists, Dietetic Technicians, Social Workers, Community Health Workers, Nurses. Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 1 contact hour.
CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
**Meets criteria for State of Michigan implicit bias continuing education credit
Creating Healthy Environments Through Climate Action
In partnership with Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Psi Chapter, Michigan State University
April 23 | 12-1 pm ONLINE
Now more than ever, nurses have a critical role in promoting understanding of climate change as a health issue, advancing nursing practice to prevent and protect against health threats, and advocating for health protective policies. Come and join speaker Sarah Bucic, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC in dialoguing about the health impacts of climate change. In this 1 hour session, we will outline and explain the relationship between health and environment and the current science on climate change including equity considerations, describe 3 ways that environmental health exposures affect patient and community health, and identify 2 actionable steps that nurses can engage in environmental health advocacy. FREE for Alpha Psi members, $10 for non-members (membership validated at checkout). Register via link below.
CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
**Meets criteria for 1 hour of State of Michigan implicit bias continuing education credit
May 2025
MSU College of Nursing Practice Day
Thursday May 8, 2025 | 9a - 3:30p
MSU College of Nursing Practice Day is a complimentary nursing professional development event designed for registered nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, nurse leaders, faculty, and other healthcare professionals. In recognition of Nurses Week, the College of Nursing is proud to offer this opportunity at no cost—as a gesture of appreciation for the critical role nurses play in delivering and advancing high-quality care.
The conference explores innovative approaches to care delivery, emerging technologies, and evidence-based solutions that are transforming the future of healthcare. Keynote speaker Deb Lee will present the very latest developments on the use of AI in nursing care delivery, offering cutting-edge insights into how artificial intelligence is reshaping clinical decision-making, workflow efficiency, and patient outcomes. Through engaging discussions and interactive sessions, participants will gain valuable knowledge to elevate patient care, drive quality improvement, and lead advancements in advanced practice nursing care.
This event has reached capacity. Feel free to join the waitlist and if a spot opens up, we will contact you!
Implicit Bias Training
In partnership with the Ingham County Health Department
May 13 | 1:30-4:30 pm FREE and IN PERSON
With this training, participants will understand what implicit bias is and its importance to health and healthcare. Presenters Dana Watson, HFSJ Coordinator and Keyante Saxon, Program Assistant will help attendees see how implicit bias maintains and reinforces racial oppression, discrimination and marginalization, will identify the ways implicit bias shows up and will consider strategies for counteracting implicit bias. Target audience: all are welcome. Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 3 contact hours. Location: 5303 S. Cedar St. Conference Room D/E. For more information and to register, please email dwatson@ingham.org. CE/CNE: 3 contact hours
**Meets criteria for 3 hours of State of Michigan implicit bias continuing education credit for healthcare professionals.
Special Topics Grand Rounds: Updates in Asthma Care: The Dangers of OCS & SABA Overuse
In partnership with the Michigan Center for Rural Health
May 20 | 12-1 pm FREE and ONLINE
These sessions will provide increased knowledge of the risks of SABA and OCS overuse in patients with asthma and resources available for patient and provider education. Karla Stoermer Grossman, MHSA, BSN, RN, AE-C, will describe negative impacts of both short-acting beta-agonist (SABA) and oral corticosteroid (OCS) overuse in patients with asthma, contrast NAEPP and GINA guidelines and highlight key differences, and connect updated guidelines to changes in educational strategies for patients and providers. Target Audience: Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacists, Nurses, Physicians, Social Workers. Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 1 contact hour. CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis: MPHA Book Discussion
In partnership with the MPHA Public Health Nursing Section
May 20 | 6-7 pm FREE and ONLINE
Spanning the Great Depression and moving through World War II and beyond, this remarkable true story follows the intrepid young women known by their patients as the “Black Angels.” For twenty years, they risked their lives working under appalling conditions while caring for New York’s poorest residents. But despite their major role in desegregating the New York City hospital system—and their vital work in helping to find the cure for tuberculosis at Sea View—these nurses were completely erased from history. The Black Angels recovers the voices of these extraordinary women and puts them at the center of this riveting story, celebrating their legacy and their journey combatting bias in healthcare delivery. You do NOT need to have read the book to join! No registration required. CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
June 2025
Alternatives to Opiates & Patient Selection for Opiate Management
In partnership with Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University
June 18 | 12 - 1 pm FREE and ONLINE
This session will focus on maximizing multi-modal approaches to chronic pain by exploring both non-opiate and opiate pain management options. Presenter Samvid Dwivedi, DO, will discuss the most appropriate processes to manage opiates for chronic pain by using evidence-based guidelines. Target Audience: Registered nurses, registered nurses in specialty area, advanced practice providers, physicians, medical providers, social workers, pharmacists, community health workers, and other healthcare workers.
Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 1 contact hour.
July 2025
Implicit Bias Training
In partnership with Ingham County Health Department
July 17 | 1:30-4:30 pm FREE and IN PERSON
With this training, participants will understand what implicit bias is and its importance to health and healthcare. Presenters Dana Watson, HFSJ Coordinator and Keyante Saxon, Program Assistant will help attendees see how implicit bias maintains and reinforces racial oppression, discrimination and marginalization, will identify the ways implicit bias shows up and will synthesize active strategies for counteracting implicit bias. Target audience: all are welcome. Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 3 contact hours. Location: 5303 S. Cedar St. Conference Room D/E. For more information and to register, please email dwatson@ingham.org. CE/CNE: 3 contact hours
**Meets criteria for 3 hours of State of Michigan implicit bias continuing education credit for healthcare professionals.
August 2025
Rediscovering America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History: MPHA Book Discussion
In partnership with MPHA Public Health Nursing Section
Aug. 19 | 6-7 pm FREE and ONLINE
The most enduring feature of U.S. history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, however, as a new generation of scholars insists that any full American history address the struggle, survival, and resurgence of American Indian nations. Indigenous history is essential to understanding the evolution of modern America. Ned Blackhawk interweaves five centuries of Native and non-Native histories, from Spanish colonial exploration to the rise of Native American self-determination in the late twentieth century. Blackhawk’s retelling of U.S. history acknowledges the enduring power, agency, and survival of Indigenous peoples, yielding a truer account of the United States and revealing anew the varied meanings of America. You do NOT need to have read the book to join! No registration required. CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
November 2025
The House on Henry Street: The Enduring Life of a Lower East Side Settlement: MPHA Book Discussion
In partnership with MPHA Public Health Nursing Section
Nov. 18 | 6-7 pm FREE and ONLINE
Henry Street Settlement became one of the most influential social welfare organizations in American history. Through personal narratives, vivid images, and previously untold stories, Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier chronicles Henry Street’s sweeping history from 1893 to today. From the fights for public health and immigrants’ rights that fueled its founding, to advocating for relief during the Great Depression, all the way to tackling homelessness and AIDS in the 1980s, and into today―Henry Street has been a champion for social justice. Its powerful narrative illuminates larger stories about poverty, and who is “worthy” of help; immigration and migration, and who is welcomed; human rights, and whose voice is heard. You do NOT need to have read the book to join! No registration required. CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
Please save all CE certificates for your records. Starting January 1, 2025, replacement certificates will not be issued more than 30 days after the event.