Nursing Professional Development Certification Preparation Course
Lansing Community College West Campus
5708 Cornerstone Drive
Lansing, MI 48917
Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 8:00am ET - Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:30pm ET
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Posted by The Michigan Nursing Professional Development MNPD
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Credits Offered
This event offers
14.0 contact hours
to attendees.
Accreditation Info:
ANCC.
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Program Description:
This interactive live program is intended to prepare participants for the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) specialty examination in nursing professional development by increasing the participant’s foundational nursing professional development knowledge.
- Short term outcome: Upon course completion, 80% of participants will report an increase in their knowledge of the content found of American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) specialty examination in nursing professional development.
- Long term outcome: Completed long-term follow up survey results will indicate that 85% of participants who took the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) specialty exam in nursing professional development will report successful certification was achieved.
Course Topics:
This hands-on, multi-day course is intended to increase your understanding of nursing professional development and help you prepare for the NPD certification exam offered by ANCC. The curriculum covers the major domains of practice found on the board certification exam:
- Educational Process Standards
- Leadership
- Technology
- Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Standards
- Evidence-Based Practice and Research
- Program/Project Management & Process Improvement
Registration Information:
Individual Registration- $300
MNPD Member Registration Fee - $265
Early Bird Individual Registration Fee (before August 1, 2025) - $275
MNPD Early Bird Fee (before August 1, 2025) - $240
Speakers
Theresa is a master’s prepared board-certified nursing professional development specialist with more than 30 years of health care experience where she held diverse roles including leadership, quality, and consulting. She currently serves as the Director of Education at the second largest freestanding psychiatric mental health hospital. She is a certified Caritas Coach. Theresa has extensive experience in education design and creating innovative professional development activities to close the knowledge, skill, practice gap. She has presented to a diversity of audiences on the local, state, national, and international audiences, including podium presentations at ANPD and the Magnet Conference. Her passions include celebrating the unique talents of all nurses, coaching them to grow and develop their professional nursing practice, and improving the quality of patient care. As a healthcare consultant, she has helped many organizations achieve the esteemed ANCC Magnet designation. As a professional development practitioner, she has planned, implemented, and evaluated a homegrown seamless to transition practice program that yielded excellent New Graduate satisfaction scores, very high retention rates, and improved patient outcomes. Theresa can be described as having high energy and creating a warm, welcoming environment which are important to facilitate learning.