How can an organization so new, have such a long history?
PNEG is an outgrowth of the American Nurses Association’s Council on Continuing Education (later Professional Development) that was disbanded in 1999 when ANA formed a constituent membership structure. Every year the Council held an annual conference that was sponsored or cosponsored by ANA. In 2000 the first “unofficial” professional nurse educators conference was held in order to meet the networking and educational needs of the previous council members. PNEG as an organization was formed at a meeting of educators during the annual CE conference held in Chicago in 2002.
Purpose
To encourage and support those involved in lifelong learning from schools of nursing, hospitals, entrepreneurial and continuing nursing education programs in order to promote best practices in the delivery of nursing care.
Objectives
- Form a community among professional nurse educators
- Foster collaboration among its members
- Provide a forum for networking, exchanging information and discussing issues and ideas
- Serve as a resource to mentor new persons in the field
- Conduct an Annual Conference where an annual PNEG meeting will be held
- Honor and recognize those who have made a difference to the field of nursing professional development
- Preserve the history of nursing professional development
- Create and sustain a PNEG listserv
- Bridge the gap between staff development, continuing nursing education and academic nursing education
Past PNEG Conferences
The first national continuing education conference for nursing CE educators was held in 1969. It was sponsored by the Medical College of Virginia and held in Williamsburg, VA. The conference was attended by 82 participants from colleges and universities, hospitals and regional medical centers. It was the beginning of an annual fall conference for continuing educators, staff educators and now all nursing faculty involved in professional development. For many years it was the ANA’s conference for the Council of Continuing Education.
The conference has now become an itinerant conference that is hosted by colleges and universities around the country. Since 1969, national conferences have been held allowing nurse educators to interact, to share concerns and experiences, discuss issues, and learn of the latest advances in the field. Early conferences were planned for nurses responsible for continuing education, and over time included staff development educators. With the establishment of ANA’s Council for Professional Nursing Education and Development, the conferences focused on professional development for all educators – hospital, school of nursing, specialty organizations, entrepreneurs and continuing education. With the dissolution of ANA’s councils, educators who attended the Council on Continuing Education’s annual conference grouped together to form what is now know as PNEG – professional nurse educators group.
Transforming Curricula & Lifelong Learning for Quality and Safety. 36th Annual Professional Nurse Educator Group Conference. October 1-4, 2009, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Creating Jazz: Transforming Exchanges in Education and Practice, 35th Annual Professional Nurse Educator Group Conference. October 16-19, 2008, Kansas City,
MO.
Building Bridges: Where Education and Practice Meet, 34th Annual Professional Nurse Educator Group Conference. Oregon Health Science and University. October
18-21, 2007, Portland, OR.
Partnerships Toward progress: Creating the Nurse of the Future, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Norwich University, Boston College, University of New
Hampshire, University of Vermont, Fletcher Allen Health care, Colby-Sawyer College, October 26-29, 2006, Burlington, VT
A Journey into Research, Innovation & Technology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System, The University of
Texas School of Nursing at Houston, November 3-6, 2005, Houston, TX
Competence and Innovation: Intersections in Professional Nursing Education, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey College of Nursing, Villanova
University College of Nursing and University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, October 28-31, 2004, Atlanta, GA
Continuing Competence: Where Education & Practice Meet, the MU Sinclair School of Nursing University of Missouri, and the University of Kansas School of
Nursing, November 6–9, 2003, Kansas City, MO
Partnerships for the Future, November 20–23, 2002, the Kirkhof School of Nursing Grand Valley State University, Chicago, IL
Nurse Odyssey: Journey into the Future, October 24–27, 2001, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA
Innovative Education for the New Century, College of Nursing Villanova University and Rutgers the State University of New Jersey College of Nursing, October
26–29, 2000, St. Louis, MO
Educating for the New Millennium, College of Nursing Villanova University and Rutgers the State University of New Jersey College of Nursing, October 21–24,
1999, Philadelphia, PA
Annual Conference for the American Nurses Association Council for Professional Nursing Education and Development, Weaving the Tapestry of Nursing Education,
University of Washington, October 28–31, 1998, Bellevue, WA
American Nurses Association Council Professional Nursing Education and Development, Perpetual Learning for Competent Nursing Practice, October 23-26, 1997, in cooperation with Ball State University School of Nursing, Indiana State University School of Nursing, Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis,
IN
Annual Conference of the American Nurses Association Council For Professional Education and Development, Education for a New Century of Nursing, October 24-
27, 1996, Indiana University School of Nursing, and the Medical University of South Carolina, Orlando, FL
Annual Conference of the American Nurses Association Council for Professional Education and Development, Building Bridges for the Future: Shaping the
Environment for Continual Learning, October 26-29, 1995, Indiana University School of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, the Providence Health
System, Portland, OR
21st Annual Conference of the American Nurses Association Council for Professional Nursing Education Development, Designing Our Destiny through Educational
Diversity, October 26-29, 1994, The University of Kansas School of Nursing, The University of Kansas Medical Center, The University of Missouri – Columbia
School of Nursing, Shawnee Mission Medical center, Kansas Association of Nursing Continuing Education Providers (KANCEP), Kansas City, MO
Annual Conference of the American Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education and Staff Development, Critical Competencies in Continuing Education and Staff Development, October 2-5, 1993, sponsored by the Tri State Consortium - Villanova University College of Nursing, Rutgers the State University, and Pace
University, in cooperation with the ANA Council on Continuing education and Staff Development, Washington, DC
Annual Conference of the American Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education and Staff Development, On the Edge of a Century: Challenges and
