Oregon & Washington Conference
Pre-cons: Sunday, Sept 28, 2025, 12:00p-4pm
Conference begins Sunday, Sept 28, 2025 at 6:30pm - Tuesday, Sept 30, 2025 at 4pm
Location of Conference: Skamania Lodge, 1131 SW Skamania Lodge Way, Stevenson, WA 98648
- Book online: Special room rate Link or
- call 844-432-4748, option 1. Group rate code is 1YW997
- FYI-The maximum number of rooms that can be held under one name is 5; Specific names will be needed for individual rooms by August 28th, 2025.
Pre-Conferences
Defense to Offense: Escaping Practice Issues in Nursing
Sunday, September 28, 2025; 12pm-4pm
with Jen Atkisson & Deidre Miller
4 CEs
Jen begins with a session to help perinatal nurses reframe legal fears with confidence. Deidre follows with an interactive case conference on the latest NRP guidelines. The session concludes with escape rooms, testing your knowledge, teamwork, and strategy. Patient safety is a team sport—let the games begin!
From Student to RN: The Bridge to Professional Practice
Sunday, September 28, 2025; 12pm-4pm
Join us for a dynamic and informative session designed to support nursing students and new graduates as they transition into professional practice. The day kicks off with an essential guide to landing your first job, featuring tips on resumes, applications, and interviews with Megan Ludena, MN, RNC-OB, NPD-BC. After a short break, Lori Bell, BSN, RNC-OB, will help you navigate the exciting and sometimes challenging shift from student to practicing nurse. We’ll close the afternoon with Carol Thorn, RN, who will explore how OCNE can support your ongoing growth and career opportunities in nursing. Don’t miss this opportunity to prepare, connect, and feel confident about your future in nursing!
Main Conference: Deep Roots, Shared Growth: Advancing Nursing Together
Join us for the AWHONN OR & WA Sections' Fall Conference: 'Deep Roots, Shared Growth: Advancing Nursing Together", a dynamic and immersive conference that celebrates the strength of our nursing roots while nurturing the future of our care. Through shared learning, bold conversation and collective innovation we'll explore the ever-evolving landscape of maternal and newborn health. From the critical to the transformative our sessions will include topics that matter:
- Managing the challenges of postpartum hemorrhage, eclampsia and sepsis (Suzanne McMurtry Baird)
- Exploring the future care with inpatient doula programs (Stacey Marshall), virtual perinatal care (Elizabeth Kester), and antepartum colostrum collection (Greta Cook, Kelli Wambolt)
- Supporting families affected by substance use and opioid use disorder (Dixie Weber, Rebecca Valle)
- Understanding the impact of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and preterm birth (Deidre Miller, Becky Cypher)
- Strengthening clinical confidence in fetal heart rate interpretation and second stage management (Dr. Aaron Coughey)
- Engaging in vital conversations around generational differences, allyship vs. accomplice and inclusive care (Dixie Weber & Summer Hopkins)
- Advancing practice through quality improvement and pelvic floor health (Jill Harsh, Megan Bolt)
- Recognizing the importance of caring for the caregiver with sessions focused on resilience, mental health and sustaining our nursing workforce
Whether you are a bedside nurse, educator, leader, or advocate this conference will leave you energized, connected and inspired to grow- together