Quality and Research Class - June 19, 2025
Overview
Discuss the nursing quality metrics and how they correlate with nursing practice, patient outcomes, and the financial impact quality metrics have on the health system. Discuss how Shared Governance can help improve nursing quality metrics.
Format: Live In-Person
This conference is scheduled to be held in person at UW Health Swedish-American Hospital,
Elements of Competence
This activity has been designed to change learner competence and focuses on the following competencies:
American Board of Medical Specialties
- Apply Quality Improvement
Intended Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of nurses.
Learning Objectives
As a result of participation in this educational series, members of the healthcare team will be able to:
- Demonstrate how to interpret graphical data by analyzing current nursing quality metrics
- Describe how to correlate standards for the quality care, national benchmarks and patient outcomes
- List resources available for initiating a practice change.
Agenda
Time | Topics |
| 0800 - 0815 | Introduction/Reflection Sheets |
| 0815 - 0835 | Check-in with Nurse Residents (quality outcome focused) |
| 0835 - 0935 | Discuss why quality metrics matter in healthcare |
| 0935 - 0950 | Break |
| 0950 - 1050 | Current trends at UWNI |
| 1050 - 1125 | Shared Governance Overview |
| 1125 - 1155 | Mr. Potato Head PDSA |
| 1155 - 1200 | Evaluations |
| 1200 | Adjourn |
UW Health Northern Illinois-Swedish American Hospital
1401 E State St
Rockford, IL 61104
United States
UW Health NIL Planners and Faculty
Amanda Gorman, BSN - Presenter
Carrie Hamilton, MSN - Planning Committee and Presenter
Tonya Heidenreich, MSN - Activity Coordinator and Presenter
Policy on Disclosure
It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) to identify, mitigate, and disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence the content of this accredited continuing education (CE). In addition, speakers, presenters, and authors must disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation. For this accredited continuing education activity all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and detailed disclosures are listed below.
Name | Role | Financial Relationship Disclosures | Discussion of Unlabeled/Unapproved uses of drugs/devices in presentation? |
| Tonya Heidenreich | Activity Coordinator/Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Carrie Hamilton | Planner/Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Amanda Gorman | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re‐selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on, patients.
The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical services directly to patients to be ineligible companies.
Accreditation Statement
![]() | In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. |
Credit Designation Statements
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live in-person activity for a maximum of 3.75 ANCC contact hours.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), authorizes this program for 0.375 CEUs or 3.75 hours.
Available Credit
- 3.75 ANCC Contact Hours
- 3.75 University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours
Questions about Registration
Email Tonya Heidenreich at [email protected]
Program Changes
Emergency situations occasionally occur and may necessitate topic or speaker changes. The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP reserve the right to alter or substitute a topic or speaker without prior notification.
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodation for this event. Please contact [email protected] as soon as you can to make a reasonable accommodation request.

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