The 2025 Cornelius Leadership Conference Package
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Register
- Non-member - $25
- Member - Free!
- Cornelius Keynote Address on Leadership
- Join Dr. Wendy Dean, author and nationally recognized expert on Moral Injury, for the webinar presentation Moral Injury: What You Need to Know & What We All Need to Do
- Porter Lecture on Workplace Advocacy and Martyn Paper on Communications
- Hear from Catharyne Henderson, ONA Health Policy Council Chair, and Kelli Hykes, ONA Staff, discuss workplace advocacy, and then write your own letter to policymakers during the guided letter writing exercise in From the Floor to the Capitol: Turning Moral Injury into Policy Advocacy
- Finally, join Kristen Bailey, ONA Staff, to learn about Reclaiming Our Ethics: Union Power as a Tool to Combat Moral Injury
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The History of The Cornelius Leadership Conference This conference is held in honor of Dorothy Alice Cornelius. Dorothy was executive director of the Ohio Nurses Association from 1957 to 1983, president of the International Council of Nurses from 1973 to 1977, president of the American Nurses Association from 1968 to 1970, and president of the American Journal of Nursing Company. The Cornelius Congress hosts this biennial continuing education event that features a Cornelius Keynote Address on Leadership in the Nursing Profession, a Porter Lecture on Workplace Advocacy, and a Martyn Paper on Communications. The Porter Lecture is named for Elizabeth K. Porter, one of the founders of the economic and general welfare program in the United States. The Martyn paper is named for Elaine H. Martyn, former executive director of ONA and editor of the Ohio Nurses Review.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
A 0.75 Contact Hour Webinar presentation with actionable strategies for using collective bargaining power and workplace advocacy to improve conditions that impact moral injury in healthcare workplaces.
Criteria for successful completion: View entire webinar and submit an evaluation form.
Expiration Date: 10/1/2028
The Ohio Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91)
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Contains 7 Component(s), Includes Credits
A 2-Part Webinar Activity for a total of 1.6 Contact Hours regarding policy and advocacy to address Moral Injury culminating in writing an advocacy letter to your legislator.
Criteria for successful completion:
To successfully complete Part 1 and earn 1 Contact Hour, learners must view the webinar and submit an evaluation form.
To successfully complete Part 2 and earn 0.6 Contact Hour, learners must complete the guided letter writing exercise and upload the letter created.Expiration Date: 10/1/2028
The Ohio Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91)
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
A 0.75 Contact Hour Webinar about Moral Injury, systemic flaws, healthcare as a business, and what nurses and health professionals can do.
Hear from nationally recognized expert, Dr. Wendy Dean, in this 0.75 Contact Hour webinar presentation Moral Injury: What You Need to Know & What We All Need to Do
Criteria for successful completion: View entire webinar and submit an evaluation form.
Expiration Date: 10/1/2028
The Ohio Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91)
Wendy Dean
MD
Wendy Dean, MD is a writer, speaker, podcast host, and the President and co-founder of The Moral Injury of Healthcare (fixmoralinjury.org), a nonprofit organization that provides training and consultation to organizations focused on alleviating distress in their workforce. She and her co-founder, Simon G. Talbot, MD, began the conversation about moral injury in healthcare with the publication of their seminal work in STATNews on July 26, 2018. A psychiatrist by training, Dr. Dean has been a practicing clinician, worked for the Department of Defense, and as an executive for a large international non-profit supporting military medical research. Dr. Dean also has expertise in product development, reimbursement for novel technologies, government investment strategy, hand and face transplants, and the ethics of medical innovations. Dr. Dean graduated from Smith College and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She did her residency training at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, NH.
