Center for Nursing Workforce Symposiums

The CNW Symposiums offer nurses, health care providers, consumers, educators, government officials, and other individuals in business and industry, the opportunity to convene to review and comment on data analysis; make recommendations for strategic action; and to evaluate effectiveness of actions implemented.

Plan now to join the 2024 South Dakota Center for Nursing Workforce Symposium, taking place May 22, 2024, at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown, in Sioux Falls.

The Center for Nursing Workforce is pleased to cohost this year's symposium with the South Dakota Nurses Association and Nursing Education Deans & Directors.

You will have the opportunity to network with colleagues, learn about South Dakota’s current nursing workforce supply and education pipeline to meet the state’s future workforce needs, and to gain insights from keynote speaker, Dr. Nelda Godfrey, to help nurses heal, flourish, and expertly care for others. Dr. Godfrey is Professor and Associate Dean for Innovative Partnerships and Practice at the University of Kansas School of Nursing. She is highly regarded as a thought leader in nursing innovation and nursing education. She has authored numerous articles on new care delivery models that influence a stronger emphasis on the nurse within—researching and developing strategies to create the whole person experience in nursing practice going forward. Her work with the International Society for Professional Identity in Nursing is transforming the way nurses, health care professionals, and society understand what it means to “think, act and feel like a nurse.

Over 100 nurses and stakeholders participated in the Symposium on May 9th, 2023. Keynote speaker Chuck Underwood, a nationally known expert on generational dynamics, provided participants valuable information on generational differences and workforce management strategies for the four generations contributing to today’s nursing workforce. Participants had the opportunity to learn about South Dakota’s current nursing workforce supply, education pipeline,and to identify strategies to meet the state’s future workforce needs.