Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Discuss the current state of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in professional nursing practice programs.
2. Identify two ways to incorporate DEI into nursing professional practice programs with newly licensed nurses. 

Faculty

Arlene Kruzel, MSN, RN, NPD-BC
Nursing Educator
Nursing Professional Practice
Baystate Medical Center 

Carol Lynn, MSN, RN-BC
Nursing Educator, Cardiac Telemetry M5/M6/M7
Nursing Professional Practice
Baystate Medical Center 

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.                                    

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Nurses
This activity carries a maximum of 1.0 contact hour(s).
Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.