KCNA Fall Summit – Healthy Equity and the Nurse Role

Learn about implicit bias and raise your health equity IQ as a nurse.

Date: 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 
Location: TBD (in person event). 
Registration deadline: Nov. 8, 2024, or until filled.  
Cost: $25 KCNA members, $45 nonmembers, $15 students

2-hour Certificate of Completion after event evaluation submitted.

Event details may change, please check updates at kcnurses.org.

For all event information and registration, please visit the Events tab at  kcnurses.org.

Program description:

Learn about health equity and implicit bias and how it applies to your role as a nurse. Health equity is achieved when all people are empowered to attain their full health potential without being disadvantaged by the color of their skin, ancestry, level of education, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, socioeconomic status, the job they have, the neighborhood they live in, or their disability status.

This workshop will give you the tools and strategies to increase your health equity IQ, which along with self-reflection, can help reduce your bias during patient assessment.

About the presenter

Fawzi Belal is the Nursing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion associate at the Washington Center for Nursing (WCN).

He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in developing strategies to foster inclusion and equity within organizations and communities. One of Fawzi’s projects at WCN has been to develop the Nurses of Color Coalition, which brings together nurse professionals to address diverse nurse representation and other shared goals.

The coalition is made up of Black, Indigenous, People of Color who are nurse leaders, educators, students, and professionals who are dedicated to creating a belonging space for Washington’s nursing workforce.

Belal holds a master’s in human service and organizational leadership with an emphasis on diversity and inclusion. He earned a diversity and inclusion certification from Cornell University.