Premier Nursing Advocate to Provide Keynote Address at 2020 CANP Conference
Susan Hassmiller, RN, PhD, FAAN, Senior Adviser for Nursing with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will deliver the keynote presentation at CANP’s 43rd Annual Educational Conference, taking place March 19-22, 2020 in Riverside.
In her current role, Hassmiller shapes and leads the Foundation’s nursing strategies in an effort to create a higher quality of care in the United States for people, families and communities. In partnership with AARP, Hassmiller directs the Foundation’s Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. This nationwide effort strives to implement the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine’s report on the Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Hassmiller served as the report’s study director.
She is also the co-director of the Future of Nursing Scholars program, an initiative that provides scholarships, mentoring and leadership development activities and postdoctoral research funding to build the leadership capacity of nurse educators and researchers.
Previously, Hassmiller served with the Health Resources and Services Administration, where she was the executive director of the U.S. Public Health Service Primary Care Policy Fellowship, and worked on other national and international primary care initiatives. She also has worked in public health settings at the local and state level, and taught community health nursing at the University of Nebraska and George Mason University in Virginia.
Hassmiller is a member of the Institute of Medicine, now called the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, a member of the Joint Commission’s National Nurse Advisory Council, Hackensack Meridian Health System Board of Directors, and the CMS National Nurse Steering Committee.
Hassmiller received a PhD in nursing administration and health policy from George Mason University, master’s degrees in health education from Florida State University and community health nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Florida State University. She is the recipient of numerous national awards in addition to receiving the distinguished alumna award for all the schools of nursing from which she graduated, and has received three honorary doctoral degrees. Most notably, Hassmiller is the 2009 recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest international honor given to a nurse by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
CANP’s Annual Educational Conference offers nurse practitioners (as well as physician assistants, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists and students) an exciting opportunity to learn from some of the most influential figures in the industry. The 43rd annual conference will be held at the Riverside Convention Center. Registration for the conference will open this fall. In the meantime, CANP is currently accepting abstract submissions for the 2020 conference. Learn more about how you can help shape the program for this premier educational and clinical event for nurse practitioners.