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Date: March 29, 2011 to March 29, 2011
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker(s):
Connie Vance, EdD, RN, FAAN
Location: The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029
Join NYAM Fellow Connie Vance as she presents her book (the newest addition in the Springer Fast Facts series) that provides insights for protégés and mentors to activate networking and mentoring strategies for building a successful and satisfying professional career. Applicable to any profession, the information covers a quick history of why mentoring and networking are essential, how all professionals can identify and engage good mentors, and steps to develop and maintain healthy, productive mentor-protégé relationships. It also contains the necessary tools to help professional nurses benefit from mentor connections through various career stages.
Dr. Connie Vance, an innovator in mentoring and leadership development, presents nurses, other health professionals, and students with tools to identify the perfect “mentor match” and cultivate mentor and networking connections that will cultivate individual potential and talent. It includes guidelines to ensure valuable and influential mentor networks that are a cornerstone to achievement and leadership in a profession. Key Features:
- Contains guidelines for creating a personal mentor action plan, complete with a chart for use in mentoring practice.
- Provides 10 tips for raising Mentor Intelligence and applying it as a source for career success and satisfactions
- Highlights resources for networking and collective mentoring to assist in leadership development.
About the Speaker(s)
Connie Vance, EdD, RN, FAAN, is professor and former dean at The College
of New Rochelle School of Nursing, New Rochelle, NY, and served as professor of
nursing at New York University for ten years. She is a graduate of Washington
Hospital Center, Washington, DC; and holds BSN and MSN degrees from Washington
University, St. Louis; and a doctorate from Columbia University, Teachers
College, NY. Dr. Vance is a Fellow of
the American Academy of Nursing; a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine;
member of the Nursing Hall of Fame at Columbia University; and honorary member
of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Her research and writing have been in the
areas of mentorship, leadership development, education, global affairs, and
public policy. Dr. Vance is a member of
several professional and editorial boards, including Nursing Spectrum of New York/New Jersey, and Nursing Economics. She is co‑founder
of the Global Society for Nursing and Health; past vice president and current
board member of Teachers College Nursing Education Alumni Association; and is
an honorary member of the Russian Association of Educators of Nursing and
Pharmaceutical Colleges.
Dr. Vance is a prolific writer for professional journals, books, and the popular media. Her publications include Fast Facts for Career Success in Nursing: Making the Most of Mentoring (2010); The Mentor Connection in Nursing; Nursing in the Global Arena; Mentorship in Nursing: A Collection of Research Abstracts; and Mentorship in the Annual Review of Nursing Research. A forthcoming book is the Fast Facts for the Nurse Mentor: Power Mentoring in a Nutshell. Dr. Vance is a recipient of many awards, including the Humanitarian Award from Hope for a Healthier Humanity and the Pan American Catholic Health Care Network; the Outstanding Achievement Award from the International Institute of Human Understanding; the Teachers College Nursing Education Alumni Association Award for Nursing Scholarship & Research, and the Nursing Education Award; the Outstanding Achievement Award from Lycoming College, PA; and the New York State Nurses Association Nursing Education Award. She is a member of the American Academy of Nursing Expert Panel on Global Health; and is a Distinguished Lecturer of Sigma Theta Tau International.
Dr. Vance serves as a consultant, workshop leader, and accreditation evaluator to hospital departments of nursing, professional associations, and nursing programs throughout the United States and internationally. She has served as curriculum director of the Community Health Promotion Program in Latin America, and Mexico; and has participated in projects with nurses, physicians, and educators from Russia, Korea, Sweden, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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