Growing in Cultural Humility – From Theory to Practice with Angel Harris, MSN, RN
2024-08-28 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Gillott Home Team – Keller Williams Realty Mid-Willamette, 266 East Grant Street, Lebanon, OR, 97355, United States
We are operating in an increasingly culturally diverse environment. It is important that nurses can function ethically and effectively in intercultural settings. Nurses need the skills to interact, communicate, build relationships, and work effectively with people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
Please join us as we explore cultural humility and the importance of providing culturally and linguistically appropriate care to every client no matter their age, socioeconomic status, race, gender, ability, sexual orientation, and/or religion. At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:

Discuss the impacts of implicit bias on health care.
Describe cultural competency and cultural humility and the role it plays in your nursing practice.
Identify ways to advance health equity, improve quality of care, and help eliminate health care disparities.

This event is in person only and will be held in Lebanon, OR. Contact hours are pending.
Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/952628847527?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Courage to Care: Leadership, Advocacy, and the Nurse’s Responsibility
2025-08-28 17:00 - 19:00 | Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital, 525 North Santiam Highway, Lebanon, OR, 97355, United States
Cultural Competency/Leadership Training
The Courage to Care: Leadership, Advocacy, and the Nurse’s Responsibility
an OCEAN-approved nursing continuing professional development offering
Facilitated by Angel Harris, MSN, RN, Faith Community Nurse and Equity Consultant
Cost: $30
An interactive and reflective training designed to inspire and equip nurses to lead with compassion, advocate for justice, and embrace their professional responsibility to create positive change. Whether you’re at the bedside, in the boardroom, or out in the community, this training will strengthen your ability to lead with love, act with purpose, and uphold the call of nursing as a force for healing and equity.
Outcome 1: Define the principles of love-centered leadership in nursing and explore how compassion, empathy, and relational connection influence effective leadership and team dynamics.
Outcome 2: Examine the nurse’s role as an advocate for patients, communities, and the profession and identify strategies to promote equity, justice, and dignity in healthcare.
Outcome 3: Reflect on the ethical and professional responsibilities of nurses as leaders in shaping healthcare outcomes, policies, and social change.
Outcome 4: Develop practical tools to lead with authenticity and courage, integrating emotional intelligence, cultural humility, and a sense of shared humanity into everyday nursing practice.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1554626422479?aff=oddtdtcreator
Specific location will be provided after registration.
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Approval valid through 08/28/2027 – OCEAN ID #2025-37. Due to ANCC requirements, students must attend the entire session. Because of the highly interactive nature of the offering, we will allow a student to miss no more than ten minutes. A course completion certificate cannot be granted unless the RN student meets these attendance requirements.

FREE conference! Bridging Gaps, Building Resilience: New Frontiers in Geriatric Behavioral Health
2025-09-16 - 2025-09-17 | OR
From their website:
The Oregon Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health and Aging (OCEBHA) presents its 2nd annual conference with the theme: Bridging Gaps, Building Resilience: New Frontiers in Geriatric Behavioral Health. Join OCEBHA and leading professionals in the fields of geriatric care, mental health, substance use, and social services for skills-based sessions related to supporting the behavioral health needs of older adults across care settings. Check it out here.

2025 Foundations of Faith Community Nursing & Health Ministry Course
2025-10-20 08:00 - 13:00 | OR
Faith Community Health Network is partnering to offer the Foundations for Faith Community Nursing for licensed registered nurses (RNs) and a parallel Foundations for Health Ministry course for nurses with inactive licenses and faith community lay members. Click here for more information.
The 2025 course will be held in October and November, 2025, from 8am-1pm on the following dates:

October 20-21, 27-28
November 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, & 24

Check out the agenda and register at this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1306001197739?aff=oddtdtcreator
Questions? Contact Deb Fell-Carlson, BSN, RN, MSPH, Foundations Course Coordinator and Lead Educator, at faithcommunityhealthnetwork@gmail.com or text 541-248-0595.

Tying it all together and moving forward: A forum to explore faith community nursing in professional practice
2025-11-24 10:30 - 13:00 | OR
Platform: Zoom
Using the evidence-based 2024 Westberg Institute Foundations of Faith Community Nursing curriculum, this facilitated forum will engage Faith Community Nurse attendees in discussion to amplify practical actions necessary to develop a sustainable faith community nursing practice. Attendees will have an opportunity to create SMARTIE goals and review policy and procedure templates with input from seasoned peers. Professional involvement in policymaking and advocacy at the local, state, and national level will be discussed. This forum will create valuable networking opportunities for faith community nurses who want to reenergize their practice as well as those starting out.

Outcome 1: Summarize start-up considerations for launching a faith community nursing practice.
Outcome 2: Describe two strategies for local FCN practice sustainability.
Outcome 3: Discuss how professional involvement and continuous improvement at the national level contributes to professional practice.

Register for the event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1447589371779?aff=oddtdtcreator
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. An evaluation is required for successful course completion. Due to ANCC requirements, students must attend the entire session. Because of the highly interactive nature of the forum, we cannot excuse students except in the case of emergencies (illness, attendance at funerals for next of kin). In those cases, we will allow a student to miss no more than ten minutes. A course completion certificate cannot be granted unless the RN student meets these attendance requirements.
