Event Information
ENDING HORIZONTAL VIOLENCE:
Creating a Culture of Cohesion Among Nurses
April 29-May 1, 2009
Conference Description
An acute shortage of nurses in our health care systems is due in part to nurses leaving their jobs because of hostile workplace environments. Horizontal violence, a term used to describe hostile and aggressive behaviors by individuals or group members toward one another, has been reported for as many as 60% of nurses. The Joint Commission, the accrediting body for hospitals nationwide, has mandated that “leaders must address disruptive behavior of individuals working at all levels of the organization, including management, clinical and administrative staff, licensed independent practitioners, and governing body members.” The expectation of the Commission is that leaders will develop and implement successful strategies to manage “disruptive behavior” in their organizations by 2009.
This conference will address the problem of horizontal violence among nurses and the Joint Commission mandate by bringing international speakers together with nurses and nurse managers from across the country to develop plans for reducing horizontal violence in health care organizations. These plans will be directed toward positive individual and group relationships that in turn will affect morale, retention of employees, and improved patient outcomes including reduced mortality rates. To be effective, interventions to reduce horizontal violence and create a culture of cohesion must be available to individual nurses, as well as at the unit and at the organizational levels.
Audience
The target audience is nurses in management and administration, clinical care, research, and schools of nursing. Our marketing campaign reaches across the United States with emphasis on the New England states.
Venue
The conference will take place at the Westin Hotel in Providence, RI. Exhibits with pipe and drape will be 8 x 10 feet. Skirted tables for table top displays will be 6 feet long with two chairs. Arrangements for delivery can be made with Westin staff members who are well experienced in large exhibitor conferences. Except for the opening luncheon, all food will be served in the exhibit hall to encourage participants to interact with exhibitors.
About Us
The Creating Cohesion Collaborative was created in 2006 in response to the growing need for strategies to decrease horizontal violence among nurses. The collaborative consists of representatives from the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing and from five Rhode Island Hospitals—Butler Hospital, Eleanor Slater Hospital, Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital, and The Westerly Hospital.
Registration for Booth Displays
Exhibitors must register online. The final registration deadline for exhibitors is March 31, 2009.
Exhibitors’ Schedule
Wednesday April 29th
Thursday April 30th
Friday May 1st
Exhibitor Benefits
Exhibitor Fees
All exhibits will be in a central exhibit hall where break food and coffee will be located. Exhibitor fees include and 8 x 10 table with pipe and drape set up, three days of conference activities, and conference meals for 1 person. Additional people may be added as conference registrants at the standard rate. Exhibit locations within the exhibit hall are offered in the order the reservations are received.
Sponsorship
There are many opportunities for vendors to help make this conference a spectacular event. Vendors may sponsor a break, supply a giveaway, provide a partial or full food subsidy, sponsor a speaker or purchase advertising space in the conference brochure. Please see the Information for Sponsors on the conference website www.uri.edu/meeturi/nursing.
Advertising Rates
All copy must be camera ready and must be received by March 1, 2009.
Full page advertisement: $150
½ page: $75
¼ page: $35
Business card rate: $20