CONNIE MERRITT

RN, BSN, PHN

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REIGNITING THE SPARK: How Horse Wisdom Can Untap the Power of You

Format: 50-75 minute keynote

This program is perfect for:

It’s designed for healthcare audiences experiencing frustration, disconnection, burnout, and the need to get their spark back in today’s post-COVID work environment.

In my audiences, you’ll find those at the heart of making this industry work:

• Nurses from every department and level including Advanced Practice, Nurse Practitioners, and Surgicenters
• Administrators, Executives, HR, and Continuing Education
• Telehealth, Health Information, and Outpatient Teams
• Other Specially Trained Staff Members

Addressing the urgency of now

Dealing with burnout in post-COVID healthcare audiences is going to take more than happy talk.

It’s going to take real horse sense.

Since 2008, I’ve studied under one of the world-renowned natural horsemanship trainers.

In my talk, I weave together the wisdom and strategies of “horse whispering” with my nursing and leadership experience. This novel approach connects deeply with healthcare audiences.

It gives them powerful new perspectives and tools for recovering from the events of these fraught times.

As a nurse, or any other professional on a healthcare team, it’s easy to feel like a prey animal in a post-COVID world.

Vulnerable, powerless, unprotected.

My signature talk offers a refreshing and relevant mindset shift to tap into the power of a prey species that’s 56 million years old. Horses.

Whether or not you’ve ever ridden a horse, fallen in love with one, or just admired them from afar, horses have critical lessons to teach us at work and in life.

I speak to people in healthcare who crave the joy they once had in their work and life. Through the survival skills of horses, I give the audience a fresh perspective so they can…

• Be more present (and pleasant) for their patients, their co-workers, and themselves
• Build greater trust with their care team and ancillary staff
• Create a kinder, more compassionate work environment
• Have hope and stay in a career they felt a calling to pursue (and worked hard to achieve!)

Connie Merritt, RN, BSN, PHN uses the following justifications to complete CEU requirements:

• The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported healthcare providers experiencing stress and burnout may not be able to perform efficiently and effectively because their physical and cognitive resources may be reduced; this suboptimal performance may affect patient care and safety.
• A key recommendation from the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Initiative on the Future of Nursing) is to ensure that healthcare providers engage in learning the communication skills needed to provide care for diverse populations, which directly impacts clinical outcomes.