Clinical nurses offer tips for first-time presenters
When Katie Vriezen, MSN, RN, first walked into the large ballroom where she would make a podium presentation at the ANCC National Magnet Conference®, she felt very nervous. Vriezen, a community outreach coordinator at Cleveland Clinic’s Hillcrest Hospital, was a first-time presenter at a national conference. She and co-presenter Toni Zito, MSN, RN, CPAN, a perioperative educator at Hillcrest Hospital, were scheduled for a one-hour presentation on “Empowering Clinical Nurses to Improve Quality Outcomes.”
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“It was a little overwhelming,” says Vriezen. “But the process the conference had in place to help speakers was wonderful.” Onsite help, as well as support from Hillcrest Hospital and Cleveland Clinic nursing leaders enterprisewide, helped Vriezen overcome her anxieties and deliver a great podium presentation to a packed audience.
Just days after returning from the American Nurses Credentialing Center conference in Atlanta, Vriezen and Samantha Pon, BSN, RN, another first-time presenter from Hillcrest Hospital, offered advice to other nurses who have seized the opportunity to be a podium presenter at a national nursing conference or are considering submitting an abstract for presentation.
Vriezen went to the Magnet conference as an apprehensive first-time presenter, but came home with a sense of accomplishment. “Once we got on stage, we were so prepared that it went very well,” she says. “We were proud of ourselves!”
Pon and Morris returned from the conference energized and plan to continue their research on music therapy, focusing next on how music can alleviate nurse stress and help wean patients off ventilators. They hope this next phase of research will lead to a future podium presentation. “Magnet was a wonderful experience!” says Pon. “You really come back empowered.”
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