Densford Center hosts Planting Seeds of Innovation Colloquium June 4

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The Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership is hosting the Planting Seeds of Innovation Colloquium on June 4 to guide participants through the process of growing an innovation seed into action.

Nurses are problem solvers who use their creative ideas to develop innovations to do things differently and more effectively. The Planting Seeds of Innovation Colloquium will examine the science and process behind innovation.

Oriana Beaudet, DNP, RN, FAAN, vice president of Nursing Innovation for the American Nurses Association Enterprise and School of Nursing alum, will deliver the keynote about the importance and the presence of innovation in health care. Beaudet organized the launch of the Planting Seeds of Innovation workshop in 2015 through her Doctor of Nursing Practice scholarly project.

Panel discussions will examine innovation in research and innovative systems thinking as well as innovative strategies to enhance diversity, equity, inclusion and justice.

The Planting Seeds of Innovation Colloquium will be on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis. The Planting Seeds of Innovation Colloquium is designed to meet the Minnesota Board of Nursing requirements for continuing education with attendees eligible for 6.6 contact hours. To learn more and to register, visit z.umn.edu/PlantingSeeds.

Planting Seeds of Innovation was launched in 2015 in partnership with M Health Fairview to support nurse innovators, and this year marks its return since the COVID pandemic.

Participants are also invited to attend the Nursing Knowledge: Big Data Science Conference beginning the day after the colloquium, June 5-7, which will explore artificial intelligence, nursing innovations and the social/ethical implications of using technologies for nursing care.