Professional Presence and Workforce Readiness: Coaching Nurses for Real‑World Practice

Jul 23, 2026  12:00 PM  ET

About the Webinar

This faculty-focused webinar explores how nursing education can lay the foundation for personal sustainability and community well-being by strengthening professionalism, resilience, and communication. 

The session will also address how to cultivate student resilience and confidence — including creating environments where students feel safe speaking up, asking questions, and engaging in respectful dialogue. Because communication is central to both healing and patient safety, faculty will gain strategies to strengthen verbal and face-to-face communication, support students across multicultural and generational differences, and establish clear expectations for digital and clinical communication etiquette. Structured tools and frameworks that promote clarity and error prevention will also be highlighted.

By strengthening engagement between faculty and students, educators can help prepare nurses who are confident, culturally responsive, and equipped to provide safe, compassionate care across diverse communities and settings.

Objectives

Participants will: 

  • Analyze challenges in teaching and reinforcing professionalism and apply practical strategies to model professional behaviors in academic and clinical settings.
  • Identify and apply communication tools and frameworks for effective professional communication.
  • Implement and evaluate communication tools and frameworks to enhance professional communication.
  • Apply strategies that encourage in-person engagement and respond to common intrapersonal communication challenges. 

About the Speakers:

  • Deborah A. Gardiner MSN, RN, CCCTM, Nurse Residency Coordinator, Nursing Professional Development Specialist, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 
  • Helen Teng, PhD, RN, Assistant Clinical Professor, Undergraduate Nursing, Accelerated Career Entry BSN Department, Drexel University CNHP
  • Anne M. Fink, PhD, RN, CNE, Associate Dean for College and Student Services, Director, LEAD Professional Development Program, M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova University
  • Jennifer Bellot, PhD, RN, MHSA, CNE, Associate Dean and Professor, Academic Practice Integration, Thomas Jefferson University 

Nursing Continuing Professional Development

National Nurse-Led Care Consortium is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This meeting session is pending accreditation for 1.5 contact hour of nursing continuing professional development. To obtain nursing continuing professional development contact hours, you must participate in the entire activity, participate in audience polling and/or Q&A sessions, and complete the evaluation.