Everybody's Work Film Screening & Panel Discussion
UVM Medical Center Davis Auditorium
111 Colchester Avenue
Burlington, VT 05401
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 4:30pm ET - 7:00pm ET
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Posted by ANA-Vermont
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Topic
Exploration of systemic racism in healthcare and the transformative work of nurses of color
Credits Offered
This event offers
2.0 CE credits
to attendees.
Accreditation Info:
Pending (NEMSD).
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Join UVMMC's REACH Employee Resource Group and ANA-Vermont for a screening of Everybody's Work and panel discussion. The documentary film explores systemic racism in healthcare, with a focus on nursing and the transformative work of nurses of color.
The panel will feature Dr. Katie Boston-Leary who is the Director of Nursing Programs at the American Nurse Association. She is also the Co-lead for Project Firstline, a collaborative with the CDC for training on Infection Prevention and Control. She is Adjunct Faculty and an Advisory Board Member with the Nurse Leadership institute at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Admission is free, with light refreshments provided
Speakers

Nurse Executive|ProfessorIResearcher & Research Storyteller|National Speaker|Leadership, DEI, Wellness Expert|Certified Executive Coach|CNO|CHIEF member
Dr. Katie Boston-Leary is the Director of Nursing Programs at the American Nurses Association overseeing the Nursing Practice and Work Environment Division and Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation. She is also the Co-Lead for Project Firstline, a multi-million-dollar grant collaborative with the CDC for training on Infection Prevention and Control. As a Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Executive, Katie has led organizations to obtain numerous accolades for quality and safety including an ANCC Pathway to Excellence designation and to win the coveted annual ANCC Pathway to Excellence award in 2017. She was recently identified August 2019 Health Leaders Journal as “One of Five Chief Nursing Officers Changing Healthcare”. Her most recent research was a qualitative study on nurses’ perceptions of power dynamics in the hospital setting. She is a well-known speaker nationally and internationally with many publications and podcast guest invitations. She recently completed her PhD at Walden University in Health Services, obtained a dual degree MBA and MHA from the University of Maryland Global Campus and her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Bowie State University in Maryland. She is a board-certified Nurse Executive and obtained a nurse executive leadership certificate from Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been interviewed for stories in numerous print, online and televised media outlets namely CNBC, Cheddar TV, HR Maximizer and Bloomberg News. She recently co-authored an article titled, The US COVID‐19 Crisis: Facts, Science and Solidarity, which was published in the International Nursing Review (INR), the official journal of the International Council of Nurses (ICN).