2026 Nursing Leadership Conference

Please join us for this opportunity to network with your colleagues from across the state! This conference for nurse managers, directors, clinical coordinators, and unit educators is packed with topics you requested! Time to network and meet new leaders from across the state helps build resources and support as you work to staff complex and ever changing perinatal units. Explore ways to improve safe infant sleep practices to achieve the best patient outcomes. Review protocols for stabilizing the tiniest infants for transport. Learn about a new initiative: increasing access to breastmilk to NICU newborns. Identify community resources to share with patients and staff. Familiarize self and staff with patient education tool regarding sterilization procedure. Explore educational opportunities and resources for staff on various topics and skills. Registration: 8:30am No registration fee is required.Lunch will be provided.Each hospital can send up to four people from your acute care units. Agenda Topics Transfer Stablization Protocols Safe Sleep Practices Social Determinants of Health & Community Resources Open Discussion Topics: Relationships with Home Birth Providers & Natural Disaster Preparedness Permanent Sterilization Patient Education Tool Plus more! For more information, contact: Mary Beth Stewart mbstewart@wvperinatal.org