Innovations in Educational Leadership in Nursing, October 9-11, 1992, sponsored by the University of Washington School of Nursing, Pacific Lutheran
University, Swedish Hospital Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center, in cooperation with the ANA Council on Continuing Education and staff
development, Seattle, WA
Annual Conference of the American Nurses’ Association Council on Continuing Education and Staff Development, Launching into the 21st Century: Maximizing
Nursing’s Resources and Energy, October 24–26, 1991, co-sponsored by the Texas Medical Center Nursing Education Consortium [Harris County Hospital District –
Ben Taub Hospital – Lyndon B Johnson Hospital, Harris County Psychiatric Hospital, Hermann Hospital, Continuing Education League, City of Houston Department
of Health and Human Services, Prairie View A&M University, St Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children’s Hospital, Texas Women’s University, the Institute
for Rehabilitation and Research, the Methodist Hospital, the University of Texas – Houston Health Science Center, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Center, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center], Houston, and the University of Texas–Austin, School of Nursing in cooperation with the ANA Council on
Continuing Education and Staff Development, Houston TX
Annual Conference of the American Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education and Staff Development, The Keys to Empowerment in Nursing, October 12-14, 1990, School of Nursing, University of Maryland at Baltimore, in cooperation with the American Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education and
Staff Development, Baltimore, MD
Annual Conference of the American Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education and Staff Development, Stanford University Hospital Nursing Continuing
Education, and the Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education, Spokane, Washington, October 6-8, 1989, San Francisco, CA
Annual Conference of the American Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education and Staff Development, Constructing the Future, September 30 - October
2, 1988, sponsored by the School of Nursing University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Annual Conference of the American Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education and Staff Development, Pathways to Excellence, September 17–20, 1987,
co-sponsored by the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
American Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education, Building a Future, Power and Influence in Continuing Education, co-sponsored by the University
of Washington School of Nursing, September 10–13, 1986, Seattle WA
Annual Conference of the American Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education, Collaboration Rewards, Risks and Resolutions, October 2-5, 1985,
Atlanta, GA
American Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education Annual Conference, Innovation in Continuing Education: Strategies for Excellence, October 10–13,
1984, Oklahoma City, OK
Annual Conference of the American Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education, The Business of Continuing Education, Medical College of Pennsylvania, September 29 - October 2, 1983, Philadelphia, PA
Annual National Conference of the American Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education, cosponsored by Council on Nursing Administration, Council on
Intercultural Nursing, and the Council of Nurse Researchers, Expanding Our Networks: A Link to Quality Nursing Care, October 7-10, 1982, San Francisco, CA
American Nurses Association, Annual Conference of the American Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education, Networking in Continuing Education: a Link
to the Future, October 4–7, 1981, Washington, DC
Annual Conference of the American Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education, cosponsored by the Colorado Nurses’ Association in collaboration with
the Association of Operating Room Nurses, Inc., and the Colorado School of Nursing, Power and Politics: a Summit for Action, September 28 - October 2, 1980,
Denver, CO
National Conference on Continuing Education in Nursing, cosponsored by the American Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education, Continuing Education
for Nurses The University of Michigan School of Nursing, and the Department of Nursing – Educational Services for Nurses The University of Michigan Hospital,
September 23-27, 1979, Ann Arbor, MI
Annual Conference on Continuing Education in Nursing, co-sponsored by Continuing Education in Nursing, School of Nursing University of California, San
Francisco, and the American Nurses’ Association Council on Continuing Education, Today’s Issues – Tomorrow’s Realities, September 24-28, 1978, San Francisco,
CA
Annual Conference on Continuing Education in Nursing, Boston University School of Nursing and the American Nurses’ Association Council on Continuing
Education, October 30 – November 3, 1977, Boston, MA
National Conference on Continuing Education in Nursing, co-hosted by the American Nurses Association Council on Continuing Education and the University of
Texas Schools of Nursing, October 11-14, 1976, Austin, TX
National Conference on Continuing Education in Nursing, Indiana University School of Nursing, Division of Continuing Education and, the American Nurses’
Association Council on Continuing Education, in cooperation with the Indiana Statewide Plan for Continuing Education in Nursing, September 15-18, 1975,
Indianapolis, IN
Sixth National Conference on Continuing Education in Nursing, October 1-4, 1974, cosponsored by the American Nurses’ Association and the School of Nursing
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Fifth National Conference on Continuing Education for Nurses, The Future of Continuing Education, September 24-27, 1973, Ohio State University School of
Nursing, Columbus, OH [1973 ANA CE Council inaugurated under the aegis of the Commission on Nursing Education – first meeting was held September 27, 1973]
National Conference on Continuing Education in Nursing, September 27-29, 1972, Snowmass-at Aspen, Aspen, CO, University of Colorado School of Nursing,
Continuing Education Services.
National Conference on Continuing Education in Nursing, October 18-21, 1971 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
National Conference on Continuing Education in Nursing, October 5-8, 1970, Syracuse University School of Nursing, Sagamore Conference Center, NY
National Conference on Continuing Education for Nurses, November 10 – 14, 1969, Medical College of Virginia Health Sciences Division of Virginia Commonwealth
University, Williamsburg, VA [First national meeting hosted by Betty Gwaltney.]
Lyn DeSilets, EdD, RN-BC
Assistant Dean and Director of Continuing Education
in Nursing and Health Care
College of Nursing, Villanova University
Villanova, PA 19085-1690
12/21/06
[With appreciation to Mary Jane Ferrell, Barbara Gessner andSigne Cooper for their contributions.]